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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-12-24

ss their loved coinrsn,ou william hom they
spend many an hour stolen fr rpr,,rneir anat.
omies and physiologies and II is a TACT that
among the leading physicians Of the country
are several OF the most devoted students OF
SHAKESPEARE to be found anywhere Theo.
logtaus are known devotees OF the great poet
lhere are few works ON theology which do
not give evidence OF the fact There are fow
OF the great preachers of the land who can
o'u , not luote IRON Shakespeare almost IA
huently and abuudantIy ss irnm the Bible.
And the catalogues OF Shskesy syeartsu utors-
lure snow that among tho profoundeSt stu.
uenS oi this master, and most acute and
clear critics, who have been editors aud com
,ncul'uis ol MS works, the names Ol several
learned, devout and hounreu clerENmeu
stand In the very front rank, aud are follow
Ell by multitude OF amateurs from their
own profession.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-12-24
The National Credit 4. No Mora

solidy founded than the reputation OF Benson's
Capcine Plasters. They are Known, appreciated
ana used everywhere in Ameriea-its hospitals
ana Its homes. Physicians. pharmacists and
druggists atiirm that for promptness OF action.
certainty and range of curative qualities they
are beyond comparison. once used their I'M
equalled excellence recommends them The
public are again cautioned against the cheap.
wort HESS and shameless limitations orered Dv
mendacious parties under the gnise OF sitnlar
sounding names. .such as ".apsicin' - oap,s,-
Benson's buy of respectable druggists only anu
make a gersonal examination. The genuine mas
ihe .Throe seals " trademark and the werd
d Capcine cut IN the centre. decp M'W's
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-12-24

Au irish Ejitor VINO is Fearless In MS Coun.
try's Cause.
The arrest of J ohm Dillon, William U Briep,
w. Redmond and other sgitators In the anti
rent campaign in Ireland, Is creating much
disluf hance among the Irish sympathizers,
both here aud abroad. The summons served
on MIR. William O' Brien Is one To appear be-
fore the Dublin police court and answer q
general charge of conspiracy. Mr.. O'Brien
Is apparently about thirty eight or forty years
of age, rather delicate of fair complexion and
slight build. lie was imprisoned by "Buck.
shot Forster, in ISL, with many otherA
&c "a ,,,,s ts..i,v, ,pe OF the most ponular meI
of Ireland at the present day, but was de-
feated by Russell, the Union candidate, at q
recent election, but his defeat WAS mainly
placed and entirely due TO the oyerconfdence
OF his supporters William o' Srien has rep
resented South Tyrone III the House OF Com
mons, In Parliament, and IL the able editor
of the Parnellite organ, termed tHncd Ire
idHd. He II one OF Paruells most trusted
lieutenauts, and says that he will continue In
the struggle with lsndlordism and its Tory
government allies ~ long as England re-
fuses TO grant home rule to Ireland. Mr..
o. Brien's recent visit TO America, in the sum.
mer of lSS6, to the Chicago con nvention, where
he WAS 50 warmly received and supported in
his views, was sarCsstiCally commented upon
by the English press, particularly the Glad
stoniau Daily NctcS, which was much In.
clined To jeer at the proceedings of the whole
Chicago convention, Mr.. OBrien says that
he Will meet fearlessly this new storm OF co
erciun and eviction, and a. he ~ leader
who has never ninched in the hour OF dan
ger nor Dragged in the hour of victory, IL II
universally hoped his arrest may lead 10 NJ
serious troubles.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-12-24
How He Prepared His Sermons

From the Buffalo Courier.
A well known churchman said last night:
"Our rector has peculiar way OF preparing
his sermons. lie takes the morning train to
some one of the surrounding towns; then
starts to walk back to Buffalo. He delivers
his thoughts to the trees, fences and the road
side, and by the time he has reached the city
he has his sermon ready to deliver on the
next Sunday"
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CMRIsTMAs THOuGurs

NJ you that In this house be- here,
Remember Christ that for us died,
Anu spend away with modest cheer,
IN loving sort this Christmaslide,
Ana, whereas plenty GOD has sent,
Give frankly TO your friends in 1--we
The bounteous mind is freely bent,
And never viii u niggird prove.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-12-24
Diseasea of Children

The only line OF Remedies for Children Ia DIR.
HANDS. Collie, Chafng, Physic, Worm, Diar-
rhHa, Cough and Group, Tonic ana Teething
Lotion. with each book on Care ana Diseases
of Childhood. 25 cents,
For sale by II. b. Cochran, Druggist, No. lS7 and
lS9 North Queen street, Lancaster. Pa.
decl-lmdAW
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-12-24

IL may indeed be said that nearly all the
greatest minds of the world are special lovers
oi Shakespeare; they seemingly hui h IN II
not the most necessary yet the most Goa.
genial OF all the thinkers, poets, inspirers
who have lived in the world OF thought
Again to quote the true and graceful lauSusS
ot MI. Mhlrple, THE greatest and most Iu-
terpretsuye minds which have made him
their study, though they may have com,
menced with welding the rod, soon found
themselves seduced into TAX ing seats ON the
benches, anxious to learn instead of impatient
10 teach and have been compelled to admit
that the poet who Is the delight Of the rudest
urchn in the play house. is also the poet
whose works DEFY the highest faculties Of tho
philosopher thoroughly to comprehend"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-12-24

Bur II were To say all should Ike to say
on Shakespeare, or only To show how he Is
true culture, l could 60 on for week.
SPEAK ing OF him one never gets to a place
which il real stopping place. one has to
30 On forever, or else break ott-ltke this
Nt4~,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-12-24

OF course this unconsclOusly educating
aud refining influence is not equally strong,
nor equally beneficial, on all readers 1t is
partially conditioned by the pred position OF
each person, and prOportioned To the degree
OF intelligence, thOTOughness and earuestness
which the reader brings 10 bear upon the
great dramatist's works. As tie lamenlsd
EdWln T. WhipPle says, in the trst of his
lectures on Shakespeare, printed in the vol
uue on " Literature ot the Age of Elizabeth"
lectures which every student OF Shake
speaTe ought carefully read" Shsk kegpeare
II Is pIaln, can only convey to us what We
are capable Of taking in the mind that per-
ceiNes reduces greatness to its own mental
STATURE and persons, according To their
taste culture, experience, height of iutelli-
gence, capacity OF approaching Shakespeare
himself, obtain different Impressions YaTy
Ing IN depth and breadth, OF each Of his great
plays AT the same time, however, " We
know that he grows in mental stature "a our
minds enlarge, and as we increase in our
knowledge OF him" And we know, too
tilat by nothing Is our mental growth stimu.
lalsd ana increased more than by the earnest
ana persistent endeavor to reach 10 to at
least AN approximate comprehension OF him.
lHE Indebtedness OF men engaged in the
higher literary pursuits to this great master
is so fully recognized and freely confessed.
that few denials have yet been heard of Rus
kin's unqualified assertion that " the intel
loctual measure of every man since born in
tue domains OF creative thought may be as
signed to him, according To the degree in
which he has been taught by Shakespeare"
EVEN IL some might consider this one Of
Ruskln's characteristic eNaggera,ions, the
tact remains that, next to the Bible itself
there is no other book In existence which,
while delighting the humblest and most Ig.
nofanb IL more psrsistently studied aud
more enthusiastically admired, by tho pro-
foundest thinkers and most thorough schol-
ars IN the world than Shakespeare. He il
next To Blackstone and ent In the hearts of
our lawyers and IL will generally be Iound
that the better the lawyer, the more OF a
Shskespearisn student he Is. There are few
physicians who do not choose Shakespeare
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-12-24

AMEN must work ana women weep
So runs the woI Id away -
But they need not weep so much II they use
Dr.. PieTce's " "FayOrite Prescription" which
cures all the painful maladies peculiar TO women.
sold by druggists. W,s&w
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-12-24

A paradox II seems. know.
But Ills a truth sublime-
A man may get down very low,
Yet have q high old time.
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PERHArs you think that bookseller was
right who told me WAS too particular for
my poCkethook l don't think | sm. In
fact, l know | am not. because have sue.
ceeded in getting pretty nearly what
wanted rs regards both style and price.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-12-24

o. course when l want really to study
Shakespeare. do IS theol0giAns do when
they study the Bible 1t makes little differ.
ence then, seated at the library table, how
bulky aud unhsndy the book is-sizs doesn'
enter into account | want the most critic
ally accurate text first oi all. Then | want
the most thorough aud critical commentary
on it. In fact, | must have more than one,
White, furness-as many as | can get but
at all events more than one. Thus equipped
| am ready 10 get down TO the work.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-02-11
A Great Traffic in Fowls.

Speaking of the immense number of
fowls received weekly at Marscilles,
France, a London journal says: The
fowls arrived from Italy in railway vans
of the ordinary size, but specially con-
structcd for this traffic The sides are of
latticc-wolk, and internally the van is
divided into, nine tiers, or shelves. On
each tier there are twelve cages, and each
came is calculated to contain thirty birds.
In this way the prodigious number of
3,24O fowls is conveyed in a single wag-
on. The cages are provided with tins
for water on one side and for corn on the
other, and there is a door in each through
which any fowl that is injured or slckly
can be at. once removed. The birds are
said not to suffer at all or to detcriorate
on their journey, though they come from
Milan or even from Venice, and in many
cases are sent through direct as far as the
Spanish frontier. We often thank heav-
en- that we are not as the Italians in the
matter of the treatment of animals (and
no doubt as a rule we do so with justicc),
but if the Irish poultry consigned to the
markets of London or Glasgow could see
the arrangements that are made for the
accommodation of their italian brethren
they would surely pray to be delivered
from the careless kindhcartedness of the
English and handed over to the calculat
inc mcrcics of the Italians.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-02-11
An AnecdOte of bster.

Webster liked good story even if he
was the hero of it. He delighted to re-
late that while going in stage from Con-
cord, N. H., to his home on certain oc-
casion he had for travelling companion
very old man. The old gentleman
lived at Salisbury, and as Captain Web
ster-Daniel's father-had been quite
popular thcreabouts Daniel asked if he
had ever known him. 'Indecd | did,"
said the antiquarian, ''and the Captain
was a good and brave man, and grandly
did he fight at Bennington with General
Stark" continued the old gentleman.
''Did he leave any children" asked
the great statesman.
ooh, yes; there was Ezekiel and, l
think, Daniel" was the simple reply.
"What has become Of them?' Daniel
inquired.
"Whv, Ezekiel--and he was a power
full man, sir,-rve heard him plead in
court many a time-fell dead while
speechifying at Concord"
"Well," persisted Webster, ''what be
came of Daniel?"
'Daniel-Danicl," repeated the old
man, slowly-"why, Daniel, l believe, is
a lawyer about Boston somewhere" II
is perhaps unnecessary to say that Daniel
failed to reveal his identity. - Cleeeland
Leader.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-02-11
A Secret Craft In Prison Life.

1t has frequently been surmised that
in prison life there is secret craft by
means of which men confined have
knowledge of what is going ON about
them, and contrivc to communicate with
each other in spite of the strictest pre-
ventiye measures. The other /, 600 con-
victs were all locked in their cells at the
time Dan McAllister, the notorious Grim
inal, escaped; but in less than an hour
every convict in the prison seemed to be
aware that the daring criminal was free,
and such buzzing of suppressed talk
and excitement as was manifested
throughout the great cell-housc, usually
so silent, was astonishing to the oldest
guard.
This mysterious power of communica-
tion has been used for much more
dangerous purposes than the mere dis
scmination of news. A few years ago
conspiracies to kill their guards and cs-
cape were of almost monthly occurrence.
Usually the Warden would be bored with
them. A day or two before the time
fixed for their consummation, he had
little time for any other business than
hearing consprators who were anxious to
"give away" their pals, each believing
himself to be the only one to tell, and all
anxious to curry favor and get the credit.
McAllister is the only life prisoner that
ever succeeded in making his escape from
Joliet prison, and his escape is the only
one of any Importance that has occurred
in over ten years. One thousand eight
hundred and eighty men and twenty
women composed the largest number of
convicts ever confined at Joliet Qll J
at one time. This was on the 18th day
of March. 1878, when the prison count
reached /, 900. The opening of the South
ern Penitentiary at Chester, Qll.) at
about that time, accounts for the reduc-
cd number of convicts at Joliet at tho
present time, yet the prison here now
contains larger number of inmates than
any similar institution in the country,
and still bears the palm of being tho
model penal institution of the United
States. The cornerstone of the prison
was laid in 1857, but the buildings and
walls were not fully completed unit
some twelve years later, the finishing
touches being given in lse9,-Glo1e
Democrat.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-02-11
A Character of the Frontier.

A recent number of the Chicago Her.
aid says: There came to the city yester-
day and slapped his name on one of the
hotel registers one of the simon-pure ori-
ginals of the wild West. 1t was 'Jim"
Whitlach, of Nevada. "Jim" Whitlach
is a character. He has been a miner and
prospector in the far West for more than
twenty years. He is one of the best un-
scientific miners in the country, and next
to Senator Fair and George Hearst, of
California, the best judge of a mineral
prospect the mining regions have ever
known. When "Jim" Whitach looks
down shaft or "skins" his eye along a
hanging wall he seems to know intuitive-
ly what is behind it. When the great
bonanza was discovered in 1874, in Vir-
glnia City, Whitlach went into the mine
and made the closest guess of all as to
the extent and value of the deposit. And
there were many wild gucsses made by
very scientific persons. A Yale professor
said the great bonanza was worth $780,,
900, 900. Phil Diedcsheimer, a German
mining expert and gcologist, went nearly
crazy over the find, and wildly asserted
that the bonanza was worth 81, 500, 000,-
900. He had bought little stock and
on the strength of the millions he was
going to make he went to a big hotel in
San Francisco, hired a suit of eight
rooms, stocked them With champagne
and cigars, and kept open house for a
week. Everybody laughed at the crazy
German. Even John W. Mackay guess
ed wide of the mark on the value of the
find. He put it at $500, 900, 600 and de-
clared that it would take ten years to ex-
haust the mine. But Whitlach guessed
within few millions of the truth. He
said there was $125, 900, 900, in the bo-
nanza, and that 1870 stamps would use up
the ore in five years. The actual yield of
the mine was $4,000, 900, and the pay
ore was exhausted in four years and eight
months after the mine was opened.
In 1864 Whitlach himself made dis
covery in White Pine, Nevada, which
showed some of the richest silver orc
ever found in this country. His mine
contained ore worth $14, 900 ton. He
sold it for $l75, 900, put the money into
the San Francisco stock market, and il
two months he was again in the saddle,
and with little pack mule trailing be-
hind en- route to the mountains. Whit
ZACH is now securing Colorado for new
mines, with Leadville as his headquarters
He says there is more money underground
at Lcadvillc than has ever been taker
out. "The camp hasn't begun to boon
yet" he says.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-02-11
Exercise for Aged People.

N Bouchardat, professor of hygiene at
the Paris faculty of medicine, protested
in strong terms at recent lecture against
the advice given by some hygienists who
recommend almost complete rest to the
aged, in the following terms: 81 protest
against the oft repeated adage that old
age is the age of rest" This sentence
has led to very great error in hygiene
The regular general exercise of all organs
of nutrition and of locomotion is necessa.
ry to persons of all ages. The greatest
attention on this point is all the more
necessary that the tendency to rest brings
on a gradual deminution of the strength.
If the old man does not resist, his
strength will visibly and progressively
diminish, and the few days he may have
to live may be transformed into just so
many hours. In proof that regular daily
exercise is beneficial to the aged one has
only to observe the results in some of the
handsomest old men, who take little r'no
rest. Moderate exercise, particularly
walking. should be the leading .precepl
of, the hygiene of the aged, withous
which longevity is well nigh impossible.
Professor Bouchardat also recommends
that old people should maintain their I'M
tcllectual faculties, or otherwise they will
get into state of incurable torpor. This
is best accomplished by having some
steady intellectual pursuit, and by taking
an active interest in the events and pro-
grcss of the day. In our boyhood we re-
member very old man, who told us he
kept in as perfect health as an old man
can be by chopping wood for an hour OF
two every day. This he regarded as suf-
fcient exercise for him. Another old
man we know finds his health greatly
benefited by saving wood with the ordi,
nary buck saw.--HeraH Of Health.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-02-11
THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN.


A cup of hot water drank before meals
will prevent nausea and dyspepsia,
One in faint should be laid flat on
his back; then loosen his clothes and let
him alone.
The Australian Chemist and Druggist
says that essence of peppermint painted
on burn causes the pain to cease at
once.
1t is said by one who has tried it that
cayenne pepper sprinkled upon hot fan
nels will afford instant relief to persons
troubled with neuralgia.
Never wash in warm water before go
ing out in the cold air. Such practice
will roughen the skin. Warm water
should be used only before retiring.
A growing inability to sleep in sick
ness is ominous of fatal result; in ap-
parent health, it indicates the failure of
the mind, and madness; so on the other
hand, in disease or dementia, a very
slight improvement in the sleeping should
be hailed as the harbinger of restoration.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-02-11
Two Tame Turtles.

One beautiful sunny day in the carly
spring of last year Mrs. Robertson, of S52
West street, was surprised to find at the
gate opening from her yard in the alley
two turtles, one a hard turtle and the
other a ground turtle. She took them
both in, and they have since become regu-
lar household pets, following her around
the house like dogs, allowing her to pct
them and handle them with impunity.
They have made friends with the three
household cats which Mrs. Robertson
keeps, and, although of different species,
they frolic together in dignifed manner
all day, except at meal times. When
their meal, consisting of bits of meat and
sometimes a couple of bones, which they
are expected to polish, is given them, it
is amusing to sec their race for the dish
in which it is set out, and the one reach
ing the dish first is sure to be attacked by
the slow one. Since the advent of cold
weather the turtles have buried them
selves in the ground under the cellar fool
and will remain there until the warn
weather comes again. Tom and Jerry
are the names given to these two curious
pets by Mrs Robertson, and she has be-
come very much attached to them. Phil
adelphid Neics.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-02-11
Frost Proof Men.

Just as | regard a frost proof lower ami
NAL, so also do | respect the frost proof
higher one, man himself. l can see little
to admire in the organization of one who
fears the frost; because, whatever his
mental endowments may be, he lacks an
essential of the perfect physical man,
that is, manhood. As for boys they are
like persimmons in this, that they never
approached maturity until the frost
has sweetencd them; and removed the
peculiar acerbity of some green things
The lad who has never gathered shell
barks when his fingers tingled, or never
brushed the October frost from the clover
stubble with his bare feet, has missed an
experience in early life which would have
sent him into the world with harder mus
cles and steadier nerves for duties which
might await his coming. Your vigorous
men with ruddy faces are CT supreme
good nature, for ''life is sweet to them"
1t is the confirmed dyspeptic who has the
monopoly of that worst form of i'll humor,
chronic peevishness. Outing.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-02-11
Curing FrOSibiteS.

DR.. Lapatin, in the Proceedings of
the Caucasian Medical Society,"" advises
that fingers and toes which have been
slightly frostbitten, and which subse-
quently suffer from burning, itching, and
pricking sensations, should be painted,
at first once and afterwards twice a day,
with mixture of diluted nitric acid and
peppermint water in equal proportions.
After this application has been made for
three or four days the skin becomes
darkencd and the epidermis is shed,
healthy skin appearing under it. The
cure is effected in from ten to fourteen
days. The author has found this plan
very efTcctual among soldiers who were
unabled to wear their boots in conse-
quence of having had frozen feet. They
were, in this way, soon rendered capable
of returning to duty.