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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-15
FUN AND FANCY.
TaE JuUaNALrsr's WIT AND HUmoI
soms wsysids eiesnings which Iiiustrat
tho Epirit OF the Iimes-A Bundle
of Anecdotes

soms wsyside elcanings which illustrate
tho Epirit OF the Iimes-A Bundle
of Anecdotes.
Louise Michel, in Jail, is writing chill
dren's stories. II more Of the people who
write children's stories were in Jail it
would be better for the children.
A coaching friend informs tho Boston
Transcript that aces are the most popular
four In hand this season.
When Oliver Goldsmith died and the
extent of his Indebtedness became known,
DIR. johnson exclaimed q" Was ever poet
SO trusted J"
Before leaving st. Louis the very old
Boy Preacher Harrison is alleged to have
presented TO his employers bill for the
conversion of 1, 800 souls at 81 each as the
results of tho recent revival
Tho perfection of pietistic advertising Is
Acknowledged to have been reached by the
New York woman who recently advertised
for governess for children who will
be re. auinded with Chris. o~1 tete her
meals in the t:s,.-;i,oh.'
Yankees reply to the European traveller,
when he asked him IL he had just crossed
the Alps "Wall, now you call my atten-
tion to the fact, guess / did pass risin'
ground"
The following ia literal transcript Of a
sign on q Pennsylvania village btore
''Tea and Taters, Sugar and Shingles,
Brickdust and Lassses, Whiskoy, Tar and
other Drugs"
Tho wife of the proprietor of the Had
dan house, ut Atlantic city, has a room
specially built and furnished for her pc
dogs. They all have little beds, anC
there is n swinging spring door opcninl
on q little play yard, through which the!
can come or go at will.
A Caledonan who claimed that the
best poets were Scotch, giving Shakspear,
as a specimen, replied TO an objecter'i
doubt whether Shakespeare sds Scotch
man, that "his abeelity would warrant thu
supposeetion ~
A wag the other day denied that Johr
Bunyan was the author of pilgrim.
Progress" for it is impossible that a bun
ion could contribute to any pilgrims pro
gress.
An Arizona Episode: Two drinks. Tive
more. Friendly game Of poker. More
drinks. Jack pot. More drinks. Foul
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EsTAIE or oEomGE l.. BOYLE, Late

TTNI a r UF UEUIUE T., BONLE, LATE
IL OF Lancaster City, Pa, deceased.-
Letters testamentary on said estate
having been granted TO the uncersigned
ali persons indebted thereto are requested to
make immediate payment, and those having
chains or demands against the same, will pre-.
sent them " without delay for settlement 20 the
undersigned, residing In Lancaster City, Pa
JOHN A. BOYLE,
MARY CECILIA BOYLE,
inE''I"oh" Executor.
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DO Yon ,,oIIrYa IL

That in this town there are scores OF persons
passing our store every day whose lives are
made miserable by Indigestion, Dyspepsia
Sour and distressed stomach, Liver Com
plant, Constipation, when for 76c we will sci
:hem ShDoh'B NialiZcF, guaranteed TO cur,
them. sold by II. u, Cochran, druggist, Nos
% ana l89 North Queen stroOt. feh1.onn2
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s!IGNED ESTATE OF WATSON II

A ssIGNED ESTATE OF wATs,,N ~
~ Miller and Wife, OF Lancaster City, Lam.
caster county, atson II. Miller ana wife OF
Lancaster city, having by deed OF voluntary
assignment, dated APRIL 4, 1884, assigned
ana iran sierred al the estate and effects OF
sald watson II; Miller TO the undersigned for
tHo ~ nGhent OF ths creditors OF the said W Watson
SONS indebted To said assignOr, TO make ,1Ay-
ihehl 10 we undersigned without delay, and
those LAnlnB claims TO present them To-
ChARLEs NJ, HOWELL, Assignee.
apr5Gtdoaw WY
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Hanover Accommodation west, connecting
at Lancaster with Niagara Express at 9:<6,
win run through 10 Hanover daily, except
Sunday.
Frederick Accommodation, west, connecting
at Lancaster with Fast Line, west, at l1, win
run through To Frederick,
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TRAvELsR's GUIDE.
I AsoAsTER AND miLLEnsviLLE IL n

(NuLUMBlA n PORT OEPOsiT RAIL
~ ROAD TIME TABLE,
TrninS now run regularly on the Columbia
q Fort Deposit Railroad ON the following
timoi
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IAke Your ghoice

You can be weak, nervous, debilitated, and
despondent, disqualified for work OF head or
hand, or you can enjoy a fair share OF health
and peace of mind, Brdock BLOOD Biuers
Will alleviate your misery and do you world
or good u you Will but have faith to try For
sale by ii. b. Cochran, druggist, 1877 and 1889
North Queen street.
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made from Diamond Dyes. Full directions
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LEGAL NOTICES.


IL OF Lancaster city, deceased. The un.
uersignGd auditor, appointed to distribute
Alfred \. HUbley. administrators, TO and among
those legally entitled to the same, will sit tor
that purpose on Tuesday, June3, ID. lsSl, at 10
o'clock u. M, in the Library Room OF the
CouItlIouse, In tho city OF Lancaster, where
all persons interested in said distribution may
attend W. II. ROLAND,
ms 5ldOaWIh Auditor.
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G5 BROADWAY, Room SO,

New YoRK, March ?, 1888.
Having been cured OF severe attack OF
rheumatism OF tho neck and shoulders by
using Allcock's Porous Plasters / feel II my
duty TO strongly commend their use to any
similarly afflicted. For Il period OF several
months had exhausted many other so called
remedies without obtaining tho slightest re.
lief. Finally applied one OF Allcock's Porous
Plasters, and found myself almost immedi
Rtely cured.
consider them u true blessing.
Faithfully yours,
JAMES X. HOsMER
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Chas. n. Crittendon, Agent, New York city
aprll.lyeOd&w (9
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TRUE MEKIT ALONE

has given AIlcock's Porous Plasters the larg-
est sale of any external remedy in the world.
III you have been using other kinds OF plasters
one trial OF "AllCock's" viii convince you OF
their wonderful superiority.
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I,srArEOFn Fn..lIAm srnLAnUn LATE

I7SINIEOt " ILLIAM MsUHLAuUH, LATE
- OF Lancaster city, deceased, Letters OF
administration on said estate having been
granted 10 the undersigned, all persons in.
ueDled thereto are requested TO make imme-
diatc payment, and those having claims or de.
mands against the same, will present them
without delay tor settlement 10 the under.
signQd, residing In Lancaster city.
ELIZABETH sCHLAUCH,
a5.GtdOaw AdministrRtriX
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HOSTETTER'S
CELEBRATED
STOMACH BITTBRS.

Regeneration Tor EnfeGulod systems,
Suffering from general want OF tone, and It's
usual concomitants, dyspepsia ami GCrvous-
ness, is seldom derivable from the use OF a
nourishing diet amt stimuli OF appetite, un.
aided. medicine that will effect a removal
Of the specific obstacle to r newci health and
vlgor, thai Is n genuine corrective, is the real
need. II Is the possession OF this grand re-
quircment which makes Hostettcr's stomach
bitters 50 effective as an invigorant
For sale by all Druggists and Dealers gem
eTaI!y myl-lmGeOd&w
ELYs CREAM Balm.
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II Lancaster city, decd. Letters OF adminis.
tration on said estate having been granted 10
the undersigned, all persons inuebted thereto
are requested TO make immediate payment
ana those having claims or demands against
Inc same, VIII present them without delay for
settlement 10 the undersigned, residing in
Lancaster city Aforesaid "
SUSAN NJ. YOUNG, Administratrix.
Z. n, SPROUL, Atty. a22 Ctuoaw
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-16

''The Emperor and Empress request
the pleasure of your company to see the
chrysanthemums, said the invitation
The guests were received at the palace
and passed before the imperial pair, be-
ing presented in turn and receiving a
slight bow of recognition from each.
The Mikado is of medium height, with
black face and quick, restless eye.
He was dressed in dark-colored hus-
sar uniform with white trimmings. The
Empress, who is quite petite, was
dressed in court costume of scarlet bro
cade. The reception hall opened to
galleries and finger-boards indicating
the paths obe followed, Fine old trees,
ponds, rustic bridges, teahouses,
wide-spreading dwarf trees three or
four feet high, and long bamboo sheds
filled with chrYsanthemums formed but
few of the attractions Of the scene.
Little tables were found at intervals,
each with a pretty lacquer box of cigar
cites on it, and keeper leading a
pair Of superb Siberian bloodhounds
was a feature. A moderately long walk
through winding paths brought the
guests to large plateau, reached by a
short and very deep ascent. Reaching
the top of the elevation, a large area
Of flower beds were found-all of chrys-
anthemums in all shades-while iii or
namental bamboo sheds were thousands
of the loveliest and choicest specimens
imaginable of this new flower, which
grows in great perfection in Japan. All
colors, shapes and varieties are here in
profusion, while several bushes had up.
wards of 800 flowers each, and one
something over 400. Probably the dis
play of chrysanthemums was the finest
in the world. Some time was spent in
admiring the flowers, chatting and lis.
tening to the music, when the imperial
party led the way to beautiful bam-
boo pavilion, fully $50 feet long, dec
grated with festoons of white and red
silk, and the supporting columns being
covered with masses of flowers. In this
fairy-like structure tables were spread
loaded with delicacies both in and out
of season.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-16
The Bee Business.

About mile from the City Hall,
Baltimore, on Greenmount avenue, is a
queer establishment in which a singular
industry is carried on. 1t is known as
'Sunnyside Apiaryn-the home of the
honey -bee-and is devoted more especi-
ally to the rearing of queen bees.
Sunnyside Apiary was established in
1858, and has been successfully con-
Quoted ever since. 1t was here that
the first foreign bees ever introduced
into this country were received, and
the first attempt at queen rearing and
the Inflammation of the native bee was
made.
AT this establishment are many
curiosities of interest to the visitor,
noticeable among which is hive pre-
sented by King Otto, of Greese, another
from Poland, an extractor from Switzer-
land, the "casket" in which the first
Italian bees reached the American
shores, every conceivable style Of hives,
and all sorts of bee-keepers' ''fixings.' u
Mr.. Robert Oliver is the present pro-
prietor, and the manager is Mr.. Lake,
who has spent thirty-two years of his
life in the study of bees, and is
thoroughly posted on this most compli-
Gated branch of natural history. On
the occasion of a recent visit to the
apiary, Mr.. Lake kindly gave reporter
some very curious and interesting facts
relative to these remarkable insects.
Mr.. Lake, in the course of his
investigations, has made some very
interesting scientific discoveries relative
to queen bees and what are termed
'1aying workers." He states thai
queen rearing is very uncertain and i!
made more so from the fact that the
queens mate high up in the air. She il
improperly called queen, because shC
has no other Office to perform than the
laying of eggs in the cells, and il
simply the mother of the swarm, al
least of all the working population Of
the hive/ This brings up wonderful
fact in reference to the physiology o.
the queen. BY depriving her Of hel
wings, so that she cannot mate, it is
ascertained that the eggs she evel
afterwards DEPOSITS will produce
drones or male bees only, while on the
other hand, if she is allowed to fly anG
mate, then she can produce bott
workers and males. The workers are
undeveloped females; the queen is g
developed female. An egg deposited
in workers. cell will produce a worker
bee if the queen has been feeundated,
but the same cell would produce q
drone if the egg was deposited by an
unfertile queen. To produce queen
the bees change the cell to perpen-
dicular position and feed the larya on
the prepared "royal jelly," which
developes the sex, and the sting, mouth,
wings, legs, size form and habits are al
changed by this remarkable process.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-16

An improved washing machine has
been patented by an Armstrong, Mo, +,
man. The object of the invention is to
produce such a combination of parts
as will facilitate the application of
rubbing devices to an ordinary wash
tub. There is false bottom, below
which the dirty water collects, and
the false bottom being provided with
radial ribs, the clothes to be washed are
spread on the false bottom, and disk
Is rocked to and fro over them
in horizontal plane by means OF
suitable handle. The machine can be
readily adapted to or easily removed
from any tub.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-16

the most dreary and inhospitable on
the continent. The nights at these
high levels are always bitter cold, and
the air is so thin that bullocks brought
up to the plateaus soon die. apparently
of consumption. The land produces
only potatoes, tiny, hard as bullets, and
bitter as quinine, These can only be
eaten after the bitterness has been
roasted out Of them. The houses are
built as regular fortresses against the
weather. They only have couple of
small loop holes for ventilation, and
the stencn at night, when the doors are
closed, and the oily reek Of the wool
overhead pervades and mingles with
that of unwashed humanity, is simply
abominable. The Alpaca farmer is a
creature of the earth, ignorant and
superstitious, but he is a mild-natured
fellow, and is nominally christian.
His life is miserable one, but he
alone is fitted to live it. 1t Is as i'm
possible for denizen of the coast
country or European to exist among
the mountains, as it has been found to
acclimatize the Alpaca in civilized
countries. In my ride across from
Lima into Bolivia, suffered almost as
great Inconvenience and miseries in
breathing and in rushes of blood to my
head, as experienced a year ago in a
descent into the compressed air inside
tie lock of the Hudson river tunnel.
About the only thing that will stiI
an Alpaca farmer up to rage is the
wanton killing of one of his sheep,
Travellers sometimes make free with
their revolvers among the focks, and
several murders have occurred in con.
sequence. In every case the murderer
was an Alpaca farmer, who thus
avenged himself for the injury done his
property.
Unlike the Llama, the Alpaca cannot
be used as bearer of burdens. Il
makes its only concession to man when
it permits him to deprive it of its fleece
The Llama produces fleece also. bu
it is coarser and less beautiful than the
Alpaca's, besides being different in tex
ture. Of late years Alpaca wool ha!
been considerably adulterated with tina
of the Llama, but this is the work O.
the traders, The sharp practices O
our acute modern business systems hav,
not yet infected the simple denizen O.
the mountains. AS civilization is rap
idly invading even the Andes, it will
not be safe to calculate too far on th,
Alpaca farmer remaining innocent o
the tricks of trade.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-16

ther away again, ''if you do not care
anything about my waltzing with Miss
Downs, need not deprive myself OF the
pleasure. She is superb waltzer."
''She ought to be. i am sure that
she is light-headed enough.'
"It is not necessary for pretty,
attractive girl to be either a scientist or
philosopher"
Certainly not Mr.. Miles has invi-
ted me to ride with nlm again to-mor-
rev. He has some splendid new
ponies"
''Hang Mr.. Miles,"
"a little while ago you proposed to
hang Miss Downs. But you, never
will begin to write. Have you not
mended your pencil yetp"
Eyes, and l think that we have quar-
relied long enough. 1t is time for the
reconciliation now."
"Yes, agree with you"
"Then let us rehearse it. Lovers
always take each others hands," l said,
making melton to that effect.
''It is not necessary to rehearse lt,''
she replied utterly ignoring my intend
ed demonstration.
''But we can describe the scene with
far more fervor after practicing little. u
"It is not necessary or proper" she
replied, with an air of extreme firmness
and rigidity.
Indeed" / persisted, sit is proper
and even laudable, if you will only look
at it from an esthetic point Of view"
81 am not esthetic."
Eyes, you are. And you know
lovers are not satisfied with merely
holding each others hands; they EN-.
brace and kiss" she gave me very
severe glance, but continued with un-
daunted courage. ~ think that we
had better rebearse the whole thing
81 think that you are very impu
dent,o she said, with her face turned
away from me.
81 do not mean to be, ," replied. 81
think we should consider this as liter
ary matter altogether and not regard
our own feelings at ALL"
eyes, she said, "but we are not act
ing, VIC are only writing play; and
even in acting, amateurs only do those
things in shadowy sort Of way"
"How do you meanf" l asked will
great interest and animation.
81 mean the lover only put his arm
behind the lady, without touching he
at all and kisses the air instead of he
lips"
Every shadowy," l remarked, "ant
very unsatisfactory also. How great ;
distance do you demand-a quarter o
an inch?"
"No, indeed, fully six inches" sh,
answered with the utmost gravity.
''Let us try It," | said with gravit,
equal to her own, as [ put my arm be
hind her on the back eff the sofa. TheI
made elaborate and praiseworth,
preparations to kiss the air, but he
eyes looked 50 gentle and so sweet an,
her red lips so tempting that instead o
the air l kissed her.
'sMr. Vermont" she exclaimed, spring
ing up Indignantly, with eyes lookin
anything but gentle now.
ooh, Nelly" L cried, ''don't vo
know that love you dearly, dearly
Tell me you are not angry, my darlin
I could not help it, to save my life.
She was not very much offended
after all, and we did not talk any MOI
about the play during that sitting
which was pretty long one; but W
are to be married next week, and Nell
, says that after get over being silly W
. will write play in good earnest.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-16

A Chester county, Pa, letter says !:
The trapping of muskrats along our
numerous water courses is an industry
of considerable local Importance. The
principal trapping is done during five
months of the year, from the first of
November to the first of April. In
selecting site for his home the animal
usually com mences to exoavate an
opening at the water's edge, the hole
being bored into the bank distance
of several feet in a winding manner
and then downwards about two feet,
where it excavates basin which varies
in size according to the number of rats
desirous of occupying it. When this
cavern is completed, the rat makes
another passage to the waters edge
and also one in and to the surface OF
the ground, giving it three routes OF
entrance or exit. The food Of the
muskrat is entirely vegetableand must
be scrupulously clean before eaten,
and consists principally of roots and
grass, but it will not object to changing
its diet when corn or potatoes can be
procured. Members of the Maryland
duck shooting clubs have informed
me that for change of diet they have
muskrats, and all who partake of then
pronounce them very palatable. Theil
similarity in appearance, although
entirely different in habits to the com
mon house rat, excites a prejudice
against them, and although many
thousands are annually trapped in thi
county, but few have the moral cou
rage to have their well fatted carcasse
served as food.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-16

A sojourner in China writes: l ad-
init that, as / have before said, the
Chlnaman has his vices. One Of them,
and perhaps the principal one, is his
propensity for gambling. He will play
for money at any moment, out of work
and whatever may be the consequence.
You have seen him tolling in the hot
Siamese sun with bags of rice on his
back or great pieces of teak on his
shoulders. Were you to follow him at
night you would almost certainly find
him, after the evening bath and sup
per, moving in the direction of gam
bling house. The bamboo-built room,
spacious one, is full of people, all of
whom are squatted on the floor in front
of little mats, playing for all they pos
sess. Almost every man is of Chinese
birth. There are some woman, but
these are generally Siamese, and of
them l have something to say later on.
The game they all play is very simple
one. A pile of cowrie shells is placed
by the side Of a cloth on which are
marked in four squares the figures 1, 2,
3 and 4. A cup and long thin stick
complete the gambling apparatus. The
people who attend playing stake their
money on one or other of the squares,
just as at Monte Carlo the gamblers
place their Dapoleons on the cloth. The
croupier or representative of the keeper
of the establishment then lifts the cup,
puts it on the pile Of cowrie shells, and
draws away from underneath it as many
as he can, Lifting the cup off these
thus subtracted he proceeds to count
them with the long stick, for the play
, ers will not allow him to touch the
shells with his fingers. He pushes the
shells away four at a time. If when
he comes to the last lot, one shell is left
only, those who staked on the figure l
get twice their stake and the money
they hazarded besides; so will the and
the 3. Of course, if the shells divide
equally into four, those who mzarded
ON the 4 win. That is the whole of the
business, and on that game the China
man will risk all he is possessed of, nc
matter how hard he has to work for it.
The Siamese will do more than that
lie will actually play away his house
children and even himself, going intC
slavery willingly rather than miss tht
excitement The game. But | an
dealing more ~ .icularly with China
men 1ow, an Will speak of the Siam
ese later q 4 for the ChinamaI
away from tlo glmbling-house, l fine
him modsl of what a man should be
good usJand, thrifty, careful, a cap
ital fatFec, generally bathing and feed
ing as gsll qs providing for his children
leaving to his Siamese wife the task o
, correctihg 5hem-a duty which she un
dertakes am bound to say, in spiri
that wo'ud have pleased Solomon, tina
royal advocate of the birch, to the yer,
J utmost. Indeed, the cutting of he
7 offspring seems to be nearly the whole
, duty of the Siamese wife of a China
man. M r.ried to a Siamese she woul,
probably have to work; but as tn
spouse oe a Celestial her days go easil
by, and all she has to do is to look for
hard piece of bamboo wherewith t
chide l.5r unruly children. And tina
she usually selects very heavy and
: very hard piece is fact which forms
pretty fair index to her character.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-16

A NEWLY married Texan man shot
his bride while she was mixing her first
batch of biscuits. His plea in court
will probably be self-defenoe.
In her "Poems of PASSION" Ella
Wheeler writes: "She touches my
cheek, and / qulver. 1t is very evil
dent Ella docs not write the words of a
Chicago man or commercial traveller.
"THosE picture cards brought bach
from Boston," remarked Mrs. Parting
ton, in a pensive mood. 'They are
momentums of the art loan imposition. ;