Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-08-01


of the lack of wisdom IN its Legislature.
CURIoUsLY and appropriately enough
emancipation day and the Democratic state
convention come together.
A BRITISH vice consul writing from
Berdiansk, Russia, says American
reapipg machines command the market
and far outstrip all of English make in
suiting the requirements OF the country.
The number sold must be simply colossal.
as in nearly every village and colony of
South Russia, and also to considerable
extent in the Caucasus, this machine is to
be found, and gives universal satisfac-
ton"
JOHN G. WHITTIER found at Osquam
House, Holderness, N. H., chamber
maid who asked him for his autograph.
He complied with her request, signing his
uame after the following impromptu lines :
The truth the English poet saw
Two centuries back Is thine
Who sweeps room as by Coils law,
Makes room and action fine
And in thy quiet ministry
TO wants and needs ct ours. see
How grace and toll may we'll gree
THE local authorities may discover a
| suggestion in the public meeting that was
held in Charleston, S. c., on Monday last,
for the purpose of organizing society for
ornamenting thl- city by the systematic
painting of trees. ArbOricultule has been
too long neglected, and somc day there
will arise the necessity Of stringent legisla
ton directing its practice. The labor re-
auisito in planting :. tree is but light, and
the return in the creation of beauty and a
means of temporing the severity Of the
seasons is incompatible.
1T seems paradoxical, in view OF the ap
palling disaster at Ischia, Saturday night
to say that the function of the earthquake
and volcano is preservative rather than
destructive, yet such is the case. Science
asserts that the earth was originally q
molten mass, the surface of which gradu
ally cooled and became hard by radiation
AS the cooling process is constantly going
on, there must necessarily BE shrinkage
within tho interior of the earth, which in
turn causes depression on the earth's sur
face. By means Of volcanoes and earth
quakcs the solid crust of the globe is en-
abled by comparatively small and we'll dis
tributed movements, to follow its retreatin{
nucleus, and accomplish gradually wha
might otherwise DC effected by sudden ant
terrible paroxysms oversprcading th'
whole earth
, For those who desire to read of ireland
ia the sad days of '4S, the recent work o
Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, Four Years o
Irish History" will have special interest
Its literary merit alonc would make i
attactive, apart from the consideration
that the author was one of the actors i,
the scenes which he describes. The worl
itself is sequel to " Young Ireland ant
details graphically the complications
political and otherwise, that affected tina
unhappy isle in tho dark days Of tn
. famine. 1t is unfortunate, however, tina
the author has permitted his persona
likes and dislikes as man to interfer
with his clear vision as historian. Hi:
belittiing estimates of O'Connell, the grea
liberator, and Mitchell are the meres
nonsense, and the doubts he ventures t.
throw over the honesty of the formers in
tentions scarcely admit of excuse. It ma!
be said in explanation of the historian
conduct that he now holds a Lucrative
position under the crown, and he Therefore
may feel called upon to justify the polio.
Of the English government in those troub
lous times. Yet it is far from manly 70
the sole survivor of the brave spirits VIII
fought Ireland's battles at that time, tx
vilify those whose voices are stilled il
death. Apart from this Objectionable
characteristic Of the book, it is readable
enough, and it will be hailed as valuable
contemporaneous contribution to one o
the most important chapters of 1risl
history.