New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-03
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
AGAIN THIS WONDERFUL YEAR.
Sum Of Is Made By Digits of 1908 Justified
by Baleful Events. It Is Said.
10 the Editor Of Ths Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir I notice that tie paragraph which you kind
r. printed = month ago and ia which. IN ocular
vein connected tire abnormal events OF the last
six months with he fact that tho dgts IN the pres
emf year. 1S2. formed. when added. the fateful
number thirteen appears to have attracted gen
eral attention among my brother journalists both
East and West In fact. my "confrhre" Of Bos-
ton paper. seems. on looking into the matter. 70
have become excited that ne Immediately trans
ferred the item his columns but forgot 10 give
credit for the sar7e. though I can say. with
Touchstone, An :l-favour'd thing. sir hut mine
own"
Again the 'Iitry gent" who reads exchanges for
8 Chicago daily takes my pleasantly in sober ear
nest and proceeds 20 discuss the matter SERIOUSLY
The last year" ne remarks. whose digits com
pose C'sic'D thirteen was Is4a and II about the
dulest most uneventful year Of the century. There
vas nothing wonderful about IT," HAVING made
this assertion. he proceeds to contradict himself BY
citing the following ''uneventfuI' events; queen
Victoria got married: penny postase was intro
duced in England. General Harrison was elected
President: the Mormons founded Nauvoo: the
Opium War with China was brought To an end and
William ] OF Holland sbdioated
/ afraid that II the writer should consult
King Edward VII OF any other intelligent Eng
lishman. he would ind that the latter would not
agree with him in classifying as negligible occur
ences either the marriage OF good Queen VIC.
the introduction of penny postage or the endlnS
Of the Opium War with China Nor would any
settling Of the MorTnons the banks Of the Mis-
sssippi or the election Of our ninth President The
Latter Day Saints nov shorn OF their distinctive
tenet By the abolition Of polygamy ana with Elder
DoWie threatening TO convert them en- bloc ,
though then only at the outset Of their phenomenal
career. in i've years had in thei- wilderness home
Increased and multiplied until they numbered
twenty thousand souls
The 'Tippecanoe and Tyler, too campaign OF
1879 VIII long be remembered for this and other
reasons as the one in which enormous mass meet
ings and professions. with emblems ana banners,
with which our cities familiar. We're
nrst used. Indeed the log cabins Of that eXcit-
ing summer and autumn have passed into the
pic torial annals Of the nation
t5uI ali this ls apart from original contention
that this year OF Lord 1893 must he classeo
II classed properly. among the ami miraoiies OF
TIE century. since / wrote. July u, there nave
occurred among other baleful events the terrible
tunnel horror IN Paris. a destructive tornado N
Jamaica, an unusual number OF bile ana
trolley accidents either side OF the Atlantic me
attempted assassins ton OF the American Nlce-Con-
sui ~ Beirut and the insurrection IN the Balkans
bringing with II the frigntful nassacres IN Mace
on women and children. seem 10 be intent on wlp-
ing out an entire people.
II these atrocities do not result in arOusing =
modern version Of the ancient cry. Come over
and help us compelling tho Interference Of the
powers. which may ultimately result in Lighting a
general European COnfagIation and thus bring TINS
unlucky year TO q lamenuable conclusion We s1aIL
indeed be fortunate J HENRY HAGER-
Livingston. Staten Islani Aug. 81 1888