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DRIFT,

"Sjme appear to think that the sensa-
tionsl element and life are synony nous.
Far from It. Nirile life will undoub bted ly
produce sensations In the reader, but no
books drop more speedily and hopelessly y
into oblivion than those conceived and
written in q lurid spirit OF sensatio ionslism.
Even when produced hy skilled work man.
ship they have the banefui qualities of a
slimulsnt, aud sane, sensible people do not
like the reaction following. The merely
exciting novel may have not little vogue,
especially among those who crave excite
ment for ils own sake; but It rarely pos
sesses the power TO live; 1t Is quickly
superseded by some other literary stimu
liant The reader instipctiyely
aud inevitably feels the difference between
the forced, mechanical piiinR OF incident
and agony, and the natural sequence Of
cause ana elect which produces vIcissitUde
in the actual world"
These true words were written by the
late Rev. Il. 4. Roe, In The FO, tt,a, not
many months ago j recall them now that
lie was buried week ago, to show that he
like so many others, had the right theory
OF novel writing even while his practice
ran directly counter TO IL. According TO
his own theory not one OF his score or more
OF novels possesses the power to live"
or deserves place In the permanent, en-
during literature OF the Language for there
Is not one OF them all which does not seem
TO have been :" conceived aud written In a
lurid spirit OF sensstionalism," aud which
is not full OF forced, mechanical riliug
OF incident and agony"
The fatal defect Of even the best o. r, p.
Roe's stories, such ss "Opening q Chestnut
Burr" "Barriers Burned Away" and a
lew others, is tbatthey misrepresent human
nature, distort human relations, and in
general give entirely false and untrue views
oil human lie. There Is a weak sentimep.
tslity running throu gh them that's morally
enervating, and when coupled with the
ethical aud religious feelings and relations
OF life, and 1t almost uniformly Is, IL be-
comes posiilVely harmful to the character of
the young reader, The cNrr .-. - ia
tLhti " lilo lis novels excite I.lgAss inter-
est while being read, stimulate the super
hciai emotions, aud initiate the Iachrymal
glands, they leave no permanent definite
Impression that Is elevaIing or strengthen
ing Their only effect is one of nervous
IanRuor ana debility after the sentimental |
tnervescence caused by their artificial ex.
element has spent iurelf. There is not
sven a clear conception retained OF a single
oDe OF the characters that fgurs In Inc |
story. They are so loosely put together.
hey are 80 little true 10 lie, ss IL is or as n
should be, that they drop apart, vanish ike
1spors, from the memory almost as soon az
he book itself ID dropped. Not one OF
hem has real life enough to live in our
IleIstuIe 10 live, for exam PIE, like Coopsr's
Fsshnndsr, Hswthorne's Dons.ello or
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-07-28
Tho President and the Soldier.

The Lancaster Inquirer, usually a con-
servative and accurate journal, rushes to
the full extreme of partisan bitterness In
an editorial this week on the "Sodier
Vote" which it thinks will go in body
to Harrison. The Inquirer revamps the
story of Cleveland's substitute in its
most blood-curdling form, gloats over
presidential inhumanity, and sends the
victim to the poor house TO die neglected
after the most approved melodramatic
fashion. 1t makes very interesting read.
ing, but Is it truey This is an essential
ingredient of charge Of this kind, and to
substantiate 1t we want the public
records and not the distorted statements
OF partisan sheets, who purposely falsify
In order to put the president on the de-.
fensiye.
And the laqtirer, carried away by the
tide.of its fierce invective, is led to make
this remark: Since his Cleveland'sl
accession to the presidency he has shown
In many ways his hostile feeling toward
Union soldiers, which has not been lost
on the soldiers Of the nation /; especially
Ia his notorious order 10 return rebel
battle flags, and his ostentatious hostility
t) pensioning worthy Union veterans"
II the inquirer will prove that the re.to.
ration of rebel flags was an act of
treason, or If Il will show that a single
worthy Union veteran, or his Iepresen.
tatives, were denied pension by this
Administration, We will make him a
present OF house and lot. The evidence
Is all on the other side in the matter of
justice to the worthy Union soldier. The
Philadelphia Ledger, Republican Jour
nal which does not support the presi.
dent, but which is capable of treating
him fairly, recently said on this point:
II zeal in behalf OF Fastening on this issue
OF soldiers pensions Is q merit aud virtue,
then the pension office as conducted bv
General Black, the incumbent commis-
sioner OF pensions, Is entitled to most hon
orable mention. The number OF original
pensions issued by that bureau In the fiscal
year just closed Is greater by i've thousand
tnan In any preceding year.
Toe Inquirer says, "the time will never
come when our people will prefer sneak
and skulker to a patriot" This is ex.
actly what the president thinks, and the
sneaks and skulkers of the late war are
not permitted to defraud the government.
Because they are not given full sweep.
our contemporary frets and fumes.
Wherefore
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-07-28

THE colored vote is not going this year
pell nell into tho Republican ranks. J.
McCants Stewart, q leading oolored lawyer,
OF New York, says on this point. 81 esti.
msIe that 25 per oent. Of the entire colored
vote OF New York will this year be cast for
tho first time for the Democratic party.
Fifteen per cent, OF the colored men of the
city arc already Democrats, and 30 40 per
of the colorsd clt'z3ns OF New York will
vote fo- Cleveland and Thurman this fall"
The colored people have for many
years been restless because the have been
largely ignored In the councils OF the Re.
| pnblican party. They feared the Demo.
cratic parry, but President Clevelsnd's
wise and liberal minisIration has diss,-
patsd that fear. The policy Of the Demo-
Gratis In the Northern and Western states
during the past few years has been 30
liberal as To create the feeling among col.
ored voters that they could safely co. .ope-
rate with the Democratic party. For
example, In Massach usetis the Democratic
governor appointed colored citizsn, Mr.
r. q. Rnflio, judge. Tho Democratic
mayor OF Boston appointed colored man,
Mr.. Edward Walker, to the very RESPONSE
bic ofiice Of assessor. Mr.. Walker was first
appointed Judge by the Democratic COVER
nor, aud the Republican council refused to
confirm the nomination. Then the Demo.
cratic mayor appointed him judge, and tho
Republican council again refused 10 con
Arm the nomination.
"The Democrats Of Rhode I.lsni passed
| civil rights bill for the bsne ut OF the col.
ored ciiiz,ns OF the state. The Democrats
OF New Jersey, under the Leadership OF the
Dem ocratic ROvtrror, Leon Abbott, did
the same iniDg. The Democratic mayor OF
Philadelphia made colored men Off cers OF
tho police force. Governor Hoadly, the
Democratic governor OF Ohio. appoint.d d q
colored man, Mr. Peter II. Clark, one OF
tho regents OF the State University, When
Mr. Clark resigned, Foraker, the Repubii-
eau governor, appointed a white man to
take the colned mans place. In contrast
TO this, tho Democrats, under the lesdersbip p
OF Hoadly, showed the greatest liberality
and generosity toward the colorsd people
In respect to tGelr school rights aud th cir
civil rights
"Governor Davis tho Democratic chief
magistrate Of Rhode Island, appointed q
colored citizen, Mr. George T. Downing,
member of a commission to eXamine the
public Institution \ Of the state.
" President Clevel6nd's appnintu ent 4
have been as liberal to the colored citigens
rs pp)intments were under tho Republic
canS, and he Ia regarded as being az free
from color pre- lice rs any president who
has ever been IN Washington.
"The Republicans OF Rhode Island per.
sistentiy refused to give the colored people
representation In the state legislature. The
Democrats nominated colored man aud
tIinmphantly elected him. These, and
other manly and generous ac,s on the part
OF the Democratic party have liooraliz9d
the feelings of the colorsd people, and &C.
count In large measure for the tendency to
co operate with the Democratic party.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-07-28

upon the habits Of the people would
be disastrous, and the liquor inter.
est in politics and legislation would in
crease in extent and power far beyond
what it Is now. Temperance legislation,
whether for prohibition or restriction,
would be set back thirty years. There Is
q moral side to this question, and serious
temperance thought cannot demand
the repeal Of the government tax without
virtually surrendering the contest for the
regulation, the restriction, or the sup
preston of the liquor traffic"
Free whisky is q rotten plank 10 the
Republican platform, and the fact that 1t
Is contingent will not release the Repub-
lican party from its full force and effect.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-07-28
Whisky Tax TO the States.

We hear great deal Of denial from the
Republican organs about the free whisky
plank in their platform. Some OF them
Ike the Lancaster Inquirer, alIege 1t does
not mean what it says. Others say that
II the national tax on liquor was abol.
ished, the tax would go TO the states
which would make the question as broad
~ II Was long.
This is specious pleading, but it will
not bear close inspection. AS the New
York Times says; "No uniformity in
state laws could be secured. There would
% ataxin one state and no tax in another:
. nigh tax in one aud low tax in a
ne'ghooring one. Cheap liquor could
always be had from some source, and its
oistribut'on could not be controlled.
Whatever restriction might be out on
saioons and bAr-rooms, the sale by the
bottle, the gallon, the barrel, would in.
essase teyoni all control. The effect
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-07-28

THE Democratic Society OF Pennsylvania q
is no holiday orgsniz, alton, but Instituted
for business purp oses. that business being
the development Of Democratic sentiment
In Pennsy lvsnis. 1t is showing great &C.
tivity by mailing circulars TO prominent
Democrats throughout the state, re quosting q
them n orgaDizs clubs, and furnishing
them with blanks and the necessary docu-
ments TO facilitate such work. Every
Democratic club should become member
OF the Democratic Society, which latter
would then become a compact aud Influen-
tial organization, the iar-renching effects Of
which would be ielt IN every nook and
corner OF tho state, aud the results Of which
work would be apparent In the grea
Democratic vote at the polls In November
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-07-28

An sgent Of the treasury department,M Mr.
II. Il. Lltt:epsge, has been for some time
making investigation Of tho amount Of Con.
federste property that may now be recov.
cred by the United States. The total foois
up millions, and includes ships, war ma.
tsrials ard money In this country and
Europe 1t makes a very interesting show.
ipg, but 1t IL not likely to realize much In
cold cash.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-07-28
SPECIAL NOTICES.
aaa.ssa' 7zs>zs-- 49, asasa-l. sal. a,
Dr. Tanners Stomach

DR. Tanner certainly has n great stomach
groat because OF tts strength and ondu ance
We may err IN saying that the doctor uses
Burdock Hood Bhers. buff no q nes, hts al.
Ees,lya po@.r+ areeasily accounted tor. "Bur.
dock Blood Bitters' beiug u standard medicine
Mo sold by aii druggists. For sale by II. B
Cochran, druggist, l5I ana 100 North Queen
street, LancasL r.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-07-28
RhNA MA RER'S
Closed at 1 P. NJ. on Saturdays.


Closed at P. NJ. on Saturdays.
When you come to the city
bear in mind that Wanamaker's
is a meeting and resting and
waiting place as we'll as the
biggest store in the world.
There are reading and sitting
and retiring rooms for you |;
telephone, telegraph, and mail
facilities. Your parcels will be
cared for without charge. We
try to make you welcome
whether you care to buy or not,
cryWu
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~Telephone Connection

YRSsoxs LEAVING rows ron THE sxAsos, AND
euxNrn TRAvsrLrRs, CAS- RAVE The DAILY
lurx1LreESoxR MAILED TO THEM, POST fAip
voR 10 CRNIs WEEK, TIE AppEkss DhiNo
CuA Sexp As OpTsH AS DESIRED.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-07-28

THE Democratic policy IL TO enforce fru
gslity in public expense, and aooli'h un'
necessary taxation. Democratic Platform
1885
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polite, for they nearly all como at night,
when they cause the least iroon venience.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-07-28

AND now there il to be q soap "tfust"
Those in 1t we trust will make no ''soap."
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-07-28

% SAe W ANSAs w SuVVA ShSVS
LANCASTER. PA.
REDUCED PRICES
AT THE
GREAT THIRTY DAYS
CLEARING SALE
Al
ASTRICHS
PALACE OF FASHION,
I3 EAST KING STREET,
Lasting Until SATURDAY,
AUGUST 1S.
Additional Bargains Added
TO-DAY.
One lot Of Colored Plush
Ornaments reduced to one cent
apiece.
One case of Ladies Ribbed
Lisle Vests reduced to I5c
apiece.
HANDkERCHIEFS.
We have fixed a regular scale
Of reduced prices which holds
good on all Handkerchiefs, re-
gardless Of style or quality.
All Handkerchieis reduced
from sc to &C, from Ioc to SC,
from I2c to Ioc, from 15c to
I2c, from 2oc to nc, from 25c
to 2oc, from soc to 25c, from
35c to 27c, from 4oc to 3oc,
from SOC to sc, from 75c to
Coo, from 500 to 75c.
| Linen Chemisettes, Plain
White and Pleated, also Fancy
Colored, reduced from 25c tc
Ioc.
Black Spanish Lace Ties and
Fichus. reduced from soc to
43c, from 75c to 62c, from
SI.oo to S3c, from $I.25 to
SI.oo, from $3.50 to S1.1o, from
SI.75 to SI.37, from S2.oo to
Sl.63, from $3.50 to SI.SS, from
$500 to $3.25.
Handsome Lace Collars, Real
| TOrChon. reduced from soc tO
SOC.
Children's Oriental Lace Col
lars, worth soc, reduced from
I9c to I5c, reduced from 25c to
I9c.
Boys Windsor Ties, reduced
from I5c to I2c, from 25c to
19c, from SIC to soc, from soc
to sc.
Braided Pillow Shams, re-
duced from 25c to I5c, from
SSc to 25c, from 5octo 35c, from
75c to soc, from SI.oo to Soc.
Linen Table Cloths, Sd, re-
duced from SI.oo to 75c, 1914,
reduced from 81 81 to SI.oo.
Tapestry Covers, Tinseled,
reduced from SI.47 to SI.oo.
Satin Finished Jute Stand
Covers reduced from SI37 to
SI.oo.
Table Linens reduced from
lSc to I5c, from 25c to 2oc,
from SIC to 25c. from soc to
4oc, from 90 to 45c a yard.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-07-28
THTRTEEWTT N

|
You know that there is no
worthy hot weather (or any
weather) thing for wear or
home use but we have it. If
you can't come to the store,
write for whatever you want,
samples or goods. Shopping
by mail has come to be simple
and certain. A few scratches
Of a pen, and all the facilities OF
the store are yours.
JOHN WANAMAKER
PHILADELPHIA.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-07-28

Tho TACT, however, remains that the SEN
sa,ional sermon and exciting play are
about equally harmful. And no Of novels.
That which Ia Injurious In the sensational
secular novel II precisely the same that 1.
found In the popular SUNDAY school novel
Why then should II not bo lust as ipIuri-
Gus In tho one az In the other
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-07-28

just as tho sensational preacher always
draws tho largest audiences, 30 the touss-
tional novel, beitsecular or r reiis sious, always
has tho most readorA Some people war
TO he made to cry and laugh so they 20 tc
the theatre on week days; hut on Sundays,
the theatres being closed, they 20 to the
the preacher whose stories and acting viii
make them laugh and cry the most. And
precisely tho same holds good OF books
The book that works up the feelings mos,
Violently Ia the one the multitude will buy
IL II can't have Sylvsnus Cobb, jr then q
Will take the next best substitute, the re-
ligi ious novel.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-07-28

But the subject is big one, 40 big that
might rs we'll stop right now, for another
column would not bring me any nearer the
end. UNCAs
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-07-28

Miriam or HIIda or Little Pearl, like Miss
Muriree's mountsineers, Howells' Sllss
Lsphann, or Cables John snd Mary Rich
ing, Roe's characters simply have not
character enough 10 live thus they have
no strong, consistent personality they have
no existence or interest OIL the artificial
stage on which they rsge and weep pose
and pray, are converted and die, as any
puppets could be made TO do, but not az
re al men and women would,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-07-28

II this is true, 1 have often asked myself,
how In the world are we to account Tor the
immense popularity Of the dead authors
ssories : How is Il that they oil passed
through many editions, and sold 10 tho ex-
tent OF probably not far from q quarter of
million copies, from which the novelist had
yearly income Of sl5, 900, while tho pub
lishers must have realized from &60, 600 to
$l0O 900 from their sale every yesrf No
other novelist In the country has had such
a popular succlss. How arc VIC to OK plain
M
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-07-28

The explanation arrived at is this: Tho
very defects OF MIR. Roe's novels which /
have pointed out are tho chief cause OF this
popularity with certain class OF readers
which numerically constitutes large ma
jority In this country. Their popularity IL
based on essentially the same qualities as
those char scterizlng the stories Of tho late
Bylvanus Cobb, Jr, MrP. Ann 3. Stephens,
"The Duchess and others OF that class,
only that In place OF the nero secular inter
est OF the latter, there 10 q veil OF religious
ness thrown over the former that In the
eyes of multitudes made tham not only
harmless, but even "edifyiDg" and alto
gether commendabie. 30 that thousands
who never would think of reading "Ouida"
or " The Dnrbess /" yet feel fully justified
In reading j.. p. Roe. Indeed 1t is largely
through the Sunday school and parish
| library that Mr.. Roe's books received their
| immense circulation. The appetite for sen
| sstion and sentimentality, for abp ormal snd
| exaggerated representations Of human life,
which longed but was forbidden TO In
dulge In the feast offered in these secular
| novelists, here found as full and sweet salts.
| faction In the religious novels OF q writer
whom preachers did not frown upon and
which could bo freely had In the library Of
every Sunday school and Young Mems
Christian Astociatlop,in tho land. or course
| they became popular. Naturally thoy sold
| by tens OF thousands.
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-10-27
GAME LAWS.

The game law of New Jersey are a
sou roe Of much discussion. therefore
we copy the Sd section Of the act divid-
ing the counties of New Jersey into
two game sections. and fixing the time
for shooting certain birds and animals:
Ser. 3. That the section to he known
as the southern game section shall COM
prise the counties Of Atlantic. Bur'ing-
ton, Camden. Cape NAV. Cumberland.
Gloucester. Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean
and Salem: in the counties comprising
the southern game section, as named in
this act. no person shall take. kill, or
have IN his possession after the same
has been killed. any American pheasant
or rufled grouse, quail, gray squirrel or
hare. commonly called rabbit, except
only between the fifteenth day of Nov
ember and the twenty-ffth day of De-
cember; any English snipe, except only
between the thirty-first day of August
and the first day of November OF any
year; any rail-bird o + ~marsh-hen, except
only during the months of September,
October and November Of any year,
under a penalty of twenty dollars for
each and every bird or animal so IN
lawfully taken. killed or had in posses,
sion after the same has been killed.
Sec. 4. That all general Acts, and
parts of Acts inconsistent with this act
be, and the same are hereby repealed,
and that this Act shall take effect i'm.
mediately.
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-10-27
MAR RIED

SWAVERLY-- MILLBRANTT -
At Pedricktown, Oct. 21st, by Rev. Z.
r. Brunyate, Charles Swaverly to Miss
Willelmeine Millbrdnt, both Vt Ped
ricktown.
REEVES-KIGER-In Pennsville,
October 5. 1883. by Rev. d. Moore,
Mr.. George S. Reeves, of Salem, n. j.,
to Miss Jennie Kiger. of Warrington,
N. J.
the
residence of the BRIDES parents, i
Pennsville, October IL, 1888, by Rev
d. Moore, Mr.. Thomas J. Batten tn
Miss Margaret A. Vanneman, both of
Pennsville, Nj.
BROWN-SLAPE-On October Is,
1885, by Rev. W. II. Burrell, at Cam
den, Mr.. William Brown, of Camden.
n. j., to Sallie Shape, OF P%ennsgrove,
N. j.
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-10-27
COUNTY GLEANINGS.

The First M. E. Church. of Salem, is
to be dedicated November 25th.
Peter Callahan, of Warrington. has
raised this seasonfour hundred bushels
of white potatoes to the acre, which is
believed to be the largest crop of pota-
toes we grown in that vicinity.
P~ilesgrove has two residents who vo-
ted in P~ilesgrove township in 1886 and
1910 for Harrison. They are Gideon S.
LAYTON and Thomas Enoch. Mr.. EnOch
resided, as now, in Wo%odstown, while
Mr.. Layton, as now, resided in the
township, and Mr.. l.. las never yo ed
outside of Salem county.
The vacancy in the Board of Trustees
of the Salem County Almshouse, caus.
ed by the death of the Treasurer Eph-
RAIN CARL, was filled oil Monday by the
appointment of Samuel p. Carpenter
as trustee from Salem.
Salem bakers have advanced the price
of bread because of the advance in the
price of wheat.
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-10-27
CORRECTION CORRECTED.

MIR. EDITog-In your issue of Oct.
9th our mutual friend asked you TO
kindly correct II ofthe niissLatements
in my letter in the previous issue. Now
will you tuln to your file and see if |
used the word only? Did l make a
misstatement at all. OF is it a little
more bluff attempted this time for the
whole community. A word, MI. Edi-
tor, on how diplomas are often gotten
at Fairs. Did you ever see Il bad boy
mad, and even in a rage, because his
big brother had something he wanted
and a compromise could oiily be effec-
ted by u stick of candy from mother.
Further explanation is unnecessary.
But did you know, Mr.. Editor, that
the Eclipse had another ID added tn IL
last week at Mt. Holly2 Itnow stands
the Eclipsedd. In the whole Agricul-
tural Implement Department there
were twelve diplomas awarded for mer-
its, and two medals for especial merits
and utility, one of which was awarded
to the Latest Improved Parvm Wagons
as represented by myself. We can but
wonder what excuse will be given this
time. Possibly the committee. beir'tim
id farmers, werq. were -. ."> 'ght
of thai improve andard. Ii I his was so