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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-25
Ihe Hotel Registor Must Go.

The register at some Of the fashionable
hotels will soon bo among tho unused II
not among the forgotten things. There
Is movement on foot to abolish u en-
tirely, and sooner or later, like a good
many other things. IL will have TO go.
People are buster now than they used to
be, or else they are lazier. Formerly hotel
guests registered their names and tho
places from which they came with good
deal Of accuracy and attention. Now
most Of tie public men and generally all
lady travellers decline 70 allow their names
10 appear ON the book at all. They simply
give their names and places Of residence
TO the clerk, who notes the same and
sticks tho httle card containing the In
formation Ia the office rack. The real
object OF tho register was to accommodate
the outsider any way. and even In this
respect has fallen into dlsuse. The
stranger comes In looking for friend
and cousults tho book, and nine times
out Of ten IL he does not find the name on
the register he turns and asks the clerk III
the person no seeks is stopping In tho
house. This Is a fast age, and the regis
ter seems 10 be In the way now on tho
hotel dosk.--New York Grahhic.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-25

1t is estimated that the total number Of
books in all the American public libraries
is q, ,000, 900.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-25

CAFE, SURE AND SPEEDY CURE.
- Rupture, vartcocele and Special Diseases
OF eithsr eek. why be humbuased BY Quacka
ULAa PHYaloIAH = in PhiladalrhiA Who makes z
spNciaity of the above disoases, ana Cunne
nno evening. strangers can be treated ana 70
turn home same day. Ofiices private:
DIR. w. II. Wkl0aTs
r.. o. Box 6I1 fhusoeipnih.
feb1-lvdAv
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-25
NERvoUs nEADAcnEs.
The Nerves

nomberg says /" that neurais 10 10 the prayer
OF the nerves for healthy blood" This 10
equally true Of every form Of nervous disease.
II the blond n In normal condition the ner-
vous system receives from 10 the strength fts
functions require. Hence the ailimpcr tant
Questaon Of the purin cation Of the blood again
impresses itseif upon M. moment Of care
fui thought enables ua 10 realise Why HOods
earsapArtlla BY its power 70 purify the blood
produces cures I'm great variety OF diseases
to an extens hitherto UNKNOWN.
when began taking Hood's sarsaparilla
YVES confined 70 tho BED nearly al the time.
Nov I am MP the best part OF the Gay. have .
better appetite than for ave yeAr1s ana am not
nearly eo nervous ~ have bean" hhs' ANS
A. HArLus. Nicetown. Philadelphia.
Nervous Headaches
81 1have been for years great suffersr from
nerv GUS headache Of an unusually severe type
! have tried \ great many remedies, but nevei
found any relief TIL I began 70 use HOODS eAr
sapA, iiIa. Before the second bottle was gone
my headaches were not % severe NOR 20 fre
Qrent lam just beainntng the fourth bottle
and have not felt % we'll for ycars. The con
fused disKy feeling In tho head 10 abeolutl y
gone. and my general health 70 wonderfully
improved. vrits tsie, hoping it may inducs
soine other sufferer like myself 70 try this In
valuable medicine" MRS. W. 3. CAarwhisnr
shelter island. sufFoik Co. n. Y.
Hoods Sarsaparilla
soid BY All drussists. u six for Z Prepartt
only by q. I. HOOD . CO., Lowell. Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-25
RUPTURE.

cialty
20 Years References Profs. ". ID. Gross, ID,
HTuss a onew, Willard Parker. ". H. Pan
coast, Or. Thomas e.. Norton, and Surgeon
Generals of the U. a. Army and navy
Illustrated Catalogue-Contents :-HerniA or
Rupture delineated It's different descriptions
cause treatment and cure Also oorpuiency,
Abdominal Weaknesses and Varfoocele. BOOK
OF 90 PIP. and $50 iilustrations; Mailed on re-
cetpt of So postaae 1. B. sEkLEl co,
dyya-smde6dxisfw Philadelphia. Pa.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-25
A YER's HAIR vIaoK
Dress the Hair

with Ayers Hair vigor. Its cleanliness. ben.
encial efiects on tho scalp, auo lasting per.
fume commend II for universal toilet use II
keeps the hair soft and silktp. preserves its
oolor. prevents u from falling, ana, II the hair
has become weak or thin. promotes new
growth.
"ro restore tho original color OF my hair,
which hla turned prwmatureiy gray. uscd
Ayers Hair vjeor with entiie success ]
chserfuliy testify to the
EFFICACY
OF this preparation."-Ars. r. II. Davidson.
ALEXANDRIA, La.
81 was afiicted some three years with scalp
disease. NY hair was falling out ana what ro-
mniued turned gray l was induced TO try
Ayers Hatr vigor and in Q few weeks the ois
eR ~ Ia my seal y disappeared ana my hair ro-
sumsd It's original colOr"-tHav >. y. simss
Pastor u. II. church. ST. Hernicc, Ind.
"a few years ago suffered the entire loas OF
my hair from thsenects OF tettor, hoped that
alter time nature would repair the iosss but
1 waited In vain. Many remedies we're eug.
Rssted, none, however, with such PROOF Oi
merit as Ayers HAIR vigor. ana began to- use
H. The result was all could have desired. 4
growth OF bair soon came out A.l over my
head ana grew to be ~ soft ana heavy ~
ever had, and of O natural color, ana frmtt
set."-J. Il Pratt, spoford. Texas.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-14

COMMENTING on the fact that q congress
ional reapportionment under the census of
1890 and the admission of the Territories as
States make the Republican victory moro i'm
portant than it otherwise would be, and more
overwhelming to the Democracy, the st.
Louis Post Dispatch fretfully observes:
There is nothing in the temper of the Re-
publican party to indicate that it will not take
advantage of all the opportunities il enjoys to
perpetuate its power, and General Harrison is
not under mugwump influences or pledges"
Why should it not take advantage of its op.
portunitiesi And why should not General
Harrison and all the best men of the party do
their part toward perpetuating Republican
powerf All who are Republicans from princi-
pie rejoice in the prospect of establishing these
principles as the motive power of the govern
ment, and if, as they believe. the country
will be the better for four years of Republican
administration, they must necessarily believe
that an indefinite extension of the same rule
will be beneficial. He is poor Republican,
or as the Dispatch very correctly puts it, a
mugwump, who would not take advantage of
the opportunity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-14

IT has been quite evident for the past forty.
eight hours that the Democratic managers
proposed to rob the Republican party and the
country of an important part of the victory
gained in the election of last Tuesday. The
House Of Representatives is to be stolen if
possible and we shall then see a repetition in
Washington of the disgraceful and criminal
tactics employed in the Indiana State Senate,
in 1887, to create and maintain fraudulent
Democratic majority. This is done to keep
oat the Western Territories, to still further
disfranchise the people of Dakota and Wash.
ington, and other Territories. and thus Ere
vent the introduction of new States. This is
the latest Democratic revolutionary scheme.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-14
AS TO OFFICE SEEKING.

In regard to changes in Office under the
next administration, it is to be hoped the Re-
publican party will not make such an exhibit
ton of itself as the Democrats did four years
ago. Such a rush and clamor for Office as
that never was before, and never ought to be
again. Let US act as if there was something
else in politics besides the spoils, some other
motive behind the magnificent enthusiasm
which elected General Harrison than posses
sion of the Offices. We know very we'll there
was, and that the great mass of those who
supported him were actuated by disinterested
and patriotic motives; but the great mass does
not include all, and the number of persons de-
string Office will undoubtedly be considerable.
Let these observe something of the proprieties
of the occasion, and not subject the Repub-
lican party to the imputation of being as hun
cry and thirsty as the Democracy were four
years ago. Justice to the incoming President
demands that he should not be overwhelmed
by ofice-seekers, his time consumed and his
strength exhausted to the exclusion of more
important matters. It has been thought that
the death of his grandfather was due in no
small degree to the overwhelming rush of Of
fee seekers, and other Presidents have been
nearly driven to death the same way. 1t is
an unseemly sight, and great injustice to
the President. If Republicans wish the new
President to do himself, the party and the
country justice, they should not crowd him
nor his Cabinet officers too hard in the matter
of changes in Office.
Not only is reasonable time required to do
these things properly, but many of the desired
changes cannot be made at once. The tenure
of-office law and the civil-service law must be
observed in spirit as well as in letter. OFF,
cials commissioned for four years from the
date of their appointment, who are competent
and efficient and who have given no cause for
their removal, will probably be permitted to
serve out their terms, many Of which will
not expire till year or two after the new ad-
ministration goes in. The new President
cannot be be expected to make sweeping re-
movals in such cases. At all events,
those who do expect it will likely be disap-
pointed. AS to classified department clerk
ships and places embraced in the civil-service
law, while they are subject to peremptory
removal, appointments to them can only be
made under the law. Railway mail clerkships
do not come under the civil-service law and
that branch of the service ought to be re-
formed as soon as possible. Bat by all means
let the new administration be given time to
do these things decently and in order. and
not be driven crazy by rush of office-oeekers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-14
General Harri.on's Faith in the People.

Indianapolis Special to Philadelphia Press.
WAS General Harrison apprehensivs as to
the result OF the electioni' asked DIR. Huston,
who. better than almost any body else, was in O
position to know the feeling of the General
General Harrison be replied, 'hsd the
greatest faith. he often said, in the intelli-
gence and sense Of right of the American peo
pie. He is thoroughly imbued with the con-
scientious belief that the protective principle 10
right and must prevail. He may not have felt
entirely at ease regarding Indiana. 1t is folly
to deny that the majority of voters in Indiana
are Democrats and il is useless to try TO con-
ceal the fact that the State will not be Re-
publcan until there are moro echoolhouses and
churches within its borders. 1t WAS hard
fight that was before The Democrats were
desperate and Were equipped with money ~
they had never been before. Do You know how
We carried the STATED 1t was by appeals to Re-
publcans who were called here for conference
to do their utmost. I explained TO them that
General Harrison would rather be defeated
than elected without the vote of Indiana, and
urged upon them the full importance of carry
ing tho State. General Harrison appeared
before them on my invitation, and when these
men returned to their homes they went to work
with greater zeal They passed the word along
the line and it was State pride that won the
victory. / knew the State was close-much
closer than felt it was advisable to allow any
body to know"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-14
THE SCREENING CLEVELAND.
The Washington correspondent of the Phil
adelphia Record gets off the following:

The Washington correspondent Of the Phil
adelphia Record gets off the following:
There has never been any doubt among
those who knew what was going on at that
time here. in Washington. that the President,
if left to himself, would have written letter
q year ago last summer announcing that he
would not be candidate for reelection. He
has not changed his mind about the inexpe-
diency of giving any man two terms in the
White House. He holds, and has always
held the views he has expressed on this head
il his letter of acceptance. and he would have
been glad to illustrate them in his own exam.
ple But the party leaders insisted that his
first duty was not to himself nor his private
opinions, but to his party"
The Record is, in some sense, mouth.
piece of the President, its editor and proprietor
being an intimate personal friend, and the
foregoing statement may be regarded as Mr.
Clsveland's official explanation of his incon-
sistent course. 1t will not be accepted by the
public, however. If there is one thing more
than another that Democratic politicians
friendly or unfriendly to the President, have
insisted upon, it is that he has never been
amenable to advice but has relied entirely
upon his own judgment and acted according
to his own whims. during his administration.
1t is too late, now, to lay the responsibility of
his change from one-term advocate to
schemer for his own reelection upon others
than himself. The public may or may not
accept the theory that he is stiff-necked and
unbending in his reliance upon himself in
all matters, but the fact that almost
from the beginning of his term he has been
filled with an eager ambition to succeed him.
denied. 1t was not his advisers who induced
him to become a candidate, but his own love
of power and place, which grew upon him
the longer he occupied the Office. There is
nothing especially Objectionable in such am
bition Of itself; but the hypocritical NANTES
tations of indifference, while at the same
time he was bending every energy to the ac-
complishment of his purpose and turning the
entire civil service into machine, made his
candidacy offensive to honest people. The
country Is convinced that he was consumed
with an inordinate desire to retain his high
office, and that for his own personal gratifca-
ton he was ready to sacrifice public interests
to any extent. Itsuited the party managers
that he should do this, but it was not neces-
sary that they should urge him to the course.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-14

II IL said to have been repeatedly tried between
Brennan and New York with success. The
rocket to which is attached q cylinder filled
with oil. can be exploded at any distance. there
by calming the water wherever it is found
necessary. In one of the experiments five rock
cts were fired distance of 500 feet. and the
oil from them covered q space OF from !, 200 to
1000 square feet. The invention has been pur-
chased by the North German Lloyds.
The abject figure Of q miserable. looking col
ored man. with one arm, has been a familiar
spectacle on the streets of Washington for q
long time. Fashionable ladies contributed PEN
were quite indignant when he was arrested, a
few dsys ago, for vagrancy, one lady going SO
far as to take up collection for the payment OF
his fine. At the police station, however. ie was
shown that, while be dressed in rags for Wash
ington. he wore broadcloth in Alexandra. his
Not content with bringing the moon to within
200 miles of the earth by the aid Of 34-nch OBJ
ject glass in the Lick observatory. the public
spirited citizens of California are preparing to
The University Of Southern California has en-
powered Mr. Clark, OF Cambridge, Mass. to
provide the proper instruments, and he has
agreed to complete them within FIVE years. The
glass alone will cost $780, 600, and will be strong
enough to draw the moon within ninety miles Of
the scientists vision.
Marrying convicts is becoming epidemic. Last
week young girl and murderer within three
weeks of death were welded in the San Fran
cisco JAIL and in Camden, n. j., on Saturday,
two young men awaiting transportation to the
penitentiary to serve tenyears' sentences, were
married to their swsethearts. The ceremonies
were performed in the county Jail by justice
OF the peace and after the two bridegro9ms had
kissed their wives they were returned to their
cells to prepare for trip to Trenton.
On Sunday Miss Martha A. Mcconnell was
ordained and installed deaconess in the Re-
formed Presbyterian Church of McKeesport.
Pa. She is said to be the first woman ever
elected to the Office Of deacon. Her election
took place year ago, but the minister refused
to ordain her, claiming that it was not legal.
The matter was referred to the presbytery. and
then to the synod, which body decided Ia her
favor.
humboldt lake, in Nevada. 10 dry at certain
seasons of the year. Its bed is q complete mass
Of tule roots. much resembling peat in its looks
and comoustible qualities During the recent
dry spell somebody set it on fire, and the ground
is now burning with fierceness that is alarm
ing the residents and filling the valley with vol
umes of dense and disaRreeahe-smsiiing smoke.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-14
Hsrrison's Qualifications.
New York Mail and Express.


Seriously speaking. few Republican Presi.
denrs-elect have had less oc, sion for advice a.
to the composition of their frst Cabinets thar
the great Indianian who has served ak years il
the Senate and who. in several campaigns. ha
come in contact with the people in q large Dor
ton of the North, and with al the promip.n,
Republican statesmen and Solitic.sns. In
leaders below the rank OF til. highest was faI
less when he made his Srst c. binet. johnson
had very little know.sdga Of the axpublicsr
party North. Grant had still less. usyes was
not SO we'll informed as Harrison is Garfield
and Arthur were no better informed, ard each
was hampered and weakened by various cir
cumstapces. General Harrisons nomination
came to him under circumstances that leave him
absolutely free to choose every member of his
Cabinet for public and self-evident reasons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-14
TIE BREAKING SOUTH.

Signs of Southern disintegration are already
visible in many places. In general way the
solid South takes Cleveland's defeat hard. The
unthinking mass of Democratic voters accept
the teachings of their leaders and have vague
forebodings of disaster to follow the return of
Republicans to power. There are indications,
however, in various quarters that the intelli.
gent leaders do not by any means, regard it
as altogether calamity. An interview with
prominent South Carolina Democrat in the
Charleston News and Courier, itself a bitter
and uncomprOmising party organ, is case in
point. He is quoted as saying:
81, for one, am getting tired of being used
as a cats-paw to rake the chestnuts out of the
fire for Northern politicians of New York of
the Hewitt Hill Grant-Dana stripe. For
twenty years or more these people have been
using US TO serve their selfish ends. The SOL
id South has been used as a cat's-paw by
them, and the solid South is a solidifed fool if
it does not kick over the traces. What would
do7 Why. do this: would have a conven-
ton Of the Southern States. Let the conven-
ton meet and discuss the situation. Let us
say TO the national Republican committee:
We are tired of this thing and want to break
through the traces. Give US your assurance
that you will give US decent federal officials in
the South and will break up the solid South.
We will cut loose from Tammany, and County
Democracy. and Hill, and all the rest of them,
and vote for the best man for President,
whether he be Republican or Democrat"
These sentiments are undoubtedly held by
a great number of the progressive men of the
South. Under the fair and just sdministra-
ton which President Harrison will certainly
give them, a change of political attitude may
be expected to occur which will forever settle
the questions of the war, and make those States
apart of the Union once more in fact, as well
as in name.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-14
IN THE DRIFT.

A Connecticut blacksmith, whose sole posses-
sion was little shop located a country turn
pike, was in love with the daughter of g pros
porous farmer in the vicinity. His suit was
looked upon with disfsvor by the father of the
girl, because tho applicant was poor and rank
Republican, while he was rich and dyed In the
wool Democrat The blacksmith had suffered
numerous repulses and finally the farmer in
vented a scheme whereby he hoped to get rid of
the young man forever. Imbued with the belief
that Cleveland would be elected, he proposed
that ifthe election went Harrison's way the young
man should have the girl, while if Harrison was
defeated bill of sale OF the blacksmith's shop
should be given the farmer. and the young man
vas accepted, and the farmer went home chuck
ling over how easily he had got rid of the OBJ
jsctorable suitor. A few days ago he lad
changed his view OF the matter, aud now he is
trying to have the wedding postponed until
after the inauguration.
Hugh McKeavers, a New York quarryman,
began jolifyiog the other night by exploding
dynamite cartridges q safe distance from his
house. 1t began raining compelling him to 60
indoors, and while there he lit the fuse Of one Of
the cartridges and attempted to throw il out
side. 1t struck the woodwork and fell back
i, % the room and McKeevers ran into an ad-
joining room where his children were in bed. A
minute later the shell exploded, tearing the
house almost to pieces and blowing the bed and
its human contents through one Of the walla
None Of the inmates were seriously injured.
Shilling troubled waters with oil has bssn &C :
eomplished frequently, but tine prastee has not
come into general use with vessels owing to
imperfect methods in distributing it on the sur
face Of the ocean. An invention has recently
been patented 10 Germany which provides for
the oil being fred from the ship in rockets. and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-14

DEMOCRATIC papers which prematurely an
nounced the death Of Hon. William II. Bar
mum, Of the national Democratic committee,
are now apologizing and are evidently hoping
that his sudden and severe illness was not the
result of disappointment over the election,
licans will join in tie wish. Although they
take natural pleasure in making the enemy
realize its defeat, they are not heartless, and
would greatly regret fatal consequences in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-14

Philadelphia Press.
The Republican candidate did more for himseli
than any other man could do for him. His
nomination was welcomed IS the wisest and
most fortunate choice the convention could
have made but strong he was at the start
ne grew steadily every day. Every presiden.
tiai contest has its own peculiar phases, and
TINS was no exception. 1t WAS the hrst cam
paign In our history in. which the candidate
stamped his direct and palpable impress on the
country every day without going away from bis
nome at all Garfield and Blaine both made
tours; both passed through the trying ordeal
Win extraordinary success and each made o
remarkable series Of speeches
GENERAL Harrison decided at ths outset that
ne would not leave his own State but the
unique feature OF the visiting delegations drew
from him more speeches than IL he bad gone
abroad. and through these 6eliverances the
whole country had the opportunity, day by day.
OF studying his quality and fiber. This long
course of public utterances, stretching through
nearly three months, will bear favorable COM
parisou with any of the kind that have ever
been made; the moral and mental strength Of
the man shone in ell Of them: he cid not make
a mistake from the beginning to the end; and
the impression and estimate Of the people
deepensd every day Apart from the pith,
aptness. ability and elevation OF his speeches,
the dignity, self-poise and indebtedness with
which he has borne himself, won general re-
spect and admiration; and thus the candidate
without doing anything more thar meeting the
obligations which came directly to him, helped
his own cause beyond calculation.