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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-20

The narrowing suspicion is floating
around that Slugger Sullivan is weaken. q.
ing. The very thought causes the cold
chills to creep down the back Of literary
Boston.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-20

ALAS that tho LlslSer discussion should
last 30 long
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-20

QUAY, like the Scriptural maiden, was
not dead, but only sleeping. The dele
gates elected at yesterdays convention IN
Philadelphia are unembarrassed by auy
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-20
THE members of the New York stock

THE membersof the New York stock
exchange are trying a rather novel plan
to bring to terms the landlords in the
vicinity of the exchange, who are de-
manding an increase of rent. They have
drawn up an agreement pledging each
signer not to lease any office the rent Of
which is to be raised, and twenty five
firms have already signed the agreement.
This mode of proceeding seems TO indi.
cate that the tenants are in earnest in
their determination to resist what they
deem extortionate demands on the part
OF the landlord class. The inexorable
laws Of supply and demand will doubt.
less remedy the difficulty.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-20

OCHITREE took advantage Of tho coca
sion yesterday when the Lnsker reso!u
tious came up Tor discussion in the House
to make very temperate and forolble
speech regarding them. Those who ex
pected to see the Texas statesman rant
and roar and offer to tsht Bismarck sin.
gle handed, went away with their desires
ungratided. But it does seem as though
Congress is wasting great deal Of pre-.
cious time over matter Of very little
consequence to the public ct large. Let
the Lssker discussion give way 70 Affairs
OF more cOu3G queBce.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-20

ng BUiLpKD BErrER THAN HE KNEw
Tho hand that rounded Peters dome,
And grpiusd the atsle' OF Christiin Rome,
Wrought In a sad sincerity
Himself from God ne cOuId not free.
lie builded better than he knew -
The conscious stone TO beauty grew.
- Ene-s0n
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-20

IT is hardly probable that the ice men
this season will have the assurance to
speak OF an ice famine. Over three and
half million tons Of the frozen commodity
were gathered 10 the Huispu during the
season that has just closed.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-20

GLADSTONE has been taken III just at the
time when all his best energies are needed
for the carrying out OF his policy in the mat
ter of tn, war in tho SJudan. His enemies,
WI ON nothing would better please than
the downfall of the ancient old wood chop.
per Of Howarden, may yet 0li that
Gladstone sick is able to cope with most
Of his opponents untroubled by illness
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-20
Tvo Miner, In.tantly Killed.

Andrew Hortal, a laborer, was instantly
killed by fall of roof Tuesday night
while at work in the Hllman vein, a
branch of the MidvaIe colliery, near
WilkesbarEe, Michael Jones, a miner, 50
years Of age, was instantly killed at the
Nottingham colIiery on Sunday by fall
Of top coal.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-20
3 Mine on Fire.

NuIILR IIF IdaL stssIOn OF CrlmlDaI court,
while Sheriff Boyer of Pottsvile WAS
taking eight prisoners uuhandcuffed from
the dock TO The Jail, he encountered
crowd IN the court house corridor, and
one Of the prisoners, John Reilly, under
sentence OF nine months for burglary,
escaped The matter was kept quiet but
last night officers OF Mahauoy city dis
covered Reilly in the act Of committing
another crime, and arrested him. He was
brought back to jail and will be tried
next month
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-03
A Misrepresentation

1t is to be feared that great misap-
prehension exists throughout the East
concerning the chances of success in
life to be gained by emigration to the
West. 1t is true that the day has
passed when men think that the whole
West is an FL Dorado; that the tickle
goddess there becomes supplicant,
tempting the seeker with trophies of
riches and fame; that one has only to
stretch forth his hand and pluck the
ripened fruit. This lesson has been the
result of the costly experience of thou
sands. As a rule, man must make him.
self what he is and work for what he
has the world over, and the West is no
exception to this rule. Thousands have
left comfortable homes or fairly good
situations in the East, turned
their faces toward the setting sun, and
when they reached their land of prom
ise sat down and waited for the golden
drops to rain down. 1t didn't rain. Far
from it. And when their small stock oi
patience was exhausted or their pockets
became empty, back they went, cursiIc
the day they left their ancestral fire.
sides. Well, the East is good place
for such people to stay.
But, nevertheless Is it true -, to the
man endowed with patience, perse-
yerance and ability and willingness tG
work. tlc broad areas OF the West offer
better Inducements than do the crowded
cities of the East. Whatever may be
the line Of duty engaged in. the same
qualities are necessary for a1, liz the
shop, OF the farm, or behind tie
counter. AND when 4 fcothold has
| once been obtained. the bsttle is hall
won. GGining q foottold is the first
and most important desideratum. The
rest will come in due time, rnd with the
transpos;tion from the narrow valleys
and lillipItian streams of the East tf
the endless prairies and broad rivers pi
the West, a new life will be:;in. Mems
ideas seem to change with their sur
roundings. New leaven is mixed witt
The loat The preiudices instilled OF
the rocky hills of New England disap
pea- on the soft soil of the prairie. Ant
she change is foy the better. Burning
sos HaOte..e. .3S Gffff 4if<G
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-03
FARM AND PRESIDE.

As soon as the frost is out of the
ground roll the meadows to smooth the
surface for the moving machine.-M Y
Herald.
Pretty bedroom curtains are made
Of single width of crimson ottoman
,loth over q second pair made of an
tique lace.-N. Y. Times.
The essentials to success in onion
culture are plenty of manure, thorough
fitting of the ground, good seed
and clean cultivation. Here is the
whole story in nut shell.-CleUeland
Herald
1t is not necessary to have vine
yard in orderto have a supply of grapes
for home use. A dozen vines properly
cared for will give an abundance OF
this most desirable fruit for an ordinary
family.-ErchGnge.
1T is not right to milk slowly. II
exhauSts the patience both of the ami
NAL and the mixer. Quickness in
milking and patience in stripping will
give the most milk and be most salts
factory to the cow.-Prdirie Farmer.
Unless you are able and willing to
personally superintend the seal,ling of
your milk pans it would be better to
use earthen ware. Nothing but boiling
water and plenty of it will remove the
germs of disease that turks in the halt
washed tin vessel. ChicGgO Journal.
Sugar Biscuit: One quart of
flour, one cup of sugar, three teaspoon
fuls of baking powder, two tablespoon
fulS of lard, two eggs, twO-thirdS of
pint of milk. Sift together flour. salt,
sugar and powder; rub in lard cold; add
beaten eggs and milk; mix smooth and
drop with spoon on creased baking
tin; sift sugar over top; bake in q hot
oven ten minuteS.-The Household.
The food of spring pigs should be
varied in order 20 force growth. Refuse
vegetables and slops are assistants. As
grass is not obtainable just now, mess
of clover hay, finely cut, and stepped in
boiling water, will be found excellent
for them. If to this is added pro-
portion of fine bran and ground oats.
with seasoning of salt, the mess will
be almost complete food. Rather
epicurean, perhaps, but worthy of trial.
-Nel0 England Farmer.
A good plain pudding is made of
one cup of sour cream, half cup OF
molasses, half cup of melted butter,
one teaspoonful of soda, little salt.
Mix the molasses and butter together
and beat until they are very light. Stir
in the cream and flour, beat until the
batter is perfectly smooth and free from
Jumps Butter the pudding mould and
pour in the batter. Let it boil for an
hour and a half Serve with sweet wine
| sauce.-N. Y Post
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-03
OleOmargarine.

If YOU suspect your groceryman OF
selling you Oleomargarine for pure but
ter, YOU can determine the truth by the
following tess. given by the German.
town Telegraph: Get vial of oil of
vitriol. costing only few cents, put a
drop of it on the article to be tested
with a glass rod, and pure, fresh, yell
low butter will turn nearly white, while,
on the other hand. tallow, OF which
oleomargarine is largely composed,
changes TO deep crimson red. Lard.
again, another OF the compOuents of
the imitation article, gives diversified
colors-in fact, showing all the colors
of the rainbow The other method is
as follows: Melt very small quantity
in shallow dish. which should be only
large enough to hold the substance.
and put a piece of wick in the tiWd;
then hight the protruding end Of the
wick, and after it burns few minutes
blow it out BY inhaling the smoke
from the extinguished wick You will al
once discover whether it is the odor OF
fried butter or that of smoking tallow
candle wick, and Judge therefrom
whether IL is genuine Duttsr or oseo-
margarine. -Lansi7sg Republican,
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-03
THE EASTER MORN.

Ali hail the gladstone Easter Morn,
For which the sDring-time's flowers are born:
Earth wears her gayest robes to-day.
And casts her Lenten gard away.
Ring Outl ring clearl
Ring far and near!
o. bells in steeples highI
Ring in the dawn
Of Easter Morn,
Beneath a spring-timc sky.
Bloom. lilies, on your slender stems
To crown the day like diadems,
And lifting up your petals white,
Make Easter affairs glau anu oTlSnI
While ring so clear,
From far and near,
The bells in steeple high,
And glad hearts raise
Their songs of praise
Beneath a spring-time SKY.
-Idig ID. Brine, in Golden Dogs.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-03

A gentleman residing near this place
raised a most tremendous crop OF water
melons after the following method;
Holes were dug ten fees apart each way
eighteen inches squs-e and fifteen
INCHES deep. These holes were filed
with well-rotted manure, which was
thoroughly incorporated with the soil:
A low, flat hill was then made, and seed
planted. When the vines were large
snoagh to begin to run the whole sur
lace was covered TO the depth OF foot
Or fifteen inches with wheat straw. The
nraw was placed close up around the
,ipe. No cultivation whatever was
riyen afterward. No weeds or grass
yrew. The vines spread over the straw.
ind the melon matured clean and nice.
The yield was abundant, and the expert
nent an entire success Try 1t nexs
Jear.--RarGl Nesc Yorker.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-03

ANY person who takes the paper regu-
larry from the post-olfice, wnether qlreeted to
his name or whether he is a subscriber or not,
is responsible for the pay.
The courts have decided that refusing to
take newspapers from the post-ofhce, or re
moving and leaving them uncailed for, is
orima facie evidence of INTENTIONAL FRAUD.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-03

Dream cake is a new production
and will be welcomed by all lovers OF
good cake 1t is baked in three layers.
Each layer should be about an inch and
half thick when baked. The two
lower layers are frosted with confec-
TONERS sugar and the white of an egg;
the frostiDg for the bottom layer is
favored with lemon, the next layer
with vanilla. and the top layer is thickly
covered with cocoanut and is favored
delicately with few drops of rose
water. The cake may be made By fol-
lowing any good and sufficiently rich
recipe for white cake.-TOtedo Blade.
1t is said that the waste OF valuable
timber in Eastern Tennessee is almost
inconceivable. The finest specimens of
walnut and cherry are used for fence
rails, fire wood. and similar purposes.
Since the government survey of the
country there has been a change in this
respect, and the people are beginning
to appreciate the value of the timber re-
sources Aaother result is that the
mineral resseces are becoming knowr,
and investments both in timber and il
mineral property are now made wher,
but short time ago they would havs
been considered improbable.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-22

administration reports that if, the
ppgram is carried out that has been
psrtly agreed on among those who
attributed so largely to Cleveland's
eection, there will he many surprises
AZ well as bitter disappointments. He
stated with considerable assurance
tat no sort of influence will be likely
t, change Cleveland's purpose to rec.
fgnize that class of Republicans who
made his election a certainty. To
ONE extent, this gentleman says.
cleveland will do precisely what Mr..
Lincoln did in 1S60-go beyond party
lines for some of his official advisers,
so as to give emphasis and effect to
the reform movement to which he
will owe his election, In proof of
this, he said. he would not be sur
Drised if Conkling were offered the
Treasury portfolio, and that too, with
the full approval of the representa-
tive independents. Som of the more
sagacious of this class say that it
would he the only way of fixing the
future political status of that state.
Whether COnkling would accept is
another question, but the mere ten
der of such recognition would, it is
claimed, go far to soIfdify the oppo-
sitiOn vote to Blaine for future Dem
Ocratic purposes. He states that this
program clearly indicated Cleveland's
purpose to reorganize the Democratic
party on broader and more liberal
basis, with the view of breaking up
not only sectionalism but also of har-
monizlng upon such national policies
as would restore confidence and fel.
lowship between all sections. This
line of policy would no doubt excite
many antagOnisms among the ex.
IRENE bourbon element, whose rela.
tons to Cleveland will in many re.
Spects be as embarrassing as the
extreme ahOIitiOnists were to Lin.
coin, but that with a little shrewd
ness and firlnness they can just a;
easily be managed and satisfied.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-22

There is this important difference
between the Republican and the
Democratic party in a national cam
paign. To control the Electoral Col
lege the Republican party must Sc
cure POI electoral votes, while the
Democratic party has onty to secure
4S. To secure control of the National
House of Representatives the Repub-
lcan party has to elect 1913 congress.
men, while the Democratic party has
to elect but So. Such is the advantage
of having a solid South-made solid
by the deliberate suppression of the
Republican vote Hartford COurdnt.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-22

We congratulate our readers upon
the splendid victory won by the Re-
publicans in Garrett county at the late
election. This journal has Away
maintained that whenever anything
like full vote could be polled in the
county a solid and substantial Repub-
lican majority would be the result.
The vote cast at the recent election
was decidedly the largest ever cast in
the county and our prediction was
fully verified. The Republicans can
easily carry Garrett county at any
election by handsome majority, but
in order to do so they must go to the
polls and vote as they did the other
day. The next election will be very
important one for the people of this
comfy. Then you will be called up
on to vote for the men who fix the
taxes on your lands and administer
the affairs of the county. In that cleo
ton every tax payer will be directly
interested, land will endeavorto lessen
the burden of taxation which weighs
so heavily upon our people now. If
Republicans will profit by their re-
cent victory they can elect without
difficulty every officer in Garrett
county.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-22

Office department lists giving the
dates when the terms of postmasters
in most of the northern States expire.
The Post Office officials ale inclined
to think that this is the beginning of
the rush of which they had some tx
rerience when Gen. Grant succeeded
Andrew johnson. Immense num-
bers of people visited the department
for the purpose Of gaining informa
ton in regard to the various post
offices and the places connected with
them. In connection with this pros
pective demand for Office from the
outside, an old official recalls the cir
Sumstan"ethat when the Republicans
came into power in 1861. there were
hut few discharges made for the rea-
son that it was found impossible to
carry on The public business without
the experience Of those who had held
the offices. All who took the oath of
allegiance were retained and many
of them are still in office. The con-
clusion reached by this gentleman is
that if the Democrats contemplate a
general sweep Of the offices they will
have to take some time in order to
initiate the new men.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-22
SATURDAY. NOV. %. 1884.

In the two numbers of this paper
which have been issued since the cleo
tion we have stated that the result as
to the Presidential election was still
in doubt. The uncertainty which ex-
listed in. the minds of many was caus.
ed by the extremely close vote in
New York. So close, in fact, was the
vote in that state, that the official
count was necessary to determine
which party had majority. The
fact that New York would settle the
contest made the period of watching
and waiting for the official canvass
one of great anxiety to both parties.
The result has at last been officially
announced, and although Cleveland's
plurality in New York is only 1854,
yet it Is sufficient, and restores the
Democratic party to power after
twenty-four years of Republican rule.
We believe in Republican prin-
ciples, and we feel confident that the
interests of the country would haYe
been better subserved by the cOntinu-
alton of the Republican party in
power, but the people have decided
otherwise, and we, as good citizens,
are bound not only to submit but to
submit gracefully to the will of the
majority as expressed at the ballot
box.
Whilst thus accepting the situa-
ton, we do not believe that the cOun-
try will necessarily 60 to obstruction
under Democratic administration.
The Democratic party has promised
"refOrm" and that the affairs of the
government shall be economically and
honestly administered. Let us in
dulge the hope that these promises
will be kept. and that the Democrats
will not practice the vices which they
have denounced and the abuses which
(they charge) have grown up in the
affairs of state. Whilst we bow in
submission to the decree of the SOW
ereign people and hope fol the best,
let ns relax no effort to promote those
time-honored principles of the Re-
publican party which have done so
much for the peace, happiness and
prosperity of our common country,
for as sure as the Democratic party
fails to keep faith with the people in
the promises it has made, just So sure
will the people who now put that
party in power turn it out as they
did in 1860.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-22
Pungent Paragraphs.
from the Pit.sburg Com. Gazette.l

From the Pittsburg Com. Gazette.
"Oh, for but one short hour, a re-
spite however brief" to he spent in
interviewing Brother Burchard with
a club.
1t is funny how suddenly the Mug
wumps sank in the estimation Of
Democrats when they limited at a
share of the spOils.
Dorsey predicts that Cleveland will
be "a Republican President" Not
much. He hasn't the intellectual
build necessary.
The Democratic ticket was "Cleve-
land, Hendricks and Reform" There
is grave reason to fear that reform
didn't pull through.
Tammany "rejoiced" over Cleve-
lands election the other night. 1t is
so seldom that the corpse "rejoices''
alta wake that the occasion is worthy
of more than passing notice.
How the old dyed-in.the WOO
Democrats are crawling out of the
brine where they have been preserv,
ed for the last twenty five years
And every man of them has post
Office petition in his fist.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-22
The Vanderbilt Bridge at Harrisburg

The main work of the famous Van
derbilt railroad bridge at Harrisburg.
Pa, has been completed. That is TO
say, the twenty-three piers in the
river, representing as fine specimen
of engineering skill and mechanical
labor AS can be found anywhere, were
finished on Wednesday. The eleva-
ton Of the rails above the water on
the west side will be eighty feet, and
from that point fine view will meet
the eye Of the traveller as he APP
prOaches aIriSburg. There are up.
wards of ten thousand yards of ma
sonry in the entire work, and con
sidering the difficulties of working
on such broad and shallow river the
progress has been very rapid. The
iron work, which will complete the
structure, will be erected as soon as
t!!.% completion of the road on the
other side makes it desirable. Work
preparatory to the building of the
bridge was begun in December, 1888,
at the limestone quarry at Union
Springs, n. Y. and during January
following "A granite quarry was open
ed at Goldsb0rough, Pa, but nothing
was done at the site of the structure
until last April, when the actual
work of setting the foundations and
laying the stone commenced. The
piers are constructed To hDd IA double
track deck structure Carlisle Her.
aid,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-22

The plain, straight forward, bust
ness-like, honest way in which the
official count in New York was con-
Quoted to its close and announced is
severe reflection on the wild talk
which certain Democrats INDUCED in
when the job was undertaken. The
Philadelphia Daily NeaCS says:
CATER all, there were no surprises,
and not even interesting incidents, in
the official count, which the Demo-
Gratis so much dreaded, and the peo-
pie who were a week ago warning
the country against Republican plot
to steal the vote of New York, must
feel little ashamed of themselves to
find the Republicans simply did their
duty in standing by their candidate
to the last to see that no undue adj
vantage was taken"