Morning journal and courier., 1884-04-01

It is impossible to keep the French Cana
dians from emigratine to this land Of plenty
The Catholic bishops and clergy of the prov
ince of Quebec have been laborinR zealousiy
by pastorals and advice to prevent smigrs-
ton, yet all their exertions do not seem to
prevent the exodus going on steadily. The
Grand Trunk authorities at Montreal state
by that line from Montreal alone average
twenty-five families daily. who take thsir
household effects along with them, and ex-
press their intention of settling permanently
In New England. Many Of these have means,
and the reason alleged for crossing the bor-
der is the solicitation of friends who preceded
them. ALI this is going on while both pro-
vincial and dominion governments have
agents, some of whom are priests, laboring
among the exiles in the States to get them to
return Liberal sffsrs of homestesds and
reductions in travelling rates seem to have lit
tie effect in stimulating repatriation.
The nitro-glyeerine bomb is a recent addi-
tion to destructive projectiles, its service
ableness in reducing entrenchments being, 1t
is claimed, unexcelled. In its construction
heavy conieal she'll 10 first cast, and SO ar
ranged that one end is much heavier than the
other one end being also closed with
tightly fitting cap, screwed on after charg-
ing. The interior of the shell is divided into
three compartments, each separated by
heavy plate-glass cap; the division furthess
from the open end is filled with sulphurlc
acid, the next with glycerine and the outer
one with nitric acid-these three elements
being the component parts of nitro -glycerlne
A small opening through the center OF the
cap fitting the open end of the projsctlie ad-
mits a steel rod, to each end OF which Is
firmly attached a small circular piece OF
metal, the inner end resting against the first
glass cap; the outer cap is then screwed on.
and the proiectile is ready for service. Ao-
cording TO the principle of gravitation, the
heavy end naturally strikes the ground first,
the steel rod is driven through the plate
glass partitions, the chemicals are mingled,
and nitro-glycerine discharge takes place.
Mr. W. F. Allen, secretary of the Railroad
Time convention, says that the adoption OF
the standard time 81 stem by most OF the
railroads has led to its general acceptance
throughout the country. He has just re-
ceived replies to circular sent to the COM
panies inquiring to what extent standard
time has superseded local time. Out of 153
roads, 1O8 report that the towns along their
routes are using standard time. Seventy.
eight out of 100 of the principal cities named
in the census of 1880, but exclusive Of the
cities of the Pacific coast, have adopted STAN
dard as their official time. The Union Pacific
railroad will adopt the new time on its Union
division when it makes up its spring sched
ule, and the Central Pacific will probably
follow it. This will doubtless bring the
whole Pacific coast into the system. Most
of the cities east of the Pacific coast that
still retain local time are in Ohio-they are
six in number. Excepting Pennsylvania,
where three cities hold to the old SYSTEM
there are not more than two cities in any
ether State where local time is used. The
official time of the District of Columbia is
now based on the 10th meridian, the bill au
thorizing the change having been approved
by the President on March 13. |