The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-11-11

wages WOulu therefore not aud q cent 10 tne
purchasing power of his labor He, as q la
of some other laborer. Therefore he bases
his ''rights" on essential Injustice.
THE FUTURE UNvAILED.
From the NJ Y. Times
We are approaching the end of year of
marvels, and people are already beginning
to wonder what great issues lie hidden bs-
hind the vail of the next. Some are more
anxious on this score than others. For
example, the people and Government of
France doubtless feel disposed to dip in o
the future to considerable extent, were it
only to see whether there remains for them
deeper depth of distress than they have yet
touched. Sundry members of the fraternity
of Wall street would also, we may safely as
sumo, be prepared to give o handsome con-
sideration to the ingenious individual who
could afford them an inkling of the coming
events whose shadows are not long enough to
be quite perceptible as yet. SO, too, the
greater portion of the taxpayers of New
York feel a natural curiosity to forecast
the amount of money that will, between
this and next election, be pocketed by the
unsated black mailing association commonly
known as Tammany. Full of kindred de-
sire to keep behind the curtain of fate, we
have carefully perused the predictions of
1871. This prophet of cosmopolitan reno wn
assures his readers, for the forty first time,
that the heavenly bodies are the instruments
of Divine Providence. He admits that their
influence is not all powerful over those who
have faith, but he is equally confident that
those ''who viii not bow the knee to any but
the evil Baal of their own imaginations are
truly left to the cruel mercies of the evil
angels that rule over and produce the evil in
,,f 9TH Go
stars" Judging that our city magnates might
be properly assigned to the latter category,
we turned with the most sanguine expecta-
tions to the peges of the seer Like all
oracles, however, Zadliiel gives forth very
uncertain sound.
Passing over such very obvious predictions
as that there will be trouble in Mexico, and
riots in France, that the Grand Turk will
have trouble through women, and that the
throne Of the King Of Greece will probably
be shaken, we find the intmations touching
the affairs of this city during the next year
to be exceedingly vague and tantalizing. 1t
may be interesting to those not versed in
astroloRy to know that in common with our
Old World sponsors of Amsterdam and
York we are ruled by the zodiacal sign
of Cancer. We Should have supposed
Scorpio as a symbol of the reign of Tam
many, or Aries as type of our readiness to
be ieeced, would have been more appropri-
ate The crab, however forms a not unapt
emblem of our present facility of advancing
backward, If it has not, indeed, had some
thing to do in imposing that popularity upon
us. We derive much comfort from the assu-
raj ce that the presence of Jupiter in Gemini
brings ''peace and gain" to this continent,
as also that the progress of the "beneic"
star through Aries leaves us still placid and
prosperous. AS a reminder to the Fire De-
partment, we may state that as Jupiter be-
comes stationary in Gemini on the I'd May,
fires of some extent and ''other violence" may
be expected in this as well as in other cities,
under the influence of that planet. The con-
nection is not quite apparent, but we refrain
from questioning the dicta of a prophet of
forty-one years standing. By and by, how
ever, there comes staggering assertion from
which, though reluctantly, we must enter a
partial dissent. SIN September" says the
hoary sage, ''we find Jupiter in Cancer,
wherein he benefits Holland, Scotland, AL
giers, Tunis, Constantinople, Cadiz, New
York, and Manchester In all these places
trade fiourishes, and good, wholesome, aud
humane laws are now carried out" The
commercial Representation we gladly let
pass with an expression of satisfaction that
good fortune should be so equally distributed
among Mohammedans and Christians But,
honest Zadkiel, is there not some mistake
about the laws with SO many brave ad eotives
that are to be enforced in New York? We cast
no reflection on the justice-loving instincts
of Cslvlnistic Holland and Scotland, we are
quite prepared to believe that the Mussul-
men of Algiers, Tunis, and Constantinople,
albeit much given to thieving, may return to
paths of rectitude, but New York-no! no.!
old man, that part of the prophecy is alto
| gether too ''steep" to be credited. Consult
the horoscope once more, and see whether
Jupiter does not wink in a sinister manner
in this conjunction, and should the moon be
within range of vision, we think it highly
| probable that a careful examination might
discover shadowy finger lowering at right
angles to the nasal protuberance of that
luminary. There is much weighty matter
in the utterances of the SEER but after slip
like this, we find our faith in his discernment
| greatly shaken.
THE MORAL OF IT.