Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-04
MINOR TOPICS.

MINOR TOPICS.
TIL. Georgia state Senate, by il vote OF
2G to 13, has passed House bill to appro-
pirate 5000 to the university Of Georgia
to complete the amount necessary to make
free the tuition at tina. institution.
lT is now almost beyond question that
Mr.. Conkling will 20 into the New York
convention with Il heavy majority against
him, and that his enemies will carry things
with Il high hand.
CoMMls- -IrNEn RA,'M has abDu. con
cluded :. dcciair;. on the subject Of the
taxation rf bank deposits, which wa, ar.
gued bcf,ra him on September II, and
will prDhnbly make his decision public
to day.
If ten dnliala Shnlid be contributed 10
the fllnd for the Michigan suffers where
one dollar has been contributed, there
would still not he money enough 10 give
these unhappy people what they need, On
I" maintain the reputation of this nation
for gtnc!"hity 20 those who are in dis.
trcSs
The fact that the electric light j. trying
TO blonde, and favorable to br,,ncttcs,
ought to settle the question Of It's gen
eraI use in Til, !.,nd 81 the free, the Man.
c1, /N n :.I,
thin. that di,climinatcn against color il
contrary 10 the constitutional amend
lnrntH
DIR. 1ALMAGL advances the theory that
Gmtcau is Il Mormon cmissary and that
he was employed 10y the Mormon autlori
ties to assassinate President Garfield
This theory has the merit Of novelty, at
any rate but as there is not the smallest
particle of evidence to support it, it. may
be regarded rs hardly deserving Of discus.
sion. DIR. Talmagc, however, has to have
something to talk about
Gov. KrEEHTS, Of Texas, exercises :,
personal supervision of the prisoners in the
state pcnt':nti:tr.. Most of them, he sayY,
are young men from the Northwest, East
and North, who, having sirajch from
II ,mc restraints, have fallen into bad com
p,ny and got into trouble. He tells them
that good conduct will shorten their terms
and, if they behave themselves, larIDn,
them ont.
Since January l,::.H,GlD men, women,
and children have been landed 1T Castle
Garden, :,,OoO more than during the same
period in 1850, and 900 more than ar-
rived during the first half Of September
of last year. The commissioners continue
to report that the immigrants are of Il
better c'a3", as u rule, than ever before,
and that nearly every one brings Il little
capital, the result "f economy rr:tcticrd
in the old country
TmE Lon,lon T,nrs takes quite !, u!,ilo-
sOpl,ical view nf the Yorktown cclcbra
ton. 1t remarks with that impressive
gravity which is its most salient character
istic that the Englis' have rs much rca
son as us to celebrate tho annivcrs:lf v of
Lord Cornwalliss surrender, for the issue
of the battle OF Yorktown demonstrated
tho futility of the attempt to subju.atc
American colonies in :. way that ever,
George the Third could understand and
appreciate. Tho Philadelphia Hulletiu, on
the head of the statement is moved to the
observation that We and oar French col
leagues celebrated tho occasion with all
tho more heartiness after this assurance
that British suscep:iblitirs will not be
wounded.
TIE last contribution to Darwinism is
a book by DIR. Paul Jacoby, who reaches
conclusions relative to the pcrfectibility OF
human nature rather ut variance with
those of Mr.. Herbert Spencer. According
to Mr.. Jacoby whenever member of 4
family-human or other-attains to any
remarkable pre- cmincnco in mental ability
such pre- cminence is at the expense of
postcrity, and the family by its ultimate
extinction pays the penalty Of it's tempor-
ary ccat. Extraordinary brain activity is
followed by Il corresponding .dcgcneracy.
The future of humanity, if this view were
the correct one. would belong to physical
mediocrity, and a poor prospect is held out
to the exceptionally intelligent or cner
getic. Dreaming optimists are warned
to expect no line Of Homers or Shak-
spearcs, but to concede the earth to the