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HOW TO SPELL.
saoRr METHODS IN onrHOaRAPHv.
! The Now and Improved system-ReoOm-
| mendatlons 0R the American AssO.
! four Hints

Tho Now and Improved system-ReoOm-
mendat,uns Of the American AssO-
CiStiOn-TWeDty-f0 four Hints
to Spelling itefOrmers.
The American Pathological association,
which has been holding its sessions for
this year at MiddletowD, Conn, had great
enjoyment in the essays and debates. The
committee on spelling reform reported,
through their chairman, Prof. March, that
the English Pathological society, at q
meeting held April 20 of this year, had
unanimously approved and accepted the
rules for amended spellings adopted by
the American association in 1881, and that
these rules are now jointly recommended
by the two associations for immediate
adoption:
1. 1.e.-Drop silent when fOneticaly use.
less, as in live, vineyard, believe, bronze,
single, engine, granite, eaten, rained, SC.
2. ea.-Drop from ca having the short
sound of Q, as in feather, leather, jealous
&C., drop from ca having the sound Of
a, as in heart, hearken. 3. eau.-For
beauty, uze the old beuty. 4. eo.-DrOp
from 60 having the short sound of 9, as in
jeopardy, leopard ; for yoeman write yOmar
) drop of parliament. 6. O.-FOr {
having the short sound of in but write U
in above (abuv), dozen, some (sum)
tongue (tuDg), and the like for women
restore wimen. 7. Ou.-DrOp o from Ou
having the short sound of u, as in journal,
nourish, trouble, rough (ruf), tough
(tuf), and the like. 8. u.-Drop silent u
after g before a, aud in nativ English
words, as guarantee, guard, guess, guest,
guild, guilt. 9. ue.-Drop final ue ir
apologize, catalogue &C.; demagogue
pedagogue, 80. league. colleague, haran
que, tongue (tung), 10. y.-Spel rhyme
Time. II. Dubl consonants may be sim
plifed Final b. d G. n. r. t. {. J.
z. as ebb, add, egg, inn, purr, butt
bailiff, dull. buzz not all, hall). Medal
before another consonant, as battle, ripple
written (writD). Initial unaccented pre-
fixes, and other unaccented syllabyls, az
in abbreviate, accuse, affair, SC, curvet
ting, traveller. sc. 10. b.--Drop silent b
in bomb, crumb, debt, doubf, dumb
lamb. limb, numb, plumb, subtle, sue
to in cinder, expence, fierce
hence. pence, scarce, since, source
thence, tierce, whence, IA. ch.-Drop the
lancholy, school, stomach change to k in
dCno \dAoJ, buCAOI \ouhoA)' -OAouS0
and ed fiaal to t when SO pronounced, as
in crossed (crost), looked (lookt), &C.,
the a'ects the preceding sound, as in
chafed, CHANGED. 16. g.-Drop in
feign, foreign sovereign. II. gh.
Drop b in aghast, bargh, ghost:
Drop gh houghty, though, uho), through
(thru). Change gh to f where it has that
sound, as in cough, enough, laughter,
tough, &c. 10. l.-Drop in cold. 10. p
Drop p in receipt. 20 s.-Drop in aisle,
demesne, island. Change to z in dis
tinctive words, as in abuse verb, house
verb, rise verb, SC. 81. sc.-Drop il
scent, scythe, (sithe). %. tch.-Drop t.
as in catch, pitch, witch, SC. %. w
Drop W in whole. "a. ph.-Write fol
ph. as in philosophy, sphere, sc.
The report was adopted without opposi
tiOn
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Barker'S Scheme

With the possible exception OF the
Philadelphia Press, there is not an intel
ligent and influential newspaper in the
country that has given its approval to
the Wharton Barker plank in the Repub
lcan state platform. Leading journals
of both parties and those of no party
bias, like the New York Times, Herald,
San and World, Baltimore Sm,, Phila
delphia Times and Record, and
the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette and
Dispatch have condemned it as crude or
crazy, impracticable or dishonest. They
have agreed, too, in constituting it pre-.
cisely as the INTELLIGENCER has de-
clared it to be, proposition that the
United States shall raise more revenue
than it needs for its own expenses and
shall divide the surplus among the
states.'' That is exactly the plan as it
was developed and explained by Mr.,
Barker before the state convention met &;
it was thus. explained at Harrisburg on
Wednesday by the managing editor of
Mr.. Barker's american, and it was thus
understood by the convention which
adopted it; and it is upon this proposition
that the Democrats will join issue with
the Republicans in the pending canvass.
The Nc,U Era affects to deny that this
is a proper construction of the resolution,
but when it undertakes to explain what
it does mean, it only darkeneth coun-
sci by words without knowledge" 1t
maintains that no one proposes that the
United States shall raise more revenue
than it needs for the purpose of making
distribution among the states while
it admits that the idea is that if the
tariff yields more revenue than is neces
sary "to meet the expenses of the gov
ernment and pay the public debt as it
falls due,' the surplus ''shall be distrib
uted among the several states for educa.
tional purposes. Now the exact Ian.
guage of the Republican resolution is
this:
That any surplus in the public treasury
arising from redundant revenue should,
after paying the national debt as fast as
lCS cOnolClon permit, DO distributed from
time to time to the several states, upon
the basis of population, to relieve them
from the burdens of local taxation and pro.
vide means for the education of their
people.
And the exact purpose of the scheme
is to maintain such high customs and
internal revenue taxation as will raise a
redundant revenue to be applied by the
national government to the relief of the
states " from the burdens of local taxa
tion" for educational and other pur.
poses. Such a scheme means the imposi
tion of heavy taxes for purposes of what
the New York Times calls centraliza
tion far beyond anything heretofore
proposed" It cannot even be claimed
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The Pennsylvania Republicans and Their
Crazy Platform
Brooklyn Union, Republican journal of Long

The PennsylvaniH Republicans and Their
Crazy Platform
Brooklyn Union, Republican journal of Long
Island.
1t is stated in the platform as follows !:
''That any surplus in the public treasury
arising from a redundant revenue should,
after paying the national debt as fast as
its condition permits, be distributed from
time to time, to the several states upon the
basis of population, to relieve them from
the burden of local taxation, and provide
means for the education of their people,"
With an annual surplus of $1OO, ,OOO, 600,
after satisfying the demands of the sink.
ing fund, it would thus be possible to give
each state grant, in round numbers, to
50 per head of it's population. Under such
a distribution New York would be entitled
to $40, 600, ,O00-an amount greatly in ex-
cess of the annual state tax levied in any
of the last eight years. Any one familiar
with the history of the administration of
the United States deposit fund in this
state would view with horror the prospect
of its participating in fresh division of
national bounty, and no one who reflects
on the stimulus to extravaganza and COR
ruption which would be given by releasing
the Legislature from any direct response
bility to the taxpayers. will doubt that no
worse use can be found for the redun-
dant revenue" of the United States
than its diversion into state treasures.
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New Era.


The organs who have been amusing
themselves for the past two years in ridi-
culing Wharton Barker as political crank
little previous in denOuncing his PROPOSE
ton for the distribution of the surplus
revenue of the Federal government among
the states. One of the most violent phil
lipics against the scheme, which appeared
days later by Gen. Cameron expressing
the original inventor of the distribution
policy. And then follows the Republican
state convention, which is claimed to be
one of the best representative political
bodies ever seen il the state, declaring
that any surplus in the public treasury,
arising from a redundant revenue, should,
after paying the national debt, as fast as
it's condition permit, be distributed from
time to time to the several states upon the
basis of its population, to relieve them
from the burdens of local taxation, and
provide means for the education of their
people,"
On the other hand, the Der ,ocratic
organs seem determined to persistently
misrepresen: the nature os Mr.. Barker's
PiopOcAOAOAs VA SAo"PiC3 UAO 4N lGLLI
GENCER says, the Republican convention
of Pennsylvania has approved Mr.. Whar-
ton Barker's proposition that tile United
States shall raise more reuenue than 1t needs
for it's own expenses, and shall divide the
surplus among the states"
That is neither the proposition of Mr..
Barker nor the meaning of tho second
resolution of the Republican platform: al
though the INTELLIGENCER builds column
argument upon the false premise, which
it calls midsummer madness. The point
is just this: If such traffic as is neces-
sary to give adequate protection to Ameri
can industry yields more revenue than
is necessary to meet the current expenses
of the government, and pay the pub
lie debt as it falls due, the sur
plus, instead of lying idle in the treasury
as standing temptation to lobbyists and
river and barber jobbers, and Star Route
thieves, shall be distributed among the
several states for educational purposes.
No one proposes that the United States
shall raise more revenue than it needs"
for the purpose of making a distribution
among the states. This is the " midsum-
mer madness " of an organic Democratic
crank.
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A Ball OF Fire From q Cloud

At New Lots, N. Y, during the It hunder
shower on Thursday afternoon, a black
cloud over the eastern part of the village
seemed to open suddenly, and huge ball
of fire shot through the air with terrific
report. Every house in the town was
shaken. The bolt struck tree in Yer
mont and Fulton avenues and tore it to
pieces. The ground around it was ploughed
up, and portions of the tree were found so
feet away.
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Smallpox.

The health commissioner reports two
new cases of smallpox. One is Sallie,
aged II years, a daughter of Sam Gross,
337 North Mary street. The case is said
to be a very mild one. The other is Wal
ter Gundaker, aged 12 years. son of
George w. Gundaker, No. 321 West King
street. The case is not regarded as SO.
riOus one.
All tie other cases recently reported,
are said to be getting along very well,
none of them being likely to terminate
fatally.
VIM. Siegler, aged s years, a son Of
Matthias Siegler, 316 West King street, is
reported to be suffering from varioloid.
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New York Sun.

Our esteemed contemporary, the New
York Times, has been imposed upon. 1t
publishes long interview with an alleged
''old and intimate friend of MIR. Tilden." {"
The purport of this interview is that Mr..
Tilden is still willing to be nominated for
president by the Democratic party.
This is bosh. It is not true. There is
nothing in it. 1t is a mere fabrication.
There is no foundation for it. There is no
sound reason for saying it, for writing it,
or for printing it.
We are sorry that a conservative and
estimable journal like the New York
Times should thus be humbugged.
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MENNEKCHOR HALL.
The Building Almost Completed.

The Building Almost Completed.
Work was begun on the rear Manner
chor hall at the old FRANKIE place Oh North
Queen street, on April 18th and in two
weeks from to-day it will be entirely COM
pleted. The second story has secured its
last coat of plaster and the painting is all
that remains to be done. Down stairs the
plasterers are going over the walls for the
last time. Some carpenter work remains
to be done there and the painting will
complete the work. 1t will be one of the
handsomest buildings of its kind in the
state when finished.
The lower story contains dining roOlns,
kitchen and meeting rooms while the
second floor will be one spacious hall,
with "a foot ceiling, suitable for balls,
fairs, lectures, dramatic performances and
other public entertainm nments.
The opening of the hall will be celebra-
ted by the holding of a sBugerfest in this
city, beginning on Monday, August II and
continuing for four days. Among the
societies to be present will be the famous
Germania Mennerchor of Baltimore. A
number of well known societies and
musical organizations from Philadelphia,
Reading and other places, will also
be here. The dedication of the hall tax es
place, on Tuesday the 14th and on We'd
nestlay the picnic, which will be one of the
largest Lancaster has ever seen, will take
place at Rocky Springs. On Thursday
night the festivities will close with a ball
in MRunerchOr hall.
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Contract Awarded.

The property committee Of the school
board held meeting last evening and
opened the bids for furnishing 400 tons of
coal for the public schools for the ensuing
year, and for erecting an iron fence in
front of the new Ann street school build
ing. The contract for the coal was award
ed to Kaufman & Keller, at $685. cents
per ton. The contract for the iron fencing
was awarded to Frank II. COble, for $3.50
for the whole job, including CRATES and
granite steps.
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iSarn Burned.

On Friday morning a small barn belong
ing to Miss Fanny Eshleman, situated in
Paradise township, about one mile east of
Strasburg, was entirely consumed by fire.
1t contained quantity of hay. The tene.
ment house adjoining the barn was saved
by the exertions of the workmen from a
brickyard in the vicinity, one of whom
was severely burned. It is not known how
the fire originated.
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KISSES.
An l0lo summer ldyl.

An 1dlo summer ldyl.
There is such dearth of local news dur
ing these midsummer days that the gath
erer of items finds abundant time to court
not only the maideLs but the muses. also.
The rather bashful but impressiOnable
member of the INTELLIGENCER staff thus
relates his last evenings experience:
sat beside q maid divine;
She placed her shapely hand In mine.
gently pressed her finger tips,
And, trembling, raised them to my lips.
A shade Of sadness crossed her face;
OF anger there was just q trace.
I.
Her re lips parted, ripe and rare
She said, " You BOBBY! put 'em there"
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Tobacco Suit.

York Ago, Friday.
A SUIT of considerable interest took
place before Justice Sherwood this morn
ing, brought by Messrs. Skiles Il Frey, OF
Lancaster, against Samuel S. Liphart, Of
Chanceford township, for damages sus-
tanned ty tho failure to keep a contract
relative to the purchase of large lot Of
tobacco. s. Forty, ESQ.,, represented the
plaintiff and w. G. Chapman, the defend
ant. After hearing quite large number
of witnesses and the pleadings of the
attorneys, the justice reserved his decis
ion until Monday at .. m.
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The Pittsburgh Eoening Telegraph (Rep. }
says that the Republican platform is not
as frank as the records of the candidates
are clear. 1t thinks that a big mistake
was made in giving Mr.. Wharton Barker
that tin whistle.
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Tho Tucauan Club.

The members of the Tucquan club will
leave for camp on Monday morning at
9:35 by way of Columbia. All letters and
papers to members of the club should
be addressed ''Tucquan club, Columbia
Pa.1
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PERSONAL.

NJ. DE LEssEPs is 70 years old. He was
presented with new born son and heir
last week.
FATHER HYAc1NTH-L -LoYsoN and Nine.
Loyson will visit this country next
month.
REV. B. BROWN, of Mansfield, Tioga
county, Pa, has been called to the rector
ship of st. Johns P. E. church, Marietta.
DIR. STEPHEN H. TYING, ST., and Mrs.
Tying will soon celebrate their golden we'd
ding anniversary. DR.. Tying is now eighty
five years of age.
ARTHUR will leave Washington on Mon
day next on the steamer Despatch for a
short cruise along the Atlantic coast. He
will probably visit Newport, Cape May and
aud Long Branch before his return.
SAMUEL G. COLLINS, of the type found.
ers firm Collins s. McLeester, whose
sudden decease was reported from Phila
delphia yesterday, came to his death early
in the morning and very few minutes
after the first notice of his illness. He
was we'll known in Lancaster; was about
"a years age; very large, stout, and
powerful built man, and except his heart
trouble, had always enjoyed freedom from
disease. He was active in politics as
a reform Republican aud Mason Of high
degree.
CHARLES F. ADAMS, JR.. says 81
never suggested that Greek and Latin
should be set aside for French and Ger.
man in college and school, never sus
gested anything which could be construed
into this on the contrary, should oppose
it most earnestly. What did venture to
suggest was simply that Greek alone
should no longer be'a compulsory require
ment for admission to college. l never
proposed to set it aside. particularly and
carefully said that would encourage its
study by putting heavy educational
bounty on it but did ask that it should
no longer be exacted from those who, like
myself and all the members of my family,
were unfortunately unable to acquire it. u
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MOOnshine.
PhiladAlnhiQT Times

The Pittsburgh Dispatch, the leading
Independent journal of Western Pennsyi.
vania, says that Wharton Barker's surplus
distribution scheme is now the laughing
stock of the intelligent press of the nation
from New York to San Francisco" How
about the convention that adopted it? OF
course, it didn't mean it, but there should
have been vote of explanation saying
that it was the moonshine plank of the
platform.
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BY the report of the conference com
mittee made to the House it seems that
the position of the Democrats at Harris
burg upon the question of legislative
apportionment was as fair and liberal as
upon the congressional division of the
state and that the responsibility of a
disagreement, the waste of money and of
time, rests with the Republicans. 1t
seems that the Democrats offered to
accept twenty senatorial districts
(which gave Democratic majorities
on tho last presidential vote),
awarding to the Republicans the
remaining thirty on the same basis ;
to apportion twenty two counties
(claimed by the Republicans to be those
in dispute), SO as to give the Democrats
and Republicans each five senators !;
to give the Republicans twenty-eight
senators and the Democrats twenty-five,
and to give the Republicans twenty
seven and the Democrats twenty-one and
to leave Montgomery and Lackawanua
counties as doubtful districts. All of
these propositions were approved by the
Democrats and rejected by the Repub
ltcans. Any one of them was more than
fair to the opposition. BY reje"'ius: Z:
them the Republicans must tax re
odium of having been satisfied W. il
nothing but gerrymahder OF the
state and with having made the
Legislative session failure. The
governor and his party in the
Legislature have now done all that
lies in their power, or is comprehended
in their duty, to make ian honest, just
and true apportionment," and nothing
remains but for them to appeal to the
expression of popular judgment at the
ballot box.
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Harrisburg Patriot.

HHrrgDufR fHCfIOC.
E. K. Martin, esq of lancaster, was in
the city yesterday. He was prominent in
the independent movement last fall. To
a member of the Rgtriot staff he said that
be believed the mass of the Independents
would not follow any particular leader !;
that while they are Republicans, they
would only support Republican candidates
when they were the honest nominees OF
the party and represented Republican
principles and not the will of boss. As
for himself he had not yet decided what
he would do in the pending CANVASS.
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want the Reward Paid over.
West Chester JetfersOnian.


A gentleman residing in Delaware
County, near where Frankford, the one
eyed horse thief, was captured, states
that there is considerable feeling in that
vicinity in consequence of the captOrs not
having been paid the reward offered.
Judging from the statement of one OF the
prison inspectors made in our presence we
think there is a misunderstanding. 1t
accordance with the term of their adver
tisemsnt the inspectors believe that
Messrs. Yarnall and Dotts are entitled to
the money, but there were SO many claim.
ants for it that they deemed it prudent to
consult not only one but two lawyers. both
of whom thought there might be a ques-
ton raised that would at least give them
some trouble before the courts. They
have offered to pay the allowed named
gentlemen the full amount of the reward,
provided they will iGemnify them against
any other claimants and are willing to take
their own bonds. When this offer was
made Mr.. Yarnall was not present. and he
has not yet called to receive the money,
which is in the hands of Warden Hagerty
to pay whenever these gentlemen are will
ing to idemnify them as before stated.
Police Cases.
Yesterday afternoon about ) clock two
men who were very drunk began fighting
on the Lime street side of Kerchmen
hotel. They pounded each other for
about Is minutes, after which they separa-
ted and both went up East King street.
A few minutes later one was arrested at
the engine house No. 3 by the firemen
and was locked up for a hearing before
Alderman Barr. He gave his name as
Lewis Martin and said he is resident of
York he had been harvesting in this
county and with tho money got on drunk
yesterday. His companion escaped.
Emma HarlDan, young girl who has
been in a number of scrapes, was arrested
this morning on the charge of assault and
battery, having been complained against
by Ella Myers, whose home is in York.
She was locked up for hearing before
Alderman DonnelIy. The Harman girl
then made complaint against Miss Myers
charging her with drunken and disOrderly
conduct. She will be heard before Alder
man Barr. The women were placed in one
cell in the station house, where they could
talk over matters.
One drunk before the mayor this mDln
ing was discharged.
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for the scheme that it VIM conduce to
the protection of american industries
needing protection, for, as We hav6fre
quently shown, a tariff that entirely
protects prevents Importation and hence
Yields no revenue from the article that is
kept out of competition with the Ameri.
can manufacture.
That is why Mr.. Barker's scheme is at
once seen to be impracticable and vi.
sionary and is denounced as mid sum.
mer madness" by nearly every intelli
gent authority which has examined it.
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Sudden uesth Of An OId Uitizen.

Sudden Do0th Of An Old OftIZen.
New Holland Clarion.
John Musser, one of the oldest and most
respected citizens of Upper LeacOck twp,
has died from hemOrrhage of the lungs.
MIR. Musser arose in the morning in good
health, attended to his usual duties, ate a
hearty dinner, and walked out into field
where a man was moving. Shortly aftor
one o'clock he went to the house, and had
just stepped upon the porch when he gave
a slight cough which brought up blood.
He exclaimed to one of the family, what
does this mean ?" and he was given chair
when the flow of blood became prOfuse
and the hemorrage did not cease until life
was extinct. Mr.. Musser was a kind
hearted neighbor and sterling citizen.