National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-07-04

bureau with an appreciation and unanimity
which have overridden the colder opinion OF
men professedly statesmen and ssvans. The
usefulness will not cease at the present mark;
but civilization, by the cable system, will, In
afcw years, mount guard over the frma-
ment In every corner OF the earth, and an
ticipate the movements there before they are
wei compounded. l want 10 get few
stations In that very important part of our
hemisphere, the West Indies"
INSIDE.
The Interior OF the signal office building
discloses the newest fruits In the arts Of pho
Biography, printing and instrument making.
The camera Is employed to note the slightest
grndntlons In baromctric, thcrmomctfic, or
anemomctric movements; and, turned upon
the clouds themselves, II Is beginning to deal
with them rs Lavater might have drawn his
system Of physiognomy. The establishment
OF the weather bureau has sharpcned the
human wits In this direction, and every week
develops an Improvement or q suggestion
by which young certainty advances over old
probability. There Is great glass case Of
clouds In the Office, formed OF raw cotton
drawn out In the form OF stratus, cirrus,
cumulus, or nimbus; and this, with the deli
cate aud involved instruments, and the daily
Representation, from the work Of two or
three West Poln.ers who nightly write their
lessen without consultation, and bring II up
to compare with the weathcr-rcgimcn Of next
day. As fascinating In pursuit as old astrol-
ogy, and moro gratifying In result, the scierce
OF meteorology, 10 this vast contir entail acad-
cmy, must reach Abevelopmcrt hitherto uu-
known; and, by-Ae dispersion Of stations
over the country, each mission In itself, the
| rising generation will be drawn TO natural
philosophy like the housewife to her Yankee
clock.
| ECONOMY.
Notable about the weather bureau Is the
1 stuapttnitv aud rtNu ats ~
the apparatus and the corps. The instr,i-
ments dispatched to distant stations are the
best, but Of the plainest and most portable
description; and the renowned maps, which
make, when bound. q wcather-history, are
printed In colors by one dio-scttcr, on q
single adjustable steel plate.
Out Of this ONCE may arise the direct In
terposltion OF man and Government In the
Management Of the weather, which Is the
next step beyond accurate Representation
The influence of timber, boys, ETC., In mod
flying climate, Is beginning TO be understood
by common people; but an organization lik,
the signal Office has the ability to play chcs
with the weather, and anticipate operation,
beyond the horizon, dealing with whole do
grees OF latitude and longitude, like square
on the board.
Il REHABILITATION.
Noticeable, also, Us q fortuity, perhaps
consequence Of this establishment, Is tho ris
OF populur science as u social tOrce IN oil
parts Of the country. A prouder tcstimouia
q scientific man never received than Profe~o
Tyndall from the American cities. The Pa
puidr Science Monthly, edited by DIR. You
, mans, the indcfatlgable pioneer In that caus,
Is successful publication, and Is attractin
, contributors like Herbert spencer. Ever
. year the number Of our inland exploring pal
! tics increases, and It Ia rumored that tn
} Darwlnian theory is greatly stifcncd up h
late paleontologic discoveries In the Rock
Q Mountains.
!: FINS.
,, So while politics and political morals Of
|. awry, and public men l. the worst crop "
I produce, the American race In other walks
= energetic and vigilant, and shows the wi
2 dom and efficacy Of our institutions. tt
u modern age, Of which we have been n gre
part, has done more for mankind than all |
b precursors. The ocean cabied, tho coasts
J. the globe lighted, the weather Simultaneous
Il and ubiquitously regarded for universal eco
a omy, all departments Of labor organizing
!. resist the sinister advances of monarchy
the form Of money, slavery out Of fashio
religious liberation almost wholly insur,
Ia and international obligations Christianize,
,, Have we lived In vain Us q family of ma
y kindl And shall the pot-house and the pI
Y mary-meeting be greater than any Of the
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