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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-21

isI not confined 70 any party, but the.
loafers Of the United States are the
men that express the Will Of the people,,
How . man oan 1.-Two In doubtful state
now-dsys and avoid the psrdittoa vssti-
bule train Is more than I know. Men
who want 70 BE- able 10 look Gabriel In
the fsce should avoid the doubtful state
- they would the deadly Upaa tsee Of
tho reading book, Mr.. Harrison. !,
I've got three boys growing up. Mr..
President, and like them nrst rate,
They are not allowed to loaf around tho
livery stable, but have to 70 to school
and be better boys, hope. than what
their father was before them. But some
day they may win attention enough 70
DO used by caucus. Young and foolish
like, they will think IL means that II
faithful to their condolences they will
be rapidly advanced. BY and by they
will learn di6eRnt. Then will they
have the moral strength ~ 20 into tho
livery stable industry, or will they yield
TO the political customs Of the country
and swap their souls for . sslary.
f, The way It is nowadays you don't
even know when you src elected that IL
was good thing. Maybe IL was an ex-
pertinent and you are soo..ed into an Of
fice just to SEQ what's the lea that you
always hurrahed for and which nearly
elected you, Is able to stand against the
patronage In doubtful state.
Suppose God should introduce the
question Of utility into the plan Of SAL
vstion. Suppose He stopped and asked
Himself every little while, when . man
with sin-sick soul came along requir-
ing salvation: "Wiil It payp" "Will IL
make religion more popular in the coun-
try this fall or will 1t hurt the adminis-
tration?" +
! No, you can't do 1t that way, and do
right. 1t posters me . good deal, be,
cause when 1t gets to be question Of
utility among high ofIlcials, there Is no
stopping place. II I had better COM
mand Of language and knew % much
about grammar as do about how to dis
courage bolts, 1 would write . long piece
for the North American Review regard
ing this thing; but have to work
mighty hard to express myself even
ifeebly as do. hope that you will not
llet up on Congress, Mr.. Harrison, till you
impress both houses with the idea that
they are not in session purely for the pur-,
pose Of putting up . job for the next cleo
tion. Iknow there are q great many pure
men In Congress, for 1t has been 30
stated repeatedly in the Congressional
Record, one OF our biggest and most
lsprightly publications, paper that may
be called tho editorial waste-paper
basket of both houses, for what nobody
will listen to in Congress- may there be
'embalmed in imperishable chsracters
for the use Of the vast army Of ahoos
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ber Of very pretty airs, and tho music, though
not 10 inspiriting as that OF "Pinafore," was
very refined II had an excellent run
Since then the partners have been bringing
out operas almost without limit. Tho "Prin,
cess Ida" was based on Tennyson's poem oi
the Princess" which, something Of satire
In itself, gave favorable opportunity for q
Gilbert & Sullivan combination. Since the
"Princess" there has come out "The Mikado,H
"Ruddygore." "The Golden Legend" and
others.
Gilbert & Sullivan certainly deserve the
thanks Of England and America. for the rec-
reation and amusement they have afforded
these two hard working peoples has been q
wonderful relief and enjoyment. Sullivan
has meanwhile been permitted to write "3irn
before his name.
In the London cast which brings out "Ths
Gondoliers" Ia n charming songstre~, Geral.
dine Ulmar, who for several years delighted
10 many Americans by her voice and rendi.
tion OF different characters Meanwhile there
Ia an expectancy In America TO hear tue last
production, and the American public are not
likely TO be disappointed In anything the
famous duo do
1t should be stated that Mr. Octavus Cohen,
OF The Charleston World, claims that no fur.
nished tho real inspiration to tho authors for
the latest opera. Ho says that no sent syn.
opsis Of the libretto Of an opera BY himself,
entitled "Niatrici, 10 Sir Arthur Sullivan,
asking tho composer II no would write the
music. Sir Arthur declined, but, from what
Mr.. Cohen believes 10 be the nature Of the
new opera, appropriated many Of the ideas
In the "Gondoliers." So firmly convinced Il
Mr.. Cohen that this Is 50 that he says he In.
tends TO do oil he can to prevent the pressuta,
tion Of the "Gondoliers' In America.
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FIGHTING THE POOL SELLERS.

Patrons Of the Turf Say Bookmakers Are
Degrading tho Sport.
Lovers Of sports, moro particularly the
horsemen, properly 70 called, are making
common cause with the opponents Of the
pool sellers in and about New York. 1t
Ia not only true that tho men who 80 vigor-
ously opposed the Ives pool bill in tho Now
York legislature have organized movement
to repeal that act, and that Anthony Com
stock Is ready TO lend 10 their movement all
the aid that Is In the power of the Society
for the Prevention Of Crime, but tho more
respectable OF the horse breeders and horse
racers are disguised with tho methods Of rae
ing as at present conducted in the vicinity Of
New York.
Only few days ago that honest old turf.
man, Sam Bryant, OF Louisville, said that he
believed horse racing to be on tho brink Of do
struction. He complained OF the number
and character OF many men who run horses,
and Of the number Of horses they run.
In summing up his reasons for disposing Of
his racing stable, including the great Proctor
Knott, Mr.. Bryant said: "The business Is
getting tough, sir-too tough for me-"
Frederick A. Lovecraft, secretary and
treasurer Of the American Jockey club, OF
New York. gives his reasons for believing
that the days Of racing, as a sport, are num-
bered. He says plainly that 1t is simply an
adjunct Of the pool room-practically speak
ing, the roulette wheel Of vast gambling
community. He speaks Of the limited num-
Der Of visitors to the race courses as com
pared with the thousands who frequent tho
pool rooms 30 openly conducted la New York
city.
These pool rooms-places where anybody
can bet ON the races-are not only many in
number, but they are also openly conducted.
No precautions are taken against the police;
there Is no surveillance over the bettors The
office boy can bot ss freely as the veteran
turfman, and money Is as soon accepted from
men who must evidently have stolen it as
from those who are known 10 be able 10 in
dulgs their sporting propensities.
Everything has been sacrificed To tho end
Of giving as many races as possible In the
shortest possible time. Distances and weights
have been cut down 10 the last extreme It
Is only few years since there were many
horses In the country who could run In
heat races OF one, two, three and even four
miles. Today they have vanished from tho
turf The 30 called Improvement OF the
breed OF horses has resulted In the prsduc-
tion Of a class Of colts which can show, even
In 2-year-old form, considerable speed, but
they cannot show any bottom.
One Of the best trainers and breeders that
this country ever saw said, In speaking Of
the rampant evil:
"They are running tho whole thing into
the ground. The bookmakers are too greedy,
II is not enough for them To run q fully de-
veloped horse TO the full extent Of his
strength; they must start an unlimited num-
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A LIVELY PRAIRIE FUNERAL.

scattered throughout our broad land,
amongst which beg leave to subscribe
myself. Yours truly,
EARNEST BRIaHrwArERs.
Scooting along the smooth and beauti.
fully bsllasted road bed Of the Great In
ter-Stste Commerce Bill Defyre rail.
way the other day, and lolling back in
the rich purple velvet upholstery Of it,
costly carriage, we caught glimpse Of
o country funeral. 1t was going slowly
across Q wind-swept prairie, with the
cold, bleak sky and frosted fre-weeds
skirting the horizon. The clergyman
and his nose was extremely red ss no
faced the blast The undertaken wept
steadily and honestly as the north who'd
played about his purple bugle. The
mourners rode in . cheerless lumber
wagon, and little frozen fatherless chill
dren with green bed quilts over their
shivering knees helped to heighten the
gloom.
How different from tho cheering, So
cisble, business-like air Of funeral on
broadway. ! saw one not long ago on
that street and made Q minute Of It
while attending my regular blockade
below Fulton street, in fact, made six
ty minutes of 1t before got through.
This Is the order Of the procession.
l-Hearse containing deceased and
driven by handsomely dressed coach
man who swears In gentle manner at
the truck drivers who try to delay tho
procession by coming in at Fulton street.
Hearse occasionally gets Its wheels into
the street-car track and can not get out,
though emitting low. gutteral sound.
2-Broadwsy car No. O0s driven by
coarse man with horn whistle half way
down his throat, he Is prevented from
swallowing It by stout string connect
ing the whistle with his button hole.
He Is heard ever and anon whistliug at
the hearse driver as who should say.
Come, wake up, wake up, don't delay
business."s
s-Carriage load Of mourners In close
conveyance.
LOAD Of groen hides and pelts
driven by . profane, seii-made man.
wearing ss sretired policenan's helmet
and an injured air. which latter Is also
shared by his cargo.
b-Load of Iron trails. hauled by four
largeShorses and driven by deaf and
dumb gentleman. who Is not in any way
related to. deceased. =
e-Uam bake load Of excursionists
going.over TO Staten Island for painting
purposes. accompanied'by embryo Jags.
TClose carriage containing other rel
atives Of deceased and driven by now
man. who Is not familiar with New York
City, having formerly driven q thrash,
ing machine near Owstonna, MINI. He
knows that IL he loses sight OF the hearse
he will wander farther and farther away
from the grave. In the meantime pro
oession Of Oyster Openers. headed by .
German band, cuts in ahead of him from
q side street, and the pole Of an loo
wagon knocks q hole In the back Of hil
| carriage.
SIC wagon owned by the Hudson
River - -obe IoQ Company, and driven
] bvso,s" @ho hsa-iaas ~ - u wsshb
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IA an orphan, he began the struggle o,
life single handed. Reared on farm,
his inclinations naturally followed this
bent, and he adopted farming as a pro.
fession, which he prosecuted with sue.
cess until called to another sphere.
He was married at 81, and was soon
after nominated and elected to the low
er house Of the state legislature, receiv-
ing fiattering vote. He served the
regular and two extra sessions, in 1860
and 1861, and then volunteered as pri-
vate in the Confederate service, declin.
ing the captaincy Of company. He
served in the Twenty fifth and Forty.
third North Carolina regiments until
late in 1854, when his comrades in the
army nominated him as the "army
candidate" and elected him again to
the general assembly. The following
year he was put forward in opposition
to his earnest protests, and elected to the
state constitutional convention called by
President johnson.
In 1877 he was elected commissioner
of agriculture, and had the responsible
and important task Of organizing de
partment Of agriculture, the establish.
ment Of which he had for many yearA
strenuously advocated. In 1880 he re-
signed his position and entered upon
business pursuits.
In 1885 he began the publication OF
The Progressive Farmer, and with II
began the organization OF farmers clubs,
and when In 1887 he espoused the cause
- tho To r,,, oro, oll;apro ha b,d orro NJ
lied nearly five hundred clubs in his
state. Another important move Col.
Folks paper exerted itself in behalf OF
was the establishment OF state agri.
cultural and mechanical college, advo-
eating the restoration of the land scrip
fund to that purpose, which had up tc
that time been applied to the State uni.
versity.
The agitation met considerable oppo-
sition from influential quarters, but
his plans were finally adopted, and tn.
college is today an established reality
and an acknowledged ornament to the
state of North Carolina.
In 1887 Col. Polk was elected state
secretary Ct the Farmers alliance, :.
which position he has been twice re-
elected. In the National Alliance con.
vention Of 1887 he was unanimously
chosen first vice president Of that great
order, by which he has now been honor
ed with its highest Office.
The Interstate Farmers association,
composed Of farmers in the cotton states,
was organized at Atlanta in 1887, and
the subject Of this sketch was chosen
president. At two subsequent annual
conventions he has been reelected t.
that position.
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IinaIOr6, new caAs ANhhun
comic opera, was put on tho boards II waa
written by Arthur Sullivan and w. q. Gil.
bort, the latter having published some time
before the "Bab Ballads" a work which
showed considerable ability In the comic line.
"Pinafore" was English to the core The
music, the words, the action were each 70.
markable and together produced gem.
Besides, there was In II . most delightful
satirc on the chief lord Of the admiralty of
the British navy.
There was something prairie fire like In the
way "Pinaforo" took. To have heard Il once
was nothing. Almost every one heard u
half n dozen times, aud many people could
say that they had listened to from ton 10 ne.
teen representations Of II. Il was tho begin.
ming Of new school, and no exccllcnt in all
its parts that IL seemed that tho public would
never grow tired Of 1t.
Then came tho PIRATES OF Penxanceo from
the same brains The novelty was not there
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Langtry's Figure.

Mrs Langtry is said to have beautiful
figure Of the conventional sort, dresses well
and is called graceful. That Is to say, her
waist Ia brought TO an ideal smallness; her
shoulders are squared and lifted, broadened
out OF proportion to the rest OF her body,
and from tight lacing she has become chicken.
breasted. The only real or statuesque beauty
she has left Is the exquisite line from the
crown Of her head down the nape OF her
neck. Happily she has not been able by any
artificial means to spoil that But all around
her body, about two inches below the arms,
can be clearly seen through the silk, satin or
wool Of her gown hard ridge which marks
the upper limit Of her corset. The same
peculiar physiological phenomena may he
observed In almost every actress who has
conventional reputation for dressing well.
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snem. NJ nofsc can stana tne straiu. wa
have secn repeated instances Of unbeaten 2
year-olds never doing anything afterwsrd,
and 3-ycar -olds forced into tho stud. This Is
not right, and II there is not speedy reform
racing will sink to the lowest depths and &C.
cupy position on par with the faro lay
outn
IL has already como to the point wherc
composition between the tracks Il 20 strong
that some must go to the wall. In place Of
seven last year there are eleven now, and
they arc all well equipped. It Is only q few
days since visitors returning from ono truck
were mot ON the train by cmissaries from an
other, Offering free admission tickets TO tho
next days racing.
These are few Of the things that initiate
against the grandest Of all sports. and II nm.
checked will ruin II utterly.
OREsrrs CLEVELAND. in
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swSrols-on:snsku00h foe ting down
,aclothing maa on the pei6Nof IN oysrt
coat By means Of . bes6- 6-ball'haA
! e-Heavy tsuok. Aauling oonaignment
of liuburger cheese for . downtown
house, driven by . noseless man who was
bitten By . warm personnel friend during
the war. Z
1o-Procsasion ol excursionists known
- the Mock Turtle Club, headed by drum
corps end followed BY Christopher street
car No. sos. driven By man With insrow-
ing lpustsche and do9-can whistle.
ll-0ther mournsrs In open carriage,
smoking election cigars. !
10 Salvation Army passing through
New York on its way 70 convert Newark.
1S-Ambulance ON il way TO pick np
some msneled people who tried 70 es-
cape from . Ars=pnoof- building BY
means Of Are-escape.
1A-Psrsds By knights Of Pythias
with drawn swords.
I, lS-City of1eials with drawn salaries.
lo-Nilk wagon carrying pure country.
milk and Dream, accompanied by On oc-,
casional mufIled crosk.
. l7-Other nourners In dog-cart read
ing evening papers.
: 1s-Lcsd Of baled hay driven by O
scholarly. looking colored man, In Q high
hat and red flannel shirt
1o-Anothss and competing funeral
from the east sidc, which out In at q
aide street before the police could inter
ters.
So-Bslsncs Of original procession In
terlerded with horse cars, butcher carts,
beer wagons. cabs, profanity and rag
fapoiers.
An unknown man can have . bigger
and ehesper dsmonstration by dying inl
New York than In any other place oanI
At this moment call to mind. To die inl
New York end get one Of these funeral
demonstrations almost pulls the stingerj
out Of death.
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born in Anson
county, N. c.,
and is a descend
ant Of the Neck
lenburg family Of
Folks, Of which
Coils. Thomas and
William Polk of
revolutionary re
fame and Presi.
dent James X.
Polk were illus
tr1Ou3 6ClOnS.
Col. Polk is, In
the truest sense
Of that much
abused phrase, a
self made man.
Left Mt the age of
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COL. LecNIoAs /. POLK.

Nstionsl Farmcrs' Alliance.
Col. Leonidas = Polk, who was elected
president Of the National Farmers alli.
ance at the recent st. Louis convention
Of that organization, which now repre-.
sents membership Of nearly S,0OO,OO0
Of American farmers, 10 native Of North
Carolina, where he Is at present engaged
In publishing The Progressive Farmer.
and which paper has welded potent
influence in giving irresistible impetus
to the "farmors' movement" through.
out not only the south, but the entire
country. Col. Polk is SO years Of age.
but looks several years younger. He WA
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Pitcher StAley,

Here is picture Of Harry f. Staey, a
very promising young pitcher. He was born
In Springfield, Ills, about twenty three years
ago. In 1885 he pitched for the Decatur
club. This was his first season as a profess
sional. The season Of 1886 found him filling
the same position for the Springfield club,
and in 1851 he was again a member Of tha
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manager OF the Pittsburgs. He remained
with the Pittsburgs throughout the past two
seasons, and did excellent work In the box,
his most notable feat being the retiring OF
the indianapolis team for single base hit,
July 2s, 1883. Stacy ranked fourth among
the twenty-six pitchers Of the National
league in lssS He stood up among tho lead
srs CT last season, although he had pitched
more championship games than any othsr
pitcher Of the League except clarkson.
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Decatur team. The
st. Louis Browns,
Of the Western as
ISOLATION, secured
him in 1887, and he
re m aimed with
them until v on
der Abe disbanded
the club. He and
Beckley OF the same
team were I h o n
sold TO the Pitts
burg team Of the
Natio nal league.
The deal and trans
fer were made by
Horace B. Phil.
lg -, ....a a.
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American In ORen-
bach's operas. Tho
public had become
In . measure sati-
ated with them
when a littlc cloud,
no bigger than q
mans hand, APP
peared. which was
destined to obscure
ORenbac and
drive him out In
America almost al
together. "H err
Majesty's Ship
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Perhaps no local disease has puzzled and
bafiied the medical profession more than nasal
catarrh. While not Immediately fatal 1t Is
among the most distressing aud disgusting Ills
the flesh s heir 10, and the records show very
few no cases Of radical cure of chronic ca
tarrh by any OF the multitude ofmodes of treat
ment until the Introduction OF Els's Cream
Balm few years ago, The success OF this
preparation has been most gratifying and sur
prising.
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OF course; that wao
all In "Pinafore,"
but the public was
read y for mora,
and 1.-THE PirAtats
was q succeas u
car Wilde was q
that time exciting
the attention Of the
people Of London,
and the next opera
Gilbert and Hulli-
van produced was
Patience" mtlrs
on Wilde and hh
followers. II con-
tainoH n vHaot ns,srS.
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DEC. 10, 1889.
To the President Of the United States.
Sir-It is seldom that monkey with
the high prerogatve Of o person who
has enough TO think OF his own self in
carrying out the duties Of his oface, but
i must say that 1t istime 70 call halt,
Is our paper here last, week stated. 7
am not Q hide-bound lSdicsl, either
Democrat or Republican. never was
hide-bound, as you might say, and II i
had been would have. known what toI
do for it, for have . condition powder
that has no equal; buNsMr. President. =
40 say that the KAxuoljtns Is condunt-
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Soulful Hfiss lfasisslA Butts saa vlrtssse
Mr. DrishtwstsR FlseA with ths frsss. Z
dent-A Prairie Hunssa1 aaA 0as =
Brsadway osatrsstsd - Pulllne
the ss9tiness Oat % Dsathw-
4 Lsss Frssssslsaiss.
-
lCopyrishA w.. b. Edgar ". Nyel
A mAp In Washington who ssys no 10
: buyer of old psper rags, paper, ETC., J,
etc., on largo scales told me that he
bought not long ago quantity Of -vasse
paper Of the White House and said that
boy Of his, who y just old enough TO,
p-owl around and PHI into such thiass,
began 70 read over pome Of tho still
legible but uninportAnt letterG Me
found quite . quantity Of them which,
wero not personal enough TO seriously
involve anybody II printed without the
signature and 90 he allowed mo 70 use
some Of them.
, Ono read % follows:
Mr.. President Of the United States.
Sir-I see by the papers that you are
coming West ~ far - Chicago this
month, and 20, Of course, you will pass
through our place. We live at Marion,
this State, and my name IL harrison. I
am Of scandinavian extraction. Il hap
pened about 20 eight years ago.
Would you mind stopping over one
train with as, whore you could be quiets
do not want nothing on you, but, oh,
I would be 30 glad to take you 70 my
house and show you to my children.
We could have little bite TO eat and
II you do not mind taking It farmer
fashion, we could have good time. I
will not make any. difference on your
account except to have some prunes
stewed, SO you can have something in
the way Of fruit.
l will get you too and from the train,
and 1t shall not cost you sent while I'M
the town.
So far mono of the Presidents have
ever stopped any length Of time In our
place, and none Of them have been to
my house at all.
was in the war. Served all the way
through 1t and overhet myself at Bulls
justly celebrated Run, but did not ask
for pension as yet.
Will you stop with us2 we will freshen
mackeril II you will. and II you are
coming we ought to begin now.
There will be no speeches and you can
take OF you coat in the setting room IL
you want to.
Yours with great respectfulness and
sincerely yours also,
EARNEST MoxIE HARRISON. I
CThis name Is fctitious.)
Another one is written by young
woman who is very ambitious to do
something in the world which will at
tract attention. She states as follows:
Mn. BENJAMIN HARRISON,
President of the United States Of America
WASHINGTON, d. @.
Honored Sir-I know you will think
me great bore to write to you, but
must 60 to some one whom l can re-
spect. My parents unfortunately do not