Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-14

over Cn0 1OOInSuts III A6EE1oOuik'
In the centre of the basket were
the words Welcome Home" made
of old gold immortelles imbedded in
sweet alyssum and surrounded by tho |
rarest of roses, carnations and heliotrOpes, |
bourardia and mignonettes, tastily encir- |
cled with an artistic border of smilax.
The horseshoe design was also constructed
of delicate and costly flowers with relief
of smilax. Miss HdAiock was also pre-
sented with two elegant bouquets.
MINOR TOPICS. ..
The Illinois House, by 20 to Al, defeat
ed the constitutional amendment prohibit
ing the manufacture and sale of intoxica-
ting liquors within the state.
The Radical element in the English
cabinet is growing stronger, and if new
blood is taken into the ministry it will
come from that section and not from the
Wings.
HALF-BAKED EvANGELIsTs is what q
les who go from church to church with
Turkey morocco, ,limp-backed Bibles under
their arms, putting on airs as if they
were Moody and Sankey.
A BROKEN pane of glass in cathedral
library in England admitted the tendril Of
an ivy branch, which grew and grew until
it attached itself to row of books worth
hundreds of pounds. Then in rainy
weather it conducted water as though it
was pipe along to tho tops of the
books, and soaked them through and
through.
IT is estimated that not less than %, 900
new books are published every year, run
ming through editions numbering from
1000 to $4,000 volumes. There are now
/, 100000 printed books in the British
Museum library, and there are 5000, 900
books in the Bibliotheque Rationale of
Paris. Our American libraries arc Won
dcrfully largo for new country.
AT a meeting Of Chicaso's citizens to
take some steps commemorative Of the
tenth anniversary of the great fire, it was
decided to drop all other plans and adopt
one which proposes tho erection of 4 mag.
nifcent building for the public library, to
cost half million dollars This library
is really child of the fire. 1t has grow'
from the nucleus of some 1000 volumes
which Tom Hughes secured as gift from
English authors and publishers to tho
city Immediately after the fire. Those
present at the meeting said there would bt
no difficulty in obtaining subscriptions to
the desired amount.
PROFESSOR CYRUS NORTHROP, collector
of the port of New Haven, at a 81, 3,OO(
salary, has held the office for twelve years
and during the same pariod has combined
with the collection of duties upon double.
canned rum, imported tobacco, sugar, and
mOlasses the more :esthetical duties at
tached to the profcssorship Of Rhetoric
and English Literature in Yale college. HI
believes in civil service reform and will
; speech did he make for Garfield, and if h,
contributed to the campaign fund it wa
out of the modest salary which Yale allow.
it's professors. Since the election tn,
whisper among the politicians has beer
that he must leave the custom house ant
confine himself to his college duties. Blu
his friends rely confidently on Garfield.
patronage of the literary fellers."
Now that some of the work of the revis
ers of the New Testament has leaked out
the theologians and critics arc engaging
in sharp work over passages Oh which new
disputes arise. One of these is the pas
sage in the second chapter Of Acts which,
according to the old reading, says that the
Lord "added to the church daily such a.
should he saved" The new version reads,
''those that were being saved.'' The old
reading has been one of the strongholds OF
the most severe advocates of the doctrine
of the salvation of none but the elect, the
idea being that only such as the Lord had
chosen for everlasting life had any chance
of salvation, and that the rest might take
their chances of being damned. The
new readi'g presents the matter in a Sim
ply historical light, conveying the idea
that those who made profession of reli ion
were really the saved, and not lot OF
hypocrites and impostors. This is but one
instance of the field which is opened up for
new discussion. Theolosians, whose pens
have grown rusty for want of controversi
al material will now be busily at work.
One of the results of this will be the shed.
ding of q great deal Of valuable light from
a variety of fstandponts On the truo mean-
ing of many important passages Of Scrip
ture.
| STATE ITEMS.
An old woman in the neighborlnod of
Millersburg, Dauphin county, has, it is
said, $175, 900 on her life in different COM
panies.
An unknown man was found dead on
Saturday at MOrehead's furnace, on
Second avenue, Pittsburgh. 1t is supposed
that he was suffocatcd by the gas.
The funeral of John w. Pittock, of
| Pittsburgh, took place on Saturday after
noon and it was very largely attended.
The pail bearers were members of the
press.