Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-12-13

the war, all at the same time. IL not,
why not !?
The anomalous sight is now presented
in Washington OF clerks seeking lower
places. hoping thereby to obtain proteo.
tlou. The rascally office. holder must 20.
The Columbia county court has set An
example for the warning Of people who
throw stones at political parades. An
offender OF this kind within that jurisdic.
tion has been sent to jail for six months.
SOCIETY ladies complain that the old
time frivolous young men, who, while
possessed Of brains do not disdain bad
mage and small talk, are no more, Per.
haps the encouragement given the empty
headed dude is the proximate cause oi
their departure.
DIVIDED skirts are declared by the Lon
don lady reformers ''the rational evening
dress" 1t is we'll that this statement i,
formally and solemnly made, else nigh,
an ignorant public have supposed tha
these neither garments were best adapted
to windy weather on the streets.
In honesty and devotion to country
Cleveland's nearest friends liken him tc
Cato. The stern old Roman censor wa
wont to say whenever the occasion offered
"Carthage must be destroyed" and judg.
ing from the firm adherence of Clevelanc
to the doctrine that public office Is .
public trust" the uneasy place-hunte
will derive little comfort in tracing tn,
comparison.
/ BABr 1Kys.
| What are you doing. baby, you dear,
10 pay Tor the care you've brought with yo'
What are You giving, you droll little king
For the service and love your fond subject
For know tina. you know, yor sly httl
You govern the people that lire in this house
Ab, kisses, sweet kisses. the sweetest e'e
These, little monarch, you must give from
Yes. kisses, sweet kisses forty a minute.
Each dewy and fresh with the honey drops Il
J hese, tiny tyrant, we will take as our fees,
Ana coiiect them too, sir, whenever we please
-from The Church.
One Of the worst exhibitions of mean
ness comes from New Lebanon, Columbi
county, New York. Mr.. and Mrs. Adams
Of that village, were long noted as misers
Adams had for years kept the boards fo
his coffin in the house. On his death hi
wife hired a man to put them together
and objected to his price of s1.50 for doin
the work, offering him so cents less. 1
searching the house after her death sS5,
600 In government bonds was found, an
also three bushels Of pennies, beside
bank books showing thousands Of dollar
on deposit. For twenty years thl
worthy couple denied themselves meat an
SOAP to swell their hoard. II was nearl
time for this pair to betaka themsslve
from globe whose fair face they b!otted
New YORK CRY is waking mp to tn
dangers which thrcaten it from the ovel
crowded condition of It's tenement houses
In that densely populated city, wher
hundreds Of thousands are herded With,
Q single acre, human beings are packe
together in certain districts In q name
that recalls the black hole OF Calcutta, an,
the houses, or deps rather, which the
inhabit would not be tolerated by an,
other civilized community. Chief Iuspec
tor Collins says: Builders try to &c
from IA to 16 rooms on each floor OF
double fat, none of which are constructed
on scientific principles, or with any regart
for sanitary conditions. Poverty and dir
60 hand In hand, and In not few of thee,
places have found people who woult
rather be dirty than Clean" As to pre-
cautions against fire, another witness says,
'Iron stairs will never do, for the reason
that the tenants will chip off pieces ant
sell them to the junkmen. In pleasing
contrast with the dangers OF such al
excessive population, 1t Is gratifying t,
note that Of the leading cities of thi
country, Lancaster has q smalle
average number Of persons to the dwellin,
than any other.
PERSONAL
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