Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-05-14

IOr Tile country, OIL WuOSc IHlcicoIS u0
has shown himself to be the enemy, |
under the Democratic idea of those in
terests, by his support of grasping mo-
nopolies. The supreme bench is de-
graded by his elevation, and the power
of the people, in their@mpending conflict
with corporate power, weakened. Was
it Democratic duty to do this or
were they who did it faithless We say
that they were.
MINOR TOPICS.
ABLE senator's, in the expressive Ian
guage of Mr.. Watterson are quartered
"between hell and the iron works.
A MOVEMENT is reported at Cincinnati
in favor of Allen G. Thurman as the Dem
ocratic candidate for governor in the COM
ing campaign. The Buckeye Democracy
might 70 farther and far worse.
THEY say it is possible to learn the
probable state Of the weather by the taste
of beer. The man about town OF an even-
ing will discover the existence Of a sur
prising amount of curiosity on the subject
of the weather il he looks into one of our
popular beer gardens.
THIS mau is Philadelphian. What =
large hat he wears! The large hat is a
sign Of brOthcIly love The Philadelphian
is happy. See what broad smile expands
his features. Why does the Philadelphian
thus relax his cOuntenance? ? 1t is because
New York can't have any worlds fair.
There are many Philadelphians in this
world.
TRUE merit will always be recognized.
A circus manager recently went fishing in
certain brook, and found out that there
wasn't fish in it. And the next day he
heard poor young man declare that lie
had just caught 291 trout from that brook
in three hours. And the circus owner at
once saw the worth of the lad, aud hired
him at $40 week to write bills advertising
the circus.--BOstOn Post.
THERE are at least twenty nine CONNER
cial or exploring expeditions, to say
nothing of missionary parties now moving
from various quarters towards the interior
of Africa. Business enterprises are start
ed, new lines of steamships established
along the coast, and scores of commercial
and scientific stations have been perman
emily occupied in regions which heretofore
have rarely been. visited by travellers.
TIE irrepressible Rev. Uriel Graves, ed
itor OF the Greensburg, Westmoreland
county, Ercning News, after long and
bitter controversy with the 1'yus, Of the
same place, during which eacl, organ has
thrown considerable mud and besmirched
itself pretty we'll in the handling, has re.
sorted to the device of printing the record
of his life in his paper as refutation OF
the charges against him.
PORE LEO XIII is sometimes at work at
his desk all night. He has all his meals
served to him in the greatest privacy, il
much more sparing of audiences than was
Plus, and even his state secretary and the
cardinals can only see him at irregular in
tervals. He has set on foot 4 chancellOry
of his own, consisting Of three private sec.
retaries, and conducts his affairs will
their aid quite independently Of the state
secretary and often over his head
PROFESSOR ROBERTSON SMITH says that
the Mosaic legislation Of the Pcntateucl
in it's final form did not become the &C.
knowledgcd law of the land until the time
of Ezra, and that the Levitical legislation
was unknown before the exile. He
furthermore says that the Old Testament
canon was not complete at the time of
Jesus Christ. These statements, while
they have caused great astonishment in
coming from the source they do, have
alienated some OF Professor Smiths warm
est friends, who stood bravely by him
during all his ecclesiastical troubles and
trials.
THE C0ngregationalist tells story of a
surprised servant girl: She had recently
began to work in Christian family, and
csme to the door Of the lady at 3 o'clock
one afternoon and taid: What is there
for me to do now?'' "Go up stairs and
rest" answered the lady. The girl looked
hurt and went away. Months afterward
she said when she came to know
the lady better "I thought you
We're displcased with me on that day.
Nobody ever told me to rest before, in all
tho years have been in SERVICE" The
servant girl had caught 4 glimpse of true