New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-05


lost very pretty opportunity for using the deadly
parallel Mr. Demng had predicted that Mr..
Cleveland would have larger majority than he
obtained in 1SS2-something over 100000 His
friends ought TO have put the two predictions IN
parallel columns and in this way have shown that
he was 100, 900 votes further off tho track than
was Mr.. Case with his estimate Of $4,000 for the
Republican sido This would have been very
handsome tribute to Mr. Deming's powers of imagi.
nation.
The siloncs Of leading Democratic newspapers in
reference TO tho attempt of Democratic scoundols
to steal United States Senatorship in ILLINOIS,
how intense it Is
German in Dedham is reported to have had
premonition of his approaching end. and to have
predicted tho precise time and place. 1t all came
about like clock-work; he died on time and IN
the town with the melancholy namo Tho disease
he does not to have anticipated, but in every
other respect his clairvoyant intutions were con-
firmod with precision. The number of wel-au-
thenticatcd instances Of this sort is not increasing
so rapidly as to warrant tho assumption that they
form distinct class OF cases for which scientific
explanation is requisite. 1t would DO most I'M
fortunate result if the medical authorities should
decide that tho volition OF tho patient who had
predicted his own death at fixed time and place
had something to do with the fulflment Of the
prophecy. 1t would encourage the Predetermined
to hope that they might settle their fate for them
selves without tho violence of suicide, by simply
hazarding the prediction and then looking con-
fdontly for the result They might hope to
choose the disease as well as the time and place.
and die very comfortably. wi hout consciousness
and of some mild and pleasant disorder, lot The
doctors say or do what they would.
The 1Ib1UU firms repOrts that Bain9 has lost
his appetite" That another reason then why he
sgnalIy fails to resemble the Democratic party.
The New-York Bible and Fruit Mission has been
giving the discharged convict u fair chance and
after ten months of experiment finds him not 40
bad u character as some might suppose. The
system adopted by this society is practical test of
the honesty of that class who find it 80 hard to
enter fields of usefulness after leaving the work
house-a class against whom the hand of every
man seems turned. A broom factory has been
established where ex-cOnvicts are employed to
operate the machines and peddle tho manuac-
lures Each peddcr il given. to begin with. three
brooms of the cheapest quality. which lie is
expected to sell at fair price return and pay for,
and with the profits of the transaction TO buy
n second supply. II he chooses not to return the
society is out three broOms II is considered quite
remarkable that among 100 men employed in
one failed to come back for his second supply of
broonis and even he returned in the course of two
weeks so repentant that he was given another
trial, which resulted in his steady employment
Many have used the business rs a stepping stone to
more lucrative situations This IL practical
philanthropy.
Culinary and Thirsty" Democrats oil over the
ronntr, are laughing AT The suggestion that the
uivil Eeiyiee law can Keep them ont of ledcia
unirrs II may hrt bnf the chances aic that this |
Same hunaf, aud thirsty crowd vii be laughing
oul oF The ohai eide oI lheif monIha heIoie long
rufians IN u not that tho IRefeasei supply er |
ess shouli esusn an increased dentad TOT ifon
iinwnver tho rilshnfa peopla observe that ahsa- |
lulely The only Improvement u The non market Ia |
Ia the demand fir pipe for tina conveyance al nat
ural gas, which ia that region Ia becoming the Ia
yolito fuel for manufacturing purposes Wherever II
can bo economically obtained.
70 President leo Cleveland; On two former |
occasions we have otioctonately advised you to he
ware of Hendricks We have referred YOU to the |
fact that all unrebuked of him the orchestra lately
played g Hail to the Chief WHOM he entered al
indianapolis theatre. We have also referred YOU
to the related fact that the recent Democratic jam
boree at Atlanta was inclusive of a Transparency
bearing the inscription Hendricks was the |
Noblest Roman Of Them ALL" And now TO these two |
strong pieces of cIrcumstantal evidence, showing |
an intention to force you to play an unObtrusive |
second fiddle to the Indiana man. third is to be
added Mr. Hendrckss friends are now going up
an down the land claiming between drinks that
Tom not only carried his own State, but by
CAD. sir. had it not been for his influence with
Kelly Cleveland would never have carried New
York. We certainly do not wish to alarm you. Mr.
md hut Ols as "A
was on foot to compel You TO abdicate the Pres-
dcpcy and seek the seclu,on which the Presidency
of the Senate grants.
nephew of the rebel General A. p. Hill, Charles
Hill of Richmond Virginia, is reported as saying
in this city i'll an interview about tho CaDlhot
We would almost consider Mr.. Randall South
crner and General Mcclellan is our best friend"
We believe they had some such feeling rs this for
Little Mac " down South as far back as 1861 ~.
Mr. BENEFIT. tho Director of Agriculture in India.
has made report on wheat growing, at the IN
stance of the Bombay and Bengal Chambers of
Commerce. which contains some matter of great IN
terest to American growers. The London Economist,
in quoting from the report calls attention To tho
increase in quantity moved by railway from 1914
5 - bushels in 1889 to TO- 663 sos III 1851, and
shows that the increased export has been met by
increased production without drawing upon midas
food resources As this expansion might be lEdeh-
nitcly continued, 1t becomes of great Importance
to know how far that expansion is likely to be
limited by cost of production. Mr.. BENEFIT gives
very important data on this point He shows that
tho actual cost of production. on irrigated
land is }3 rupees per acre. and the product is ~
bushels of grain and one ton of straw The straw
sells for rupees leaving 20 rupees or SD 96,as the
cost of producing % bushels of wheat. This Is
A. a cents per bushel. Mr.. BENEFIT says that there
are so many quotations that it is difficult to give
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