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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-11-05

WAVING sTGCE"B - o
IL the business Of the carson r. ~, :,
ings sank we IRE 20" ~
General Banking Business
RiIs of Exchange bought an So "a
- Er.ncisco, New York, En- u.
In.n,i Iermany, franc" mn -
principal cities OF the United stat oil
Europe.
ran. certificates OF deposit an ~
ceiye deposits on open account.
collections made at current rr'"s
exchange
RulliOu bought and sold
Mining stocks bought All sn
com mi -sion only.
Liberal advances made IN 400 I'D
stOeks and other securities
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-11-05
Or. C. D. sAlFlflD.
3I6 Kenrn-y Street,
SAN AMOS CAL

Consultation strictly confidential, By letter
or at Office, FREE For the convenience OF
pitenrs. and in order to insure perfect secrecy
| have adopted private address, under which
all pa ckagcs are forwarded
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13

THE death of Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson,
better known by her pseudonym of"H. H."
is decided loss to American literature. The
number of really worthy women writers Of
either prose or verse; still left in this country
is very small. The tendency ON the part of
women to run to female suffrage or prohibit
ton or spiritualism has done much to lower
the quality of their writing and to make the
sex the contempt of the age. But Mrs.
jackson was successful in keeping out of
these pitfalls. She wrote much and well on
solid topics, and some of her verses have been
without equal by any contemporary woman.
Some years ago her attention was directed to
the Indian question, the first direct result of
which was her Century OF Dishonor," an
impassioned philippe ON the wrongs which
the United States have done the red man.
The same idea was worked into romance in
her novel of 'Ramona," one of the most sue
cessful fictions of recent years. The three
American women who were the most credit
able in the ranks OF writer's were Mrs. Con-
stance Fenimore Woolson, Mrs. Jackson and
Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett, of whom the
latter is in no sense American except in point
of residence. The death of "H. H." there
fore, causes more serious loss than will seem
at the first announcement
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13

THE FUNNY MANS BABY.

The funny man went to his desk to write
He had watched all day, he would write all
night
Aud finish his work; so he trimmed the light
In the room adjoining his baby lay,
And they said she was slowly passing away,
And would die ere the light of another day.
So he wrote, with his heart in the other room
Ana thought of the babe going out in the gloom
To the shadowy land beyond the tomb.
II was hard to write with death so nigh,
But he ground out jokes as the hours went by,
And closed each page with a griefborn sigh.
IL was hard to write, but the world must laugh,
So he penned the rhyme and the paragraph,
And even humorous epitaph
His pen flew fast and the hours went ON
TIL his night OF toll was almost gone
And the east showed the first faint stroaks OF
dawn.
Then he dropped his pen and raised his head
Snow the column Is finished" the funny man
said,
And the nurse, coming in, said "The baby is
deadl"
From TIE Boston Courier.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13

cover large areas. In the smaller places
there is the danger that the returns will be
50 small that the wage, Of the boys-s30
month-will not be assured, while under
the provisions of the law the service will
naturally decline and finally fail Altogether.
All governments have reserved TO them
selves practical monopoly Of carrying
and delivering letters. Heretofore this
has been confined TO the places reached by
the ordinary methods of communication,
and it is serious question whether these
limits should be extended. Private enter
prise should be left free to inaugurate and
carry on such branches of business as 1t
can and will undertake. And while ex-
press companies, district and general tele-
graph and telephone exchanges are con-
tinually extending their connections and re-
ducing their prices, it does not strike the
practical observer that there is any neces
sity for the government to enter the sam'
field. Many improvements may be mad
in the postal service to the advantage of tn
people and the profit of the government
but the proposed special letter deliver
does not hold first place among them
Importance.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13
Running.
From the Book of Health.

From the Book OF Health.
The age at which running can be practiced
with impunity by healthy man in training
is from twenty to thirty. Boys Of ten and
twelve--and girls also--can run, and run
with little breathessness even, and no ap-
parent fatigue. When the age of puberty is
attained, and the limbs are rapidly growing,
the lever action of the muscles and bones IL
continually being altered, and the centre of
gravity varying almost from day to day. AT
this age training for running races is not
only likely TO be unsuccessful, but positively
injurious to tho growth OF the body, and to
the health in general. In boys races, for
those under fourteen years, no previous train
ing should be inflicted. No one should train
for running until he is at least eighteen but
twenty would be the safer age. Between
twenty and twenty y-seven Is the best age for
attaining speed in running. Training for
running can at this age be undergone with
comparative safety the heart and vessels
have not yet begun 10 show signs Of wear
| and tear and the elasticity OF the blood
vessels can be relied upon 10 accom-
| modate themselves 10 the increased
circulation through them. Fat has
| not at that age begun TO accumu-
| late within the abdomen and thoraN, ~
| that the breathing has free play. Between
| thirty and FORTY wise man will think twice
| before undergoing training for race running.
| and Tor practice, but not in races. Older men
| should run on no pretense whatever. An
| old man running to catch his train, aud fall
| ing down in a fit OF apoplexy, is an every day
| tale, and from what has been stated prcvi
| ously this is readily understood,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13

ALL who are interested in the problem of
restraining corporations within their proper
limits must find themselves a little stagger-
ed by the immense debts some of the big
railroads of the country are carrying. The
addition to the obligations of the New York
Central by the West Shore trade makes the
total S227, 100000. The Erie's burden of cap
italization is 100000, 900, the Pennsylvania
S150O00,0 900 and the Baltimore & Ohio s59l,-
900, 900. OF the amount carried by the New
York Central $50, ,0OO, 900 is for buying out the
competing West Shore. The Pennsylvania
will act in similar manner with the South
Penn, and add another colossal pile to its in
debtedness, for which the people will be
taxed higher freight and passenger rates.
1t remains TO be seen whether the citizens Of
Pennsylvania will sit idly by and see the
constitution violated and themselves put
into convenient position for corporate rob-
berry.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13
A Word for the Girl Of the Period.

David Irving in The Current (Chicago),
speaks cordially in defense OF the girls of the
day, who, he contends, are with rare excep-
tOns industrious and with breadth of in
vention and execution. The ironical and
often mean essays on the women of the pres
ent picture her as good for little except for
accommodating Saratoga trunk ON its wan
derings in summer and for filling fashionable
engagements in winter. Much of this sa'-
casm IL deserved by the few, but when the
millions of girls are thought of as they are
ornamenting their mothers homes in the viii
lagos and cities, tho honest heart cannot but
confess that the word "girl" " never meant
more than it means to-day. This being,
when found in her best estate, can go grace
fully from her silk dress and piano TO plain
garb, and 10 work among plants, or TO the
Kitchen, or to a mission school class. Moth
ing any longer is beyond her. In the city
she can easily walk three miles. Languor
has ceased TO be fashionable +; sleep in the
daytime not to be endured. The soul is
thought to be in action, not repOse.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13
A Doubtful Experiment.

The postmaster general has issued a cir
cular to the postmasters in towns of more
than 1900 inhabitants, in which instruc-
tions are given concerning the special let
ter delivery service, authorized by the last
Congress. 1t was the first intention of the
department to introduce this service only
in the largest cities; but this has been
abandoned and the experiment will be tried
all along the line. The time fixed is Oc-
tober1.
1t is always gratifying to be able to vel
come any improvement in the postal ser
viceS-that branch of the federal govern
ment which comes into such close relations
with the general public. But il is by no
means certain that there is any special de-
mlnd for thisparticular improvement. The
ten cent fee is a low one-so low indeed,
that twill probably prove losing invest
ment in all the large cities where the pop
ulatlpn is scattered, and the carrier districts
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13
Signs OF Returning Sense.

1t is encouraging to see that in some
quarters where SO much of Stiffness has
found expression on the subject of anti
oleomargarine legislation, there are signs
of returning sense upon question that is
much farther reaching in its real aspects
than its effect upon the manufacture and
sale of substitute for butter.
The Germantown Telegraph, very re-
spectacle and well-edited paper in the
main, and a high agricultural authority,
has been disposed to view the issue made
by such legislation as one involving only
the market for the dairy product. One of
its more intelligent correspondents, who is
capable of taking broader view of the
case, reminds it of what the INTELLIGEN-
of so-called farmers butter is not fit to eat,
and to say that people shall not make nor
sell oleomargarine that people do like, seems
rather to trench on an ''open field and a
fair fight" Further, the same correspon-
dent says:
\ Did any one ever hear farmer grumble
Sbecause the introduction of machinery had
cheapened the price OF his wife's shoes or
pound OF nails? III oleomargarine il I'M
wholesome grant 1t so far, but is not the
stuff sold by many farmers strong enough
to go alOneW / don't take much stock in
the stories of oleomargarine being made from
sinking grease and refuse bones. So far as
/ am able to state these factories would
shame the average farmers kitchen in neat
ness Some people here are keep
ing goat to supply the family with milk,
and many are against it But my grand
fathers coming from Scotland had no such
squeamishness, as in the land of Wallace
and Scott it was common.
The Illustration of the competition of
goats milk with cows milk is very good
one. In most large cities, especially on
theiroutskirts, there are many families who
keep goats and depend upon them for their
milk supply, thus lessening the demand
for cows milk, and perhaps cheapening
the prices Of the dairymen. If the legisla-
ture can suppress the manufacture and
punish the sale of oleomargarine because
it competes with butter, it has right to
make it a criminal offense to keep and
milk goat, because that interferes with
the milkman' s trade.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13
0be lanfastfr 1ntrlligc,,fer.
LANCASTER, AUGUST IS, lssS.
The Ages OF Brides.
LANCASTER. PA.

It has been pointed out that the new mar
riage license law, which goes into effect on
October 1, was very carelessly drawn. II
was intended to restrain rash young people
from rushing into matrimony without re-
Election, thereby furnishing business for
divorce courts. Manifestly, the question of
the age Of the contracting parties should
have received the strictest scrutiny, and no
loophole should have been permitted where
by the provisions of the law in that regard
might be evaded.
This is just what was not done. The
law is careful to enjoin upon the clerk OF
the orphans court the duty of inquiring
I" of the party applying for marriage license
as aforesaid, on oath or affirmation relative
to the legality of said contemplated mar
riage, and il there shall be nolegal impedi-
ment thereto then he shall grant such mar.
riage license; and If any of the parties in.
tending to marry by virtue of said license
shall be under q years of age, the consent
of their parents or guardians shall be per
sonally given before said clerk, or certified
under the hand Of such parent or guardian
attested by two adult witnesses, and thu
signature Of said parent or guardian shal
be properly acknowledged before a notar!
public or officer competent under the law t.
receive acknowledgements.
But who may ask for the license Th,
groom, bride, next friend of either, o
Tom, Dick or Harry? And then if TIN
gay bridegroom, whistling an old low
tune, saunters alone into the orphan cour
Office, will he be able to answer the cold
blooded inquiry of the clerk as to the ag
of his intended bride? A spinster of 3
would sorely grieve to know that she wa
so recorded in the orphans court office
and she would doubtless instruct he
swain to chop off ten years in answerin
inquiries. As for the widow, any groom
or clerk, or anybody else who could di:
cover her age would be entitled to have
monument with the utmost promptitudt
The law does not say that the contract
ing parties must personally apply for tn
license, but the party applying must max
ntA or affirmation as to the inquiries abou
There will be a wholesale lot of falls
Aring if the new act ever gets into goo
- orkinp ordar
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13

THE mighty power Of the modern news
paper receives new exemplfcation in the
completion of the 100000 Bartholdi fund be-
gun by the New York World. 1t was a
work of magnitude that was ably carried out
At the time the World took hold Of the enter
prise, interest i'm the French gift seemed to be
on the wane, and the American committee, to
whom the work of raising funds for the ped
estal had been entrusted, were well nigh
ready to give up in despair. Then the
World took the helm and patiently, firmly
and skillfully steered the enterprise into port
The exact amount raised was Slo2,09L9i
and the total number of contributors was
l2O,Co showing that the bulk of the func
came from the "plain people, The Wortt
shows no wish to rest on its laurels, and l
is now bending all its efforts to the comple
ton of the Grant monument fund.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13
Easily Explained.

from the Lynn Union.
Flipkins came down 10 the club last night
with great problem weighing ON his mind.
II should st"nd on my head" said he,
coming up to the ooys with tho air Of a man
who has got poser--"I If stand ON my head
tho blood all rushes into my head, don't it 2''
No one ventured to contradict him.
SNOW" continued he triumphantly,
"when / stand ON my feet, why don't the
blood all rush into my feet?'
Because" replied Miss Coshannigan' q
brother, "because Fiipkins, your feet are not
empty"
The boys all laughed, Filpkins said he
couldn't see any joke.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13

PRESIDENT DIAz, Of Mexico, in recent
address declared that Gen. Grant was the
greatest friend Mexico ever had.
Mrs. HELEN HUNT JACKSON, the we'll
known authoress, died "Wednesday evening,
Mt San Francisco. Of cancer OF the stomach.
Miss LAURA BRADEN, treasurer of the
Washington Il Wayuesburg railroad, is said
to be the only female railroad official In the
country.
EyANaELrsr SAM JoNEs' latest pronunci-
amento liz that he will not pray for politicians,
alleging as a reason that they are not worth
praying for
Octave THASEr, the story-writer, is q
native OF Andover, Mass, and her first an
| cestor on her mothers side in this country
came over ON the Mayflower.
A. q. Babel, a musical prodigy from Sc
| guin, Tex, calling himself the cowboy
| pianist" is astonishing the citizens of Chi
cago. Mr. Babel says his playing came TO him
naturally in his infancy.
| "CHARLEs EoBERT CRADDocK" miss
Murfree), now at her home in kirkwood,
| Mo-, declined public reception In St Louis
on her return, sensibly saying that she had
done nothing to deserve such distinction.
GEN. SHERMAN has been invited TO do
| liver memorial address on Gen. Grant In
Boston and has declined with thanks, ac
companied by an expression of the opinion
that after 1880 will be early enough for thu
performance af such service.
| CHARLES WRIGHT, noted botanist, wa
found dead In his barn in Weathersheld
Connecticut, on Tuesday night. He was Z
| years old. He was employed by the govern
inent in an expedition to Texas and Arizona
and had also explored Cuba for the Spanisl
government Last year Harvard college sc
cured his collection of flora Many Ameri
can plants are named after him.
REV. g. w. WINCHESTER, a Methods
clergyman Of Buffalo, N. ", declares tina
, Jonah was not swallowed by whale, but b
shark, the whale being incapable of swal
lowing man whole. As TO the prophet
/, | living i'm the sharks belly three days an
three nights, Brother Winchester says:
!, | il not more wonderful that Jonah shoul
have been so marvclously preserved tina
| that some souls should have been saved b
the mercy of God from the cutters an
brothels Of modern times, Of which cases ca
be quoted"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13
Teller Rises to ExpIain,

Ex-Secretary Teller, in an intelN lew at
Chicago on Monday, denied that leases to
cattlemen as first granted by the Cheyenne
and Arapahoe tribes in 1883 had ever been
sanctioned or recognized by him as secretary
of the interior. He says that she specifically
stated at the time, and incorporated the state
ment in his reports OF 1851, that the govern
ment reserved the right to interfere with the
cattlemen and remove them whenever it
became necessary either of its own motion or
from the complaints of the Indians. In this
connection he announced to the cattemen
that if such occupation proved agreeable to
the Indians the government would not
interfere with the possessions"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13
The Upper Crust.

" send my daughter to cooking school ~
exclaimed New York mother No, in
deed, our position in society forblds it
Why, she would be compelled to mix with
all sorts Of people"
/" But this il new school Just opened,
and hear that it will be very fashiona-
ble.n
..How can 1t be very fashionable ?' asked
the lady, with considerable doubt
" Its membership is to be very exclusive,
in the first place, and it VIII be very expGn-
siye, and nothing will be taught but the
sweet dishes, such AS pie, cake and that sort
of thing
Well" said the mother, " | may posi-
bly, allow Edith to attend for little while,
but II must he with the distinct understand
ing that on pie day she shall have nothing 10
do with ANYTHING but the upper crust"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13

THE town of Abilene, Texas, is a good IL
lustration of how fast a Texan village can
grow when it makes an effort In 1881 there
was population of 800. In 1882 it increased
to 1900, i'm 1883 to $500, in 1851 to 4,S00, in
1885, up to date, $500 To-day it has two
national banks--the First national bank,
with a capital of $4,000, and the Abilene ma
tional bank, with capital OF 100000; two
large hardware stores, two large warehouses,
seven fine dry goods houses, tweuty-eight
grocery stores, two furniture stores, FIVE
drug stores, three livery stables, two fine
hotels and eleven saloons. 1t has also one Of
the finest and most complete flour mills in
the state. 1t has just completed very fine
opera house al a cost Of $4,000. Its court
house cost $4,000 The town common
council has let the contract for water
works. 1t has two separate telephone COM
panies. Business lots are selling from $500
to g, 500 per lot. Land is selling from 81 to
$40 per acre. This town ranks second in the
state, as wool market, San Antonio being
the first. Abileno's total shipment for last year
was $500 600 pounds This vs.. "a. snip
ment u n TO ,-,e II A,sr'o, % pounds. Inc cat
I, ,nipments for last year and this year have
been very heavy. Such growth recalls how
Aladdin's palace in a single u'"h:
From base TO summit lose ere morning lght.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13

These are said to be manufactured in Paris.
They look like real oysters, and taste something
like them But they are bad things To eat, and
Will give almost anybody an attack OF dyspep-
sia There are legioRs of people who suffer from
dyspepsia who never ate an artificial oyster.
To have such excellent digestion as to be able
10 enjoy real oysters and the other good things
OF life, take Browns Iron Bitters, the best iron
tonic ever made. Sells for a dollar bottle.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13
A Pretty Bridal superstition.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Among pretty supersititions is the Scotch
belief that white heather in brides bouquet
brings happiness to her marriage. The
Princess Beatrice wore sprig of II on her
wedding day that had been gathered at Bal
moral for the occasion. Such are the tradi-
tions to do IL reverence that the sheep, il is
said, will not bite its stem in grazing, nor
the grouse on the moors brush II with their
wings, but this may mean that IL doesn't
agree with them What is the POEMS meat
may be fodder poison, all the same.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13

PROGRESSIVE SouTHERNERs are awaken
ing to the necessity Of preventing wholesale
unnecessary destruction of forests in the
South. forestry congress to take meas
ures in this direction has been called at De
Funiak Springs, Florida, on December 10
and IL, and its proceedings will be watched
with much interest Prevention beats cure
all hollow.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13
SPECIAL NOTICES.

Are Are types OF catarrh having peculiar symptoms;
the lining membrane of the nostrils, tear. duets
ana throat aifecting the lungs. An acrid mucus
burning sensation. There are severe spasms OF
sneezing, frequent attacks of headache. watery
and infianed eyes. Ely's Cream Balm IL IA re-
medy founded ON a correct diagnosis of diseases
and can be depended upon. 80 cents at drug
Druggists, Oswego. NY aus-2wdeod&w
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13

Come, ruddy nose,
Tell her that I've been out upon the sea
Where wind that's salty blows,
And not upon roaring spree
While she's been drinking fragrant tea.
From The Boston Budget.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13

EASTERN cities will need TO go West to
learn something. San Franciscos death rate
for the past year, 1858 per 1000 Is lower
than that of thirteen foreign aud of eleven
American cities, and the lowest of any city
of its size i'm the world.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13
Doseryesi His Fate.

From the Chicago Rambler.
al wonder how that man can dance on the
tight rope with such facility?''
"Oh, easy enough. Like everything else
il has 10 he taut"
painless.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13

VyHE LARGEST, BEST AND MOST
L complete assortment of Playing Cards In
the city from cents per pack up at
HXRTMAK's YELLOW FRONT CIGAR
STORE.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13

The recent cyclones on the Delaware and
in Northern New York would seem to show
that the Eastern mountain ranges are not
such good storm-breakers as they used
IN he
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-13

IT is wonder that the Prohibitionists DO
not tire of emerging from the little end OF the
horn