Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-09-15

THE Independents now estimate their
strength in Allegheny county at more
than half the full Republican vote. This,
too, in the county that Lincoln used to
call the state of Allegheny" on &C.
count of its great Republican majorities.
And the fight has only fairly begun.
DORSEY and Brady know too much
to be sent to the penitentiary. There
are Africans IN this Star Route wood
pile that the public don't see and will
never know anything about.
THE British shoot almost as well at
Creedmoor as they do in Egypt.
the rate of fifty a week for the past month.
If it keeps on, Hubbell will have to hire
another mailing clerk.
THERE is more than million of money
lying unclaimed in tue money order di-
vision Of tho postoflice department.. The
natural inference is that Hubbell don t
know anything about it.
WE always hear a great deal Of talk
about Republican institutions" So
far as we can judge, there is only one
institution at Washington that would be
Republican if things should revert to
their alleged eternal condition of fitness
and that is the Jail.
quire "Who is John Smith % are re
ferred to tho score in the international
rifle match at Creedmoor yesterday,
where they will find out that as far as
heard from he's the best marksman in the
country.
CooDEAR is the name of one of the
Britons who is now popping away at Greed.
moor. Because his score happens to stand
at the foot of the list in; yesterda::y con:
test, it xcGid just be like the ribald pun
sters of depraved press to begin sug
gesting that the unsuccessful marksmar
change his name to Dcadeye.
THE Press has heard the following
through its telephone
To Chairman Cooper
"::Why not 90 up to Horticultural hal
tonight and read the Riot Act to 'em?
"I ours, for our side,
81. DC.
"P. S.-The Riot act, mind, not thu
Riot biil.''
TON" YOUNG has been defeated for 9
denomination in one Of tho Cincinnati dis
tricts, but Blackguard Butterworth ha,
proved that he knew the tastes of his con
stituents when he made his unprintabl,
speech in Congress. The Paris of Americ:
seems resolved to initiate the French cap
ital in at least its Objectionable features
and to become as renowned for porno
graphy as it was for pork.
The Democratic policy of conducting
the present campaign in this state is 81
unassailable that Stalwart organs of tn,
Philadelphia Eoening Ne'cs variety are re
duced to the strait OF :.skins the Irish t,
cut the Democratic ticket. because Johr
Kelly, an Irishman. is i'll fair way O
being crushed by the New York Democ.
racy. This bait will no: attract even tn,
simplest gudgeons.
Boston is said to be the highest taxed
city in the world. It spends more on tn
education Of its children alone than il
raised for all purposes by Birmingham
England, though the latter is tho large
city. There is no such city as Boston
1t has 303, 900 females to 100000 males
yet SO thrifty are her spinsters that whil
II, 600 people own the s127, ,OOO, 600 of gov
ernment bonds owned in New York, $40,
OO0, 900 held in Massachusetts, are dividet
among 10, 900 holders.
PLAY comes natural to puppies, kittens,
children aud all young things--ycs, if the.
lead natural lives. But shut your kitten
for a week. up in box, without mucl
light or air, or even a cotton reel to rOl
about, and SEE how much it will pla,
when at last set free. Play is the volun
tary exercise Of all our faculties under a
sense Of freedom; where We exercise our
selves because We like, and not because v,
must, that rower is developed by exercise
and exercise only. 1t is, in fact, {:
branch Of education that is very mucl
neglected. There is a vast fund of "frozel
fact " in these observations of a LondoI
newspaper.
TIE condition Of tho clerks and scrut
women upon whom Hubbell comes dowr
for 2 per cent. and Malone or Cooper fol
4 or per cent. more, with a third com
mittee to hear from, aud this only al
off-year," will remind the student o
Oriental history of the state OF things in
Egypt after its conquest by the Mahome
tans. To the callph's general went tht
Inhabitants of certain city, bearing 9
very liberal contribution which they be-
sought him to accept. The general po
litely decliued the gift, but the satisfaction
of tho delegates was somewhat chilled
when he explained that he regarded them
in the light of his treasury. He did moi
need any money then, but he might on
the morrow, or in week, or in a year,
and the amount that he might need was
unknown to him. 1t might be thousand
piasters or it might be a million, but that
was not matter about which they were
to bother themselves. Whenever the
calinh wanted the money ha xnnld tal.n