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THUESDAY KVENINQ. APRIL 22, 1880.
Expert Evidence Again.
Twe "Whitaker cases excite the atten
tion, of the country just new, and in both
inquiries the testimony of experts as te
handwriting is a main feature. In the
Philadelphia will case the testimony of
fered en each side is equally decided as
te the genuineness and falsity of the sig
nature te the will which is in controversy.
There being two parties in the case, the
cne interested in proving and the ether
in disproving the will, it is a necessary
result that experts are found and pro
duced who swear stoutly for the side en
gaging them. The "West Point cadet
case is a one-sided sort of inquiry in
which nearly all the parties are interest
ed in getting at the truth, and conse
quently the expert testimony may possi
bly be found te harmonize, though the
chances are about even that it will net.
Experience has demonstrated the abso
lute unreliability of expert evidence, and
in handwriting especially has it been
found deceptive. It seems plausible
that a handwriting should be capable of
identification, and under most cir
cumstances it is. The only protection
bankers have is their knowledge of the
style of signature of their customers and
they are net often mistaken. But some
times they are deceived, and it appears
that the most skillful in identifying
handwritings may be deceived by these
skilled in forging them when a fair op
portunity is given the latter te exercise
their art. Just as in war the assailant
has the advantage in appliances ever the
defense and a big gun can always be
made te pierce the heaviest armor, se the
forger with the necessary science and
skill can generally beat the banker.
It is the fact that there can never be
absolute certainty in the mind of the ex
pert witness that makes his testimony
really worthless. lie can only testify te
resemblances and is bound te admit that
with the necessary care and 'skill these
resemblances can be counterfeited. Per
haps he may net se admit, but it is nev
ertheless the fact, as common experience
teaches. Mr. Itauch, one of the witnesses
in the "Whitaker will case, testified that
a certain writing was made by the
" wrist movement " and another by the
" shoulder movement," whereas it ap
peared that one had been written with
the tees and the ether with the elbows,
the writers in each case having lest their
hands.
These facts, of course, deprived Mr.
llauch's testimony of any practical
value, and yet did net necessarily con
tradict it ; since, as he said, he only testi.
fied as an expert te appearances and net
te positive facts. The appearance of
the writing may have been, as he said,
that of wrist and shoulder writing. But
appearances are notoriously deceptive,
and it is net surprising that the testi
mony of experts founded upon such a
bed of sand should prove se treacherous.
Yet it is still called for in the court. It
is taken net as a positive proof but as an
approximation te it. But, obviously,
it only serves te ensnare the truth
ami destroy it. It needs te be corrobo
rated by ether evidence suflicient in itself
te prove the facts ; and if this is done it
may be dispensed with. The propensity
of the courts te accept such evidence
would work a great deal mere wrong
than it does, but for the fact which we
have noted, that it is always "possible te
get expert evidence en both sides or a
case, and it therefore is neutralized and
practically thrown out. This was con
spicuously the case in the Hay
den murder trial, where expert
testimony was se ardently relied
upon that the state sent a professor te
Europe te examine the arsenic manufac
tories, that he might return and swear
hew two packages of the poison differed
from each ether and never could have
come out of the same jar. lie proved
it scientifically and conclusively until
the ether side get a chance, when they
clearly showed that it was all nonsense,
and the jury after listening for two
months te experts, were compelled te
ignore every word they had heard en
either side, and te exercise all
their charity te believe that the
witnesses were neither feels nor knaves.
"We have ourselves had occasion te test
the power of one of the handwriting ex
perts who has testified in one of these
"Whitaker cases, and who is probably as
geed as any of them, and he showed by
the peculiar formation of the letters, of
which peculiarities he gave an exhaus
tive catalogue, that the writing was that
of a particular individual, but in a short
time afterwards another person acknowl
edged that he was the writer. Probably
if the fees of professional experts were
smaller their confidence in their art
would be smaller and their number few
er. Tiie Columbia Herald has grave ap
prehensions lest the Democracy in these
parts are drifting te ruin, and has ad
vices te that effect from venerable Dem
ocrats of Lancaster, who "have grown
gray" in the service of the party. It has
possibly net occurred te its informants
that while their beards were lengthening
and whitening the Lancaster Democracy
have been surmounting obstacles such as
beset the party in no ether city or state ;
and in the face of a most adverse gerry
mander they have elected and re-elected
a mayor, and obtained full control of the
most important three branches of the
city government. But te these who con
tributed nothing te this result, of course,
it forebodes only " ruin" te the party !
Meanwhile the total Democratic vote in
Lancaster county has increased from
9,064 for Buckalew in 1872, te 9,638 in
1876, en the presidential ticket, and from
7,581 in 1875 te 8,714 in 1878 for gover
nor. A little mere of the "ruin,"
please.
Ir the Patriot will kindly tell us the
special instances when the Intelligen
ces convicted Democrats en " its own
naked suspicions " we will answer it
whether or net we had any further evi.
dence. The Patriot always fails te fur
nish a bill of particulars. It has net yet
told us what " lie " about Senater "Wal
lace has been repeated through the In
telligencer. "We are ignorant of any
and the Patriot uniformly fails te specify.
Judge Parker in his speech before
the anti-Tilden convention said that the
split in the party in New Yerk would
lese the state te the Democracy and
would probably defeat its presidential
candidate. Probably this would be the
result if Xew Yerk politicians had all
the say in the matter. They would per
haps be foolish enough te lese the presi
dent as .they did the governor. But there
is net the slightest probability that the
national convention will be as silly. The
candidate for president nominated at
Cincinnati will be one who will com
mand the vote of every Democrat in the
land. The Democratic sense is net
going te be offended again. "We did it
once when Greeley was nominated, but
the object then was te catch Republican
votes. "We learned then that the Demo
cratic vote is first te be cared for. There
is no disposition en any nana new ie
repeat this error. The trouble threaten
ing new is the revolt against personal
domination ; and the easy way te cure
that is te give the party what it has a
right te ask a champion, but net a boss.
The pen-portrait of Hen. Jere. S.
Black will apiear in the " "White Heuse
Gallery" of the Philadelphia limes to
morrow, sketched by a gentleman of this
city, whose personal relations with Judge
Black enable him in some degree te pre
sent te the public these phases of his life
and character which it has been the aim
of the Times te portray in its series of press
pictures. Judge Black's personal pop
ularity, his general acquaintance with
the bar here, in connection with his
departure for England en Saturday, will
giye this sketch of him at least local and
timely interest. He is net, however, a
candidate for president in any sense of
the term, however worthy he may be of
the honors of that high office. His name
is net likely te be mentiened in the Cin
cinnati convention ; certainly it will net
be by the advice of his nearest friends
nor with his own consent.
If the Harrisburg Patriot is really
able te " comprehend the incomprehensi
ble " it no doubt understands why it
preached some years age a " true doc.
trine " that it fails te practice new. "We
don't ; but then we don't assume te
comprehend the incomprehensible.
MINOR TOPICS.
The Waiern Tobacco Journal, published
at Cincinnati, Ohie, by Messrs. Themas
Masen and Gcerirc B. Bcntley, comes te
us enlarged and in remodeled form. It
new contains sixteen pages of reading mat
ter, and in addition te its very full reports
of the tobacco market in all parts of the
world, has added a department devoted
exclusively te the interests of the Cincin
nati trreccry trade. It contains beside
much well selected miscellaneous reading,
The Journal deserves a hearty support
from the tobacco men and grocers, and the
public generally.
In the Virginia Republican convention,
yesterday, there was much disorder en ac
count of contested scats. The "straijrht-
outs" succeeded in electing chairman. In
the Georgia Republican convention Majer
Smith, a Blaine man, was declared elect
ed. The Grant men threaten te belt. The
Illinois Democrats lean toward Palmer ;
the Vermont Democracy favor Ilanceck ;
the Greenback state convention of Illinois
met in Snrinjrfield yesterday, chose dele-
sratcs te the Greenback-Laber national
convention, and nominated a full state
ticket.
Tun Texas Democrats made a modest,
moderate and scnsible delivcradce at their
convention yesterday. They chose E. G.
Bewer clecter-at-large and a full delegation
te Cincinnati. The resolutions adopted
advise the support of the two-thirds rule,
but the delegates go uninstructcd. The
resolutions also declare that the devotion of
Gen. Ilanceck te the constitutional rights
and privileges of citizens entitles him te
the confidence of the people, and that Texas
will, when called upon, show appreciation
of his ceneresity and magnanimity, and
pledge the undivided and enthusiastic
support of the party te whoever the
national convention may see fit te nemi
natc.
lm. Oliver Wendell Helmes read a
brilliant essay en Jonathan Edwards be
fore the Chestnut Street club, Bosten, en
Monday. Most of the essay was devoted
te the theological opinions of the stern
New Enjrlander, Dr. Helmes severely crit
icising their harshness. On the character
of Edwards he spoke with kindly sympa
thy. Mr. "Wendell Philips, in the discus
sion which followed, showed himself dis
posed te take up the defence of Edwards.
The old theologian, he said, did net diner
radically from the current theology of
New England. Fifty years before him
and a hundred years after him New Eng
land was largely inspired by such theel
egy, and it can ee tracea neme te Scot
land. We arc rather a New Scotland than
New England in that respect. This the
ology has largely affected our present life.
PERSONAL.
Secretary Sherman went te New Yerk
yesterday.
It is understood that Admiral PenTEB
will represent the navy department en the
beard of visitors te the Naval Academy at
Annapolis.
Hen. ScncTLER Colfax will deliver the
annual address before the corps of cadets
of the Pennsylvania military academy at
Chester, en June 9.
Stephen P. Sleccm, who had been
Democratic candidate for lieutenant-gever
nor of Rhede Island, was elected mayor of
Newport yesterday by about 100 majority
The senate yesterday confirmed "William
A. Newell, of New Jersey, te be gover
nor of "Washington Territory, and E. J.
Smitiiers, of Delaware, te be consul te
Chin Kiang.
Mr. Jehn Ireland -for many years con
nected with the business department of
the New Yerk Times, being cashier since
1861, died yesterday of consumption, at
Orange, N. J., aged 38.
Although it is settled that Prince Leo Lee
pold is going te Canada en a visit te the
Princess Louise, nothing whatever has
been projected, much less settled, 33 te a
tour in the United States. His movements
will be regulated by the state of his health,
which continues te be very delicate, and
by the queen's wishes.
"Balldesed?"
Fer the iJtTstttOMCEiz.
Messrs. Editors : "We learned through
the Intelligencer of List evening that
Hayes Grier, of the Columbia Herald, in
his last issue has left off his steam which
has been closed up for a whole week since
the county convention. We can easily
account for all the abuse he desires te
shower en the head of the honest Demo
crats of Lancaster city. It must certainly
have been very humiliating for -him
(Grier) te report te his master (Mr. "Wal
lace) that he was unable te deliver the
delegates of the Northern district. It
must surely be much mere humiliating for
him te think that the word has gene
abroad that he (Grier) no longer carries
the Democratic party of Lancaster ceun
ty in his pocket (net even the Northern
district), after he has repeatedly repre
sented in Harrisburg that such was a fact.
lie certainly must feel that l:e docs net
even carry a delegate tnat will ue uis
bidding, unless it is Mr. Given, who was
only allowed te go by the magnanimity of
the opposite side, for he did net receive a
majority of the votes and would certainly
have been defeated had a second ballet
been taken.
After saying he would name fourteen
enumerators of the census in the North
ern district and premising some districts
te three or four different parties through
Mr. "Wallace's arrangement with Cameren
and Mr. Snewdcn, and then te secure only
one delegate for his side and that a gift
from the opposition, must certainly hurt
his feelings very much and tell him plainly
that his influence amounts te nothing.
He seems te think that the convention was
fearfully bulldozed. "Oh, hew the
mighty have fallen " when the great and
bold delegates from Columbia acknowl
edge that they were bulldozed.
Men whom he has seen fit te call bull
dozers and squealers would blush for
shame te be classed with such company as
Mr. Grier. They de net belong te the
Democratic party for the sake of looking
around for any little position that will pay
a few dollars, but they arc Democrats
from principle, and they are the men that
help te roll up the heavy Democratic vote
of Lancaster county, which increases year
by year, never asking one cent for their
labor nor expecting te receive an office under
the general government Ner did they
call in any Republicans such as Sheriff
Strine, Andy Kaufl'man, Tem Cochran
Ames Mylin and ethers te give them ad
vice. If any bulldozing was done it was cer
tainly en the part of Mr. Grier. By what
authority did he (when calling the roll of
districts and after the district had voted)
ask te sec all the delegates from that dis
trict and question them if such was the
vote of the district ? Had he proceeded
with the call of the districts and allowed
them te vote without questioning them as
te the correctness of such vete, there would
net have been one weid from the city
Democrats. "Was it gentlemanly for him,
when Mr. Bcchtel desired te change his
vote, te threw his arms around his (Bech
tel's) neck and try te dissuade him from
making the change? Mr. Grier alone
is responsible for all the disturbance. He
certainly docs the police an injustice, for
they did net interfere, only te tell Andy
Kaufl'man and Sheriff Strine that this was
a Democratic convention and that they
would net be allowed te interfere.
Even after Mr. Given declared he had
been elected te preside, and would preside
as chairman, he felt that he was net en
titled te the place, and withdrew before al
lowing a fair vote te be taken te test his
chances of election. A Democrat.
LATKST NEWS BT MAIL.
Geerge A. Bennett, a New Yerk police
man, yesterday committed suicide by
sheeting.
Jehn Brcen, a tramp, was killed en
Tuesday at Fert Erie. Out., wkile trying
te steal a ride en a railroad train.
Base ball : At Providence Providence,
10, Brown University, 0. At New Haveii
Yale University, 12, Albany, 6. At Ti ey
Trey City, 9, Baltimore, 6.
The treasury department yesterday di
rected the transfer of $3,500,000 in geld
bullion from New Yerk te the Philadel
phia mint, te be coined into eagles and
half eagles.
Herman Limberg and "Wm. McGarry,
strangers te each ether, met in a Chicago
saloon en Tuesday night, quarreled, and
Limberg shot and killed McGarry. The
murderer was arrested.
The Geneva award bill, after first being
amended te exclude the claims of the in
surance companies, was defeated in the
Senate yesterday by the adoption of a mo
tion te indefinitely postpeno it.
A quarrel occurred near Compten Mills,
N. J., between James Sheppard and his
brother-in-law, Henrich Meran. Meran
stabbed Sheppard twice in the back with a
large case knife, inflicting a fatal wound.
Meran is at large.
Three men in the jail at Moberly, Me.,
charged with murder, were taken from the
jail by a mob of masked men. One of the
accused, named Ira Caisson, cenlessed,
whereupon he was put back in jail, and the
ether, two, named Yancey and Mitchell,
were hanged.
Around Marlborough, N. J., a severe
frost made sad havoc with peach blossoms
and small vegetables. Out of 1,800 peach
trees in the orchard of Foreman Tayler,
the blossoms of nearly 1,000 were killed.
Great damage was dene throughout that
section.
On Tuesday, at Mayfield, Ky., "W. "W.
Ezcll, of that place, shot and killed Dr.
Dalten, of CeIIaway county, en account
or an attemptea elopement et juzeirs
sister-in-lay with Dalten a year age. which
iizell prevented, .hzen claims that Dalten
had repeatedly threatened te kill him, and
that he acted in self-defense.
James Jelly, who was brought back from
Mississippi for the murder of Miss Norris,
in DeKalb county, Ga., three years age,
has taken the officers te the spot where she
was buried. The body was found near the
surface. Jelly once said that his brother-in-law,
Weaver, killed her. He new says
that Weaver did net de it.
Near Jacksonville Fla., a duel has oc
curred just beyond the city limits, between
two Cubans,Raphael Teledo and Yudabire
Pina,- both cigarmakers. Three shots
were exchanged, and Teledo was killed.
There were no seconds. The affair was
witnessed by a boy who happened te pass
that way.
In a Bewildered Stat of Mind.
Harrisburg Patriot.
If we really comprehend the incompre
hensible Lancaster Intelligencer it new
believes that a Democratic journal ought
net te " held Demecratsguilty until they
are proved innocent." We are glad te ob
serve tins change of Heart en tee part et the
Intelligencer, as we distinctly remember
that we undertook te teach it the true
doctrine in this regard some years age
when it insisted en convicting Democrats
en its own naked suspicions.
AMUSEMENT NOTES.
j What the Flayers are Ueing.
The McGibenys appear in Ceatesvillc to
night. JackHaverly isefeet high and weighs
97 pounds.
Milten Nobles opens in Baltimore en
Monday night.
Carncross's minstrels will be in Pitts
burg next week.
Annie Ward Tiffany is te have a new
play next year.
Miss Nellie McHenry, of the Troubadour
troupe, is the wife of Jehn Webster.
Ben Maginley will play " The Danitcs"
in this country during McKee Rankin's
visit te Europe.
Mary Andersen closes her season in
Portland en May 8. She will then lest
until September.
I. N. Beers left B Macnnlev's com
pany after having that gentleman arrested
and fined for assault.
Barney Macauley closes his season in
Manchester, N. II., en next Wednesday
evening.
There was a big demand for seats for
Emma Abbett's opera, this morning, when
the chart opened.
Miss Julia Wilsen, ihe Tet of Den
Thompson's company, has purchased a
home in Connecticut.
Salsbury's Troubadours have very hand
some printing, and they show up nine dif
fcrcnt kind of lithographs.
Ada Cavendish gees te England at once,
but will return te this country in the au
tumn. Annie Clark, who was here in " Our
Beys," was formerly Mrs. W. S. Clark,
but she lias obtained a divorce.
The shows which will visit Lancaster
during this and next week arc the best
this city has seen for some time.
The Ferd amateur dramatic club of Sa
vannah, Ga., gave Miss Belle Mackenzie a
uencut a lew evenings since. tone ap
peared in "Dr. Clyde."
R. M. Heeley is said te be making money,
but several people are still waiting for
salaries due them from the Mcgatherian
minstrels.
Nellie Larkclle, who played in "Evan
geline" last summer with Jehn Stetson's
company, will be a member of one of M.
B. Lcavitt's companies.
Billy Bairy, the negre comedian, slapped
the mouth of Dick Ralp, another actor, in
New Yerk en Monday, and he was held in
bail te answer the charge.
W. A. Paul, an excellent young come
dian, who made the greatest hit of the year
in "Princess Tote" when it was played in
New Yek, is said te be dying of consump
tion in a Bosten hospital.
When Willie Edeuin and his wife (Alice
Athcrten) leave E. E. Rice te form a
company of their own, the "Surprise
Party" loses its best people.
The Windser the.- re in New Yerk, will
scat mere people than any ether house of
amusement in this country, and last week
Teny Denier nightly turned away people
who were unable te gain admission.
Geerge W. Hunter, Irish comedian, new
with Teny Denier, will appear in a new
specialty next season, which he calls
"Electric Characters." He will appear in
six different characters, changing his
clothes en the stage.
James Cellier, the popular manager of
the "Celebrated Case" and "Banker's
Daughter" companies, will shortly marry
Miss Emily Baker, who is with Jee Em
met's company.
Den Juan Waitings, formerly a resident
of Columbia, keers the restaurant of the
New National theatre, Philadelphia. A
few evenings age he received his annual
benefit at that house.
James W. Cellier has expended a large
sum of money for new scenery, costumes,
&c, te be used in the production of "A
Celebrated Case " throughout the coun
try. Mr. Cellier's company will be here
en Monday night.
J. 11. Ilaverly is having built a tent large
enough te contain an eighth-of-a-mile
track. When it is finished he will organ
ize a company of noted pedestrians, and
give walking exhibitions through the coun
try. It is just possible that some of the
performers may be obliged teexercisc their
professional skill in getting home. Dra
matic Keus.
The Salsbury Troubadours are the
finest artists in their line in this country,
and it is said that if their season continues
as prosperous as it has been, they will
clear $40,000. They will open in New
Yerk shortly, where they will play their
third engagement this season, and will
then go te Europe, where they will re
main six months.
Emma Abbett, who will be here in
"Paul and Virginia" next Tuesday even
ing with 45 artists, is the only person who
has ever presented this opera in America.
She has been highly successful in it, being
specially adapted for the role in physique,
temperament and general quality of voice.
The present company began the opera in
New Orleans early in February, and it was
a sweeping success from the outset. In
one performance the curtain rese eight
times en the love scene and the duct, such
was the ardor of the audience. When Beb
Ingersoll heard Miss Abbett in it he said
her singing was Mike the rustling of
wings,' and her voice 'is as fresh as the
dew and as pure as the dawn.' Miss Ab Ab
eott herself says : " The piece is extremely
intricate, though there is a great deal of
beauty in it which appears simple te some.
Even when sung te uneducated people the
harmonics of the score reach the heart,
and the pathetic parts arc always markedly
effective. But it is very hard te sing,
especially se in the bird song. The opera
always draws well, because it a is familiar
story, free from objectionable allusions of
any kind, is net overdone in any respect,
and is one of the best adaptations of its
kind ever put upon any stage."
m
UEUL1X FISHERY EXHIBITION.
Peer Shew Made by Our English Cousins.
A dispatch from Berlin te the Times
says : The British government made no
grant for representation in the Interna
tional fishery exhibition which was opened
here yesterday, the British exhibition
being wholly the result of private enter
prise. Much of the space originally allot
ted te England has been taken by Ameri
cans, who new held it by right of prier oc
cupation. The very slender aud unworthy
participation of England is all the mere
striking by contrast with that of America.
her immediate neighbor in the building.
Twe hundred and fifty tens of piscato
rial material, valued at 10,000, has al
ready arrived from America, prominent
among which is a whaling beat fully
equipped, with all its gear ready for action.
Anether rarity is a purse seine from 200 te
300 fathoms long, and from 20 te 30 fathoms
deep, used for netting whole shoals of
mackerel in mid-ocean. Six specimens of
a peculiar fishing beat, called "the dory,"
which experts were very anxious te see
have also been brought ever.
Perhaps the most attractive, as certainly
the most novel objects in the American
collection, is a model of the twin screw
steamer, the Fish Hawk, specially con
structed for the artificial hatching of pis
cine ova, chiefly these of shad and cod. A
fire engine with horses yoked and men
men seated, is also en exhibition among
the American exhibits.
Is That the Season?
Carlisle Herald, Rep.
"Impeachment of judges is a farce
which will net be tried again " Jeffersen,
in 1807. Judge Patterson has reason,
therefore, for insisting that the only reflec
tion en the conduct of a judge should be
by impeaehment.
Beauty Here and Abroad.
St Leuis Glebe-Democrat.
A Fourth street bookseller having seme
grudge against England has been exhibit
ing in his show-window an assortment of
photographs of the professional beauties of
Londen society before which the untraveled
American lingers a moment and then walks
away saying te himself: "If these are the
beauties, I wonder what the ugly ones are
like." Of these beauties the most famous
of all, Mrs. Langtry, the Lily of
Jersey, first brought into notice by
the portrait by Millais, and
raised te notoriety by the admiration
of the Prince of Wales's set, has a shapely
head and a pair of tender eyes, but her
nose and mouth are anything but beautiful,
and her jaws are sunken in with an ugly
depression tee common among the famine
pinched peasants of Ceueraara te be a sign
of beauty in a Londen belle. Mrs. Cern-
wallis-West is worthy of her fame, but the
young wife of the old Earl Dudley gives
you a full view of a pair of Calmuck nos
trils as she leeks at you with a brassy, net
te say hersey, expression; and the Countess
of Lonsdale, who was admired as Lady
Gladys Herbert, is a monumental being of
six feet and ever. A charming creature,
no doubt, in the eyes of" Captain Bates and
Colonel Gesehcn, but hardly calculated te
win the admiration of ordinary men who
de net travel with the circus.
If we turn from the professional beau
ties of high life in England te these of
lower social station, we find nothing te
change our unfavorable estimate of their
we remember of Maud Branscembe with
the face of an angel en a weazened, little
body, Pauline Markham, whom Richard
Grant White celebrated as having "the
lest arms of the Venus de Mile," aud who
was a sculpturesque young person en
the stage, but with a dull-looking face,
and then there was Lydia Thompson
herself, who has left no one te take her
place as a burlesque actress, but her beau
ty is net anything te speak of seriously.
Miss Neilson, a half-Spaniard, aud with
all her attractions of the Spanish type, is
the most beautiful woman the American
stage has known. Her genius, her symp;i
thetic voice, aud many accomplishments
enhance the charm of her face and yet, in
point of figure Miss Neilson migh1; dress
in man's clothes and escape detection ; her
figure is truly English aud angular.
In fact, female beauty is a rarity in
every ether county of the world except
this favored land. We leave out of ques
tion the German, Russian and Scandina
vian nations, for there beauty is almost a
myth. In Italy there is a stately beauty
of form and richness of color among the
peasants, accompanied by a stolid itnpas
siveness ; the vaunted beauties of Spain
arc dumpy little women, with sallow
faces and no intelligence. In Vienna
alone, of all the great cities in Europe,
beauty is as common among women as it
is in St. Leuis or Baltimore, and there the
beauty comes from the Hungarians, across
the river. Iu Paris there is a type of
female beauty, dainty, refined, and ex
quisite, but frail and delicate as the hot
house exotic, which it resembles, rather
than the' blooming rosebud of an American
cottage garden.
It is only in this country that female
beauty of the highest type is connneu. It
is no exaggeration te say that one can see
mere beauty in a St. Leuis theatre en a
favorite Friday night than in a year's res
idence in Europe. There is mero beauty
walks down Broadway in New Yerk of a
Saturday afternoon, or en Fifth avenue
after church en Sundays, than has been
seen in England in all the 1800 years since
the days of Boadicea. It is se common
here tliat it is never noticed as exceptional
and our young queens of society held
their thrones, net by any wonderful
superiority ever the rest in beauty,
but merely as the first among their equals.
If proof is demanded one need go no far
ther than te the nearest girls' school, or
take a trip in the cars, or leek in at the
watering places. And the beauty of face
and form, and the intelligence of expres
sion, without which beauty fails te charm,
arc confined te the descendants of no spe
cial race, te the favorites of no special class
of society. They arc a oeinmon in the
village as in the city ; the mechanic's
daughter, who se often takes her
place in society among the children
of millionaires, sutlers as little in
comparison of leeks as in compari
son of intelligence or manners. The
descendants of the great European immi
gration which began iu '48 held their own
with the descttiulauts of the pre-Rcvolutien-ary
immigration. It seems as if Providence
which had favored this land in se many
ways, had favored our girls in the special
way which they would most prefer, had
given te the chemistry et our wum
and rain, of our sky and soil, the potency
sought by magic philters, and had added
te its ether geed gifts by making
the land of freedom also the home
of beauty. Only these who have been
abroad knew hew meagre is the vaunted
store of beauty in foreign lands, hew rich
the array of female loveliness which bright
ens the everyday life of this plain republic.
Many of us, it is true, have suspected that
this was about the way of it, and that
American beauty lacked the renown of
publicity, net because it was se rare, but
because it was se common. We need net
fear te examine the evidence when it is
put before us and te study the compari
sons which lie at hand. The mere we leek
into it the deeper will be our appreciation
of " our girls," aud we are net likely te
think mere highly of them than they de
serve. TEKICIBLE CALAMITIES.
Perished in a Sail l!uat Tlia lire in Hull
Disaster in Madisen fequar Garden.
Seven men who left Point St. Ignacc,
Michigan, in a sail beat, perished in the
storm of Monday last.
A fire in the town of Hull, opposite Ot
tawa, Ont., yesterday afternoon, destroyed
ever 700 houses, comprising half the town,
and rendered ever 4,000 people homeless
The fire, fanned by a fierce wind, rag d
from half-past three o'clock until seven,
when the wind changed and the conflagra
tion was get under control. The houses
burned were mostly of weed. Several lives
are reported te be lest. In one instance, a
woman who was confined the day before,
perished in her house. The less en prop
erty is estimated at about $500,000.
A serious disaster occurred last night at
the Madisen Square garden, in New Yerk
city, where a fair for the benefit of the
Hahnemann hospital was in progress. At
half-past nine o'clock, about 800 persons
being in the building, half the front facing
en Madisen avenue gave way. The wall
fell outwards and part of the reef adjoining
tumbled in with a crash. That portion of
the structure was used as a dancing hall
and the picture gallery of the fair. The
police and firemen were seen en the spot,
and a number of persons were taken from
the ruins. At midnight it was known
that three persons were killed and seven
injured. Among the killed are Mrs. Anna
Willett, of East Thirty-first street, aud
Mrs. W. A. Ogden Hegeman, a prominent
manager of the fair and wife of ene of the
directors of the United States ship insur
ance company. William H. Filesten had
a leg broken, and his recevery is doubtful.
MissJesie Streeter, of West Thirty-second
street, was seriously injured. When the
wall fell into the street several hacks were
struck, several drivers were injured, and
two or three horses were killed. The
damage te the building is estimated all the
way from $25,000 te $40,000. The pic
tures, all lent, were insured for $150,000,
but it is believed the insurance was against
fire alone. ,
Stories of EyeAVltneisesyr'
Mr. James H. Hockin, whewas ticket
taker in the art gallery, wasthe last man
te leave the room when the frash occurred.
Te a reporter he told the following story :
"It was just about a quarter te 9 o'clock
when the ceiling of the art callerr be?an te
tremble and crack. When it was noticed
I sent for Mr. Mackav. the surerintenil-
ent, who came te me and said, " Hecking,
get the people out of here as seen as you
can. De it as quietly as you can, for Ged's
sake." There were then lifty-feur persons
in the room, nearly one-half of whom were
ladies. I went in and began te get them
out, although I hardly knew en
what excuse te de -se te avoid a panic.
Finally fragments of the ceiling began te
drop, and the first thing we knew great
rents began te appear in the side wall. The
gas pipes are suspended from the reef by
copper wires and were swaying te and fro.
Suddenly they all fell te the lloer, leaving
us in darkness. Just before the lights
went out I could sec the west wall bulging
out toward Fourth avenue, and a group
of about half a dozen people huddling
about my desk. Iput my arms! around them,
and exerting all my strength I pushed
them through, the deer toward the main
hall. I then felt a puff of fresh air as the
wall fell with a" crash. A portion of the
beams fell upon my back, crushing my hat
and tearing my coat. Then I saw from
the head of the stairs one of the most
terrific scenes I ever witnessed. The
people rushed from the dancing ha'.l with
pale faces and garments tern. Ne re
gard was observed for the ladies what
ever. I did net see a single act of man
liness iu the struggling mass, who seemed
te have lest their enscs. The musicians
fled and left their instruments behind, and
right in front of me I saw four fashionably
dressed young men drop the arms of the
ladies they were escorting aud dash down
the stairs like cowardly hounds they were.
I tried te de the best I could under the
circumstances, but I knew there was no one
in the art gallery when I left it. "Mr. Story,
the artist, was about six inches in front
of me when the crash came, and he acted
with great valor, helping me te drai; the
people out of the room. I recollected that
there were !? 100,000 worth et oil paintings
en the wall which fell, but I saw it was tee
late te de anything but try te save human
life. I rushed into the adjoining dancing
hall and helped several gentlemen te carry
out wounded people from under the debris."
Mr. Hecking said he could remember no
mere, as the excitement was se great that
he could think of nothing but the wound
ed, whose shrieks were beginning te be
heard.
STATJ ITEMS.
One of the heaviest and most successful
brokers at the Pittsburgh oil exchange, is
Mr. Cooper, who is net ever 18 years old.
He was formerly a messenger for the
Western Union telegraph company.
Mrs. Mary C. Rene, wife of the late
General Jesse L. Rene, died at Bethlehem
en Sunday from the ellccts of a fall in
that plaec, caused by a defect in the
street. Just previous te her death she
was paid $5,000 as damages for her injuries.
The Methodist Episcopal judicial con
ference in the appeal case of the Rev.
Wm. Majer, of the Philadelphia confer
ence, suspended for connection with the
Philadelphia university of medicine and
surgery, decided te reverse the judgment of
the Philadelphia conference by a vote of
11 te 5. This reinstates Mr. Majer.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
T2IK M'CJIItENTS.
Their Farewell l'crfermuiices.
The farewell appearances of the musical
McGibenys yesterday afternoon and even
ing again crowded Fulton opera house
with eager aud delighted audiences. The
little folks and ladies especially turned out
in strong force at the matinee, a feature of
interest in this performance being the pres
ence of the boys and girls of the children's
home, who had been kindly invited by
Manager Driggs, and who manifested the
most intense delight at the little folks'
singing and playing; In the evening every
seat in the parquet and parquet circle was
occupied, numbers of people steed in the
rear aisle, and many ladies and children
were in the gallery. Prier te the beginning
of the performance there was a grand
parade from the Pennsylvania rail
road depot through the streets
te the opera house. The little Mc
Gibenys, seated in a barouche, and vigor
ously playing their instruments, led off the
precession, and were followed by Clem
mens's City and the Citizens' bands, who
appeared te be usiug their best endeavors
te extinguish each ether in a torrent of
sound and fury. The route of the pro pre
cession was brilliantly illuminated by a
liberal display of fireworks, under the
skillful manipulation of the small boy, by
whose expert handling of his light artil
lery panic was repeatedly threatened in
the immense concourse who witnessed the
imposing demonstration. The entertain
ment was similar te these that preceded
it, and of the same amusing character.
These are certainly very interesting
young folks, and the people of Lancaster
have evidently reserved for them a front
scat in their affection and admiration.
The Beard of 1'ardeus.
The beard of pardons met at 10 o'clock
yesterday morning for consultation en the
18 cases before it, and in two hours and a
half had concluded its business. The beard
refused te interfere with the execution of
the death penalty in the cases of Israel
Brandt and Jeseph Hummel, convicted of
complicity in the murder of Jeseph Raber,
in Lebanon county, a year and a half age
and they will be hanged May 13th next,
with Henry Wise, whose case was unfavor
ably considered at the previous regular
meeting of the beard.
The pardon recommendation in the case
of Sidney B. Themas, Themas Stewart,
Mark Falden and Jehn Boyd, convicted of
conspiracy te cheat at the February elec
tion in Philadelphia, was refused. This is
the case in which Judge Pcirce earnestly
opposed a pardon in a letter te the beard.
A few pardons were granted, net of local
interest. Among these held under advise
ment was the case of Jehn Seber, from
Lancaster county, sentenced for rape.
Sale or Real Estate.
Henry Shubert, auctioneer and real es
tate agent, sold at public sale, at the
Franklin Heuse, Columbia, for the Amer
ican Mechanics' building association, a
two-story frame dwelling, situated en the
Lancaster pike, te Walter M. Franklin
esq., for $900.
Alse, a two-story frame dwelling, situ
ated en the east side of Frent street, te
Miss Lydia S. Brown for $1,000.
Alse, the same day at the Keystone
hotel, a gray trotting stallion known by
the name of Patchelett. Sold' te Moses
Emersen for $297.50. -
Pay Day.
The employees of the Reading railroad
company, en the Reading and Columbia
and Lancaster and Quarryville branches,
were paid off in cash te-day for the month
of March.
COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS.
Beginning or the April Term.
Wednesday Afternoon. The case of
Lewis Shine, indicted for jaii-brcaking,
was resumed. It was in evidence that he
had been convicted for participation iu a
burglary at Reinhold's station in 1870,
plead guilty and was sentenced te 2J years
imprisonment in the county prison, and
that during December, 1877, he escaped
from jail by scaling the wall, he having
been employed at work in the jail yard.
Ne defense was offered and the jury re
turned a verdict of guilty. The court sen
tenced the prisoner te pay a fine of $10 and
undergo an imprisonment of one year.
Cem'th vs. Samuel Siekels attempted
rape. The defendant is only 13 years of
age and the little girl, a daughter of Jehu
Rhodes, of Raphe, only 8 years old. The
little girl testified that she and her two
little cousins aged respectively 8 and 10
years were playing together, when defen
dant came up threw her down and as
saulted her. Her little companions ran off
and gave information te Jehn Garber, who
ran te her assistance, whereupon defendant
ran off, and the little girl went home and.
told her parents what had happened. The
defendant did net deny that he had thrown
her down and held her down, but said he
did se because she had called him names.
Counsel for defense cited the law te show
that defendant, being under 14 years of age,
could net be convicted of the offense,
charged, and the court se charged the jury.
The jury found defeudent guilty of assault
and the court sentenced him te an im im
priseincnt of thirty days.
Cem'th vs-. Henry Rappc.iudicted for in
cest and adultery. His daughter, Lizzie
Rappc, a rather simple-minded girl of 15
years, who is subject te falling fits, testi
fied that during the absence of her mother
at church hcrtathcr came te her room and
perpetrated the outrage. The girl's
brother testified that he saw his father
with his clothes off in the girl's room.
The jury found him guilty and the cmut
sentenced him te two years' imprisonment
for the incest and five months for adul
tery. Cem'th vs. Ames Albright, larceny,
three indictments. The commonwealth's
testimony was te the effect that defendant
and Frank Blair had stolen about 1G0
pounds of iron bcleuging te the Pennsyl
vania railroad company and sold it te Frifz.
Gotwald, a dealer in old iron, who in tutu
sold it te the Penn iron company where it
was identified as belonging te the railroad
company. The defendants claimed that
they found the iron in a pile below the
rolling mill, 50 or 100 yards away from
the railroad. The jury returned a verdict
of guilty, and the court sentenced the de
fendant te four months' imprisonment ou
each indictment one year in all.
Frank Blair pleaded guilty te two in
dictments of larceny in the above transac
tion, and the court sentenced him te four
months imprisonment.
William II. Butler, colored, pleaded guil
ty for larceny and false pretence. It ap
pears there is another colored man named
Butler, and defendant introduced himself
te him and claimed te be his uncle. The
alleged nephew was very glad te sec his
uncle, took him te his home, made him
welcome, leaned him a clean shirt six dol
lars in money and a watch, and then the
bogus uncle disappeared. He was cap
tured, however, pleaded guilty as .above
stated, and for the larceny was sentenced:
te $5 line and three months' imprisonment,
for false pretense te$t fine aud two months,
imprisonment.
The tavern license of Jehn Fex propri
etor of a hotel en the New Helland pike,
near thq Agricultural paik, was trans
ferred te E. O. Eaby.
Thursday Morning. Cem'th vs. Thes J.
Arment, larceny. The indictment charges
defendaut with the theft of iron,
the property of the Pennsylvania railroad
company. Frit. Gretwald and Jeseph
Best ick testified that they had bought rail
road iron from defendant, and A. C. Hall,
an employee of the Penn rolling mill,
identified the iron as belonging te the
Pennsylvania railroad company. Fer the
defense, defendant was sworn and testi
fied that he was a dealer in old rags, iron
and bones. The iron that he sold te Mr.
Bestick he had bought from Ames Al
bright. He borrowed Mr. Bestick's team
and hauled the iron from along the pike
near Cel. Pcipcr's farm. Albright told
him that he had bought the iron, and that
his wagon had broken down. He paid
Albright $3 for the iron in pres
ence of Alenzo M. Westwood. Westwood
corroborated this part of defendant's testi
mony. The jury returned a verdict of net
guilty.
Commonwealth vs. Chas. II. Wilracr,
assault and battery, with intent te commit
rape en Mrs. Mary Tayler. Mrs. Mary
Tayler testified that ou the 12th of Feb
ruary last, she was a member of the family
of Rev. W. C. Caimcs, of the Octoraro
Presbyterian church, Bart township. It
had been determined by some of Mr.
Cairnes's friends te treat him te a surprise
and donation party en the night of the
42th of February. The party was te as
semble at the church and go thence te the
parsonage. A few friends, including Jesiah
Byers, Jehn M. Geed and some ethers had
arrived at the house te assist in making
preparations for the party. Between seven
and eight o'clock Mrs. Tayler went te an
out-heusc a few yards from the residence
As she was leaving the out-house a man
steed before her ; he threw the Ie;p of a.
rope around her neck, choked her and
threw her upon a flowerbed ; shcscrcamcif
and succeeded in getting the rope off her
neck, hut it was again thrown round her.
threat and drawn se tightly that she could
scarcely breathe Just as she was
becoming completely exhausted the front
deer of the parsonage opened, and Mr.
Cairnes, Jesiah Byers and Jehn M. Geed,
who had heard her screams, came te her as
sistance. She positively identified Charles
Wilmcr as the man who assaulted her.
Rev. Mr. Cairns, J. M. Geed aud Jesiah
Byers, testified that they were in the par
senage at the time heard Mrs. Taylei's
screams, ran te her assistance, carried her
into the house, removed the rope from her
neck. Could easily distinguish her features
as she lay en the ground. Miss Phcebe
Smith testified that she saw the defendant
en the state read about half past 5 or 6
o'clock en the evening of the outrage go
ing towards the parsonage.
Lewis H. Linville passed the parsonage
and saw a colored man whom he believed,
te be the defendant, en the embankment-
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