Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-07

forcement would require additional lesis-
lation. The secretary of the navy, on the
other hand, contends that under existing
law eight hours constitutes legal days
work, and he says that the law will be en-
forced at the navy yards. The president
is said to be of the same opinion as Score
tary Chandler. No effort will be made to
induce Congress to legislate further upon
this subject at this session.
A NUMBER of Chinese have been at the
Grand hotel, New York. Young Mr..
Smith, who wanted to have some fun, said
to one of them who was making puzzle
out of the wooden toothpicks on tho coun-
ter: Intendee stoppee here longe p
"Sir," said the Celestial. "Stoppee longe
in New Yorkec ?" repeated Mr.. Smith
with smile. 1--WE shall remain in the
city but brief period," :" replied the Peking
man, "prior to resuming our journey to
Washington" Then he walked away, and
the junior proprietor of the Grand ascer-
tanned that he had been talking to Har-
ward graduate who spoke six different
languages besides Chinese.
FRANKLIN county is considerably agi-
tated over tho recent discovery of human
skeleton in secluded place in the noun
taius which is believed to be the remains
of the young son of one Devenney, a
hard character generally feared by his
neighbors for his vicious disposition. The
boy disappeared four years ago and cir
cumstances point very strongly to
the father as the brutal and un-
natural murderer. What seems tho most
singular part of tho affair is that shortly
after the boys disappearance in 1878 sus-
picions were entertained that Dsvcnney
had put him out Of the way, but in such
terror was he held throughout the neigh
borhood that no steps wore taken for his
apprehension. Now, however, it appears
the officers of the law havo drummed up
the requisite courage and propose to invcs-
tigate q very dark subject.
THE distinction which Mr.. Plunger
Walton would draw between tho act of
paying a jockey to win race, and bribing
him to lose, is not SO manifest as he and
his champions would have it appear. Wal
ton admits that ho has given money and
other valuable considerations to the riders
of horses on which he had bet his money,
in order as he claims to spur them to their
utmost endeavors to win. In this he holds
he is not culpable. But does it not seem
clear enough tllata jockey who has been
promised large gift Of money by Walton
if no wins a race can very readily COM
municato tho fact to his competitor as
they 80 racing round the course neck and
neck, and on an agreement to share tho
"d.vy" the Jockeys can arrange between
themselves to let tho horse in which Wal
ton is interested come in ahead? So that
practically tho effect is tie same rs if ono
Of the riders had been bribed to lose. The
"plunger' may say with truth that he is
net a party to any such private set-up be-
tween tho riders, but that does not alter
tho (:sct that tho practice Of which Walton
is an illustriOus cxcmplar, is demOrllizing
in It's tendency and calls for sterner treat
ment than it received from tho Monmouth
investigators. Keep the gamblers off the
track aud prevent any Intercourse between
tl,cm :. nd the jockeys and trainers.