The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-01-05
THURSDAY. JANUARY 5, 1889
THE FRUITAaE OF rue YEAR,

purppses Eiid untritd h. Win The
reflective it's incis 1T ~ eaiurs fashioned
in the image nn after he plan of dI-
vIne intelli srncr. We eail up in Ieview
,he vents which have lett their impress
up "a our liyrs, aud ,ilei,tiy settle in our
own b airs the account lJelween our OPP
pOuuntIes and achievements. II is a
time, "a Prentice has ti'iy and beautiful
~ sal ., for memory and fuT tears The ex-
periencrs which C an cIoSd themselves
ini0 - iwclvenionlh may not be lightly
forgotten, and the sweet visions tiat van
ish with the dy ing year and ''ltave no
trace ct her DWELLINGS, ON the dead
waste 81 life" must bring
Ia the heart which has indulg.
ell in the jliusi .Es vr hope, a feeling
closely allied Ia 81 rruw. And So, while
the year which closes tonight has been
fraught with disasters and marked by
calamitie. which will lend,r IT memora-
bic for all Time, II will not circle Into
the eternal past without awaking that
tender sense %; rrgIet with which we
ai%ays part company With friends who
have grown into our lives.
The year 1881, in respect To its histo-
rical features. is the most remarkable
within tile memory OF The generation OF
men who live TO day. Marked as the
date, In doggeieI prophecy, for the lend
of The agr," The phenomenal events
which have fullnwed in rapid succession
since its advent have had the effect of
creating great disquieIude and dire fore
bodings among Illilerate people who
were mt informed as to the. natural in
fiuences which have operated in causing
an unprcced, nlcd disturbance Of
ths elements, aud though
the spurious character at the ali, q d
prediction of Mother Shipton has been
fully aiiesItd, the expiration Of the year
without deiriment TO The PLANETARY sys-
TEN, Will he hailed with deep sense OF
relief by many honest but superstitious
people.
The meteorological peculiaritirs pre-
dicted by scientists by virtue of the per-
ihilion Of the planets and extraordinary
solar INFLUENCES which have been notably
active during the past year, have been
more than realized, aud the extremes OF
weather and the violence Of atmospheric
agitation in all quarters Of the globe
have had no pr cedent within the past
century.
The bitter cold OF hast winter, and the
heavy snow storms which for weeks
blockAded travel are still fresh in the
memory of our readers. These were fol-
lowed in the spring by devastating
floods which resulted in great d,struc-
tion of properly, and in many cases loss
of human life. Violent storms next
swept over the country, " terrific lorna
do visiting this immediate section in
June, carrying death and destruction in
its path, and leaving desolatioD-iSy "a
track Thig was but one of many phe-
nomena which were experienctd with
similar results all over the country, no
table among which was the terrible
cyclone which almost utterly destroyed
the town cf New Tim. Minnesota. on
the 10th Of July, killing thirty persons
and wrfcking 100 houses ~
A spring oGtloods and sLpuEas Ea4 sue.
ceeded v u summer whose intense beet
began with the advent of the season,
and continued until October brought
the grateful relief Of her chilly nights
and crisp mornings, The discomfort of
Athe high temperature was greatly in
ified by the almost universal drouth'
p prevailed Throughout the eoun-
ud which was most severe in
(which had not ~-krosn-
what il was to want for the
latter rains in their season.
cted was this unusual condition
An the Atlantic seaboard that
and months wafer tamincs
ehJminent in more than one of
listern cities. AID the number
Aeatlla from pitisiratiOn 10y heat and
An-stroke swel1rd The mortality in the
'populous centrrs 10 fearful proportions,
The same rule seems To have Obtained
in the matter of casualiies, the frequency
and fatality nf which have been truly
frightful. These have included pcrils
by land aud by sea, and have resulted in
loss of human life that is sickening TO
co template. The most disastrous of
these WAS the burning OF the opera
house ut Nice iu March, when over 100
persisted in the flames; the forest
fires in Michig IN in September. by
which 300 people were burned, hundreds
rendered homeless, and millions of dol
lars worth or property consumed. and
The more II cent holocaust al Vienna
whcr; "A sufficient numbered people we're
roasted in the Ring Theatre Ia populate |
a flourishing town. THIN there have
been explosions without number, rail
road accidents, fires which have con-
sumed whole Villages, and calamities so
diversified in their character that it |
seemed "one woe did tread upon an
others heels so fast they followed"
But the most sorrowful and tragical
ct this year OF disas'er-;he
supreme event which will ever reader il
To the American people, was
The murderous deed which struck down
IN the fullness of his honors and the re-
NTH of his well seasoned pOwers, the Ia
menied Garfield Time hes kindly rob
bed of its pOignancy the bitter grief
which overwhelmed the country when
The hands OF him who had
so well and faithfully in the
of his high aims and noble
purposes were folded Ineiernal rest from
all human device. but the memory of
he gifted son Of nature whose patient
and masterful struggle for life
excited the sympathy of every civilized
nation under heaven, will live rs long as
men revere virtue, do homage to genius
md worship patriotism. The good
which James A. Garfield did was not
Inferred with his bones. II lives after
him, and though the fateful year which,i
le had hoped to crown with such
grand results for the nation has
been signalized by the "deep damnation
IF his taking off," his name is securely
in the hearts Of his country
men, and the example of his noble lite
IS legacy the priceless value of which
lime can never impair.
Turning from the contemplation of
he heavy misfortunes OF the year, it is
source of comfort aud qualification 10
EEL that its dIspensations have
not all been grievous. and that very ,
generous share of blessing has been min
n M !