Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-07-16

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tial reform is possible without change in
the administration of the government.
With but two political parties in the field,
tho only possible change must be in the
substitution of one for the other. The |
country is at peace. All the states of the |
Union arc exercising in their respective |
spheres the functions Of government IN.
molested, the old teuts are dead, there is |
now manifested between them n better
spirit of fraternity than there ever was
before, and il reform is to come, ii must
be through the party that has raised the
banner Of reform, and through putting
fresh men in high official stations and az
the helm of government.
The voice of tho base bal tiCnd IN the
land is growing fainter.
Ben BUTLER shows less disposition to
The attorney general Of New York has
given tho opinion that a parsonage stu
ated in the same enclosure or on tho same
lot as the church is not exempt from taxa
ton. Recent decisions in this state are
coutirmatory of the opinion rendered.
BLAINE's tax bill for the current yoar in
Augusta, Me-, is sl,3i2.75, This does not
include his valuable Washington property
Grover Cleveland did not make the Same
use OF official position to add to his private
store He is not worth more than - 900.
IN THE SWAMI.
a. I "A yugl q "a nVyp IN "A
Where my sister checked matdens cnmc
To make swecter the air and to halIow the
And to smile their reward OF enLe ,vor,
with the notions | hold IN rcgarI 10 such
Remaining unchanged by my changing as
suming,
why | scarcely beAoye-and I've given it
That I'd 90 to the trouble OF blooming.
WI +. AcSpdrrdn.
ENGLISH capital must be au inexhausti.
Bile quantity. Ia startling double -ieadud
editorials Republican journals declare it
will be used to bring about Cleveland's
| election, and now German ProtGctioniSt
papers allege it will be used for the
| Liberals at the next election. Ii the truth
of the matter were sought for, this cam
1
continually seeking Investments with
profitable returns.
| RAINS eagerly wished for as thCy are al
times by the farm er, are sometimes very
potential destructive ioices. The June
rains in California show loss TO wheat OF
135, 900 tons and TO barley 50. 600 tons.
Il
cent on the gloss yield, which.-wss esti
| M ited in May ?.1i 800 0OO tons. The loss
| or ba.fley is about l2 per cent on the May
/ estimate Of 660 600 tons. The loss on the
May crop was 40 per cent. The present
has been an exceptional, season for severe
| rain storms.
ONE Of the best Republican campaign
proposals thus far emanates from the \ ok
| Tribune. 1t IL that the party should dis
tribute free "Biaine's Twenty Yeats of
| Congress" as an effective meaus Of gather
ing ia converts. The scheme Is clever
one. 1t would thrust into circulation a
work the historical defects OF which mus
inevitably condemn it to the rubbish room
when the Lotoriety OF It's author becomes
portion Of the scheme, however, il the
manner in which the campaign fuEd vii
DO diverted into the pockets Of J, G
Blaiue.
lHE suIolde o' Poor LlZ%'e Ehci'cu II
Allegheny county on tuesday oecauS'
she was unable TO keep up with other
pupils at school, calls attention anew 10
tha orirI,oI folio y, r,rar,s and ,c,chc,.
'D0 " wy " 49, ''''N '''''''I'
"ho' III theif o'er"eeh'hE uesfe u make
their children ant pupils apt, often consiSr
them to an early grave. Tho fact that the
brain can bo overtaxed as well as the body
seem, not to impr ,ss thes, zeaots. Par
ents, who would bitterly resent the i'm
putation that their children engaged il
physical work too hard for tben, will 81
complacently by and watch their littl,
ones forging the silveI-tippcd mails fo
their cofius by excessive brain work
, Those who are instrumental in maKinl