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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-06

Rev. GEORGE g. MJLN, tho agnustic
actor, while playing Hamlet" III al In =
diana town the other night, tell and broke
one of his ribs.
HENsuAw DANA, IL well known musi-
clan aud com poser. died suddenly at his
residence in Worcester, Massachusetts,,
yesterday afternoon.
DELOs Z. SOUTHwORTH. of Philadel
phia, ox-city trea surer, has died in Monte
Carlo, Italy. JOS. Swift Keen, a well
known resident of West Philadelphia
died on Sunday, aged 81.
SENATORS FERRY, of Michigan, Wiz
dom of Minnesota, and Sanders, of Ne
braska, re appeared in their seats ycsser-
day. Senator Ferry expresses himself
still hopeful of a re election.
SEECRETAEY FOLGER left Washington
yesterday for his home in Genava, N. Y,
to attend to urgent private business. He
does not expect to be away from Washing
ton more than a week.
Ex-JUDGE AMOS BRIGGS has filed hi.
| declaration in his libel suit against Philir
G.. Garrett. chairman of the Com mittee Oi
| One Hundred. The damages arc laid al
$4,000
| uing her very successful concert tour in
the West. She gave three concerts last
week at Cincinnati. Thus far she has
given thirty.three concerts, Of which tht
gross receipts have been STAT, 1856.
WALCOTT was promptly on time yester-
| day to finish his thirty days ofquaiI-eating
He was greeted by large crowd. At Al
he began his repast, and finished at 1874
He tried to beat his record in eating the
birds, but failed by ten seconds. His best
| record was seven minutes.
GOVERNOR PATTIsoS sent his veto tc
the state Legislature last evening, re
turning without his approval "an act
| authorizing the Investment of moneys in
the sinking funds Of cities Of the second
class. and providing for the consolidation
OF said funds" The act applied only tt
Pittsburgh, and Was very carelesslJ
| drawn.
JOHN CADwALLAEE, Judge ]. Z. Mitch
ell, of Philadelphia, and ex-chief Justice
Sharswood have beca appointed by Cover
nor Pattison, under joint resolution O
the Legislature, to ascertain what laws
If any, through inadyeItance or otherwise
have been omitted in compiling the act
of Assembly passed in this state since it
! FORM tir,, -
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-06

II has been left to the New York SIN
to c":efuliy read the Congress,onal Record,
to discover and disclose that while ali tie
other congressional euIogists of Ben Hili
spoke hopefully of Immortality there was
| a tone OF doubt about the pan gyric OF
Senate" Ingalls,. Nevertheless, he ad
mitted that ''ii Immortality is :: splendid
but delusive dream, if the incompletencsb
Of every career, even the longest and most
fortunate, b. not supplemented a:si per-
fected after It's termination here, then he
who breads to die should fear to live, for
life is a tragedy more desolate and mex.
plicahle than dcath.''
The Tunkhannock Democrat directs at
| tention to the unnecessary number OF
judges in the state, and illustrates it's COM
p'aint by special reference to tie Wyo-
| ming -Snil.van district for the abolition of
| which it moves, and suggests that Wyo-
| ming should ba attached to SusQuchanna
and Sullivan added to Columbia and Mon
tcur, the Twenty. sixth district. The
| Wyoming and Sullivan district only has a
| population Of 23,671, aud the districts
among which it would apportion it are
small enough to comfortably take it in.
| There is well founded complaint Of too
many judges in tine state. A diluted
| judiciary generally loads TO deprecated
judges.
THE Maryland court of appeals has
| affirmed the Judgment Of the lower court
| OF Frederick county in rerpotually en-
joining the execution of q large number OF
judgments rendered by q couple OF
| country magistrates against score oi
citizens and corporations in nearly thirteea
hundred cases brought BY one Harrison
| Wagner for small amounts each, aggregat
ing s130,O00. The places Of hearing were
SO remote, the cause of action so ground
less and the proceedings SO remarkable,
| that in most cases the defendants made
no defense before the mag iStTates anG
entered no appeal. Upon this and no,
upon the righteousness of his action the
| plaintiff depended. But the court equit
ably cut across lots aud treated the whole
scanda'ous proceedings IS fraudulent
JOB which should have no countensnoe
nor protection in law.
THE barrOom of the Hoffman house,
New York, is the most elegant in tbs
world. Mahogany furniture, cut glass,
fresh flowers, exquisite statuary, rare
paintings and many articles of gertu make
it a resort of which the attractions bring
customers enough TO afford q fortune to
the notorious Ed. Stokes, who is the pro.
prietor. But there are people whose sense Of
tho proprieties will not allow them to con.
tribute to such gilded gin mills. The work
of a woman artist was lately seen by
Stokes and he liked it so we'll that he
offered her large sum of money for it.
The woman is very poor, and, of course,
was delighted at the idea of the sale OF
her picture, but when she found out it was
to adorn barroom she positively refused
to mako the sale and the picture now
hangs unsold upon her own wall. Per-
| haps if size had not had such a bitter ex-
perience in her own family she might he
! more leDiept to the karroOms.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-06
An Ohio Romance.
rittsburgh Dispatch.

1lLtSbttTHI! btSI SIttCu
There is little town near here named
North Lima, which has kind of romantic
historical! affair which has furnished the
neghhors and villagers food for talk. The
hero, if such be could be called, was a
queer old man named Jacob Augustine.
| He lately died. He was strange good
| hearted little man, who had never slept a
single night away from his home, and the
| longest journey he even made was to come
to this city, 4 distance of but few miles.
And yet This stranger to the world at
large, whose life was almost that Of a
child, through all its years had romance,
| the secret of which he carried to the
grave. When he was u sturdy young man
he became be5rothed to a bright, vivacious
She smiled upon his suit, but her father
Jacob Augustine led the life Of bach
elor.
1t has been known Of late that jacob
was accommodating considerable wealth,
although ho made 70 exhibition Of it, and
when he diea q search was at once institut
ed for the money and his will which he
had made year ago. The search
through the attic of his house revealed in
out of-the-way corners many and variou.
amounts of money. which was largely il
Mexican and Spanish coins, but no trace
of the missing will was found until &
trunk was examined, aud there. pinned
securely in the sleeve of tho old-fashiOnet
swallow tailed wedding coat, was the will
and bag containing nearly 500 in gold
Yesterday all the personal effects left b!
the strange Old man were sold at auction.
and almost within hearing OF tho auc
tioneer's voice, q prisoner in her Owi
house, was the once fair maiden. Gostliei
Wealandt, now and for the last ftty-e b
years hope!essly insane because OF th
cruel cato that kept her from uniting he
heart aud life with her betrothed. Sh
remains the last survivor OF thi:; sad ro
NANCE Of q half Century AGO.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-06
At wheeling ". Va.

The river is now 81 feet s inches high
and is rising at the rate Of z inches per
hour. Its surface is q mass of ice aud slash,
with large quantity Of drift wood, barrels,
fences and small bridges. About noon a
barge with two wagons passed and shortly
after j flat with a new buggy, ono end
being sunk. The fair grounds of the state
exposition association ard other iow parts
of Wheeling island are under water rs
we'll as n few OF the low portions Of the
main part OF the city. Some of the resi-
dents of the island, the streets Of which
are usually submerged by high water, are
moving out.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-06

An eArthGuake, which ra!tIo7 windows,
crookeIy and furniture, was felt at Wolf
borough, New Hamphshire, at live min
utts past three o'clock on Sunday after
noon. The movement was from west to
east. tho duration FIVE seconds. Ten Dlin
i!tcs larer another slishter shock was felt.
Previous to the ii.st shock there WAS q
calm, "but instantaneous,y with the
earthquake the air was set in rapid mo-
ton, continuing So daring the after
Eoon.'
An earthquake shook Bloomington, H.
linois, yesterday morning at Ave O'Clock.
1t was preceded by rumblirg sound
which lasted several seconds.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-06

At first it was supposed they had gone
to their home in Washington, but inquiries
therefore do not verify any OF the intOrma-
tion which Mooney gave about himself
and his property. Mr.. Hastings knows
little ABOUT him except that he came to
his hotel for several years and always
behaved seemly. Col. Hambright remem-
bers him coming into the regiment late
anG dropping out at Washington on the
way home afterwards applying to him
for aid to get his back pay. No such d
man is known in the government service,
aS nrinter nr. detectiue
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-09-13
Children's Answers.

DIR. G. Stanley Hall, of Boston, res
Gently visited the public schools in Om-
aha, and asked the pupils number Of
questions. The answers, as taken by 3
reporter, give curious illustration of
the fact that children keep-up deal of
thinking. though it is not always easy
to see how they reach their idea of COM
mon things. Thus, three pupils were
found who thought that the moon was
made OF green cheese; q boy said it was
mans face, while dreamy little girl
thought it was Gods face The defini-
tions of the use of a holiday included
these: because the soldiers were killed
and we put flags on their graves. D"
because the children were too tired to
come to school" Because it was hot"
because the teacher wanted to GO
somewhere" In the first grade the
little boys said it was right to "keep
still, !" ''eat breakfast" ''dig caves,n
"help father" while it was wrong to
''steal, ''run away" and ''swear The
''girls thought it nice TO ''earn money!"
work for mamma" ''take care of the
baby" and naughty to ''talk in school,"
''throw stones" or ''make mother ner-
vous by noise" In the second grade
the religious idea seemed to come to tho
front. The boys liked to go to church.
to Sunday-school, and 'sgive to the
poor" The girls to 'sget tickets al
Sunday-school," and were evidently
little housekeepers, for they liked to
''brush chairs,'' Sweep" Ego to the
store," "keep clean" and play with lit
tie brother and sister. The boys thought
it bad to ''play hooky," eight, "teasa
papa for candy" and ''tell on each
other;'' the girls to ''tell fibs,'' .'run in
the street, or ''get mad at sisters" In
the third grade much the same respon.
ses were given. The boys would ''raka
the yard, ''chop wood" and the little
girls are getting old enough to ''make
BEDS" ''wash windows and ''milk tho
cow One boy said it '3was wrong to
pull up mas flowers" and the girls
said is was not right to ''break dishes,'
and "break slate-pencils." The girls
of the fourth grade would ''step SOFTLY"
"close the doors without slamming," 'tba
lady-like;" the boys thought it improp-
er to SLAP" ''be sassy" or "pert;''
one said it was right act to ''lift your
hat to a girl when you see her." and
another ''to pick up things that girls
drop"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-09-13
Money Without Intellect.

The moral power money wields, apart
from character. liberality, intelligence,
and the other qualities essential to true
manhood, is of but relative value, and
is Insignificant except when true worth
and high traits of character accompany
it. We have instances of this fact in
our own time, which show that almost
unconsciously the popular opinion
measures a man by some higher and
more durable standard than the money
he may possess or may have accumu-
lated. This is the case whore the repu-
tation of those who are held in high es-
TEEN is also based upon wealth. The
manner in which it is gained, the use to
which it is put, stamp themselves upon
the public Judgment and make an i'm
preston which cannot we'll be obliter-
ated. Take for instance such men as
Gould and Vanderbilt in comparison
with George Peabody or Peter Cooper.
Great wealth and the use to which they
put it have given them their fame. In
tellectually no one of them would ever
have been known outside OF his own
immediate sphere. The first two fal
surpass the others in wealth and the
power they can exert in the business
operations of the world. They can make
or ruin the fortunes of thousands of fell
low-men by the caprices of speculation.
But how much moral power do they
control in comparison with the last
mentioned? Their acts and opinions are
of no moral force in the community.
Their wealth contributes nothing to the
fund of true greatness. Not so with
wealth used as in the case of the Other
examples quoted. The true fame thus
attained is more lasting and moro en-
viable. To the ambitious who seek
wealth and fame and toll to have theii
name live after them, the lessons of the
true power of wealth should not be un-
heeded.-B0Sto1s Courier.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-09-13
London Newspaper Carts.

A newspaper cart is light atfair on
two owheels-naturally a cart cannot be
on four-with one reckless driver and a
man to deal out papers. They rush
along with all the headlong speed of
the American butcher cart, and the
rivalry among them is something won-
derful. Of course the first paper on the
ground is the one that gets the cream of
the trade. Probably the handsomest
carts are those of the Globe and the
Pail Mall Gazette. The former has a
raised hemisphere on each side, typical
of the name; the latter's carts are oak
colored, with the title of the paper on
each side and on the ends. The Echo
carts are ugly and very serviceable.
Just before an edition comes out these
carts can be seen in a row before their
respective printing offices, each paper
having about n dozen. When the edi-
ton is published the carts are filled in
twinkling with the paper in quires--
twenty-six to the quire-and small bum
dies wrapped up in contents bills. The
latest contents bills are pasted ON the
backs of the carts and away they 60 as
speedily as if one of Arabi's bombs fell
among them. They dash through Lon
don streets with the rollicky reckless
ness of a fire-engine, and soon scatter
to all points of the compass. The bum.
dies are flung in at the doors of the
news agents as the carts hurry by with
out stopping. At the street corners
they pause and the news-boys gather.
around, handing in all the former edi-
tions that are unsold, together with
cash for as many more as they wish to
buy. The papers are dealt with great
II fha in hn Pf haes
trick of holding the sheets IN peeu-
his right across the edges thus exposed.
counting them accurately with the speed
of lightning. The amount of cash, gem
orally rendered in pennies, seems to be
almost instinctively got at by netting
made within certain time, and the
carts have to be back before the next
edition is due, and the cash and returns
handed in before another lot is brought
out. On the last round they collect the
cash and the returned papers from the
news agents.
The evening papers here are hardly
as honest in the matter of numbering
their editions as the American contem-
poraries. No London evening paper
numbers an edition as .sfirst;' for in
stance, the EchO'S first edition is called
tho second, and is issued at o'clock
The next edition they call the fourth.
and is issued at 2:20. The fifth edition,
which is really the third, comes out
at APO; the special edition at 6, and the!
extra special at 8. Some of the evening"
papers begin business with third edi-
ton, which the unsuspecting BritisherI
buys under the impression that he is
getting something very late indeed.
Londo" Cor. Detroit! Free Press. j
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-09-13
StratnhV R.alirinn-

An old couple, man and wife, were
along the wharves a day or two ago
limiting for an up-shore boat, and the
woman explained to steamboat agent:
''lt's very stormy season and wo ex-
pect to be seasick, and we druther 60
on boat whore the captain is relig-
ious man"
'Well, that's all right" he replied.
''We've got one very religious captain
on our line, and his boat sails tonight" !"
''Can we go down and see him?"
"Oh, yes. Keep right down the street
until you see the boat"
The couple walked on and finally
boarded the steamer. The captain and
all hands were busy with cargo, but the
old folks walked up to him and the
woman said:
''Capting, you have been recommends
ed to us as a religious man"
''The II haver' he promptly
growled.
They looked at each other with con-
sternation depicted in their faces, and
then the old man said:
''Capting, what church do you belong
to?''
'FSee herer' roared the official, 'sif
you We come here to bleed me for some
charity, or want me to sign petition,
or expect this boat to carry a lot of
dead-heads up the lake, l won't stand
it! What do you want?- Out with it,
now, and no Internal chawing around.
I'm blanked if amt bothered by more
dashed lunatics than other blanked man
on the dashed lakes!''
Man and wife retired to consult, and
after getting ten feet away the woman
said:
''Henry, he's not religious man."
swell, l dunno"
''But he swears like pirate.''
Eyes, Maria, but you see this is out
West. We don't swear and belong to
the church too in New Hampshire, but
they may do differently here. Heswears,
but he looks like man to depend upon
in a storm"
''Shan't we look for another?''
81 guess not, Maria. l guess the reli-
gious out here in Michigan are kind Of
stretchy and they low swearing ON
steamboats, and around the depots.i
Wen so by this boat, and if he don't
swear any harder than he did to us
mebbe Providence will let him squeeze
through on the up-trip and sink him
when he comes downr'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-09-13
How Ideas nnrna-

A certain lawyer justifics his pet hob
by, which is carpenter work, not mere
ly by the healthy relaxation of nervous
tensions and exercise of muscle it brings
him, but chiefly because he works out
his legal problems, plane in hand. Old
law reading comes back to him then,
out of the way precedents recur to mind,
the very text of the law book is never
so clearly before him as then. He has
glimpse of the volume and the page,
and the very part of the page on which
is some needed citation which he would
otherwise have long to seek.
Nor is it only memory which works
when he is half engrossed with the af-
fairs of his handicraft. Original thoughts
arise and ingenious devices; clever
combinations take shape of themselves
The case works itself out, and mental
labor is only pleasurable exertion, just
rs his amateur handwork is. Haw-
thorne composed walking. Musicians
are seized with ideas. and modern play
wrights seize upon others ideas, at the
most unexpected moment. Business
men have been known to depend upon
their meditation at dead of night for
sound review of the present, and fore
cast on which they base their plans
When we are hurried, we long for rest,
to ''think over things and decide ra-
tionally; but relieved from pressure,
We ''think of nothing at all" Comes
the moment for action, we settle in
three seconds the confusion of DAYS,
and, for good or i'll results, our plans
are at least clear. What is needed is
not time nor will, but rather the favor
able moment when there is harmony
Then, like the electric message, thought
is swift and sure. The idea which we
have long waited for arrives. not as the
certain result of earnest thought, but as
the reward of thought, just as honorable
fame is the reward of noble deeds, but
not the certain result of them.-Boston
Courier.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-09-13
Wonderful Instinct in Bees.

Many interesting accounts have been
written of the wonderful instincts of
honey bees-some, in fact, which would
almost tend to prove that they possess
ed reasoning faculties. An Australian
bee-keeper contributes to the Queens
lander the following interesting Incl
dent, illustrative of the sagacity of these
wonderful little insects: ga ncighbor of
mine who keeps bees in bar-frame hives
had robbed them of some of their sur
plus store, but noticing few days af-
terward the honey running from the en-
trance to the hive, and the bees clooged
with it, he raised the top to ascertain
the cause, when he found the beas in so
woful plight that he knew not what
to do, and was quite disheartened He
mentioned the matter to me and went
to his assistance. / found the hive in
dreadful state; the frames were very
tionally great; the combs had fallen
down. and the honey had been set free.
Thousands of bees were suffocated and
smeared with the honey, and it was
work of some difficulty to set matters
right On the floor of the hive, and
floating in the escaped honey, were
dozens of white grubs, which had evi-
IDENTIFY been forcibly drawn from the
cells by the bees, and the reason they
sacrificed their progeny appears to be
that, finding themselves overwhelmed
with the disaster that had befallen them
and having filled every available crevice
with the overhowed honey. they had
found it necessary to empty the cells of
the young brood in order to find space
to store the balance until tho wreck
could be repaired. There was reason,
certainly, for what they did, and the
fact has not, perhaps, been noticed be-
fore because the people who kept bees
for observatory purposes would never
have allowed such a calamity to happen
to them.