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Show A Rare Opportunity. Why doesn't tho N. Y. Herald send out an expedition to discover the northwest passage? There would be flattering prospects of having some of its correspondents killed, which appears to bo the oaly means by which it seokB to attract readers and enlist public sympathy. During the war its correspondents were instructed instruct-ed to have as many narrow escapes as possible. O' Kelly was sent to Cuba that ko might be imprisoned or banged aa a spy. Stanley was dis patched to Alrica to tempt the appetites ap-petites of the wild beasts, and still later the great Slillson was directed to Utah with sealed orders to get as sassinated and to assassinate himself if no one else would be charitable enough to perform the act. Permit ui to suggest that the Tribune stafl be detailed to write up this new voyage of discovery for the Herald. They could d it cover and describe the north pole without going any farther in that direction than Canada. We always thought the N. Y. Herald was destined to discover the great marine thoroughlare, and the fact that such discovery is without the raogo of human possibility will not operate as a drawback if the sorvices of such tremendous fabricators as the Tribune stuff can be secured as special correspondents. |