The Press., 1888-11-29

! Scotland with it's population of under {, coo, GOO adds 10 itself every year by bal .l ance between the death.rate and birth-rate 54, GOO persons. France with it's. popula. ton of 38, 900, 900 adds toitself only 52, ,560.
 Somerville Journal When hens can
 be induced to use rubber stamp to date
 their eggs, the young housewife will do
 her Thanksgiving shopping with great
 deal more calm confidence than she does
 now.
 Terre Haute Express: Young poet (to friend Tom, now yen have read the manuscript of verses, can't you suggest some good non de plume before l send it away ?'' Tom Cyawning) -'sI think %. P. Yates would fill the bill exactly "Will the rain ever stop ?" seems to be the general query. Hartford Post. Not exactly. It does stop occasionally but the general query is: Will it ever stop beginning again as fast as itstops ?-- Cool ey's Weekly.
 A western paper recently offered prize for best story to be written by pupil of a public school. Here are 8 few passages from the contributions:
 Cora Brown was fortunately the possess or of a birthday, for she was the daughter of rich friends.
 'sBnt all this time cloud was gathering over Mrs. Delaney, which grew large as years went by, and that cloud was full of grasshoppers. 7
 ssMy father desired me to marry bank president, handsome reckless man, fond of nanght save the gaming table" 1" "'Vat I dell you, vat I dell you?' shout ed the Irishman 2
 GAS she entered the room a cold, damp smell met her sight" :.
 .sThe Jews celebrate Christmas in the summer"
 ''She forgot the Lord and all his bles- sings, and after that she went and got mar ried. :" E..
 Perhaps the interstate commerce com. mission will investigate a serious charge which has been brought against the loco motives of America. A correspondent of ''The Northwestern Railroader holds that they are largely responsible for floods and storms. Why so? o, because, says the correspondent, they send into the air every week more than 5, ,O00, ,000, 900 cubic yards of vapor, while 1000, ,O0O, 900 of that sort of cubic yards is ''quite enough to produce good rain fall every twenty-four hours. " This has the force of demonstration of at least B, ,000, 0,e00,0 900 horse power. The curious question remains, and one upon which Noah never threw any light, how many locomotives did it take to furnish the vapor that brought about the deluge ?
 It does not need very close observation to bring out the fact that republic is growing in the face of the rabid Bourbon ism of the southern states, and that 8 few years of wise, conservative control of the Iox1k ~-,pn drive ont and supplant this curse of the south. Virginia came within l 800 votes of being republican state at the last elec- tion West Virginia is hanging in the bal ance of an official count; the fwhite" counties of North Carolina had the fairest and best election held since 1876, because republican votes were cast and counted, and even Kentucky, solidifed Bourbon state that she is shows signs of breaking away from the hide bound theories of the Wattersons and Carlisles., The growth of republicanism in the latter state is marvel lous and well worth passing review. Tn 1868 the state gave Grant 39, 560 and Sey mour 115, ,890, making plurality for the democratic candidate of 76,324 In 1872 the republican vote went to 88, ,766. in 1876 Hayes had 97, 156, while Hidden received 159, ,696, the democrats leading 02s54O. In 1888 Garfield had 1O6, ,3O6 and Hancock 149,O68, the republicans increeaing and the democrats losing on the ,Toka l876. In 1884 Blaine received fT8, TAzs keland -152, ,691. Blaine gained about. l2, 600 over Garfield and Cleveland leading Hancock about 5000 votes. This year Harrison leaps forward to 153, 732, while Cleveland obtains 181, 1894. Harrison's gain over Blaine was B, ,61O. Cleveland increased his vote of 1884, 28, ,433. The democratic plu- rality in 1888 is reduced to 27, ,662. Harri- sons vote is larger by 4 900 Othan Hancock's, and leads Cleveland's vote of 1884 nearly a thousand. Kentucky is going rapidly ahead in the direction of good debatable ground, and the growth Of protectionism will one of these days place 1t in the line of positive progressive states. ff