Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-18

whether in this corner of it, anyway,
they would not like the law to protect
them in possessing their own.
THE Philadelphia citizens Committee
of One Hundred appear to have done a
very proper thing in endorsing for the
city commissionership twosuch estimable
men as Charles II. Krumbhaar. a Dem
oceat, and Hampton P. Carson, an
equally reputable Republican; hut as is
pointed out by Philadelphia newspaper
of such thoroughly independent proclivi-
ties as the Record they should have gone
farther. Nothing reasonable stood in
the way of their giving a positive
endorsement to Major Veale, the Demo-
cratic candidate for recorder of deeds, a
gentleman of undoubted fitness for the
office, and whose qualifications and
deserts constitute loud call on the
Committee of One Hundred, if they pro-
pose to stand up to their principles. The
Record further shows that whilst the
committee owes its existence to the in
sufferable evils of Republican rule in
Philadelphia, it owes all its victories to
the solidity of Democratic support. It
has gained no laurels worth the wearing
except those obtained in the election of
Democrats to Office. There is no other
way to break down the machine except
by Democratic cooperation. The sin
cerity of the committees devotion to
real reform and opposition to ring rule
could have no better vindication than in
an endorsement Of Major Veale's can
didacy.
Moo will deny that Mr.. Tyner's
friendly relations with Brady and the
star route thieves were tie controlling
influence that induced President Ar
thurs summary removal of that func-
tionary. How deeply the late first as
sist:nt postmaster general was implicated
in the frauds against the government
developed by the recent Investigations
in that direction is not clearly known.
But it is known that he it was who put
Brady i'll the influential position that
enabled him to manipulate the mail con-
tracts TO his own pleasure and at all
events Mr.. Tyner's career, whether in
running the campaign in Indiana, the
ultimate result of which was the putting
of President Arthur in his present place,
or in his conduct of the postal depart
ment. has never been such as to inspire
confidence in his honesty and integrity,
and his displacement will be hailed with
genuine satisfaction by good people of
all parties.
TrNEE knows how it is himself now.
SCORE one for the now president. lie
has fired Tyner out of the poStof1icc de-
partment.
The straw hat is beginning to reassume
its languishing supremacy in the mascu-
line toilet.
TIL, has been good October for we'd
dings, and the roll hasn't been closed per-
manently yet. Cupid and Hymen arc hav-
ing high old time Of it together
n WINE merchant at dessert put a few
grapes into a glass and then poured in
some water. always at shop" observed
q guest.
| REMARKABLY good shoulders, always
inspire the suspicion of padding, and it
is said upon such good authority as
the London World that critical bellies some
times plobe them with pin during the
maddening whirl of the valse.
The Philadelphia Bulletin points out
that the principals to the Beirnc- Riddle
berger affair must have forgotten their
early reading. \ little matter of caps
would never have kept Baron Munchausen
from fighting. In his celebrated encounter
with the ducks he substituted for the miss
ing flint a smart blow in his eye so that
tine fire flew from it and ignitcd the
charge. The sparks from the angry Vir.
ginians' eyes should have been sufficient to
fire whole powder magazine.
The little frame church on Vermont
avenue. in tho City Of Washington, which
made no other pretcntion than being
Christian, suddenly became prominent
when the late president selected it as a
place Of worship. Then Its capacity was
found insufficient for the throng who at.
tended and an attempt was made to raise
funds for the erection of a larger, finer and
more desirable edifice. A large sum OF
money has been pledged and now the in.
tention is to carry ont the project of re-
building aud erect memorial church
which will be both place of worship fo,
humble Christians aud a monument
to the man for whom it will be named,
France is about OH the same plane of &C,
tivity, SO far rs the postal statistics supply
evidence, and is very far below that ol
Great Britain or of the United States. The
number Of letters carried in the imperial
mails in 1873 was 521, 600, 900 and the NUN
Der carried in the French mails 446, 900,
0oo. Allowing fo- the larger population
Of Germany, the two countries would be
about equal in the matter of flettcr-writing
As to tclegraphing, tho amount of bust.
ness is still lin nrOportion to nnnulat;on>