Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-09-23
A Modest suggessisn.

A Modest Suggestten.
Mr.. HALE, the editor of the Philadel.
pbia Bulletin il in a dilemma about the
Atlantic cable. he says: sa &agaa
.How we are 10 FIX the transaalantic 70.
ports into . readable shape, the difference
Of time being considered, is beginning to
excite some enquiry. Shall we be obliged
10 rerodeI the language and invent lenses
combining the present with the futsre7
All things are now determined BY time.
Time is the limit and conditions of action.
Clocks determine time. But how, when
at four clock in the afternoon, We learn
that . FIRE iook place is Oxford street, Lon.
don, at seven O'Clock! What are we to
say then? "We learn that an alarming
conAagration will have did occur about an
hour ago at seven o'clock this evening""
Quis ta,aa compone-s ltess Who will
straighten ou. the dispute for us2
"Joking apart it is evident that some
thing must be done, and an average or
mean rate Of time, or an artificial time be
got up for the use Of all the world. Mean
while it is plea, ant to observe the amount
of discussion which the telegraph thus in.
wolves. No one knows what the next
twenty.lour hours may bring forth. and the
interest Of anticipation is intense
Now, Mr. Editor, it seems to mo that
your Philadelpha contemporary is borrow
ing unnecessary trouble. Will not the tel
egrarh have the effect TO give dignity and
character 20 your profession, and to give
you q reputation for even greater wisdom
than you already posses? Take the ins-
lance in point. We shall doubtless see in
some evening paper in few weeks, some
such announcement as this:
HiGnLY IMPoKrANr.-We are assured
by our London correspondent, in whom
we place implicit confidence, or I'VE
have every reason to believe" that a grea,
fire will occur iu Oxford street, in that ci
ty, about I o'clock this evening. The hea,
will be intense, and three 6renen will he
killed by falling walls. Water will be We.
~ scarce. The loss will be estimated q,
fl93.00O.
After the numbering steamship Wander
bilt or Adriatic snail have arrived in days.
l3 hours, aud 81 minutes, bringing those
relics of a barbarous age, the mails, the
columns Of the same paper will co"tain the
following paragraph:
Qua WoRsT FEARS RsALlzED.-London
papers which came to hand this morning.
have the particulars of the great fire in
Oxford street which We foretold in our is.
sue Of the 2sth ult., and fully confirm the
truth Of what We then announced as likely
to occur. The Evening CaLleam will con
tlnue To furnish Il iull transcript Of all that
takes place abroad, which will be laid be-
fore our readers from three to four hours
in advance of the occurrence Of The events
themselves. Price, two cents copy.
But, Mr. Editor, if we extend this princi.
pie. the most beneficial results will flow
from it. For instance, the associated press
in Boston may perhaps, receive dispatch
from Paris, which he will alter to suit the
difference OF time, 80 that it shall read Is
follows:
PARIS. Oct. 2s,h-As the Emperor is
riding on the boulevard Sebas,optl Mt six
0 clock this evening, he will be shot dead
BY an Italian ruiiian named Blackguardi,
who will make his escape.
Now, sir, 10 avert such dire calamity
would extend the telegraph entirely
around the world. Then the phiIan,hrop
ic Nj, Blanchard will at once forward the
dispatch by the western line to Paris, and
it will reach tina, city October ~ so tha,
the Emperor will he lorew"'red, FORE
armed" He lays his plans, and ut mid.
.,ight sends two trusty gems d'armes to ar.
rest Blackguardi, who is at once deeapi.
tated. The Emperor takes his evening
ride, and France is not yet an orphan.
beg leave 10 throw ont these sugges.
t;ons,an my humble way, and in the mean
time await with interest the progress Of
science. Sic yos NON VoBIs.
boston Daily -Adu.