Daily Republican., 1881-12-31
Average circulation Gffh" - ~ ID
LlCAN 5000 DAILY.
ARetrvsucct Of the GId Year

ARetruspcct Of the ella Year.
This day winds up another year
human existence. The earth Las r.
yOived on its axis three hun red an
sixty five days and in that time ha
taken an aerial excursion throng
space around the sun, the great cent?
of the universe, keeping AT a respectful
distance, and now it returns to its start
ing point, completing the circle o
another year. What a wonderful, ny
ing, rolling, rocking, tumbling worl
we live in, and yet guided by the grea
Jehovah's hand how magniHcently |
keeps its place amongst the millions @
planets, suns, comets, fixed stars an'
little twinhiing stars that make up III,
great aerial family inhabiling space
This little world is now almost al it,
annual journeys end, and when the
clock strikes twelve tonight, another
year will fly Off from the spindle axis.
finished, ard will fly up 10 the great
white throne with its mixed burtheu of
good or bad deeds to be judged. When
the world started on its annual ,our a
year ago, it was amidst the rigurs OF
al unparalleled winter. The earth
was covered with SNOW, the water was
turned to ice and the weather god
shrie ked with tiendish delight at shiN
ering millions, while the Thermometer
with sluggish sullenness rested below
zero. So cold was it that part Of the
Spring passed away before the weaker
reached its usual tempered state. Even
the rebound was so great that July and
August found us sweating beneath the
heat of a torrid zone. Following this was
a partial failure OF the crops and conse- |
4uently increased high prices for bread |
stutfs and the necessdries of life. Put
after all there has been plonty. In all
this broad, great land none need 90
hungry. As if relenting upon the Sc
verify of the weather when the old year
started, it returns amid smiles ard
tears. But we have no need for il now.
1t has been iickle and incoustant so far
as weather changes were concerned and
notwithstanding its uildness now, we
must PASS it on down to its grave and
tall in after its yonng successor.
tr, s,-h4 L.. 81 a.,
past year, we will be led to thiiE Of the
changes that have taken place in oar
households. Happy shonld the family
be that can sit around the New Years
table and find no empty seat. Each
daily revolution brought US the record
OF mortality always large. Death, who
accompanies the year in its journey, is
NJ least impartial The rich, the poor,
the great, the humble, the Statesman,
the soldier, have all been gathered into
Deaths triumphant car and they have
passed from our sight. This will make
sad bearts in many families, rs they
take the silent retrospect tonight of the
poor old year almost gone. The blight
est gem gathered in the casbet Of death
during the year is James a. CART ID,
the loved and the hOnored ruler of the
greatest nation that peoples the globe.
Oh death how vindictive! Even in
the dying moments Of the old year, his
shaft has struck shining mark IN our
own city. The death Of II, S, McC0mb
is not only local but national loss. |
After all, the cid year though tickle
in many respects, has been lavish in
its blessings. 1t has brought us peace
and the most unexamplea prosperity.
Political anmostes have in great
measure suhsided, and the North and
the South, like the hon and the lamb, |
have lain down together. Protection
to American industries has spread the
sails of commerce, has extended rail |
roads, has kept in active operation tie
furnaces and manufactures Of the ia |
tion. We are increasing IN wealth and
population and Altogether the Old year
is going down amidst blaze of bust
ness success, which will give the new
year good start from the first. The
outlook is encouraging, and We wish
our patrons ard friends, one and all, Il
Happy New Year.