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ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT.

EAHLv1ILE, Ill.,, July II, 1873.
Ia the Editor af The Chicago Tribune:
SIN: Ii. e. Signor. q local Republican poll
tician, and perpetual ot1lce-holder on = small
scale, Was arrested On Saturday last and, after q
hearing, In whi oh he waived an examination,
WAS bound over to appear before tho next Cir
cult Court In Ottawa, in the sum Of $1,000, for
alleged embezzlemont of tho aohool-fund. Tho
amount missing is upwards Of $4,000. He las
boon suspected for d long time having hold tho
Office some twelve years, but haB been upheld md
shielded by his political friends. ue could
not got bail until to-day, when ho gavo up all his
property al indemnity to his bondslnon. Joseph
Hurt, Republican Representative. is badly mixed
up with this u Btoal, having, aa School Iruntoo,
certified, yeaE aftor year, that his friond Signorg
much dlsgastod with Mr. Hurt, md will call
upon him to resign, for Incompetence or dial,ou-
esaty; it matters little Which. Samuel Wiley, a
local politician, and Irresponsible aHpirant for
office, has boon, very active in cover
ing up this ombezzlomeut, md ia try
Ing to prevent tho exposure Of his bosom
friend 6ignor. The farmers, however, arc thor
oughly aroused. and will punish the raHcala to
the oxtent Of the law. 4 unanimous vote Of all
tho DiBtriot-8chool Directors WAS cast on Batur-
day In favor Of enforcing the law for tho protoc-
tion Of tue school-money and the punishment of
tho guilty.
These disclosures will certainly destroy one Of
tho most corrupt lttlo local rings to be found in
the State. WATouMAn.
, 1873-07-17

How q Preacher from nm Interior
Town Sought t1nxorInntion'' in u
lsunk0 Don.
Country ministers, like country clurch-mem-
bers, sometimes leave thoir moral strait
Jackets ut home whom thoy come to the city.
Thoy often pursue pleasures in town which
thoy would run from in their own
quiet and gossipy ham1etH. An old min
iBtcr from Gllliynnt, this State, whoso
work In tho yinpyard Of tho Lord, has Of
tended through many years, Oh Tuesday rogis-
tered his nnnlo ut the Commercial Hotel, cornor
Of Lake and Dearborn streets. After supper,
Tuosday, he seated Aimsolf in m easy chair, at
the Dearborn street entrance, and moditated
upon the beauties OF a aunset in tho hoart Of
large city, his vision boing limited by ongine-
house No. IS. His meditations were rudely
aroused by well-dresaod man who laid
his hand familiar1y on tho old gontloman'a
shoulder and askcd him it ho was not from sulli-
want. The good man acknowledged that ho was
from that town, but said ~ do not know you"
Why" said tito affablo young man, " I'm the
horso-trainor." IL Woll," aaid tho parson, ro-
member thero was horso~trainer at 8Hl1ivant,
but did not know him." by the affectation OF
much wlning Buayity tho boguiler won the
confidence of tho minister, and induced linn
to accompany him to room Oh tho corner Ut
Clark and South Water stroots, whero tho prizes
Of the Louisville lottery wore being distributed
The quondam horse trainer said ho had drawn
largo amount OF money, some Of which lo would
like to spend on tho 1niniHtor, as q poor roturn
for the pleasure Of his company. Tho rest OF
tho story ls dull because 1t is 50 ordinary, The
tho tune OF 997. Liko all such worshippers ho
claims taat he lost tho money on tour of i'll
vestgation, and, unfortunately, paid dear for
the information he acquired.
, 1873-07-17
THE NEW RAILROAD FREaGHT.TARIFFS.

TO tbs Editor af Ths Chicago 1tibuns:
61ns In your to-day'a issue, referring to tho
now frcight-tariGts, you say "If tho hardware
and grocery men, wlloso viows We reported last
wock, can bear without Ions tho Increased rntcs
with their heavy and bulky freIghts, as they cer-
tainly expect to do, tho dry goods men, with
their lighter merchandise, havo nothing to foar."
We failed to 500 the article referrod to, and do
not know who tho grocera arc who wero inter
viowed. But wo certainly do not agree with
them, Wo do not believe any largo grocery
honse can bear without loas tho Increased
tarlff. Its effect Ia to turn Immediately a large
amount OF trado from Chicago to 1T. LoulH
aud othor cities, We hayo nov four
largo orders OIL our books, sent in con-
ditionally, II freight Gun be had ut about old
rates. We cannot send the goodH, but Ht. Louis
merchants will. There are Ut bost twenty oitleA
and towns where we hayo sont our agents regu-
la1ly. and whore NO hayo sold large amount Of
goola each month, that with the present freight
tarir, We are obi god to completely abandon.
Our Eooda will not bear the Increased Fate OF
freight. We bolieyo the now law will work a
worry serious injury TO our trado and to our city.
HARRINGTON d BoIIMAuL,
Tea Importers and Wholesale dsocosp, 1, Q, aud 8
Lake Htreet.
Qa1uAao4 JViy te. 1878.
, 1873-07-17

atirrns, md martial Tho alto and lass inatruments,
especially the trombonoa usually explosive,
caltenty blonled; and, On the who1o, tho Band ia
wpll balanced md 80 fntoligenly drilled that 1t wilt
not ho listencd 10 anywhere In this country With
out marked warmth and ovon enthusiasm. THO
young .porformers arc rolll'y built and the pic
their york that is quito impressive. II their lcaser
aux, rcpronohfnlly, "Vero 10 tho Wind p"
The fau Vand opened With Wehors Jnbl1oo Over
tre ma8nlncontly played. They gave two SELECTIONS
tfo wagner, constatiug Of lie flnae Of tho third act
q " "Lohengrin and tho overture to "nicnzi." Az
taeF rendered him, wo camo near liking Wagner for
the nrst tno. They a!ao played, and played Eranhly,
700, Htzauss' "one Thousand nnl Firht Night" d
facheltans from Moyorboor. IN !ntroduetion md
chorus from Morc1dante, Dacll'a flod, aFruehlings
Er~achcn i" and Shooting March," by Herr airod.
For encores the ba1d executed "Tho Star
6pangled Bsnner" md tho "Watch on tho Rhine. u
both pieces eatctinR APPLAUSE and cheers.
Ihoir comparatively a1nprnottsod ycrH1on Of our No
onA tune played too fast and was shorn Of bar
Which impaired to It piqnant foreign accont" pi
rector Qirod favored the audience with two cornet
solos, fantasy, and polka Of hls own. 1e was tu-
mu1tuously oncorcd, md gave for Of his rorcti
tions tho MAerero from II Trovnorc." with great
sweetuess aud feeling White ho ia not equa to LcvY
in producing glittoring and cecrifying passages ho
nevertheless perfect 1nastcr OF tho Instrument n
IN adopt In double nnd triple tongeing His method
is essentially pure artistic aud aympatheac. Rocking
to delight rnthor thun surprise. The COMFORT waa
questonably one Of tho moat interesting and inspiring
We have ever had.
, 1873-07-17
a FIENDISlI CRIME.

A Ltttro Girl Outrngcl--A villain who
Deserves 10 bo Tried in Judgc LYnch'S
Court.
Tho fourth brutnl outrago which has boon
parpetratod upon tho persons Of unprotected fe-
ma1os In this city during two months, occurred
Oh Tuesday afternoon III tho Fourth Police Pro-
clnct (Dridgeport). Thoso outrages have boon
gonoral1y committed by claBs of mon known as
gentcol villains, tho molnbcrs of Which are usu-
ally prominent as gamblers, piok-poclsots. or
bunlo-men. Thoy arc always either fortu-
nato in having plenty Of money, or frionds who
havo money, a1,u thug, III most oasos, tho vic-
Tins Of their carna1 brutality aro h1shod to 81
1onco, for pccuniary consideration. Tho man
who committed tho last oriulc Of rapo, is not
known. Sergoant Hood detailed the following
faotB to tho reporters, concerning 1t: About 10
O'Clock Tueaday morning, woll'drosHod follow
rnot little girl named Gertrude Springer, ut tho
corner of Archor uvenuo md Halalo1 Btroot. nnd
asked her If slo know whoro ho could employ
girl to nurso q aman child. She replied thut it
hor mother would conscnt to It, aho would hire
out for that purpose, At tho brtato'a suggoation,
ho accompanied hsr to her homo, No. 0l7 lIal-
stcd street. An arrangement was uaade, whereby
the little girl was to go With him TO his holso,
ho agreeing to, pay hc5 S2.25 per week.
him at once to LIS house, and, accordingly, her
mothot reluctantly consented to lot her 80. The
monster and his little sorvant proceeded on
IIalsted as far VI tho ralroad traok thence west,
crossing tho South Branch at that point, when
thoy eaino in aight Of Q house which tho 1;aau
said was hia. Noar by was ciump OF bnsheH
which, whom they had entered, ho remarked was
d good place, to reat from the heat,
ana sos 80 ..aas s down. but rbs bsa little s'i
tho inhuman wretch lonped up, aud, placing hiH
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HUNTSVILLE, AIM, Juno II, 1878.

COL r.. HHflbe7t: ..... -
MI DEAR SIR: sond you smother South, IN which
enterprises Under consideration. Altar much reading
and deliberatlo Of tho opinion that the narrow
gauge railway from the CtY Of Chica8o via Paducah,
thence BY tho Tennessee River 200 miles to Florence
md Tuscumba thence through the richest mineral
region on the continent to Tuscaloosa thence down
down the Alabama River to Pensacola and Mobile ia the
greatest railway enterprise Of the age. The resources
Df the country to which this improvement would give
.heop transportation, In this State alone
800 worth Of yalioW pine; at lcast 5000 900, oo0
tons Of the boat quality Of coal 5000 Q0Q, 900
tons OF the finest quality Of iron; 600oo0 balea
Of cotton 1ntllona Of barrels Of turpentlne and i'm
ensc quarrles Of marble and sandstone Tor building
purposes. This State will need annually 10000, 900
bushels Of grain, and 60 900 pounds Of bacon, from
the Weat All thiH Ia independent Of tho wat amount
of freight that would pass over the road from Cuba
and tho CentraF American Btatos 1t Is estimated that
Cuba the West Indies, and tho steam marine Of the
which hc1etoforo has been furnished frou England
Ind Pcnnsyyana at cos. Ok not lens than 80 aud gen
orally SO per to The Atlano It Northwestern Canal
Will cost $1O OO0 aud will take forty ycars to bul
a narrow-gaugs railroad will afford Immediate relioi
LIT LIZ have It. Yours truly. ]. O. WnirE.
Col. Hurlbert,-hfr. Jackson states, and as
our readers are well nware,-i8 largely Interested
il railways in tho Southern States md il at
present = contractor on nnrroW-gau railway
from Kansas City to st. Louis. II was mainly
through his efforts that the Big Snndy Valloy
marrow gaugc) was built over which Cincinnati
IL to get cheap coal from the rich mines OF East-
Brn Kentucky, There a1o several narroW-gaugo
roads in progross in Western Kentucky aud Ton.
nossee, all looking to q connection with the
Cairo d vt. LouiH.
, 1873-07-17

Mo ono, having lived in Wcstorn Michigan q
quarter of a century, has failed to observe the
great change in tho climate of this region. Our
WinterB arc colder aud our summers drycr and
hotter. Is this change to bo permanent? it 30,
why? Will tho change that ia going on in titno
affect WHAT known as tlio fruit belt Of Western
Michigan, destroying the hopes and oxpecta-
tionB OF those who have invested largely in lands
to be converted into poach and apple orchards
ind gardens in which to cultivate the smaller
fruits p Grand Rapids Democrat.
, 1873-07-17
DlSIHFECTANTS.

To Tho Editor n Tho Chicago Tribune:
Sin. I notice your ADVICE to the people to
prepare dianfootapt, and Use 1t OH their pron-
ises. Now, uloso who most need this article
have not tho tima nor tho aenso to make 1t.
Why not appoint reliable pQlaona in each dlH;.
, 1873-07-17

The Prairie Farmer Company
desire TO convenient quarters In hesonth Dvl
sion for their offices. Rooms TINT provided with
power and sseam lcat preferred. Room for business
Offices must not bo Af,ove second floor, Location,
north Of Van Duren street. parties having euch quar-
terH to rent viii prnse cali OH, communicate with
tho Company, al No. 9Th Wabash avenue.
, 1873-07-17

trot to mako and distribute this srtiolo at
oyory house In thoir district, at reasonable
rates, and compel all who aro ablo to putuhaHe
aud lso Tho sn1no until all danger III over
" -
, 1873-07-17

EvnnBtun.
Tho DoArtl Of TrtletooB of Evanston met on
Tuesday night in tho Town Hall, President Gill
bort in tho chair. rrcaent, Gilbert, Gage,
blanchard, and rholpp. Tho Committee on
Plata and Subdivisions reported favorablY on
Nobort Commons Subdivision of the north twon-
ty-ono aorea, moro or leBs, Of tic southwest
quarter Of Soc. IL, Township ii, 1lnngo 10 wost.
Approved.
o. II. Mann asked lenyo, In n petition, to raiso
ILLS house and lower hia basement, and make
other improvements and attentions looking to
conformity with tho now grade on Davis Btreot.
Granted.
Tho committee appointed on safc reported
that Jamos Wiggniber llad ofrorcl to build q
brick vau1t for 5l10. Tho Committee wore given;
power 10 net.
Tie Cbmmtteo OH Street 1.a,nps woro INSTRUCT
cd to lot the contract for lighting tho strootB i'm
Charles K. Danniator, Civil Engineer, was i1,-
Htructcd to make n sounding in the lake In tho
line of tho pier, and two on eiter aldo, parallel
. with tho former. diagnnl the samo with the
MEASUREMENTS, aud submit tue results to tho
Board at hiH uGrlioat convenience.
William blanchard. Wilson Philips, and Charles
J. Gilbert, Commissioners to mako MI oBtitllnto
Of tlo cost aud expenditures Ut laying piros nnd
putting III AyralttB. including tho lnntorlni, re-
ported as fo1lowa, mud tho report was approved: !:
EGr b5,G1u lGtt OF iron 11pt, Mill HGFR, MDoF,
anil ,a!eria ia Inylng tho aanle. a0
For DC valves 120O
For 80 hye1rnnts complete, including work. labor
For extra caBsnga mn, freight ............. 4,0Uo
For coBt Ut mixing aud layug asHcssmcnt... 1.6U0
YokAl. .f@3 S9a
! A sidewalk is to DO built on tho cast side Of
| Sherman nyonuo, from Clark to foster street,
| tho Board having gorle through tho legal mo-
| tiona connected Herewith.
| Tho Committee OIL s3trcet-Lamps reported TINT
they had boon able to Beclre tho aeryicoa OF Na-
tlan Branch and e. 4. Bell. for lighting tho vii
| lago la,nps.
Board adjourned for one woek.
| AN OUTRAGE.
There are nov in the County Jail two persons,
Ferdinand Wick md Joseph Laab. Ae!d over
under bull Oh tho suspicion that tloy were tho
| nssailanta OF Charley prnntz tho young man
who WAS wantonly slot down near Evanston oue
Sunday night last month. TleHe men wero TX
anined by two suburban DogberryB, and hold
| over In bail to appear for examination Oh the
,er4 day. Neither OF these men have been able
to give baii, nor was tho slightest scintilln
OF evidence brought out to inlpltcate
| them. The whole asIair has every appearance
OF being groBB Outrage on tho rights md lbor
tics OF two inoffonsivo citizens, and demand tue
immediate attention Of the proper authorities.
, 1873-07-17
Total Abolition Of the Pass System by
the Chicago 6 st, Louis
Railroad.
Convention of Missouri and Kan
sns Frofglt-Agonts In
Chicago.
Proposed Narrow-Gaugo Railway from
Chicago to Paducah, Ky..--Short-
ening Up Expenses on
tile Lake Shore
Road.

Tvnru 1av ~ nrn nn1 r,nra ,ornr,.o H.. .-so
.o-, ~ .hoi,.,;,,s, tha m ass sstn,,a s ~ ,,
roa5* Tha r,o,n1o hayaro. .s,,- ,,...n ,.,o,;s =,
tho habit ~ tr.1sl;r, NJ sorna orn a,ao,s 10000
MAKO asfong nshs to obtain passes by some
"eans not al"aYs esoa'taplo. AZ last the Utica
20 d Alton Road has entiroly abolished pasBes,
and Mr.. Blackstone says tloro shall to no moro
return passes given to droyors 10 this di0loul-
W "m.u u. one u1no lookea hAo an enteflng
"ooee INTO Inc ontlro reform, and tts evontual
overthrow and tho return to old ruts Inns boon
removed. Tho Michigan central md tho T,oke
s1,oro l. hTt,,io,r a,,,+1,r,, h.,,o ,1.a,1., .;,t
~ -" As'o '"eAos o4ett.- -,
aoo tuc'6 Antentaou OF oolng sway VIII
passes, aud now Mr. McCulloch, tho
representative Of tho ronnsylvania Railway in
tho West, says to Chicago roads. Only DO tlr1n
....,, ;aa,.,s1 ...ass r' .ai.ss ~. e.. 1o
WIN issuing no passes e1cops to omployoe. Ii
thia great corporation should begin this reform
In tho East, the Eric and New York Central, and
,,rotah1v tta nn1tinooro T. obio ,por1a ooor fof
1..,. xs.. -
10" suit. 30 from presont lnalcatlons, all dead
heads must do thoir travelling West and East
during tho p.esont war.
A+ua n-ana pan,eo Moto1 .astnraax +,,o.o
nt st.o oA@no toino no1oA 5os'eAuay snoto
"as held meeting OF eseneral ffelght-Agente
of Kansas md Missouri railroads, together with
;n ohicoro that conneot with Miss sonr; md
=. s,."t.. w." ~ ,s..a,.,sa. N. 49,
hahaas fohde' many matters o. ous'hess were
transacted, but the most important was relative
to pasaos. Tho Rock Island Road
si1nplY took the ground that II the
Kansas and Missouri roads would not
do away with their entire pass syatefn, i. Tho
Rock island Rai1road) would cut rates to ST,
Louis, and thereby seriously impair tho buBi~
nass OF these othor roads. Tho Representatives
Of thoso roads not being fully empowered to
tako 30 decided step, doforrod It until tho
mooting OF the General BuperintonIonts Of
those roads, to bc hold on Tho Goth inHt whom,
undoubtedly. tho days Of paasoB will be num-
bored IN Missouri and Kansas
ounTA1L1ra EXPENSES.
The Lake Shore l. Michigan Southern Rail-
road, not having beon able to negotiate tho salo
Of their bonds in Europe, It lna boon deemed
expedient by preei1eut Vanderbilt to curtail the
exponnos Of tho road M mnch na roseihln. and
~ dafar tha nonatr,,ction ~ 3ouh}a traoi, }roro
49, -. 1iitt ~ r,a,t;s, ~ - IT, H. t.o.. M =
no.e ~ II! EA1at, w ot1ly poit4oa VI tne foao
not already double-stacked.
4 From the Iiaistoay liepiep.
We have been favored by Mr. jackson with
thu nartinnlnrs of n scheme for a nnrrow-rat1po
sonf from rh;coao II fho min niror NJ podfcnI
tL:S 80 ~ .:t 1888 :.6;tS ~ et @ Iii - H., ~ e,'.1,
~ WHICH, polu' ~ WI couoect Will tAo 1ouknotA
narr0W-gau8o syHtom, WnoBo progress IN west
Drn Kentucky and Tennessee has been stimulated
bv tho Apnroapning completion Of tho Cairo
III.
, 1873-07-17

THE Ctnourr Couar.-7,s22-H. q. Megll Y. II. II.
2. WulH; trcsnass, 5000; 78s3.Appsal. 7.a:4-
7,B25-Oommurpial National bank of Chicago V.
eaWuvl J. Valley ot VII oonfQszioa of judyugat,
, 1873-07-17

The Genuine Geyser Spring Water
is drawn by Buck l. I.ayner, at both tlctr stores.
, 1873-07-17

I1yIe Park.
Joseph II. Gray, Assegsor Of Hyde Park, hav-
ing about completed the assessmert for the year
1873. reports the
ABHesscd vall,o Of real eatate 80l $50
Personal property 10000
Total ,051 $50
Assessment last year. J8l4, ,12b
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PRESORIPTION FREE

For tho speedy ou.o Of Norvpua Debility.
aud a atsnf1es brought by tndisut6t!nas u Suuli
su. Any dTMgxist has tho lMErellsna. AdlrUaa DR..
HILTON i w.. VuclnAt1 Q4f~~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-01-13
OUR CORRESPONDENCE WITH SPAIN

QUIZ CORRESPONDENCE WITH SPIN.
Very few candid people can read the cor
respondence which we publish to-day, between
our State Department and the Legation of
the United States at Madrid, without admit
ting that all its statements are true and accu-
rate, and most of the demands made by our
Government are just and reasonable. But it
is also impossible to deny that when it is pub
lished in Madrid it will serve as a most power
full weapon in the hands of the prO-Slavery
party against the liberal Cabinet of Ruiz
Gorilla, who are now striving, apparently in
Good faith to initiate in the island of Porto
Rico the abolition of Slavery and the establish
ment of extensive municipal reforms. 1t is,
indeed, difficult to see what motive can
have led the Department of State to
give these documents to the public.
We all know that the Government was ex-
erting itself with zeal perhaps greater than
its discretion in urging upon the Cabinet OF
King Amadeus the ful6llment of promises
ioig ago made, of reforms in which our in
terest is only second to that of Spain. 1t vas
not necessary to prove this well-underst0od
fact, and although, after the desired reforms
were obtained, it would have been altogether
proper to make known the processes through
which the result was accomplished, it certain
" seem imprudent TO risk an unnecessary
publication which, at this time, must seriously
embarrass Ministry from which we expect
liberal dealing, and which as yet has done
nothing TO forfeit our confidence and sym
pathy.
The dispatch of Mr.. Fish under date of the
Goth of October is one of the most unrelent-
ingly truthful and candid documents recorded
in diplomatic annals. 1t sets forth, in language
where the blade of fact is very scantly
wreathed with garlands Of courtesy, the entire
history of our relations with Spain during the
last four years, and the steady and punctual
failure Of the latter country to fulfill her SOL
emn engagements. Mr.. Fish begins by re-
ferriDg TO the unquestioned influence and SUI
premacy of the present Cabinet in the Cortes and
among the masses, and stating that there is
now no room for doubling their ability to carry
the promised reforms into effect He then
draws an unfattering picture of the difference
between the professions land the performance
of the Spanish Government in respect to the
abolition of Slavery, aud directs our Minister
TO demonstrate, in decisive but respectful
" terms, against further delay. There is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-01-13

Committee begin at this end OF the story
and try to trace all these shares from the time
they we're placed in Mr.. Ames's hands to the
present moment What did he do with themf
He accounted originally for $780, but 30 OF these
he is now obliged to account for over again,
if it is true that he repudiates his own state
ment about Senator Patterson; and there are
consequently 225 shares whose history is
subject for curious inquiry. There must be
record somewhere of the transactions in these
shares. 1t must be possible to find out who
has received the dividends, and if Mr.. Ames re-
ceived them himself in trust, he must know
for whom he was trustee. On the Both Oh
January 1868, he wrote to McCOmb that he
had disposed of all but six or eight thousand
(sixty or eighty shares, and of course he
must know how he disposed of this large
amount, and what he did with the shares
returned by Dawes, Wilson, and Colfax, and
the shares refused by Blaine, Boutwell,. and
Eliot. Mr.. Ames has not been questioned yet
on these points. The Committee has begun at
the wrong end.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-01-13

telescope tube, carried all day by machinery.
continually toward the sun, and noted every
hour except when clouds interviewed, the
changes of the solar surface. There were
other men, doubtless regarded as of equal alb
surdity, who with similar patience had re-
corded the vibrations of suspended magnets,
hour by hour, year by year. The moment OF
triumph came when each, in widely distant
lands, having tabulated his results, found
sun spots coincident in frequency with mag
netic storms The step from magnetic to at
mospheric storms, though a long stride, is one
more easily made the connection OF solar
with terrestrial disturbances was the leading
discovery. For hundred years at the Green
witch Observatory the lunar motions have been
studied with elaborate care, under restrictions
of Government compelling the observations to
have some relevancy to use in navigation. Inc
present train of discovery, which never could
have been reached under restrictions OF " prac-
" ticalr use, is likely to be of more service IN
predicting wind and wave for those who go
down into the sea in ships, than every ephe-
meris that ever was calculated at longitude
o., O., O." .... n .-....';'t.. -.