Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-08-06

repositories of state officials, but that all
surplus in excess of the immediate neces-
sites CT the state government shall be
invested in interest bearing state Or federal
securities until it may be applied to the
extinguishment of the state debt.
AND now it turns out that tho white
plume of Henry of Navarro was black.
GENUINE civil service reform means the
abolition of the useless offices. That is
what tho Democrats of Pennsylvania
favor. 1t is deeper reaching than new de-
vices to provide how they shall be filled.
IT is 4 c0nsummation devoutly to he
wished that in the fistic encounter in New
York this evening, the " Slugger" and
the Maori may simultaneously strike each
other SO hard as to effectually impair their
further usefulness in the prize ring.
A PRIVATE letter from Ohio says "I
sincerely hope that the Democracy of the
old commonwealth will give the enemy
another severe drubbing this fall. We
will most certainly carry Ohio in October.
Hoadley will make the most vigorous cam
paign that has taken place for years.
SMITH NJ. WEED, near friend of Til
den, bitterly resents the imputation that
Mr.. Tilden lacked interest in Hancock 4
election. He says that he gave $25, 900 to
the national committee-more than any
other individual except his friends, Bar
mum and VIM. L. Scott-besides making
many local subscriptions. Mr.. Weed is
quite sure that Mr.. Tilden will not run
again.
THE widow of Admiral Dalehreu, who
has made some social and literary preten.
sions in Washington, has ventured upon a
novel in which she essays to sketch the
conditions of politico. social life during q
winter at the national capital. She travels
in the well-worn rut of making coarseness
and shoddyism the prevailing type of pub.
lie men and their wives, and in the most
commonplace treatment of this idea does
no credit to herself nor to her country.
THE remarkable article which we
reprint from Republican newspaper
printed in Chairman Cooper's own county
is vigorous but truthful arraignment of
boss methods and a fair and manly state.
ment of the economies enforced by Demo-
cratic administration of the state depart
ment. If Cooper undertakes to gnaw this
file thrust between his teeth it may
sharpen his teeth but they will make no
impression on the file.
THE necessity of legislation of some
kind on the subject of color blindness is
becoming every day moro apparent. An
eminent physician who has given special
attention to this ophthalmic defect an.
nounces that tho percentage in which it
exists among males is about four per cent.
while among females it is exceedingly rare.
Among the railroad employees of the
United States, about three per cent. have
been found to be affected by color blind
ness. This dangerous defect is not uni.
form in all men, some who are blind to
red or green being able to recognize yellow
or blue. The railroads of the country
should fix upoa determinate color stand
ard by which the powers of vision of their
respective employees may be accurately
m measured. 1t is matter of the supremest
Importance to the public that no man,
incapable of Distinguishing danger and
safety signals on the rail, be placed in q
position of trust where the life of a citizen
is involved.
TIADEsPEOPLE, farmers and others who
are necessitated to send small sums of
money through tho mails will derive par
ticular benefit from the new postal note
for sums less than fve dollars which is to
60 into effect October 1. The superiority
Of the postal ncte over the money order
lies in tho fact that 1t is payable to bearer,
aud does away with the necessity of it,
qu!ring into tho pedigree OF parties present.
ing it. 10 size it is little larger than a
bank note and contains on the right end
three columns of figures for the dollars
dimes and cents respectively, and or the
left end place for the month and the
year. The postmaster, on receipt of
the money makes the necessary punches
in the proper columns indicating tho
amount of money received and the