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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-21

yxrsoxs LrAv1rs Towx ron TEE exAsos. Asp
oUuwrR TRAvELIRRs. cAu HAVE THB DAILY
fHTnI1osxcEn MAILnp TO THxx, Posr fAip
yua 10 CnsIs WEEK. THE ADDRESS BEING
CuANcxD A. OFrHH A. DEsrRnD.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-21

THE report just isSued on tho exports Of
provisions for July shows total value Of
beef, hog and dairy products exported Of
Ss,674, ,020, about slO0, 600 lees than in July OF
1887. For the seven months ending July
3lst IN increase Of about million Ii shown,
the total being s49,625, l2s. OF the July
shipments 81, 28l b26 were In cattle, $50, ,754
in hogs, t6. 674, ,99l In products of cattle and
hogs, 81 900. .a2o In dairy produotA
It's fact that certainly ought to be I'm
pressive Of something that in the nine
months ending July 81, 1888, We sent
abroad over twenty million dollars worth
OF bacon, nearly four millions OF ham, three
and third millions Of pork and over two
millions Of lard. These figures represent
the value OF 24i, sos, l4i poundv Of bacon,
nearly four million pounds OF ham, 4.GO7,'
| 800 pounds Of pork and q, ,769. 932 pounds o.
lard. In the three months ending July 81
We exported 80, 1873, $50 pounds OF cheese
and $50 tons OF butter.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-21

II tho Republican Call, OF Harrisburg,
has half tie weight that IT. enterprise and
ability give 1t . right "a, there will be q
high old time In Dauphin county st an early
date. In . double loaded editorial with the
heading "Let the kicker kick" tho follow
Ing graphic language 10 found: "lf politi-
cal vsssalage exists anywhere in this
broad land II crawls In the dust and licks
the feet 1.-THE Republican tosses In DAuphin
county. Ono man power In Dauphin county
politics II more arrogant than It II In Ger
many and Russia, for neither czsr nor
kaiser could possibly be more imperious In
dictation TO . subject than 10 Dauphin
county Republican boss In his rule Of local
politics"
Editor Sturgeon will not hide his lndig-
nation at the methods OF these ringsters.
He will continue 70 pursue the villains, and
although he has Q hard task TO compel them
to desist they may In time be conquered.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-21

~ iSSn4 arYsixsennc1a publishes all IL
Y - ,aewS az the United fress mp r.
& ~ Eo1e posssbIe hour.
~ .-4no DAILY ndit3Cn OF TEE lrrnE
3 1Iu0 = 0oaivered py carrters I'm the city
~ ennuanafng towDs for loo. per week
s ~ uasl 40 : yoArs an for six months
~ ~ thres mcaths, -. Per NORTH.
- WnnRnY "reminiscences (Doubie 1noss,
9lvAt Pagss. only si.O Per annums IN 70
vnneA
osS11R1bss wishing their address changed
nUss nlso rate whore the paper u now non
aSvsrtissrsnss from 10 70 . ets. PER iins
! 80 Insertion, according 70 location.
THE tNTELLI0HNCKh
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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-27
Lunatics Cured by Kindness,

The strange colony of lunatics at Gbeel, In
the Belgian Campine has long engaged the
attention of specialists, and 50 satisfactory
has been its working that duplicate of il
has lately been established. In these col
onieS the lunatics are boarded out with the
Inhabitants, live as members of the family,
assist in their work, and have liberty to move
about st Will. The regularity and healthful-
ness OF the life led by the afflicted inhabitants
OF Gheel restores considerable proportion
of them to their right mind.
Gheel, however, is in the Flemish speaking
portion OF Belgium, and it has of late years
been found that patients from the Walioon
country. VINO speak only French or the Wal
loon paUOis, were awkwardly placed, and
their recovery retarded by the absence of
ready means Of communication with those
about them. The experiment WINS therefore
made of establishing a French speaking col
ony at Lieurneau1 in the Walloon country,
near Spa: and IT has been SO successful that
it has now been placed upon a permanent
basis
The cost of pauper lunatics 70 their COM
muneS does not exceed franc a day Eei-
Their at Gheel nor at Lieurneaux has IT been
found that constant intercourse with luna
tics has increased the tendency toward insan-
ity among the natives.-St. James Gazette.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-27
How Novelist Fawcett Works

a pie OF manuscript lay on the desk before
him, the larger part of the new novel, "A
Mans VIII, =" which Mr.. Fawcett is lust com
pleting 1t was written with a lead pencil on
sheets OF ordinary unSized white paper; the
handwriting Is clear.and bold The manu.
script at casual glance appeared fresh and
clean, WITH not single word crossed out and
with no interlineations.
DO yoU not rewrite sometimesY1 asked
well, | do not exactly revlite: I write
over. always use lead pencil, and then I
go over my wOri; with good eraser, rubbing
out words and sentences | wish to change and
putting into their places cancellations or ad-
dltions You see it leaves the manuscript
clean and legible; but if You look closely Won
can pick out the corrected bits. Yes. ! aim
TO do ii regular amount of work each day. I
used 10 be irregular. and believe ! could
write better at night and all that sort of
thing. but the only way one really accom-
1llsheS much is by system and industry, I
write three or four hours each C.av. usually
III the afternoon, and 60 about a thousand
words; that is my limit. Ten Of these PAGES -
taking up one of the sheets Of manuscript.
q wish | felt / could make it only three or
four hundred words; would be better satis
1870 'iii'N, 'tiJbs,h ~ IS Nf'-C
great amount. | have, of course. written
three or four thousand words a day, but /
cannot afford 70 60 that kind OF work now"
DO you plan out your novels entirely be-
fore putting pen TO paper:'
mo, hardly that | have q general idea cr
plan for the hook, but do not arrange tie
succession of the chat serS and incidents he
forehand. Indeed, Ecst Of my novels have
very little plot; the main thing is the devel-
opment Of the relation of the character with
out much complication Of incident. The
events Of the story are often suggested as the
work grows under my pen. | keep tuli notes
OF ideas and characters that think will be
useful This book" said Mr. Fawcett. show
ing me a leather covered notebook, I've
used SO long that had to have it rebound
recently. jot down everything here; bits
of character, descriptions of social happen
ings, schemes for stories, personal trials of
friends and acquaintances, even. john S.
Phillips III New York Mail and Express.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-27
One Effect of Sham BATTLES.

The sham battle afoat and ashore, while
undoubtedly of great value in schooling off
GERS and men III alertpcSS and precision can
scarcely be made sufficiently realistic 20 even
approach the rcal thing. Those who know.
what the torpedo and torpedo boat have done
III war must often have been surprised to
learn how small a part they are made to take
in the sham battle, and viii find il hard to
understand why, in all the sham ENGAGE
T1enJs of recent years. the torpedo attack has
been gravely set down as beaten of. In the
sham battle il seems only to be necessary 10
pick up torpedo boat out Of the darkness at
long range with Gn electric light 10 have il
counted ont Of the fight; but it is certain
that IN war You cant destroy a torpedo boat
with 4 fash from a vultaic arc light It
would keep right on in its course for the
ship. and If several were advancing frc:a
different directions there would be far more
call for gunRerS than light tenders. Indeed.
If only one got close aboard and discharged
its proJectile, life preservers would. hike
enough, be III greater demand even than gun
ners.
Our French contemporary, Revue de Cav
aleric, cites one instance Of the fatal effect
sham battle exercise has upon cavalry. At
the battle OF Worth tFraaco- Prussian cam
paignl, 4 small body of the Eighth Cuir,s-
Siors and Sixth Lancers. while in retreat
from MCrshrouH. came suddenly upon the
Thirteenth Uh,auS tP,usSiaul. supported al
a short distance hv more cavalry. 4 csp-
tain of the Eighth promptly formed upon his
men the charge sounded. and the French
men dashed forward. But the Pr;!ssia,, cay
airy did not Move, a. If determined to re-
- IL Il. L. H.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-27
A PhlLANTHROPlC JOKE.
4 Chicago Man Makes Fruit Woman

4 Chicago Man Makes "a Fruit Woman
Earpy by a Little Deception.
How easy It is to make some people happy
by deceiving them a littlel" was the philo
sophie remark Of Dir. .JacaiaS E6skins. as b.
turned from his desk TO relate bit OF lis re-
cent experience. There Is an Italian SyoIaar
"a good, clean, hard working uonan-whc
comes up here every day with fruit TO sell
One day | was walking on Adams street, !
think 1t was, and | cav her walking in front
Of me with her basket or her arm. Two mcn
tire standing in Z store door, and / heard
ono of them say: Don't you remember thai
woman? Sho used TO have a fru.. stand il
front of my store in Memphis in war times.
Her name is CUnio'
= That afternoon when she came into ny
V&ce l looked a little sharply az her and said:
1aven't l seen You somewhere before-sOmc-
Where besides here in ChicagoI I don't
know said she obviously: 'your face seems
sort of natural 70 me Let me sec said |.
assuming meditative posture; didn't you
used TO havo fruit stand in MemphisI Esr
eyes brighten rs she sold size did. Right
IN front OF LOTGcnsteiG's store" / said This
was venture, for had merely taken il for
granted that the gentleman who had spoken
Other was 1Ir. Lowens5ein, because that WAS
y the name on tho sign Of the store where he
IVES standing, end be looked sort Of like the
proprietor. But il hit the mark Yes said
he woman, YctS,ug down her basket iaud
boxing as tftkscd as could be, thai vas me-
That wa aDCao--ist me see-abCu5 twenty
shree or four years ago | said. She moved
% ,r lips as if she were making a calculation.
nd Then, all smiles, said: Yes, was there
.aen.' 7 our 1laIne is CGnio. is it nota !
added. This was the last feather That |
should remember so much about heT and even
be able to cali her by name gave her tic
greatest JOY. Tears even came into her eyes,
and We shook hands heartily
Thin proceeded TO mako her remember
me. Don't you remember I said, 4 used to
so to lunch at that little restaurant lust down
l2vo.d Lowenstein's, and | used to buy fruit
Z you, and stand and talk to YOU almost
VERY dayH She looked at NE q long tine
and finally imagination did its work, as it al
ways viii, and she remembered rue perfectly.
You never saw anybody more pleased. III
had been long lost brother she could no;
nave been happier at meeting me- She told
all about her family, every member OF
hich /, of course, remembered more or less
.stinctly, ard all about her life since then,
lich would mako an interesting story to
lite. Then she made up q big bag Of fruit
'hich | let her give to ne. because il seemed
, please her 50 much to do SO. Since that |
nave, however, been a pretty regular Gus
toner of hers, and | mean 10 be as long as
she keeps coming. What if it is true that
never was III Memphis in my life: She has
ola Inc SO much about it that | could go all
over tho city in the dark now. and / am sure
have given that poor hard working woman
as much pleasure as if had brought 20 her
in fact an old friend. Chicago News.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-27
Difficulties of Placer Mining.

It will not pay investors nowadays to go
into placer mining without looking a long
way ahead. Il IS only in countries where
there are no farms or arabic ground that
plscers can be mined for any length of time
,withoU5 harassing and costly legislation.
The farmers whose lands are injured by the
: refuse of the piaceTs washed down tho streams
0re the ones that make the trouble, AID
hlackmailcrs use the cloaS Of the farmer "a
extort money from the company. In Zion
ta1a there has baea no trouble OF this kind,
but in California placer mining has teea
killed. and in Colorado the fight IS Just lie
ginning between the miners and the farmers.
In one county the farmers are nov irving 30
kop the running OF every ore mill in the
cbunty, complaining o. tie tailipgS carried
down by the streams, and IL they succeed the
Colorado piacers might as wei hc given up
at once.-Min.ng Eagiuser ii Globe Demo
crat,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-27
The Cigar Nuns Tick.

Give me the best cigar you've got in your
place Me and my friends never smoke any
sh;nS but the best said al individual con
s;derably elevated by sUGdry smiles over an
adjoining bar Il dou'c care Tor the ex-
pense Give me the best" 4 box was set
out. three cigars were taken from it, 81 laid
on the case and swept into the drawer, The
''best" purchaser looked p little blank hut as
the attendants face did not change. nor WAS
change seen on the counter, lie turned away
with an uncertain smile. The REPORTER vas
turning over in his mind what a good thing
it was TO be rich, when the cisar man with a
friendly nod said, Have one, That up coUu-
try jay is firing Oft his Doodle to make a
show, and I've given him something to talk
( / for the balance OF his life. lie has beel
Smoking TWO for iive country StOgc Stogies all
his life He's come TO town 70 see sport. and
when lac goes home he'll tell Of smoking Gig
ans worth 81 apiece. TINS is the box it came
ont OF. Take one And 10 and behold. the
reporter viewed his fayorile liye-cengcr re-
posing snugiy before him Verify the guile
e tie deceiver is amusing. Philadelphia
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-27
An Original After Dinner speech

The entertainment was given b. "A carl.
GsServedly popular. Il was extremely hand
some, anc champagne flowed in almost ex-
ceSsive food The evening was we'll 80. yancell.
'vaen a benignant Old gentleman aruSc TO
propose toast. lie spoke with entire
faoncy: but somehow lie said exactly the OBJ
TosI;e of what he meant. Il feel. sid he.
that for PLATA country squire Ike myself
- address this learned company. Is indeed TO
cast pearls before swine" Nsver was 50
successful slrsch made. lie could get no
further Tor E!aay minutes. The swine APP
i,.uGet vocite-ously. and as though they
won q never cease. Ne knew, OF course. that
tie good old gentleman meant that tc was
the swine and that we were the pearls But
then he had not ssid -. His meaning could
be gathered, bat was not expressed.-
i-aanrxnAnS-
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-27
Supersfitions of Mariners.

In speaking Of the superstitions of mari
ners, Capt. J. ". Hall, one Of the oldest and
most experienced lake-faring men in Detroit.
said the other day: Did you ever notice
that there is no vessel on the lakes named the
George Washington The first vessel that
ever bore that name was a steamer launched
in 1885. She went down during the same
year with the loss of one life. Another was
built about 1881, and in 1888 foUndered with
the loss of sixty-eight lives The idea that
there Is bad luck in the name has never been
overcome, and l doubt whether you could
now induce an underwater 70 take risk
upon boat bearing that nameT-Detroi.
Ire Ir..Ss
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-27
A PROFESSIONAL ECONOMIST
He Gets Theatre Seats and Other Luxuries
at Reduced Prices and Concerts Free,

He Gets Theatre Seats and Other Luxuries
at Reduced Prices and Concerts Free.
The othar evening a good. looking man
about 26 years old, wearing a dress suit,
came down the aisle ten minutes after Mr.
Irving appeared as Mephistopheies, and with
the air OF millionaire sat down in IS seat
HE has a small income, but he is always
on hand at high priced entertainments, said
a gentleman who occupied sect next to a
reporter and not far from the late conner.
"How does he do it:'
HE is a good fellow and as far as economy
goes be is genius Ii there were many Ike
. him. his economy would not avail him any,
| thing. because the profession would lie too
crowded. He occupies 81 seat, but paid
oaiv SID for it. 1t cost him 81 to come in
and he paid the head usher fifty cents for the
privilege Of occupying seat the rapacious
ticket Speculator could not dispose of. Ten
minutes after the curtain goes up the shrewd
usher knows pretty much the empty seats
that will not be occupied. When the genius
rave him fifty cents for seat he made GER
tain Of a rebate III case Il late conner should
Cam IT, The rebate is twenty-five cents or
% PER cent, 10 scaling, no pOstponeInenJ.
Concerts: Why, his kind never pay to 60 10
them. He dresses we'll, and concert managers
arc only too glad to get him TO act as first
class material TO paper the house. There are
few concerts that can absolutely claim a. full
paid house.
At the fashionable restaurants he is fire.
guentiy seen "'ith lady. He orders for one
ana receives almost enough for three. Tie
Joung woman does not know he has ordered
for one, because he writes the order. when
he goes alone he orders only one or two
dishes. His greatest trouble is when neces-
SIty forces MIN 70 ride in cab ard the wav
he brings the Jehu down to regular schedule
prices Is something that should be emulated
by the average citizen, who permits 'cabby'
20 fleece him. Boutonnieras and c0rsace
bouquets he easily buys at half price. He
does that by drumming for the house he
purchases from His clothing is bought on
the same plan as the flowers and often the
tailor IL happy 10 make sure of 80 der cent.
below his regular prices. 1t is a well known
tact that tallors make the Dutcbmar's ! Der
cent. on many OF their customers, but they
10 not lose on the goods no matter how
cheap they pretend to be- You rarely hear
OF one of his kind acting as eroonls1nan at a
wedding. because he would be required TO
buy handsome present. IF YOU ever did
!now OF one acting in that capacity, You NAV
rest assured that the present was purchased
by the bridegroom. New York Mail and
Express
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-27
Gen. Sheridan's Contributions to History

Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan is the only famous
commander Of the late civil war who has not
caught the scribblinz fever. He has pub
Iishei little OF nothing Of his recollec,ions Of
toe war, and has discouraged others from
doing So His idea i that war TecolIecticns
at twenty years range are no. worth much !:
that history had better be male cut Of con-
temporary records and reports He Dies ali
he can to nave these preserved and prepared
for the use Of the future historian He care
fully kept tue originals Or copies Of al let
tiers. teiecTaus. orders. and 50 forth. sent or
received by him during the war. SoFne II
these were destroyed in t4e Chicago fire, but
he does not regret this 81 much a. be might,
because i. was the cause ot his making
find OF greater value than all his doc1-
nlents put together When 81 came On 20
Washington, having Determined ~ replace
his los treasures with coT.ss. Il he could DO
no better he was tod tia: be might find IN
the attic % The " bite House some Of the tel
esran4s that Pres;deat t:nEoIn had sent lie
went Up thore himself. and by dely-ing and
digging ct oui Of mas Of stuff a very
large aumber OF President Lircolaas war iel-
e. ans, aSiiT.Ssed nos Gully - him. but 70 al
the other Federal generals tie hsd them
removed az ofsce - a safe place. and they
have besl well card for since The future
historian Of tt2e war viii have Gsrs Sheridan
% thank for some Of the ness Of ;he material
hid Up for ki1--H asa.ns.on Letter.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-27
a STORY OF THE WAR.
A Coward at Charlottesville is Promoted
for His Gallantry.


| for His Gallantry.
Some Of the war veterans who were guests
! Of the Twelfth regiment were exchanging
"reminiscences at the table One OF them
told this story: when reaching the Army
Of the Potomac as recruit for the --
New York regiment, twenty-five years ago.
just before the Charlottesville campaign,
soon heard OF man IN my COM
pany whose .notoriety for cowardice
had made him a subject OF many
jests during his short service IN the camp.
Plenty of men are bitten by fear upon going
into action, but this fellow had the rare
reputation of being an incuraoie po.troon,
and the mere crack OF rIile had often
thrown him into fits SO violent that two OF
his comrades had to leave the ranhs to keep
him in order He was With the regiment at
Charlottesville on the right when We began
to exchange shots with tae enemy In that
quarter and ne tremoled SO violently that DE
could not handle his rife
a small rebel cannon that had been pulled
on to knoll some distance of, and that was
playing an independent game apart from the
Confederate force, threw bail that struck
the ground just in front OF him and scared
him out of his wits He became blind with
fright. broke from the ranks, TOOK TO his
heels and, not knowing where to fly, ran d.
rectly toward the hostile gun, which was
manned By two old Virginia militiamen
in gray. who had undertaken 10 render their
state some service. The two NTginians be-
hind the ridge suddenly saw the lnfuriated
Ianb rush upon them, and, believing him to
be followed by his regiment, took to flight,
leaving their cannon behind them The pol-
troon stood aghast for moment alongside
the piece of artillery, which he had captured,
and almost simultaneously our regiment, by
O rapid advance and few shots, drove back
the company of rebels that had been lurking
in front, and we held the ground for the
time being
But the wonderful deed Of our cornrade
who seized the enemy's gun had been wit
messed by the mounted general Of our brigade,
who happened TO be a relative Of his, and
within forty eight hours the fellow who had
been the laughing stock Of the regiment was
promoted for gallantry in the field. His sub
sequent rise was rapid. and when tell you
that he afterward fell wounded at Gettys-
burg at the head of the regiment of which
he was in command, and that the gray
bearded veteran himself, who now lives in
this city on his pension, uses only spoonful
of whitewash in telling the story just told,
you will admit that sometimes things are not
what they seem New York Sun
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-27
"Goipc Out" with q Doctor.

II remember" said Dr. Roscommon, who
read medicine in Chicago some thirty years
ago, but who has been practicng in Iowa for
a great many years. IL remember one night
| passed in Chicago, and / dou't think
could forget it if should live to be a thou
sand years old. ! was young fellow and
had just begun to study medicine. One even
ing DR. Freer asked ne if | would like to 90
ont with him that night, and [ said l would
About midnight we accordingly went to a
saloon on North Clark Street-Conleyis, if [
remember right-and got q good supper.
Then we started away in the doctors chaise,
one of those Old fashioned, jigglety jogglety
things. and finally came TO the city GENE
terry After awhile we started for Rush Med-
ical college, then on the north side, with the
corpse sitting up between us on the seat, The
old Chaise joggled SO that we both had TO put
our arms around the corpse to keep it from
falling over. When We reached TIE college
we drove into the alley at the south of it and
bundled the body into the shaft, whence it
was to be hauled up to the dissecting room
The doctor and / parted then, agreeing
to meet at the college at 10 O'clock that
morning TO give the body the necessary IL
lection | went into the shaft below and
made the body fast TO ono end of tie rope
which hung down from a palley, and the
doctor, on the floor above, hauled away on
the other end When about half way up the
body stuck, and | went up and after:a good
deal of Juggling managed TO loosen it. Final
Iy, when Wa had drawn it to the dissecting
room and ripped open the sack in which it
was confined, we found it was the body OF a
man who had died in the continent stage Of
small pox. What did we do, What could
we do: We buried the body that night in an
orchard on the west side, and the doctor took
mis- chaise off into tie country and left it to
stand out all winter where nobody would go
near 1t. That was my first experience il go
ing out with a doctor. and l don't thinx l
shall forget it. "-Chicago News.