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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18

zAl.k Il se,oss e rAsn psuas Ts-
gsshss.
= A long, dark brown mass Of wood. like
. cigar In shape. composed Of 81. 900 logs,
varying In sire from 25 to 200 feet. and
bound together by massive linked chains
such was the Joggins. the great raft
tugboats from Nova Scotia TO New York.
The Joggins was the largest raft ever
constructed--592 feet long. 80 feet beam,
tapering TO 10 feet beam at the end, 30
feet In depth Of hold and drew 2S feet Of
water. 10 weighed about Is, 900 tons, con.
tanned 5000, 900 feet Of lumber, board
measure, cost. when launched, $4,000,
and was worth from $50, 900 to 81, 900
delivered.
II was bound together with fifty-eight
triple bands Of seven -eighths inch crucible
steel wire; through the center there ran .
double and three-quarter inch cable.
which was connected with the wire bands
by cross cables. The raft was towed from
the center cable. Forty five miles Of wire
and $500 feet OF cable were used.
The raft was towed by two of the most
powerful tugboats in the world.
The success of this venture, which bids
fair to revolutionize certain branches Of
the timber business, is due to the in
genuity and pluck Of Hugh r. Robertson,
Of St. John, N. B., the patentee Of the
system Of ocean timber RATS, and the
builder Of the raft that was lost last De-
cember, and to James D. Ieary, Of New
York
In 1883 James Murray, Of st. John, N.
B., brought to New York a small, rude
craft, containing about one-sixth the
quantity of timber contained In the nam.
moth hulk above described. Murray's
craft was badly and extravagantly con-
structed, and the towage bill was heavy
The expense precluded another attempt In
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18

F'1 don't know anything about Cossack
riding" said Col. Cody, because never
saw any of it, but ] will guarantee that
our men can do anything that Cossacks
can do and mor., too. There Is art In
riding just as there Is in shooting, In
writing or anything else that re-
quires skill and training. From
what you tell me Of the nature
Of the Cossack feats Of riding
should say that they were more In
the line Of circus riding than the feats Of
our men. You must remember that
everything our men do Is an exemplifca.
tion Of the various feats performed by
them in making their living. The throw
ing of the lasso needs no more than a
reference, but tho feat of picking up ar
ticles from the ground while riding by at
full speed Is born Of the necessity OF re-
covering the end Of the rope attached to
the horns Of o flying steer; that is thing
that every cowboy must learn to do SO
that IL after lassoing the steer the end OF
the lariat should slip from his hand no
can recover 1t while both he and the steer
are going full speed. X
"Ther as to tho riding of bseking po,
nies, that is a necessity, too, AZ the cow
boy must break his horse TO the saddle.
BuckiDg Is natural trait Of the mustang,
as the result Of the movements 1t instinct
lively gets through endeavoring TO rid IL.
self Of its rider. All mustangs are buck
ers at first, and they must be broken Of
the habit before they can be -rude of any
use. What we call buc.ing mustang
is really horse spoiled in the break
ipg-one that has never been success
fully broken and Is In consequence Of no
practical value All Of my bucking horses
are worthless for any other purposes.
repeat, there IL nothing the Cassacks can
do that the cowboys won't equal, II not
excel, and | only wish the Russian gov
ernment could send us a horse that the
cowboys can't ride That, Of course.
would be impossible, but If fitcould be the
horse would be worth his weight in gold.
Philadelphia Times.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18

VIEW OF TIE RAFT.
tShowing, by drawing representations Of frame
dwellings and city blocks to scale, how really
immense Leary's craft is.
Dec. 1S the tug parted from the raft
in O gale, and the raft went to pieces
sixty. five miles east of Block Island.
When the loss of the raft became known
great alarm was felt among vessel own
ers, as the logs were squarely in the track
of the ocean steamers. No disasters were
occasioned, however. The loss of this
raft gave valuable practical lesson in
ocean currents. Logs breaking from 1t
have been encountered in many parts of
the north and south Atlantic, and short
time since a vessel reported that part
of the raft had been sighted intact near
the Western Islands, off the coast of
Africa.
Immediately upon the loss of the raft
in 1887, Mr.. Leary announced his un-
shaken confidence in the feasibility of the
enterprise and declared his intention to
launch another raft. He and Robertson
were out about $4,000 on their first
venture, and it was considered foolhardy
to again risk such sum. They went
ahead, however, contracted for the logs
to be delivered at Port Joggins in the
winter of 1878, and the successful result
has already been described.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18
People of Gcrmanio speech.

As many as 4 600, 600 Germans have re-
moved to the United States since 1920.
In 1880 the population of the German en-
pire included 2,860,000 of Polish speech,
100000 of French, $50, 600 of Danish, 100,
900 of Lettish, $4,000 Of Wendish. and
se n Europe or oser
of Germanic speech. if the s,000,0 200
Dutch and Flemish speaking inhabitants
of the Low countries be included. The
Teutonic nationality has doubled in Eu-
rope since 1910; but the increase has been
almost entirely in the urban population.
which advanced from IA, 100, 900 IN 1871
to 1870, 900 in 1880, while that Of the
rural districts remained almost stationary
during the same period, 26,2l9, 600 and
26,5l3.000 respectively.-once Week.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18
The Education Of Children.

Children In Kentucky are precocious,
fond of study, and brighter far than the
much to be pitied boys and girls of the
north, whose parents are more desirous OF
their learning French than English, and
who inculcate In their infant minds q
contempt for their country and history,
with corresponding admiration for
everything foreign. l know Of tw boys
in Washington-both Of whose parents
are native Americans-who have had their
sons taught German from their infancy
and who speak only German to each other
and to their nammas. They are to b,
more thoroughly Germanized when they
are old enough TO be educated at Heidsl
berg. Cor. Courier Journal.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18


Both of May, ITO, occurred the great re-
ligious and patriotic dedication, with the
famous grafton by Gen. John A. Logan
religious ceremonies by DR.. John P. New
man, then chaplain of the senate and now
a Methodist bishop, assisted by otheA
ministers, military parade reviewed by
President Grant and other prominent
generals, and display of flowers exceed.
ing all previous displays in the United
States.
Only 200 acres are as yet devoted to
cemetery purposes but near 10000 sol
diers are already buried there, and the
location Of Sheridan's grave will un-
doubtedly tend to make this the favor
ite cemetery to the families of other emil
nent soldiers. Year by year the military
organizations of different states are add
ing monuments. The Grand Army of the
Republic of New Jersey last Decoration
day unveiled beautiful memorial in
marble of Gen. Paul; and not far south
of the mansion is an imposing granite
sarcophagus over the grave of 2,11l "un-
known" In this lovely and hallowed
ground will rise the monument of Philip
Henry Sheridan, and in all the future OF
the nation Arlington will be goal OF
pious and patriotic pilgrimage.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18

war came Mr.. Luce was commissioned
colonel of the First Nebraska volunteers
He served with Grant at the capture of
Fort Donelson and the battle of Shiloh.
For gallantry in these affairs he was pro-
NOTED to be brigadier general. After this
his service with Grant continued at Vicks.
burg, where, having further distin-
guished himself, he was promoted to be
major general.
After the war, when Nebraska was ad-
mitted to the Union as q state, Gen. Luce
went to the senate from that state. Ii.
1875 he was appointed governor of
Wyoming territory.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18
Bewitched His Change

A man in Nashville, Tenn, began TO
think himself bewitched and TO stand in
danger of arrest as counterfeiter as well:
The trouble was that silver money would
goInto his pocket all right and come out
Enthusiastically bad. and there was pretty
how dye do till he recalled that shortly
before he had pocketed the broken bulb of a
thermometer. and the quicksilver from u
was what allied his coin. Chicago Herald.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18
Wells College.
VILLA COLLEGE.

Wells college. the main building of
ths h ipstitutIon Wis ieSe from which Mrs. Cleys.
land was graduated in 1885. The foun.
der Of the college was Henry Wells, who
for many years was the head Of the Wells
Fargo Express company. Mr.. Wells con.
tributed to the main part of the endow-
ment. The building Is situated on the
east shore, Of Cayuga lake, in the village
Of Aurora, Cayuga county, New York.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18
TIL. cras. Cloth Plant.

The French Academy of Sciences and
certain experts appointed to investigate
the claims of the grass cloth plant, or net
tlewort, have reported that the tissues
made from it are much superior to cotton
goods, both in point Of appearance and
lasting qualities. The discovery OF the
uses Of the nettlewort for textile purposes
is creating much excitement, as the plant.
grows abundantly both in the south OF
France and in the French colonies.-Chi-
cago Globe.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18

MANslON Al AHLlNf'TON.
honored his vast estate by giving it the
name Of Arlington. A little later the
title was restricted to that part of the
estate bordering on the Potomac, and
that estate, not quite a century and
half ago. became the property of the
great Custis family. Thus through Gus
tis, Washington, Custis again, and finally
Lee, the estate has become noted in
American annals, and is now made q
Mecca of patriotism as the last resting
place Of Sheridan and nearly 16, 900 other
sof crs Of the Union.
When George Washington married Mrs.
Martha Custis, widow, her only son was
the prospective owner of this fine estate
of 1000 acres; but he did little to i'm
prove II. His son, John Parke Custis,
entered the patriot army as an aide to
Washington, rendered valuable services
at the siege of Yorktown, was stricken
down with the malarial fever of the local
ity, and died soon after the surrender.
He left four children. of whom Washing
ton adopted the two youngest; and Of
these George Washington Parke Custis
succeeded to the ownership of Arlington
He was man of peculiar and somewhat
classical tastes, and designed a mansion
in imitation of the old temple at Postum,
near Naples. The original plan was nee.
essarily modified to fit the needs Of
modern residence, and the result is the
imposing Arlington house. which stands
on q hill 200 feet above the Potomac
river, some four miles from the Capitol
building and one mile from Georgetown
across the Aqueduct bridge.
The center building, 60 feet, and two
wings of 40 feet each, give q frontage of
140 feet and from this projects a portico
60 feet long md 25 feet deep. South Of
the building are garden, conservatory,
kitchen, old 'slave quarters" and stable;
toward river and city the view is, of
course, unobstructed To this building
George Washington Parke Custis re.
moved in 1902 from Mt. Vernon, where
he had lived, after graduating at Prince
ton college, till the death of Mrs. Wash
ington. He died there Oct. 10, 1857, the last
of Washington's family, aged IA. His life
his "Recollections of Washington" at one
time attracted much attention, and at the
beginning of the late war Arlington
House contained several fine paintings
done by him. It also contained many
memorials of Washington and other
colonial revolutionary heroes, and an in
vitation to Arlington House was esteemed
an honor by the most eminent statesmen
and artists.
Early in life he married Miss Mary Lee
Fitzhugh, and their daughter married the
son of Light Horse Harry" Lee, then a
lieutenant of engineers, but later known
to all the world as Gen. Robert e. Lee.
The story of the "confscation" of Airing
ton need not be repeated. 1t involves
points of constitutional law as yet unset
tied; but the final result appears to be
that the title of the government is per-
fected The sale under the confscation
act took place in 1868; in 1864 the govern
ment took possession; soon after
the burial of soldiers began there,
and in 1867 the National cemetery
was formally established. On the
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18

Scarlet fever Is specific poison wsich
emanates from the person Of the patAnt,
and can be caused by no other means.
Diphtheria is contagious. but may arise
from fermerNing filth, etc. Typhoid
fever and Asiatic cholera are not directly
communicable from person to person. but
are spread by the dejecta of their victims.
which contaminate the water supply
Frank LesIie's.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18
Walt Xhitman,s Place.

A writer says Of Walt Whitman's place
among the world s poets: "A sturdy rebel
against conventions, q representative Of
the masses, he encamped before the cita-
del of tradition and proclaimed the war
that was to bring about the democracy Of
song. His cause will perish with him,
and his name stand like a pillar in waste
place--lonely, but imperishable. "-Aew
York World
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18
proh,em I'm Arithmetic.

The following problem in arithmetic
not slgebra-may interest commercial
readers:
Bowes A $500, which he Is unable TO
pay at once. But A is willing to give him
q year to clear it off, on condition that Is
pay now part of the principal OF the
debt and also the interest of the unpaid
part for the year at the rate of 9 per cent.
per annum. b accepts these terms, and
pays down $500 part principal and inter
esf). How much must Bpay Ast the end
of the year in order to wipe out the in
debtedness?-New York Tribune.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18

Luce was educat-
ed in the common
schools and at the
Ontario seminary.
At "a years of age
he was nominated
to the legislature
Of his state. but
was defeated. He
went to Michigas
in 1S49, settling
at Gilsad as a
farmer. He was
elected to t h g
Michigan legisla.
ture.
WI, 1,, @la o;r,1
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18
OF the Ipper Crust.

Miss Rural (watching the promenaders)
,-,Who is that curious little man-almost
Q dwarf
Mrs. Metropole (shocked(--Why, my
dear. that's Hubert Highlife.a . He's the
very upper crust. "a
Miss Rural-He isH Then they put In q
great al too much shortening ,-Tinss 4
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18
The Day Will Come.

The day will come in this country when
the man who carries cane under his arm
and the man who carries an umbrella onI
his shoulder win be taken out and hit
with squash, and hit hard enough to
kill. Then the woman with the baby cart
wants TO look out.-Detreit Free Press. j
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18
Governor Cyrus A. Luce

Cyrus A. Luce, who has been nominated
n second time for governor of Michigan
by the Republicans, is Buckeye by birth,
having been born In Ohio in 1924. When
ne was 12 years of age his parents re-
moved to northern Indiana. Here young
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18
CAFE. SURE AND SPEEDY CURE.

CAFE, SURE AND SPEEDY CURE.
- Rupturs. varicocele and Special Diseases
of eli her seu why ba humbugRed by Quacku
vhsn ou can ind IN Ur. wright the only kno.
Ella SHYsIoIA In PhiladnlphiA who makes
speciaity of tho above Diseases. ana Cgnns
ms1f gURss GuARAnrunp. Advice Free day
ara evening. Strangers can be treated ana TO
tu rn home same Gay, Onices private:
DB. w. II. WRIGHT,
al North Ninth Street, Above Race
T., q. Box 67S Ph1lAdolphlA-
fabh.lydAw
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18

There may be times when silence Is
gold and speech silver, but there are
times, also, when silence is death and
speech is life--the very life of Pentecost.
Max Mueller.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18

A Russian chemist thinks he has dis
covered splan for solidifying petroleum
% that II can be used in chunks or block
Tor fuel. Globe. -~~-rs..=:t
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18
Ehy's oRRAn BALM.
UATARRH---HAY FEVER.
MUSTARD PLAsTERB.

OF srAsuRY's RsApY-MADs MUsTAnD
PLAs1 ERs in this house during the
EVERY summer months, that there may be
no delay In promptly relieving sud
FAMILY den attacks OF cholera MOrbus,
Crsmp, Colie. ana other vtOlsnt
SHOULD pains Resulting from ovcrindul-
.enee in Green fruits, Stale vege-
HAVE tables, load Drinks. Ice Cream. etc.
These PIRstsrs are ready for imne-
diate use they represent the very
best quality cf mustard, and never
BOX fail to act pro Dptly. Sold by Drug.
gists everywhere.
Every Intelligent Phvsician tries
TO iv.press upon patrons tho importance OF
Keeping the air OF the sick room pure aud un-
eoutaminAted This can be done by burning
HYpRonAPHTHoL PAsTILLKs. which Will quickly
render the air pure, fresh ana invtgorAtinR
Put mp In neat tin boxes and sold by Drug
gists nj n cents. OF sent post paid by sEAsusS
JOHNSON, n. T.. to)
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18

: The direct action of steam at 212 degs
Is sufficient to destroy all germs In from
five to fifteen minutes. The efficacy OF
heated dry air is uneertaln.s.s ~ss--
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18

The government Of ones self is the only
true freedom of the ndividusl.-Fred-
erick Perthes.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18
HUMPHREYS
HOMEOPATHIC
SPECIFICS

DR. HUMPHREYS book OF All Diseases,
Cloth and Goid binding, nt Pages. with Steel
Engraving, NJ ALLIED fkEk. Address, r. U.
Boa 1910, N. Y.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18
sARsAPARlLLA.
The Liver

Ana kianeys ars organs which Il IL important
should b Kept in good condition. ana get thsy
AZ ovsrwm kea and abused By nearly every.
oody, untii they become worn.out, cloggod
up. or diseased, Hoods sarsaparilla cures all
oimcuitiss with these organs. rouses thom TO
healthy action, ana tones the whole digestive
orgnnism.
~ have boon using Hoods sarsapariliA for
Indigestion ana liver trouble. Il has greatly
beBeRtsd me. ana I think it IL fully - good a
medicine ~ elsimed." .. Q. Cunsssao. chief
engineer flrs dep.. etcninston. O.
Sound and Healthy
at affords me much pleasure to rsccmmsnd
Hoods sarsaparilia Ny health two PEARS ago
wa, very pOor. Ny friends thought uas
going with consumption. IcswDcnced using
Hoods Sarsapsrills. took nve b0tt % Of II ana
to-day can DO No hard days work - ever
me ON my fHet sound. healthy man" WILL
=. ID. TtisBEv. Ia kast Main street, wigBons-
Willie. Ohio.
Built Right Up
81 was all run down aud unflt for business.
was induced to take bottle OF Hoods sar-
sapsrilA, and II built me right up 90 that was
soon able 10 resume work. recommend II TO
all who arc sfiicted." ID. ". BRATD, stone.
cutter. Ma Martin street, Albany. n. Y.
n. b. De sure 10 get
HOODS SARSAPARILLA
Sold by all druggists. q six for %. prepared
only by z. 1. HOOD . CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses Ono Dollar.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-11
a1el,naisi Conference.

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE attendance al
the Methodist Conference in the Metropoli-
tan Opera House this morning WAS small,
n9t more than oue-tenth of the members be-
iag present ct the opening. After prayer by
Rev. DR.. Ebert R. Dale, OF California, who
criticized the members who read the news
papers during the devotional exercises,
Bishop Bowman, who presided, did the
same. 1t is reported that there will be mu-
sic when The discussion on the standing OF
Bishop Tsylor comes up Mr.. Ashury Low
re- has demanded that the African mission
cry bisnop shall be accorded The eume right
as the other bishops. It was thought that
Bishop Taylor would make demand to be
allowed to preside, but he did not, aud Biah-
op Bowman took the chair. There ia to be
a sensation when Bishop Taylor's report of
his work in Africa is made.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-11

DANGER FROM House PLANTs.-Dr.
Saulsbury found maIarial fever to be pro
pagated among persons sleeping in a room
ia the windows of which had been placed q
box of earth from maiarious soil. House
plants cultivated in pots filed With malarious
earth are constant danger. The germs
grow luxuriantly in the moisture and warm
air of closed rooms. DR.. Eichwald. profes.
sor of clinical medicine in the University of
ST. Petersburg, has given to the public facts
concerning patient of his, a lady with ma
Iarial fever, who was easily cured by treat
ment when confined to her chamber, but
who quickly relapsed on remaining during
the day in her parlor. The easy cure and
constant relapse went on for long time. AT
last the doctor, having become suspicious CT
the flower pots. removed them from the
house and there was no further recurrence
of the disease Htsburg Gazette.