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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-12
ILLINOIS CANDIDATES.

Fifcr and Ray--Both Self Made Men--A
Lawyer and y Merchant.
Joseph Fifer, nominated by the Repub.
licans Of Illinois for governor, was born
45 years ago at Staunton, Va, n region
now celebrated from the fact of It's hav.
ing been fought over during the civil
war, especially by Stonewall jackson. In
1857 Fifcr went with his parents TO live
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-12
A New Railroad president.

Roswell Miller has been called to the
presidency Of the Milwaukee and st. Paul
railroad made vacant by the death of
Alexander Mitchell. Mr.. Miller was
born in Pennsylvania forty years ago. He
was ut one time sllperntendent ~ thu
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-12

The best books are within the reach OF
tho most meagei purse. You can get 6
good companion for as little cost as .
good cigar.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-12
In the Madding Crowd.

"Garringer, my watch has stopped. Ia
yours goingf"
Going, BroRleyi Its gonel"-DetrO!t
Free Press.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-12

A process has been discovered for pro
ducing photographs on metal.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-12
AMENS In A THEATRE.
A GREAT METHODIST MASS MEET
ING IN NEW YORK.

II Was Held In the Metropolitan Opera
House and Was Most Impressive In Its
Efect-Picturcs with Fen aud PeneiI
Taken On the Spot.
Methodist mass meeting. writes a New
York correspondent Of this paper, ''is a
rather novel phrase, conveying a sugges
tion Of politics; but the particular mass
meeting held In the Metropolitan Opera
house, New York city, on the afternoon
OF Sunday, May 0, was all that the phrase
Implies. II was 'masscd' meeting, for
the auditorium Tor as actors would call It,
the proscenium) was literally packed. and
all the five circles were filed. even TO the
lofty gallery. Not less than $500 people
were present; and yet the powerful voice
of Bishop Fowler, suffering from hoarse.
ness though he was. was heard In every
corner Of the immense room. Part Of his
success, Of course was due to the splendid
acoustic properties Of the building.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-12

CDsinnati boasts the biggest PIN poo.
game In the country.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-08
Letters 1000 Years Old.

A remarkable discovery has been made
in Egypt Of tablets or letters, which COM
pose a literary correspondence Of $500
to 1000 years ago, carried on between
Egyptians and Asiatics. The tablets
now in Vienna represent letters and
dispatches sent to Egypt by the gov
errors and kings of Palestine, Syria,
Babylonia and other countries Of West
ern Asia. The find is remarkable every
way, and opens the people of that age TO
us with freshness and familiarity. 1t Is
clear that the literary spirit is very
ancient, and Professor Sayce surmises
we shall yet find libraries of clay books.
One town in Judah was called Book
Town." or Library Town" The mo
menturn of this discovery will be marked.
Rich men should hesitate nc longer &c
all in unearthing the vast treasures Of
the Orient. Globe Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-08
Steam an Invisible yapor.

When water once begins to boil it L
impossible to raise its temperature any
higher; all excess Of heat is absorbed by
the escaping, as so called, latent heat,
and is given out again when it con
denses. We often speak of seeing the
steam escaping from the mouth of a
kettle, but this is incorrect-steam is an
invisible vapor, and we can no more see
it than we can air. What we do see are
the minute drops # water into which the
steam condenses IN coming into the cool
air. If we boil water in a glass flask,
we shall notice that nothing can be seen
in the interior and by observing the
steam escaping from a kettle we shall
notice hat there is quite a distance be-
tween the end Of the spout and the point
where the cloud becomes visible. This
cloud Of steam is of exactly the same ma
ture as the clouds which float in the sky,
and which are formed by the coudensa.
ton in cool upper regions of aqueous
vapor in the air.-Safety Valve.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-08
A MIDSUMMER SONG.

o. father's gone to market town, he was up DO
And Jamie's after robins, and the man Is making
hay,
And whistling down the hollow goes the boy that
minds the mill,
While mother from the kitchen door Is calling
with a will.
-Polyl Polly! The COWS are in the corui oh.
where's Pollyf"
From all the misty morning there comes a sum-
mer sound,
Amurmur as Of waters from skies and trees and
ground
me birds they sing upon the wing, the pigeons
bill and COO,
And over hill and hollow rings again the loud
halloo;
-Pollyl Polly The cows are in the corn Oh,
where's PollyT"
Above the trees the honey bees swarm by with
buzz and boom,
And In the field and garden a thousand blossoms
bloom.
Within the farmers meadow a brown eyed daisy
blows,
And down at the edge of the hollow a red and
thorny rose.
But Polly Pollyi The cows are in the corn!
oh, where's Polly!
How strange at such q time Of day the mill
should stop its clatterl
The farmers wife is listening now, and wonders
what's the matter.
OF wild the birds are singing In the wood and on
the hill,
While w~histling up the hollow goes the boy that
minds the mill.
But Pollyi Polly The COWS are In the corn
oh. where's Polly'
Richard Watson Glider.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-08
The Drying OF Mosses.

The power of the mcsses TO endure re-
peated desiccation has recently been ex-
p~erimentally treated by g. Schroeder, who
obtained the interesting result that many
of these plants cannot only resist months
of dryness without any harm, but also
that they do not perish even under the
strongest desiccation carried on in a drier
with the aid Of sulphuric acid. Plants
of Barbula muralis, which were exposed
for eighteen months in the drier, after q
few wettings resumed growth in all their
parts. Other species of barbula behaved
similarly.
A curious experiment was performed
with Grimmia pulvinata, in which a
stock which had been cultivated for some
time in a moist atmosphere under a bell
glass was suddenly exposed to a warm
and perfectly dry current Of air. 1t be-
came so dry in a short time that it could
be pulverized. Then it lay in a drier for
ninety-five weeks. But the q~uickening
moisture was still competent to awaken
il TO renewed life. The most rapid dry
ing which could be performed in the
laboratory could not destroy the plant.
1t ever showed greater power Of resist.
ance than would correspond with its real
necessities, for so speedy and complete
a drying out as was effected in the eX-
periments never counts in nature.-Popu-
lar Science Monthly.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-08
Mrs. Burnett's Bright Boy.

Some n recently asked Mrs. Burnett's
son Vivian, the original of Little Lord
Fauntleroy," what was meant by $50
ciety." Society" said Vivian, ''why
it's a thing where there's lots of people,
who all come to your house, and they
come up to your mamma, who is in the
drawing room looking very beautiful, in
a lovely dress. and they shake hands with
her and say, Why, how do you dor and
then they gable, gable, gable, gable,
gable, and then they come up again to
your mamma and say, oh, I'm so sorry,
but | must 60 now, good by and then
they go away, and that's all."-Boston
Heard.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-08
Forty-hye Million Hens.

The minister of agriculture has been
taking a census of the fowls Of France
and he informs us that the country con
tains As, 900, 900 hens, worth on an av-
erage 80 cents apiece. One-fifth Of these
hens and 1000, 900 cocks are killed an
nually, and they sell for $500, 900 in
the market. The other 36, 600, 900 hens
lay about 5000, 900, 900 eggs every year,
worth l is cen apiece. This sums up
to not less than S36, 1900 Therefore
the chickens Of France produce SCI, 200,-
900 a year. They form no unimportant
item of the national debt; and whether
fried, roasted. boiled or stewed, they are
the most tender specimens Of the feath.
cred tribe you ever tasted. Paris Cor.
New Orleans Picayune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-08
Tho Death of Clsopatra.

DR.. Viaud Grand. Marais, Of Nantes,
has been holding IN inquest on the sud.
den death Of Cleopatra. lie rejects the
theory that her death was caused by the
bite OF a viper. She was accustomed 10
test the effects Of various poisons on her
slaves, in order 10 ascertain which caused
the easiest death. Having shown that
no viper was found in the room Of the
fair suicide, that her body presented no
traces Of bites, and that her two maid
servants were found dead or dying at the
foot Of her bed, he come 10 the conclu-
sion that her death was caused by car
bonic oxide. -Bullehn General dc Their
apeutiQue.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-08
Hiring Wedding Outfits.

Among the oldest developments Of
New York's haberdashery is that shoI
where underlinen may he hired for trous
seaux purposes, and where the finest Of
garments may be had for the honeymoon
only, if the intending wearer will Lay
down cold cash sufficient to buy out.
right a moderate outfit. - New Yorl
Commercial Advertiser.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-08
View of he Harbor.

There are some advantages in New
York, even for the penniless and home
less. For instance, one Of the most
glorious sights in the world can be seer
all day and every day from the Battery
park, scenes shifted every minute, and
no extra charge for reserved seats. The
millionaire can buy nothing finer with al
his money.-New York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-08
For Cleaning Pigs Feet.

A machine for cleaning pigs feet Is
about the last thing expected in the line
of invention. but that machine has been
devised. and doea its work by the success
sive impact against the material to be
cleaned of steel knives held on a revolv-
ing cylinder by flexible connections. like
rubber OF other elastic material. Boston
Budget,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-08
Left Alone In the World,

Vagrant-I have no father or mother
nor any relations At all TO care for me.
Philanthropist-Poor man, are they all
dead2
"No; they got rich. Texas Siftings.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-08
Insanity Among Negroes.

Thirty years ago insanity was almost
unknown among the southern negroes,
but nov the number thus effected in
North Carolina alone is estimated al
1000, and the asylum for treatment al
G%oldsboro has just been enlarged. New
York Press.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-08

The burlington Free Press says il Is q
great day for garden beds when the rain
comes down in sheets. Yes, and IL is q
great day for hay harvesters when the
rain comes down in pitchforks. New
York Tribune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-08

caapc D That the presence o. Gen.
erals Beauregard and
EsfIy, who are In change Of the drawings, " q
qua rnnteo Of absolute fairncs. and Integrity, that
the chances Are all equal aud that no one can pos.
sibly divine what number wiildraw a Prite,
REMEMBER, also, that the payment of Prizes
Ia GUARANTEED BY TOIH NATIONAL
BANKS o. New Orleans, and the Tickets arc
signed ny the President Of IN Institution, whose
ohartertcd rights are recognized in tie higher
Courts therefore. bow are Of any limitations or
noDVmous schmemcs.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-08
Wealthy CoIored Men.

There are said 10 be more than 100
colored men in Washington who are
worth s25, 900 or yer Fred Douglass
has n fortune Of $500, 900.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-08

A million dollars goes n long ways to-
wards maxim an ordinary citizen a states
man.-Boston Globe.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-08

Professor Elisha Gray, Of Highland
Park, Ills, first used the word ''tele-
phone In the winter OF 1894.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-08

II your hat blows of In the street fol.
low Il with gentle dignity. Somebody
viii chase II for you.-Harpor's Bazaar.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-08
UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION
OVER MILLION DISTRIBUTED
Louisiana State Lottery Company.

Incorporated by the Legislature in 1868, for
Educational and Charitable purposes, and its fran.
chise made a part OF 1.-THE present state Constitution
in 1879, by an overwhelming popular vote.
Its GRAND ENTRAORDINARN DRAW
INGs take place Semi-Annually. tJune
NUMBER DRAWINGS take place IN each
of the other ten months in the year. and
are all drawn in public, at the Academ! oI
Music. New Orleans, La.
1--WE do hereby certify that We supervise the ar
rangements for all the Monthly and semi-AnBuaI
Drawings Of the louisiana state Lottery Company
and in person manage and control the drawings
themselves, and that the same are conducted Will
honesty, fairness, and In good faith toward all par
ties, and We authorize the Company to use Thu
certificate. with fae-similies u our signatures At
tached In It's Advertisements.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-08

We the undersigned Bans s aud Bankers will pay
all Prizes drawn 10 The Louisiana State Lotteries
which may De presented at our counters,
RIM, wALMsLEy, Pres. Louisiana Nat. Bank,
PIERRE LANAtN, Pres, State Nat. Bank,
A. BALDWIN, Pres. New Orleans MAJ, bank
CARL kOHN. Pres. Union National Bank.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-08
Grand Monthly Drawing
In the Academy Of Music. New Orleans
Tuesday, September II. 1898.
CAPITAL PRIZE 100000.

100, 900 Tickets NJ Twenty Dollars
each. Halves SO; Quarters S.; Teuths
.; Twentieths 81.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-08

koTE-1ickets drawing Capital Prizes are not
entitled 10 terminal Prizes,
70, Club Rates or any further Information de.
sired, write legibly TO the undersigned clearly stat.
ing your residence, with State, County, street and
Number, More rapid return mail delivery will bo
assured by your enclosing an Envelope bearing
your full address,
Send POSTAL NOTES, Express Money
Orders, Of New York Exchange IN ordinary letter.
Currency by Express Cat our en- psBss) addressed
M. A. DAUPHIN.
New Orleans, La.
or M, A. DAUPBIN,
Washington, ID, q.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-10-05
Sacred India Pea Fowls.

Birds Of brill ant plumasc, known as
pea fowls, run wild in the Indian jun
giles, strut freely about the rice fields
and frequent the sacred treos along the
Grand Trunk road. Thoso that fre-
quent the Grand Trunk road and stroll
about in the vicinity OF the villages, are
almost as tame and fearless in the pres
ence Of man as tho domesticated ones
that 50 prou lily strut about the lawn Of
an American country house.
The reason for their tamencss is found
in tho fact that they also, in common
with mtny things N both .hs animal
anu vegerablo Kingdoms, arc iv+d sa-
cred by tho Hiadoos The natives
never hunt, frighten nor molest the pea
cocks in any way, because thy arc held
sacred to their war-goI Kar tikcya. In
mythological times, when the Gods
made war uron each other, this deity, the
"Goi of War and Gsneralissimo of tho
Armies of the Gods wlt believed TO
ride to battle upon a peacock. II con-
sequence of this tradition, tho pious
Hindoo thinks it sacrilege to harm the
martial fowl or in any way to show it
disrespect.
The R,jput warriors used to go to
war wearing peacock feathers in their
| turbaus. and even now they believe tina.
these fowls scream when they hear thun'
der because the noise Is mistaken for
the din of battle
In certain districts the British govern
ment has made laws forbIldiog the
shooting of pea-fowIs by English hunt,
ing parties or by soldiers from the gar
risons. This i, done from the respect
that the government always desires to
show to the religious prejudices of the
| potives ISL Nicholas
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-10-05

"The Norway Sheen "

-''- ''I f''''
The fierce wind breaking from his bonfI
comes roaring from the vest
On every long, deep rolling wave the white
horse shows his crest
AS if a million mighty stecds had burst their
masters hold
For the wild white sheep of Norway are com
ing to the fold
The storm drum shows its warning sign; the
sea gulls swoop aud cry;
The feecy clouds are driven fast across the
stormy sky,
Along the sands the fresh foam-gouts in
ghastly sport are rolled
For the wild white sheep of Norway are
coming to the fold
Wistful the fisher seaward looks, out from
the great stone pir,
Wistful he stands, the breakers call along
the cliffs to hear,
To hear across the flowing ide, the ceaseles,
rock bell toled,
While fast and fierce the Norway sheep are
coming to the fold
'The wife and BARNS will get no bread from
yonder sea, he thinks,
As his idle coble 10y the stathes strains at its
cables links;
Small use to bait the lines, or sec the broad
brown sails unfurlod,
When the wild white sheep of Norway are
coming to the fold.
Good guard the ships at sen tonight" tho
stern old sailors say,
Straining keen eyes across the waste of heav
ing, tossing spray
Recalling many bitter night of storm and
dread Of OLD,
When the wild white sheep of Norway were
coming to the fold.
Oh! there is many an aching heart, here in
the red roofel town,
As wives and mothers hear the blast come
wailing from the down;
Who knows what tale of death or wreck
tomorrow may be told'
For the wild white sheep Of Norway are
coming to the fold
II All the Year Round.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-10-05

you l acted likc-well, | haSsi't words
strong enough to express my contempt
for my own actions in the wagon, and
you served me quite right. / admired
your pluck In getting rid Of
mo. Thank Goil you were
not killed, as arcd when |
picked you up. / thought you wcro
dead, and through my fault. 0nl
Hester, you will never know how |
felt then. And now the least can do
in return for all your kindness Is to re-
lieve you Of my presence. came down
to ask your father to lend ms hic Q
to take me over to the Profile toni ht.
I'll send for my other things tomorrow.
see him coming over the fields now;
but before l 90 could you bring your
self to say jlst once, Jack, l forgive
your You will novor seo me again,
though, God knowsl leave all my
happiness il leaving you"
II held out his hand and she put
hers into it.
'Jack,' sh9 said, in a low, unsteady
voice, Il forgive YOU" aud great tear
dropped on his brown hand.
"Hestcr bending over her, arc
you - BIT no, you can't be sorry |
am going; it is b1cau'e you arc not
strong, and hav1 tired you
He dropped on ono knoo beside the
hammock, so that his face was on a
level with hers, and he saw that her
long lashes wcro wet.
" You would not care to have INC
stay, Hester, would yon1 Don't you
really dislike and de'piso mo after alLl'
She shook her head.
'Blt, Hester it cant be you feel sorry
for me, perhaps, but if stay 1t mu be
forever. cou d never brace myself up
to another parting"
She turned her flushed face from hi.
earnest gaz', but very soft and low he
caught the words, Stay Jack.
Epoch.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-10-05
Arahian Tahle Eiinnette.

Tho eating operation is performed by
the Arabs in this wise. Five Of them
seat themselves around lrge bowl of
rice surmounte1 by skinny fowl, all
being curried. Two seize the wings
with their fingers and two the legs; and
simultaneously tearing these off, leave
tho carcass to the ffth, afterwards tax
ing out the rice by handfuls and dex-
terously conveying it to the mouth with
a peculiar jIk. One mark of hosli
tality shown to guests when at table
consists in the chiefs rolling up some
rice into ball in the palm of his hand
and aiming it at his guests, widely dis
tended jaws. o. oae occasion this
piece of civility was shown to myself,
but not being an adept at the art OF
swallowing rice balls when so pro jected,
the eff ct was anything but what my
kind entertainer anticipate !, for indc-
pendent of being nearly choked, tho
grains were scattered or rather splut-
tered, over the table ia manner that
ELECTED roars of lau liter even from the
grave Arabs. This, of course, was the
last experiment of the kind tried upon
me.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-10-05
Greek CIhrch Services.

Dresden, G. rn&ay, is iavorite win
ter resort fol RuSians, many of whom
have delightful yilas here. They hava
built a very p+tiy and picturesque
Greek church, kresentiug quito an
oriental appearalco with its clustered
domes. Lifting 4 portiere, ono enters
what seems to IDA large square room
with a highly-pols he'd floor, two bay
windows on eacll side, where the peo-
pie of rank go, a d an altar at the end,
nlaced in sort OF shrine, which is
entered by moansP Pf three large doors.
The choir standl quito near the en-
trance to the alta asd.is composed en-
tirely Of male voeos, boys singing the
higher parts. Tere is neither organ or
any instrumental accompaniment, and
the music is ALA the minor key, and is
vofy boausul f6erc arc nS>pews and
very few chairslfor every ono, unless
old or sick. issexpoctod to stand or
kneel during thfentire service, sermon
included. Scatred about are largo
stands for candl aad any worshipper
desiring to peram an act of devotion
places a liqhtedsandle in one of them.
The priests arc Stired with great mag
nifconce in pYs l.. crimson and gold
under vostmeits, and long robes of
green and god brocado, AMI wear
jcwelled crosse and rings. They wear
full beardi and long hair. The wor-
shippers constSntly iaIlupon their knees,
bowing their.beads to the ground with
with oriental humility and crossing
themselves cntinually, tho priests in
toning the praycrs and swinging censors,
while above oil rises the full molodious
swell of the cianted music. The effect
is quite impressive. The priest breaches
his sermon with casrol hands and bent
head, and dclgcrs it in what appears to
be carefully studied monotone, but.
fortunately, it's not very long, - Balti.
more Sun.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-10-05

-, si,,t.s, .,,,,,,,,. t,,, ,ree tins ahoW
A tunder lingering after glow
No fointeSt sound
Save sleepy wlir Of weary wings,
And sleepy song birding sings
That's homcward bound!
Tho shadow creap DER meadow lands
And DER the ford and river sands