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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-28
A diamond merchants Anxieties.

Washington Corr. Philadelphia Telegraph.
A reporter here had an amusing experience
lately, which story writer might elaborate
into quite tale. He was assigned by his
managing editor to write an article on
the trade in diamonds in this city,
and visited leading diamond mer-
chant to get the facts. The dealer
showed him all his treasr res, and expali-
sted on their merits and his sales to the
wealthy and great Scarcely had the re-
porter taken his leave when lieutenant of
police entered the store and warned the pro-
prietor that he had just received dispatch
from New York saying that two diamond
thieves had left that city for Washington.
"Mein Gottr exclaimed the jeweller. none
of 'em has just been here and seen all my
stock, pretending to be newspaper re-
porter 70 The alarm was at ONCE sent an d
all the force was looking for the young man
whose appearance the merchant had de-
scribed, whilea close watch was maintained
about the premises, until the unsuspecting
reporter was finally spotted and Identified,
and everything was explained, greatly to the
relief of the Hebrew dealer in gems.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-28

QUITE sensation has been caused in
ecclesiastical circles in Streator, ILL.,, by the
declaration on the part of Rev. J. II. Shay
that he can no longer consistently remain
the pastor of the Congregational church Of
that place He leaves the church of his own
accord. This is manful conduct on the part
of Rev. Shay, for he cannot but feel that
his conduct necessarily influences those OF
his flock who do not do their own thinking.
The retiring clergyman believes, among other
things, that the ministerial office IS not one
of Gods appointment that Christ was
"nearer to divinity than other mortals !"
that there is n God, though all that may be
predicted concerning HIM lacks the essen
tial element Of proof" and that the Bible is
a record of Gods thoughts and ways in so
far as 1t is a record OF the results of mans
application of the powers under his control"
I" The church and minister Of the future" he
says, " must occupy the relation of school
and teacher for instruction in matters con-
cerning which some evidence can be ad-
vanced or some selfconscious knowledge
gained" 1t was nearly time for Rev. Shay
to seek some other field than the ministerial
Oua
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-28
TWO KInas of RepuhlIcans.

There is striking contrast between the
deliveranccs Of John Sherman and Charles
Dudley Warner on the Southern question.
Mr.. Warner, IN that pleasing style for
which he is well known as a litterateur,
writes in the September Hdrper's his sim
pressions Of the South" He finds that be-
low Mason and Dixon's line "the war is
over in spirit as well as in deed. The
thoughts of the people are not upon the
war, not much upon the past at all, except
as their losses remind them Of it, but upon
the future, upon business, revival Of
| trade, upon education, and adjustment te
| the new state of things. The thought.
are not much upon politics either, or upor
| Offices certainly they are not turned mor'
in this direction than the thoughts o
the people at the North are" Ant
again Mr.. Warner, says: ut is tim
that sober, thoughtful, patriotic people a
the North should quit representing the de
sire for Office at the South as desire t
get into the government saddle and rid
again with rebel impulse"
These are the calm, dispassionate refle,
tions Of an educated Republican who woul
have been quick to note any ground for IL
bloody shirt cry. Yet despite then
John Sherman is found waving the dirt
rag in the faces Of his fellow Republicans
Ohio in this blood d-curdling fashion:
, Some of the very men who boasi fully thres
! ened 10 break up the Union, and, with u
! oath of Office in support OF the CONSTITUTE.
{ fresh from their lips, conspired and confed
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-28

TrSNrsoN IL about to publish another vol
urne OF poems
MRS. CusrER's book, "Boots and Sad
dies, has sold to the extent Of ll,000 copies.
DIR. OLIVER wENpELL HOLMES will cell
cbrate the seventy-sixth anniversary Of his
birth, tomorrow.
CORNELIUS A. WALBoRN, formerly post
master OF Philadelphia, died at his home
there on Thursday, in his SEVENTEEN year.
PROFESSOR HUxLEy's Ill health has
obliged him TO resign all his appointments
In England. He will hereafter reside alto
gether In Italy. The English government
will allow him pension Of 81 200 year.
EMPEROR FRANCIS JosEPH has conferred
the order Of the Grand Cross of st stephen
upon the Grand Duke George, aged sixteen
years, second son Of the czar, and also ap.
pointed him 70 lieutenantcy In the Imperial
Austrian Uhlans.
GABRIEL EMERY, of Lens, Switzerland,
| who has just died at the age OF ninety We,
fought at B0rodino, saw Moscow burned, sur.
vived the retreat from Beresina, was taken
/ prisoner at Leipsic, and was a persistent
smoker Of tobacco.
THE GEAR owns large mGstifI, possessed
Of uncommon strength and intelligence. TIL,
guard, and, as Is well known in St Peters
burg and Moscow, watches beside his mas
ter'a couch every night The dog acc ON
panied the car TO and from Kremsier.
MIR. RUsKIN says that horse racin
should be conducted without whip or spu
and only for a laurel crown without an
money" The only race which approache
this ideal takes place In Sienna, where th
reward for the winning horse consists In
public feast In which the horse is toasted an
partakes himself OF bucket Of wine.
KING ALFONSO has, IL Is rumored, sent a
autograph letter to Crown Prince Frederic
1 | William asking him to mediate In order tn
1 friendship between Spain and Germany ms
q | be maintained. 1t Is also rumored tn
8 King Leopold OF Belgium, and Emper
3 Francis Joseph, have been asked to act as a
!, bitrator. Prince Bismarck, II Is state
n favors the latter, and desires decision
q favor Of Spain, to escape from the difficult
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-28

An insidious kind of stealing has long
prevailed among department clerks in Wash
ington, the particular charges now being
directed against the pension office employees.
Their fault is the familiar one OF stealing
secondhand furniture Government car
pets and chairs very soongrow seedy when
group of thrifty clerks are furnishing new
houses The stealing of petty articles leads
up naturally to greater oflenses, and the new
administration has set out resoluteiy to
check an abuse which may grow hundred
handed If allowed to go by default.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-28
A Flrn. Between Polio. and rsuan,.,

Magistrate Bodkin, of Dublin, and one
hundred police went to Ballyfarrisey, County
Kilkenny, on Thursday, TO evict some ten
anta. When they arrived the chapel bell
was tolled, and two thousand persons assem-
bled and attacked the officers, preventing
them from accomplishing the eviciiona The
police were compelled 70 charge the mob
with bayonets, anu ierce encounters ensued,
many on hsides bang stoned snd stabbed.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-28
SPECIAL NOTICES.

Can you tell who Is In the greatest danger of
catching anv infectious or epidemic disease !?
"Why," you say, the person whose blood Is In
an impure or Impoverished condition." Ex.
acty. Such persons take special complaints us
dry grass bursts into fiamc before the sparks of
locomotive. Pure blood Is a defense II means
safety, and DIR. kennedy's Favorite Remedy Is
the mildest, safest and surest purifier of the
augl0 lmeou&w
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-28
win the Locomo,.ye Engineers Strike

Nothing further has developed concerning the
strike OF the locomotive engineers on the West
ern lines Insiders are unwilling to talk on the
subject, but freely express their belief in DUF-
PS's PURE MALT WnIsKEY as Il remedy for pneu-
monia diphtheria, malaria, wasting and nervous
diseases and insomnia. IL is sold by all leading
druggists and grocers, and is warranted free
from all adulterations.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-28
A Sleepy SernOD

Tho poor parsnn Is oyerworked, underpaid
and underfcd. His blood il thin. His stomach h
Is ailing Hi- liveris all wrong, and of course
his digestion is poor. Is II any wonder he puts
his congregation almost TO sleep by giving out
the text? Browns Iron Bitters will repair his
broken. down system and make him new man.
Rev. J. S. white, of Rockhil), s. c., writes, l
used Browns Iron Bitters for general debility.
1t has restored me to health and vigor," Many
other clergymen give similar testimony
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-28

PERHAPS, after all, Frank James, who
with his brother Jesse has enjoyed more than
n,s.SAare Of notoriety as q Wssierp bapdtf.-is II
. 'Hn5 5Ssen~ssas0e.es~s-
not rs bad az painted. His case may be
similar to that of our own Abe Buzzard, who
owes most of his national reputation to the
imaginative and dollar-lovipg newspaper cor
respondent Frank says he has received
bushels OF letters from theatrical and dime
museum managers offering him terms. lie
has replied that he is too old to become an
actor and has too much good sense to be ex-
hbited as a curiosity. He will not write an
account of his life, because II he did it would
be so simple and tame that people would not
only be disapponted-they wouldn't believe
it, For man Of James hardened reputation
he displays a vast amount of good sense.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-28
GERMAN MUSICIANS IN RHYME.

German paper publishes the following
rhymed list of names OF German musicians:
Handel, Bendel, Mendelssohn
Brendel. wendell. Jadassohn;
Muller, Hitler, Heller, Frantz;
Plothow, Flotow, Bulow, CAN'T
Hansen. Jansen, Jensen, kicl
stade, Game. Baade, Stiel
Nauman, Naumann, Hunnerfurst,
Niemann, kiemann, Dicner, Wursf.
Kochlcr, Dochler. Rubinstcin
kimmel, Hummei, Rosenstein
Lauer Bauer. Kleinocke
Rombcrg, Plomberg, Rcinecke.
Meyer, Baycr, Meyerbeer;
Heyer. weyer. Reiher, Beer;
Licher, Lachner. schachner, Dietz;
I'm, WIN, Brull, GIill, Drill, Riess. Rietz.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-28
A Pin, Of Blood in HIS Boots.

On "Wednesday night Richard Williams
was standing In the road at Govanstown, a
few miles north OF Baltimore, Nd, talking
10 the wife Of Israel Brown, who, seeing
them, crept up behind Williams and deliber-
ately cut his throat with pocket knife. The
wound extended nom ear 70 ear, but Will
lice station, where fully pint Of blood was
found In his booss. The wound was sewed
up, but the man Is likely TO die, aud his as
sailant il In jail. Jealousy was tho cause OF
the astsmpted murder.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-28

LIFE insurance men in Boston yesterday
discussed the question, "In what way can
the efficiency of medical examiners be in
creased, and what are the best methods OF
appointment? How life insurance agents
can be made to understand the meaning of
the word ''no' would be a more beneficial
problem to solve.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-28

THE persistence with which people pay
out money to see bogus slugging matches,
like the proposed one between Sullivan and
McCaffrey In Cincinnati, passes all under
standing.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-28

For any disorders OF babyhood give the little
sufferer ut once DR.. Bull Baby syrup Price, 25c.
BY giving your cows Days Horse Powder,
you can increase the How OF milk from 10 to 20
per cent.
Use DR.. Bulls Baltimore PHI tor the distress
and discom fort resulting from indigestion, and
be relieved ut once. DO not delay. Price, 2jc.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-28

TuF chilly ,uo- n.i-voinPcisatioh as hc
rsiiects that base ball Will soon be chilled
and stilled.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-28

FREIGHT DISCRIMINATION viii let down
many bar in Republican fields.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-28
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MfSCELL4NEOUS.

KIDNEY TROUBLES DOSE
n for kidney affections. Use externally one
Bensons Capcine Porous Plaster over the kid
neys.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-01-17
The Runko Game in Colorado.

They wanted a railroad from Grub
town to Moncyville. That is, nobody
had an idea that such a railroad was
wanted until Colonel DeIlash, of Grub
town, suggested it. He was actuated
solely by patriotic motives, his motto
being pro bono puJltco. He not only
felt that the railroad ought 10 be built,
but in his patriotic zeal he started a
subscription. More than that, he put
himself down for $1,000. Then. fur
Their, he called meetings, made speeches,
helped 10 get survey and the right OF
way, and the day a train left Grub
town Colonel DeIIash was called the
father Of his country. Six months lat
er there was an Indignation meeting.
and the Chairman. hourished his long
arms and shook his clenched fists, and
cried out:
"Sorne % Us subscribed 500, and
some u us twice. thrice and four times
that amount Whar' arc we now'
Who owns our railroad3 Who has
plastered 1t with mortgagesP Who
has frozen VA outp Who has monkeyed
with our sacred rightsf"
And echo answered: "Froze outI
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their youngest sisters all day long
ITO he C9ptmuCai
Baboons That Fight Like Drilled SOL
dicrs.

The country OF the Upper Nile was,
par excellence, the wonderland Of the
Roman world, it j. still the grandest
outdoor museum Of natural curioSitics.
Xoologically there Is no more density
populated country. All the wild beasts
and birds, made homeless by the dew
astation OF North Africa, seem 10 have
taken refuge in the Nubian highlands.
In the terraco-land Of the Nubian and
AbysSinian Alps there roam herds of
elephants, buflalos, wild goats, wild
sheep, and fourteen or fifteen different
species Of an.elopeS Further below
the hippotamus and white rhinoceros
haunt the river swampS, Professor
Dlanford enumcrates 80 species OF
water birds. With these harmless sp,-
tiers less desirable guests have crowded
in, the spotted hycna, the jackM, the
black and yellow lion, four species Of
smaller eats, wild dogs and, above all,
the cynoccphalus, the willy and mis-
chicvous baboon. Three varieties OF
these Dnrwinian pets inhabit the rocks
of Southern Nubia; the little babuin,
the cynocephalus proper. and the celia
da, or mantle babOon, q fierce and pow
crful fellow, whose shaggy name pro-
tects his body like 4 cloak, and enables
him to brave the climate Of the upper
highlands. Professors kupplc and
HOtton agree that troop OF these
bruteS, in ravaging q corn-teld, Will
not only hold their ground against all
corners, hut on the slightest proyoca-
ton take the offensive in a way not
likely to be forgotten 10y The unarmed
natives. Dogs have no chance what
ever against q full-grown baboon, The
old males do not wait TO he attacked,
but charge them at once with an ener-
gy and skill and cooperation that
would do credit to a troop of well-drill-
ed soldiers The hyrax, a queer pachy-
derm, allied TO the European badger,
coinhabits the rocks with a alternating
marmot, and the coast junclos swarm
with wild hogs that multiply undis.-
turbcd, for the Abyssiuian natives
share the pork prejud!ces Of their
Mo ammedan neighborS.
The Eastern Caucasus was formerly
similar hunters paradise, but the
hungry Moscovites clean out the forests
at the rate of eight square miles year,
and when the irrepressible conflict be-
tween the bison and the pot-hunter of
the Great West shall have made or
happy hunting grounds tradition OF
the past, the Upper Nile, will, perhaps,
become a rendezvous for the sportsmen
of all Caucasian nations - Cincinnati
ENQUIRER
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W ar Money.

Postal currency, which Was the
"change" during the war and until the
resumption of specie payments was
the invention of Gen. Spinner, who had
represented the Syracuse district OF
New York in congress, and had been
appointed treasurer Of the United
States by President Lincoln. Small
change had vanished, and in buying a
dinner in the market change had to be
taken in beets, cabbages, potatoes, and
what not, Gen. Spinner was constant
ly appealed to from all quarters to do
something to supply the demand for
small change, He had no law under
which he could act, but after buying q
half-dolar's worth of apples several
times and receiving for his half dollar
in change more or less different kinds
of produce he began to cast around
for a substitute for small change. In
his dilemma he bethought himself Of
the postage-stamp. He sent down to
the postotiice department and pur-
chased quantity of stamps, He then
ordered up package of the paper upon
which government securities were
printed. He cut the paper into various
sizes, On the pieces he pasted stamps
70 represent different amounts. He
thus initiated substitute for fractional
silver. This was not, however, gov
eminent transaction in any sensei 1t
could not be.
Gen. Spinner distributed his impro-
vised currency among the clerks of the
department They took it readily, and
the trade folks more readily. The idea
spread; the postage stamps, either de-
taehed or pasted upon piece Of paper,
became the medium OF small exchange.
1t was dubbed postal currency"
From this Gen. Spinner got his idea OF
the fractional currency, and went be-
fore congress with it. That body read
ily adopted it, and but a short time af-
ter Gen. Spinner had begun pasting
operations law was on the statute book
providing for the sue Of the fractional
currency which became so popular.
The fac-simile of pOstage-stamps was
put on each piece Of currency, and for
a long time it was known as postal
currency An enormous amount
never was presented for r demption,
and the government was consequently
the gainer-Ber: PerIey P0ore in BoS-
ton B,Ciget
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-01-17

nR r.. w. wE.IS, (Deutcher uoctor) late
- Physcian and Surgeon % the St. Louis Femalt
Hosipta Once over Stiefes Clothing Store, corner o.
Main and Ia sale streeLs. Residence on soHth hluf
a., urs pen-g apps
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from him. Nv face burns when think of

from him. Ny face burns when thlnS Of
it."
To this her grandfather made no reply
The returning Of money paid for services
rendered was, 20 his commercial nina, TOO
foolish a thinr II br eveu talked about, Az
the same time Iris was quite lrHa 10 man
nv. hcrovn affair, And then there was
,ba, roll az pa,orS in the safe. Why what
matter il she ,aat away all her TlpIS' hJ
changed the SUBJ ra go.
"Iris. nv d,ar." he sad, about Ills other
world, whore the people amuse themselves
the world which lives in the squares and IN
the big house, On the Chelsea embankment
here YOU kuew-how should y u Ike, just
for change. TO belong to that world ana
have no work to DOR
al dom know" she replied careies,ly, DO
cause the question did not interest her
"You would have TO leave me, OF course
You would sever your connection, as they
say, with the shop"
''Please, don't let US talk nonsense,
grandfather
"you would have to be ashamed, perhaps,
Of ever having taught for your living
"Eow that never ShoGld b"-neNer, not
if they made me a ducboss.'
"You would go dressed IN SIX am veiVeL
Nv dear. should like TO see you dressed
ND just for once, as we have seen them at
the theatre
We'll, should like one velvet dress in
my lie Only one. And il should be Grim
son-a beautiful deep, dark crimson
every good. And you would drive in a
carriage instead Of an omnibus, you would
sit in the stalls instead Of the upper circle;
you would give quantities OF money to poor
people; and you would buy as many second
han books as you pleased, There are rich
people, believe, ostentatious people, who
buy new books But you, my dear, have
been bettcr brought up. No books are worth
buying till they have stood the criticism OF
a whole generation at least Never buy new
books, my dear.
81 won't" said Iris "But, you dear old
man, What have you got in your head TO-
night Why in the world should we talk
about getting rlchf'
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nncxlen.n ArnIc. isalve.

The Best salye In tie word for Cnts, Bruis
-. Hor.s, Ulcers, Salt kileum, Fever Sore
letter, chsppcd IisBds, Chilblalns, Corns and
III skln Eruptions, and positively cures Ples,
D. NO psy required. IL l. guaranteed to give
,erfeet saiisfsctlon, or money fefundod-
PS,cs - sssb pss boz. For ssis ey Lan q
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Lightning Express, Denver Express, and Kansas City
and 81. Louis Express trains daily: Express Mai
and Joliet Accommodation run daily, except Sunday.
Kansas City and 81. Louis Express going south runs
through without change OF Morning train TO st
Louis has free chair cars and evening train through
sleepers 70 ST Louis and Springfield.
JAY W ADAMS,
Ticket Agent c. Il A. Railroad
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Al. CITY BA = Is
OF OTTAWA.

NATIONAL. CITY BA>r>
OF OTTAWA.
Formerly CT Bank OF Esmc,, Aver s Co.
: Z A44f' Frcs-Gelt
7 D. tAiLIN VICE President.
G. L L!NpLFb ..,...,....,......... Aseist Cssh,er
ENchs,sc OF Chicago and Sew Tork sad a. Tie
principal cite east and west bought ana sold
Exchange on England, ireland, scotland and a! IN.
ror;Int points IN Continental Europe drawn In yums q
suit purchaser
U 5 Revenue stamp % all denominations cQpsraa,.
~ On hand and FOR sale
Omitted statcs Bonds, Local Securities, Cold and Silver
bought and sold.
Banking Sogrs from sA,T,tosP.
q. l. LINnLEY Assiz, Cashier