Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-09-03
MINOR TOPICS.

MINOR TOPICS.
GIVE have" says the London Spectator,
" expended twenty millions and have lost
hundreds of valuable lives in the cndeavor
to fight Russia without declaring war on
her, and the total result is that the pame
of the Afghan Amecr is Abdurrahman in
stead of Sherc Ali.''
GEN. BANKS, who signed the report
branding Garfield as a perjurer, and Robe
son, who escaped trial for malfeasance in
Office only by the statute of limitations,
spoke on the same platform for Garfield
and Arthur at Jersey City, Tuesday even
ing.
1T has been held by the courts that 4
hotel keeper is not liable for the loss of =
hat that was hung on rack while the
owner was at dinner. Tho property must
come into tho actual possession of the pro-
prietor and be received by him, whether
he bc hotcl keeper or barber, before he bc-
comes liable for any loss.
MIR JAMES II. HOPKINS, the Democratic
candidate for Congress in the Pittsburgh
district, las challenged Congressman En-
rctt, the Republican candidate, to joint
discussion of the issues of the day. Mr..
Errctt has decided that hc cannot accept
until he gets the advice of his county COM
mittee On the Snhicct
A LETTER is printed from General Gar
field in reply to some inquiries rs to
whether he would not, if elected, "rccom-
mend legislation for the suppression of the
importation, manufacture and sale Of in
toxicating liquors rs beverages in tho Dis
trict of Columbia and the territories.
Garlicld's reply is truly remarkable. lie
says :"I hope you will recognize the pro-
pricty of my declining to answer your
question, and the impropriety of my max
ing any statement to any person that
will do any particular thing in case l am
elected" The general doesn't like to
hurt anybody's feelings.
Two of General Garficld's competitors
for the presidential nomination seem to bc
unable to restrain covert attacks. In 4
brief report of Secretary Sherman's speech
at Washington, he is represented as saying
that General Garfield was an honest gen.
cral, while the more Important tribute that
he was an honest man was adroitly with
held. Senator Blaine has been making 4
stirring speech on the tariff, in which the
worst of all free trade offences is describ-
cd rs the policy of raising revenue on such
articles as tea and coffee, which arc not
produced in this country, system that
found in General Garfield persistent ad-
vOcate.-Irogress.
AT tho battle Of Yorktown the clergy
were present in large force, and all their
intellectual and rhetorical powers were
called into service the first Sabbath after
the surrender. The finest effort now on
record was that of Israel Evans. lie had
been a chaplain from the first and fought
in nearly every great battle Of the war.
At Yorktown, as he stood near Washing
ton, a cannon-ball struck at his feet and
showcrcd him with mud. Without NOV
Ing step, hc took off his hat to examine
it's condition. Washington advised him
to take it home, to show his wife and
children. After the surrender he preached
to the assembled army from Not unto
us, o Lord, not unto us, but unto thy
name give glory for thy mercy and for thy
truths sake. Wherefore should the
hcathcn say, Where is now their God?
But our God is in the heavens. He hath
done whatsoever he pleased"
HAWTHORNE was 4 close friend of
Franklin Pierce, and having written his
campaign biography was expected to have
great influence with him. The Office
hunters must have pcstercd him after the
election since We find him saying, in let
ter written about that time, to literary
friend: "When applying for Office, ifyou
are conscious of any deficiencies (moral,
intellectual, or educational, or whatever
clse), keep them to yourself and let those
find them out whose business it may be.
For example, supposing tho Office of
translator to the state department to be
rendered to you. Accept it boldly, with
out limiting that your acquaintance with
foreign languages may not be the most IA
miliar. If this unimportant fact be dis
covered afterward, you can be transferred
to some more suitable post. The business
is to establish yourself, somehow and any
how. I have have had as many Office
seekers knocking at my door for three
months past rs if was a prime minister,
so that have made good many scientific
observations in regard to them. The
words that Bradamante Il think it was)
read on the enchanted hall arc, and ought
to be, their motto: BE bold, be bold, and
everywhere be bold But over one door
she read: Be not too bold. A subtle bold
ness with veil of modesty over it is what
is needed"
Calamities Abroad.
A wooden bridge over the river Ebro,
near Larango, fell while a battalion of
troops was crossing. One captain, three
and seventy-five troops were
drowned.
The British steamer Hardwick, of G7S
tons, from Odessa for Bristol, laden with
barley, shifted her cargo and foundcred,
and all on board were lost with tho excep-
ton of one fireman.