LANCASTER DAILT IflTEUJGENCEU MONDAY JUJA 3 1832, .-SrN. . ?Lmuastn futelligcncer MONDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1883. TfceJUyJF JJalea. Although Chairtaan Cooper has avowed" hSaiefthat Mr. Pattison is a weak candidate, it is notable that since his nomination Chairman Cooper has been unusually aleit in getting his candidates and himselt into council, and the result is a call of their state commit tee to meet next week and devise some means to eet their hostile factions to gether. The Press, which has been urg ing such a union all along, seems quite hopeful that it may be accomplished And that it will result in a new convention, a new ticket, and Tfcnuliliran success. There is nothing as yet developed to justify this tmne, TTntil "Reaver and Cameron as sent to Beaver's withdrawal there is an insuperable difficulty in the way of com- nmtiiiso Tho IndwiendentS will not support him under any circumstances, nor will they assent to any compromise which may result in him being the sin clc candidate for governor. The Democrats, however, are not waiting for Republican union nor depend ing on Republican divisions for success The Ilarrisburg convention made the cause of the Democratic party the cause of honest government. It measured its platform and nominees fully up to this standard. Neither the Philadelphia con vention nor any other that can be as sembled by the Republican party or any part of it can or will meet this issue as fully as the convention which met and did its work last week. Therefore, the Democratic battle is for victory from this time forth.without regardto Repub lican movements. That "Correction." The JVtic Era of Saturday says : Chairman Hcnscl was determined the people thould know his party was in favor of protecting ibe industries of Pennsylva nia, and the necessary information was distributed a day or two after the platform itself had been sent out. This plan has itsadv.mtigcs. Send out your platform and hear what tho people think of it. Anything that teems demanded can bo added at any time thereafter ; anything supctlluous can be withdrawn. The inference of our esteemed contem porary that tho declaration of the Demo cratic platform " in favor of the prolec tion of the industrial interests of Pennsylvania" was interpolated as well as " sent out " after the platform was adopted has no warrant 111 the facts of the c isc. As any one will remember who paid attention to the residing of the platform in the hearing of the conven tion, the words which we have italicized were a part of the committee's report they weie so read to and adopted by the convention, they are in the original draft of the platform and also in the copy of it prepared by Mr. Ilensel for the use of the associated press, as can be seen on file at the Ilarrisjjurgh telegraph office, and finally in the report of the proceed ings of the convention published on the same day by the Ilarrisburg news papers the platform is printed cor rectly. The omission was en tirely the fault of the telegraph oper ators in transmitting the platform to tho associated press. Mr. Ilargrcaves, agent of the associated press, investigated the matter and found this to be the case be fore he sunt out the correction, and had he informed the Nac Era of the facts, as he knew them, it would doubtless not have fallen into the error contained in tho paragraph we have quoted, and which we feel confident it will correct as soon as its attention is called to it. What He Did Not Lose. In undertaking to account for the de feat of Mr. Hopkins at Ilarrisburg, one correspondent says : General Sowden, of Lehigh, wanted to act as temporary chairman. He had a delegation of four men at his back, and could lead them where he would ; but the Hopkins people insisted ou Malcolm Hay as Hick- choice for chairman, and the soured Sowden men went to Pattison's support. Then in the committee of con tests, because of the bugaboo made over Coxe'.s ticngth, the Hopkins leaders joined with the Pattison men to seat the Pattison delegates and to exclude the Coxc following there. This added five more to Mr. Pattison. No less creditable to the delegates and the party than the harmony which pre vailed at Ilarrisburg was the spirit of fairness which induced all parties to the contest there to agree that there should be no trading, no combinations and no determination of contests for seats ex cept on the merits of the cases. This not only rendered the nomina tion of one or the other of the leading candidates inevitable from the beginning, but it assured hearty acqui esceuce and good will from the defeated. "We doubt whether any gentleman who could influence four votes in the conven tion so belittled himself as to lead them from their choice because of his own personal disappointment in not getting one of the baubles of the convention, but if Mr. Hopkins lest votes or even the nomination because he would not in dulge in such trades, he at least saved his self-respect, and that is worth more than a nomination achieved at the sacri fice of it. Chahi.es S. Wolfe, esq., has spoken in private terms of Mortimer F. Elliott, as a man of eminent ability, unchal lenged integrity and great political strength. Living in a minority district and remote from this section of the state, Mr. Elliott's name is not so familiar here as that of some others on the ticket, but there is no 'place on it which he is not qualified to fill. In the prime of life, ho is the leading lawyer of his own and sev eral adjoining counties on the northern tier, and when he appeared before the convention those who had disinterestedly procured his nomination, knewthat they had made no mistake. The returns from the old Wilraot district will confirm this assurance. .Tom Makbiiall ought to be good au thority on the lawyers of Western Penn sylvania. He rates Silas M. Clark as in the front rank of his profession, and says he will vote for him. Judge Sharswood is said to have declared before Clark's nomination that he was eminently fit for be supreme bench, and all who were bis coiieagues;in tne constitutional conven tion speak in highest praise of him. Tjie criticism that the Democratic ticket is largely made up of lawyers if that were any objection is not valid. It is true that the Republican and Inde pendent tickets are entirely made up of representatives of the legal profession, who follow it distinctly and exclusively. But of the Democratic candidates only two are lawyers to that extent. Mr. Black early abandoned law for literature and is a journalist and farmer; Mr. Africa is a surveyor and, accountant with special qualifications, acquired by education and experience, for the office to which ho has been named ; while Mr. Pattison has had little experience at the bar, and achieved his repuation by his steadfast devotion to public economy and his unfaltering warfare on public thieves and rings. It is not at all surprising that Mr. Rawle is the least inclined of all the Re publican candidates to conciliate the In dependents and get off the ticket if needs be to accomplish a compromise. Mr. Rawle is distinctively the Cameron can didate. Nobody else but Don thought of him ; his nomination was a Christmas gift from the family. In any new deal he would be the first to go, and there is no foreign mission waiting for him as there is said to be for Beaver and Stewart. The Prohibitionists having carried Iowa by 28,907 majority may make up their minds to move on to the next state. In accordance with the elevation of tho dignity of his office Dr. Wickersham has now been appointed " minister" to Den mark, having sailed as charge d'affaires to that country. It is understood in New York now that Mr. Tilden can have tho gubernatorial nomination, but will not take it ; while Messrs. Hewitt, Flower and ex-Mayor Graco and Cooper are more willing than able to get there. Son: of the Half Breeds have detected a startling coincidence in the facts that Rev. W. W. Hicks, spiritual adviser of Guitcau, and who prayed over him as a "misguided brother," was one of the Giant band at Chicago and is entitled to a ' 300" medal. Walt Whitman's " Leaves of Grass," driven from Boston, has found a Philadel phia publisher who will issue tho volume precisely as published by J. R. Osgood & Co.. and at the same price. Meanwhile the postoffico department is said to bo considering the exclusion from the mails of Whitman's works. The Philadelphia Ecening Telegraph notices that the Domocrats came very near running a straight lino through the state with their ticket, tho candidate? hailing, in the order named, from Philadelphia, York, Huntingdon and Indiana counties. This was tho reason the earnest and suc cessful effort was made at the closo of the convention to throw the nomination of congressman northward. The corner-stone of the Garfield Memorial church, in Washington, was laid yesterday afternoon, upon the site of the old frame " Christian Church " at which the late president attended. Perhaps this will be the fittest and the best monument that can be raised to tho dead president. There is no end to the possibilities of decoration about a church, and constant woiship will make it a breathing, speaking monument. The Harrisburg Telegraph and other Stalwart newspapers aro re-printing the letter written to Congressman Hubbell by Garfield during tho campaign when Gar field was a candidate for president. Tho letter expressed the hope that Brady now under indictment as a Star Route plun derer would give all tho assistance possi ble and Garfield asked to be told how the departments generally were doing. The publication of this letter at this time may help along the blackmailing assessment's, but it is hard to see how it wi II benefit Gar field's memory. POSSIBILITIES. Where aro the poets unto whom belong Tho Olympian heights; whose ninglng shafts were seat Straight to the mark, and not iroin bows nail bont. But with Uic utmost tension of the thong .' Where arc the stately argosies of song. Whose rushing keels made music as they wont Sailing In search ot some now contlnsnt. With all sail tut, and steady winds and strong ? Fcruapn there lives taucht some dreamy boy, un- la schools, some graduate of the field or sireei. Who shall become a master of the art, An admlrul sailing the high seas ot thought. Fearless and first, and steering wltli bis fleet For lands not yet laid down in any chart. Longfellow, Jan. 17, 1SSS. Agreeably to its promise, the Daily Examiner on Saturday signalized tho tenth anniversary of its birth by donning a stylish new dress that visibly improves its appearance. The typo is clean, handsome and open-faced and gives the paper an inviting look that docs not fail to win upon the reader's favor. Our es teemed contemporary indulges a natural propensity in looking back over its past career, with a degree of satisfaction that is, however, amply justified by its success in t ha field of local journalism. Wc wish the Examiner many happy returns of the day, and do not doubt that the very creditable achievements of the first decade will bo more than equalled by the next. Immense Wealth Waiting in isngland. D. F. Patterson, of Pittsburgh, and J. Murray Clark, of Washington county. Pa., leave for London in August, in behalf of a number of claimants to the estate of Thomas Hamilton, a surgeon of the British army, who died in India in 1788. Hamil ton in his will divided the estate into six teenths. Some time after his demise tho Indian executor transferred the estate, amounting to 700,000, to an English ex ecutor named in tho will. Four-sixteenths were bequeathed to a niece of Hamilton named Hemphill, from whom the Wash ington county claimants descend. The Stewarts of Jefferson township, in that county, are the principal claimants. The bonanza is estimated to foot up about four teen millions now, and the attorneys for the claimants feel confident of securing it without much trouble. STATE POLITICS. A BATCU OF CURRENT COMMENTS TO hat is Thought or the Situation In lennyl- Tmnia. Washington Herald. The Democratic convention in Pennsyl vania nominated a Black for lieutenant governor, and "an American citizen of African descent" for secretary of internal affairs. Yet some people say the Democrats are unduly prejudiced in the matter or race. A Jefferaonian Wot a Bourbon. Philadelphia Record. There aro no dreaded "Bourbons" on the Democratic state ticket. The Bour bons are long since dead, if they ever ex isted in American politics. Chauncey F. Black, the Democratic candidate for lieu tenant governor, is we are glad to state, a Jeffersonian. No Independence In Bis. Times. General Beaver proclaims himself a Re publican without an adjective meaning that he is not an Independent Republican. Everybody knew that. It will be neces sary for General Beaver to mako a differ ent kind of speeches il nc expects 10 size up to tho intelligence of the voters of Pennsylvania. A Kicker from KlcJtvllle. Press. Marriott Brosius delivered a Decoration day address at Albany, last spring, in which he paid a just tribute to General Garfield, but when it was over an active Albany Stalwart described General Bro sius as a" gd d d kicker from Kick ville. Pa., who thought it was a Garfield and Blaine ratification meeting." Air. Hopkins' Manliness. Philadelphia, Times. Mr. Hopkins sustained himself in defeat at Harrisburg with a mauliness that ena bled him to retire from the field stronger than he entered it. Tho times wero out of joint for all but tho freshest men, and ha philosophically appreciated the fact and gracefully bowed to the inevitable. And Malcolm Hay, who has more than onco most eallautly battled for Hopkins, not only conducted tho Hopkins fight with matchless skill aud fidelity, but he wrote his name high up on the roil of tho Demo cratic leaders of tho iuture, anno oy ms prompt and generous assent to the deci bion of the convention in favor of Pattison aud his declination of all personal honors wliir.li came over tho discomfiture of his chief. Defeats sometimes make men greater than triumphs. Tota Marshall on Silas M. Clark. When Tom Marshall heard that the Democrats had named Silas M. Clark for supreme judge he said : "Well, now you have been sensible. You Democrats have nominated a great maii on your ticket for supreme judge, and by Heaven I will vote for him. I have kuown him for years. He is a big headed strong man. I do not know in Western Pennsylvania a lawyer of more straight forward moral, natural strength than Clark. Ho is clean cut aud courageous in asserting his principles If ho is elected he will do himself honor and shed lustre upon the supremo bench. He is a big man all over and in every way. He will have tho courage to pursue his convictions iu spite of every opposition. I have otten heard him before the supreme court. Tho last time I heard him speak was iu a ease where tho question was as to how far the new constitution affected tho powers of certain corporations. His opponent was Harrv White. I listened to every word Clark spoke, and whea ho was through I went to him and told him it was ouo of the finest arguments I over heard iu all my life." Stalwarts Paving the Way for "Harmony." Tho candidates on tho regular Republi can ticket havo agreed upon a form of letter to be submitted to their antagonists of the Independert ticket. The details aro said to he that the entire matter is to bo submitted to tho state committee, for that body to make such arrangements as it sees fit. All sorts of plans will bo pre sented. Among others is a schemo for the recall of the United States ministers to Russia aud Mexico, and the sending of Beaver and Stewart to thoso places by the president. A number of prominent busi ness men will be invited to participate in tho meeting of tho state committee ou tho 12th inst., and the conference will bo very important. It has come to light that tho informal conference between Messrs. Cooper, Rawle. Greer and General Beaver, on Fri day, was of decided importance, and that there is a division of sentiment among the candidates. General Beaver and Senator Greer favored some sort of concession to the Independents, and were eager that a plan should bo devised to save the ticket, but much to tho surprise of all, Mr. Rawlo turned upon his colleagues and denounced them as weak. Ho said : "Wo will crush out these " refcriug to the Independents. The candidate for supreme judge favored the most vigorous application of methods that would drown out tho Half Breeds and plainly told Beaver and Greer that was tho only way to win. The assumption of this position by Mr. Rawlo created intense surprise, but the other candidates were not willing to go half as far as their asso ciate. PERSONAL. Genekals Grant and Hancock will attend the reunion of the veteran soldiers at Burlington, Vermont, today. President Carter, of Williams col lege, Massachusetts, delivered his first bafcalaureato sermon yesterday after noon. Rev. C. W. Wendle, lately of Cincin nati, yesterday began his ministry at the Channing memorial church, Newport, Rhode Island. Vice Admiral Rowan on Saturday formally entered upon his duties as su perintendent of the naval observatory at Washington. Sara Bernhardt gives her son an allowance of $400 a month, since he is " too proud " to live under the same roof with M. Damalas. Holman Hunt, tho artist, has witten a letter to the London Times advocating the deceased wife's sister's bill. He knows how it is himself. Ho married her. Col. Victor E. Piolet was 71 years of age on the 24th. uit. The event was cele brated in a dinner party given at Mr. Pio let's residence, Wysox, Bradford county. Ex-Auditor General Sciiell is re ported as saying that the Republican bosses have " set up " Pattison as the easiest man to beat. This hurts Schell much more than Pattison. Mr. Geo. W. Childs will give his an nual dinner to the Philadelphia newsboys and bootblacks, to-morrow, at Belmont mansion, in tho pirk, and covers will be laid for seven hundred persons. Congressman John A. Kasson will be renominated without opposition, though there is much dissatisfaction in the party ranks at the course pursued by him in Congress. No one can be induced to stand against him. Michael Davitt will have a great pop ular reception in New York on Wednes day. He was not permitted by his pbysi cian to keep his engagement to speak in Worcester, Massachusetts, being ill from overwork. John Johnson, for many years crier of tne supreme court for the Eastern district of Pennsylvania, died on Saturday even ing in the 91st year of bis age. He was appointed tipstaff thirty-one years ago and has held the position ever since. Gen. Benj. F. Butler has failed in his effort to indict the proprietors of a whole B1e grocery store in Chicago, for libel. It appears that the firm extensively ad vertises a baking powder by means of posters, representing General Butler as a baker in the act of preparing dough, with a silver spoon peeping from his pocket. Charles L. Shaotless, of the well- known dry goods nrm or onarpiess a Sons, Eighth and CheBtnut streets, Phila dplnhia. died on Saturdav. in the 62d year of his age, after an illness of about eigh teen months of Bright's disease. The present house was founded in 1814 by the father of the deceased. Mr. Joseph Sailer, of Philadelphia, has celebrated the forty-second anniversary of his connection with the Public Ledger. His was the first money article that ever appeared in a Philadelphia paper, and during his connection with the Ledger he has not missed a day in contributing to tho column over which he presides. tscape of a Murderer. Marshall John Bryant, of Columbus, Ky., with a small party of men surrounded a house near licimont, mo., m wmuu Kilgoie, the murderer of Gardner, had taken refuge. While the marshall watch ed a window aud the others went to the door. Tviltrorn raised a nlank from the floor, crawled out from under the house and shot Brvant through tho body. Kilgore then escaped. Bryant may recover. INDErtDlACK DAT PREPARATIONS. How the Glorious Fourth Will Bo Celebrated Bere and at Utltz splendid Fire works In Prospect. The arrangements that have been com pleted for the observance of the national holiday at Lititz to-morrow Indicate that the celebration will be a grand affair, and there is not much doubt that a great crowd will bo piescnt. Special excursion trains will bo run lrom this city and other points on the Reading railroad at reduced rates of fare, and tho committee in charge promise that tho celebration will fully satisfy the expectations of thoso who go out to witness a brilliant display. The cele bration will tako place on the beautiful springs grounds, whero in the afternoon there will be ad dresses by B. Frank Eshleraap and Wm. F. Beyer, csqs., of this city, and other formal exercises. In the evening the grounds will be magnificently illumi nated, aud a continuous discharge of fire works will he kept up until a late hour. The details are iu competent hands, and it is a notable fact that notwithstanding the big crowds that are wont to be present at thebe annually rccuiring festivities there is seldom if ever a disturbance that rises to tho dignity of police notice. In this city there will be probably the most elaborate pyrotechnical display ever wit nessed here. It will take place on the lawn of J. B. Martin in Lancaster avenue, and will be in charge of tho following com mittee : Messrs. John L. Arnold, Julius Levy, jr., Chas. G. Schuborth, John L. Martin and Eincst Zahm. These gentle men have for tho past few weeks been canvassing actively among the citizens of iho " West End " and elsewhere, and up to this time have raised 8150, which they have used in the purchase of fireworks, which they have seemed at wholesale rates from a Now York firm, aud which the gentlemen of the committee Eay will go uioie than twice as far as tho same amount at retail prices. Tho display will bo notable iu tho variety afforded and will include rockets, romau candles, Chinese flyers, plaiu and colored mines, and the thousand aud ono other de signs known to the pyrotechnist's art, lie sides which theio will be six or eight fancy exhibition pieces. A band of music will bo piescnt and enliven the occasion with patriotic selections, aud altogether tho eel bration of tho republic birthday at homo is expected to far surpass any similar ef fort of former years, and the gentlemen of tho committee aro deserving of much praise for their active labors to make tho display worthy of tho occasion. It has been erroneously reported that tickets entitling tho holders to seats from which to wituess the exhibition would bo sold. Tho fact of tho matter is that a subscriber to tho movement is furnished with an admission ticket for self and as many ladies' tickets as ho may desire. Fully a thousand scats have been eiected that command an excellent view of tho exhibition, aud subscribers can secure their tickets from any of the gentlemen of tho committee whose names are printed above. Tho committoe will continue to receive contributions to day and to-morrow. Flit IS MATTERS. A FaUo Alarm Two Attempts .at lnceu- uiarlsm. On Saturday afternoon about 4 o'clock fire alarm box No. 2G, located at the cor ner of Chestnut and Market streets, was 6truck, and the firemen hastened iu that direction. The alarm proved to be a fals3 one. Smoke was seen issuing from under the roof and between tho wcatherboarding of tho one-story attachment of Bitzer's cigar manufactory, corner of North Queen street and the Pennsylvania railroad, aud several persons thought, naturally enough, that the building was on fire and some one sounded the alarm. There was no fire, however, the smoke coming from a defec tive or clogged flue iu tho kitchen of John Reeso, who lives next door to Bitzer's ; and the smokp, being unable to cscapo from tho top of the flue, was forced back into Bitzer's part of the building. Last night about 11 o'clock some one applied a match to a largo stock of empty dry -goods boxes, in Court Avenue, in rear ofR. E. Fahucstock's dry-goods store. No damage wa3 doco, the fire being dis covered before it had made any consider able headway. Last night about 12 o'clock alarm box No. 15 was struck, a bright flamo being seen in East Grant street in rear of the Lancaster county house, issuing apparent ly from Thos. Jefferies' frame carpenter shop. This was not the case, however, as tho flames aroso from a large pile of dry stable manure adjoining the carpenter shop, to which some one had applied a match. Tho fire was extinguished before any damage was done, but the frame shop made a very narrow escape. Chief Howell requests us to again cau tion persons who hold alarm box keys, to be very prompt iu soundiug an alarm of fire, when there is a fire, but to be very certain there is a fire before striking the alarm. State Teachers' Association. The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the Pennsylvania state teachers' associa tion will be held in Pottsville on Wednes day, Thursday and Friday uext, July 5th, Gth aud 7th. The programmo of exercises prepared for the occasion includes a number of ad dresses and essays by distinguished men and women on subjects of great import ance to teachers. The state superintend ent, Dr. E. E. Higbee, Hon. Cyrus L. Pershing. Profs. Heiges, Dr. J. H. f). 1'. Andrews, b. B. French and other emi are anuounGed. Hiss nent educators Hattie I. Bruckhart, of Lititz, is the only Lancaster county teacher booked for an essay. A class of Indian pupils from the training school at Carlisle will bo present and give an exhibition in class exercises. An excursion to tho seashore and another to the coal fields have been arranged. Special rates for railroad fare on all the railroads centring in Pottsville have been secured, and also reduced rates for board at all the hotels and boarding houses. Prof. J. P. McCaskey, of this city, is sec retaryjof the association, and Profs. I. S. Geist, of Marietta, and E. O. Lyte, of Mil lersville, are members of tho executive committee. THE TOBACCO MARKET. TRADK IS SEED LEAF AWT HAVANA. For the Week Ending Saturday, July 2, 10 A. 3. U. S. Tobacco Journal. At last ?31 tobacco is beginning to move. Connecticut seconds were sold to jobbers in considerable quantities at a little better than last year's figures, the tobacco being more sound and more leafy. The settlement of.the tax question was received in the market with much satisfac tion and heavier investments than hereto fore on the part of large manufacturers aro expected to take place soon. If holders of old Pennsylvania would offer their stock at low prices sales could be made instantaneously. The situation can be gathered, so to speak, in a nutshell. There is a great deal of old tobacco on hand. In a few mouths the new will be ready to be worked. The old tobacco is no better, if not a great deal worse, than the new ; and as long as homers ot oia insist upon asking high figures, so long will manufacturers and jobbers only buy it in small lots to tide over till the new is open for inspection and ready to work. It has been a game of chess between manu facturers and packers for the past four months and holders aro evidently beaten. They are at the mercy of the manufact urers now. It is plaiu and true. If the new tobacco showed any trace of deterior ation, holders of old might have a chauco to seli, if not with profit, without loss. Tho new looks better, far better than the old Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, State and Connccticnt, The prices are comparatively not too high, and therefore only would-be investors with a child-like manner and more money than brains will buy tho old btock at present figures. The sales of tho week wero as follows : Pennsylvania Crop '80 : 400 cases, 12 10c. Connecticut Crop 'SO : 120 cases ; wrappers, 30c. Ciop '81 : 1,700 cases ; average II3C Wisconsin Crop '81 : 230 cases, 9c. Ohio Crop '81 : 350 cases, 58j. Havana Very active. Sales 1,200 bale. Price unchanged. The Local Tobacco Market. Not moro than 100 or 120 cases of the crop of 1880 has been sold iu our city dur ing tho past week, and all of it on private terms. There havo been very few pur chases of loose leaf during tho same period, and no deliveries that wo have heard of. Buyers from New York aud other cities have gone homo to celebrate the Fourth of July. Tho prospects of the crop of 1882 are far from nattering. The lato period at which spring opened kept back tho plants, and tho weather during almost the whole sea son has been unfavorable for tboir growth. Thousands of acres havo been set out, but so destructive havo been tho cut woim and so unfavorable tho weather for planting, that from nearly all sections of the county wo hear of farmers who have been obliged to plant two, three and even four times in succession, and who. even at this late day are not yet done planting. A gentleman who traveled through the eastern section of the county within a few days past gives it as his opinion that one fourth of the ground prepared for tobacco is yet un planted, and that tho fields in which the planting has been finished present a very unpromising appearance, most of tho plants being scarcely visible. Some vciy early planted patches look well, but thetc are exceptions to the rulo. A gentle rain, lasting for two or three day3. and that very soon, is absolutely nec essary for tho safety of tho crops. Few farmers will risk setting out plants after tho 4th of July, and we have heard of quite a number, who, having be come disheai toned by unfavorable weather and the depredations ol tho cut-worms, have planted their tobacco land in corn or other crops more certain, if less profitable, than tobacco. Gan' Report. Sales of seed leaf tobacco reported by J. S.Gaus' Son & Co.. tobacco brokers, No. 131 Water street, Now York, for thp. week ending July 3, 1882 : 350 cat-cs 1S80 Pennsylvania 6 to 20c. ; 850 cases 1331 New England, seconds, 11 to 12 ; 150 cases 18S0 NewEugland wrappers, 14 to 35c ; G00 cases 1880 Ohio 5 to 9c. ; 50 cases 1880 Wisconsin Havana seed, p. t. Total, 2,000 cases. The Stato Normal School. The public exercises of tho alumni as sociation of tho stato normal school, Millersville, Pa., will bo held on Wedcc.5 day afternoon, July 10th. Tho pro gramme will comprise a salutatory address " The Day and tho Hour," by Miss Mari auna Gibbons; essay "The Faults of Culture," by Miss Sarah H. Gilbert; ora tiou " Our Duty aud our Privilege," by Mr. W. A. Campbell. The graduating oxereises will bo held on Thursday, July 20th. The following appointments have been made for commencement day : Valedicto rian, F. E. Sanford, Ohio ; salutatorian, Miss Augusta Davis, Wilkcsbarro ; reciter, Miss Mattio Cooper, Chester county ; ora tors, F. M. Pennell, Juniata ; E. M. Pen nell, Bedford ; J. M Robeits, Schuylkill ; M. G. Coaklin, Cumberland ; Ella J. Beis tle, Harrisburg ; Sue Ciarkson, Northamp ton ; Amanda Horner, Bedford ; Fannie E. Fitch, Bradford ; Hallio Sener, Lan caster. LlHtot Unclaimed Letters. Tho following is a list of unclaimed let ters remaining in the postoffico for the week ending .Inly 3, 1882 : Ladies' List Mrs. Anna C. Brown, Miss Mary Haag, Miss Ellen Hill, Mary Ivans, Miss Lizzie H. Kreider, Miss Chris tie Kreider, Miss Emily Troth, Miss Alice Williams, Rachel A. lelett. Qent's List. Messrs. Frauk Dirk, Sam'l Garman, Jos. German, Elmer E. Hatton, A. Henze (for.), Stephen H. Kreider (2), Mr. Kuhn, Mazzoliui Linga, John Mc Lane, Aleci McLaughlin, John Math. Mowrer (.for.), Lewis Mott, P. T. Multon, Right Rev. Parsons, Isaac W. Piller, Cas per Renner (for.), Wm. Reese, Lewis Scy fert (for.), Aug. Schwank (for.). Aug. Tenfennet (3, for.), Rev. William Winger tcr, Geo. Walker. Klegant Leisure aud Calm iCepose. Altoona Tribune Miss Lizzie Eauffman, of Lancaster, Pa., is now staying at 1213 Eleventh avenue, iu elegant leisure and calm re pose, picliminary to stepping up higher in life's domain, the objective point of which is Hymen's altar. William Hiler, of the brass foundry, is tho happy indi vidual who has wou Miss Lizzie's affec tions, aud is only awaiting the time for matters to be arranged when he will lead his fair prizo to the altar. Jack, don't for get the printers. We'll take strawberries and cream. tsoue to Philadelphia. Mr. H. C. Mellinger, the basso singer, who has gained quite a reputation as a musician in our city, wont to Philadelphia ou Saturday afternoon and will hereafter be found at No. 333 Somerset street, West Philadeipt;,-. Ho has secured a po sition in one of tho best church choirs in the city, and will still further improve his voice by taking instructions from the best musical teachers. uealh at a Home. Ono of John C. Spaeth's fine grey horses died last night, of lung fever after an ill ness of two weeks. It was valued at $250 and insured for $170 in the Hanover mutu al insurance company, of which Mr. Wolf ersberger is the local agent; POULTRY. COXSlDKKIMti UAPKS IN CHICKENS. Monthly Meeting or the Lancaster Poultry Association E&sar on Uapes. The Lancaster county Poultry associa tion met in the agricultural room of city hall this morning. Tho following named membeis were piesent : Charles Lippold, Jacob B. Lichty, F. R. Diffenderffer, C. A. Gast, John E. Sebum, Charles E. Long, J. M. Johnston. Frank R. Diffenderffer read tha follow ing essay on GAPES IN CniUKS. "I may as well say at the beginning of these remarks that I am not posted in tho literature of gapes. I do not know what has been written ou tho subject. I am only aware that they have been on my own place during tho past four years, aud what I shall say is confined entirely to my own experience with them. Most persons who raise poultry know what tho gapes are, and aie acquainted with tho cause. A thread-like worm, of a bright red color, and fully an inch long when full growu, is the cause of all tho mischief. It is a member of the Entozoa family, a name given to parasites that live within other living bodies. Thero are many kinds of these, but the peculiar ono under cousid eration is called by naturalists Syngamua tracheolis. Its a pretty bad name to begin with and the doiugs of the little worm are still worse. This parasite has its homo in tho wind pipe of young chicks and turkeys. Even when quite small, whilo still only a quar ter of an iuch long, it begins to iucouve nieneo tho young peeps, aud as they in crease in sizo, which they do very rapidly, they gradually close tho windpipe, making lespiration difficult, aud unless removed in most cases bring about the death of tho young chick. Tho earliest symptom of their presence is a frequent opening of tho mouth, a gaping lor air as it wero, and the gravity of the case grows rauidiy until it terminates in death. How docs this parasite find its way into the chick's windpipe ? A good many theo ries have been advanced from timo to time, but nobody knows. Tho general opinion is that they aro taken up from tho grouud with tho 'food, whilo iu au undeveloped state, and finally find full development iu their natural home. It may be so, but as somewhat similar parasites aro found in tho brains of certain birds, and in tho oyes of horses, that theory, reasoning from analogy, falls to tho ground. A curicut belief with which cveu our woithy secre tary seems tainted, is that they aro devel oped from that other troublesorao para site, tho louso or its eggs. Now, the louso belongs to a family as widely separated from tho gapo worm as a monkey is from a whale, and tho Darwinian theory, when stretched to its utmost, fails to bring them together. The nit of a louso will produce a knuc.and it won't produco any thiug ele. Besides, tljo gape "worm is amply provided with mcaus of perpetuating its species. It is, like many other members of tho genus lumbricus or worms, sexually perfect in itself. It is iu fact a forked or double creatine, tho one part being tho femalo and the other tho nialo. The body is lengthened beyond tho point of attach ment, and the prolonged portion, wo aio informed by microscopists, contains nu merous ova or eggs, each of which is a microscopic gapo worm. This fact seems fatal to all these theories, and is in fact decisive as to the origin. But how these embryo ovules reach their development, aud where, is a mystery no ono has yet been ablo to fathom, and there wc will leave them. flow do Tli j Uet Thero? How tho gapes first get to a place do not know. Where mine came fiom four yeais ago I can't imagine. Nouo of my neighbors had them to my knowledge, and none have them now ; but I think I can confidently say I havo not raised a chicken iu all that time that was not attacked by gapes. I have tried every plan to keep them away that I have overseen suggested and all wcio equally worthless. Between the ages of two and six weeks tho gapo worm is invariably developed. I never tried the camphor ctno until thi.J spring. I had a promising brood of young tmkeys and I put them in a patch of lawn about 40 feet wide aud 100 feet long. Twice a day I put camphor in their drinking water and otherwise took extra cue of them. On tho day they were two weeks old one developed gapo symptoms, aud I promptly removed nine worms fiom ils windpipe tho largest number I ever took from ono bird. The rest got them, and I have rele gated the camphor preventative to the other innumerable "humbugs." Tho latest remedy comes from a Chester caunty farmer who loeds whole corn to his chicks when the gapes come oa. If this was a remedy it would act by compiession, thus killing tho worm. But who ever had tur keys or chicks two woaks old capable of swallowing whole corn ? Mine novcr could, aud I believe you will agree with me when I say that they would not at that age even if they could. Another tiling I confess ruj&cll' unable to understand. Why aro chickens and tur keys aillicted with this parasite and not ducks ? I believe thero is no cac on iccord of this kind. I have now running together 14 young ducks and 17 peeps nearly of the samo age three weeks; most of the chicks have had tho gapes aud the rest will havo them, while the ducks running and feeding with them escape the di.-easo altogether. If the origin of tho disease lav in filth, or was taken up from the ground with the food, why would not ducks also be subject to it ? Ducks also get lousy, I believe, so that is another heavy blow at the louse theory, which, however, was not neces sary to kill it. Most poultry-raisers have their remedy for extirpating the gapo worm. Most of these are mcchauical, and, of course, ef fective. Thero is ono which is often rec ommended, but I havo never known of a solitarv cure effected by it. I allude to shutting tho bird in a closed box and sub jecting it to the fumes of powdered lime. This, it is alleged, will set tho chick to sneezing or coughing, if I may so call it, and in this way the worms aro dislodged. I havo no faith whatever in any remedy except a removal by actual force through mechanical mcaus. Catgut, twisted wire aud feathers all havo .their advocates. The latter, I believe, docs as much harm as good. The fluffy part is cut down on both sides nearly to the quill. This leaves a rough edge, which irritates aud injures the delicate coating of tho wind-pipe. I have tried most of there, but have given them all up. I now use several stands of horse hair doubled, samples of which I have present. This is smooth, flexible aud does not readily suffocate the chicks. My method of operating is this : Au assis tant holds the chick in its natural bitting position ; with my left hand I open the bill and heizc the tongue, which is gently drawn f orwaid; this brings the orifico of the wind pipe well forward, and into this the horse hairs are then thrust. I have several sizes to suit chicks of various ages ; tho hairs are pushed down until the end of the wind pipe is reached, when the end in the hand is rapidly twirled around in both direc tions; in this way the entire inner surfaco of the windpipo is brought into contact With the horse hair ; the worms arc dis lodged from !h?ir place of attachment, become entangled among tho hairs, and are then slowly withdrawn. Generally all are not brought out at the first attempt ; I mako two and even tbreo when I think it necessary It is of the utmost importance that this operation should bo per formed at the lirsl symptoms of the disease. If let run ou the chick soon ceases to eat, becomes enfeebled and may die during the opera tion, as many did for me before I caught the trick of operating early. It is a most severe remedy and the strongest chick feels it severely, but if done in the early stages it recovera rapidly, will begin to cat in a few hours aud never show any bad results. If performed in time, a chick ought rarely to be lost by gapes. It takes time and is a little troublesome, but not moro so thau the nurseries, raised plat forms aud other devices recommended to ward off tho diseaso, and what h still better, is eflectual. But it is not a remedy we need soi much as a preventative. It is little to the credit of the thousauds of poultry fanciers that they have not been ablo to discover means to prevent or eradicate this fatal disease. Perhaps this can ouly bo dono when all the various metamorphoses of the gape worm ova are known. Strictly speaking this is tho work of the scientists, and poultry raisers are seldom such. Once every stage of progression in tho existence of these parasites is known, we shall havo uo difficulty in keeping them from our ponltiy yards. " Tho thanks of the society wero tendered to Mr. Diffenderffer for tho essay. Mr. Chas. E. Long suggested that before the horse hair is inserted into the wind pipe of tho chick the hair be immersed in a weak solution of carbolic acid. Tho worms not drawn out would by this means probably be killed. Tho secretary reported that the execu tive committee were at work ou tho cata logue for the next annual exhibition aud would havo it ready for distribution by November. u. ii. 'l'ho I'rtuce of Whale. Tho monster whalo arrived here yester day from Harrisburg, aud it is now on ex hibition at the Pennsylvania railroad depot immediately opposite tho Schiller house. The whale is transported on -a large flat car, and is exhibited under a canvass. Thero is an entrance and an exit to tho tent, and tho spectators pass around tho immense fish, thus getting an excollent view of it. Tho whalo was caught off tho cost of Newfoundland iu November, 1880. It is exhibited lying on its back and leftside and is about GO feet in length. Its esti mated weight is 80,000 pounds. It is dead, but remarkably well preserved by means of chemicals &c. Tho immcuso jaws aro between 1 and 20 fact iu length. It has no teeth, liko sperm whales; in the mouth thero is an im mense quantity of whale bones exactly like that seen every day in stores. Ou cither side of tho whalo aro immcuso fiu.s, aud although the tail is tho piupclliug power tho tins aro very useful to him. The eyes of the whalo, just back of tho mouth, aro about tho .size of thoso of an ox. They aro said to be of great uso to him and he can see a long distance. Tho cars ate very bmall ami look liko holes. They ate poino distance back from tho head and am higher thau tho eyes. The skiu is very thick, aud in order to pro servo it this ono has been painted exactly like its natural color. Besides the whale there i on exhibition iu tho tent tho suit used by tho celebrated Captain Paul Boyton in which ho has traveled 15,000 miles by wator. With tlicso thero is aho tho little provision boat " Baby Mine." The whalo is owned by Fred Englehardt tho famous pedestrian manager, but is now in charge of E. P. Simpson, formorly of the Chicago Field and other well-known newspapers men who with their assistants ato always willing to show any courtesy to tho public. Tho whalo will remain hero during Tuesday and Wednesday and is well worth seeing. STKASI5DKO SEWS. YV'lmi. i tioln;; on in the Borough. Mr. Ross B. Rowe.a graduate of Prince ton, has returned to his homo in this boiotiiili, whero he will remain until fall, at which timo ho will start for Philadel phia to attend lectures with tho object of becoming an M. D. Mr. Fiauk Bachinau, s-on of Mr. Jacob Bachman, of this borough, who has been residing in St. Louis for somo timo as as sistant in one of the bun works, is now at home for a month. Mr. Lewis Haldy, of Laucaslc-r, erected in Strasburg cemetery l:ut week a magnif icent monument constructed as ordered by Dr. Miller, of Lampeter, in memory of his departed wife. Tho height of this piece of polished marble is 17 feet, weigh ing twent tons and leported to havo cost $1,400. John F. Hull has taken homo from Reese's carriage shop, a beautifully paint ed hi cad wagon. It was painted and Iet teiod by Win. II. Warren in tho latest style. On Main street, near tho square may bo seen at the door of A. M. Herr's saddlery shop a glass caso which contains a set of fine single harnesn. Chas. J. Guiteau will bo burned in effigy in Centre Square, Strasburg, on the even ing of July 4th. Rev. E. S. Hoany, pastor of the Pres byterian church, preached to an interest ing audience ou Sunday morning, from Romans, 10 and 13, "For whosoever Khali call upon the name of tho Lord, shall bo saved, ' in a theological way. TUMI'KKAKUi:. liitccslii'j; Services at St. Cliurcli. l'aul's M. l:. Yesterday being pet apart for temper auce services iu the Methodist churches, appropriate services wero held at St. Paul's. Tho church was handsomely trimmed with ferns and flowers and a half dozen canary birds in cages were suspend ed in different parts of the room. The . morning services commenced with the regular school session.at 9 o'clock and con sisted of tho regular lesson on " Home In fluences," singing of temperance songs by the school and an address by A. S. Urban. A sermon by the pastor, Rev. A. J. Col lom, from Ezekial, 33d chapter, Gth verse, following the Sunday school services. In the evening the church was crowded to listen to the special services consisting of an appropriate programme of music, reci tations &c. The large audience was de lighted with th'e exercises the little ones doing especially well, every word being heard in tho remotest pare of the room. Tho readings by Miss Urban and Miss Barlow and the solo by Miss Deicblcr were especially good. Camping Oat. Thco. Diller, W. R. Brinton, Johu Dickey, S. W. Diller, S. R. Slaymaker, Arthur Boardman, S. B. Diller and W. Welchons, of this city, aro camping out on the Susquehanna river, near York Fur nace station, aline tent, good camp equip ages and plenty of provisions, to which they add daily lucious specimens of black bass. The last "dispatch" from camp reports "all well and having a good timo." Tho bojs expect to celebrate the 4th of July with a good dinucr.eloqucnt speeches, patriotic songs, fireworks aud a national salute. They have invited somo of their friends of this city to join them in celebrat ing tho day aud a good timo may be ex pected. Accident, Last evening at 5 o'clock, as John K. Smoker was looking at workmen who wereV, erecting tho tent near the Pennsylvania 1 freight depot, in which to exhibit tho monster f?hale. one of the workmen in driving a heavy iron pin, made a mistroko with the sledge. The pin flew out, aud struck Mr. Smoker a terrible blow in the face, cutting his upper lip entirely through, breaking off the top of one his eye-teeth and loosening several teeth in his lower jaw, V . I
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