Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-15

the way of its legal enactment, and Sen
atOrs Mylin aud Stehman ought to put
it through.
The dying wOrGs oi ynGug Commander
RawsOn leader Of the Highland Brigade
to Sir Garnet WolscIey, after the victory
of Tel e! kebir, deserve place in history
They were: General, did lead them
straight
The New York Senate has passed by
a very large majority tho bill providing
that liz all houses Of refuge, institutions
for the poor aud rctormatories the clergy
men OF all denominations may hold rc
liyious services of their sects Coz the beDe
fit of those who belong to their faith.
THE advocates of beer as Il beverage
that possesses the agency 0. temperance
appear to have ground in the fact, rs sta
tiStcs show, that while the consumption
Of beer has increased over two hundred
million gallons in four years, the whisky
crnsumption has increased little moro
than sixteen million gallons in that time.
CI&CINNATI, despite the innumGrable
gayeties in which she induigcs;, is not 10
bo cnvied in her present condition o!
suffering. With her railroads submerged,
her supply Of provisions becoming scarce,
the facilities tor light diminished, neccssi
tpt IA, iA ;rts tsl
dip, her citizens sailing through the
streets like Venetian gon,ioiers, and Il
general obstruction of business united
with the t"pI'Ing owe; of houses and less
of life. the " Paris of America " cxp-ri-
ences i. touch Of aiiiiction that may well
call out for her expressions of cominiaera-
ton, and perhaps induce 4 certain class Gs
humanity to attribute Der misery to her
wickedness and count it a Just retributiou
for her sins.
TIE Nordt 1mtrican, in its objections
TO the bill which has passed the Senate
depriving the commonwealth 0! the power
given it by Philadelphia courts to stand
j
mysterious allegation
The reason OF this bill is no ;cciyf.
There is 80 doubt about lis reason aha
Just as little about its motive. l. is an
outrage ulua the commonwealth.
AS tho bill has been pressed to Iass.c Q
by a respectable member OF the Senate
from Philadelphia, this talk about it..
r.... -
We're intended To meet some special case,
should te more explicit. viii not tic
NGytt Amertcan please enlightcn us upon
what is certainly = secret " To people
outside the city, if this bill has any other
motive than appears OIL its face.
The state senate committee on c.,nSti
tutionaI reform has agreed upon Il form O.
the prohibtional amendment which s rii1es
out the words " fcrmented, brewcd aud
limits the operations of the proposed new
law to ''intoxicatin5' Liquors and all that
may cover. The exact language of the
amendment proposed by the Ssuate com.
mittee, in which shape, if any. it is most
likely to pass the Legislature, is as fol,
lows:
Section I. The inaautacture, sale, or
keeping fer sale of any Intoxicating liquor
that seems to be used rs d beverage is
forever prohibited within this common
wealth, and the General Assembly shall,
Without delay, enact such laws with sutii
Gent penalties as may bo necessary to Ell
force the prohibition.
Section ,. The manufacture, sale nr
keeping for sale Of Intoxicating liquors for
other purposes tban as a beverage shall be
regulated by law under sufficient penalties
by securities.
ACCORDING to the causu5 reports, thc
highest agricultural productivencss in this
country appears in the Pacific states,
where Ito, G67 persons engaged in agricul-
ture in 1879 produced staples worth So
S11, ,422, or s6S5 to each person engaged in
the business. The next highest iu the
list are the four Middle states, New York
Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware
where 7J5, $50 persons raised crops to the
value of S;3i43, 757,212 or $4jl to each per-
son. The Western and Mississippi Valley
states como next in order, with 2,34G, 54t
persons producing crops worth 1913 96O,-
652, or $3.50 to each worker. New Eng
lands poor soil and worse climate cut her
products down SO that 301, ,S15 farm
workers produce only slO3, 343, 5GG, OR :542
each. But the astounding result is in the
South, where, despite favorable climate
and soil, agricultural methods are SO slip
shod that 4,07O,94j laborers produce
values aggregating $3.50, ,391, ,3Os or only
S1S5 to each wo! ker.
WHEN it was announced that wood pulp
car wheels were found to be quite as SER
viccable as the ponderous wheels Of steel
a murmur of disbelief arose almost every
where when it was stated that from
paper Car wheels could be manufactured
that would prove as safe and strong as
those of steel, the derisive laugh deerened,
and now that it is reported that lumber
can be manufactured from straw, genei-
al howl may be expected. Nevertheless,
an Englishman comes forward with III
dubitable evidence that from straw he has
produced the finest finished lumber,
which is not only handsome in appearance
but durable and cheap. Should this en-
terpriSing inventor show that his straw