- ?" LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 1880. ' ftancastci 1-ntciUgencer. 1UESDAY EVENING, NOV. G, 1880. Unlawful Bnlleis. The Xew Yerk election law provides that " It shall be unlawful for any per son te print and distribute, or te cast any ballet printed or partly printed con trary te the previsions of this act, or te mark the ballet of any voter, or te deliv er te any voter such marked ballet for the purpose of ascertaining hew he shall vote at any election." The act provides the kind of type which shall be used in printing the back of the ticket. The Re publican tickets, or some of them, were net se printed ; and it seems te be rea sonably held that they were unlawfully 'voted. Seme election inspectors refused at first te receive them, but subsequent ly did .se under pretest and reserving the right te reject them if they should beheld te be illegal. The interesting question new is whether they ought te be counted. There is no disputing the fact that the tickets were net according te law ; nor that the persons who " print ed,'' ': distributed" or " cast" the bal bal eots, violated the law and are liable te punishment. But still it is said that the election inspectors were net forbid den te receive the ballets and that there fore it was their duty te receive them. That does net seem te be a sound ar gument. It would seem that the inspec tors had a right te reject the unlawful ballet ; whether they were bound te de it may be another question ; and whether, if they received the ballet, it should be rejected in the count as unlawful, is still another question. The law expressly de clares that il shall be unlawful te casta ballet net properly printed ; and certain ly what cannot be lawfully cast ought net te be lawfully received. It is true, that the interpreters of the law will sacrifice form te substance te secure the suf frage of an honest voter; but the New Yerk law. paired te prevent in timidation of voter.-: or scrutiny of ballets, se clearly expresses what shall and wiiat shali net be a lawful ticket that it will net be easy for the judiciary te nullify it. The law can hardly be se absurdly construed as te declare that it means te punish the voter who casts a wrongly printed ballet, but still will net deprive him of the right te have it re ceived and counted. The punishment intended, and the only one applicable, is te refuse te takejiis ballet ; and let him provide himself with a lawful one, as he may readily de. Something like this question comes up in "Pennsylvania, though under the language of our law it is possi ble te print the tickets in any kind of type. It simply provides that the name of the office te be filled "and that only" shall be printed en the outside of the ballet. The design was the same as in the New Yerk law, te keep the political character of the vote from being detected. In our state the type net being specified, the law's object is nullified. In this campaign, however, the Republicans violated it literally In putting en their tickets something mere than the designation of the office. It was net "that only," but in addition they had engraved lines and fancy designs, which the law clearly prohibits. Our law does net in words but only by inference prohibit these ballets from being cast, atid se does net present the strong question of their legality which is afford ed in Xew Yerk ; and which is very se rious. A Wrung Without a Remedy. There does net Seem te be any doubt at all that in Xew Yerk the Republican vote was fraudulently increased. There is no reasonable theory that will explain an increase of ever a hundred per cent, in the Republican vote ever that of a year age, when the Democrat ic increase was net a fourth as great. This is the showing in many of the city districts It conclusively demonstrates a fraudu lently registered vote. It shows that Mr. Arthur fulfilled the obligation imposed upon him te carry his own slate. He did it with the assistance of citizens imported from ether states. The fact of their importation was noti fied te the Democratic politicians by their appearing en the registry : and of course proper vigilance and energy would have defeated tlrfe well laid scheme. The Democrats seem te have been se occu pied with their internal contentions ever the city nominations that they neglected their business and have new the satisfac tion of realizing, what they should be ashamed te admit, that they have been sorely cheated. What shall we de about it? We de net see that we can de anything but "grin and bear it." The Republican return ing beard of the stale is very certain net te recognize any proof of fraud, how ever clear it may be made. The editor of the Philadelphia Press, who is fresh from Albany and knows the men he vouches for, editorially made thi3 de claration in regard te their action the ether day, and we take his word for it i for it is very easy te believe of Republi can officials. It is somewhat surprising that the editor of a -reputable newspaper should se frankly admit that a fraudu lent vote is se absolutely certain te pass the scrutiny of the Republican returning beard of the greatest state in the Union ; but the fact is net surprising. Congress will net go behind the determination made of its vote by the state of Xew Yerk through its proper officers. If the people e Xew Yerk are willing that their vote, fraudulently cas.t, shall be counted as cast, there is no rcme;ly for the wrong that we knew of. It has long been freely alleged that the Republican party dare net allow an examination of the public records at Washington, te discover what kind of housekeeping has been going en there ferthelagjb twenty years. The frauds discovered arc only an indication of the frauds undiscovered and the frauds con cealed. Their full extent will never be known while Republicans control the ex ecutive departments. It will be well, however in view of the WerhVs charge that recent attempts were made te over haul the department records, in antici pation of Hancock election, for Con gress te inquire into the nature of this attempt and the reasons for it. The Tete and the Census. The full vote cast at this election will affcrd a very interesting comparison with the population figures of the census. The showing will be that the census was badly taken if the vote lias been honestly cast. In Lancaster city we had 5,92C votes in a reported population of some thing under twenty-six thousand. In the county C0,395 votes were cast, while the population is said te le but one hundred and forty thousand. That is one vote for every four and one-half people, in city and county. In 1870 our county population was 121,340 by the census. Te get the voting population we must go back te 1SGS, when a very full vote was out in the election between Seymour and Grant. The total poll was 24,307. Our vote has increased just six thousand in the twelve years which have elapsed, about half of the increase being in the four years since 1S7G, when the total vote cast was 27,100. If, there fore, we allow twenty-five thousand as the voting population in 1S70, we will net be far from the mark. Rut mul tiplying twenty-five thousand by four and a half gives us a population of only 112,500, or nearly nine thousand less than the census. According te its figures in 1S70 the population was te the vote as five te one : and this is the ratio which has generally been accepted as that prevailing in the old set tlements of the East. In the new West ern countries, the immigration being chiefly of men, the proportion of male adults in the population of course is in creased and the ratio figure is lowered and may be three or four te one. Rut it will ba observed that, as our Eastern population grows, the ratio figure will naturally be raised rather than lowered by the emigration of young men te new countries, and therefore it is quite unac countable why we should have a larger ratio of voters te the population in 1SS0 than we had in 1870. It would seem that our census has been incemnlete- ly taken if our vote has been honestly cast ; and we have heard no allegation of any considerable fraud" in the election here. We certainly should have a popu lation of five for every voter new if we had it ten years age; which would make the city population nearly thirty thou sand and that of the county one hundred and fifty thousand ; and thee are the figures-which we fully expected the cen sus te report. The Xew Yerk Times discovers that upon the last census - if the present number of Congressmen remains un changed the Xew England states will loot- 4 representatives and the Middle states 0, while the Seuth will gain 3 and the West 7." Should the future division of parties take an economical aspect the identity of interest between the Seuth and West, controlling 107 congressmen te SG for the Eastern and Middle slates, will be fatal te the ascendency of what has been known as the Xew England and Middle states idea of legislation. PERSONAL. Gakfiuld takes wine at dinner modci medci atcly ; likes farming, Greek and a'gebra : has four boys and one girl. Ex-Senater Si'RAGrc denies that his boy, Willie, shot at Trustee Thompson. The children were only playing at pistol practice when D.'.ddy Thompson went by and had no thought of hurting him. S.vnv BnaxiiAunT matle her first appear ance in Xew Yerk at Beeth's theatre, last evening. There was a crowded and fash fash ienable audience, and her personatien of Adrienne Leeeuereur evoked enthusias tic applause. There is quite a diversity of opinions among the critics as te her acting, and altogether her tiiumph is nut as great as foreshadowed. Her art is pronounced inferior te Rachel's. AnciiinAi.p CAMrnEi.i., the Wheeling editor, who, in the Chicago convention, declined te vote for Senater Conkling's resolution pledging each delegate in ad vance te vole for the nominee, is talked of for a cabinet office. It is incorrectly stated that he is a son of the founder of the Camphellitc church. The prophet's son is Alexander Campbell, who " took great pleasure in voting against Gai field.'" Jenx SuniiMAX has written a letter in which he displays a Micawbcr-iike willing ness te await whatever turns up. He says he awaits "the judgment of the General Assembly of Ohie, unbiased by any expres sion of my wish in the matter referred te. I de net kuew what is the desire of Gen eral Garfield, but I can see that my elec tion might relieve him from embarrass ment and free him te de as he thinks best in the formation of his cabinet." If he can get a six years' scnatership he will re lieeo Garfield from the embarrassment of keeping him in the cabinet. Considerate man ! Huxnr Watti:i:sex, whose word "only" in the tariff plank many people think did it, ascribes Hancock's defeat te the Democratic party's tee easy abandon ment of its fundamental principles. The Republicans, he declares, arc everything bad but feels, and the Democrats though honest are feels. He has no idea of a new party but proclaims his own future pesi. tien something after this style : " Wise men will halt, whilst useful men, taking their political lives in their hands, de n n n conneitcr. Claiming nothing, asking neth ing, hoping only te be useful, we find our selves standing upon the border line of a great country and the confines of a shift ing situation ; and we shall constitute our selves a vedette, sending te the rear, if possible, messages of cheer hut, gejd news or bad news the truth, as wc see it, always. Te this end, we ask tiic confi dence of our readers ; refcring them te the record as some guarantee of successful ser vice, and at least as an assurance of disin terestedness and fidelity. These be slip pery times,and no one en the skirmish line, groping through the darkness, can be certain of his steps. We shall be, from the nature of the case, steady only in aim, in tention and conviction ; fearless at heart and explicit as Ged wets and circnm stances shall allow. Wherefore, without suspicion or rebuke, charging us with nothing except what appears upon its face, and liberally discounting that let us move ahead. Applaud us if wc run ; console us if we fall ; but ht us pass en ; for Ged's sake Let us pass en !'' All the railroads between Chicago and St. Leuis Beld limited tickets between these points j-cstcrday for $1 and tickets e Kausas City for $7. MINUS TOPICS. TnE Seuth Carolina state library con tains 28,000 volumes. Tueue are 40,000 American books in the British Museum which has thus, in a mea sure, become the chief depository of Amer- ican literature. Tueue are in the United States 727 paper-mills, making 1,800 tens a day of all kinds of paper ; but the writing paper used is net 200 tens daily. Meke than 1,000,000 volumes have been added, during the last six years, te "Mudie's Select Library," the greatest circulating library in the world. Frequent ly whole editions of new books are taken by it. Tnu Philadelphia Evening Telegraph makes the point ler Hayes that, notwith standing he is dcsDitefully used by his party, four years of his administration put it and leaves it in a geed deal better shape than did the Grant rcgine. Allegheny City is much troubled ever the disputed question whether negre chil dren shall go te the same schools as these of white folks, and seme direct question as te the rights aud duties of directors in the matter have been put te State Superinten dent Wickcrsham, which with characteristic evasion it is claimed he delays te directly answer. A xeted prize-fighter iu the Seuth named McCool was washed from the wreck of a steamboat last week, and tumbled in to the Mississippi en a dark night. Frem the horrible tangle of drowning men he struck out wildly, and after swimming a few strokes saw a barrel floating along, te which he fastened, and was saved. It was a barrel of whisky. The moral of this story seems te be that, after all, whisky no! that won't de. Thcmer. al is that the best place for whisky is in a barrel, and the best place for the barrel is in a river. Treacher, lecturers, lawyers and even some speakers at teachers' institutes may profitably read this story related iu Greville's memoirs : A certain bishop in the Heuse pi Lords rose te speak and an nounced that he saenld divide what he had te say into twelve parts, when the Duke of Wharten interrupted him and begged that he might be indulged for a few min utes, as he had a story te tell which he could only introduce at that moment. A drunken fellow was passing by St. Paul's at night and heard the clock slowly chim ing twelve. He counted the strokes and when it had finished looked toward the clock and said : " Damn you ! why couldn't yen give us all that at once ?" Thcre was an end of the bishop's proposed speech. Bosten is at present occupied with the question of corporal punishment in the public schools. The superintendent in his last annual report makes seme disclo sures that have quite shocked the sensibili ties of that aesthetic centre. He tells the Boslencse of instances of personal violence and degrading punishments that vividly recall scenes enacted at Dothcbeys hall under that prince of school-room tyrants Squecrs, whilst according te the same authority the monthly reports of grammar schools come in ringing with the echoes of blows constituting a record of cruelties and shame degrading te the teacher "injurious te the pupils, and shocking te the com munity. " The Pilet gives editorial prominence te the city superintendent's disclosures. It takes the ground that corporal punishment is the sure resource ei weak and inferior teachers only, and' backs up its position by quoting from the report of a principal of a colored school in Maryland, where the red is never used : "Xcvcr was there a wilder or mere hope less chaos than the colored schools in this city (Baltimore) when started, less than two years age, and I would like te sec the Xew England schools, trained by the red, which would surpass iu conduct or prog ress these schools trained without it." Tiie Pilet defines its views upon the ques tion in the utterance of the hope that this remnant of barbarism will seen be utterly swept from the schools of Bosten and from every school it disgraces in America. LATEST NEWS BY M&IL. Commedore Shufelt, U. S. X., failed te effect a treaty with Cerca. Charles Clark, about 20 years of age, was killed by the bursting of an emery wheel in a mill at Stamford, Conn., yes terday afternoon. The Obcnaucr mill in GriswehT, Conn., belonging te the Readc paper company, was burned en Sunday night. Less, 823, 000. The schooner Belle Sheridan, from Os wego for Terente, was totally wrecked at Wellcr's bay, Ont., en. Sunday. Her cap tain, McShcrry, and his three sons, sailors, were drowned. Three-fourth of the mining town of Bingham, Utah, has been destroyed by fire. The less is probably $50,000. Ceii sidcrablc of the contents of the houses were saved. The American committee of the Bible revision announce that only these of the new revision, including the marginal ren derings which are published or approved by the University presses of England will be recognized as the authorized editions. A magazine containing a ten and a-half of powder, at Lacresse, Wis., was blown up by two men who fired shots into the building. The scoundrels were arrested. The explosion was heard for a distance of 12 miles, and windows throughout the town were shattered by the shock. Meedy and Sankey, who had crowded meetings in Salt Lake City for eighteen days past, left for San Francisce. They made a strong impression, particularly en Mormonism. Many think that they ought te stay indefinitely aud convert the Mor mons. The total value of iron aud steel and hardware imports thus far this year is $02,544,272 against $12,573,930 for the some period in 1879. Of course the great bulk of these immense imports were brought here by iron men who have just done shouting for tariff. It turns out that the colored Democrat who died in Greenville, S. C, en Satur urday night was net assassinatsd, as at first supposed. His death was caused by cerebral congestion, and a flew of bleed from an old wound in the head, which was reopened by his falling down, gave rise te the belief that he was murdered. Twenty-five years age the Philadelphia & Reading railroad leased the right te run trains from Milten te Williamsport ever Philadelphia & Erie railroad. On Sunday morning last the lease expired. The freight hands that run the train ever the leased read have been retired for a wpek when no doubt they will be called into 1 active service. SIX rEKSONS MCKOEKGD. Horrible Tragedy in a Farm lleusc in Mon Mon Men eoe County, Ohie. A -Maniac Killing JUIs Wile and Babe and n Lnily Visitor and Her Twe Chil drenThe M order er then Committing Sui cide. A terrible tragedy has occurred in Mon Mon Men eoe county, Ohie, three miles west of the village of Lcwisville, in which five persons were killed outright and one se badly in jured that she will net recover. It cxcds in horror anything that has hitherto oc curred in that part of the country. The principal actor iu the scene of bleed is Frank Bedenbaugh, 30 years of age. The victims are his wife, ill's. Annie Beden baugh (a daughter of Jehn Jcffres, esq., who lives near Temperauceville ) ; her babe, aged less than 2 years ; Mrs. Eliza beth Stephens, aged 43, and her two chil dren, a girl It-years of age and a boy 5 or 0 years et age. All were killed outright except the daughter of Mrs. Stephens, who is se badly Injured that she may net re cover. The tragedy occurred en Saturday even ing last, at about dark. The first indica tions of the murders were discovered by a younger brother of Bedenbaugh, who had bean absent at a husking and who re turned at about 11 o'clock at night. En tering the family room en his return, there being just enough light from the smoulder smeulder ing lire te cast an awful shadow upon the sccne of death, he was horrified te find upon the fleer the body of Mrs. Betsey Stephens a large tall woman, with fair face aud hair, new darkened and matted by bleed which had oozed from her brain and run down her dress. A frightful wound had been made with the pole of an axe en the back of the head, above and be hind the ear. On the fleer, net far away, were tbrce children his own Dane ana two belonging te Mrs. Stephens all dead except one. which was unconscious and will net recover. Twe of them had their heads crushed, -probably by the same weapeu. The living ene had wounds about the face, but. the skull docs net seem te be injured. The young man immediately gave the alarm, and a party of horrified neighbors seen gathered at the scene of the tragedy. A search of the premises was seen begun, but nothing bcyeund what has been de scribed was discovered in the house. The outbuildings wcre then searched. In a tobacco house a quarter of a mile cast of the premises they found Frand Beden baugh, badly wounded. He had crawled into the house through a crack in the wall. His threat had been cut from ear te ear, and bleed covered the ground for some distance. Several wounds, evidently made with a hatchet, were en his forehead aud face. Il is supposed that the man had tried te kill himself with the hatchet, and, failing in that, had used the certain and fatal razor. Beth weapons were found near him, covered with bleed. He was yet able te speak, and, in reply te a question as te where his wife was, designated the place where she could be found, and added that he killed her. He was taken te the house, and lived until 11 o'clock en Sun day meruing. The horrified neighbors went from the scene into the tobacco house te a pasture field where the wife, intent en family du ties, and with no thought of danger iu her mind, ha " gene te milk only a few hours before. The night was dark aud rainy. A still mere horrible scene was here present ed. Here lay the dead body of Mrs. Bed enbaugh, wiili her threat cut and her head beaten and partly embedded in mud. The hatchet and razor had both been used te de the deadly work, and the fair young face was marred and mutilated by the cruel blows. The bodies were placed side by side in the house, and all that Sabbath day, as the news spread, hundreds of per sons from the surrounding country visited the scene of death. The exact why in which the killing was done will never be known. Whether the deed was the result of a sudden impulse, et a quarrel, or of long settled intention, is net known. The actions of the murderer when his brother left him in the morning were net unusual, although he complained of net feeling well. There had been no family bickerings, and there was no ill feeling between the murderer and the Ste phens woman. Frank Bedenbaugh. the murderer, is about 30 years of age. Jasper Bedenbaugh his father, is of Gtrmau birth, and has ten ciiuurcu. no 15. a wcu-10-ue iarmer, auu lives about four miles south of Calais, where he owns a farm of seme four hun dred acres. The old man purchased the farm where Frank lives several years age, and presented it te him. Frank was a man of immense physical strength, as were the whole family. He was net a man of bail disposition, although the family had the reputation of being lighters. He had been slightly deranged, aud was taking medicine for the malady, but was net regarded as at all dangerous. He was married only two or three ycars,and was the father of enejchild. He was raising the eldest child of Betsey Stephens, who was about ten years old and lived with him for two or three years. It was te visit this child that Betsey and her youngest child went te Bcdenbaugh's en Friday evening. Mra. Bedenbaugh was 22 years of age, a lady of excellent family aud amiable disposition, and her short mar ried life had been a pleasant one se far as is known. A later report says that Frank Beden baugh, who committed the murders, died from his wounds. The Stephens girl also died, making in all seven lives lest in the tragedy. CONTROLLING T1IK I'ORK MARKKT. llew Armour Rretherx, of Chicago, Made S7. 000,000 by This Ycur'u Operation. A special despatch from Chicago, 111., says : " The inside history of the great Armour 'perk corner,' in which ths linn made $7,000,000, is published here today. The history ef'thc operations gees back te the summer of 1879, at which time Phil. Armour and his Milwaukee partner, Jehn Plankingten, went te Europe with the in tention of cornering the perk market of the world. They were abroad about two months, and during their absence ordered the purchase of an enormous amount of previsions, including sixty million pounds et ribs, neught at less than lour and a quarter cents per pound and 150.000 bar rels of perk at an average of only. $8 per barrel. On their return te America in September they found the market strcngtheninir. Prices went up and they realized a profit or $2,000,000. In the next two or three months perk advanced te $14 a barrel, and ribs in proportion. Under the impression that the boom was going te continue, they made further purchases. Then came the reaction, perk going from $14 te $9 23 in spite of all that could be done te bolster it. The $2,000,000 went and another $1,000,000 after it. The mem bers of the firm at once set about retriev ing their losses, and sent agents through this country and Europe, and frflm the re ports made satisfied themselves that the product of the hog would be in demand for the ensuing four months. They began in April te purchase all the actual stock in market about 223,000 barrels en hand here and a trifle ever 100,000 barrels in store in ether cities. This they bought at prices rang ing from $9.50 te $10.50, the average be ing about $10. In addition they secured options en 1,230,000 barrels mere, and then awaited developments. They took occasion te let everybody knew that tliey had all the perk in existence, and a great deal mere. The manipulators had laid their plans te force the price up te $20, but. they wanted it te go up gradually. , But when it became apparent te the trad ers and speculators that a great bull move ment was en feet, prices were run up with such rapidity that it was feared the effect would irighten oil the shorts and induce them te settle tee early. Te prevent such a move the Armours, threw nearly a half mil lion barrels en the market, and this served te check the boom and keep it within their control, and at the same time produce the impression that they could net or would net carry out their published pregramme of forcing quotations at $20. Operations were net alone confined te America, but all of Europe was taken in.aud wherever men were found willing te sell perk they did net have, the Armours were graciously accommodating. They knew that they had all the perk, and that these had sold them the article would have te come te them for it or settle the differences. The amount of money that was placed against this game was enormous. In striking this balance the lucky owners of the 'brace' find that they have made net less that $7- 000,000. In ether words they get back the $3,000,000 lest when perk went down last winter aud $4,000,000 besides. The Wall street dealers feel as hard as their Western brethren in misfortune, and a vast sum of Xew Yerk money is placed te the credit of the Chicago 'bulls.' " The election News. Full returns from all the counties in Pennsylvania, all being official except these from Greene, Jeffersen aud Sulli van, show a plurality for Garfield of 33, 037. All the counties in Oregon, except two, have been heard from, and give 349 Re publican majority. The two missing counties arc expected te increase the ma jority te COO. The election of Jehnsen, the colored Re publican candidate for Congress in the First district of Arkansas, is reported by about 1000 majority. Jehnsen is a barber, living iu Augusta, Ark., and his candi dacy was net announced until a week be- iore the election. 1 he Kepubhcans claim the election of two ether cengressineun in Arkansas Murphy in the Fourth and Beles in the Third district and say the Second district is doubtful, with the chances favoring William';, their candi date. The Ecening Express, of New Yerk, con cludes its leader of yesterday as fellows : "There is hardly a doubt today that ever 20,000 illegal votes were cast ler the Re publican candidates in this city and Brook lyn alone. Frem a single house in the Eleventh district forty negrees registered, eighteen from one billiard room ! The men could net be found during the day be fore the election. The facts' which have ceme te light and have net yet been pub lished, arc se grave and serious as te ren der a thorough official investigation neces sary. - The crime ei 1877 cannot be repeated without imperilling the re public." STA.TE ITEMS. Gov. Heyt appoints Thursday, Nev. 23, for state as well as national thanksgiving. Daniel Martin, an old soldier and well known foreman of Ilarrisburg, died yes terday. By the deatli of a brother in Dumfries, Scotland, D. O. Ivcsen of Cenellsvilie, aged 85 and a Waterloo veteran, inherits $100,000. Edwin X Bensen has given $3,000 to ward an armory for the First regiment N. G., of Philadelphia, of which he has been a member for twenty years. The distinguished Bcrgcr family, who are natives of Yerk and well and favorably known te our citizens, met with a serious accident a short time age in Arkansas. They were making a trip of fifty miles in a stage during a storm and the horses ran away, crashing into a fallen tree and over turning the stage. All tiie party were mere or less hurt. Rebert McKenna, one of the ten Repub licans elected te the Tennessee Legislature from Memphis, is ineligible, having been convicted of incest for marrying his wife's granddaughter. McKenna was pardoned by Gov. Jehn C. Brown four years age, has never applied te be restored te the rights of citizenship, and is therefore dis qualified from holding office. The certifi cate may be given te W. B. Wisisten, a Democrat, who received the next highest vote. This change may possibly deter mine the selection of a United States sena tor,: the complexion of the Legislature is very close. Obituary. Judge Edward Rawlc, a native of Penn sylvania and resident of Xew Orleans for 50 years, died in that cilv lar.t Thursday 1" paralysis, aged 83 years. Captain R. F. Leper, an old steamship builder, died in Brooklyn, en Sunday, in the 79th year efhis age. He was formerly a Philadclphian. Prof. A J. Gorden, of the Lecustdale: Va., military school, died suddenly en Sunday, while attending church service in Culpcper. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE A Lancaster Tobacco Farmer 111 Old 7.Io! 7.Ie! 7.Io! Semcryi Jehn C. Barten, of this county, has raised, housed and is new stripping the largest ctep of tobacco ever crown hi Montgomery county. He raised it en the farm of Tedd & Robb, at Pert Kennedy. There were ever thirty acres of the weed, which is a remarkably fine crop in every particular, being very large, many of the leaves measuring forty-four inches in length. It entirely missed the flea that did se muclk damage in this county. The only defect was caused by the worms, which for the want of sufficient force slightly damaged a small portion of it. It. will be remembered that Mr. B. raised a choice crop in this county last year, and his numerous friends will be glad te see him successful in another county. Quite a number of buyers from Philadel phia and Lancaster have already looked at the crop and express their opinion of it as being a fine one, and a number of offers have already been made for it. Under the directions of Mi B., Tedd & Robb have erected a tobacco shed and warehouse 300x54 with cellar and rooms for stripping and packing. They propose te continue the raising en a mere exten sive scale hereafter. Nomination of Ofllccr3. The Yeung Men's Christian association held an adjourned meeting te-night for the nomination of officers for the coming year. Every member should be interested in the cheesing of efliecrs of the associa tion. Tjiere will also be a special meeting of the beard te fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Ilcrr, who has ac cepted a call te the secretaryship of the Reading association. Tiie Firemen. At a meet ing of the Empire hook and ladderfirc company Xe. 1 last evening, it was resolved te tell the bell en the even ing of meetings, for a short time before 8 o'clock. A. S. Edwards was elected a delegate from ths company te represent it at the convention of volunteer firemen te be held in Reading en Dec. 15. Remarkable Telescope. The small telescope which Mr. Whitall, inventor of "Whithall's planisphere," well known te students of astronomy, cx hibited.at Zahm's cernerlast evening ler a short time, possesses remarkable power for its size. The rings of Saturn are dis tinctly shown and the Pleiades increase in number from one star te upwards of fifty. Anether Telephone. The office of Baumgardner, Ehermnn fc Ce. has been connected by telephone with the central office in Centre square THE INSTITUTE. OUR ANNUAL TEACHERS' CONVENTION. Yesterday's Sessions The Newspnpcr in Scheel Roem Its ImportHHee in :in Educational Facto' In In gertieU:gixi Frem 1 Secular Stand point." Hondas Afternoon. .The hymn, ' he -Be sung iuud, uu wuu, cxaitcu nign, was by the institute. licv. U. V. Stewart, I). D.. of ceic- rain, read selections from the 3d and 4th Psalms, and offered prayer for the success of the institute. Music "Evening Hymn" and "The Wander Staff." The president, Prof. Shaub, made a brief address, in which he congratulated the in stitute en the favorable auspices under which it opened, and the general exemption of its members during the past year from sickness and death. He referred in compli mentary terms te the late Prof. S. S. Hal deman, aud deplored the less the .institute had sustained in his death. He also re ferred feelingly te the less by death of two ether members. Frem the rccetds of the secretaries it appeared that the number of members enrolled up te 2 o'clock was greater than 011,911) former occasion at the same 'hour of the first day. This premises well for the success of the institute. He hoped better work would be done than heretofore ; that mutual improvement would be derived as well from the social intercourse of tiie members as from the exercises Qf the institute. IIe congratu lated the institute that there is no serious opposition te ilie institute system, or te the public school system within the county at least net such opposition as is met with iu ether sections. Prof. Shaub, then announced the pro pre gramme for the ensuing week and stated the reasons which indifccd the manage ment te held the evening entertainments in Fulton opera house. IIe then announced the names of the officers of the institute the same as printed in yesterdays Intelligence';. Mr. Jehu A. Menk, of West Hcmplield, moved the appointment of a committee te audit the treasurer's accounts. The cliair appointed Jehn A. Meuk, Jehn K. Werth, West Lampeter, and Miss Emma L. Downey, city, said committee. B. F. Boek, Paradise, moved the ap pointment of a cemmittee en resolutions. The motion was agreed te and the presi dent stated he would announee the com cem mitter later. The president notified member of Iho institute that each of them was entitled te 1 a copy et the music supplement te the ' Scheel Journal. Music "Bennie Doen," chorus by the I institute with organ accompaniment by ! Prof. Hall, and bugle accompaniment by j Prof- Kilhelfer. i Essay "The use of magazines and newspapers in school work" by Miss Ilat- 1 tie 1. Bruckhart. The essay was well j written and well-delivered, the essayist j taking the ground that the newspaper is a j mere important means of education than a 1 whole series of text books, though the text books are by no means te be neglect ed. She advised that selected readings from the newspapers be arranged before hand by the teachers ; that these readings should include the general news en all cur rent topics. Instructive selections from standard magazines and newspapers will tend te dissipate the taste for trashy dime novels and afford an entertaining variety of feed for the youthful mind. Geed exercises may be found for composi tions; new ideas will present them selves te the pupils; new facts will be presented in new words, the pupil's vo cabulary will be enlarged, and he will learn te think for himself instead of renting his lessens in a parrot-like way. Selections from the ncwspapeis were also recom mended for dictation lessens and lessens in grammar. Prof. I. S. Geist, of Marietta, concurred in general with the views of the essayist, and recommended that a part of one day of each week be set apart for pupils te relate orally the substance of what they had read iu the newspapers during this current week. This will 'inspire a taste for reading and a generous rivalry among the pupils te show off what they have read and remembered. Mr. Asten, of Mount Jey. thought-only the higher classes of the school should be given these newspaper exercises, and the papers should be carefully selected and scanned before placing them in the hands of the pupils. Many se-called newspapers arc trashy and worse than useless. Mr. P. A. Urich, of East Hemnlield. would use the scissors, and cut from the newspapers appropriate selections, paste thorn in scrap books, and at the proper time present them te the pupils. Excellent texts for object lessens may in this way be obtained. Mr. Gates, city, strongly favoring the use newspapers iu the schools, condemned these of a sensational character, naming Saturday Right, JKcie Ter!: Ledger, Bey's' and Girls' Weekly and ethers, which he re gards as trashy and pernicious as the Police At'ira. These should be rigorously ex cluded from tiie school room. The read ing of geed papers should be encouraged, A profitable exercise is te get the pupils te stand up in class, and report in their own words the substance of some article they have read in the newspapers. Clarence V. Lichty, of West Earl,dccmcd it important te have newspapers in the seiioel room. By questioning his own pupils he had ascertained that net one half of them get te sec a newspaper at their homes, and net ene quarter of them arc in the habit of reading papers at home. He believed there was no better way of im parting te pupils a knowledge of what is going en in the world, and getting them lntcresieu in geography, history, grammar and ether studies than by frequently tak ing the newspaper as a text book. Mr. C. W. Myers, Ephrata, regarded newspapers as the greatest educators of the age ; but he doubted whether much geed could 1m derived from them bv rt liv. minutes" leading in the school room. As there is net time te read the papers in the school, he would try te instil in the mind of the pupil ;i desire te read and te learn, and have him te read the papers at home. Jehn Weaver, of Lcaceck, had found that the series of school readers did net contain enough reading matter te satisfy the wants of the pupil's. Some of the boys in the class in which the first reader is used are found te be well acquainted with the contents of the second and even the third reader before being transferred te a higher class. He believed it right te give them all the reading matter' thuv craved, being careful te direct their read ings into proper channels. T. C. Rachel, of Maner, saul that pupils should be taught te think as well as te read ; and as nearly all the text books in reading run in the name old rut. he has found the newspaper te be a great aid in arousing thought among the pupils. He has been astonished at the progress made in :ui nieir suuues ey pupns who naoiru naeiru ally read the newspapers. These who read the newspapers most carefully a:e habitually the best in the studies of the class room. - Prof. Heigcs, of Yerk, highly com mended the use of newspapers in the schoolroom, and said a go id word for some of the journals that had been con demned by Mr. Gates and ethers. The Xew Yerk Ledger contained much excel lent reading, Dr. Hall, Rev. Talmage and ether eminent writers being among its contributors. .Mr. Ileiges especially re commended the use of geed agricultural journals in the schools, se that "the pupils might become acquainted with the methods and the vocabulary of the farm. There -tare.a theilsrtniJ vri-olTe flinr e?i lir learned from the newspapers that cannot be found hi the le::t books, including tHe construction of railroads, telegraph, vari ous kinds of manufactures, tfce. The discussion was concluded by Prof. Shaub who said that the city teacher is apt te have te contend against tee much news paper reading while' the country teacher has net enough. He urged upon his hear- crs the importance of having sunpres.-e all newspapers of an immoral and sensa tional character, and having their place supplied by ethers of a high standard. Newspapers, well selected, are valuable in the school-room and tend te awaken thought among the pupils. He commend ed the pl:tn of a Mount Jey teacher who placed upon ene end of the sehoel black board the principal topics discussed in the daily papers, and then get the pupils who had read the papers te state orally or write out what they had read and remembered en these topics. The topics embraced agriculture, history, geography or ether matters of instruction. One advantage of this method is that the teacher himself must be a reader. In closing, Prof. Shaub took eeeasidn te compliment the members of the institute who had taken part in the discussion of this important sub'ect. Music " The Wander-Staff.""' Dr. J. II. Shumaker commenced a lecture and spoke for seme time en " Methods of Recitations." It is necessary for the teach er first te knew what te de, and next hew te de it ; te ascertain what the pupil knows, what he ought te knew, and the best means of imparting that knowledge. The best preparation for a recitation is that which is gaiued outside the text book. Among ether methods Dr. Shumaker rec ommended for small children the recitation in concert ; let all the children answer a given question in concert. Auethcr meth od is that of rotation in answering ques tions; another still is the monitorial meth od, where the pupil answers a question if he can, and if he cannot, asks some ether member of the class te answer. Anether plan is te get the pupil te write down al once from memory all they knew en any given question. Then give thorn the text book from which the question was taken, and have them add te their written an swers all that they have emitted. These and ether methods wcre explained at con siderable length by Dr. Shumaker, who concluded by recommending that the pupil ba made te rceite in his own words all he knows of a given topic and be assisted te cultivate the power of expression. Adjourned te 9 o'clock, a. m. WcinlJiii en IiicrHellIsm. Jf-milay Ecenmg. The entertainment was given in Fulton hall. It opened with a fine vocal composition "Let the hills and vales resound," finely rendeied by the Lancaster Quartet, consisting Miss Leila Bear, soprano, Miss Edith Johiuteu. con tralto, Mr. Draehbar, tenor, and Mr. Mel lingcr, bass. Hen. Gee. R. Wenclling, ei Chicago, was then introduced and delivered a scholarly and logical lecture en Ingersoil Ingerseil ism. The leeturerdid net discuss the sub ject from a distinctive Christian stan: stan: peint, but rather from a business point of view, and argued that if the athestical principles of lugersell and his followers prevailed thu entire superstructure of society must be destroy ed, and the cemniunu with all its horrors be built upon its ruin. If lugeraellism is right then every man ha:; the making of his own ( i ed ; every church spire is a mon ument of stupidity ; the sisters of charity had better be laundry women, aud priests and preachers pedagogues ! Consider as businessmen the untold millions of money involved in religious enterprises and thu hundreds of millions of men engaged di rectly or indirectly in them ; ami then im agine the effect that would be produced en financial interests by their destruc tion, and the throwing of these immense armies of religionists out of the places they new ecenpy and into competition with these engaged in ether interests. Tims, looking at the question of religion from a mere selfish view it will bu seen te conserve the peace, prosperity and happi ness of the people. The lecturer disputed the truth of Ingersell's statement that "each nation has created its own god"' and said that each nation Iris created its own idol and substituted the idol for Ged. The history of all ages shows that among idolaters of all classes who worshiped ani mals and idols, there existed in their minds a longing after and worship of mm unknown Supreme Being. Ingerseil says a belief in Ged springs from fear, ami v. desire te placate the Unknown. On the contrary all history shows that man in his darkest hour turns with love and faith te Ged. Atheism is the white headed and craven-hearted coward of the century. All men have a moral ideal, in which they are ever in search, ami ever have been thr:jti"Ii all the ages ; and yet none of the great men of the world, Plate, Secrates, Pytha goras or ethers, have ever satisfied the mind, because there was no accepted standard of right or wrong, of truth or error, until the appearance of Jesus. He is the ene ideal man of all the world. All sects, no matter hew much they dill'er iu matters of detail, accept. Hint as the Master and accept I lis central doc trine that all men are equal. The truth that Ged exists and that Christ is the highest moral ideal is accepted by all, and it fellows that se much, at least, ,,r the Bible, as bears en the idea! man, nu.st be true. With these truths cerses the church, which is only the aggregate of all religious teachings and influences. Th great want of the business community is first a stable government ; second, oppor tunity te accumulate wealth, ami third, the pleasures of the home, the household. The highest civilization conserves these, and Christianity censei ves the highest civil ization. The lecturer concluded by draw ing a startling picture of the evils that, must surely fellow the overthrew of re ligion and the establishment en its rumr. ' of a dark, unsatisfying didiclief, a philet.y. phy nuquickcr.e I by conscience ln-realf-i-un'ighted by hope. While the home "Is the pivot en which turn:; the structure of civilized life, the cemmuuc i.s the twin sister of infidelity. "- Mr. Wendling is a speaker of great pow er; a man of line presence, powerful and flexiblu voice, ready and rapid deliver-.', and graceful gestures. IIe spoke for juk two hours and was listened te with the deepest interest by the large audieuce in attendance. The above is the meieit out eut eut line efhis lecture, but is all wc have space, te report. At the conclusion of the lecture t".,Lp,ji.. caster Quartet sa:ig"GoedXight.Ij(.jovc, : with organ acoeinpaiiiiient by V'reV. Haas. Te-lay's .Sei!ii, Tuesday .Herning, Music bv I'm ?!,;. tutc and prayer by iJev. Dr. Grecnwald of Trinity Lutheran church. The president announced the rb'fewin" committee en resolutions : B. V. Boek" of Paradise, Frank Sheibly, Strasbur-' township, Phanss Buekwaltar. Lcaceck. Miss Lllen Preston, Columbia, .Miss Annie h. Jeukcns, Fulton. Scheel Visitation. A. B. Kieidcr, of West Hcmpfield, read a paper en s-choel visitation, in the course or which he took occasion te toil the teach ers what they ought and what they ought net te de. These teachers who are contin ually looking out of the window watching the approach of strangers or passcrs-bv, and then harangue tifcir pupils or their misbehavior iu the school room, will toen lese the, respect of the pupils. The fre. qucnt visitation of patrons and direc'.et.s. tends te inspire confidence in the r,nj;. and quicken the sensibilities of ceaeherV," The el'tener careless teachers are inflicted with visits and humiliated '.jp the miscon duct of pupils, the bettCi- it will be for the teacher. He urged teachers te visit ether schools whenever they had an opportunity te de se, and profit by their relative excels