uTTni.-a'.in.ifcji LANCASTER DAILY IN'lELLIGEJSCER, IIIURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1881. Hancastei hxttllivtntct. THURSDAY EVENING, NOV. 17, 1801. Independent Submissive Reformers. The" Independent " Republicans, who sank their independence in the late can vass, met yesterday in Philadelphia in mutual admiration ever their combined independence and loyal Republicanism and te resolve te fight it out en the same admirable line in future political campaigns. We cannot be surprised at the telf-satisfactien with which these gentlemen regard their invention of a plan by which they continue te be geed Republicans, while at the same time they indulge in the heartiest disapproval of the management of their party. It is very pleasant te esteem oneself a re former and an independent while avoid ing the disagreeable necessity of aban doning the party ship, however piratical the craft. Te be one of a freeboeting crew, while in mutiny against the officers, is a little dangerous game en the high seas, where mutineers may be asked te walk the plank. But if enough of them can gather together te keep their courage up, they may indulge in a little loud talking en the deck with considerable assurance of safety when they declare in advance their readiness te join in working the ship when she gec3 into action for the common booty. Men of the ordinarily honest and independent stamp are gen erally expected te get out of such craft when they discover their character. It is apparently the best plan for the evict ed crew of an honest merchantman te get iute another ship te pursue and overcome the robbers who have seized upon their own ; for this ether idea of taking service under the pirates in the hope of overcoming them requires a great deal of dirty work te be done, and has but a slim chance of final success. Congressman Baync, who has just demonstrated te himself and the country, in a contest ever a small poetoflice in his district, that Senater Cameren possesses the ear of the national administration, came into this Philadelphia conference thoroughly satisfied that something effective must be done in the kicking way if these who are net Senater Cameren's friends in the state are net te be perma nently sat down upon. " There is no use in mincing matters," he exclaimed. In ether words, soft words are of no manner of account. The Independent submissive reform Republicans can leso nothing by talking loudly and speaking the bravest words they can think ef: only, they must net, under the view they take of things, de any brave acts. Just hew they reached this conclusion is net very clear, but they say they have come te it. It is net apparent in what respect these Republicans who did net beit Baily are any better off than these who did. Congressman Baync, who cannot control a little village posteliice in his district, ought te be able te make up his mind that he has no mere power than Mr. Wolfe, and ought te be in a voca tive state as te what he gained by voting for Baily, while hoping for Wolfe : or voting a blank ticket, which was only a half vote for Baily, as they say some of these remarkable reform Independent anti-Cameren Republican people did. " This contest is te be carried en strictly within the party" says Mr. Bayne ; " we will make an effort te cap ture the convention, but it the machine and its methods overcome us then we will graciously submit." That is a po litical pregramme calculated te fill the world with admiration and te enthuse any Republican in Pennsylvania who has a heart that hasn't an aspiration that is net for reform and a mind that is without a shadow of doubt of the exceeding wick edness of the " machine" leaders of his party who are painted te him by the Reform Independent anti-Cameren Re publican editors and orators in colors of the darkest hue. It must b2 se pleasant te an Independent Reformer te denounce in the stoutest words the wickedness of the leaders of his party, up te con vention day, knowing in advance that he will then be ready te yield them his renewed submission if the convention says se. The Independent Reformer has then a pure soul, filled with the knowl edge of adujy well performed, and he can enter with keenness and zest upon the campaign te elect te office men whom he considers most unworthy, but whom his party associates have taken the responsibility of deciding te be wertlry, and se given him the oppor tunity of showing with a clear conscience that party obedience which is considered the chief jewel in the crown of an Inde pendent Reform Republican. It may seem te some people that such obedience te party commands, right or wrong, is of questionable propriety ; but such folk haven't the true conception of independence and reform. They must understand that the geed citizen who has allied himself te a party cannot ad vance or retreat farther than the party wall in exercising his privilegcsand duties of citizenship. In a republic, submission te the majority is a necessity. Se in a party such submission is a duty. These who consider that when their party is very wrong they are right te refuse te support the decree of its majority, act upon the belief that their first duty as citizens is te the country : while the Inde pendent Reform Republican cMugs first te his party. Mr. Bayne and his associates propose te call upon their fellow Republicans te declare that the rulers of the party in Pennsylvania are thoroughly bad, and upon the people te continue them as its rulers if the Republican convention says se. Their position seems "te be sur rounded with some embarrassment. Congressman Bayne, of Pittsburgh, who has the contest with ( 'ameren ever the McKccspert pestmastcrship, was at the Philadelphia conference yesterday with bleed in his" eye and a newly sharpened tomahawk in his hand. He proposes te keep up the fight, and Alle gheny county is a premising field for such operations as he has in view. There were some six thousand votes for Wolfe out there, and although the Philadel phia council, like the Xek Era and Press editors, is for reform only within the party lines, Congressman Bayne will net likely refuse te affiliate with the six thousand Republicans of his county who are willing te seek reform outside of the party rather than secure no reform at all. There are new three wings in the Republican party, the Quay-Canieren Stalwarts, the Philadelphia conference people, and the Wolfe band. If the lat ter are te be excluded from the regular organization, as is threatened, the re formers who met iu Philadelphia yes terday will seen find themselves in a minority and will be beaten in any state convention te which they carry their case. In that event the chaff of their movement will relap& into the ranks of the regulars, and the wheat will find lodg ment in the Wolfe camp, whose leaders are for reform without the party lines, since they have found reform iu the party impracticable and impossible. Until some clement of the Republicans in Pennsylvania declares for reform first and party secandly, of ceurse the Demo crats arc only asked te contemplate the spectacle with the feeling in which the old man looked at the tussle of Betsey and the bear. Ax 011:1:1: of that class of Republi cans whom the Examiner calls " feather heads," ': soreheads " and " moonshin meonshin moenshin ers," met at the Continents 1 hotel yes terday te organize the anti-Cameren forces " within the party " in the state. Wolfe was net there. He howls without the party. Senators Lee and Stewart were the leading spirits of the meeting, and Lancaster county was represented by Editor Geist, Counseller Martin, Statesman Landis and Senater Kauff man. All of them had their grievances te relate and their remedy te eiler ,which was an effective organization of all the anti-Cameren-Quay elements into an opposing ring, working in the open field of Republican politics. It was agreed en all sides te neither ask nor take any Democratic aid or comfort, and upon Editor Smith's motion a committee of seven is te be appointed "te secure unity among the Republicans of the state for the full expression and faithful representation of the popular will," and te select a general committee, corres ponding with the number of senators and representatives from the several dis tricts, te communicate with the execu tive committee and promote the objects for which yesterday's meeting was held. It remains te be seen what this move ment will accomplish. Its managers re pudiate Grew and will have none of him. Although by its terms it excludes Wolfe and his fifty thousand who are willing te go outside the parly te secure reform, it will net be gainsaid that this movement would never have had birth had net Wolfe's superior courage polled the vote of Independent Republicans last week. Lw the person of Senater Davies, who was at yesterday's meeting, we recognize a very stale person, iu whom there is no premise-of genuine independ ence or sincere revolt against the bosses, lie is no further te be trusted than Grew : and it would have been much mere inspiring had the bold Wolfe been invited te this council than such a time server as Davies. Tni: Tribune article of lS7e recommend ing Giant's assassination is said te have been a communication, net au cditeiial. Theki: was thin ice in the gutters this iiieruiug thinner even than the iceman c;:n slice it in July. Casuiu.vtk Tem Cooper thinks Quay's suggestion of Grew for governor ' a joke." And Cooper wants no joking " at his funeral. !' Wi; are assured,, en autheiity the relia bility el which we de net question, that the report that Mr. Themas II. Grccvy, of Altoeua, ene of the secretaries of the Dem ocratic state committee, exerted his in fluence for Jehn Cessna's election, has no ether foundation than in the imagination of Mr. ( J recvy's enemies and the fact that he and Cessna arc personal friends as they have a right te be. Tin. 1st section of the act of March l!)th, 1811), provides that "any person who shall kill any wolf or wolves, within this com monwealth, and produce the head or scalp thereof before any justice of the peace, shall be paid the sum of twelve dol lars." The Pettsvillc Chronicle has ex humed the following : M. S. Quay. Secrclery of the Common wealth, Te Sila:; M. Baily, Dr. Te .scalp of one Wolfe 12 00 Tiui Virginia Republicans waut te elect te the United States Senate Lewis, who believes in scaling1 the national as well as the btate debt. "If" Mali ene gets a cabinet place Jehn S. Wise will be elect ed te succeed him and Lewis will be chosen for the long term. Riddlebcrger, is is said, will be appointed cither marshal or district attorney for the Western district of Virginia. Mean ti me the Rcpudation Rcpudatien ists arc exercised ever a report that the Democrats will try te coax off their ucgie vote with an offer te elect a black man te the Senate. There is a geed deal of misce gcuatien in Virginia politics nowadays. UONcuuNUie the star route thieves it has seemed te the Sun from the first most improbable that office-holders belonging te the Republican party, aud put into power by it, should ever effectively extirpate these atrocious abuses. On the one hand the friends of Mr. Blaine arc deeply im plicated ; en the ether, conspicuous sup porters of Gen. Grant have their pockets stuffed with the stolen cash. At a most critical moment iu 1830 ene set of them were called upon by Gen. Garfield him sslf te contribute toward the expenses of t!ie campaign and te save the party ; an ether set, by adroit manipulations and by the liberal use of what has been designated as soap, carried the election in Indiana and opened a prospect of Republican suc cess ; while, mixed up with these various classes, there were net wanting these whose purpose was te turn an honest penny by levying tell upon cither group of the plunderers, as circumstances or op pertunity might seem te favor. The printers recently " locked out" of the Philadelphia Press office, after years of faithful service in its composing rooms, publish what they say is a true statement of the troubles between them and their late employers. They fortify themselves with their own affidavits that there was no truth whatever in the declarations of the management (upon which their dismissal was justified) that " persons having no connection with the Press, iu collusion with some persons employed in the com posing room, were preparing te make, at an early day and without notice, unjusti fiable demands, which, unless instantly complied with, would be followed by ac tion that might embarrass the prompt publication of the paper." They show, by previous notices sent them from friends in New Yerk, that the " ratting" of the Press office was iu accordance with a pre arrangement which Editor Smith denied when brought te his notice. The excluded printers indignantly appeal te the public te condemn this outrage en American workmen. The public waits te hear from the Press management, through the paper it prints. An enterprising coriespendcnt, net given te sensationalism, has discovered just hew the break between Arthur aud Blaine will come. It seems that the pres ident is net iu accord with Secretary Blaine, "touching the meddlesome con duct of Minister Hurlbut in the Chili- Peruvian troubles, and that, by conse quence, the latter ere long will be super seded by cemn man of less impulsive tem perament, and net se prone te de violence te our traditions of non-intervention. New, Mr Hurlbut is known te ba the particular personal aud political friend of the secretary of stati aud as it must be taken for granted that his recent diplo matic gymuastics are puisuaut te instilla instilla teons from Washington, his superscdurc at this time, or as seen as Congress meets, will be au event the peculiar significance of which se far as Mr. Blaiue's official relations te the White Heuse are con cerned will net escape attention. The first effect, it is believed, will be te hasten the secretary's retirement Irem the cabinet, aud te inspire him with a public address or two, deprecating the indiffer ence of the administration te the line opportunity which Sir. Hurlbut had open ed up for cstablishinir American influence iu Seuth America. " PERSONAL. Kassex, tiie leading Republican .candi date for speaker, has declared for a tariff for revenue "only. At Peintafcl, en the Austrian frontier, a few days aee, when a group of young Italian aud Austrian girls gave Margaret of Italy a lovely bouquet, they were all kissed iu turn, with many beautiful and affectionate words, by the young aud stately queen. J. W. Duxjek, a very respectable look ing aud intelligent colored man, is canvass ing this city for aid te Storer college, au institution at Harper's Ferry, for the edu cation of his race. Frem his credentials and the catalegue of the college he appears te be a worthy agent of a deserving cause. Mr. Jen;.- E. Bakkett, of the Scranteu licmtblican, is the author of the little brochure "Hew is Your Man?" which has done se much toward opening the eyes of the people te the evils of Dcath-Rattle insurance The book is having an immense sale and the insnrauce sharks who recog nize their portraits therein arc indignant beyond description. The Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette has been compelled te withdraw its statcmcut that the Barr family iu that city did net vote at the election en tiic 8th iust., aud te add emphasis te the backdewn is pub lished the affidavit of the prothenotary of Allegheny county, stating that the names of all Bans appear upon the list of voters at the election. That settles it. Ex-Congressman Sti'HER requested of the president an interview for a whole batch of Southern Republicans, who were hungering te get around flesh pets in charge of a cabinet officer selected from among themselves. Arthur, in reply te Syphcr's bland suggestion aud inquiry, said, with singular naivete, that, of course, the Southern gentlemen, whom he would greet most gladly, would net dream of making suggestions about the personal matter of selecting members of his politi cal family. " Of ceurse net," hesitatingly answered the nonplussed Mr. Syphcr, who was thus mildly ciphered out. STATE ITEMS. William Ludt, a boy, fell iute a cistern at Robinson's brewery, Scranteu, and was drowned. National Laber congress, is session at Pittsburg, elected Jehn Jarrctt, of that place, its permanent president. In Greeusburg Mayer Gatchell, while drunk struck Gen. Richard Coulter en the head with a heavy cane, inflicting a very serious wound. Somebody stelo $150 worth of cigars from the sheriff of Lehigh county at Al Al Icutewn, which that functionary had seized a short time previously. W. W. Scranteu, late manager of the Lackawanna coal and iron company, has obtained iu Wilkesbarrc damages of $2358 from Aaren A. Chase, editor of the Scran Scran eou Times lcenvictcd of libeling him. At the meeting of the state revenue, commission yesterday twelve committees were appointed te consider various sub jects connected with state taxatieu, aud a resolution was adopted that the commis sion confine itself te amending and perfect ing the present system of raising revenue. The commission then adjourned until the 27th of next month. Samuel Nicholas, of Coplay, who worked en the cinder dump, at the furnace of the Coplay iron company, jumped en the loose platform at the forward part of the car, which, giving away, precipitated him upon the track in front of the cinder train the car passing ever his breast, bruising him severely internally and slightly ex ternally. His death was almost instan taneeus. While Mrs. Francis Mcutzcr, of Frank ford township, Cumberland county, was playing with her little four-year-old girl, the ball of carpet rags struck thy lamp, knocking it off the table into the mother's lap, where it exploded, saturating her clothing and igniting. Instantly her whole body was enveloped in fiamcs.and she was se severely burned that she died in about twenty hours afterward. Misfortunes Accumulate. Ex-Attorney General Wayne Mac Veagh's summer residence at Brookfield Farm, near Conshohocken, was destroyed byfire early yesterday afternoon. Car penters had been at work in the third story during the morning, and leaving at neon had left a tire burning iu the open grate. Sparks llew about and ignited some cembustible material and seen the flames were rearing through the whole upper story, and the house was an entire less ; $17,000 insurance. Did He Sec Deuble ? The captain et a steamer from Havana reports that recently he cut n "sperm" in two with his vessel's prow, and then found that he was in the midst of a school of whales numbering millions according te the skipper. THE OFFICIAL TuTG. A Tabular Statement of the Pell.as Officially Reported. The following table exhibits the vote for the several candidates for state treas urer at the recent election. All except the counties of Allegheny. Bucks and Law rence are returned officially te the state department, and the figures from these counties in the table are taken from, the official returns as published in the daily papers : STATE TlltASURCU 1SS1. ti 'J .- COUNTIES. 7 s- . - 3 - -r 5. 3 Adams 234S 371 -7 52 2 Allegheny lMTit '.WW .VJ1S 1015 140 Armstrong 2S"J:5 2KM ai7 2eS '."J Reaver jemu a4 ;un ) 10 Hertford lues I70 121 :j . Berks 4(iS0 '-'JiO 1 IW -JZi Illttlr 327j 2435 'JUT 118 2') Brarttenl 4337 'W 1510 40'J 41M Bucks C2If. &JG ."BG Butler 3517 3327 771 133 ITS Cambria 3117 U5K5 11 -03 37 Cameren 510 473 M 24 3 Carben 2152 271!) 103 1'J 274 Centre 2344 3191 185 151 40 Chester 503G 4JUS :ill 53 237 Clarien 173i 2734 132 422 .... ClcarflelU 1SI1 VMUI 55 231 20 Clinten 1819 2525 273 33 Columbia 1247 2S78 127 15B C3 Crawford 4507 3718 S'.W 1215 1W8 Cumberland 2-22 4023 150 3 3 Dauphin 571'3 39i)0 951 1.S5 1 Delaware 3221 2372 1571 12 9 Elk 020 1242 20 9.J H Eric 4U10 4130 292 437 195 Kaycttc 3J5S 3752 88 27 77 forest 371 255 :: 315 .... Franklin WJG 4:0.1 117 5 27 Fulton 7t3 1138 S 2 9 Greene 1530 297ti 7 1 CJ Huntingdon 2C29 2034 390 224 2 Indiana ttOJ WIS 101 1204 1 Jeffersen 203 2212 Si I'. 10 Juniata 1440 1707 29 17 2 Lackawanna 4220 4110 915 .... 92 Lancaster. 9899 3770 1495 19 38 Lawrence 2000 1221 932 107 129 Lebanon 3191 1022 05 .... 151 Lehigh 4488 5756 07 27 29 Luzerne 5870 7095 1447 13 214 Lycoming 2751 3029 447 571 41 iMcKcau 2477 2192 897 182 40 Mercer. 3971 3518 520 431 510 Milllill 1409 10S9 197 74 4 Menree 049 2338 31 8 .... Montgomery 8107 8919 914 51 37 Menteur 891 1340 130 71 8 Northampton.... 2914 517S 411 52 2i Northumberland. 274S 4110 20S4 131 15 Perry 2120 2435 107 .... 40 Philadelphia 55S00 42357 14722 251 07 l'ike 2 803 8 25 2 Petter 1230 394 48 381 .... Schujlkill 4903 0S9 2141 1011 47 Snyder 1307 1278 S(W 4 Somerset 352U 2053 101 2 15 Sullivan 417 677 48 144 .... Susquehanna 3121 2542 127 159 87 Tiega 2737 1297 OX) 919 10 Union 0:!-' 1131 172;) 0 1 Venango 2302 2058 053 933 137 Warren: 1927 1300 281 SSI 79 Washington 3302 470J 112 221.... Wayne 1720 2251 718 S Westmoreland... 4398 0222 211 11M 0 Wyoming 1559 1790 30 38 14 Yerk 4307 7008 223 1 26 Total 205293 258387 49909 14910 4512 Jacksen received 11 votes in Armstrong, 83 iu Beaver and 3 in Luzcrcnc with im proper initials en the ticket aud they were net added te his total. One vote in But ler, e in Elk, 2 in Lehigh, 1 iu Luzerne, 1 in Montgomery, 1 in Sullivan, 1 in War ren and 1 iu Yerk were lest te Welfe en account of similar irregularities. Fer the same reason Wilsen lest 20 in Clinten, 1 in Grccneand 10 in Snyder. Mark Wisc ner received 1 vote iu Beaver, Augustus Reel 1 iu Dauphin, Alenzo 1. Wilcox 1 in McKcan, T. M. Pierce 1 iu Philadel phia and R. C. llesficld 1 in Wyoming. The return from Cambria described 2 votes as scattering. Striking Events of the liay. The bursting of a boiler blew up the Severn, a small passenger steamer, run uiug from Bristel te Glasgow. Her decks were blown off and she was much damaged. Nine persons were killed and manv wound ed. Mrs. Wirmuth, of Hereford township, Bciks county, by mistake administered te her crying baby seu the powder left for his sick father and the boy died iu agony. Albert Green, a colored tramp, begged feed of a peer wemau named Mrs. Jehn Fcustner of Rockport. Her necessities made her rcfuse when he shot her in the face seriously, and she fell bleeding with her child iu her arms. Annie Murray.aged GS.kccpcr of a boar bear ding house in Philadelphia, accused of larceny, committed suicide by hanging herself with her apron te the bars of the deer of cell Ne. 4 in the Second District station house. Miss Louisa F. Field, aged 72, of Peters burg, Va., while cooking at the grate set tire te her clothes. She ran into the back room te the water tank te extinguish the flames, and before she could reach the tank she fell, overcome by pain and su (lo cation, and perished. Deuble Infanticide. In Newtown, L. L, the bodies of two un known infants, one a raale and the ether a female, were found iu the Lutheran cemetery by workmen. Marks of violence are plainly visible en the body of the boy. Beth bodies are considerably decomposed. The remains are theso of children aged about two weeks. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. COLUMBIA NEWS. OUK KKUUI.AH COKKKSl'ONlJKNCK. At a late meeting of the Cookman chapel 31. E. church association, fitting resolu tions were adopted in memory of Emma Ke8slcr, one of the teachers, who died seme time age. The Columbia Citizens' band paraded our streets last evening with a banner an nouncing that " My Geraldinc," will be played this evening for their benefit. " Twe Orphans," next Monday evening. Sevcral new houses arc being erected en Walnut street. Twe large trees were removed from be fore Cel. Samuel Shech's residence, en Locust street, yesterday. A question has been asked, " what per centage does the Columbia opera house pay." We give it up and it is doubtful if any person in town can tell. Drunken persons arc found en our street every day since pay day en the P. R. R. Joe Cole and Dan Davis, both colored, had a set-te yesterday afternoon. Joe was worsted. Later in the evening he was sued by West Uoeper for drunken and disorderly conduct, before Squire Yeung. The case was te ceme off last evening, but for seme cause or ether was postponed until this evening. Mike Shultz, a yeuug boy of twclve years, fell from a lumber pile aud twisted his right ankle very badly. He was car ried te his home in Kitchcntewn. The "Deves, " met at the residence of Mrs. Charles F. Yeung's, last evening. Since their first meeting, the ladies found out that they could net de without the opposite sex, and last evening, a number of gentlemen were among Mrs. Y's guests. A pleasaut evening was spent. Strangers coming te Columbia say what a uice town we have. Persons living hcie differ. Our society this winter has been very dull. Net one party, dance, or any ether kind of amusemeut, except at the opera house, has been going en here for nearly a year. Iloreugli Brief. Thirty ene -railroad inspectors at Frank lin heuse for dinner te day, 53 coming to morrow. Christopher Ehrman dead from typhoid fever. Charles Black off for the West. Rabbits 20 te 25 cents per pair. Walnuts scarce. "Hazel Kirke" will have a big house, special train te Marietta after wards. "Olivette" coming maybe. Railroading heavy. First African Bap tist fair opens te-morrow evening. "Scrub " nines playing baseball. Young sters battling with slung shots. Farmers plenty, customers scarce en Market. 34 telephone subscribers, including east and west railroad yards. TEACHERS' INSTITUTE. THIE.TIET.fcl AWMLTA1, SESSION. I'ROGRESS OF T11E WEEK'S MEETING. l'refe. fiyerly. Helge. .Brown, French ami Yeung Treating Timely Tonics-. Wednesday Afternoon. Dr. French made some remark en methods of teaching ele mentary arithmetic. In working either en slate or en blackboard the work by the pupil should be done neatly. The letters and figures should be plainly and carefully made, and the figures should be properly placed. He recommended for beginners the use of column rules, in sums of addi tion, te separate the units, tens aud hun dreds. As an exercise in addition, Dr. French wrote upon the blackboard a long sum the figures of which were takcu down by the class who had instructions te make the addition as rapidly as possible aud rise as seen as they had finished it. Near ly a hundred teachers made the addition, aud ou comparing them it was found that ten different results were obtained and yet nearly all the " adders " were sure they were right. Accuracy in addition cau be obtained only by care and practice, and acceuutants are much mere apt te inake mistakes in it than in subtraction or multi plication. Te secure correctness in addi tion the lecturer recommended practice with the " forty live combinations " used in the Pittsburgh schools. He gave an explanation of the system, with which most teachers are familiar, and also seme illustrations of the wonderful rapidity and accuracy acquired by acceuutants by con stant practice. It was shown iu the drill given this afternoon that rapidity and accuracy accompany each ether the teacher who first made the addition hav ing made it correctly, while the slower ones were theso who had made mistakes. I'ref. ISyerly 011 Grammar. Prof. Bycrly resumed his lecture en grammar, giving special attention te the relation of words with words, and te the formation and analysis of sentences. He would have teachers as they read the master-pieces of Iho greatest authors, analyze, transpose and reconstruct them. In conclusion he advised teachers te net touch technical giammar in the primary schools, but only te improve the language of the pupils, by ceuccting their mistakes, aud instructing them iu analysis ; then, when they enter a higher grade of school, aud any geed work en grammar is placed in their hands, they will have no difficulty of mastering it. He believed that with pro per culture iu this direction the schools could de without cither Latin or Greek, as the main object iu teaching these branches is te secure culture. Prof Heigcs resumed his lecture en physi ology. He said that as seen as the teacher had awakened iu his class an interest iu the study he should take it up systcma'.i cally. He advised that the teacher com mence with the bones, as they are the foundation upon which the muscles and ether parts of the body are built. He would call all these bones by their scien tific names, because these are as unchange able as the bones themselves, and if the significance of the names is explained te the children they will be delighted as well as instructed thereby. After speaking of the importance of keeping the cavities of the body the mouth, the threat, the thorax, the abdomen in cleanly aud healthy condition, the lecturer explained the structure aud some of the natural dis eases of the eye, includiugmyopy,er short sightedness; hyporepy, or long-sightedness ; prcsbyepy, or long sightcdness caused by age, and asthenepy, or waut of clearness of vision during a part of the day. The Unman Voice. Dr. Drewn resumed his talk ou the or gans of the human voice, the most won derful of all human musical instruments. He said that he who wanted te play upon any instrument se as te charm his hearers, must first have learned hew te use it, se as te get out of it the best work it is ca pable of doing, aud this can only ba dene by study and constant practice. A great pianist had said that if he neglected prac tice for a single day lie kuew it ; if he neglected it for two days his friends knew it, aud if he neglected it a week the public knew it. Constant practice produces a deli cate and automatic action of which the practitioner himself is scarcely cognizant. Every musical instrument must pos sess thrce elements meter, vibratory and resonant. The humau veice has all of these in the greatest perfection, and therefore man sings aud is capable of producing sweeter sounds than can be produced by the finest instrument. Savage or civilized, he sings. Prof. Brown de scribed minutely the manner in which the various sounds are produced by the human vocal organs, and pointed out the differ ences that exist between these of all ether mammals. Among the lower order of animals he gave the hog a high place, declaring in all seriousness that he had iu His ewu experience detected iu the veice of the hog at least twelve emotional tones ! Iu the wonderful compass, purity and variety of its tones the nightingaie sur passes all inarticulate creatures, and has been given these graces, perhaps, as a check upon man's vanity. Gettysburg. Wednesday Ecenimj. The entertainment as announced was a lecture by Rev. Jesse Bewman Yeuujr, entitled, " Echoes from Round Tep ; or the liloedy Fields of Get tysburg." The lower pert of the opera house was filled and the gallery mere than Half tilled. Prier te the lecture the pupils of the girls' high school sang several pieces " Lift Thine Eyes," from the oratorio of Elijah ;" "Come with the Gipsy Bride" from the opera el "Behemau Girl;" " The Hunter's Chorus," from " Frcis chutz ;" and " Rebin Redbreast," all of which were rendered with much spirit. Prof. Jehn Surman followed with a violin sole, a fantasic de ballet, from De Beriet. He was loudly encored, and in response played " My Dear Grandmother," by Laugc. The lecture of Rev. Yeung was well written aud well delivered, albeit the lec turer docs net possess iu au eminent de grce the graces of the platform orator. He only " talked right ou," and iu a matter-of-fact way related the leading inci dents of the war, from the Union dcleat at Chanccllerville te the crowning victory at Gettysbuig. The lecture contained nothing new, but presented the scenes of the march, and the bivouac, and the bat tic, and the victor', very graphically, and en the whole with clearness and iair ncss. The lecture was intcrspcrcd with entertaining auccdetcs, mauy of which came under the eye of the lecturer, who was connected with the Third Cerps of the Army of the Potomac. While glorying in the heroic achievements of the Union army the lecturer paid willing tribute te the valor of the impetuous Southern fee, who up te the very hour they came in conflict with Hancock's troops en Cemetery Hill, were victoriens in nearly all the engage ments around Gettysburg. The terrible cannonade and magnificent charge of the Confederates, in this final assault, and their sanguiinary rcpulse were vividly portrayed by the lecturer. As an aid te these unfamiliar with the geography of the scene two large maps were hung en the stage ene of them showing the route of the opposing armies from Fredericksburg te Gettysburg, and the ether a vcrv correct view of the bat tle field. Rev. Yeung was listened te with much interest, and many of the mere stir ring passages were greeted with loud ap plause. His reference te a restored Union, cemented by the valor and bleed of the brave men of all the states, North and Seuth, was especially fine and enthusias tically encored by the audience. Thursday Morning. Devotional exer cises were conducted by Rev. Jesse Bow Bew man Yeung, who read the story of the geed Samaritau and offered prayer. Mere About Optics. Prof. Heigcs answered several questions relating te optics. The very few authentic instances of persons " receiving second shjht," seemed te show that the were persons who had suffered from near-sightedness in early life. The lens of the eye was tool round, and as age advanced it became flattened te the proper convexity. Prof. Heigcs then commenced a talk en mechanical powers, aud said that the lever was the base of all of them. He laid dewu as a fundamental law that " power multiplied by the power arm equals the weight multiplied by the weight arm." Twe Or three examples were given en the blackbeaid in exemplification of this law, showing that the result was the same whether applied te the lever, screw, wheel or wedge. Prof. Shaub announced that the election of the committee en permanent certificates would net take place te-day, as had been previously anneuueed, but would be post poned until te morrow meruiug. Tickets would, however, be distributed te-day. The Articulating Apparatus. Prof. Brown resumed his lecture, tak ing up the articulating apparatus, aud ex plaining its structure aud uses. The mouth is the instrument m articulation, as the larynx is the instrument of tone. The arch of the mouth gives resonance ; the cheeks wall iu the arch ; the lips pro trude outward increasing the length of the arch. AU men, women aud children, of all nations of the earth, can by meaus of the articulating organs utter every, sound, every tone of every ether nation, if the apparatus has net been damaged by dis ease or accident. The professor thcu ex hibitcd ou the blackboard seme of the letters of Bell's alphabet, representing visible speech. By this alphabet children born deaf and dumb cau learn te sneak with comparatively geed articulation and the lecturer supposed the time would come when a single alphabet, constructed ou scientific principles, would be used by all the nations of the earth. Study of .uccimals. Dr. French called attention te the con sideration of decimals. Wheu children begin te study from the book, give them six or eight weeks practice in writing in tegers and decimals. As a rule net enough time is given te this subject. Lessens iu addition and subtraction iu United States money should come first, our money being decimal. As ulere than one half of our children leave school be fere they are twelve years old, they should be taught these things which will be iUv.st useful te them, and a knowledge of deci mals will of course be mere valuable than fractions. Frequent drills iu reading aud writing decimals will result in the chil- dreu memorizing them, and uutil they are able te de se and repeat them with rapid ity aud accuracy this branch of the sub ject should net be passed. The method of multiplying and dividing decimal numbers was next explained at some length, with illustrations upon the blackboard. 'What our Yeunrj 1'eople IScitil." Rev Jesse Bewman Yeung followed with an a'ddrcss en the above topic. He said that the typical invention of the age is the printing press, whose power is limitless, and which scatters broadcast books, papers, magazines and ether form.; of printed matters, mere numerous than the stars of heaven or the leaves en the trees. He declared that the greatest warrior of the world, Alexander the Great, had had his character formed by rcading the Iliad, and named Ben Jon Jen son, Rufus Cheate, Columbus and ether great men as having had the foundation of their characters laid and the mighty events of their lines mapped out by early application te books. Even St. Paul, deemed it of sufficient importance te Timethy te give attention te reading, Cicere has said that a heuse Willi- out books is like a body without a soul ; i and Gibben, that a taste for books was the glory and the pleasure of his life. After' quoting several ether authors and giving their opinions as te the best methods of reading, the speaker advised hi.s hearer:- te adept a method of their own, and te read methodically We read te get knowl edge, and as we have an exhaustiens stream from which te draw we have only te turn en the spigot. We read also for inspiration, for enjoyment and for rccrca t ion, and our books should be selected with a view te the object sought. He did net object te novels and ether light literature wheu there was nothing vicious or demer alizing in them, being merely read for re creation ; but a confirmed habit of novel reading was very hurtful. The reader becomes like the confirmed drunkard, and craves new mental excitement as the latter craves stimulants. Often tee the princi ples aud morals of the novel arc bad, aud the reader imbibes them almost uncon sciously, and the character and judgment arc often thus undermined ami ruined. The lecturer drew a terrible pic tare of the demoralization and crime re sulting from the cheap literature of the bleed and thunder order with which the world is flooded, under the titles of boys' and girls' weeklies and monthlies, and narrated many instances of crime and suffering that had resulted from reading their exciting or obscene stories. A remedy will come when parents and teach ers properly supervise the reading put iute the hands of the children, and exclude from their sight the miserable trash with which the news-stands are new filled. The news dealers new snap their fingers in the faces of theso who new pto pte test against the sale of works of this char acter, but the time is coming when the pceule will snap their fists in the news dealers' faces aud compel them te desist or take their places behind prison bars. JUanliclin Matter. C. A. Kline has received three barrels of apples from his father-in-law in West Virginia. The steeple of the United Brethren has been repainted and new presents a fiuc appearance. Mr. A.. Schupp has partly recovered from I a severe spell of sickness. I The tobacco buyers and tax collectors , are new making their yearly calls. The new depot recently built by the R. & C. R. It. Ce. is very comfortably fitted and is a great improvement, te the town. Mr. II. B. Leber, of Atlanta, Ga., is home en a visit te hi.s mother. Charles T. Lehr, Manhcim's boss auc tioneer, has returned from visiting friends in the West. Mr. L. leeks well ; the change has dene him some geed. Mayer's Ceitrt. The mayor this morning had four per sons before him. One drunk paid costs and another who was in as a vagrant the night before and immediately get drunk after getting out, was given 5 days in prison te think. Three vagrants were discharged. Will Visit Lancaster. Jehn Tayler, department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, with his stall", will pay a visit te Geerge II. Themas pest, of this city, en Friday even ing next Sew Attire. The pelice have denned their over coats, caps and maces, and leek well in thcm.altheugh they think they arc slightly warm. It AV:in't Ueergr-. t-.nrki-rm C.if1 nnl.i.ail mrnnfe i f- titiflnt steed that he is net ene of the men who were fined by Alderman Samson. It was his brother Levi. A UEAVY LOSS. An r-Dglisii Farmer' Expensive Trip te America. Iu our advertising columns will be found au offer of the very liberal reward of $300 for the return of a pockctbeok aud contents lest en a day car of P. It. R. be tween New Yeik and Harrisburg en Wednesday of last week, the day alter the elections, wheu a geed many persons were traveling. The loser, Mr. Edward L. William, a Devenshire man, called at the LsTELLicuNccn oface te-day. He is about GO years of ajje and apparently a very respectable aud intelli gent English farmer. He came te this counte en a pleasure trip, being advised te take such recreation, by his physicians, for relief from melau chely iute which he had been plunged by the death et a favorite sister. Arriving iu New Yerk en Friday, October 28, he remained there until the morning of the Oth iust., and then set out te California, where he proposed te visit a prosperous fellow cnutitr man who had been his god father. He had exchanged his English money for United States currency he don't knew ex srtly hew much, certainly ever 61,000. He had a 301) note aud a number of fifties. It was all hi a pocket book which he highly prized as the former property t his father, and which bore his name, " W. Williams, " iu yeld letters He carried this in his hip pocket and says that en the way from New Verk, whence his journey took uutil -I p. 111., he went iute the water closet three times Upen one or these oc casions, or in some ether way. he lest his book aud money, net missing them uutil he reached Harrisburg. He has started back te New Yerk te telegraph home I'ei mere money and te advertise hia ljss at intermediate points. He appear it geed deal chagrined at hi.s heavy Iess, but con fident that, ha wiil speedilv receive remit tances sutlicient te enable him te resume his projected trip. A S:t! MBht. i'csteiday afternoon the liit .-tpMie in Seuth Queen street was the m-ciie of au unusual and di .t reusing sight. Twe small boys, apparently net mere than 10 or 12 years of ag' e'ima staggering along the street iu a bru.stly state of intoxication, and linaily fell helpless te the pavement. One '!" them was curied into the eiltee of J. W. Jehnsen. c.s., and the ether iute the grocery 1 !' Dais & Leieuz where they rcccivcd all pi ener - attention. Emet ics were administered, and ether means taken te rcMiu'tate them. They were then takcu te'their homes iu v;aeti.- by O flare is McDevitt aud Eichholtz. One of them was the son .f Jehn trair, residing mi Middle street, and the ether a son of Jehn Hutchinson, residing en Grant .sheet. When they had .sullieiently lowered te 10 late the circumstances they .stated that they received the liquor from the .son of ! James Carbcrry, who keeps a restaurant en Middle street. Yeung Carbcrry. without the knowledge of hi.s father, went into the cellar and drew from a barrel two bot tles of whisky, and the boysnbeve uamed, wjth seme companions of about the r.amu age, drank it and became drunk. The parents of I he boys were naturally indig nant aud threatened proscutien ; but when they ascertained that it. was a boy ! about the same age as th ir own that had caused the mischief, they euciuded te let the matter drop, we are Nhl. Ou "Itclt- way Hm-ie. The United States artillery which went, south through Lancaster, llattcryC, thiid regiment, Majei V'illi;nn Sinclair in com mand, en their way from Yoiktewn, hemewardjicaclied Uel Air. Hartferd coun ty, Md., at l o'clock Tuesday afternoon. They pitched their tents in the meadow belonging te lien. ITeury W. Archer. The horses and men looked somewhat the worse for wrar, but the command were well and in geed hpirils. They left at 7 o'clock next morning, crossing the Sus- ,- i 1 ... n.;..rm 1.. ; 1.... .....1 ...-. . ., , ,- i.Mi.,,,. . vr:t. ..:... .,.., te Fert Hamilton, New Yerk. B.ilitllu? Jlurae:?. The unfinished, am is yet unoccupied, saloon building of l:-;a.t Stiglcr, between Mt. Jey and .Ma-terseii. 'e, has been dc streyed in the early liiuining by an in cendiary fne. It was heavily insured in the Pennsylvania Mutual fire insurance company. At Mjvcrat previous times burned "matches, lighted shavings, and ether .sigus were discovered, which showed that attempts were made te set it en fire. About a year age a tobacco shed tilled with tobacco was destroyed by fire (or Mr. Stiglcr. Complimentary. ' The Poultry liemcie and Pet Stuck Jour nal for Novcmbe Washington, I). C, says : ' We mu'St net step until we mention the Lancaster county poultry ex hibition. They had last winter the largest and best exhibition in the state of Penn- j sylvania. Their coops are new and at I tractive and free of coop rent. The Penu I sylvania railroad company has issued I excursion tickets from Harrisburg, Down ingtewn and all intermediate stations. Four lejiicst judges will pass judgment 011 the fowls. Kaeii and every bird will be scored." The l'()!r!ii(nil; lui;lre;ttl. The prospects are that before the ex treme cold weather sets in the gicatcr portion of thcC'olcbreok Valley railroad will be graded, ready for the laying down el the track. Mr. James March, of Leb anon, te whom part of the construction of the read has been let, has finished ever four miles of mad i 112 aud .-tailed en the i heavy work in the. mountain which he ! will push with dispatch. Artistic Penmanship. There arc two excellent (specimens of penmanship by Charles It. Frailcy en ex hibition iu the windows e!" Shultz & Bre., and Luther Feu Dersmith. One is the resolutions of Lamherteu ledge F. aud A. M. en Edward Welchans, deceased, and the ether resolutions congratulatory te D. Grcenwald en his fiftieth anniveisary in the pulpit, ! the testry of his church. .-.ii.lilin Dcutli. Hiram Witmcr, au old resident of Para dise, died this morning very suddenly. He ate a very hearty breakfast and then went out of the house. He returned in a few moments, and died while sitting in a chair, lie was about Ci years of age and leaves but one child, Jes. F. Wilmer, president of the Agricultural society. Kicked liy a Herse. Chii-Stian K::pp, aged -i, was found lying in the stable of the IJJack Ilorse hotel, Elizabethtown, en Saturday night, in an insensible condition. It is supposed that he was kicked by a horse Ih' i in a very critical condition. Feet Cut en'. Geerge Chickctanze, aged li ycai:;, while attempting te get off a fro ght train in Lewer Marietta te-day, about half-past twelve o'clock, fell and hadjiis feet cut off. He was taken te his home in Marietta. An Old ISiblr. Tiiis morning we were shown a German IJible, belonging te Jeseph McFa!Is,el Col Cel uinbia, which is i540 years old. It has bc?:i well preserved aud is in excellent condition. Tun Wheel Fillcl. The jury commissioners unshed their wor!t1ell,,i"? the jury wheel at half-past ,cIe,ck this afternoon and n. is new rca(1y for next ycar- 1
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