The morning call., 1892-06-04

Spain in personal "reminiscences, for her
grandfather was probably happier in think
ing about Spain than the Indians he came
to Christianize. and the stories that came
from him must have been vivid in her
memory. Her life is study tor the sketch
writer. foT what has not happened since
that deputation was sent across the seas to
imprOYe,the moral nature Of the aborignes.
A strong emigration of French Canadians
to various parts of the United States is be-
ing taken notice of in the Canadian papers
French Canadians are supposed not to be
in the vanguard of progress, but this move
ment shows at least that they take COM
nonsense view Of their interests, and pre-
fer TO dwell in freedom among population
of sixty-liye millions in place of droning
out existence in a sparSely populated col
ony, which enjoys no special advantages
from its maternal protector. The expan-
sion of business which comes from crossing
the border line must appeal to the Canadian
mercantile mind convincingly. A very large
proportion OF Canadians OF the Anglo-SaXon
stock also trip across the frontier on bust
ness principles, and are quite reeonciled to
transfer allegiance from Queen Victoria to
Uncle Sam.
The example Of the North Pacific Coast
Railway is to be commended. 1t goes upon
the principle of attracting heavy passenger
traffic by moderate fares to attractive
places. Some of the lOyellest scenery on the
Pacific Coast is made accessible by this
route and the practice of leaving the city
for Saturday or Sunday rest in the woods
or mountains with the breath of the ocean
felt in the afternoon, cannot be commended
or encouraged too much. A day at Cazadero
is a day in paradise to man who has been
worried all the week by the struggles of
hnf ipdiCnan hla labor II 10
the charming places of resort on this coast
should be made accessible at moderate fares
to all who covet the health-giving calm Of
change from the city to the country. Change
Of scene benefits quite as much as change
of air.
A motion in the Parliament OF Victoria.
/ Australia, discloseS what is fermenting in
the minds of cOlonistS with regard to each
other and Great Britain. Treaties with
foreign countries have to be adjusted
through the medium Of Great Britain.
The motion advocates a policy of allowing
the colonies to impose differential duties on
foreign products, and to make preferential
arrangements with other colonies of the
British empire. 1t goes further in the di-
rectiOn of reciprocity by suggesting that the
British tariff should be made favorable to
the whole empire. Whatever chance this
motion may have TO obtain Endorsement IN
Australia, there is none for it in Great
| Britain. Somehow Great Britain does not
believe that it exists for the benefit of its
offspring. The trade of the United States
Is four times more important to England
than that of all India. Ii is quite as inn
portant as with all its colonies combined.
The colonies may do better for themselves
by standing on their own legs and arrang-
ing their own foreign policy, but they need
not expect the mother country 20 20 eluck-
| ing about with her brood in exclusive asso-
citation, as a hen with chickens.
Tie number Of sun spots, far beyond the
averag =, may account for the unwonted
floods. and the frightfuI destruction thereby,
! going on for weeks up and down the basin
of the Mississippi, but it is a long process
! to work up the hypothesis to demonstra-
/ ton. We must take it for granted that any
/ thing which occurs on the suns surface and
! even in the suns center, has an intimate
! bearing on phenomena terrestrial, for from
! the sun we receive cur vitaliZjng heat, and
1 by it are dragged along on tour through
! space quite underlined by Cook and very
much pTOblematical to astronomers. 1t Is
/ 70 the suns thermal lifting Iower that we
| must trace those eggs-hailstOne eggs-which
! fell in Oklahoma Territory and did damage
very grieyOus. The hailstone is a variable
! quantity. This variety was only as large
! as hens eggs, and we may accept the story
/ of the calamity as veTaciOus, because hail
stones larger than hens eggs have been OBJ
/ served elsewhere, and might have descended
/ among the boomers Of Oklahoma without
/ disc0uragng them from following the pur-
| suits Of industry hopefully.