. The new eclectic history of the United States . ley off Cape Sabine, in Smiths Sound, on the2 2d of June, 1884. Lieutenant, now General, Greely wasafterwards placed at the head of the Weather Department atWashington. 669. This Weather Department, established in 1870, gives noticein advance of the approach of storms, the rise and fall ofrivers, and all changes in the air, by means of the telegraphicwires connected with all parts of the United States, and withmore than a dozen stations in distant parts of the globe. Ninetenths of its predictions have proved true. Lives and propertyhave been sa
. The new eclectic history of the United States . ley off Cape Sabine, in Smiths Sound, on the2 2d of June, 1884. Lieutenant, now General, Greely wasafterwards placed at the head of the Weather Department atWashington. 669. This Weather Department, established in 1870, gives noticein advance of the approach of storms, the rise and fall ofrivers, and all changes in the air, by means of the telegraphicwires connected with all parts of the United States, and withmore than a dozen stations in distant parts of the globe. Ninetenths of its predictions have proved true. Lives and propertyhave been saved by these timely warnings; and the science ofmeteorology, on which so many interests depend, has beenstudied more thoroughly than could ever be done by a smallerscale of observations. 390 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. 670. Immigration,—Much of the improved condition of ourcountry is due to the coming of laborers from Europe. Fortu-nately placed, with only two near neigh-bors, and those usually friendly, we havehad very little to suffer from. *%*
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