The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-10-06

can editor 10 impart TO tho genera!
public such Items OF ncws as may BIO
conducive 10 is happinnss
Tho reader should DO told when he
may change his 1annels without incur
ring the danger OF having to don
subsequent sarcophagns lie should
30 warned la time not 60 inhale the
loaded cucumber. which goeth about
like a roaring lion seeking by whom IL
NAV be- doyourcd.
IL is 10 the newspaper that the public
should look for aly.ce For whom not To
vote, and how often.
Ii is the PROVINCE OF the newspaper
10 give tho public reliable information
ut what drug store 10 procure the
proper ansi,i0te. II he Is suffering from
a digniied liver. A dicniiicd liver is
one that has become high-toned. and
refuses 10 work.
In word. whilc there Ia no kind OF
useful informal on that should DO
withheld from Tho pubic, yet we do
not think that the editor should tamp-
er with thc planetary system and pro-
dictlhat tho earth will be treated like
mn offensive partisan.
For instance, art Giles have been go
ing the rounds OF the press to the effect
that the earth is gradually becoming
cooler. and that m sh Ort time all tue
lower brute creation including. OF
course the human race-would be de-
siroyed b. The cold. These pred ctions
hsve often brought on the hottest kind
OF n summer. and people have suffered
from prickly heat aud disappointment
in consequence.
On other occasions. the prcss has
warned The public that lie planet was
getting hotter aud such predictions
have usually been followed by cold
waves that made tho readers howl with
face acto. and ruined the trade in sum
mer clothing.
III sort OF thing destroys the con
iidence which the people reposes in tho
press. and is calculated 10 lessen its
influence for good. People simply say
that IAN editor Is little better than u
liar.
just now. for instance. there Is an
astronomical article gong the rounds
of the press to tho effect that the pub
Tic should be ready 10 dodge. as star
known 10 the police by the name o.
Arciurus. Is bad Indian and Is headf
ing this way, and unless he IL captured
by the L. ;. troops aud put back on
tho reservation he will make IL liyele
for ever, thing that wears har whom hc
strikes the white settlements
This is what Professor Proctor says:
"Iho result OF the observation OF
these doings. recently made ut the
Greenwich observatory. numbering 200
oil 90 tp..
months. il the clear establishment of
that star movement toward the enrtn
head on at tho rate Of something moro
than 80 niles second, 3. 600 miles q
minute. 49,. 900 miles an hour. aud
$50 900 miles day"
As we have already intimatod. we
ieprecate sensationalism Prof Proc
tor anil all the other star inspectors
may understand their business but the
public has been fooled SO often that
nobody is going to pay pew rent and
lead an upright life on such encour-
agement as il contained in the above
quoted paragraph
May not Arcturus' high ratio of
speed bc accounted for by tho supos-
ton that he IS being pursued by
hornet. or "a deputy sheriff or Mrs.
Arcturusg May no not be smoe celes-
I al bank cashier who having heard
about Canada. IS aux Gus TO join tho
American colony At Monlreale
We have casually examined Arcturus
through quart telescope with tho
stopper ont. and can see no cause for
alarm. We believe that as soon as
Arcturus sees that we are not going 10
scare worth "A cent be will discover
that his motion is orbital Fora time
he will appear stat onRry, and then
rccode with his tail coiIed up between
his hind lcgs.
At ANY rate. we will not lot Arctu-
rus get the drop on the reading public.
We shall cOntinue our observations
from time to time. with telescope of
increased magnitude aud il we see The
butt OF p stol protrudlng from be-
meath the horizontal coat tail of tho
heavenly Wis tor we shall issue an
extra in time for regular subscribers
To load their shotguns.
Now is the timc To subscribe. - Tex
az SJtWgs.