Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-11-28

OF it. II nails can be cut from it, one
extensive use of iron will he gone.
Doubtless it will be supplanted in many
other uses but there is no great danger
that the puddler's occupation will ever
be entirely gone, or that malleable iron
will be superseded by steel in most of its
uses. As the world grows in popula-
ton and wealth, increased quantities of
iron, as well as of all other manufac-
lures, Will he required, and the IRON
worker may be as sure of his occupation
as any other craftsman. -
ATTENTION is called to the fact that the
surname of the president before Buchanan
is pronounced "P-u-r.s-e." This is
timely information.
THE Doylestown Democrat, Pottsville
Chronicle, Northern Tier Reporter and
Reading Ns,os arc among the many intel
ligent newspapers that arc tickled at the
idea of a quiet and economical state in
auguration without any fuss and feathers.
THE state department has never expert
enced 80 much difficulty in securing the
correct returns from the different counties
and congressional districts as during the
present year. It is now three weeks since
tho election was held, yet the full returns
for congressman have not yet been re-
ceived, two of the districts being miss
ing.
TuoUcu tue newspapers tell US that
Thanksgiving viands are unusually high
this year it is not likely that the turkey
and cranberries will taste any less tooth
some for all that next Thursday. at the
same time it especially behooves those who
have been blessed with abundance to be
liberal in their remembrance cf the poor
at this time when the articles considered
indispensable for Thanksgiving diet are
quoted SO high.
CNIONTowN, in this state, has fertile
genius who, in the period of a few years
has found the famous Turkish general,
Omar Pasha, to be the ''son of we'll
known" barber Of that town later on he
found Cetewayo, the Zalu king.
to be the ''son Of we'll known " negro OF
the suburbs of Fayette county's capital
proceeding further in his researches the
historian discovered John Dunn, the chiel
OF the South African Beers, was no othe,
] than "the son of q we'll known" Dutch
| saloon keeper of this same Cniont0wn
during Sara Bernhardt's tour Of the United
States announcement came from tho SANE
quarter that tho famous actress was the
daughter of well.known" French Jew.
formerly located at Uniontown. Arab
Pasha aud tho False Prophet Of Soudan
have been his latest captives aad s:upe'
fed public may confidently expect to
find from this vcracious correspondent
that Mrs. Langtry, tho Jersey Lilly, is a
product of Uniontown's prolific Sail
THERE exists in Philadelphia among the
Presbyterian clergy and lalty considerable
interest in regard to the question of min.
listers wearing the gown in the pulpit.
The discussion now in progress over the
matter arose from Rev. DR.. Dickey, OF
Calvary church, having appeared SO at
tired before his congregat ion on rccen,
Sunday. The Calvary pastor, in response
to criticisms called forth by this action,
says that he is not making an innovation,
since the first pastor of Calvary wore the
gown for ten years. He points to the
fact that several other Presbyterian
clergymen in Philadelphia regularly
appear in their pulpits wearing the gown,
aud that in New York it is tho rule rather
than tho exception, while in Europe the
Presbyterian clergy invariably preach in
the insignia of their ministerial Office.
Nevertheless DR.. Dickey's action is said
to have greatly incensed many of the blue.
stockings of Calvary congregation, though
well-informed clergyrnen and others admit
the minister's perfect right to wear the
gown If he SO desires
In contrast with the laws prevailing in
many of the states of the Union which
forbid the printing Of . device of any
kind upon election tickets and require
them to be in plain roman type, FREQ from
all distinguishing marks. We have been
furnished with copies of the tickets voted
by the respective parties at the late elec-
ton in California. The ward tickets voted
in the city of Oakland arc the size of
ordinary handbills and contain the names
of every state, county, township and
ward officer voted for in the county.
There are thirty mine names in all
printed upon a single sheet of tinted
paper. The Democratic ticket is sur
mounted by q large engraving of an
eagle with outstretched wings and bear
ing in his beak q streamer with the le-
gend Economy and Reform" There is
also a cut of the American flag, while ex-
tending across tue entire top of tho sheet
are inscribed the words Regular Demo-
cratic Ticket" The Republican ticket is
similar in size and form and is surmount-
ed with the coat-of arms of tho state and
tho inscription Regular Republican
Ticket, 1882" When it is considered that
IN Mississippi man elected to Congress
was for q long time deprived of his seat
from the fact that an extra dash'' was
printed on the ticket bearing his name
the same being held to be distinguish
ing mark" and that in some counties of