Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-06

| sentiment against intoxicating liquors as . beverage before we can obtain, or at any rate l successfully enforce, prohibitory law" Those remarkable sunsets were not Q 'lo. | cal issue" They were seen in England as
 early as the 9th or 10th of last month, and l they were seen in San Francisco as early as 1 the 2oth. Ocean voyagers now arriving re- port the same unparalleled phenomena, both at sunset and sunrise, all the way over. Libel suits against newspapers are prover- bially bad speculations. In an Ohio town last week a man sued paper that had called
 him @ liar for $10 900, and the jury sized | him up at five cents Since the verdict the chief amusement in the town has been to call the disappointed plaintiff up by telephone, as follows: Hello! Is that -" ''Yes sir." "Wen, you're liar. Draw on me at sight for the five cents''
 Out of ,792 foreign mercantile establish ments in the treaty ports of China about 2,3o0 are British. The foreign commerce of the treaty ports reaches a yearly value of $235, 5,OOO, 900, of which $17O, ,O00, 900 is Brit ish trade. These figures give an idea of the vast stake England has in the maintenance of uninterrupted communication threatened by the quarrel between France and China. But they also shew what an opening there is for American trade when the policy of this coun- try shall no longer prevent it's citizens from entering into unhampered competition with England in maritime adventure.
 London omnibus com pany has been for some time using Belgian horses as an expert ment, and has not found it successful. It reports that the serviceable life of Belgian horse costing $200 does not average more than six years, while an English horse costing on an average no more will last double the time Moreover, when 8 Belgian horse is used up, the company can get only $40 Or $50 for him, while an English horse under similar conditions will realize several dollars more.
 Mr. Boruck of the San Francisco Spirit of the Times advocates a worlds fair for San Francisco in 1887. We wish him success, and success can be attained providing the railroads do their part, and liberal aid IS ex- tended by the State. The Golden Gate city is in good shape to accommodate large crowds, and the State at large would reap more benefit than the city itself. The hos pitable reception and generous treatment extended to the Sir Knights at the recent conclave in San Francisco is proof in ad- vance that the whole world would be royalty provided for. We hope friend Boruck will sEkaaD kba hall rolIino ''
 At the meeting of the Republican national committee last January various plans were proposed to change the basis of repres enta- tion, so that the Republican States could have their proper weight, but they were promptly voted dswn. Senator Frye, 1t is said, is now working on plan which he will submit to the committee at it's meeting next week. He would have each State elect five delegates and each congressional district one, then another delegate to be given to each dis majority fraction thereof, given at the last Presidential election. Mir. Frye is having ta- blss prepared showing how this would affect the membership of the next convention. and will submit them to the committee. Many members are anxious to neutrslize the inRu- encs of the Southern delegates, who are often chosen by a few ofHcsholders, under instructions from Washington.
 We shall have to revise our ideas of what cold weather is. according to 8 writer in the Kansas City Times, who says: The thermom- eter at 9 below freezirg point in England causes far more discomfort then when it is 620 below in Manitoha; and, in fact, the low CT the thermometer goes the less is ths cold felt, owing to the extraordinary quantity of oxygen iu the air. It is no uncommon sight in Manitoba, when the mercury registers 500 or 6Oe below zero, to see settlers walking about in bars feet and with shirt sleevOs rolled up, enjoying to tha fullest extent the ozone in the atmosphere, and instead of building operations being suspended in win ter, it is a remarkable fact that as the cold in creases building work increases, and the mortar becomes so plastic as to render 1t 8 work of considerable difficulty for the brick layers to spread it properly. la December and January, when the days ploughing is finished, the settlers are constantly in the habit of allowing the fires to go out in the evening" while they sit outside on the porehes in the warm winter moonlight and listen to the delightful warbling of the nightingale in the neighboring woods
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