Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-11-26
SHOOT the ice man!

THE district attorney should he reminded
tha. there arc blunders which may tc as
bad as crimes.
In their investigation of the public i'll
stitutions the grand inquest may be
moved to recommend fumigation of the
district attorneys office.
THERE seems to he a good deal of dis
pute about the high art of the Christmas
cards and just as the public were saying,
show petty they are,'' along come the
critics and tear them to tatters.
A BOOK is published at Paris entitled ::
"The Real Mission of Kings, by one Of
them The king of Bavaria is credited
with it's authorship. The book is very
severe on Prince Bismarck. 1t denounces
the war Of 1870 us immoral and iriquitous,
and describes Prince Bismarck as incu!a-
bly, inimcal to kings and the people.
THE proposed reorganization of the fire
department was beaten by the absence of
members who, if they are for it, take a
very poor way of showing it. Their votes
are counted against it under the law, and
public opinion will judge them by the re-
cord unless they can show cause to the
contrary.
THE exposure of the tax Office stcalinGs
l,l 1,l, e., 1,o u,
vague and indefinite, but confirmation is
given to it by the admission Of another ox-
clerk, John Davidson, vino now claims to
he repentaEt, that Receiver Smiths Office
was eden of thieves" 1t has been de-
veloped that the most wastetul prices We're
paid for supplies bought.
MIR. HORACE NOuLEs, the editor of the
London Truth, has awarded the writer OF
this "Stanza on Gen. Garfield " the sun,
of CO 2s. ::
With Faith his shield, lie recked no: Fortunes
| frown
With Truth his sword, he quailed not az :hc
| strife.
His country shook, he dashed rebellion down
She asked his guiding hand-hc gave hi, life
THE deacons of a Congregational church
in Connecticut recently wrote their pastor
a formal letter to the effect that they
wanted him to stop using the revised vcr.
sion of the New Testament, aid to use The
"Saint James =" version, which they haG
always been accustomed to hear. Dis
gusted with such y combination Of mul
ishness and ignorance the pastor resigned
his charge.
A DISTINGUISHED contemporary think:
that if those who seek to discorntenaucl
dancing would strive rather to make il
modest and healthful than to kill it b.
their criticism, something might be done
in the way Of both moral and santar!
reform. " The attempt to abolish da ncins
altogether seems to be entirely thrown
away, for if it be an evil it is one of thos.
exceedingly agreeable evils which human
nature has always indulged in
DIR. LoRIMER, the alleged pulpit orator
said: Oceans roll and impetuous!.
drive their landward waves, and, dashinf
surgeiul waters against natures rugget
barriers, threaten to submerge the earth
But all in vain their storm full rage an,
mad ambition. Ragged, jagged rocks in
tercept the lawless pillows and p,oud!,
disperse their strength in iridescer
spray" Cold Brother Gray suggests tia
what what he meant was "Water doe
not run up hill very far.''
THE pressure on our advertising de
partment compels US to issue supplement
to to days INTELLIGENcER of fourteen
} columns Of the regular size of the dali,
> edition. Its literary contents will b.
found to he Of special interest, includin!
an exposition of and answer to Mr.. Froth
ingham's recent dcsertion of Liberalism
in religion, a clever critique on the prize
Christmas cards, and various selections o
7 political matters, news, religious items
} and characteristic American humor. En-
7 terprising local advertisers claim consid
cradle portion Of tho space allotted to tn
supplement, and in preparation for tn
: holiday shopping their announcement
3, may be read with interest and profit.