Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-20
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Insects cause loss each year in this coun- try of about $150, ,000,000
 The Baltimore American. does not hesitate to say that in 1884 Mr. Blaine had the pulpit and this year he has Depew.
 Woman is getting some of her rights in Lexington, Mississippi. Miss Emily Wright is the postmistress, Miss Cole is express agent and Miss Mollie Hoskins is in charge of the telegraph office at the depot.
 Some Georgia capitalists have undertaken to manufacture paper from cotton stalks and bolls, which are now practically useless to planters. They claim that they can make good newspaper at two cents per pound.
 A Catholic priest of Albany testified before committee of the New York assembly as follows: Beer has extended drunkenness to women, and men ask me to save their homes which their wives are wrecking. Not very good argument for Flight" drinks.
 MT. T. J. Murdy, an English writer, pub fishes an interesting theory of storm recur- same meridian at different intervals of time, but in his view each recurs at given place so regularly that. by the application of this theory, it's arrival and intensity can perhaps be predicted many months. Thus, MT. Mur- day says: Every storm that crosses the British meridian says as plainly as though it spoke, Look out for me again 373 days (or whatever length of period the disturbance may belong to) after this date.'"
 
 The people of Baltimore are "pointing with pride" to the large increase in the export and import trade of that port which has taken place during the past year. While there has been decline of the trade of both Boston Baltimore were in value at least $4 ,500, GOO more in 1887 than in the year 1886. The shipments of flour increased from about 500, 900 barrels to more than 2,0O8, 1000, and I in a number of other commodities the trade shows sensible and healthy growth. People haven't yet got tired of dying in ! trying to find the North pole. A private ex- petition, under the leadership of well known Norwegian athlete-Mr. Nansen-win \ this spring make an attempt to cross the vast | snow fields of Greenland on suowshoes. 4 \ wealthy Danish merchant has supplied the money for this unique enterprise, and Mir, \ Nansen has received numerous applications for permission to join him. Many persons ir | the Scandinavian countries are condemnine the undertaking as foolhardy, but the leade, and his party, who are picked athletes, believe they will succeed in getting across Green. land, while the idea of possibly reaching ths North pole has been entertained by them. \ A Charleston newspaper recently asked eight ministers of various denomination \ what they thought would be the fate of tht
 heathen after death. Five of them, Meth
 odist, an Episeopalian, a Unitarian, a Catho lie and Jew, thought that those who were inyincibly ignorant of the truths revealed bJ
 Christ, and who faithfully observed the di vine natural law, aided by the light of req. son and the grace of God might be saved 4
 Scotch Presbyterian thought that all, heather or Christian, who died without conversion would be damned. A Presbyterian though that the heathen would be judged by thei
 own conscience; but doubted their salvation unless they were converted. A Baptis
 thought there was no salvation out of Christ l,and that God had done enough to leave tn
 heathen without excuse.
 The New York Times tells the plain tIutl plainly when it says; It is little ridiculou
 and not a little humiliating to see Congres
 Grayely legislating about the conditions ol which Chinese iaundryman shall be allowe l to return to this country after he has left il