The Republican journal., 1885-03-12
Meteorol illogical.

Those familiar with the workings of the
Signal Service Bureau, and who have access to
Its daily reports, nave long recognized its great
| utility in many directions. Its warning signals
have been the means of saving life and prop
erty; it has greatly benefited the farmer; and
in some lines of business the reports are regu-
larly consulted and followed. Our attention
has recently been called to the New England
Meteorological Society. which performs useful
work and in some degree supplementary to the
Government service. This society is .'volun-
tary association of persons interested in the
| study of atmospheric phenomena in New Eng.
land.' A monthly bulletin is published and
meetings are held in January, April and Oc-
tober of each year. Each member pays an an
nual fee of 50 and applications for membership
may be made to W. NJ. Davis, Secretary, Cam
bridge, Mass. The Bulletin is published month
ly and contains summary of the meteorological
conditions of the preceding month, with other
items Of interest. 1t is furnished without charge
to members and cooperating observers. OBJ
servations welcomed from any one, and
| circulars have been prepared. containing sug-
ges1ons as to instruments and methods of OBJ
seryation, which aim to promote greater uni
formity and accuracy among observers. The
circulars and blank forms for recording the OBJ
servations can be obtained by applying to Wins
low Upton, Director, Providence. r. l.
We see by the January Bulletin that there
are four observers in Maine-at Eastport, Gar
diner, Portland and Winthrop. 1t is also an
| nounced that,
| Arrangements have been begun by which
| the current weather indications of the United
| States Signal Service will be generally distrbut-
ed over New England by railroad telegraph
| lines. Flags for displaying these signals in the
different towns. either by the town authorities
or BY responsible private persons, can be OBJ
| tanned at moderate cost Correspondence on
this subject should be addressed to the Secre-
| tary.
| In this connection it may be said that au APP
| pendiX to the report Of the Chief Signal Officer
| for 1885 is devoted to the operation and organ
| ization of S ate weather services. Such SER
| vices have already been organized in Missouri,
| Indiana. Iowa. New Jersey, Tennessee, Illinois,
| Ohio, Nebraska, Michigan, Alabama, Louis
lana, Georgia, Mississippi, Kansas, and efforts
are now being made to extend these organic
ations to Minnesota. North Carolina and Penn
sylvania. with hope Of success. Lieut.. Dun
woody Acting Signal Officer and Assistant,
| says: ''The State service should receive asss-
tance from the local State government and be
organized by legislative enactment. This is
| the case in Ohio and Iowa, and when the peo-
| ple of the several States recognize the value of
| these channels Of distribution Of information to
| the agricultural districts other States will fol-
| Al. 4, ,ft ~,
meteorological society has been formed in New
| England, the work of which is somewhat SINH
| lar to the work of the State service, and excel
lent results are anticipated from the monthly
bulletins which have been promised from that
| organization.
We present these facts with the hope that
Maine may do something in this directions and
cooperation with tbp New England Meteoro-
logical Society would seem to be the easiest
and most efcetra method of attaining the de
sired end, thus obyating the necessity OF or
I ganizing a State service.
1t is amusing to see how angry the recently
converted Democratic editors get when r.
| publican paper makes ANY reference to the
| various candidates for office. Mr. Rust of the
| Belfast Age, is understood to be 4 candidate
for the collector>hip Of that district and j. not
| willing that any paper should mention Mr.
Gushing III connection with The office. ihe
| Age says:
1--WE understand very well the grudge which
these (RepubIican) organs owe Us. 1t i in-
| possible to convince The great moral party that
| any body could change from that party to
another without some selfish or corrupt mo-
tive"
A, Mr. Rust ha~ been regular standing
| candidate for some place ever since he chung
tl,, ~ Il
think he wa~ influenced by motives not alto
gether uu~ Iih in swinging around the circle.
Bangor Whi@ and Courier
He was "A Irregular standing candidate for
some place before he changed from a Republi-
can to Greenbacker, and before he changed
from 4 Greenbacker to Democrat. Indeed,
there has never been a time when he has not
been candidate fer something; and if he
doesn't Get something now from the Democrats
he Will have TO Join 4 new party.
The editor Of the Machias Union on his jour
ney to New Orleans settled the shipping CUES
tiou-to hi~ satisfaction, III least. He says
foreign vessels can be sailed - to 100 per cent.
cheaper than American vessels" - il other
words, sale d for nothing at all-100 from 100
leaves nothing and that they will have the
preference and nothing can prevent it. He ar
CUES therefore, that we must give up sEipbuiid-
ing, leave the carrying trade to foreigners and
devote ourselves to raising pro luce to feed Eu-
rope. lie concludes the subject with these elo-
queut paragraphs:
The United States will become the leading
| producing nation of the world, able and willing
to feed Europe. John Bull is amazed at Joua-
than's bulQutSs, American pig, mutton ana