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IfHe Must, He Will.
It seems well-nigh an impossibility te
convince the mind of man that anyone
who has a chance te achieve the presi
dency of the United States. really and
honestly leeks upon that office as one
neither te be sought nor declined; al
though nearly every one will admit the
abstract preposition that the office should
be se regarded. Se, tce; the majority of
people undoubtedly believe thatihepriesi
who vows nole cpiscepari, when he re
ceives the episcepal office, does net at
all mean what he says. It is se very na
tural te desire te stand in a position
above one's -fellows that incredulity is
universal when anyone proclaims an in
nocence of such desire of preferment
when an opportunity is offered him of
stepping high up.
Horatio Seymour is a persistent victim
of his fellow citizens' inability te con
ceive that he does net want te be presi
dent. He has made the declaration for
many years, and once received the nom
inatien despite it. He accepted it
at the earnest demand of the party and
made a vigorous canvass ; but the opinion
was perhaps generally entertained that
he really wanted it. There is no geed
reason te believe that he was net sincere
in his declaration and that he did net
crucify his feelings in accepting the
nomination. Surely the presidency u
net such a bed of roses, and has net con
ferred hitherto sucli undying glory upon
all its occupants, that it should be incon
ceivable that a man of sense would wish
te decline it. "We have no doubt that
Mr. Seymour would honestly avoid ac
cepting the place if lie could de se and at
the same time acquit himself of his duty
and discharge the obligations resting
upon him te his fellow men. It seems te
us that anvene who considers the matter
of his nomination by the Democratic
party candidly and intelligently can be
at no less as te the conclusion te reach
It must, in the first place, be assumed
by the members of the party that Mr
Seymour does net desire the nomination
And, in the second place, they must de
cide whether any ether candidate will
answer their purpose. If they have such
another, clearly Mr. Seymour's wish net
te be the candidate should be respected.
But if, en the contrary, it is decided that
he is needed, the nomination should be
conferred upon him. It will then be
for him te decide whether he will
sacrifice his personal wishes in com
pliance with the demand made upon
him, and we have no doubt that he
would determine, as it would be his
duty te de, te accept the candidacy.
We say this en account of aWushinglen
despatch in the New Yerk Sun in which
a deduction is drawn that Mr. Seymour
would net decline the nomination,
because in a late interview with a re
porter of the Herald he abstained from
saying what he would if it was given
him, and because, further, Senater Ker-
nan, his closest friend, while asserting
'that Mr. Seymour is sincere in his dec
laration about desiring te end his days
in the retirement of private life, always
manages te convey the impression that
he might be induced te sacrifice his in
clinatiens te the unanimous demands of
the national Democracy."1 Senater Ker-
nau as a man of fair common sense might
well " manage " te make this declaration
without beinsr Mr. Seymour's most inti
mate friend, or even having any
knowledge of his character that
the public de net have. It does
seem very plain, if Mr. Seymour is
physically capable of complying with the
clearly manifested wish of his party, that
he may be relied upon te de se ; and as
his health is said te be geed the only
element in the situation te be deter
mined is as te whether the party will
call upon him te become its candidate.
Missions Going Begging.
It is quite an anomalous condition of
things under which this government
finds itsell unrepresented by a minister
at two of the courts of the five great
powers of Europe. Of all of them it
would seem most fitting that we should
have a representative at St. Petersburg,
whose government was most friendly te
us in the great national crisis, and at St.
James because the relations between
England and America are the closest and
most important of all our international
comities.
It may be that there is no use for min
isters at these courts at all and, consid
ering hew well we have get along with
out them, this view seems te be rational.
But if there is no use for them there,
there is no occasion for them anywhere
and the general uselessness which they
exhibit confirms this opinion also. "We
have seen that these missions remain un
filled for months without occasioning any
trouble te our own or the foreign gov
ernments. "We have also seen
ministers away from their pests
for months, some of tliem com
ing home en leave of absence which
keeps their pay running en, ethers vary
ing the routine of official life with
junketings abroad, and no serious incon
venience is afforded anybody by their
inattention te duty. "Whence there is
a widespread popular conclusion that
our diplomatic service is a very useless
affair.
The present vacancies, however, are
net caused by any such high patriotism
as would induce appointees te decline
lilling them because they could net serve
their country. The private reasons which
compelled Mr. Welsh te resign, were
doubtless geed and true ; Mr. Stoughlen
regarded the ltussian mission as a sort of
political banishment, and anticipating
the important services te be rendered by
a discoverer of "clerical errors" in a pend
ing presidential campaign, has come back
no doubt te be of such use as he can te
his party. Of the various persons named
for his successor, Van Zandt and Bum
side each declined when he found that
the ether was trying te crowd him out of
the narrow field of Rhede Island politics,
and no ether name has been mentioned
whose possessor would be willing te go
te Russia for the year Jeft that Hayes
has power te fill the place. Nobody, we
are told, can be found te fill the English
mission because the style of living
which it entails is beyond the'
salary of the office. We suspect
that in this case, tee, some gentlemen,
who might otherwise beinduced te take
it, stand back because they fear a pur
pose te get them out of somebody's po
litical way and because any one who gees
te Londen new feels uncertain as te
whether he will l;e allowed te stay there
after March 4, 1SS1. The longer the va
cancies continue the less likely they are
te be filled during Hayes's administra
tion, and if we should get along as well
without ministers as with them, the ex
perience would be valuable in demon
strating that our diplomatic service could
be much modified, if net entirely dis
pensed with.
PERSONAL.
Queen Victekia's wannest friends are
Dean Stanley, the Dean of Windser and
Principal TuIIech. editor of Frazer'x Mag
azine. Mr. Fuascis E. SniteuEii attained his
majority yesterday and the event was duly
celebrated at the residence of his father,
East Orange street, where a number of his
ycung gentlemen friends were handsomely
entertained last evening.
Mr. Si'ukgkex, who is at Mcntenc for
the benefit of his health, is said te be in a
prostrate condition and unable te write
his customary weekly letter te his Londen
congregation. lie is net likely te resume
his duties in January as intended.
The receipt of numerous papers with
"marked" recommendations of the Indi
ana English for vice president leads us
te suspect that W. II. E. has established
a literary bureau te keep his boom boom
ing. Senater Chanwj:ii's will has at last
been discovered among the papers of the
late Judge Edmunds, of Washington. It
has just been admitted te probate. It
leaves the senator's property in equal por
tions te his widow and daughter.
L"p in Luzerne county it is beginning te
be understood that Judge Haiidixg, who
retired from the bench of the Eleventh dis
trict a few days age, will be a candidate
for the seat in the United States Senate
new filled by Senater Wallace.
A number of members of Congress, in
drawing their monthly pay, protested
against accepting 10 per cent, of their sala
ries in standard silver dollars, and among
the.se who thus protested were some who
had been the most pronounced advocates
of the silver dollar.
S. II. Itr.vxei.Ds, esq., of this city, who
has been for mouths retained and active in
conducting the Curtiu-Yecum congres
sional contest, will leave Lancaster en the
7th inst., for Washington, te engage in
the argument of the contested election be
fore the congressional committee en elec
tions. Cexuu.Mi had arranged te go te Cuba
with Grant, but the change in the pro pre
gramme compelled him te remain in
Washington. When Grant heard of it he
exhibited symptoms of the liveliest regret
at the circumstance and wrote a letter te
Conkling, saying that if he had known of
the honor Colliding proposed te de him he
should net have changed his original pro pre
gramme. Mr. Si:vMeru ranks te-day as the most
scholarly, the most comprehensive, the
most finished of living American orators,
en special occasions. lie has grown much,
and is a far greater man than when he was
governor of t!iis state. Se long as he re
mains en the retired list even Republicans
delight te praise him. But we believe
Sanfeid E. Church would be a stronger
candidate for President X. V. Sun.
Won't you tell us why'.'
Maj. GnicsT, of the Lancaster Inquirer,
erstwhile a stout anti-Grant man, politely
informs Den Cameren that his neck is
waiting for the cellar te be buckled en.
The Inquirer thinks the weik of the state
committee "is ever and we must make
the most of ic." It says further, that local
Republican sentiment is divided almost
entirely between Grant and Blaine, with a
preference for Blaine, but "should cither
of these men be the Republican nominee
he would receive the enthusiastic support
and solid vote of the Republicans of Lan
caster county." Gricst may plough with
the Cameren heifei, but he will dream of
Congress "until the long halt comes," and
never get there.
Mrs. Hayls's attire at the New Year
reception at the White Heuse will be mat
ter of interest te female readers. Iter
dress was of white brocaded satin, wi ought
with geld threads. The V-shaped front of
the waist was filled in with lace and her
sleeves were of duchesse lace with cnibrei
dcry of seed pearls. The court train of
satin was long and square ; rose buds were
worked upon it with threads of geld. The
plain white satin petticoat was trimmed
with bias folds of satin divided by a fringe
of geld and pearls. Bread bands of geld
embroidery separated the petticoat from
the court train. In her dark hair she
were a silver comb and en her neck a
pendant a cameo head of her husband set
in diamonds.
.STll.I. KICKING.
nut it will net Jump the Traces.
New Kra.
The Republicans of Pennsylvania arc
new asked te go back upon their record
and trample upon "the unwritten law of
the republic," sanctioned by the example
of Washington and our patriotic fathers,
merely te gratify the ambition of Den Cam
eren, 3iattnew e. uuay, ami tnc erigaue ei
office-holders under Grant, whose contrell-
iinr principle is expressed m tne cry,
"Give us back our old commander" a
cry which comes net up from the veterans
of the rank and file who love General
Grant as their great Captain, but mainly
from these who kept out of danger and
grew fat en the pickings of the quarter
master's department. We are much mis
taken in the sentiment of the Republican
masses if they will sauctien such a bold
and shameless attempt te trample net only
en the records of the party in this state,
but en one of the wisest and most sacred
traditions of the fathers who founded and
nursed it through infancy te
manhood.
Floods in Europe.
The rivers Rhine and Main are swollen in
consequence of ice blocking their currents.
The towns of Russelhcim, Kesthcm, Floers Fleers
lieiui, and Rudcsheim are inundated.
There is great alarm in the neighboring
districts. A sudden thaw causes fears
that Vienna and Pesth will be flooded.
The flood in the Seine is becoming very
serious. Great blocks of floating ice have
made a clean breach of 200 feet in the
temporary wooden bridge opposite the I
Invahdes. lhc river is still rising fast.
The statistics of the Baptist church in
Pennsylvania for 1879 show the total mem
bership te have been G4,843, which is 1,230
mere than 1878. There arc 392 Baptist
churches in the state.
The Queen of England has presented an
organ te the church en Pitcairn's Island,
in the Pacific, and the first air played upon
it after it had been put in place vras " Gcd
Save the Queen."
Ox the recent occasion of the twenty
fifth anniversary of the feast of the
immaculate conception, Pepe Lee received
in special audience a body of Italian
pilgrims numbering ever GOO, and in reply
te an address presented him delivered a
speech defining the dogma.
Is his prayer meeting talk last night
Talmagc pronounced Goveiner Garcelon
"from personal knowledge " te be "as
pure a man as can be found in public life,"
and said it was "unfair and unchristian te
question his motives."
A warren in the Ghrhtian IntclWjcncer
speaks of Rebert Benner as "the enter
prising editor who introduced Edward
Everett, Dr. Tyug and Sylvanus Cobb te
the American public, and get Henry Ward
Bcccher te dance a literary hornpipe in
the clogs of a novel writer.'"
A committee of Ursinus college, Mont
gomery county, met a committee of
Palatinate college, Mycrstewn, at the
First Reformed church, Reading, yester
day, te consider the question of the
consolidation of the two colle
giate institutions. The meeting was
a preparatory one and adjourned te mature
a plan te be submitted at a future meeting,
te be held at such time as events may
determine.
1880 will be celebrated as the semi-ecu
tcnuial of the organization of the elder
ship of the Church of Ged. In 1820 Elder
Jehn Wincbrenncr was settled as pastor of
the German Reformed conjriejiatien of
Harrisburg. In 1825 his pastorate closed,
and he commenced preaching in the court
house, market-house and beard yards,
Great revivals followed his labors as well
as in ether places adjacent te the city.
Churches were formed under the title of
Church of Ged. In 1830 six ministers met
in Harrisburg and organized an eldership.
Frem this small bejiinninj' some fourteen
or fifteen elderships were organized, cov
ering a territory from Maine te Texas,
with a laity membership of from forty te
fifty thousand.
Mn. Ueeciiek says : " Ul course, young
people ought te marry ; it is intended that
they should according te nature. But love
always must must be tempered with pru
dence, and it is all the better and very
much better if both love and prudence
were tinctured with religion. De I think
that a man ought te have a fortune before
he marries'.' Ne. The prevalent senti
ment that a man must acquire his fortune
before he marries, that his wife shall have
no share or sympathy with him in the
work and struggle te gain a footing, and
in the pursuit of it (and in the pursuit a
great deal of the pleasure is really found
te consist) is absurd, men, tee, it is
thought necessary that a young married
couple should set out with as large an es
tablishment as is enjoyed by elder people
whom they seek te showily equal, who
have perhaps been married for twenty
years, and in that time have built up com
mercial success and social respect. The
idea that a man must be wealthy before he
weds fills the community with fortune
seeking bachelors and unhappy spinsters;
it endangers virtue, destroys true economy
and design, and the beneficent intentions of
the home. It promotes vice, idleness, in
efficiency and imbecility amongst females,
who seem from an unsympathetic outset
thenceforward te expect te be taken up by
fortune and passively sustained, and with
out any concern en their part. It is thus
that a man finds it difficult te obtain a
help-meet."
Is almost every " hymn and tunc" book
published within thirty years the " Adcste
Fidclcs" (a tune which is otherwise known
as the "Portuguese hymn") is attributed te
an English music-composer, Redding, who
lived two centuries age. The real author
of this celebrated, impressive, and new
world-wide tunc was Marces Portugal, a
Portuguese composer who was born in the
last century, who was chapel master te the
king of Portugal, and who died at an ad
vanced age in Rie de Janeiro, Brazil, in
1834. Marces Portugal was well known
in his native land and in Spain and Italy
during the first quarter of this century for
his sacred and secular music. Seme of his
operatic compositions were fera time quite
popular in Italy, and in that land of song
he was known as Marce Portegallo. In
1808 the king of Portugal was driven by
the French from his kingdom te the then
large Portuguese possession of America,
Brazil. At Rie de Janeiro the king, Joae
VI., established his court in 1808, and
thither came net only his royal household
of noblemen and gentlemen in waiting, but
his chapel-master also repaired there te
conduct the musical services of the royal
chapel in the new world. In 1821 Dem
Joae returned te Portugal, leaving as vice
roy his son, Dem Pedre, who in 1822 de
clared the independence of Brazil and be
came emperor under the title of Dem Pe Pe
deo I. In 1831 Dem Pedre I. abdicated in
favor of his infant son, Dem Pedre II., the
present emperor of Brazil. During all
these changes of dynastic rulers, Marces
Portugal remained steadfast te his Brazil
ian home, and died at Rie de Janeiro, in
1834, and was buried in the church of Santa
Rita in that city.
The Bosten Herald has a graphic sketch
of the unusual situation in Augusta, with
the state house vigilantly guarded by an
armed force, and shows that these precau
tions en the part of the state authorities
have net been unnecessary. It publishes a
somewhat startling story of the visit te
Maine's capital of Gen.' Andrew Spurling,
new a United States official prominent in
the war of the Rebellion, whose arrival
was sought te be kept secret, and who
during his stay in Augusta has kept him
self shady, stepping at a private house
near the residence of Mr. Blaine, with
wmen wormy, newever, no nas ecen in
almost constant communication. The
Herald correspondent thinks that Blaine
has given up all idea of forcible resistance
in view of the firm attitude of the gev
erner, and in an interview Councillor
Fogg expressed the opinion that
whilst the Boutelle bluster, the v Ham
lin and Frye speeches, the incen
diary utterances of the clergymen, and
especially this Spurling episode, were
intended te overawe the authorities,
Mr. Blaine doesn't mean te fight. He
has discovered that the Fusionists have
men of mettle en their side, and knows
that the $90,000 of state bends that he
owns would depreciate 30 per cent, in the
event of a revolution, which would surely
occur if the Republicans attempted te
seize the state government. As te the
senator's ability te buy up men enough
te deprive the Heuse of a quorum, Mr.
Fogg doubts it, and the next move by
Blaine is expected te be an attempt by his
party te stave off the election of state offi
cers, if possible, until the contested elec
tion cases have been decided, thus pos
sibly gaining the Legislature and gover
nor, and preventing the needed investiga
tion of the fraud and corruption which
characterized last September's election.
Mr. Fogg says this is the first year for
some time that a strictly honest count has
been made. Gov. Dinglcy in former
years signed certificates in blank, and se
did Gov. Cenner. The counciller has the
proof of this in his possession in the
shape of blank certificates bearing Con Con Cen
eor's name, but never filled out. The
anxiety of the Republicans te see the re
turns, even before they were received,
show, that they knew hew defective they
were.
IJIev.ers vs. Itellens.
lllacksmith anil Worker.
The important question as te whether a
blower or a bellows furnishes the best
power for forcing air into the blacksmith's
fire is net yet settled, and probably never
will be te the satisfaction of everybody.
Seme blacksmiths advocate the blower in
strong terms, while ethers are equally as
earnest in supporting the bellows. Each
differs honestly and each fully believes he
is right and his opponent grievously wrong.
We witnessed, net long since, at the
American institute fair, a contest or
what was termed a contest between the
Centennial fan blower, manufacturad by
Messrs. Bender & Helman, of Lancaster,
Pa., and the Hurricane bellows, made by
the inventor, Mr. Jehn Bayliss, of 151)
East Forty-fourth street, New Yerk.
Messrs. Bender & Helman were rcprescted
by Mr. J. G. Heffman, of 123 Greenwich
avenue, New Yerk, while Mr. Bayliss per
sonally superintended his bellows.
Twe pieces of iron were provided, as
nearly alike as it was possible te get them,
each being 3J inches square by 7 inches
in length. These blocks of iron were firm
ly welded te strong reds some i feet long.
When the judges announced themselves
ready, the fires of both parties had been
some time in a glowing condition. The
blocks of iron were plunged into them sim
ultaneously. Mr. Jonathan Beam, an ex
perienced shipsmith, of City Island, N. Y.,
had charge of the blower block and Mr.
Bayliss himself supervised the bellows
block. It was exactly 19 minutes past 9
when the irons entered the fire and while
they were heating, the writer noticed that
the man at the crank of the blower turned
it GO times a minute, which gave the fan a
spend of 1,800 revolutions a minute.
Mr. Bayliss run his bellows at the rate
of about twenty-five up and down move
ments of the lever a minute. At 27 min
utes te 10, or 13V minutes'after the irons
entered the fire, the blower party announc
ed that their block had reached the proper
heat, which was understood te be a weld
ing heat. Beth irons were withdrawn at
the same moment. The blower iron had
reached, in places, a white. heat. It was
hotter en each end than in the middle, and
the corners seemed te be hotter than any
ether portion. The Bellows iron had
reached a bright red heat. I was agreed
by the judges and many blacksmiths who
witnessed the trial that neither piece of iron
had reached a welding heat.
While there was a perceptible difference
in the degree of heat attained by each block
of iron, this difference appeared te be of
a trifling character. If the reputation of
cither method of propelling air was depen
dent en this test, if would rest en a very
slender foundation. We have no opinion
te express cither way, but certainly the
test above described could net be regarded
by either party with any great degree of
satisfaction, because it was wholly inad
equate. If it had been carried farther, and
two pieces of iron actualy welded, it would
have come much nearer being a real test.
As it is, it is net likely that this trial
will change the views of an ultra blower
man or an ultra bellows man, and the war
between the two methods of propelling air
is likely te wax hotter. We have no .prej
udice in favor of cither. We simply re
port the facts and desire te be perfectly
impartial.
Wc should be glad, however, te have
our readers give for publication their ex
periences with the different kinds of blow
ers, and with both the common and patent
bellows. If one method is better than the
ether, it is of importance for blacksmiths
te knew it and te learn which gives the
best results. The question, it seems te us,
is net which can heat a piece or iron te a
certain point quickest, but which gives the
best results under all circumstances. Give
us your experience, reader, and in doing
se state the particular kind of blower or
bellows used, with manufacturer's name
and address, if possible.
Dr. Urville Dewey.
In " The Recerd of Fifty Years." pub
lished in the Tribune, Charles T. Congden
writes :
Our plain, unpretending wooden church
was my first college, its pastor my first
professor of rhetoric, and the only one I
ever had who was geed for anything. The
first clergyman te whom I really listened
was Dr. Orville Dewey, who, for ten
years, preached te us sermons which I
thought as fine as these of Mas Mas
sillen or Bessuct or Jeremy Tayler
te speak frankly, whatever critical judg
ment I have since acquired has net
much modified my opinion. I still place
some of Dr. Dewey's sermons in the front
rank of literature. Unfortunately, few
people read printed sermons with much
relish, and the general style of pullet elo
quence has undergone a marked change,net
much for the better ; but if great purity and
force of language, a rich rhetoric well kept
in hand, sinewy logical power, vigorous
anu uncompromising earnestness, witli a
gentle liberality if all these together
make great sermons. Dr. Dewey's were
great. The best of them are in print, and
the reader who does net care te take my
word may judge for himself. The doctor
had a way, of which we did net complain,
of preaching his sermons ever and
ever again until they were per
fectly familiar te us, and wc knew
when the finest passages were at hand. Se
when a dapper little young man fresh from
the Cambridge divinity school ministered
unto us and treated us te the best parts of
one of them, which had been published,
astonishment and indignation filled all the
pews. These who, in their righteous wrath
at the larceny, refused te attend church in
the afternoon, missed the opportunity of
hearing the youthful apostle repeat the
offense. If there had been people enough
at our vespers for a mob, I think we should
have had one. Pulpit plagiarists are
always getting themselves into divers
trouble, but I have never heard of a fool feel
hardier defiance of detection than this.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
A. sudden thaw causes appreehensiens
that Vienna ana 1'csth will be flooded
me treasury eepartment announces a
purchase of 150,000 ounces of silver for the
Philadelphia mint.
Immense quantities of war material
have been sent by way of Odessa for a new
expedition te Mery.
Harris's cotton warehouse, en Buchan
an's wharf, Baltimore, burned last night
with all its stock. Less $100,000 ; insureds
The St. Petersburg Goles pretests
against the recent attempt en the Czar's
life being made an excuse for reactionary
measures.
In County Line, N. J., Martin Nugent,
a telegraph operator, shot himself and was
found dead en Wednesday evening. He
had been in depressed spirits.
In Frccpert, L. I., Bergen Smith,
eighteen years old stabbed Melvin Smith
four times. They had quarreled several
times during the day.
A fire in the dry goods and carpet house
of M. Ruff & Ce., Quincy, Illinois, dam
aged the stock $10,000 te$15,000 and the
building $1,000. The firm carries ever
$25,000 insurance.
The first collision between the striking
stock yards men of Chicago belonging te
the union and the non-union men occurred
yesterday morning, the assault being made
by the former, who dispersed the work
men by means of missiles,- but without se
rious consequences.
A quarrel arose between Jehn Schilling,
a respectable German, and a negre named
Jehnsen, at a dance in Allegheny, N. Y.,
en New Year's eve, when the latter drew
a knife and stabbed the German a short
distance above the heart. The wound
will in all probability prove fatal. The
negre was arrested, but broke away from
the officer and escaped.
A party of seven or eight men visited
the house of Guy Frey, Gallipolis, Ohie,
evidently for the purpose of robbery, he
having received payment the preceding
day for some property which he sold.
Frey ordered them te leave, which they
refused te de. He then fired en them and
they departed, after which he went peace
ably te bed. Next morning Frey found in
his front yard the body of a dead stranger
whom no one has been able te identify.
STATJfl ITEMS.
In Allcntewn Mrs. Kern, aged sixty
years, was killed by a piece of flying stone
striking her en the head.
inc antnracite coal product last year
was e,UUt),UuU tens in excess et any previ
ous year.
The triennial assessment in Allegheny
county has reduced the valuation about
$40,000,000.
Dr. Luther, agent of the state beard of
chanties, approves et the tramp act and
says it is of great benefit.
Augustus Williams, who was injured
by the fall of the reef of thuEdgarThemp-
son steel works, in Pittsburgh, en bun
day has since died.
The Alteena Call has changed hands
and henceforth its editorial and business
department will be under the charge of
Edward B. Haines, late editor and pre
prieter of the daily and weekly Banner, of
mlliamspert.
At a meeting of the Western iron associ
ation at Pittsburgh, yesterday afternoon,
it was decided te advance the card rates en
bar iron te 3 cents per pound en and
after Monday next. This will also increase
the wages of pudlcJs.
Joint l'ierpent.
Among our lecturers, writes Mr. Cong Cong
eon in the Tribune, was Rev. Jehn Pier
pent, who came down from Bosten te ex
pound te us the mysteries of phrenology,
lie died net long age, a wonderfully well
preserved old man, considering all the
trials and troubles through which he
passed. His " Airs of Palestine," a line
poem of the kind, written in the sinewy
Pepe metre and published in 181(5, is be
fore me as I write. He was one of the
most pugnacious of mortals, and lectured
furiously in behalf of the nowpscude science,
surrounded by skulls which he handled
much less gingerly than Hamlet did that
of Yorick. lie invented stoves and razor
strops ; lie preached temperance at the
Bosten wine and spirt merchants, who
constituted the wealthiest part of his con
gregation ; he would net be put down nor
go out until he get ready te go out, and se
lie fought a geed fight te the end. Hun
dreds of American youth learned te read
in his " American First Boek," and found
taste insensibly cultivated by the excel
lence of its selections. Old men, who re
membered it affectionately, have asked
me where they could get a copy of the edi
tion in which they were drilled in the far
off school days.
The uriDcry Trials Quashed.
Yesterday, before Judge Pearson, evi
dence was heard en the part of the
commonwealth in the case of A. W. Lci
senring, of Mauch Chunk, charged with
corrupt solicitation. Seme of the at
torneys from a distance (for and against
the commonwealth) were net pres
ent. The commonwealth declined te sub
mit evidence te show cause why the
motion te quash should net be sustained.
The counsel for defendants next submitted
the evidence disclosed in the former cases,
as evidence in the remainder of the cases
against the parties accused of corrupt
solicitation. Te this thc'commenwealth
did net object, whereupon Judge Pearson
promptly quashed all the indictments.
New bills will be sent up te the grand
jury at the session of the court which is
te commence en the third -Monday of the
present month.
m
, Sliet Dead by ids Partner.
Iii Leavenworth, Kan., Themas C.
Thursten killed W. W. Embry, yesterday
afternoon. Embry was the man who shot
Cel. Antheny, of the Leavenworth Times,
about four years age. He and Thursten
were partners in the publication of a Sun
day paper, which is in business troubles.
They have been quarreling for a week,
having had each ether arrested en counter
charges of embezzlement, Thursten was
playing cards in a saloon yesterday after
noon, when Embry, having given bail en
his arrest, entered an approached the
tabic. Thursten drew a revolver and shot
him through the heart, se that he died in
side of three hours. Thursten was ar
rested. He says that he shot in self-defense,
because he believed Embry intended
te kill him.
Contributions te the Soup Fund.
The following cash contributions have
been received by the mayor for the week
just ended, te be devoted te the soup house
fund : Hen. H. G. Leng, $10 ; realized en
donated trkey, $8.15; "L. S.," Plum street
$5 ; cash $1.
The following contribution of previsions
have also been received : Thee. Wenditz,
200 oysters ; Ames Devertcr, 200 oysters ;
C. W.Eckert, 150 oysters ; Metzgar Bres., 4
pounds cracker dust;C. W. Eckert, 1
pound cracker dust ; Wm. Blickenderfer,
200 pounds candies; Benj. Evans, 18
pounds pudding ; Jehn Ochs, 2 bushels po
tatoes; Gee. Wiant, 1 bushel potatoes;
butchers of city end county, 4 beef heads,
100 pounds pudding and 50 pounds beef;
Kepler & Slaymakcr, one cleaver ; P. Leb
zelter, 1 lead weed ; Isaac Dillcr, 1 meat
saw.
The 1,000 oysters credited last week te
Jehn Hartman, should have been Hart
man & Reese.
The number of rations issued at the soup
house this morning was 442.
Lancaster County Teachers' Institate,
The publishers have favored us with a
copy of the priuted proceedings of the
twenty-eighth session of the Lancaster
ceuuty teachers' institute. It contains
forty-one pages of the proceedings as re
ported by J. D. Pyott, together with lists
containing the names, residences and
grade of certificate held b each teacher,
the length of the school tcim in each dis
trict, and the names of all school directors
who attended the institute. Te this is
added an appendix, containing a list of
stars and star groups with explicit direc
tions for locating them ; two interesting
lectures en the solar and stellar systems,
and much ether matter of interest te
teachers, scholars and the general public.
The proceedings are printed in size and
style uniform with the SchoelJourtial.
The star list includes one hundred and thir
ty stars and some forty constellations, etc.,
prepared by Mr. McCaskcy for the special
use of teachers and pupils who are new
giving attention te this grand science in all
parts of the county. In his official notices
County Superintendent Shaub announces
that, under the head of "general informa inferma informa
tien,"teachers will be questioned mere fully
than heretofore as te their knowledge of
the solar system, the leading stars and the
mere prominent star group-. This is prog
ress in the right direction. There is no
reason why ten thousand people in Lan
caster county should net find plcasui e in
recognizing, by name, all the brightest
stars as well as the mere striking constel
lations. Put this knowledge into the
schools and it will seen he abroad among
the people, and once there it. will net be
lest in a hundred years.
Johnny IMelim in Jail.
Johnny Diehm. who aforetime was an
almost constant customer of the city police
but who for some few years past has al
most passed out of sight, has turned up
again in a rather unenviable light. Hugh
Denning residing near Safe Harber, made
complaint before Alderman Barr that en
the 25th of November last en the public
highway Johnny pointed an army musket at
him and pulled the trigger. The gun didn't
go off, and Henuing called te Johnny net
te sheet. Johnny's excuse was that he
did net knew Ilenning, and mistook hint
for a robber. The two men then sepa
rated, and Ilenning alleges that after he
had get some distance away, Johnny again
aimed thi gun at him, pulled the trigger
and fired. Ilenning made complaint a day
or two afterwards, charging felonious as
sault and surety of the peace, but Johnny
managed te avoid arrest until last week,
when he was captured, and gave bail for a
hearing. This morning Alderman Ban
heard the case, and in default of bail John
ny was committed te answer at ceut t.
The IVlitlral Canldi-eu.
It boils furiously in view of the organi
zation of the peer house and xirisen beards
en Monday, and the great scramble for th
petty places in their dispensation. The
Heg Ring, having captured the prison will
make a clean sweep of the understrappers
there ; even the devoted head of Docter
Compten, who has been physicking the
prisoners for sixteen years out of the last
twenty, must fall into the basket ; Dr. M.
L. Ilerr is named as his probable successor.
Fer clerk there ate nearly a score of candi
dates, and altogether the Heg Ring has se
many overdue obligations te meet that the
Bull Ringers are chuckling ever their di
lemma and gleefully saying ' It is no
luncral of ours."
In the peer house the changes will be
less radical, as "honors have been easy"
there for the past year. It seems likely
that Cox and Breck will both be retained.
Rcceulcr Geed's appointment of Keller
and Fasnacht, as clerks, te the exclusion
et Amaziah C. Barr, is a " little, mat
tei" that may kindle ' a great fire."
Tlie Poultry .Shew.
Everything has new been nicely ar
ranged in the rooms in Lecher's building
in which the poultry show is being held,
and the exhibition is floating en in the
full tide of success. Last night the rooms
were visited by a large number of poultry
fanciers and ethers, among the number be
ing many ladies. The verdict of the vis vis
iters is that the show is by far the hest
ever given in Lancaster, and the-,e who
visited the late state fair say the display of
really fine fowls en that occasion is sur
passed by the display new en exhibition
in Lecher's building.
This morning there were about 400 visi
tors at the exhibition including the hon
orable judges of the courts, the mayor of
the city and many ether distinguished
persons.
The Hat-Maker's Strike.
The Reading hat-makers maintain their
striking attitude and having received let
ters of sympathy from their co-workers
in Adamstown sent a committee te see
them and stir them up. The Adamstown
hatters adopted resolutions te stand by the
hatters of Reading in their present demands
and appointed a committee te attend the
meeting of the hatters' union te be held
this afternoon in Kcrbs's hall. The hatters
of Adamstown represent five factories, and
their action, it is expected, will have an
important effect upon determining the
question for the satisfactory settlement of
which the Reading hatters arc at present
standing out.
Columbia Iren Works.
The old Columbia rolling mill has been
sold, the purchaser, it is reported, being
me isucsinut inn iron company, it is
expected te be put in operation at an early
day, and Columbia rejoices in the pros
pect. II. M. North, esq., who purchased the
Kaufi'inau furnace about a year age, sold
it en Tuesday te Isaac McIIese, of Read
ing, en private terms. Mr. McIIese will
make all necessary repairs and put the fur
naca in blast as quickly as possible. The
sale includes the ere leases, and all the
real estate connected with the furnace.
Died in the West.
Isaac Davis, a native of New Helland,
this county, died recently in eastern Ohie,
of which section he was a pioneer settler.
He was 70 years old and since 1834 had
been weaving and farming. He was of the
Tunker religious persuasion and left nine
children, his wife having "gene before" a
few years age.
A Man Trap.
Complaint is made that there is a dan
gerous man trap in front of a new building
being erected en East King street, near
Middle. It is reported that two or three
persons have fallen into a trench, which
has been dug across the sidewalk and in
securely covered with loose lumber.
.,, .w, ,v,in, -nuiueriy street, ier
the month ending December 31, 1879, the
first column of figures indicating progress
in the several branches of study, auef the
second column the conduct of the pupils :
A CLASS.
nnfinnr gaIiaaI A. a41. aT..,1 ...
3 0 -:
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5 5 I
Albright A K
Maker Willie.....
Brady Clias
Cburles Jehn
Drepperd WmJ.
Evans Sydney..
Khri-nmn Clem.
Ilerr Chas C
Half nan KM
Hetluieier S
T.eii Leicester..
Mcl.evern U
67l,ranjIev James 73
TOlKancfcwm 31... S!
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71
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7
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72 Itutledce II U W
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Stirk Isaac.
6tf
Stene K M
Shearer II 11...
Stennleltz C.
SucsseretW
Welchens II...
Wiant Clark...
Zcclier Chas...
74
35
51
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7s
B CLASS,
Adams WE
S7illarpel G
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97
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S2
112
SI
5S
S5
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Au.xer Willie i2
lletriek Jehn....
ItitnerAum ;
lleitshu Harry..
Harding Kluui..
Kreider Chas....
.Marshall Wm....
MeXuughtau J..
Kaub r'red
Springer Harry.
U iant II
Zoekllarry
Pellet Samuel... tiS
Derwart Lemuel T"
Eckert Geerge.. C5
Kberly Willie.... St
UreffJ K te
liundaker D 7S
Graham Atloe... u;
Gres-man II..
.. ,ti
Griel Walter.
C CLASS.
Ilenttel I) 52
KuckiusII W.... 77
r.itner Jehn.. .. HI
U5 Lengeneeker C
70 Lebzelter Wm.
01 Martin Wm
7i Maxwell Win...
7i! Musser Wm
SI Mills II. X
1)5 Itehrer II
S3 Scheetz I
75 Storm feltzW L.
s shiiii i
HS'ITrban C K
S5, Weidler M I!....
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85
92
91
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97
70
llitner AW 70
Chambers Ja-t... se
Coxey K it 71
naveicr iee ;.
Ile-tfttcrll 71
Hull II C 7t
Hartman Clm-... 71
Ivirknatrick Wm SO
Jvauimau fc.lv.. ,rt
Liehty G It 50;
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501
I CLASS.
Amwake Cha..
Ile.ivcr Walter.
Krnst Win
Geelile Gee
Griel II
Gorrecht C K...
Hoever V J
Hartman K G...
Kreutz Hurry...
LeeherW
Lutz Fred
Martin Wm
MeGurk X
70'MusseIiiian Wm nil
7( Xauman X'has... 7i
47Kehrcr Hecter.. 72
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83
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59
19
50
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75
70
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91
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90
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83
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59
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92
41)1 Kaub F K
!00 Hese Wm....
50 Samson F
70 Miindle Frank..
l!7 Tomlin Kdw
100 Wiley C K
75 WillC. K
a) Weir h
84 Wilke-. Wm
5 WackerA
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K CLASS.
Cehi Herbert... i7
I.eydeu Chas !:
Apple Hurry H
lleyer Calvin 5S
Geed Jay M
Joliifen Frank. 51
ISewers Herbert. 53
Frank Jno 54
Huliley Alf. 5.".
Faeglev Chan 5'J
Carr Michael 51
Kendig L J 511
S Walker Will
73 Staull'er Harry.
47 Swenk M 11
45Welehans Harry
74.chaum Win
Carman .las.
Grew Sam
Lee Leuis
Maleuey James.
GnnilakYi- Wm..
Fritz bam
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V CLASS.
Goedhart Thes..
Costelle J as
McLvey Jehn...
Leng Clias
Hurtley Michael.
Heitshu Win...
l'yleJne
Gait lM
CoeperSam
Trissler Jno
Kulius .1 no
De Haven Gee..
Ged fray J as
I'reliui Chas
Wise Adam
Shaub Harry...
1)0
9.1
81
71
89
97
97
78
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92
Uemberger II... 51
Heettucr Albert 51
ISecttucr Kd
Kngrell" Jno 4S
Jacob All.thach.. 17
Kautz Wm 47
Hambriglit Gee. 45
The Temperance Cause.
The following has been issued :
Lancastku, Dec. 150,
1870.
le the Cttizens ej Lancaster :
Temiierance hall, in Ivrampfs building,
near corner of East Orange and North
Queen streets, will he opened at 3:'M en
Sunday afternoon Jan. 4, 1880, for meet
ings for the promotion of abstinence from
the drink, and regularly thereafter en
Saturday evening of each week. In con
nection thewith, there will be a small li
brary of temperance books, tracts and
newspapers for free circulation. It is
hoped te have the presence and participa
tion of the ministers of our city in the
earnest effort te arouse influences, correc
tive of the intemperance which is destroy
ing se many of our young men and women,
and blasting the peace of se many homes
in our city.
All citizens have an interest in the suc
cess of such endeavors and all are eai neat
ly invited te give their presence and ut
most aid te these meetings. Uuscctarian
and non-partisan efforts for the same ol el
ject have been wonderfully successful in
ether places in educating the young ; in
warning and saving these unaware of their
danger : and aiding in the reformation of
many who had succumbed te the power of
the drink habit, and were lest te them
selves, their families and society. Com
bining our efforts and relying upon Ged
for his guidance and blessing, the same
happy results may be expected in Lancas
ter. These meetings axe net designed te pro
mote any sectarian, partisan or personal
ends, but are alone intended te sub:crve
the public geed.
"Win. J. McConnell, from the western
part of Pennsylvania, well endorsed for
character and ability as a popular speaker,
has been invited and will commence a series
of meetings in Temperance hall and such
churches as may be opened for him en
Tuesday evening, January Cth, at 7::i()
o'clock. Your presence and co-operation
is earnestly asked.
Very resjiectfully,
Jamls Black.
Night Scheel.
New that the boys have had a geed time
feasting and enjoying the sights, let them
de something in addition te what they
have already done toward the improve
ment of their minds. Scheel will open
again en Monday evening next, Jan .1, and
it is hoped there will be a geed turn-out
of boys, anxious te increase their limited
stock of knowledge. Parents should take
a deep interest in the educational
welfare of their sons and see te it
that they are in attendance at
school instead of running the streets at
night, learning lessens and contracting
habits calculated te bring about their ruin.
-Many of the boys are sadly deficient in
the commonest branches of learning, being
unable te write a hand that can be read,
as well as unable te work many of the
simplest problems of arithmetic. A warm
room is provided ; books, slates and w.it
ing material are offered te them, free of
cost, and all they are required te de is te
accept these, previsions, attend school
regularly, and make an effort te improve
their minds. Let there be a full attend
ance en Monday night.
Kurepcan Hares.
Win. Koehm, of the Schiller house, is
the owner of a pair of European hares, im
ported from Germany. They are very
large, weighing from 12 te 13 pounds. On
Christmas eve the female gave birth te
eight little hares, being probably the lirst
native hares from imported stock ever seen
in Lancaster. The little fellows are about
the size of half grown rats, and yesterday
had net yet get their eyes open they, like
puppies, passing a nine days' probation of
blindness.
Serenaded.
Last evening, Dr. II. E. Mtthlenburg,
who was recently married anu who is a
member of the Empire hook and ladder
company, was serenaded by the members
of the company, who had Clemmcns' city
band with them. After the music the
boys were taken te Fulmer's saloon by the
Docter where they were nicely entertained.
The company afterwards serenaded Dr..
J. O. ,Boyd, and then went te the
saloon of JehnA. Snyder where the band
played a nnmbcirCttaes and the firemen.
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