fc.- -'-'"' i"t.-. . -- - :- " J . '.'.,,'r J wra irtMt-rirMn&JiflBbfaalriiia,rTfflt''lwK nw ji' , .ra:BBnHHxnsHnvmmi.L i jinnmranmHH "5$ -V jT rzt - ".- "?"- i. ! l LANCASTER" PAIKY PTTELLIGENCEE THURSDAY JUNE 21. 1883. -' Lancaster fnteUigencet. THUESDAT BVENINO. JUNE 21, 1883. The Gsrerner's Geed n erk. The governor lias delivered three mere vetoes, all apparently well grounded. An act for the government of cities of the fifth class was disapproved because it authorized the imprisonment of citi zens who did net pay their taxes; certainly a me3t excellent reason, and wc share the surprise which the governor expresses that the Legislature was in duced te return te the barbaric idea of imprisonment for debt. It only shows hew ill-considered is legislation, partic ularly that of a local character, and bow necessary it is that it should be critically examined by the governor before giving it his approval. Anether veto was of an act directing surveyors te take the bear ings of permanent objects in making their corners ; a direction which prob ably would be beneficial, if observed, but as the Legislature neglected te provide a penalty for its non-observance the gov ernor very wisely refused te cumber the statute book with an ineffective law. The third veto wa3 caused by the viola tien in the bill of the constitutional prohibition te the passage of Jecal laws affecting counties, cities, boroughs and school districts. The intelligent and diligent 3uper vision which the governor is giving te the products of legislation is exceed ingly praiseworthy, and its results se far have been very beneficial generally te the state. The veto power is the greatest one with which the governor of Penu. sylvania is invested, and indeed it is about the only great one he has. It is a great pity that the office of governor has been emasculated as much as it has in Pennsylvania. We particularly re gret that the appointment of the judges has been transferred from the governor te political conventions. Theoretically the people select the judges ; if they did in reality we might net haw se much reason te regret the transfer te them of the power. We consider it, however, te be conclusively demonstrated by our experience that the election of judges is a mistake. We are in favor of a constitutional amend ment restoring te the governor the power of appointment. Ne doubt we would get bad judges then from bad governors. But we stand an even chance of getting geed governors ;and we have the weight of public opinion te keep bail governors from going very wrong. Let us give our governor his proper powers ; held him te hisjust responsibilities ; condemn bim when wrong ; applaud him when right ; and t lie affairs of the state will run ast nearly s' might ai they can h directed. One Reason Why. Thogeeinor haa approved the bill requiring goods manufactured by con vict labor te be se marked that their purchasers will knew whence they come The idea evidently is that convict labor does net recommend their manufacture ; and our present experience with our prison management suggests at least one reason why. We are made te knew that it is considered the correct thing iusenv prisons te conceal the existence of cmi tagieus diseases, and te run the affairs of an institution infected witu s.uall pox, just as though it was in geed ..ru tary condition. We trust that ail pris m superintendents and physicians de no1 ne1 have the same conception of their duly te the community. As we understand the conduct of buperintendent Burl; holder and Phjsician Shirk, it is such :t3 might consign them te cells in their pri son. Tlicy denied the existence of small pox after it had been clearly developed in the jail and called it malaria Dr. Shirk told our reporter, sent te inquire into the existence of the smallpox, that there was none; and when he wai told that the reporter had geed reason te di -believe him, he declared that he would take the responsibility of withholding the report 01! the disease from the boa id of health, te which the law made it ids duty te report it. Superintendent Biuk holder came te us and said that ii;e man who died of smallpox, had died of varioleid. On the habeas cm pus taken out te release Cair, who has since died of smallpox wilh his two sisters, whom he infected, this superintendent, produced him before the judge, and thW illness, because of which his discharge was asked, was net stated, though Can himself said te our reporter thai lie ha 1 smallpox. Superintendent Burkhe'.d'T resisted the discharge and said that h desired te retain the prisoner, because of his illness, but he did net tell its nature. Pour people have died iu the city from smallpox directly traceable te infection from prison convicts discharged into ti.e community while suffering from the disease. Is no one responsible ? Is no one te be punished ? Has net the crime of manslaughter been committed by these who permitted this infection te go out from the prison, when they might have prevented it by informing ttie court and the beard of health, who li.nl authority in the premifes, that - the pris eners about te be discharged weie ill with smallpox r m - In the4 death of the venerable Arch bishop Weed a great church has lest a great and geed man. His intellectual and executive ability, his purity of character and the respect and affection which he commanded, in like, measure, for his qualities of head and heart, have long made him familiar te a far wider community than that of the church which he loved se much and served se well. The authority and influence of his clerical office were always exercised, in a legitimate way, for the cause of geed government and public order, and in all the relations of citizenship the venerable prelate who has been gathered like a ripe shock filled the full measure of his public arid private duties. Judge Krum, who left Ht. Leuis very suddenly and inexplicably, hurried br.ck fast enough when he found his absence was being made the b.inir. t,( r,Urh-n charging him with mal-adrrmihlratirn of a trust estate. He shown a clean record and a squared account and having d'r.e me tells the gossip-mongers that his incomings and outgoings are none of their concern se long as he cheats nobody and spends no money but his own. Cuius Maqee is authority for the state ment that Den Cameren will net be a can didate for re election te the United States Senate. Gen. Cook, is almost exceptional among the Indian fighters, in his desire te pro mote the social condition of the Indians by educational and ether ameliorating in fluences. Representative Niles is said te have rftnnnsidered his determination te net be a candidate for the Republican nomination of auditor general. The bosses want him for off year pupeses. The Philadelphia Timet is loudly called upon te specify some indications that the Democratic state administration is" trying te boss the party. The party does net seem te have heard of it. Henuy Raymond, son of the lata editor of the New Yerk Timex, has purchased the Gormantewu Telegraph, a newspaper, which, under the management of Maj. FreaB, attained the very front rank of weekly journalism, and, especially as an agricultural journal, was recognized and quoted as an authority throughout the world. Reiiekt Celiaeb, in a receut alter dinner speech, declared that " the church i3 the mether and the stage the daugh ter ;" aud instanced the fact that while a general assembly of the Scotch Presby tci ian church was sitting in Edinburgf Mia Siddeus came there, and en her nights it adjourned at an early hour te enable its levereud inembdra te attend the play. Tiik governor has signed the Senate act te repeal the first aud second sections of an act relating te the confinement of per sons convicted of crimes in Lancaster county, the purpese of which is te allow our judges te seud ether priseners than is new permitted te the Eastern penitentiary. Concerning the bill te salary county offiiseis Gov. Pattisea has as yet made no sign. PERSONAL. Jeseph Cook calls bimself " the product of twenty-Ove years of education, includ ing foreign travel." State Senators Hess, Kenuedy and Biddis attended P. & M. cellege com mnncement yesterday. Gov. Bim.rcn has ordered out the Na tienal Lancers te escort him te and from Harvard college en Commencecient Day. Governer Blackburn, of Kentucky, says that net a drop of liquor of any kind has passed his lips since he has been gev erner. Prince Bismarck's condition is worse. He is suffering from vielcut pains in the stomach. His departure for Friedrichs Friedrichs rahe has been postponed. Themas McElratii, who founded the New Yerk Tribune, with Heraco Greeley, lives in a humble way in Harlem. Hn was formerly of Hardwicke, near Lancaster. Presidest Arthur has told Commiss ioner Evaus, if Washington report is true, that the removal of efficient agents and the appointment of the speckled favorites of the commissioner will net be permitted. Dr. G. W, Spencer, one of the best known dentists in Pittsburgh, and father of Lillian Spancer, the actress, died sud denly last night. He was about 50 years of age. Captain Webb, the famous English B.vimmer, intends, it is said, te undertake swimming through the whirlpool, rapids aud the dreaded maelstrom below Niagara Falls, from which no one has ever yet emerged alive. Mr. Derman B. Eaten, of the civil service commission, was te leave Wash ington last eveniug for the north, te held examinations of candidates for promotion in the civil sorvice at various cities. The examination in Philadelphia will probably be held en July 12th. Queen Victeria has for two months been in a state of mild melancholia, which in the course of time, if net relieved, would probably become very difficult te treat. Her condition has naturally caused great excitement because of the tendencies of her family. Her Majesty and Princess Beatrice will, in the autumn, go te the vicinity of Florence, Italy, where they tvtll remain two months. Khl'KMrANCK AND RBMAKKIAUK. KiKh M. Tevla. Wue Shet His Wile's ftetraynr Again Wetle tuc Same Weman. Werd comes from Lancaster, Ohie that Rush H. Tevis of St. Leuis, and Kate E. Reose, daughter of Colonel H. B. Roe.e and niece of General and Senater Sherman wete quietly married in Philadelphia last Sunday. One day last November Tevis, accompanied by a private detective, watched near the deer of a resort in St. Leuis and finally saw Mrs. Tevis and a ruale companion emerge from the place. whereupon he shot the latter, who proved te be Frank Iulehcart, a well-known society man. A diverce followed and Mrs Tevis retired te Philadelphia, where sbe lived with some friends in deep seclusion and bitter repentance. Igleheait went te the St Luke's hospital, where his wounds healed but slowly and only recently he was discharged, partially recovered, but with a permanently shattered constitution Tevis, who is of a sympathetic and gentle and yielding disposition, seen found that net only lie could net only live alone, but that every day the old love gained stronger held upon him. He made overtures ler a locencilation, which were gladly re ceived by the lady, who had mourned truly for the absence of her child, a little girl, whose custom had been given te the father, and with the advice and assistance of the veiy influential Iriendsand relatives of the wife the marriage was brought about The friends of the lady, who have taken great care of her since her seclusion, are of the opinion that her reformation has been thoroughly accomplished and the do de lighted husband is described as being unboundedly grateful for the change they have wieught in the object of his first and only love. llRneball YeBterday. At Providence : New Yerk, 4 ; Provi dence, 2 ; at Bosten : Bosten 29 ; Phila delphia 4 ; at Cleveland : Detroit, 7 ; Cleveland, 4 ; at Buffalo : the League game was postponed en account of wet ground ; at.Cincinnati : Cincinnati, 11 ; Athletic, 1; at Louisvflle : Eclipse, 7 ; Baltimore, 0 ; at Columbus : Allegheny, ll; Columbus 4; at St. Leuis : the game was postponed en account of rain ; at Brooklyn : Brooklyn, 11 ; Jasper, 2 ; at Trenten : (championship game) : Trenten, 0. Merrilt, 2. Three Hundred Acres Leased The officers of the Pennsylvania Btate agricultural society yesterday signed a ten years lease for the property of 300 acres located near the junotien of the Pennsyl. vania railroad, af Sixteenth street, Phila deJpbla, whero it cresses the Germantown arid Norristown branch of the Reading tefui. AT HAEKLSBUBfl. . CORK VBTOJBJ BT TUB. OOVBXHOK. Proceedings In tee BoaM-CemmltiMt ea Apportionment Ne "rtr" Diem " lertne Vacation Saya. The governor has announced three mere vetoes. One was " An Act iteiatmg te Surveyors " The governor, among ethe reasons for objecting te the bill, says that " it imposes no penalty of any kind en their failure te obey its injunctions. It amounts te little mere than a mere re quest, which may or may net be obeyed, according te the pleasure of the citi zen." The second bill returned is the Heuse bill te prohibit the running at large of do mestic animals in the township efAUe gheny and adjoining townships. The following is the most important of the vetoes : Executive Department, Common wealth of Pennsylvania, Office of the Governer, Harrisburg, June 20, 1883. I hereby file, with my objections, in the office of the secretary of the common wealth, Heuse bill Ne. 383, entitled " An act for the government of cities of the fifth class." This is a very long bill, containing many previsions. Indeed, te such minnte par ticulars does it descend, that if it shenld become a law the cities thereby affected would have little discretion left as te the government of their own affairs. As te the wisdom of many of the details of the bill the executive has grave doubts ; but one of its previsions is se highly objectionable that he contents him self with resting his disapproval upon that alone. The first clause of sec tion 4 provides that a treasurer of a city of the fifth e'ass may appoint collectors of undaid taxes. te whom he Bhall deliver his warrant authorizing the collectors te levy and sell the personal property of the debtor fei the payment of taxes due. The bill then further provides that " said warrant shall also empower the col lector, en failure of personal property being found sufficient te pay the taxes assessed against any person or parsons, and twenty days' notice having been given te such person or persons te pay said taxes, te take the body of sueh delinquent, if found in said county, and convey him te the jail of the proper county, there te re main until the amount of sueh tax to gether with the costs shall be paid, or secured te be paid, or until he shall be otherwise discharged by due course of law." I will never give my approval te any law te re establish imprisonment for debt in this commonwealth. Sueh a step backward out of the human civilization of te-day te the repellant harshness of the laws of a century age would ba a belt and reproach upeu the fame of the state. It is difficult te imagine hew a bill contain ing such a prevision as the one cited ever passed a Pennsylvania Legislature of to day. The insolvent delinquent taxpayer may be uufertuuate, but I will net consent te the barbarism of making his poverty and misfertune a cnmnal aet. Robt. E. Pattison. TheSenate Uemmlttccs. President pre tern. Mylin has auneunced the following as the apportionment com mitt oe for the present extra session : Congressional Messrs. McUracken, Davies, McNeill, Lee, Herr, Smith, Wat res, Revburn, McKnight, Macfarlane, Wolvcrten, Laird, Biddis, Hart, Van do de grift, Mylin, president pre tern. Representative Messrs. Stewart, Mae- farlane, Cooper, Aull, sill, Heeler, Sten man, Agney, Upperman, Watrcs, Coxe, Gorden, Henninger, Hess, Patten, Mylin, president pre tern. Senatorial Messrs. Lengeuecker, Grady, Keefer, Arnholt. Lee, Beggs, Smiley, Lantz, Hughes, Aull, Hall, Kennedy, Wagner, Sutten, Humes, Mylin, president pre tern. Judicial Messrs. Greer, Smiley, Adams ftlcJNeill, &mery, Harlan, Davies, upper man, Lantz, Agnew, Wallace, Ress, Shearer, Nelsen, King, Myliu, president pie tern. iu the Beuse. The speaker announeed the following committees : Congressional Apportionment Messrs. MacReyuelds, Ammerman, Hassen, Jen kins, Bullitt, Merry, .hckles, Neeley, Vb veney, Degan, Carey, Meyer, Bennett, Sieger, Niles, Wayne, Yankirk, Sponsler, Franklin Hall, Miller, Snodgrass, A. W. Hayes, W. C. Brown and Landis. Legislative Apportionment Messrs. McNamara, Bryson, E. G. Snyder, Craw ford, Jamisen, Fay, Fertner, Carberry, Evaus, Harrar, Weihl, Green, Bierer.Burt, Beycr, McCrum, Clark, Veegtley, E. L. Davis, Emery. Stubbs, Loe, Thompson, Klein, B. B. Mitehell aud Denly. Judicial Apportionment Messrs. Jos Jes eph MoDenald, Duggau Sterrett, Vander slice, Sharpe, Gabon, Bream, Bigler, Riland, Himmulricch, Adams, Coelbaugb, McCabe, Townseud, Shafcr, Gallagher, Tubb?, Burchfleld, Fetters, Colbern, Hillings, Ellis Morrison, Gardiner, Glenn and Hoever. The salary Qaestlen. Iu the Heuso the preposition te take no salary for the vacation days was antagon ized by seme of the ten dollar statesmen but finally the Heuso, by a vote of 114 yeas te 43 nays, concurred iu the Senate resolution as amended. The form it passed iu was as fellows : Resolved, If the Heuse concur that the " standing appro priation committee be and are hereby in structed iu preparing the bill te meet the expenses of the present extra session of the Legislature, te emit any and all per diem pay te the members for the re cess taken from and including the 8th and 19th of June. " Eberly of this county voted " no." 1'UUI.IO AFFAIRS. Wbat Miull be Dene With the Indians? At a conference between Commissioner Price and Secretary Teller, Tuesday, it was virtually decided that the Indian children captured by General Creek should be sent te school. The women, as well as the men, will probably be held as prison ers of war. Gen. Creek has telegraphed the war departmen advising that the hes tiles be placed with ether Indians en a reservation. He says: " Any attempts te keep the captives apart from the ether Indians would arouse their suspicions, and, if it did net drive them te the mountain, would seriously jeepardise the resevery of the captive boy. The state convention of coal miners re mained in session at Pittsburgh Wednes day perfecting the organization. The convention adjourned iu the evening after electing the following officers : President, Jehn Welsh, of Schuylkill county, with headquarters at Pittsburgh ; vice prosi presi dent, Geerge Harris, Reynoldsville. Jeff Jeff ereon ceuntv ! Renrateirina. Ttinharri TVmis of Dubois, and Hen. Themas Armstrong, of the Laber Tribune, Pittsburgh. The Senate of Massachusetts Thursday, by a vote of 21 te 11, refused te memorial ize Congress for a female suffrage amend ment te the federal constitution. Beth sides of the coal trades tribunal held secret sessions in Pittsburgh Thurs day morning. BIAIl. MISCELLANY. Uatnered irrem the Af ernlng Journal. The tiny skulls and bones of 21 partially developed infants were unearthed Wednes day in the cellar of the premises, Ne. 2243 Neith Fifth street, Philadelphia, formerly accupicd by "Docter" Isaac Hathaway, who has frequently been implicated in cases of abortion and ether criminal of fences Eighty five per cent of the creditors of Graff, Bennett & Ce., of Pittsburgh, met Wednesday aud agreed te grant the firm an extension of three years. 0KATK OF OOUL W. O. FATTKKSOW. Sketch rstia cirti aad KUttaxy Career . Cel. Wm. C. Patterson died at his resi dence in Philadelphia about 9 o'clock Wednesday morning. He was well known and had many friends in Lancaster city and county. His wife was Careline Ell maker, a daughter of Levi EHmaker, of Philadelphia, who was a brother of Ames EHmaker, of Lancaster. Their father, the late Nathaniel EHmaker, of Leacock, was the head of the large family of Ell makers in this city and county. Colonel Patterson and bis wife were very frequent visitors te their kinsfolk, Newton Light ner, Na'thaniel EHmaker, Ames Hender son and ethers residing in Lancaster. Cel. Patterson was born near Knoxville, Tenn., about the year 1812. He was a brother of the late General Rebert Patter son, and a son of Francis Patterson, who emigrated from Ireland te escape punish ment for complicity in the revolution of '98. Before his majority the deceased was engaged in his wool warehouse, and after ward went into business for himself, and rapidly accumulated a fortune. He con structed the nine massive warehouses generally known as the Patterson ware houses, which en Aug. 4, 18G9, were burned, with about 40,000 barrels of whisky, involving a less of nearly $3,000, 000. After engaging in a fruitless sorghum sugar enterprise in New Jersey he went West, made another fortune, and returned te Philadelphia, where he -had since resided. Colonel Patterson's life is clesely inter woven with the early history of the Penn sylvania railroad company. He was elected its president in December, lw'J, bavmg previously been a director, and without issuing a bend or paying usurious interest he built up a capital of $10,000,000. When the company was making the extension of the read te the AHeghenies from Philadel phia and Pittsburgh, te secure a contin uous line by the use of the old Portage railroad with its inclined plane, it was found that a mistake in the estimates left the cempauy about $1,000,000 short in its construction account. The company was without the credit, but President Patterson was equal te the emergency. He went te his brother Rebert, told him of the needs of the com pany, and the general replied : " I can lend you a quarter of a million, and bor row as much mere for you if necessary." The general was as geed as his word, and the deficit wa? made geed befere its exis tence became publicly known. Colonel Patterson was a candidate for ro-election te the presidency of the company in 1852, but was defeated by J. Edgar Thomsen. The deceased was one of the early members of the Washing ton Grays aud Washington Blues. He served in the Mexican war, and was in the three months' service as a colenol en the staff of General Patterson during the first year of the rebellion. A year age when the Union Trust company was for med Colonel Patterson became its Presi dent, but was compelled, by failing health three months since, te relinquish the position te .Tames Leng, the incumbent. ST. MART'S AUA1IKMY. The Distribution of Prizaa Yesterday The closing exercises of the scholastic year and the distribution of prizes took place at St. Mary's academy, en Tuesday afternoon at half-past two. There were present Dr. McCullagh, Rev. Father Igee, of Reneva, and Dr. Brcunan, of Erie. The hall was tastefully decorated with choice flowers and hanging baskets, and presented the' appearance of a baautiful garden. The music was of classical order, having been selected from the very best authors. The young ladies and children acquitted themselves remarkably well, and showed the excellent teaching and perseverance of the sisters in the way they rendered the most difficult pieces. The singing, tee, was very select. Miss Mazie Malone dis played her talent in the ronditieu of " Nerma " and " Kathlean Maveurneen," and Miss Beckie Rhoads iu " Memories in Springtime ;" they sang with expression, ease and grace. Want of space prevents us from giving the whele pregramme, but all did admirably, and the sisters in charge of the academy may well be proud of the success which has attended their efforts since it was opened. They have sent forth many accomplished yenng ladies in Lan caster, who are a credit te society. When the exercises were ever the pre miums were distributed. Miss Bernie O'Neill, Miss Agues McConemy aud Miss Margie Harrison having the highest avoi avei ages for the year were entitled te a hand some prize, given by Dr. McCnlligh. The doctor then addressed the pupils in a very expressive manner, congratulating them ea the success of the past year, which they se well deserved, and thanked them for the enjoyable entertainment, they had given, after which they separated te enjoy a pleasant a pleasant vacation. The brilliant year just closing for the sister.i in the academy foreshadows their future success ; they will be in their new building for the reopeuing in September, where they will have better facilities than they have hitherto enjoyed. STKICKX DAM AOKS. The Amounts A wanted by Viewers. The report of viewers, who were ap pointed te assess the damages by the opening of Filbert street, from Coucstega te Derwart, was filed in the q uartcr ses sions effice last evening. They award damages te property owners te be paid by tue city ana county as fellows : County City. .siaiB ui uenry j.ucucr f j:u uu Estate of Martin Kemn XH)00 41200 00 Bishop Shanalian, ler Ht, Je- sepii's cemetery .. Harris Gartu er Jehn Haberbusli.... Jes. F. Haenninger. Jeseph IIuclc Charles Uothwqller. Fred. Martin , Jeseph isradel , llenry Uantz Francis Kappacl H1U19 7OJ0O 25 00 15 00 35 00 35 00 40 00 25 tO 35 00 25 00 25 00 25 00 Zeybalil Khrinan 35 00 Lewis N.Shaw 500 0) Jeseph Kanz 120 00 Jehn G. Meyer 550 00 Peter Krcaatz 40) 0a Christian Herehberger ree 00 Jehn F. Haenninger 7 0 00 Henrietta Kleffer ioe 03 Jacob ShacfTer 500 00 Kose Suter 150 00 Frank Pfeiffer 400 00 Andrew Shay 15000 Jehn Smith 1500 00 Valentine Sheid 400 00 PeterKray ioe oe Jeseph Bradel 250 00 Frank Plifler 400(0 Careline P. Hunter 40000 Klizabeth Showers 12.-, oe J. H. llauser 125 Cq Carolines nauser. 15 00 m co 000 te 200 03 13C0 00 350 00 225(0 S75 00 200 0) 975 00 55 00 400 00 650 03 500 00 25 00 West CneBterM Uneasy Prisoner. Frankford, who has just been lecap turcd for jail breaking, made an unsuc cessful attempt te break jail again yester day afternoon. He was confined in an ordinary cell. One of the under keepers, Theodere F. Tumor, feel ing uneasy about the prisoner, went quietly te his cell about G o'clock. Loek ing through a pecphole he saw Frankford working into the Downingtown diamond thief Coffee's cell. He had a knife, and with it he had cut some of the plaster off the wall and was abent removing a stone. Keeper Hageerty was notified and Frank ford was handcuffed and putin adunEreeu. Coffee was in league and was working into another prisoner's cell abeve, and the work of Monday morning would have been repeated. I The prison officials of West Chester are se worked up by the frequent attempts of Frankford te escape that they have de cidedte put an inspector in his cell te sleep with him every night. It would be bad if Chester county were te lese any of its geed men, but if the inspectors are net careful they may be carried away be fore they knew it COMMENCEMENT. ALCMNI DAT ON THIS CAMPUS. Tbe Alums! Dinner. uIsm Day Exercises. The Alnmnl Oration. The Junier Prize Contest Tbe Baccalaure ate uratiepa Tela Morning. Over two hundred guests sat down yes terday te the alumni dinner in Harbaugh hall. The dining room, as usual, had been beautifully trimmed and the beard was most bountifully spread. Bouquets and pyramids of flowers covered the table, a boulen niere lay at every plate, vines, ferns and growing plants decorated the walls, pillars and tables, and the tout en semble was very striking. The bill of fare ineluded cold Toast beef, veal, ham and tongue, cheese and crackers, cucumber salad and dressed lettuce, oranges, bananas, cherries, raisins, nuts, eake and coffee ; and after the material feast was disposed of W. U. Hensel, esq., appointed te preside, invited Rev. Dr. P. S. Davis te respond te the toast " Music Hath Charms." In a speech of an half-hour's length he dwelt with rare pest-prandial humor and pathos en the influence of music, its culture in the college, the mem ory of the sweet singers of the oheir, and wound up with an eloquent plea for a pipe ergau in the college chapel, te which cause a generous lady present at once sub scribed $100, and ether considerable sub scriptiens were taken up. Prof. W. B. Owen, of Lafayette, in speaKing ier ic anu sister rennsylvania colleges, paid a high tribute te the fidelity with whifth TiYitnlrlin tnit ATViraliell hnrl adhered te the old classic curriculum and congratulated it upon the fact that its twenty-two graduates of this year all took the full course. He extended the greet ings of his institution te these of this city. M. Brosius, esq., paid an eloquent tri bute te the work of the college and the character of its graduates in response te the sentiment "'Lancaster the home of the cellege," and in reviewing tbe scholastic influence of the institution, be expressed the hope that it might long be the pride of the city. Prof. Wm. B. Tteillv. nrnnidHnf. nf Pale.. tinate college, Myerstown, expressed the oeugaiion et tne aiumm ana tneir guests te the ladies for their contribution te the success of tbe present occasion, and for their gracious influence in life. The chairman of the occasion then de clared it adjourned and invited the guests te the CLASS DAY EXBRU19ISS. Farewells te Familiar Associations. In front of the north wing of tbe college nau ueen erected a platform and seats were provided for hundreds of spectators. The temperature was delightful and the scene very inspiriting. F. E. Schreeder, as chairman of the cemmittee en arrange ments, was master .of ceremenies, and dis charged his delicate position with much efficiency. The pregramme of the occasion was as fellows : Music Overt nre " The Night Wanderer," v. muanuu, urr. uyj)i. c. Aieue. Salutatory Brown. Music " Harmenlcal Chain " Arr. by W. S. Worrel. Class Peem Heisler. Music-" Sparkling Pelka " T. II. Hollinsen. Class History Stahl. Music -Overture " IJy the Ocean " F. ,1. Keller. Prophecy M i tnian . Music' Pleasant Memoirs " E. Hyer. Presentation Uettensteln . Music Potpourri from Martha " Fr. v. FIo'ew, arr. by A' Heinicke. Mantle Oration Mayburry Mu9lc-Musical " Pow-Wew " E. Oyer. Valedictory Kobb. Music" Fairies' Moonlight Revels " Fr. Goe.z Music by Irenvllle band. The geutlemen of the class performed tueir various parts with no little grace and humorous appreciation of their rospensi bility. The salutatory, was fit and well spoken ; Heisler's poem was melodious, as nis verses always are ; the class history abounded in pungent personal reminiscen ces. The prophecy bristled with startling futures for the classmates of the seer, and forecast their fate with reference te their present predilections ; a great deal of fun was elicited by the presentations which hit off in an inoffensive way the foibles of the mem bers. In his mantle oration Mayburry ap -peared wearinjr the clas3 robe which was fittingly received by the Juniors in a short speecu from Cook. The valedictory words were eloquently pronounced and after music this interesting though some what prolonged exercise was succeeded by THK ALUMNI ADUItim A Politico social Problem Stated. Rev. Dr. Davis, president of the alumni association, introduced Hen. Jere S.Hess, a member of the Pennsylvania s-ate Sen ate, from Hellertown,Pa., who entertained the audience for an hour with his vigorous treatment of "a Politic-Economic Prob lem." Mr. Hess spoke with earnestness and maintained the attention of tbe audi ence te the close. The universality of citizenship iu this country and of individual responsibility for governmental affairs were cited by the speaker as justification of ki3 cheice of a politico economic theme for a literary oc casion. In vivid contrast he sketched the simple life, the plain customs, the cheaper modes of living and absence of luxury and idleness prevailing in the beginning of our nationality, and the wealth, oxtravagance, dissipation, centralization aud abuse of power that have followed our nuexampled material progress. Laber saving ma chinery, railroad development, the appli cation of electric power have Ljeu fol lowed by the accumulation of large fortunes and the concentration of vast authority, but the common laborer has net shared proportionately in the advan tages secured by these inventions and im provements. " Railroad and iron kings, coal oil, and merchant princes, geld and silver barons absorb the advantages and centralize social and political power. " Wealth accumu lates and men decay." These who control the franchises of great corporations enrich themselves at the expense of the public and their employees. Mercantile interest-, the records show, are cencenttating in fewer hands, despite the increase of wealth and population ; combinations are formed te crush out individual operators ; peels and rings control trade and prices, instead of the fice operation of supply and de mand ; dividends en watered stock and false capitalization sweat the public. All this has tended te a dangerous and demor alizing social extravagance, disgusting iu itself and dogenorating in its tendencies. The style of living in centres of fashion and such ostentation as the Vanderbilt, all were quoted as evidences of this, along with which and all ether indications of wealth and material prosperity go the most abject dogradat.'e 3, and pauperism. Caste and aristocracy are being built up and labor degraded. Extravagance nf enter tainment has banished the simplicity of true hospitality ; society has become snobbish and sprigs of royal fashion bud forth everywhere. The waste of stubstance by millionaires and non-producers taunts the sufferer and laborer until his resent ment is fanned into and breaks out in such tragic explosion as the labor riots of 1877. The causes for such calamities lie deeper than m temporary evils and de mand radical relief. It is te be noted as a sign of the times that the age that has produced the greatest material results is also the age of dynamite, which the unreasoning may sieze upon te right their wrongs unless social and political science offers a remedy. The presence of the homeless and hopeless is a constant men ace te society, wealth and government. Cheap labor is an aggravation rather than a remedy. Lew wages- and high salaries are net acceptable te notions of equity. In the East the rich have been content with corporate power ; in the West they grasp at political influence, and their se -eial immoralities prove the piesence of sueh men in the nation's council chambers te be a sign of our political degeneraey. Brute force or the power of wealth must net be the dominant idea in a republic that is te endure. Laber must be digni fied, and the undue accumulation of wealth checked. Rings have become the arbiters of polities, and inequalities of wealth minister te them and are promoted by them. These incidents of our civiliza tien attract hither an immense horde of im igrants, many of them restless spirits and agitators, whose heresies grew with what they feed upon. In ten years the addition te our population from this source has been five and a half millions, many of them the lowest classes of the old world citizenship. But the "dangerous classes" are net only te be found among the peer, the ignorant and the overt criminal ; or ganized wealth and corporate power, conspiring te defraud the public, making 'corners" in stocks aud the nocessary commodities of Iife are te be as much feared. Fer the relief of the producing classes one panacea is low taxes and cheap gov ernment. They ultimately pay all taxes and are entitled te the largest relief from this oppression. Wbile officials almost nover are reduced in number their salaries constantly increase. A check te this tendency will make hotter officials. Lavish appropriations regardlessly made by the state te private charities are demoralizing I no state sneuld only oxereiso its chanty where made absolutely necessary by the failure of tne wealthy te provide for tbe indigent and helpless. Tue private bene ficence of Peabody, Packer and Cooper was lauded as ut example ster tue rich. Careful observers must see great ques tiens arising beyond the party issues of the day. Thorough training aud classical culture wii; hotter fit men for the work of solving them. The student must be deaf te the passions and clamor of the hour. The laws of theory must be applied te the stern lacts that confront him. Mere inde pendent thinkers and true statesman are demanded te selve the great problem of why, with our vast material progress, the condition cf the individual worker has net been improved. The subdivision of labor has contracted thought and the corrective for this is wider oppeitunity for mental development, leisure, recreation, musetims, art galleries aud libraries. The advance ment of these who constitute the bone and sinew is the bread base upon which pros perity aud pormaneuco are te ba built. The division of the population into rich and peer classes must be avoided. Small land holdings are one source of protection, and the safeguard of our civilization. The small farmer is laborer and capitalist at once, conserving the issue bctween these classes. Arbitration and co-operation are remedial and protective principles, and equality of opportunity must be maintain ed. Our social prosperity and political luture depend upon this and upon the equitable division of property. Hew best te preserve theso is the politico-economic problem for our state3men te solve. TUE JUNIOK-PKIZK CUNTK3T. An Interentlug Trial of Oratorical Ability. The junior oratorical contest was held iu the chapel of Franklin and Marshall college last evening and an audience com fertably filliug the room was iu attend ance. At eight o'clock the contestants, numbering five, for thn geld medal, the prize offered for the best oration, filed into the chapel with the officers of the college. The cellege orchestra, which excellent musical organization rendered the music for the evening, opened the pregramme by a march, ,r.TnbelklanKC," Reichert, after which the first orator was introduced. " Liberal Culture a Necessity te All Men " II. P. Wauner, Reading. Man's thoughts are vain aud his piide is great. In all that he does, or sees, or thinks, he sees the results of his own applications and industry ; aud in these he puts his trust en these he sometimes lixes all his hopes. But his accumulations, glorious as they may ba, are but the manifold ways in which the powers of his original en dewments are :v-sorting themselves in his life. Every person has net the same en dowments, but te every 0110 it belong te develop te their utmost the faculties with which Ged has blessed him. All meu at first linger in a state of unconsciousness, but when their minds have been disciplined, when they have come te leek upon things in their particular and net .only in their general relations, they feel and speak aud act like different beings. Pleasant aud beneficial are the results of such training Self conquest is the lir-t coaditieu of our lives for full enjoyment. We must bear the remembrance, inscii!x it upeu the recording tablets of our hearts, that we are mero highly favored for the acquisition of kuowlcdge than tin man et former times. We have institutions in our midst whose doers are thrown wide open te all who may wish te enter : wherein we may drink deep of the fountain nf knowledge ; whoreiu we may obtain that which is "mero te be desired than geld ; yea, than much fine geld :" wherein we may fit our selves te become useful members of seci ety and at last prove an honor te our friends, our country, and te our Ged. "The Triumph or Peace " W. R Brinten, Lancaster. The victories of war are wen by an armed few ; the victo ries of peace by all mankind. Peace enables man te work out his own salva tieu. With wondering admiration de wa leek upeu the workings of peace. Iu this age of peace we beheld its grand attain ments and enjoy its quiet. Perhap.s it is the calm before the storm Yet hew great are her triumphs ! They tell us of the powers of man in ether ages ; they tell us of the triumphs of te-day. The speaker then cited the invention of Watt and showed with what prodigious strength his achievcraeut has marched through the WOrld Mill mrArt.nfl n rrreit indnAnmi making distance short and the acquisition of intelligence easy. The farmers, the teachers, the clergymen, are all doing their works by the agency of paace, and we plainly sce that the triumphs of life de net come by war, but by poace. The" true glory of our national life does net consist in hard fought battles, but iu peace. Franklin and Washington greatly meulded the character of the nation by peaceful means, and the influence of Christianity, the handmaid of poace, has meulded tbe character of the world, and Christianity will stand eat as oue bright; quality of poace until time shall bs no mere. Music Pelka Mazurka Gartner. "Day, Night and Morning." E. Sassa man, Reading. The orator began by saying that from the earliest geologic ages down te the present day of man's being, all time resolves its-elf into distinct periods. These ages have all their pecu liar characteristics. Iu these kingdoms and empires have fallen aad have left their impriut upon the present aud the ages te come. The darkness of the human mind at the earliest periods of the world's his tery wa3 then shown, and contrasted with the present. But new day has come and the heavy drapery shrouding the heavens has been removed, aud the Iighc of the gospel of truth flashes everywhere. Since the veice of the Babe was heard the influ ence and tbe achievements of Christianity have been noted. Frem the first churches were established in Greece and evea in hardened Reme. The day is coming when the wars shall be no mero ; when social distractions shall be no mere, and when sectarian divisions shall fall and crumble into dust, and with that time shall come a grander, a purer a holier day than bis reigned, and which shall reign forever. " The Haatsa Heart as an Elessent- in Literature." R. O'Beyle, Lancaster. Te him who examines the works of men who have become distinguished in the literary world, a peculiarity which under lies the productions of every author, must be evident. There is a certain individual ity there, issuing forth from the heart of the author, a spirit which permeates the entire work portraying his inner soul as vividly as if written in characters of " liv ing light" en his very brew. This is the origin of literature. The bards who sang the Iliad and Odyssey breathed forth in accents set te time the life and soul of the nations they represented, and have brought them down through succeeding centuries. The mind of the reader must be- unsusceptible if it does net imbibe a portion of the feelings of the authors ; it must catch a poetical hue from the brilliant tint of their fancy and acquire something of their order which makes present the objects of love and desire. There is that coming from the heart which, as an active agent in literature, displays the higher human sympathies, net with noise and parade, but by a simple and unostentatious force of character aud of the power that is employed. Culture of the Imagination." J. B. Appel, Lake Mahopac, N. Y. Whilst the human mind is divided into distinct parts, each of which perform a particular office, it is nevertheless mero essentially one than objects of nature. This unity, therefore, does net exolude complexity, for these organisms which have the most individuality are these whsch are the most complicated. Thus while the mind is an identical life, it has nevertheless different faculties by which it apprehends the true, the geed and the beautiful. The influence of imagination upeu the will or moral nature is at ence apparent from the fact that the laws of duty and the standards by which we judge human excellence are measured by our highest ideals. There exists iu the mind of every man an ideal which shapes his aims and aspirations ; by it he estimates his aehievements. If this ideal is pure and consistent with the proper end of human life, it can scarcely be tee lefty or tee per sistently adhered te ; but if it is false and unreasonable, it becomes the bane of all human endeavor and the seurce of every wee. The intellect takes note of the external forms of nature only ; it does net consider its internal contents ; and material science tears its flower ruth lessly te pieces te examine its structure ; the imagination views it aesthetically, sees but the beauties of its form and outline, the perfect harmony of its color.. We live in a world of heauty, and art has idealized it for the enjoyment and hencfit of the world. Te appreciate beauty either in nature or in art. the imagination must be cultivated. Mauy go through life, seeing only the useful ; ethers attend te the truth in scieuea, but Ged has made the world beautiful as well as geed and true, and we should cultivate the imagina tion in order te appreciate the beauty that confronts us en every side. Let the crown that encircles man's brew be a triplet crown the geed, the beautiful, the true. Music. "Only with Thee." Meyer. Rev. Dr. J. B. Shumaker and A. C. Reinoehl, esq., of this city, and Hea. Jes. P. Kennedy, of Philadelphia, judges for the occasion, theu announced that after deliberation they were unanimously of the opinion that the medal should" be given te Mr. Appel, and the glittering prize badge, a very ha-i-lsems specimen of Zahm's jewelry work, was hauded te him amid much applause ; though such was the general average of the performances that a great diversity of opinion prevailed with the audience, and had the award been left te vote probably no single ene of the contestants would have had a majority and each would likely have received votes. Dr. Shumaker also announced the award of the Buehrle geld medal prize, for the best progress in German study, te G. A. Schwedes, and the second prize of the second prize of the mine character, a copy of Schiller's werk3, te Liwis Rehb. As these gentlemen came forward and re ceived them they were loudly applauded. TBE GKAUUATJNG OKATlflNS, Tbe Kxerclses et Te-day in trie cnapel. The final exercises of the week began at 8:30 a. m. te-day in the collego chapel, when the members of the graduating class were te deliver their baccalaureate orations, and a large audience of their friends was assembled te hear them. Rev. Dr. Apple opened the proceedings with prayer ; followed by music by the college orchestra. Waltz Im B ran tsch muck Carl. Salutatory "1'heSuvoreignty of Mind." Calvin R. Ncif, Centre Hall, Pa. The orator welcomed iu a few brief words the audience, and then spek.) ou his theme. He showed hew from the earliest start of the world the sovereiguty of the mind has ever been apparent. By his intellectual abilities man becomes endowed with the the powers that are te rule tins world. The speaker then showed hew the historian, the geologist, the chemist and ethers dclve into the mysteries of life, aud their iniuds shape the dchtinie.s of their fellewrueu. All the great triumphs of the human intellect demonstrate the great sovereign ty of mind ; it teaches us hew te learn the lessens shown by the nations and peoples of ether ages; it. is that which gives the philosopher his attainments ami intellcctu al triumphs. Oration" Patriot is in the Outgrowth of Family Training." Tilgham M. Ballist, New Mahoning, Pa. That patriotism is a virtue, will net he denied. Patriotic feel ing is net the offspring of public meetings but is begun by the iicai thsiuV. It is m tbe child, and comes from him te the man in after years. When the spirit of patri otism is analyzed, it is found te be of the heart, and when its premptings are fol lowed it makes all nations brothers. The speaker dwelt upon tbe influence of home as the incentive te patriotism ; if the nome is cold and corrupt -se will public feeling be. Yet there is no word mere prestitu ted. It was the watchword et the reign of terror and the symliel of the gallows. But the fact it that was pei verted and abused docs net destroy it. The histeiy of our country is ene great result of trua patriotism, and by it wc nuiht still live as a free and united country. Oration "The Dawn of Intelliucnce," Jehn Q. Adams, Shamokin, Pa. Te the careful investigator tbe lessens of past ages come fraught with significance. The speaker demonstrated hew the spirit of investigation began te make itself felt ; f-poke of the darkness and degradation of the earliest nations and contrasted, with them the intellectual light of the present. When the barbarians of Europe overran tbe Reman empire the result was a hideous depth of wickedness and wee and among tbe Remans and Greeks philosophy was but the merest speculation aud knowledge the merest vapering. Then came the bright period of the Reformation, wherein were wen great results from the ufe of a true knowledge But, while we can congratulate ourselves at the rapid strides of man, we find that a vast amount of ignorance still exists, and though we should be thankful for the brightness or our age, we shenld net forget te aid in every way the further dissemination of knewledge, Then can we leek forward (e a time when the Sen of Man can leek down upon a world with out errors and full of light Music Leichtfuessler, Cnrth. Oration "True Education." Jehn O. Geerge, Egypt, Pa. The speaker showed wherein lay true knewledge Shakespeare and Milten, ueiasmitn ana Johnsten were cited as these who have given te the world the inestimable results of true knowledge. Te secure, the geed of true knowledge and win its profit moderation and happiness should be cultivated, melan-
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