Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-11
MORNING. MARCH II, 1885.
observed; but it is far otherwise in adjacent plains where the solar rays reach the soil horizontally

| plains where the solar rays reach the soil 1 horizontally.
 A dyer of Strasburg succeeded in captur- | ing some of the stork which are the pride of
 the town. He forthwith dyed theunder part of the wings of the birds, the one wing red,
 the other blue, leaving the body to form the
 white or central portion of the French tri- color flag. This done, the birds were at once restored to freedom, And as they spread out their wings to regain their roosts they dis played to all the colors of France. The fury of the German authorities was so great that at first they proposed to shoot these innocent standard bearers; but ultimately wiser coun- sells prevailed. Fearing still further to alienate the sympathy of the Strasburg popu- lation, the authorities determined to trust to time and weather for the obliteration of this token of the French preferences of the an nexed province.
 There were shipped on the Cunard steamer Catalonia, which left the port of Boston February 21, one hundred boxes of Florida oranges running ninety-six to 149 to the box. This was the first shipment of this fruit to the other side, and was made entire ly as experiment by Boston firm. The oranges were large, had been carefully in spected and repacked, and the cost, laid down in Liverpool, was S3.75 per box. The receivers on the other side were instructed not to sell them at auction, but to distribute them to the dealers having American cus- toners, for it was believed they would be quick purchasers Florida oranges are sweet, while the Mediterranean oranges are sour. The latter can be sold in England at retail for much less than the Floridas, but Ameri- cans, they expected, would gladly pay the increased price in order to secure better Florida orange. A cablegram received by the firm the other day stated that the oranges had been sold and the venture had cleared expenses. This is the beginning of what will probably grow into big business.
 MT. Robert P. Porter, who has written some very valuable papers in regard to the tariff and the value of protection to the people of this country, in recent letter thus touches upon the benefit the protective policy has been to the poor and oppressed of other countries. It is from the populations of European countries that we are supplied with immigrants. During the present cen tury millions of these populations have sought new fields for their energy in the United States and when the future historian comes to write of the astounding numbers of operatives and artisans of Europe who have come to America in the last twenty-five years, he will be compelled to say that by adopting wise protective policy the republic has drawn to it's shores the best and most proficient of the coal and iron miners and iron workers and textile lubricants of Great Britain, the most artistic designers of France, the sturdiest agriculturists of Germany and of Belgium, and the shrewdest traders of the Netherlands, and that all of these countries Gncluded in the inqu1ry) in their own way have contributed to the industrial greatness ofA