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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08

THIS talk about books and reading over in
England has walked up Ruskin the lion
shakes the dew drop from his name and
rosrs. Sir John Lubbock's list of a hundred
stirs Ruskin's dander and he proceeds to
execute most of them with the relentless
hand of lord high exoutioner. This is
specimen of the way heads tumble into the
basket when Ruskin draws his snicker-snee
!. Grotes " History OF Greece."-Because
there it probably no commercial establish
ment, between Charing Gross and the hank,
whose head clerk could not write a better
one, il he had the vanity to waste his time
on IL.
2. Confessions of ST. Augustine."-Be-
cause religious people nearly always think
too much about themselves and there are
many saints whom it is much more desirable
to know the history OF. St Patrick TO begin
with-especially in present times.
3. John Stuart MilL-Sir John Lubbock
ought TO have known that his day was over.
Charles Kingsley.-Recause his senti-
ment is false, and his tragedy fearful. Peo-
pie who buy cheap clothes are not punished
in real life 10y catching levers social inequali
ties are not to be redressed by tailors falling
| in love with bishops daughters, or game
keepers with squires; and the story of Hy-
| pata" is the most CHASTITY in Christian tradi-
| tion, aud should forever be left in silence.
| 5. Darwiu.-Because it is every man 8
| duty to know what he is, and not TO think of
| shall be. Because also Darwin has mortal
fascination for all vainly curious and idly
speculative persons and has collected in the
train of him every impudent tmbecility in
| Europe, like a dim comet wagging its useless
tail OF phosphorescent DOthing across the
steaCfast stars
g. Gibbon.-Primarily, none but the malig'
| nant and the weak study the decline and tall
either of state or organism. Dissolution and
| putrescence are alike common and unclean
| in all things any wretch or simpleton may
| observe for himself, and experience himself
| the processes OF ruin but good men study,
| and wise men describe, only the growth and
standing Of things-not their decay.
For the rest, Gibbons is the worst English
that was ever written by an educated Eng.
| lishman. Having no Imagination and little
| logic, he is alike incapable either OF pictur-
sequences or wit; his epithets are malicious
without point, generous without weight, and
| have no office but to make a flat sentence
turgid.
| 7. NoltaTe.-His work il, in comparison
| with good literature, what nitric acid is Ia
| wine, and 'sulphuretted hydrogen to air.
| Literary chemists cannot take account OF the
| sting and stencil OF him but he has no place
in the library of thoughtful scholar. Every
| man of sense knows more Of the world than
| Noltaire can tell him and what he wishes to
express OF such knowledge he will say with
| out a Snarl.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08
A Powerful Sermon.

The Rev. Henry L. Jones, of st.
Stephens Episcopal church, Wilkesbarre,
has been ministering to the parish for
800 peryear.
The Rev. Henry l.. Jones had call
from st. AIMS church, Brooklyn, TO its
rectorship and salary of $1,000.
The Rev. Henry L. Jones heard the call ,
but he did not respond.
And He commanded them that they
should take nothing for their journey
no money in their purse"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08
Only One Side To II.

The New York World says there is much
to be said in favor of the Blair educational
bill, which was adopted by the Senate on
Friday evening by the very decisive vote
of SO toll.
And then it proceeds to show that moth
ing can be said in favor of such bill, that
is consistent with the constitution and the
principles of the Democratic party and
that everything can be said against it.
The Louisville Courier-Journql in
wonder asks what has become of the
Democratic party in the Senate that only
eleven votes could be mustered against
such bill, and part of them be drawn
from the Republican party!
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08
A Weak Case.

There seems 10 he general concurrence
of press and public opinion that the negro
johnson was convicted upon insufficient
evidence Of the murder of old Mr. Sharp
less, In Delaware county. Even the
Philadelphia Record, which made a
speciality of his conviction, evidently recog
nizes in the result more Of triumph for en-
terprising journalism than of vindication
of law and justice. 1t admits that " there
was no testimony which directly proved
Johnson's guilt while it claims " the
chain of circumstantial evidence was
complete " 1t seems to forget that
it was direct, not circumstantial,
evidence which convicted johnson
and direct evidence is often less reliable
than circumstantial; human witnesses lie,
circumstances do not, though they may
often be misunderstood. The testimony
which mainly convicted johnson was, as
the Press says, that Of a negro who twas
under arrest for highway robbery, and was
shown TO be worthless and irresponsible
character. The two witnesses who saw
the murderer soon after the commission of
the crime could only say that johnson
looked like him." The Record admits
the weakness of the case when it says,
"Mrs. Sharpless' failure to positively re-
cognize the defendant as the man who
visited her house on that fatal night was
so hesitating as to practically amount to
an Identification" Weak and tlimsy iden-
tification that, in the view of the law, upon
which to hang man
Judge Broomall says nobody expected
such verdict. "It was conceded that
johnson was bad man, and, as there was
an indictment for burglary hanging over
him, it was thought that verdict of mur,
der in the second degree, which would have
sent him to prison for a dozen years, would
have been about the right thing. My opin
ion is that Johnson is not the man. lie
does not answer the description given 10y
Mrs. Sharpless, and she could not recognize
him." Like Judge Clayton'S charge to th'
| Jury, Judge Broomall would compromis,
| between the fear of letting the guilty es
cape and the greater fear of condemninl
| the innocent. This is not the maxim o
the law. 1t let's the nine guilty escape
rather than convict the one innocent.
A great blot was cast upon the admins
tration Of justice in Delaware county once
by the exposure Of the fact that well
ascertained murderer escaped to Italy, wa
not extradited because it was inconvenien
and expensive for the authorities of tha
county to fetch him back and try and han!
him. A far deeper stain will be cast upo
that jurisdiction if it should hang man
without due proof, because it is inconven
ent or expensive to press the investigation
TO the legal development of his guilt or tn
clear ascertainment of his innocence.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08
The Temperance Question.

We believe there never was a time
when more wholesome popular opinion
on the temperance question prevailed than
at present. 1t does not occur that there is
any immediate prospect of the legal estab-
lishment of prohibition, at least in the
Eastern states, or of its enforcement if it
was grated on the statutes. On the other
hand, the wider popular conviction that
the liquor traffic must be judiciously regu-
lated by law is very manifest. Free
whisky" or the unlicensed sale of it has
become more and more unpopular.
1t has come to be seen among large
class of those who have felt most deeply
the vice of the abuse of liquor
that the enforcement of existing laws is
the step necessary before the attempted
enactment of more stringent laws. While
public opinion tolerates the abuse of Judi
cial discretion, If not the fragrant violation
Of the statutes, it is seen that the remedy
lies in a reform of public sentiment rather
than in an amendment to the code.
We believe that much has been accom-
plished Of late years In that direction; tina
the public is to-day more exactiDg thai
ever before in its demands that judges shal
grant licenses with caution, and that con
stables and magistrates shall see to tn,
enforcement Of the liquor law with i'm
partial zeal. 1t is apparent, too, that ;
larger number of landlords and saloon
keepers recognize their obligations ant
they insist on not only maintaining tn,
law but in seeing that others do the same
The signs Of the times are hopeful
Prohibition is long way off and il
coming is not needed. But temperance
nearer, and moderation is the thing.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08
Gte Cat,faster J,telligcttfer.
LANCASTER. MARCH 8. 1855.
The Battle OF Shiloh.

General Buell. has q vigorous paper In
the current number of the Century Mdgd-
zine, the purpose of which is to show that
the Army of the Ohio, under his command,
snatched the victory at Shiloh on the Sec
oud days battle out Of the jaws of the de-
feat of the conflict Of the first day. This
was the current opinion at that time, but
the commanders of the Army Of the Ten
nessee have of late years sought to show
that this view was wrong and that
the first days battle was not much
Of defeat after all, and that the
second days victory would easily
have been won without the aid Of
Buell's army. This view was maintained
by Grant and is held by Sherman, who is
charged by Buell. with correcting the off,
cial map of the battle, to give better bat
tie line to his troops and to make it appear
that they were well posted. Itseems Sher-
man assigned the troops to their positions
as they arrived at Pittsburg landing during
the time previous to the Confederate ad-
vance against them, and that General
Grant, who was in chief command, had
his headquarters nine miles down the river
and was away from his command every
night. The positions of the troops, according
to Buell. and the official map, it seems to be
conceded, were not what they should have
been in anticipation Of attack; and it
seems to have been so because an
attack was not aprehended. When
it came it was a complete surprise
and the result of the onslaught was dis.
astrous retreat Of our army, which sonly
Stopped by nightfall as it reached the land.
ing at the river. Nelson's corps of Buell's
army arrived on the scene at thi;
time, and early in the morning good
plrt of his army was ready for the ad
vance which was made and which resulted
in the Confederate repulse. 1t hardly
seems reasonable to suppose that the beaten
and demoralized Army Of the Tennessee
would have been equal to this task by it.
self, and it is not probable that history will
change the contemporaneous verdict that
the victory was won by the entrance of the
Army of the Ohio into the conflict.
General Buell. carefully records the stu.
6tiOu do uc SdW duu Ilct ~. no tlSO HAS
corrections to make in the official map, in
which he says the positions of the troops
are laid down from the information given
by the officers of the Army of the Tennes.
see. He finds the positions to be materi-
ally different from those that he observed.
Sherman's corrections Of the map, he says,
put his troops on the night before the bat
tie in places which were occupied by the
Confederates, and greatly heightened his
actual battle-line.
General Sherman doubtless honestly
thinks that he is right but he has not
established a high reputation for accuracy
of statement, and shows in his CORES
pondence with General Fry, that reten-
tive memory is not so much one of his
strong points as is strength Of assertion. He
is not fire proof witness and General
Buell. has this considerable advantage over
him in challenging his statement of the
way the Shiloh battle was fought.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08

A RATHER remarkable instance OF how a
death was timely in acquitting guilty man
occurred recently in Montreal. John s.
Dyde was charged with forging and altering
seventy-two promisory notes each ranging
from sl24 TO $500. The evidence apparently
showed the mans guilt; but his father tell
dead in the witness box while giving his tes.
timony, and this turned the tide in the pris-
oners favor. The judge severely reprimand-
Cd the twelve tor their verdict Of acquittal,
declaring It was notoriously in contradiction
OF the evidence. The sympathy racket Is so
often played In these days to shield criminals
that the Blind Goddess must lind frequent
occasions TO weep.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08

A DIME MUSEUM manager has offered
Holland, the Texas sharp who killed Davis
in New York and was acquitted, large sal
ary to pose as a curiosity. The jury that
let him go would draw better if paraded
through the country as monumental idiots.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08
Why Not Z

The city ordinances, section 2, page 1866,
direct that "the city solicitor shall give
security to the city Of Lancaster In the sum
OF one thousand dollars '-only and that
" be shall make quarterly settlements with
the finance committee of the moneys col
lected and received by him."
The present city solicitor has not done
this. Why notY We pause for reply
from the city solicitor.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08

How rigid and unreasonable are some of
the DEGREES OF fashion! The man in a full
dress suit who dares to wear a satin tie or
have bis watch chain exposed on his vest, is
In ~ bad form as though he appeared in his
shirt sleeves.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08
A CHANGE,

In days OF past that has flown,
when dead folk were buried, ween,
The dying one feebly would groan
PLEASE see that my grave 10 kept green"
Cremation, alas, has to-day
This saying completely abolished,
II Is now the custom TO say.
"Ju't see that my urn IL kept polished
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08

Many vain attempts are made to repeat the TO
markablc success of Bcnson's Capcino Plaster.
This splend remedy is known, sold and used
eyerywhere and its prompt action and unri
vailed curative powers have won for " hosts OF
friends limitations have sprung mp under sim
liar sounding names. such "a" CapSiciu,' " Cap.
sicum,m etc, intended to deceive the careless
and unwary. These articles possess none Of the
virtues ofthe genuine. Therefore we hope the
people win assist us to protect what are at once
their interests and ours. Ask for Bensons tlas.
ter and examine what is given you, and make
sure that the word Capcine is cut in the mid.
die of the plaster itself, and the ,hrce Seals "
Trademark Is on the face cloth. Any reputable
kealer will show YOU these safeguards without
hesitation, II YOU cannot remember the name
-Benson's Capcine Plaster-cut this paragNph
from the paper. marl.M w ,Sm
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08
What One Dose Did

3. :. Graves, of Akron, y. y had Asthma Of
the worst kind. Took one dose OF TdomGs &c
testric OIL and was relieved in II We minutes He
adds would walk ten miles tor IN medicine
and paw s. a bottle for IL. 1t cured my wife OF
rheumatism like magic For sale by H. H.
Cochran, druggist, 1877 and lSg North Queen
street, Lancaster.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08
SPECIAL NOTICES.

dozens OF Letters = Day pour I'm upon DR..
David kennedy, OF Rondout, \. y, from people
who have been benefited by using his popular
preparation called kenuedy's 'favorito Rem
edy,' And they often Illustrate what this re-
markaDle medicine acComplishes in some new
and hitherto uutried field OF operation. Not In
frequently patients come Iona distances to grtsr
the Doctor by the hand and express their graft
tude tor deiverance from pain."-DuiiV Times
janll-lmdSw
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08

al have used Burdock Blood Buffers. and am
happy TO say they have done me more good than
anything yet. send a further quantity at once"
This man was a sufferer from dyspepsia for
twenty years. His name IS Alexander Luugh,
Cochran, druggist, lS7 and loo North Queen
street. Lancaster
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08

A YOUNG COUNTESS OF Berlin made away
with a superb parure OF diamonds the other
day, and it was called kleptomania. If her
father had been hod-carrier, the name Of
the offense would have been slightly dif-
ferent
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08

PHILADELPHIA clergymen are protesting
against the insane habit of kissing corpses.
Diphtheria was the result in two cases. 1t is
a needed reform.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08

THE amount asked for public build
ings for Pennsylvania from the present
Congress is sl,7lO,0Oo. Hereabouts there
will be a strong hope that the Lancaster
appropriation OF sl75,OO0 will pull through.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08

AT the Morgan art sale, in New York,
eleven pictures by Jean Francois Millet the
French artist o. peasant life In his country,
brought an aggregate of S54,5oo under the
hammer, or an average OF about 5000 apiece,
one of them selling at Sl4, 900. Ietwhile this
sale was going on, American admirers OF the
genius and character OF the artist were taking
steps to start here a subscription to raise
about as much as the average price of his
pictures at the auction to save for his widow
the humble cottage at Barbizon in which
Millet lived and worked Tor twenty. y.seven
years She has only lease of the cottage,
and the lease will expire in year, when she
is likely TO be compelled TO leave her old
home. Her small pension from the French
government is barely sufficient for her sup
port, even with the aid of her son, who is an
artist, like his father, and the purchase of the
cottage is far beyond her means Millet was
not extravagant or improvident but his
greatest fame is posthumous. His most
famous picture, 1.-THE Angelus," for which
he got 5000 in 1859, sold in Paris after his
death for $4,000, and recently $4,000 was re-
fused for it,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08

"whom the gods love die young" says Byron,
but why die when you cure the colo or cough,
whibh neglected means death. with pr. Bulls
Cough syrup, the old reliable
A sensible woman will not fail to keep bottle
of salvation OH ON hand for mems cuts and
bruises
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08
HAIR BALSAM

the popular favorite for dressing the hair, Re-
storing color when gray and preventing DAnd-
ruff 1t eleanses the scalp, stops the hair falling,
and Is sure to please.
59c, and 81 sizes at Druggists.
I'm w
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08
saved the Baby.

"My baby, aged fifteen months. was attacked
with Group, but was cured with two doses Of
Thomas Eclsctric Oii have used this medicine
for the older children. Have the greatest faith
in 1T" Daniel Mann. 52l Seventh ST. Buffalo,
y. Y. For sale by ii. H. Cochran, druggist, l37
and lS9 North Queen street, Lancaster.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08

II you fall on the Ice you can at once heal
your bruises by St Jacobs on. finy cents.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08

a clear. bright open face somehow looks hon.
est. horse thief or burglar seldom carries
such face. BurdOck Blood BiterS give the
skin peculiarly tne texture and Clearness.
They strengthen and enrich the circulation and
go eradicate all eruption or blemish. For sale
by II. Il. Cochran, druggist, lS7 and l& North
Queen street, Lancaster
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08

ApNosIrIoS Cure your cough thoroughly
with Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one minute.
ml-SNdeodSw
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08

Ia insufferable. We don't like It. 4 person with
u strong breath must not make himself very ia
miliar with us. An impure breath Is caused by
an unhealthy stomach. BurdOck Blood BttsrS
will correct this evil They are the best stomach
medicine known. For sale by IL. u. Cochran,
druggist, l37 and 1872 North Queen street, LanCls
sAP
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08
The Chinese Must Go.

And so must neuralgia, and rheumatism, when
Dr.. Thomas Eciectric OIL attacks them. This
medicine Is a marvellous product of Ingenious
thought Buy II and try it For sale by III. IL
Cochran, druggist, lSI and lS North Vue5n
street, Lancaster.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08
MEDICAL.
MEDIC4L.
DARKER'S TONIC.
Attend to it Now.

Many suffering people drag themselves about
with failing strength, feeling that they are
steadily sinking into the grave, when by using
Parker's Tonic they would ind cure cOmmenC-
ing with the first dose, and vitality and strength
surely coming back to them.
- am IS years old have been sick nearly all
my life, ana ought to know something about
medicine by this time. l have used Parker's
Tonic freely for more than ayear, and consider
1t the best remedy have ever known. In fact,
l now find no other medicine necessary. For
weakness, debility, rheumatism, and that dis
tressing all.goneness and pain from which |
suffered SO long, 1t has no equal. do not
how nyone can afford 10 do without so valuable
IA medicine Mus HATTIE n. GRAVES, cor East
and ront streets, Providence, X. l.
DADDEp,C TnNIG
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08
Mrs. JAMES BROWN POTTER will retire
from public gaze for few weeks and possibly
give MIR. James Brown Potter q chance.

WASHINGTON society has new sensation
which promises to eclipse "'ostler joe" In
spite OF the eutreaty made in the church, AFTER
Miss English's wedding "Wednesday evening
that those who had come to attend it,and who
were not invited to the wedding an hour
later of Miss Cotfey and Mr.. Chew, would re-
tire, very few left and it was in many cases
impossible for the ushers at the second we'd
ding to find seats for those whom they knew
were specially desired to be present Mean
time "'ostler Joe" has moved on to Balti'
more and the announcement that it would be
recited on Saturday night at Ford's opera
house by Miss Blanche Chapman attracted
one of the largest audiences OF the season.
"Fully 1900 ladies aud gentlemen enthusias'
tically appauded highly dramatic rendition
of the much criticized poem"
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NURE GUARANTEED.
RUPTU E,

Cure guaranteed by DR.. J. B. MAYER
Ease at once no operation or delay from bust
ness tested by hundreds of cures. Main office,
s3l ARCH ST., PHlLA. Send for Circular.
fDlydSW
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GROUP, wHOOPING COUGH and Bronchitis
Immediately relieved by shiloh Cure. For sale
by ii. b, Cochran, Druggist, n o, l39 \ orth Queen
street.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08

CoLDENs Liquid Beef Tonic is endorsed by
physicians. ASk for COlden'S. tdke no Other.
OF Druggists. m--lwdeodSw
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PARKER'S TONIC
DARKE

Prepared by HiscoI 4 Co, N.Yl
Sold by all Druggists in large bottles al one
Dollar. marI-lmMSTh