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at least once q fortnight in order TO YER
bally explain the purport of something he
has written to his inamorata Many q
one whose heart has been bursting with
an exuberant affection has been unable to
express 1t In writing, and doubtless not
few marriages that would have brought a
life long happiness have been prevented
by the chill Of cold ink All this NAV be
done away with by the phonograph
Dearest" when underscored with
heavy black line, may DO better than
dearest" without the line, but how cold
In comparison with the same word repro
duced by the phonograph, into which the
beloved one has breathed the word with
all the ardor Of q distant lover. In view
OF the perfection to which tho machine
has been brought especial instruments
should be made for lovers, and with
dummy attachment for embracing when
ever the tones are reproduced with great
fervor.
The immense advantage that the pos
session of well regulated phonograph
would confer upon a spinster with visions
OF breach of promise suit in her minds
eye will be apparent upon the slightest
reflection, and the funny writers and the
comic artists have turned this phase of
the matter into a veritable mine of laugh
ing material.
Seriously, however, there seem to be
great capabilities In the perfected ma
chine, and 1t is quite within the possibili.
ties that its completion marks the begin
ming OF new era in general verbatim re-
porting.
The cut accompanying this represents
one OF the machines that were shown ut q
recent press exhibition in New York.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-19
A MEMORIAL TABLET.

The early Methodists in Philadel-
phia were not approved of by "sas.
siety." They shouted" and said amen"
in places where the prayer book was
silent; they got the power" and did
many other things which the conserva-
tive city did not admire. The established
church EpiscopaD denounced them as
"ranters," the Baptists barely tolerated
them, and the quiet Quakers looked on
ligious people merely ydisapproved of them,
the lighthearted and careless made them
food for mirth; and many an old journal
or pamphlet is thickset with jokes on the
Methodists. The contrast with the body
now In session at New York, an OBJ
ject of profound respect to the whole
world, is indeed wonderful.
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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-19

Many persons have wondered how doing
lively galop got to be called dancing
the racquet" Mrs. Simmons, a well
known young lady Of Washington. COM
posed few years ago galop and was at
loss to give 1t a name One day, being
disturbed by children in tho room, she
called ont: Don't make such racket" :"
which was caught up and repeated by the
children as they went out. 1t occurred
TO her that 1t was a good name for her
piece, and so, with touch Of French, she
called 1t tho Racquet Galop," and over
200, 600 copies Of 1t have been sold.-Phil.
adelphia Times.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-19
Didn't Quite Understand II.

Johann Schnsll, new messenger In the
navy department at Washington. Is ex.
tremely nervous regarding q telephone,
never having seen one until few days
ago. He was obliged TO answer q call
from the instrument recently. and his In.
coherent answers exasperated the speaker
at the other end of the line. "You must
have been drinking" Schnell heard the
angry individual exclalm. "No,
haven't" said the messenger, gently.
IT must DO the strong tobacco am
chewing that you smell. New York
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-19
Far Ahead OF Darwin.

A Chicago man is lecturing on q theory
OF evolution that annihilates Darwin. He
believes that man Is development from
plants through tho brute kind. Tho
Chinaman. he says. sprang from an ALI
gator. the alligator from q pine log and
the pine from electricity In the earth. The
negro came from the gorilla, the English
man from the bulldog. the Irishman from
the terrier aud the German from the
gcose.-New York Evening World
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-19
FDAwN OF METHODISM.
CRADLE OF THE CHURCH IN THE
" UNITED STATES.

mo "P1ymouth Rock" Of aethotlisn.
rybss Islsnd-City Roads Chapel, Eos.
ass-st. Georges Church. PhiIssielpA,a
Cssfsresce Of i7s3-Bishsp sinpses.
The twenty fifth quadrenuial confer.
ence OF the Methodist Episcopal church.
now In session In the Metropolitan Opera
house. In New York city, very naturally
recalls many "reminiscences of old Method.
lists and many isolated facts in the history
OF the denomination. On Tybee island,
at the mouth OF the Savannah, In the
plymouth Rock" Of American Method.
Ism, the big fiat stone on which John and
Charles Wesley first set foot in this coun-
try when they came over to preach TO the
Indians and to Oglethorpe's colonists, but
tho City Road chapel in London is
claimed to be the true cradle of Method
ism, since It was there John and Charles
won their first great successes, and
there both their bodies were laid, while
their mother was buried across the street
In quaint old Bunhnl Fields. But the
Faneuil hall of American Methodism is
the queer old st. Georges, on the east
side of Fourth street, between Race and
Vine, Philadelphia, for 1t was there the
first distinctively Methodist conference
was ever held In America, and the pastor
Of that congregation was the founder Of
the now world renowned Methodist Book
Concern. -.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-19
Monogoliau Pheasants In Oregon.

The farmers Of Willamette valley,
Ore, complain that the Monogolian
pheassnts introduced few years ago and
protected by law are becoming too numer-
Gus. In cold weather they crowd into the
barns among domestic fowls. sometimes
whipping barnyard cocks on their own
dunghills. and making themselves as OBJ
noxious as the "heathen Chinee. "-Bos.
ton Budget.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-19

There are In America over 1900, 900
farms. large and small They cover nearly
20.000.000 acres of improved land, and
their total value is something like $l0.-
000. 100000 These figures are not, Of
convey the idea Of yastness Of area and
equal vastness Of Importance The esti.
mated value Of the yearly products Of
these farms Is between g., 900, ,000, 900 and
$4,000, 600. 0.000.-Chicago Herald.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-19
A Neighbor Corrected.

The Bloomington Telephone makes the
thrilling announcement that "Eph Hughes
has added a bathing department to his
tonsorial establishmei :" Bathing de-
partmentcis very ordinary language for
progressive newspaper; It should have
said "ablutionary annex."-Indianapolis
Press.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-19
Cheap Paint for OutbuiIdings.

Tho American Cultivator recommends a
mixture of hydraulic cement and skim
milk for painting farm buildings and
fences The cement is placed in bucket
and sweet skim milk stirred In until the
mixtare Is of the consistency Of cream
The proportions are about one quart Of
cement TO gallon Of milk. Color may be
added II desired. This plan is cheap and
durable. Leslies.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-19

Two gentlemen recently elected to the
Oxford and Cambridge clubs in London
had been waiting nine years for their
names to be reached on the list of propo-
sails. and at another London club a gentle
just elected had been proposed so many
years ago that he had forgotten all about
1t. and was surprised when he received
notice of his election. Free Press.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-19
Almost Absolute Alcohol.

II gelatine DO suspended In ordinary
alcohol 1t will absorb the water; but as Il
Is insoluble In alcohol, that substance will
remain behind, and thus nearly absolute
alcohol may be obtained without distula.
tion.-Frank Lesiie's.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-19

AN INTERIOR, ST. GEORGES CHURCH.
Officially, and as really United States
church, the Methodsts usually date from
the noted Asbury conference of 17S4, at
which the polity of the denomination was
assimilated to that of a free and indepen-
dent republic; but eleven years before, in
July, 1773, a conference of ten Methodist
ministers was held in this Philadelphia
church. There was no United States of
course, and there were no united colonies,
but this little conference represented New
Jersey. Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary
land and part of New York. So st.
Georges was the first Methodist church
in Philadelphia, and as 1t is still standing,
1t is the oldest Methodist church in the
United States; but ii was built in 1888 as
a German Reformed church. The men,
bers wanted English preaching but un-
fortunately the first English address they
heard in the church was the address Of
sheriff who took charge of the building
for debt contracted in the construction,
and put the trustees in Jail.
x*#
They remained there many months too;
then Joseph Pilmoor and Richard Board.
man secured their release by guaranteeing
the debt, and took the church as security,
and in November, 1863, Joseph Pilmoor
preached the first Methodist sermon there
In 1869 there was grand centennial cele-
bration of the event, at which Bishop
Simpson took q prominent part and
Methodists were present from many parts
of the world. For some years after the
revolution nearly all the Methodist preach
ing was by circuits" the ministers
seldom remaining more than a month or
six weeks at one charge. Baltimore be-
came great Methodist center long before
New York did, and still remains Method
ist stronghold. During the revolutionary
war the British used st, Georges as a
cavalry headquarters, filling it with ar
tillery wagons and horses; but as it had
no floor, and none but the toughest board
seats, they did not injure it much. Dur
ing that time the congregation worshiped
in the old Baptist church ON Lagrange
street. On each side Of the pulpit there
may now be seen in the church marble
tablets bearing the names of the nearly
200 itinerant ministers who were stationed
here during the 100 years from 1869 to
1859. Four of the number became bishops
Francis Asbury, of goodly fame; Richard
Whatcoat, Robert X. Roberts and Levi
Scott, the latter, next to Asbury, among
the most famous of early Methodist
bishops. #*x
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-19

From observations on the Congo, NJ
Dupont. of the Brussels Natural History
museum, is convinced that the waters Ia
the interior OF central Africa once col.
lected In great lake. Of which Stanley
pool Ia the last remnant.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-19
nENsON'S PLASrERs.

THAT WIN DO attended by great Danger
to body ana limb, tut bund d
SAMN pleading players say they md
mora prompt relief from strains,
OF eprains, bruises, Rheumatism,
stin ana enlarged joints, I.ma.
BhSEHALL moss, etc. by usinH RHHsop's
fLAsrRn for such troubles than
AT THE any other external remedy
known to the profession. All
PhhA nth'e'es a. we'll ss those In the
ordinary avOcatiOns of life unite
TO DAY With baseball players in certify.
lug To the value of this plaster
IN such accidents. II is prompt, pleasant and
pleAsinR In action nRd never fails To secure
the best results when used RceOi ding tu
printed directions Owing To its popularity
irany worthless substitutes are offered
Buyers should al wa, q ask for BRrsoNs firmly
refusing all other piasters tn
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-19
NEW voRks SENSATION.

ne Metropolis ssiii ralAisg ss ths tragic
Death os Broker Hatch.
The Hatch -Sco6eld tragedy In New
York. which has 80 excited the Gotham
ites, may not be entirely disposed OF for
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-19

FEhhls' StOFIELD.
to secure witness to the fact that Mr..
Hatch was in her room, than to call in a
minion of the law to see for himself, al
though she might cunningly give another
reason to the policeman
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-19
HUMPHREYS
HOMEOPATHIC
SPECIFl

Cloth ana Gold Binding, iat Pages, with steel
Engraving. MAILED FhEE. Address, r. D.
Boz 1910, N. Y.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-08-17
SOME HANDY THINGS.
Household Conveniences That Are Orna
mental as Well as Useful.

Household COnveniences That Are Orna-
mental as Well as Useful.
In small houses where closets are
not abundant many convenient recep-
tacles for certain things can be made
to answer other purposes as well. "A
box procured from shoe store COW
cred with chintz and the cover put on
hinges makes nice seat in bedroom
corner and answers for hat and bon
net box. Such seats can be placed be-
meath the windows of the bedroom or
'dining-room, and will be found to be a
convenient place to put table cloths and
sheets. The china and glassware can
be placed on tiers of hanging shelves,
such as are used for books, and a cur
tain made of some pretty stuff and
hung on a brass rod before them if de-
sired.
A rack for newspapers is made of
wire broiler. which can be bought at
the hardware store for fifteen cents.
Ribbon of two shades is run through
the front meshes and sewed firmly to
the back and front on the sides. A bow
of ribbon at the top completes this USE
full article. A small broiler decorated
in the same manner makes pretty
stand for photographs or letters. The
newspaper rack should be hung on the
wall.
A large wicker basket with a cover
is necessity in every house for hold
ing soiled linen. Large bags of tick
ing or heavy chintz should be hung in
every closet for this purpose, apd the
closet kept free from soiled garments.
A boot and shoe rack is made of a
stout piece of crctonne about one yard
long and the width of the material.
This should be bound with tape or
braid. Then another piece of the
same, about a yard and a half long, is
gathered across the strips the length
of the shoes to be placed in it. Each
OF these strips must be cut separate and
sewed on three inches apart from the
one above it. They are then gathered
at the top with an elastic Each pair
of shoes has its own pocket and the
rack can be tackled to the inside of a
closet door or put against the wall in
some out-of-the-way place. 50. Paul
Pioneer Press.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-08-17
The Rum Traffic and Slavery

1t may be few are aware that to the
long catalogue of crimes that can be
traced to the rum-traffic, slavery in
this country may also be added. Yet
this is a fact. When the debate was
running high in the convention which
was called to form the constitution,
very naturally slavery was an impor-
tant question. Virginia was opposed
TO the slave trade, but the South Caro-
lima and Georgia delegates made the
point that slavery must be permitted
by the constitution. or their States
would not enter the Unicp. Accord
ingly, il was agreed thatslavery should
be allowed for twenty years, the bar
gain being made by the combined
forces of the States of Maryland, three
of the South Atlantic and the New En-
gland States, these last securing by
the compromise the right to carry mo-
lasses from the West Indies, from
which rum was made, as well as the
slaves into the Southern ports. AS is
said by one historian: Their COM
merce was what they especially relied
on; and to gain support for it they
were perfectly willing to make terms
with even such black mammon of I'M
righteousness as the Southern slave
holding system. = Chicago Standard.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-08-17
QUESTION AND ANSWER.
Do Alcoholic Beverages Contain Any Ele-
ments of Nutrition, or Are They of Any
Moral Benefit?

DO Alcoholic Beverages Contain Any Ele-
ments Of Nutrition, or Are They Of Any
Moral Benefit?
In order to be able to answer the
question before us intelligently, it will
first be necessary to study ourselves
and to ascertain what we are and what
elements constitute our physical organ
ism, and what elements in nature are
necessary to keep that organism in
healthy state.
Secondly, If we find that alcoholic
beverages contain None of the elements
OF nutrition necessary for our physical
body, we must then ascertain If they
do not perhaps bring us some moral
benefit.
A study of ourselves teaches us that
we are composed of bone, flesh, blood,
muscle, hair, brain, nerves, arteries,
etc. These parts of our physical body
are composed of phosphates, lime, mag
nesia, soda, albumen, iron, salt, potash,
sulphur silica, ETC., etc. We find that
Ill animal and vegetable foods contain
one or more of the elementary ingredi-
ents necessary for the sustenance of
our body. But we also find that alco-
hol, which is the principal ingredient
OF all liquors, does not contain ofae par
ticle of any elementary substance OF
which our body is composed. or which
is necessary to sustain it. Beer con-
tains from five and one-half to ten per
cent. of alcohol: light wines contain
from four to eight per cent; whisky,
gin, etc. from fifty to seventy per
cent.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-08-17
cOMMON-SENSE VIEWS.
A Dairy-Woman's Suggestions Concernin,
Cows and Calves.

A Dairy Woman's Suggestions Concerning
Cows and Calves.
know a COW, of no particular breed,
now fourteen years old, which in her
prime made fourteen pounds of butter
a week in June, and proportionate
quantity the remaining months of the
year. She gave milk at two years old,
went farrow the next year, being in
new milk every year since until this
year; is now farrow, and will go to the
butchers next year, because it is not
thought advisable to keep COW be-
yond this age. She never knew what
it was to be too hungry; has access to
salt at all times, with plenty of water;
is never forced, having nothing but
her pasture in summer, and in winter
never more than six quarts of meal
day generally corn and oats) with
roots Casually potatoes) and cornstalks
or hay, and a run at the strawstack
through the middle of the day, unless
it be too stormy, then she is foddered in
her stable.
Of her calves, her heifers are as
good mixers as herself; her steers
make good beef cattle; and all are as
tractable and docile as herself, all be-
ing treated with the same considera-
ton. Perhaps one farmer in a hum
dred is able to keep pure blood of
whatever breed his fancy may dictate;
and such farmer is boon to his
neighborhood; but the ninety-nine
must be content with what they have.
Their success lies in making the best
of every thing in their hands. Let
these farmers breed to the best they
can afford, of course, but let them
take as good care of their inferior
stock as they would of thoroughbreds
and mark the result. To the good
food and warm shelter let them add
the curry-comb and brush; exact kind
ness of their hired help in their care;
and in a few years they will be as
proud of their stock as the neighbor
of his thoroughbreds, and in most ways
they will bring just as good return,
without that heavy expenditure which
the ninety-nine can not afford
amelia Louise Smith, IN N. Y. Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-08-17
Leg Weakness in Fowls.

Take a piece of cloth of any kind
(coffee sack will do) and make a ham
mock out of it; then cut two holes in
the center and place your bird in it,
with the legs hanging through this
will take the weight of his body off the
legs; let him rest there for five, six or
eight hours at time, and you will be
surprised in a short time to see how
fast he will get WELL We know where
of we speak in this matter, having gone
through the mill. Feed the bird very
lightly; don't give him any corn; OF
course you will understand to feed
when you take the bird out of the ham,
mock to rest for short time. have
let them swing all night, and in the
morning, when doing up my work,
taken the bird out for an hour or so,
and have cured every leg weakness we.
have had on the place since we adopted
This plan. NJ r. Cooper, il F9ultry
Recofd
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-08-17
Physicians and Charity.

The active members of the medical
profession have to do more work of a
charitable character than any other
profession in the country was look
ing over my account ledger day or
two ago to see what I could do with
certain bills. A large number I
found useless, and consigned them to
the waste basket. The bills that de-
stroyed aggregated at the lowest value
fair to put on them about 5000. The
time in which the visits were made was
about ten weeks, so that in two months
and half | did absolutely 5000 worth
of work for charity. The bad bills
made during the same time / have not
yet figured out There is another de-
cidedly aggravating feature about the
profession. and that is that after at
tending patient for time and the
latter finds himself unable or is unwill-
ing to pay for services, he dismisses
you and calls in some other physician,
to be likewise feeced out of his Just
dues. To that physician he will give
you a kick by saying that you were
not efficient. st. Louis Globe Demo
crHt