LANCASTER DAILY l&f KLLlGfeNGER FRIDAY, JUNE 16. 1881. -r-, Lancaster intelligence?. FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, M8L The Reading Suum. There is no disputing that Mr. Gewen is a giant iu force. Nowhere among our public men can another one be pointed te, equal fro kirn in personal strength. The defects and the excellencies of his character are equally conspicuous, as the' are equally decided. Ne man could stand forth se efficiently as Mr.. Gewen as a bulwark of defense te the Head ing railroad company in its present time of trouble, when its spolia tion 5 is. sought Jty a, most powerful rival Ittsqitsfetosaythat.butfer Mn JGeVinS the Pennsylvania railroad would control the Reading ; and what that control would mean Mr. Gewen very vividly portrayed in the picture he pre sented of the strangled Philadelphia & Erie railroad. ''Mr. Gewen' stands be fore the world tee champion of his com pany, abandoned by the single English firm which controls one-third of its stock ; and yet that firm stands conspic uously alone in opposition te the remain der of the stockholders, who sustain their president. This is a very singular situ ation ; and its logic shows that the McCalments are net directed in their own interest as shareholders ; for the many cannot well be ,wrong and only these two men be right ; and that when one of the two is mentally paralyzed, and the ether might be but that he is net cre dited with much mind te be se stricken. That the McCalmont stock is be ing worked in the interest of the Penti sylvania railroad, and therefore against that of the company, is atfact which ob tains universal credence. The contest could net be carried en without disclosing the influence behind it. All the tools are Pennsylvania tools, from Mr. Bend, the proposed president, down through all the solicitors, lawyers and agents, and even up te the supreme court, as Mr. Gewen boldly declared. Boldness is one of Mr.Geweu's marked virtues. Seme call it rashness ; ami rash ness it is en the usual interpretation of the term. And yet it is such rashness as is often demonstrated by time te be no such thing. It is an honest rashness. He speaks his honest convictions ; and they are generally convictions founded upon sufficient evidence. It was, for in stance, apparently rash in Mr. Gewen te attack the Mellic Maguires who ruled the region which his railroad traversed, and had at their mercy, seemingly, all its millions of destructible property as well as the lives of officers. Yet he was right ; and the right triumphed ; and it is the great victory among the many vic tories of his life, and the one which will give him imperishable fame as it has been the one which has gained for him the great confidence of all .the people and which has greatly helped te make him the Samson he is te-day in hit' great struggle with the powers arrayed against him. Se, tee, it seemed te le rashness when Mr. Gewen drew his sword against the supreme court of Pennsylvania and dared te tell te a committee of Congress that it was net controlled in its decisions by its honest judgment of the law; for this court, evidently, in the legal struggles in which the Reading company was precip tatcd, would be very likely te have a chance te catch it by the threat; as it did have and did de, lately, when it gave, by a decision of four judges te three, vitality te the election of a successor te Mr. Gewen as presi dent, who was voted for by only a third of the stock in value, held nearly entire ly by two men, one deranged, one an imbecile, and both Englishmen. Te that court thus denounced by him, Mr. Gow Gew en appealed, and apparently with a feel ing of hope, when there was no hope; and none would have been felt by a less sanguine man. And here we have a curious illustration of the unlimited hopefulness of Mr. Gewen, a trait in .his character which is as precious te his company in its present desperate strait as it was disastrous te it when it was floating en the smooth sea of appar ent prosperity and with strong winds that bore it down upon the hidden reefs against which it sank. Probably, in the judgment of most people, it may be rashness new in Mr. Gewen te pointedly declare that the in fluence of the Pennsylvania railroad pro duced the recent four te three decision against him in the supreme court. But, as we leek at it, that just depends upon whether he is correct. His reliance is upon the people; and his way te win their support is te battle boldly, as he has always done, for the right He need net be afraid of any supreme court when he has the people with him. Then the judges will be crucified, but never he! And no man in all the world stands te-day, and justly stands, se strong with the people as Franklin B. Gewen. He says he will win his fight if he lives. And he certainly . will. There will be plenty of broken crockery about when the end comes, but net among the gods of his household. Loek at it ! He denounces the ma jority of the supreme court of the state as being corruptly influenced ! What de the people say ? The fame ? He proclaims the corruption of the Pennsylvania railroad officials ? What again de the people say ? That is just what they say ; and it is the universal cry that te be connected with this read is te be speedily rich, while a rich Read ing officer is unknown. After a few weeks masquerading as investigators the Republicans controlled by the New Era faction abandon all pre tense at an inquiry which they have never had any serious purpose of prose cuting since it was disclosed that the frauds in Jake Halbach's and Larry Burns' wards were as much mere fla grant and numerous than these in Lewer Mount Jey, as Levi Sensenig's opportu nities for deviltry were greater than Harve Raymond's. News comes that owing te the stal warts' defection Fester does net expect te be re-elected governor of Ohie, but te go as minister te Berlin after his defeat ; and that the Democrats win nema ..,i elect for governor Jehn F. Follett, of vwvuuiau, laujci ul c&ceuenc repute. Twp steels de net seemte accommo date Speaker Hewit any Mere safely than any ether experimenter With such feats. Fer while Wolfe denounces him as an abettor of ringsten, Quay's home paper speaks of bis administration as a curse te the state by reason of his incompe incempe tency. a One day of het weather brings an un usual crop of fatalities, and while it is te be noticed that the laborer and business man are stricken by the sun stroke which walketh the streets at noontide, the small boy who takes te the water adorns the obituary columns and illustrates, the Sunday school book with like unfailing certainty. PERSONAL. Geerge E met's mother is kMII living, at tbe age of ninety. She is in Hobart, Tasmania. William Boecicaixt, brother of Dien Beucicault, the dramatist, has died sud denly in a railway carriage near Londen. Marie Leaveau, well known in the past as the Queen of the Vondeus, died in New Orleans yesterday, at the age of 98 years Miss Resina Emmet, who has lately ac quired fame as the successful candidate in numerous decorative art and Christmas card competitions, is a near relative of the Irish patriot, Rebert Emmet. Mr. Edward A. Freeman, the popular English historian, will seen make an ex tensive tour of the United States, with a view, we presume, of writing a book en this country and its characteristics. Breakfast is served in tbe White Heuse at 8:30, dinner at 2 and supper at 7. When the dinner was first changed from 5:30 it was set at 3 o'clock, but this bring ing it te near the supper hour it was changed te 2 o'clock. Buskin is new-quite well again, and is concerning himself, it is said, with the orderly and decent interment of the dead cats and dogs in his own immediate neigh borhood of Conisteu. The villagers threw their defunct animals into the beautiful lake, and the excellent critic doesn't like it. Paymaster Reah Frazeb's ship, the Alliance, get under way from the Norfolk navy yard yesterday at neon and proceeded te Hampton Reads at once en her long journey te the Arctic regions. Everybody turned out te see her leavt, and the sail ors en the receiving ship Franklin and etlnr war vcssels manned the rigging and cheered her lustily as she gracefully moved down the stream. She will touch at St. Jehn's. When Hen. A.H. Stephens went Seuth iu 1859, after Congress adjourned, his eyes remained fixed upon the dome of the capi tel uutil it disappeared from view. ' Yeu are looking at that, I suppose," said seme one, "thinking of the time when you wilj return here as a senator?" " Net at all," answered Mr. Stephens. " I am taking farewell of it, knowing I shall net see it again until I am brought here a state pris oner." This was fulfilled iu the latter part et October, 18G5, when he passed through the city a paroled prisoner, en his way home, after speudiug five mouths in Fert Warren. Speaking of locomotives and railways, which he personally disliked, Carlyle compared the age te the vision of Ezekicl's wheels, and gave a ludicrous description of a short railway journey he had once taken with his brother, the doctor, re marking of the train : "What is it but a metallic devil ? While the screaming and howling of steam-whistles wcre like as if a million fiends were running te and fro ever the earth ! " He then dec'ared, laugh -ing.heartily the while at his own grotesque exaggeration, that, if he bad had only one leg, he would rather hop en it, te all eter nity, than again venture en a journey by Metropolitan railway, with its nerve-edge-setting, multiform hubbeb and jumble of noises, piercing screams, shaking, and Stygian stenches. Carlyle had great be lief m the profits of rearing fowls and of egg culture. Cenkliug and Grant expected their po litical friend and wealthy and willing pro vider of campaign funds, Jehn H. Stauin, te be made collector in New Yerk in the eveut of any change. At the Chicago convention Stariu occupied a splendid suite of rooms at the Grand Paeific hotel, and gave his time and money in the inter est of the nomination of Gen. Grant. After Garfield's nomination he, with the ether stalwarts, turned in and helped te make his election sure. At the time of the inauguration Mr. Starin, at his own expense, brought te Washington a battel -en of his employees, with flags and ban ners, te participate in the precession and ceremonies incident te the occasion. Mr. Starin is a man of immense wealth, having the ownership and control of almost the entire tugboat business of New Yerk har bor, aud a man of remarkable business at taiumeuts. The emoluments of the cel lectership, of course, had no attraction for him, but the office weu'd have been a fine cheese for stalwart rats te dwell in. These who have seen the magnetic man ner of State Superintendent Higbee can well appreciate an incident which occurred at the commencement of the Yerk collegiate institute en Wednesday evening. Dr. Hig bee went there from our college com mencement and delivered an address en the state educational systems, en behalf of which he argued for a better unity or con cen secutiveness between the different grades, entire harmony between the public schools aud higher education, and the su premacy of the moral ever the intellectual faculties. At the conclusion of his speech Dr. McDougall sprang te his feet. He gave a hearty and appreciative endorsement of the lecturer, and said that new for the first time be knewwherohe steed as an educator in Pennsylvania, and he was glad that in Dr. Higbce our state has a superintendent of education who comes te the office net with a policy, but with convictions. He was sure that every teacher present felt strengthened and reinforced, by what had bsen said. The audience showed by its ready applause that it endorsed the en dorsement. Dr. Niles followed in the same Hue, responding earnestly te the sen timents uttered, and thanking Dr. Higbee for his noble stand in behalf a bread and elevated plan of. education. Several of Yerk's prominent educators were preseut, and at the close there was a general baud shaking and exchange of sympathy. lUNOB TOPICS. The administration people at Albany have been distressed by detectives shad owing their rooms and have ordered the spies away from Depew's chamber deer. The Wheeling. (West Va.) Intelligencer says that there is a scarcity of farm labor, male and female, in that section. Even indifferent farm hands are being paid 915 per month and their beard, and the farm en are glad te get them at that rate. Peddlers of the revised New Testa ment de tolerably well in cities and large villages, but make hardly any sales in the country, where any alteration of the sacred book is generally regarded as awful pro fanation. The pious women of Welden, Iowa, chased an agent out of town. Brave little Switzerland sets burly big England an example when it officially declares that no prohibition or compulsory inspection of American meat is justified or will be required in Switzerland. The Swiss government has met this question in a spirit of intelligence and justice which ether European states might profitably imitate. At the present time the Heuse is consti tuted as fellows : Republicans, net count ing Brumm, Thirteenth Pennsylvania dis trict. 145 ; Possible, but uncertain Repub lican, Rev. Hyatt Smith, 1 ; Straight-out Democrats, 134 ; Readjuster Democrats, 2 ; Greenback members, counting Brumm, 8 ; vacancies te be filled, 3. Total, 293. Beth the New Yerk vacancies will be filled by Democrats, aud the Maine vacancy will be filled by a Republican. Giving the Re publicans the vote of Frye's successor, they will have 147 certain. Against that the Democrats have 134 certain ; se that even with the two Rcadjusters, the eight Grccnbackcrs, with Democratic tenden cies, and the two New Yerk districts, or 146 in All, they arc one short of a majority. Hew few people really knew and appre ciate what they leek like. The chances are ten te one that if you met your exact resemblauce you would net discern it. The most modest people see nobody of ef tencr than themselves, aud yet they can not pass fair judgment en their own like nesses. Carlyle had his picture taken. He said : " Judges consider it the perfec tion of a likenes3 of me ; but I, who for some forty years, mere or less, daily per formed a certain barbarous operatiou, al though that same is given up new, and loekod in a mirror en these occasieus, would net knew that I had ever before looked upon that man." Of another pho tograph Carlyle remarked that he was cer tainly shaggy enough iu all conscience, without being made werse than he really was ; but that this likeness made him leek like an old rascally, ruffian, obfuscated geese ! Since inquiry into the speculations in the federal treasury department has be gun, a local carpet dealer has turned into the treasury $343, that sum having been paid him twice by the custodian of the treasury for ene bill of goods. A retail stationer named Bradley Adams, who seems te have been a special favorite with these iu charge of the contingent fund, covered into the treasury about $700, which was paid him for file boxes that were never delivered. The fact that these two se-called discoveries of payments made without any equivalent having been ren dered were net made by the persons inter ested until the fraud was uncovered by the investigation, is peculiarly significant. Mr. Pitney, the custodian of the treasury building, who has had immediate charge of the -disbursement of the contingent fund, decliued te respond te the summons of the investigating committee and give testimony touching his official transac tions. Dr. Lewis H. Satkc, of New Yerk, makes the important announcement that snoring is a nei6e made in the posterior part of the mouth and nesal fess;e during the moments of the inspiration. It is due te a relaxation of the levater palati mellis and the circumflexus palati in sleep, by a Inch the celum pendulum palatiis left free te vibrate or flap in the two currents of the air which enter at the same time through the nostrils and the mouth. Be sides the vibration of the velum pendulum palati or soft palate, thore is also a vibra tien of the column of air itself. Thus is produced the rasping, snorting noise se well known aud se unpleasaut te overy one within earshot of the placid snerer him self. When a man or a woman is fatigued solf-contrel is relapsed, down gees the lower jaw and the palate -flaps like a sheet in the wind. Snoring is a habit and if it cannot be broken off any ether way let the jaw be strapped up when the patient sleeps. Careful research for the simplest will ever sustained as sufficient has brought none te light briefer than the following : "New Orleans, Sept. 15th, 1839. " Mrs. Sephie Leper is my heiress. " G. EURERBERG." This was in a real case admitted as a will. True, there were no witnesses ; but the law of the state (Louisiana) allowed a will wholly in the handwriting of the maker te be received without witnesses, his autograph being deemed proof that he intended the contents. It is also true that there was a lawsuit ; and Mrs. Leper might perhaps have failed te receive the bequest if there had net been ether memo randa, which the court said removed any doubt whether Ehrenberg considered that he was making a will. The judges thought that the words "is my heiress" fairly showed a desire that Mrs. Leper should have the writer's property after his death!. This is the essential element of a will a deliberate intent te dispose of one's prop erty after death. m STATE ITEMS. The high water in the Susquehanna has greatly improved bass fishing at Harris burg, and the shad question gets a rest. Mrs. Jacob R. Evans has died from small, pox the first death from that disease for many years in Norristown. Other cases are reported. The Schuylkill region produced 9G,358 teus of anthracite- last week, a falling off of 70,410 tens of the previous week and 8, 986 tens en the corresponding week of last year. Henry Vogt, a shoemaker, aged 74, fell in Easten last week and injured himself severely. Me wa3 taken te the poorhouse. Last night he fell from a fourth-story win dow and was killed. OOWXN. BIS 8ECOXD TA&K. JExpeatag Ballread, 'Stat aa Municipal CerraptMa. Te an immense audience in the Phila delphia Academy of Music last night Mr. Gewen was introduced by General Patter son, and after the rears of applause with which he was' greeted had subsided he plunged directly into his talk. He said that the future prosperity of the city of Philadelphia, in addition te the develop ment of the state, could be better pre served, improved and enlarged by develop ment within the state than by anything else. If a Chinese wall could be built around the state and all of its products turned into the city, Philadelphia would be twice as big as New Yerk. Every dollar of capital of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad was invested in the state; while $36,000,000 of the Pennsyl vania railroad company's capital was invested out of the state. The policy of the Reading railroad was te benefit Phila delphia, but the policy of the Pennsylva nia railroad was net only te sacrifice Penn sylvania in order te secure western lines, but also te secure avenues of transporta tion in this state for no ether business than te prevent business being done which would inure te the benefit of the state. The case of the Sunbury & Erie read was a notable example. This read had been built for the prosperity of the state ; it bad been seized by a great corporation and rendered of no account. Why? Be cause if it had been developed it would have stricken down certain pet industries which the ring that conducts the Penn sylvania company conducts for its own private interests. The speaker went en at length te assert that the sole aim of the Pennsylvania rail road was te divert the trade of Philadel phia te New Yerk, and numerous statistics of the oil, coal and grain trades were ad duced in support of the argument. "What is the policy of the Pennsylvania?" he asked. "Why, te develop the West, te give te New Yerk capitalists the cream of Pennsylvania products, and te bring here the barren husks of the West for shipment te Europe. And what de'Jier Western efforts in favor of Philadelphia amount te? Why, one great manufacturing establish ment like the Baldwin works is worth mere te the city than all the foreign trade she has ever brought us. "What is the moral and what is our duty ? " Mr. Gewen went en te say. "Our duty is te strive te win back a portion of that trade which has been given up in favor of this fleeting chimera of Western trade, te develop the untouched portions of the state and te fester and encourage the industeries of Philadelphia. The Reading railroad would have dene much in this direction had it net been ob structed by the Pennsylvania railroad, which is pulling-the wires for the puppets who are parading themselves as the savieurs of the read. I have called you here te-night, because I believe that the Reading read is in danger of being captured by the Pennsylvania. It is net se much my business as yours. I say it because I believe it ; because of the signs of the times ; because we have circumstan tial evidence se strong that no man can doubt ; because it is te te the Pennsylvania read that 1 ewe all the reverses with which I have had te struggle. Its directors or stockholders in our financial institutions have refused us aid ; the counsel in the re cent litigation were these affiliated with it ; the Londen. agents of the litigants are its emissaries ; its subordinates have boasted that when the new management came into control the Pennsylvania's aims would be served." Mr. Geweu then alluded te the news papers in general terms, saying that with one or two exceptions they had said all that they could against him, and oue that bad been very bitter, he was glad te see, had become civil. The Ledger he men tioned by name, stating that there were many reasons why Mr. Cbilds should be against him. One reason in particular was Mr. UhildS s respect for titled persons. An earl being .at the head of a committee of foreign bend and stockholders, Mr. Childs could net help going for that side, and this was net te be wondered at, as he had perhaps had it represented te him that that would be the winning side. Mr. Gewen said,howevcr, that he had en gaged a friend of his in Londen te speak te a marquis, if the case became desperate, te take sides with him ; and a marquis be ing higher than an carl Mr. Childs would have strong inducements te come ever. But as a still stronger inducement te Mr. Childs he had thought of enlisting a prince en his side, and a prince Mr. Childs cer tainly could net resist. There was another reason that might have excited the ill feel ing of Mr. Childs, and that was his rivalry with him in writing obituary poetry. He said that he had prepared a stanza relat ing te himself which Mr. Childs had heard of, and since then he had become jealous. The speaker then repeated the verses as fellows : "Affliction sere long time he bore, The deferred bends were in vain : Twe decrees of court were against hint. And thisrclieveil him et his pain, U one lint net forgotten." "The recent decision of the supreme court, " said the speaker, "is another evi dence of the Pennsylvania's influence. 1 de no like te criticise the motive of the court in its four-te-three decision, but when men of the eminence of Judges SharswoedandTrunkey say that the de cisien is net law, it is no contempt of court te say here, as I say elsewhere, that there is only one power in the state which can control the utterances of the court. Yen knew who that is without my naming it. I say that the Pennsyluania railroad is at the bottom of the whole thing. " The concluding portion of the address was devoted te the consideration of what the speaker described as " three gigantic evils," viz: "The unjust acquisition of wealth en the part of railroad officials ; the unjust discrimination in rates in favor of particular individuals, companies or firms, and the corrupt control of political power by corporations and their officers." He said he cared net whom he offended, he intended te speak plainly. He had been cautioned against uttering his senti ments, and told that even if what he said were true the Pennsylvania people pie were powerful. He cared nothing for such advice ; for the property of the Reading and every ether cor porations was in greater danger te-day from the evils enumerated than from any thing else under the sun ; but if in the game for wealth railroad men played with leaded dice, if they laid their hands upon a certain amount of money out of every transaction,if they corrupted Legislatures, if they went in league witn au that was bad and evil in the community, they did mere harm than an army marching under devastating banners. Net a man iu the employ of the Reading, office had ever feathered his nest at the expense of the company, but hew with the people across Willing's alley? Why, just te get inside of their vestibules was te get rich. It was with shame that he confessed that no state had suffered from political corrup tion as much as Pennsylvania and no city as much as Philadelphia, and no rail road was se guilty in this regard as the Pennsylvania. Frem the repeal of the tonnage tax law up te a few years age it owned the Legislature ; its mem bers were paid in yellow envelopes, and the places where they were paid were known. The time would come, however, when this corrupt corporation would be overwhelmed in. the ruins of a popular earthquake. Te-day was a day of discus sion ; te-morrow might be a day of action and retribution. Ged help them if the tempest overwhelmed them. Mr. Gewen was repeatedly cheered dur ing his speech, and at its .close received quite an ovation. IiATBBT NEWS BT MAIL. ?" A heavy white frost prevailed in Che nango county, N. Y., last night. The Iowa Democrats name L. G. Kinne for governor. The rejection by the Bundesrath of the accident insurance bill, introduced by Prince Bismarck, is regarded as certain. Hugh Duane and Miss Mary O'Neill were drowned en Lewer Saranac lake, New Yerk. Three boys in Philadelphia ; two at Cin cinnati, and six men en a skiff which sank in the Ohie, were drowned yesterday. At Albany yesterday a shaft pierced and killed the horse American Bev, who had a 2:13$ record. Commission of i'ensiens tsentley resigns and Marshall W. W. Dudley of Indiana, takes his place. Jeremiah Lonsever, an Englishman, had his head severed from his body by a west bound freight train en the Pennsylvania railroad at Dean's station, N. J. In New Orleans yesterday there were four mere deaths by sun-stroke, making 10 se far this week. It was the hottest day for eight years. The bey of Tunis has appointed a person who for many years has been his buffoon te the pests of president of the municipali ty aud administrator of religious corpora tions. The sleep yacht Silence, which leaves New Yerk Saturday. 18th instant, per steamer Louisiana, for New Orleans, te sail a match race for $5,000, capsized Wed nesday afternoon, during her trial trip. The Adams white lead works, near Bal timore, were burned yesterday. Less, $75,000; insurance, $37,500. The fire is supposed te have resulted from the spon taneous combustion of linseed oil. Baseball : At Providence Chicago 8, Providence 4. At New Yerk Metropol itan 9. New Yerk 6. At Trey Trey 3, Cleveland 1. At Worcester Worcester 15, Buffalo 4. Edward GHrey, of Scott, an expert swimmer, was drowned at Scull's pond. In attempting te swim across . the pond, a distance of half a mile, he was taken with a cramp. Elam Quickscll, aged fifteen, a son of William ijmcksell, a prominent citizen, has disappeared inystereusly from Pottstown. Telegraphic inquiries throughout the state have as yet brought no news as te his whereabouts. E. P. Cutler & Ce., iron dealers of Bos Bes Bos eon, have suspended, with liabilities be tween $600,000 and $700,000. The unse cured creditors are in New Yerk and Pennsylvania and mostly furnaces. The firm will pay 80 per cent. A despatch te the Londen News, from Geneva reports that a Russian socialist, who escaped from Siberia, has reached Switzerland. There is only one ether in stance of a political prisoner escaping from Siberia. Nellie Martin, infant daughter of Rebert Martin, who was shot by her father at the same time the mother was shot, has died in Newark, N. J. Martin has been com mitted te await the result of a coroner's inquest. The extension of the Camden & Atlan tic railroad te Seuth Atlantic City, was commenced yesterday morning, with a force of fifty men. It is the intention of the Camden & Atlantic company te com plete it as seen as possible. In Dallas, Texas, the body of a murder ed infant was found in the city suburbs wrapped up in cloth and the skull crushed. It is believed the child was illegitimate and that the mother and her paramour are the guilty persons. Prince Alexander has received unex pected aid in his war with Bulgarian rad icalism, 20,000 citizens of Yrrtza, an im portant town of Southern Bulgaria, hav ing declared their approval of his demand of uncontrolled power of seven years. The doctors of Pennsylvania who prac tice for money, under the new law of Pennsylvania arc obliged te register their names in the prothenotary's office, when and where they graduated, hew long they practiced medicine and the place where born. . Failiug in this any doctor can be convicted of .a misdemeanor and fined and imprisoned. D. T. Lawsen, of Wcllsville, Ohie, suc cessfully exploded a steam boiler at Meen hall farm, accomplishing what scientists have never before done. The boiler was 6 feet by 30 inches, and made of iron of 624 tensile strength, and was blown te atoms at 280 pounds pressure of steam. The boiler was three-fourths full of water, which was eight inches above the fire line. A north-bound passenger train picked up a white man named N. O. Tedd, 10 miles from Seuth Canadian, Indian Terri tory, with a shot through his leg. which was broken. He was walking en the track, when he saw a man sitting near the track with a gun. After getting past he heard him cock his gun, but when in the act of firing the man struck his gun down, badly shattering Tedd's leg. WRECKING A TKAIN. Lives Leut en the SchuylKlll Ss Lehigh K. It. An accident occurred yesterday en the Schuylkill & Lehigh railroad te a passen ger train, at a curve mar Lcnhartsville, which resulted in the death of Charles Mathews, the fireman, and the serious injury of Jehn Heroine, the engineer. The cause of the accident was a leg several feet iu circumference, which had been placed en the read with the evident design of wrecking the passen ger train while en its way from Slatington te Reading. One end of the leg had been thrust under ene of the iron rails, and the ether end rested en the opposite rail of the track, which prevented the leg from being thrown te ene side, and it completely wrecked the train. The engine ran off the track, with all the cars, which were de molished by a lead of iron rails that had been placed en a freight car and attached te the rear of the passenger train. Shortly after the accident some persons residing in the vicinity of the acci dent searched for the body of Math ews. After a long and continuous search they found it under the engine, covered with mud. The body was horribly crushed and scalded by. escaping steam. Several passengers were also killed, but owing te the excitement their condition and names cannot be learned. The wreckers of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad are upon the scene of the accident, clearing away the debris, and making the tracks passable for trains. The fireman, Math ews, is a resident of Reading, aged 33 years and leaves a wife and family. He was also a clergyman for the past eight years ; was a delegate, te the convention of the American Protestant association, which was in session at Philadelphia last week. Ne arrests have as yet been made. Nothing is known as te who the guilty parties are that placed the piles upon the track for the purpose of causing a terrible accident te life and property. l'alnfnl Accident. Yesterday Henry H. Geed, residing an Ne. 226 Middle.street, was sitting down with a ring lying en his knee, and was working at it with a long ice pick, with a point like a large needle. He placed this point en the ring and then struck the pick with his hand. It slipped off the ring and ran into his leg near the knee a distance of several inches. The wound was very painful and Mr. Geed fainted several times. Dr. King attended him and he is I confined.te.bed te-day. COMMENCEMENT. TKK9U2TATIUH OS" THE KXKBCISE8 The Graduating Oration in ta Opera Hene Diplemaa and Decrees Fraternity Baaqaeta Last Night. ' The audieuce assembled in the opera , house : yesterday afternoon te bear the termination of the commence ment exercises of Franklin and Marshall college, partially reported in our issue of yesterday, was considerable larger than at the morning session, the auditorium being well filled by a cultured audience. At half-past two the orchestra played an overture, "San Seuci" (Kaula), after Which the salatatery orator, Albert D. Elliet, Yerk, Pa., was introduced. The subject of his address was "Con tinuous Development as an Element in Human Nature." He prefaced his re marks by a cordial welcome te all inviting their kind by criticism." Mail's, very na ture, declared the speaker, calls fer-Jni-' prevement. His development has been certain and progressive. Christianity and intelligence are the most potent factors of man's development. Prejudice and' false conservatism retard his development. But it is net man's destiny te become perfect. As he develops, the goal seems ever te ad vance. One generation profits from the exertions of the last, and thus is the de velopment of man continuous. With this indefinite improvement of man, it is evi dent that innumerable triumphs await him ; triumphs net only ever nature, but ever himself. In the development of hu manity the time will come when man will shun all vices and meet the requirements of duty and religion ; a time wheu man will remember that humanity is a brother hood. Oration " The Relation between Crime and Education" Merris B. Rebcr, Read ing, Pa. Nine-tenths of the 'degradation that exists in this world can be ascribed te the ignorance in which the multitude is shrouded. It therefore fellows that every advance made toward the removal of illiteracy must have a tendency also te reduce the number of crimes Here we see the sublime purpose of a true educa tion te soften, and mollify, and purify these wicked tendencies, te cultivate the mind and infuse into the human soul prin ciples of honor and justice There is neth ing se beneficial in alleviating the evils of society as a liberal and extendeu moral culture that will elevate the tone of the character. Music Highland Echoes Waltzes (Da (Da marre). Oration " Genius, Ideal and Real" A. M. Schmidt, Hanover, Pa. Genius is the expression of a life, net borrowed from na ture, but inspired by Ged himself. When this life is properly directed it becomes noble, sublime ; but when it is mis used, it causes men te shudder, tremble and turn from it with a feel ing of mingled fear and pity. As examples of this the orator cited the careers of Crcs ar and Bonaparte, and in the paths of lit erature held up the lives and works of Lord Byren and Geerge Eliet as iu strik ing contrast with these of Wordsworth, Milten and Dante. Oration "Society as a Facter in Cul ture" W. H. Bridenbaugh, Martiusburg, Pa. Man's social nature in every phase of the world's history stands out as one of the most significant as well as the most sublime factors in human culture. In so ciety man becomes nobler and better. But when kept in bondage aud from free com munication with his fellow men his mind weakens, becomes narrow and incapable of grasping high and nebW thought. Human nature is governed by the same beautiful law that causes the plant te depend upon certain conditions for growth and expan sien into the stately tree. When nations learn te appreciate fully the advantages of social relations, and are bound together by a universal bend of sympathy and love, then will the couvictien be forced upon all men that the whole of social culture is embraced in the beautiful words of the great Founder of Christianity : " De unto ethers as you would that ethers should de unto you." Music Selection from Beccaccio ( Sup pe). Franklin Oration (second honor) "Pro gress" Francis E. Bncher, Sunbury, Pa. The relation of the great factors iu human society, radicalism and cbnverva tism, was discussed at length. The many theories of progress have enveloped it in greater darkness, but even in the darkest lays of history, society has never suffered a retrogression. It has always tended to wards a perfection never before attained. Its strides are seen in the direction of science, philosophy and religion. New man revels in a wider theatre of art and invention than ever be fore The Bible is our charter of free dom. The morning star of a millennial dawn is new above the herizen. The glo rious day will seen appear when all will be virture and truth, and " equality of rights shall be the first of rights." Marshall Oration (first honor) "Milten als Dichter" (Milten as a Peet) Ellwood L. Kemp, Hamburg, Pa. - This was de livered in the German tongue, and the following abstract is given : Drei Namen stehen unzertrennlich mit cinandcr verbunden als die hcuchsten in der cpischen Dichtkunst, Hemer, Virgil, uud Milten. Milten is t der Repraesentant der neuen epischen Dichkunst, und steht durch wesentliche Characteristiken von den crsten segenannten classischen Dich- tern deutlich abgesonecrt. Die Uiade und die Aeneide enstanden aus dem mytischen Pelythcismus und den Heldenthaten der Greichen und Trejaner; das Ycrlorne Paradies aus der hccherenchristliclien Cul turund den Thaten des wahren Gettes selbst und der himmlischen Helden. Dieses betrifft das ganze Mcnschen gcschlecht fur alie Zeit, jene nur zwei Natiencn die schen vor Jahrhunderten dahinschwanden. Als Kapitel in den Gcschichtcn der Griechen und Reemer sine die zwei alto Gcdichte mit dem Ganzen verbunden und nicht vmllig und kaestlich abgesendcrt. Das Ycrlorne Paradies allein istein wahres Kunstwerk, denn dieses allein hat cine Einleitung, cinen Hauptbestaudtheil, und einen Schluss. Die Uiade lief von eincr Naturquclle der Peesie; die Aeneide zeigt schen inchr Bildung; aberdas neue Gedicht entdeckt ein Genie das nicht enspringt wie das ihrige aus dem frehen Muth, der kaenen Einbild ungskraft, und dem Glaubigen Herz der Jugend, aberdas Genie jener altera Zeit nach dem verstendigen Wahrheitsfor Wahrheitsfer schungen wann die hehe Vernunft und eine bekneftige Einbildungskraft Bich vereinen. Milten's Dichtung ist hoechst erhaben and majestaetisch, aber die Scheenheit und die Zaertlichkeit des lyrischen Dichters fehleh nicht. SeinVersbau ist aussoror ausseror aussorer dentlich wehlklingend und majestaetisch, und stimmt immer mit denlnhaltubereia. Seine Redefiguren sind auserwaehlt mit dem feinsten Geschmack. Yiele Stellon deuten auf die alten Dichter hin. aber Nachahmer war er nicht. Wie ein Juwelier nabm er die auserlesenten Edelsteine die sich darbeten, aber bildete sie nach seinem eignen Wehlgefallen. Das Yelorne Paradies ist das hcechste Kuntswerk den Menschen nech gegeben. Es ist ein getiscSer Tempel von Gootter Geotter Goetter handen ans dem reinstcn Marraer gebaut Seine Thurmspitzen erheben sich hech gen Hinimel emper, und alie Einzelheiten sind classich schoen bearbeitat. Durch die Fcnster seben wir gruene Matten und laechelnde Baeche, und in dem Alter heiligstendesselben wird uns der heechste Himmel and der tiefste Abgrund der Hoelle geeffenbart. Music Siege of Paris(Ripley). Valedictory Calvin B. Heller, Danville Pa. In spiritual development it is neces sary that sen be tanght rigid views cf life and .right habits of thought. This development can only be obtained by the establishment of institutions of learning, having for their object the culture of the mind for its own sake ; rooted and ground ed in a system of philosophy, which in its turn flews from a right and just cenccp tien of the .being and , attributes of Ged, and from a clear understanding 'of His will and purpose. Such is the spirit and such the character, that we claim for Frankin and Marshall, and the speaker here paid a high tribute te the character of the institution with which the class of '81 new severs its relation as students. Addressing successively the gentlemen of. the beard of trustees, the president and members of the faculty, the citizens of Lancaster, the undergrad uates and his classmates, the valedic terian proneuueed the parting words. Music Racquet (Simmons). President Apple, en behalf of the consti tuted authorities of the college, prcsentcu te cash member of the graduating class a diploma, accompanying the net .with a few fitting words of admonition and advice. He also announced the conferring of the following degrees : The honorary degree of A. M. en I). McN. Stauffcr, son of the late J. Stauffcr, of this city, and an el.l student of the college, and en Prof. Henry F. Leister, principal of the Phomixville high school ; the degree of A, M. in course en L. J. Mayer, Boyerstewn ; D. N. Loese, M. D. ; Gee W. Gciscr, of Easten ; Prof. J. E. Kershncr, of the faculty, Rev. Thes. A. Fcnstermaker, of Catasauqua ; Rev. Edwin A. Gcrnant, of Lccspert, Pa., and P. II. Bridenbaugh, of Martinsburg Pa. The audieuce was dismissed with a ben ediction by Dr. Apple. All of the orators distinguished them selves by the character of thtir composi tions and the graceful style of delivery which marked theirefferts. Floral rewards and ether testimonials of regard were very liberally bestowed by appreciative friends in the audience. FKATEKN1TY rtANOUETS. The Delta Tan Delta at FewerV. The "Delta Taus," one of the most flourishing of the college fraternities, though ene of the youngest, held its ban quet at Cant. II. II. Power's City hotel last night, and nearly thirty of them gathered around a table spread for that number in the diuing rooms of this hostcl hestcl rie. new se celebrated for the taste, the ex cellence aud the affluence of its cuisine. The boys sat down te supper at 10 o'clock. The banquet hall was tastefully trimmed with flowers, evergreens and flags ; aud the table was elaborately decorated with festal pieces, most conspicuous being the large cake, presented by Captain Power te the chapter, and baked and decorated with emblems of the fraternity by Becttner, the confectioner. The menu for the occasion was as fellows : MENU : I. Sour Clam, Consomme, II. Absecem Ovstkiis en hair-shell with Lemen. III. Si-kine Lamb Mint Sanec, with Claret Icily ; Green Pens, New Potatoes. Cucumber Suhul, Lebster Sulitd. IV. Spring Ciiickcx Saratoga Chips, Sliced Tomatoes, Tea IHscuit, Compete le-?tnt it har ries. V. Su'bet Brkaiis An Cruten, with Crram (Jiravy. linked I'otatees. liiittcred llevts, Gher kins, Pineapple Preserves. VI. Koi-ek-Vkau Ham, Champagne Sauce, Sfcwed Tomatoes, Petate Salad, Chow-Chew. VII. k'ncMis with Oyster Dressintr, lieet Tongue, wllli Tomate Sauce, Lettuce, Egg Dressing. Chicken Salad. VIII. Pastky II. II. Power's Kinblciu Cake te Chapter Tan, White Mountain Cake, Choc olate MeriiiKue, with Orange Preserves, Fif teenth AiiU'iidincnt Cak Marble Cake, I.e::ien Jelly Cake. Mixed Cakes. GcUttii, ISIanc Mange, Piucappta leu Cream, Strawberry Water Ice. IX. DKS8KRT strawberries, Oranges, Ilanan as, Crackers and Cheuse. r'rencli Coffee and Tea, Milk and Ice Tea, Claret Punch. Between the discussion of these subjects and the following literary pregramme, it was no wonder that the merry company pever adjourned until 2:20 a. m. : Address. et Welcome Suinposlirches " Delta Tan Delta" Ure. J. A. Hcreld chaitkr bone Air : -'Scotch Lassie .lean." Annual History ..itre. A. I). Elliet DELTAU TAU DELTA BOKO. " Our Alumni " Ilre. W. A. Miller BA30.UET8OSO Air: Fairy lleile." "The First Divi-leii" Ilre.T.N. Iteiter 8ose " The Last Cigar." " Coming Convention " Ure. A. It. Itlescr etnc dxlta quEKK Air : " America." Our Cr.vltialiiig Brethers." Ilre. N. C. Ilckler " Our Annual Banquets and their Ucaclits " Ure. Franks. Elliet music Sengf. " The Ladles " .'...Ilre. K. P. uewb soke " Auld Lang Syne." ' The Lord that Kules the Water," ilre. Fred. C. Cook The committee in charge was compecd of Merris B. Kcbcr, A. C. Hettciistein, T. N. Rcitcr, Rederick P. Cobb. Among the guests present, besides the active membership of the chapter, were, Rev. D.1I. Geissinger, of New Yerk ; Rev. S F. Driesbach, Shrewsbury, Yerk county ; J. Harry Geisinger, Huntingdon, Pa ; A. B. Iticser, Reading, Pa ; William A. Miller, Yerk Pa : Chas W. Lcvan, Pricctewn Pa : Ben. F. Bausmau, Lan caster; Frauk S. Elliet, Yerk Pa; and Daniel Gibbous, of Pnsey, Jenes & Ce., of Wilmington Delaware. The Cat I'bla. About thirty member of the Chi Phi, a number of thciu visitors te the local chap ter, had a banquet at the Cooper house, spread in excellent style by the proprietors of that ever popular hestclric. Following were the hills of fare for the banquet and the "feast of reason and flew of soul" : OKDKIIOF EXERCISES. Election et officers. Address of Welcome. Ilcspense by Hie Alpha. MESV. History...... .................. Toast "Onr Fraternity,".... .71 I. .... .......... " "Our Hanover Beys.' A.M. Viven. ,.....E. L.Kemp. ...J. W. Ferney. C.J. out. " Our Medicinal Ilres. A. IS.OIeningcr. Tetist "The Ouarterlv.". M. L. Zwcizlg. rare wen nuuremes ey eraauaics. MENU : Soups. Oysters en hair-jhcll. Spring Chlckens.Stutlcd Vcal,StuNcd Lamb, Cream sauce. Wine Sauce. Ektrjckh Deviled Crabs, Seit-shcll Crabs, A la Americaine, Worcestershire Sauce. Cole Dishes Baked Ham, Beet Tongue, Cern Beet. Champagne Sauce, lobster balail. Mustard Sauce, Breast et Lamb, Willi Mint Sauce. Vegktablks Potatoes (a la Saratoga), To matoes (sliced). Salad. Eggs and Vinegar. Kklish as Catsup, Pickles, Olives, Worces tershire Sauce. Dessert Ice Cream. Strawberries ami Cream. Fruits. Kaisiug, Almonds. Cakes, Iced Tea. Cedec and Wines. Songs composed by E. B. Rogers, of Lambda ; H. W. P. Hedson, of Upsileu, and F. R. Esbleman, of Zeta, were sung. MOWN THIS K1VER. Cows Killed for Wanlilagteaians. Passenger engine Xe. 194, en the C. & P. D. railroad, struck two cows one afternoon last week. The first one, which was the property of Mr. .Jacob Shultz, of this place, was stiuck at the upper end of town by the tr.tin going south, and in stantly killed. The ether, the property of Air. Martin Itltncr, was struck about half a mile south by the same train going north, and had both legs brken. She had te be killed. Mr. Jes. K. Shnltz is the owner of a cow of rare merit. She produces from seven te eight pounds of butter every week, besides the milk that is used in the family. But last week she produced eight pounds of butter and three quarts of cream whiuh were sold during the week, in addition te what milk was required for family use. And then she gets very little mere than what she finds for herself. She is a "thoieughbred Democratic cow," owned by a "thoroughbred Democrat." Ne wonder, then ! The business of shad fishing ended en Wednesday It had virtually ended last Thursday en account of the high river, but
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