Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-14

ClLlZenS CI Otnef tOW0S 90. 1lc OulCeu
States pays for the lodily keeping of the
Washington population and for their
government; tLeir mental culture it
may be excused fer avoiding. Washing
ton is entirely too costly a place to the
nation. Washington ought to be put on
a lower diet.
Mrs. LABoUcHERE has gone, but Fred
die Gebhardt still holds the foIt.
IT was another field day for the bears in
the oil exchanges, and the crop of shorn
lambs has materially increased since last
report.
THE divine right of kings to held the
nozzle of line of hose at q fire may be
questioned, but the spectacle of the young
ruler Of Spain employed in such exhi'arat-
ing employment, seems to indicate that
the effe.e monarchias of the old world are
becoming gradually republicanized.
FROM what the astronomers tell us OF
tho vagaries of Venus In her recent transit
across the suns disc We begin to believe
the ways of the planet are scarcely less
erratic or inexplicable than those of the
not very reputable goddess of whom she
is namesake. The men of science are
sorely puzzled about a Dew "spot which
somo of them saw during thu recent phe.
nomenon and until its nature isdetermined
the rest of mankind will live in an atmo'
sphere of anxiety. Let us know what it
is.
THE body snatching business is becom.
ing quite too numerous. The exposure in
Richmond can hardly add to the horror
which has been inspired by the events laid
bare in Philadelphia; but it does show
that the crime of despoiling the sepulchre
is NO. circumscribed in its boundaries, but
has grown to proportions of which the
public at large has no idea. The applica-
ton of the rigors of the law in all their
severity is looked for, and it is hoped
the prompt punishment of tho offenders
may serve to put a stop to the business.
THE veteran statesman of England,
William Ewart Gladstone, celebrates the
fifticth anniversary Of his entrance upon
tho public service, and the event is very
appropriately made the occasion Of con
gratulations and kind words on all sides.
Gladstone's has been a notable figure in
the theatre of the worlds politics, and
however much people may have at times
differed with him, there have been few
unwilling to corcede his intellectual
mastery and the force of character that
have been conspicuous in all his undertak .
ings.
THE pastor Of a Presbyterian church in
Pittsburgh has considered it necessary to
demonstrate with some of the members of
the church on account of their habit OF
beer drinking. Instead of receiving the
rebuke meekly and promising to mend
their ways, the beer drinkers. it is said.
have resolved to resis: all attempts to
discipline them, on the ground that is not
wrong to drink beer. II An attempt is
made to settle that question. the result
will excite great interest. Probably opin
ions will differ as widely as they somc-
times appear to do on the question
whether beer is Intoxicating
THE scenery which is used in tie first.
second and fourth acts of Young Mrs.
Winthrop az tho Madison Square thea
tre is constructed of wood and brass. The
material was cut by hand in India
for Louis c. Tiffany s. Co., who imported
it. In Iudia, this material is used for deco
rating rooms dedicated to special ceremo-
malls. The walls and ceiling of the scene
at the Madison Square theatre contain
over two hundred oriental designs. Its
full beauty can only be appreciated by a
minute inspection through an opera glass.
It shows the kind of house decoration
which the moro wealthy are now intro.
ducing in New York city homes.