LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER TUESDAY NOVEMBER 14, l-8
Lancaster Sntelligcncet.
TUESDAY EVENING NOV. 14. 1882,
Aaalyzing the Vote.
An alleged Philadelphia correspond
ent of the New York Herald, who can
hardly be the usually well informed rep
resentative of that journal, tries to figure
out that the election of Mr. Pattison in
this state is not owing to Democratic
votes : and what he calls a " careful
study of figures reveals a most lamenta
ble and pitiful indifference on the part of
the Democrats of the state." ' ' Among
the Democrats there was little enthusi
asm. As a party its voters neglected the
interests of the Democratic candidate."
This is quite on a par with the owl-like
wisdom which proclaimed from the Her
ald office the day after Mr. Patti
son's nomination that the Penn
sylvania Democrats had again
displayed their capacity for blun
dering. The comparison which the
Herald man borrows from the Evening
Telegraph to sustain his view is scarcely
less unavailable than his conclusions are
stupid. The fact is that there were cast
for Mr. Pattison in round numbers 33,.
000 more vote3 than ever were polled be
fore for any Democratic candidate for
this office. The nearest approach to his
vote was that polled for Buckalew in
1872, who received 317,700 votes, when
the excitement was that of a presiden
tial year aud when there was no third
candidate to whom dissatisfied Republi
cans could throw their votes. There
were as many Republican votes cast for
Buckalew as for Pattison.
It has been the rule recently in this
and other states for the vote in the in
tervening years to fall below that of a
presidential contest. The Democratic
vote for governor in 1S7S was 20 per
cent, below that for president in 1S7G,
while the Democratic vote of this year
is only 10 per cent, less than that for
Hancock.
It will not do to maintain that this
comparatively large poll of the Demo
cratic vote for Pattison is due mainly to
the support of him by Independents. On
the other hand, as wc have said before,
the figures indicate that it was due
mainly to a full Democratic poll. Iu
tills county, for instance, where the
Democrats polled 802 more voles than
they ever before cast for a gubernato
rial candidate, the Examiner shows that
the average Republican vote on the
county ticket is only 47 below that of
Stewart and Bsaver combined ; and the
average vote of the Democratic county
ticket is only Gl below that
of Pattison, hence the reasonable infer
ence that of the nearly ten thousand
votes cast here for Pattison scared half
a hundred cams from Republicans. An
analysis of the returns elsewhere shows
like results. Unquestionably t he 3 r;'0
falling off in the Republican vote con
tributed greatly to Mr. Pattiso:;'s elec
tion, but it has not yet hern loi .ro
strated that any considerable -!.: il
that vole went to Mr. Pattison.
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A (Juiel Inauguration.
"1 WOULD LIKE TO BEE A QUIET, ?.lOUi.. IV-
iUV-iuratloii without fii-.s or tamlangoes ami at
not :i Uollai ot expense to the state. 1 iii-iicvo
itlty tiioutintl Democrats would go 1 l' iii
Imrjj lOFeoaiul applaud suctm beml oil' :is
1 lint would lie." If. If. Jfenxcl.
That is where Hcnsol's head is luvel.
We have had too much fuss and featheis
ami regal state and pomp aud prido. Let
us havo the governor sworn in with Dem
ocratic simplicity and without any exhi
bition of military strength and power of
government. Eastern Argus.
The suggestion of a quiet and undem
onstrative inauguration meets with very
general favor throughout the common
wealth. The tone of the public press,
so far as wo have observed it, is decidedly
in accord with the sentiments of the ex
tract we make from our Easton contem
porary. Voluminous correspondence of
the chairman of the state committee :ip
pioves the suggestion. Even some
prominent members of the national
guard disapprove of any military dis
play, and the old line Democrats gener
ally believe that an excellent way to be
gin a reform administration would be to
dispense with parade aud expense in
the inauguration. The governor-elect
will be inducted into his high office ou
Tuesday, January 10. By that time the
Legislature will have met and organized.
The day before inauguration day is the
time fixed for the assembling of the new
Democratic state committee and for the
election of its chairman, permanent
secretary and executive committee of
seven for the ensuing year. These and
other occasions will make the inauguia
tion season oneof great popular interest,
which will be enhanced rather than di
minished by an abandonment of the
spectacular features in which the sena
torial George Handy Smiths and the
bellicose A. "Wilson Norrises are wont to
disport themselves and their feathers.
GOVEItXOIt-KLECT pATTISOX starts
well. In Ids first appointment, probably
the most purely personal that lie will ba
called upon to make,his selection will Le
universally recognized as a fitting one.
The choice for the governor's private
secretary is Rev. Thomas Everett, a
popular and accomplished Methodist
preacher. lie is not a bigot nor a parti
san, aud though he sometimes lias voted
one ticket and sometimes another, his
voice has always been lifted for political
reform and against political evils. He
is a trained journalist and a man of cul
ture who will dignify the office. He
belongs lo a. large class who were the
friends of Mr. Patlison's iale revered
father, who have never failed to take a
friendly interest in tiie fortunes of the
son and to whose kind offices and moral
support he owes somewhat of his noli::
cal advancement.
Mk. It and all's talk about tho duty of
the Democratic Congress to givo the :'
lie the reforms promised in tho lalo casn- j
paign, and for the failure to effect which
the Republicans have been turned u'lt,
comes with good grace from liioi. As
the parliamentary leader of his party in
its minority and speaker of House when
it controlled that body, he exemplified
these reforms and enforced tho policy
which he advocates. His ro election as
speaker is already clearly foreshadowed,
and in that auspicious prospect there is
promise that the reins of the House will
bs held with a firm and sagacious hand.
The country feels the burden of oppres
sive taxation to raise surplus revenue,
and the policy of removal of the first
and relief from the second is the keynote
of popular confidence iu Democrat ic supremacy.
Quite naturally the Harrisburg Even
ing Telegraph, which in times past has
won the gratitude of debauched pardon
boards and plundering officeholders, re
sents the idea of so organizing the state
Senate as to exclude the Cochrans, De
lanejsand Gallaghers from the places in
which they have been nest-hiding for
years. Any civil service reform that did
not get rid of such officeholders as these
would be a sham indeed. Away with
them !
Talking about popularity at homo
hero we have State Senator-elect Hart, who
received every vote but three cast iu
Montour county, aud whose majority iu
his entire district is 11,007. Such an en
dorsement fiom his constituents is indeed
a compliment.
Tin: Poltsvillo Chronicle intimates that
tho fellows who arc showering cougralula
tory letters and telegrams upon Governor
Pattison are becoming quito too numerous,
and it detects an ancient and fish-like smell
about many of the names savoring some
what of patronage. In tho name of de
cency our coutempoiary piotrsts that they
shall givo the young man a chance ..ud
suggests that tho bicad and butter brigade
take the back scats.
Unv.Dit.TiKr.vsY seize np:i a liter
ary and non-political occasi in to thank
God that ho belongs to that puhtic.il fac
tion of which the laU Guitcau, with
equally had taste, proclaimed himself a
member. As tho Iato elections have de
cided that faction counting Tiffany and
not counting Guitcau to bo in a minority
of a million iu tho country and to uumboi
a hundred thousand loss than a popular
majority in this state, better people than
Tiffany have occasion to bo thankful for
butler things than satisfy him.
Wui:x forty years ago tho threat of
the manufacturers was ' Polk in, fires
out,'" there started a campaign cry that,
only modified in form, ha-, bcn howled
loudly at every contest since. Sometimes
it succeeded, but events demonstrated how
fallible it was aud tho paoplo began to
pay no heed to tho cry of wolf, which
never did and never will coma. Not long
ago Mr. Folger prophesied a ' general
shriukago of values in the great properties
of tho country." should tho Democratic
party bo successful. How it has held out
bnsinesa men have no hesitation iu ac
knowledging, tho extent of their trade
having, sines the election, shown not an
iota ot i.'ccvse, which fully attests that
prosper'" and Democracy go hand in
r'jo.
John.
the clce.-
3tcCur.LOUr.ir, the tragedian, at
of : play in Pittsburgh, uttered
Z.A-A'. very tignificar.t words relative to
tho jtv.-biti'ju that tho legitimate drama
hchls with tho people. Ho had played
during i.e week King Lear, Richard the
27 1:'' .rod Yirginius, and at each perform
ance had been mot enthusiastically to
ceived. This fact caused tho eminent
actor to felicitate the psoplo of Pittsburgh
upon tho genuino appreciation they had
of ical dramatic merit, but ho warned his
audience that the public alono have the
power to cay whether wo shall havo tLo
drama "that makes tho stage as it should
be, an educator of the pcojde, or the
trashy stuff of to-day hold piominence."
It would bo as excellent an exhibition of
taste, as it would would most certainly bo
a check to loose morals, if the gicater
part of tho trash that is now put from
week to week upon tho boards we:e pro
hibited most emphatically by tho public,
it is too true mat tue tuccn oi tuo uanso
draws tho populace to her revels, whilo
tho King of tho Drama teaches but a
meagre assemblage the lessons of tho legit
imate. xEKSONAL.
Mas. As.v P.vcnnn is seriously ill at tho
Iato home of her husband in Maucb
Chunk.
Si'eakci: Keifek left Washington yes
terday for a two weeks' visit to his home
in Ohio.
Ciiaut.es Lum, an old and respected
citizen of Ogdensburg, New York, died
suddenly of heart disease yesterday morn
ing. Mas. Jessie Baktlett Davis, of Chi
cago, made her debut in New York last
night as " Sieboi," in opera with Patti,
and, it is said, ' made a hit."
Geokge Rose, bettor knowu as Arthur
Sketckloy, is dead. He was the editor of
London Fun. In 18G8 ho paid a visit to
America and soon afterward published a
satitical volume, entitled "Tho Great
Country ; or, Impressions of America."
Louis Kossuth, tho patriot, writes that
unless the governments of Europe cease
to draiu tho lifo-sweat of tho psoplo to
sustain tho armies "tho tottering struc
ture of social organization cannot long
escape tho catastrophe of an almighty
smash."
Hexiiy 31. Stanley's steamer, Harka
way, has loft for tho Congo river, laden
with such au assortment of goods as will
enable him to establish a solid trade with
the native kings. The steamer also
carried a number of sheep for acclimatiza
tion and a selection of European cereals.
Mr. Stanley lias gone to Nico to recruit
his health. Ho will return to Africa early
in 1883.
Gex. Geokoe B. McClellan, of New
Jersey, writes to Govctnor-clect Pattison,
saying: "Although no doubt over
whelmed with congratulations I hope you
will allow mc to add mine upon the civil
revolution which has placed you iu tho
highest position in my native state, res
cued at length from the control of un
worthy men. I am especially grateful
that tho office has fallen to ono whose
persona! and official antecedents give the
i surest proof that its duties will be so
wisely and honestly administered that all
good citizens will acquire perfect confi
dence in tho capacity and integrity of tho
i" Democratic party in the state and in 1884
unite in the effort to retain the Keystone
.t.!i4 211 Mini: nAmnnratin tftnlnmn -1iiYi
;at, ),a-. ?t ugia rejoined."
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Su-JL DoatU of a Bravo r.lother.
The residence of Mrs. John Helper, iu
Williams' "Valloy, near Tower City,
Schuylkill county, took fire early on Sat
urday while che and her six children were
sleeping therein. Tho woman rescued fivo
of tb.j children, and while making her
,?ay out with the sixth she fell exhausted,
ud both hcrsolf and her child were burned
to death. When the charred remains
vrcro found those of tho child were clasn!
iu the mother's arms. i
DEADLY DYNAMITE.
MANY HUMAN I.1VKS IMrr.KILI.Kt.
IlaxMrilly Attempt to Itlow Up : ' jiiuftlier"
at Ilea Miilnc.', :na Other Happen-
12 . it U:e I'ay.
In Dcsmoines, Iowa, a profound sensa
tion has beea caused by tho tir.diug of
dynamite in hazardous places at tho In
tenia' ional distillery, la the morning a
letter was received by William Smith, ono
of the foremen, handed to him by his
ton, another foreman, which icads :
" Mr. Smith Dear Sir : There are 30
pounds ol dynamite in the masher. It will
explode at 140 dcgiees F.ilnentieit, or a
Blight jar will explode it. Notify tho men
but don't hliow this let tor to any ono.
This is no boy'. play. Wo tne.in business.
If you follow itibtiuctions there will bo no
danger to ono when it is all talcou out,
but to Babbitt."
Mr. Kidd, owner of tho distillery, was
notified, and a search party found sovcial
cylinders of dynamite in thoingicssaud
egress pipes ot tho piigino. Tho whole
building was carefully go;u ovoi, and
niuo more packages, weighing 8 ounces
each, weto found. Various warnings
scran led with chalk wore also found on
tho wall;. One anest was made, and
warrants havo boon issued for otbors. It
seems that Mr. Kidd and Babbitt & Co.,
tho latter owning luashois aud leaving
thorn to bo used ou a precentago, had a
dispute about tho yield of tho distillery,
and Habbitt & Co., undertook lo move tho
mashers, hut tho difficulty, it was under
stood, had been smoothed over.
Mr. Kidd now suspects Babbitt as being
iu tho plot, and has sworn out a warrant
for his ai i est. Tliero is a good deal of
mystery about tho affair, and tho end is
no! yet.
llcei'iu I'.iHiMltie.-i.
Charles Piatt, :Vj yeais of age, tho en
gineer at tho acid works at ll,ik Hock,
Conn., walked out of :; a (-"id .story
window of his boarding 1ioii-.ii about 2
o'clock ycsleid.iy morning, while asleep,
sit'otaiiiitig injuries from which ho cannot
recover.
The court house at Crockett, Texas, in
which wcro tho jail and postoffico, was
dotioyed by lira. All tho records were
lost, and two prisoners perished in the
tlamcs.
Mrs. Roughly, an aged woman who
tried to hang hcrsolf tho other day, com
mittcl suicido ycstciday at London, Out.,
by drowning iu tho liver. Sho tied iron
weights about her neck.
Lcman Crawford attempted to board a
Pennsylvania railroad freight train east of
Grecnsburg, in tho presence of his parents
and family and was killed instantly, his
right leg being cut eft' and his body iu
twain. Ho was aged 22 vcais. About
thrco months ago a brother of Crawford
was killed in a similar manner.
Two farm hands employed by Mrs. Par
uuai, at Hempstead, Long Island, were
found iu a dying condition, in a lonely part
of the estate, last Saturday night. One
was shot through tho body and tho other
fatally stabbed. When found they wore
just able to speak, but expired soon after.
Thoy had fought each other, for what
reason is unknown.
Fatal llolU-r JJxploalun at Clovoland.
In Cleveland, yesterday about 5 o'clock
a boiler iu tho Forest City iron works
exploded with terrific force killing four
men, seriously injuring four or live others
and slightly wounding half a dozou more.
Tho wonder is that a larger number wore
not killed, as nearly 350 men wore at work
in the building, which is opon at thd .sides
aud ends, and all under ono rojf, without
paititious. Tho boiler was eighteen i'cet
long and foity-two inches in diameter. A
largo part of tho roof was torn off aud
fragments of tho boiler hurled :i great
distance. Tho cause of tho explosion is
unknown. Tho killed are William Atkins,
master machinist of the woiks ; D. Wright
of Wyandotte ; Gallagher, furuacaman
and John William", first engineer.
A His "rc.
Tho Knickerbocker block, valued at
$10,000, at Minneapolis, Minn., was
burned yesterday. It was occupied by
tho Knickerbocker furnitu:; company,
who lose 50,000, and Middlen:isl.& Taylor,
who loso 12,000. Tho upper p.ut of tho
building was used for offices. Tho falling
walls crushed a ouo-story wooJon building
occupied by Mrs. Balcom, milliner. Tho
Hurlburt block, adjoining, wa 5 damaged
to tho extent of '5,000. Mr.;. Balcom's
loss is 0,000.
(julcK XctrlbiiUon.
Last Monday ovo ning near Big Bco Val
ley, about twenty miles below Columbus,
Miss Pare, a whito woman, was outraged
and murdered by a uogro. Tho murderer
was captured, examined and committed to
jail, but ho cscapad, was rccaptuicd, aud
on Thursday night was taken from tho
custody of tho justice of tho poac-i by a
mob of forty and hung.
OKOASJZINO Xllli SKNATK
Tito
Uarrlsbars Telegraph Exoirlscit
llelauey.
lor
Harrisburg Telegraph.
Tho Lancaster Intelligence!;, Chair
man llcnsel's paper, in discussing the
coming Legislature, siys : " Put them
out," meaning thereby tho officers of tho
Senate who aro Kcpublican. This is the
first step in civil service reform taken from
the Democratic headquartors.
The fJraceful Thing to Do.
riiltiulclphla Itucord.
Since thero is Kcpublican precedent for
electing a new presiding officer of tho
Stato Senate at the beginning of the ses
sion, why should not the Democratic scu
tors take advantage of it to do a political
thing and a courteous thing by tendering
their support to Senator Stewart ? With
the help of tho Independent Republicans
ho may be elected. In tho important po
litical legislation which devolves upon the
Legislature at the next session there could
be no better guarantco of fair play than to
weld more firmly tho alliance which the
late election has done much to establish
betweon tho men in both parties whoso
desires aro bounded by what may bo dono
rightfully and boldly iu bohalf of hotter
government.
l'KNAI.Ttf Oir DUELING.
Hubert Adam, Jr., Said to bo Diyqualiilcd
for a seat Iu tho Senate.
It is stated that a question will bo
raised regarding the eligibility of llobcrt
Adams, jr., senator-elect from the Sixth
district, Philadelphia. It will bo based on
tho ground that ho challenged Dr. Whito,
of the almshouss medical staff, to a duel,
in violation to tho coustitutiou of Penn
sylvania, which provides that " any person
who shall fight a duel, or send a challenge
for that purpose, or ho aider or abettor in
fighting a duel, shall bo deprived of the
right of holding any office of honor or
profit in this stats." The stato Senato is
empowered to judge of tho qualifications
of its own members. If objection bo made
when Senator elect Adams appears t?
take tho oath it is probable that tho presi
dent of the Senato will refer the matter
to a committeo of inquiry, which will havo
the power to send for persons and hear
testimony. Iu tho event of proof being
submitted that tho new senator did
actually send a challenge, tho question
will arise as to whether a conviction in a
court of justice is not necessity to dis
qualify him. It is claimed, at any iale,
that the question will bo raised at tbe time
Mr. Adams presents himself to take the
oath of office. Tho senator elect says ho
is not troubled about the matter, aud has
no fars of being disqualified.
POLITICAL POINTS.
THIS UKBAT UKjIUCKATIC VlUTOltY.
A Republican Slate Senator Probably Ills-
qualllled .Illeetieuy'A Vole Coming
Down Crazed by tho Uelout of
His Caiidlitato.
Complete returns from tho stato of Illi
nois, ou superintendent of public instruc
tion, give Itaab (Democrat) 2,8G3 majority
over Stratton (Republican).
Full returns of tho vote of New Hamp
shire for governor givo Hale, Kcpublican.
JlS.IiOS ; Edgcrly, Democrat, :,0,900 ; and
9oi) altering.
Tho official canvass of tho voto of tho
Ninth congressional district of Missouri
gives Dr. J. II. McLean, Republican, a ma
jority of 21 for tho long term. IJrodhcnd,
his Democratic competitor will contest.
In Idaho T. P. Giegiscr, Itcp., has been
elected to Congress by "J.IOO majority, so
far as hoard from, but it is probable that
the complete returns will iiscrcaso his ma
jority to 0,500 .
Unofficial leturns from 80 counties of
Not th Carolina givo Uenuott, tip) Demo
cratic candidate fo." (Mugre-wman-at-Iargo,
a majority of Tt'.'O. Tho remaining coun
ties iu ltjijO gavo a I Ijmiiiiratii! majority of
871.
Tho re mi It of tho cougiossioual election
iu tho lfifth district of Iowa "hingesupou
tho voto of Taylor township, which was
thrown out by tho board because tho re
turns wcro signed by only two judges, tho
third judges uanio having been added by
a clerk, as tho judgo could not bo found.
Tho township gavo Wilson (Uep.) 40 ma
jority, and would givo him a majority of
IM in tho district ; whereas, with tho vote
thrown out, Frederick (l)om.) has a ma
jority or 17."
Allegheny tlnuuty Down to tSI."i.
The officii! computation of tho vote
e.is-t List I r.eso.iy lo.- rovemor lvduei-.s
!i
Cenoral Ueavor's plurality in Allegheny
1815 votes. Tho lclurn judge decided
that they could not piop'jily consider tho
petition of Moirison Foster contesting tho
election of Hugh McNeill, tho Kcpublican
candidate iu tho Forty-second senatorial
district, and it was dismissed. Mr. roster
is not dismayed by this decision, bttfc an
nounces that ho will bogin thr contest
anew in tlio county courts, it in also
stated that a number of criminal prosecu
tions will bo commenced immediately.
Crazed by Armstrongs lioleat.
In Erie, William M. Cavcny, tho well
known Greenbacker, has becomo a raving
maniac sinco tho Iato election. Ho ras
intensely interested in tlm contest, work
ing day and night for Armstrong, his fa
vorite candidato for governor. When tho
news of Pattison's elcctioa war. received
he was sadly disappointed, and his actions
bicamo so strango that it was doomed
advisable to placo him iu tho custody
or tho police. ' Ho was no sooner behind
his cell door than ho began foaming at the
mouth and tearing at tho bars of his coll,
which ho bursted liko twigs. During his
ravings ho cursed Beaver aud P.Utison for
defeating Armstrong, and when tha war
den with his deputias wont to secure him
ho held them at bay with an iron bar lor
a long timo. There is littlo hop-) of his
recovery.
No Fuss and ITeatlisrs.
Gen. Davis' Doylcstown Democrat.
Sjmo Democrats aro recommendiug a
great demonstration at tho inauguration
of Governor-clect Pattison. Wo want
nothing of tho kind. Tho induction into
office of the reform governor of Pennsyl
vania, should bo as quiet, and unostenta
tious as possible, and without a dollar's
expanses to tho taxpayers. Wo would liko
to fc.ee tho method of Thomas Jeffbrson's
inauguration, ravived ; who hitched his
hor&o to tho fenco in front of tho capitol,
and quictiy took tho oath of office. Let
tho coming ceremony bo conducted with
tha greatest possible simplicity.
l'AillsOS'S. JTIHST AWOIKT.UKNT.
Tho Kov. Dr. TIioiu.t T. Kvorett to bs
the
Mew Governor; l'riv.ito Secretary.
Philadelphia Times.
Governor elect Pattison on Monday ap
pointed as his pi ivato secretary tho Itcv.
Dr. Thomas T. Everett, pastor of St.
Stephon's Methodist Episcopal church,
4G21 Gcrmaulown a-onue. Dr. Evcrott
will accept tho position. This is Mr. Pat
tison's first appointment Ho and Dr.
Evcrott have known each other for about
livo years. Their relations havo been of
the most intimate character and entirely
distinct from politics. Dr. Everett's life
prior to 18G8, in which year ho entered
the theological scmiuary at Gettysbuig,
was entirely given up to journalism, and
even now ho devotes all his spare moments
to writing for newspapers and magazines.
Ho is about 50 years of ago. Ho began
his journalistic life on tho Old Now York
Express. After staying thoro awhilo ho
reported tho proceedings of tho Now York
Legislature for several city papers for
about eight years. In 18G3 or 1881 ho went
to Pittsburgh and remained on the staff of
tho Commercial of that city until his entry
into the ministry. Ho was for eight years
pastor of Trinity Church, at Eighth and
Raco streets, whero his close social rela
tions with tho Iato Colonel Forney, whoso
funeral oration he pronounced, aro well
known.
The new privalo secretary, speaking of
bio appointment, said last evcuing : " It
was unsolicited on my part aud it greatly
surprised mo. Tho now governor and my
self havo been fast friends for a long timo,
and to that alono can it be ascribed. It
has no connection with politics, for I havo
never been identified with either party. I
voted for Lincoln twico and for Grant
twice, so I suppose I may be called a kind
of Republican, but tho truth is my whole
political creed is a desiro for good govern
ment. It was with this object iu view
that I voted for Mr. Pattison. I don't
remember whether I voted tho cntiro
Democratic ticket or not. I know, how
ever, that tbo men on my ticket were good
ones, who would go in for tho peo
ple and not for the bosses. With this
knowledge it was unnecessary to inquiro
whether thoy woro Democrats or Indepen
dents. Mr. Pattison knows I am in favor of
reform and want tho government which will
best benefit tho people and not partisans
A wholesome government is in order ; ono
mado up of rulcra and representatives who
will hold themselves responsible to the
people. If you want to know anything
about Mr. Pattison, turn to his record as
controller. As he has been so will ho bo.
That is why I am proud to bo his private
secretary."
Dr. Everett was mentioned a short whilo
ago as congressional candidato iu the
Fifth district against Harmer. Ho declined
to run, however. Explaining how his
name got to bo connected with the caudi
dacy ho said that in several sermons which
ho preached ho pointed out tho necessity
tor tuo over-throw ot tho bosses aud for
thorough reform.
Tho private secretary to the governor
receives a salary in all of $3,000 a year
$2,500 as secretary and $300 as recorder
for tho board of pardons.
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The Tobacco Market.
The last week has been rather quiet in
leaf tobacco too much politics for busi
ness, and tobacco was in the same boat as
all other branches. Those who won were
too happy to do business, and those who
lost wcro just the other way. There have
been s?mo sales mostly in a small way.
Thero aro several lots of '80 hanging by
the eyelids ; ono of our 500 cases has in all
probability been sold heforo this time.
Thero havo been several buyers on
tho market the last few days, who
seem to mean besinoss. In '81 there
iB not much doing but should '80 get
out of the way it will move. There havo
been a few Falcs at pietty steep prices in
tho '82 and we may expect to bcc the
maiket open soon in a lively spurt.
TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.
THIRTT-FlKSrt" ANNUAL SH.SSION.
A Laro Crowd Pregent on the Opening
I way learned Discasilons oi lopics
Interesting to Teachers.
Monday Afternoon After the announce
ment of the organization rs given in
yesterday's Intelligence!!, Prof. S. B.
Ileiges, principal of tho Shippensburg
normal school, delivered a very interesting
add less ou " Tho Laws of Mental Devel
opment.' Ho prefaced his discourse with
the remai k that he was pleased to see so
large a gathering of teacheis, as it was au
earnest of their interest in tho good cause.
Ho alluded to a numbor of letters that he
had received since tho la-t iustituto from
Lancaster county teachers, which he had
answe-ied to tho best of Ids ability, and ha
further stated ho was and would ba ready
to explain what his auditors present failed
to understand. Tho professor began with
tho geuoral truism that all in
structions to teachers must bj so
modified as to meet tha wants of
tho individual school. No two teachers
can or ought to teach alike, for their indi
viduality as different teachers thcu be
comes merged and Ioit. Ho illustrated,
by tho c.vo of tho celebrated Kasp.ir
llauser, a German, found May 20, 1828,
physically helpless and mentally blind,
how it may -.onictimcs occur that as tho
hoiiznu ot intelligence increases, tho
desiro to acquire knowledge decreases.
This was a i cm.irk.ibIo caso of arrested
mental d.-velopmcnt, when tho mind iu its
growth did not keep paco with the
body.
Tho fiiib fact which tho spjaker wished
to call attention to was that "tho miud
noeds food." If parents or teachers
neglect this duty of supplying tho ucces
s.ny aliment thin; will bj hub little mental
devclopmr"'. Too .second fact to bj
dwelt upon is that " Knowledge is food
for tho miud." Whilst bolicving iu the
idea of au .ingol in cveiy blojk of ui.ubld,
ho did not, admit tho existence ol :i:t angel
in tho sumo .sense iu tho mind. BdtKMtion
is derived from educare, to fostci, not
from edueere, to lead out, and ju-.t as tha
body grows by tho assimilation of fo I in
tho stomach, so also is tho growth of tho
miud accelerated by tho assimilation of
knowledge, i'ut it is necessary for the
teacher to adjust tho knowledge to suit
tho capacities of his scholars.
Tho third rule necessary to bo observed
is "Teach iu tho concrete, before teach
ing in tho abstract" as tho exhibition of
tho object spoken of renders it vastly more
intelligible. Again it is eminently proper
to " teach tho whola of an object before
any of its parts," Nature" develops all
things as entities. Thus the entomologist",
ou viowinga butterfly, sees iu it only tho
species, while tho unscientific man looks
upon it as one whole. Aud lastly is must
bo remembered, that " all primary in
structions should b3 iu tho form of object
lessons." Failure to obsorvo thoso sim
ple common sonso rulos tot often impairs
tho teacher's efficiency.
At tho conclusion of Prof. Hjyoi re
marks Prof. Shiub slated thit ho pre
ferred tho " word method " to tho " A B.
C method " in primary instruction, al
though not condemning those who differed
from him in opinion.
Song' Tho Kosy Crown."
Proi. R. K. Buchrlc, city superintend
ent, uoxt dolivorcd a very instructive
lecture on " The Uses of History." S line
ono has dafinsd history as " philosophy
teaching by example." Tho spaaker then
contrasted very effectively the ' superior
utility of tho study of history as com
pared with that of geography, grammar
and natural scioissu. History is tha study
of mankind, and is therefore properly
styled ona of tho humanities. Morality is
said to bo nob sufficiently taught in our
schools, yet what better example of moral
courage ami seli-denial than Jjutuer be
fore tho Diet of Worms, ot" Washington
suricndenug his commission afterths con
elusion of tho revolutionary war.
History also in its effect on men aud
measures is conducive of intelligent ballot
ing. Wc mast study tho past to under
stand the present, and wo caunot ignore
history if we would exercise justly our
political rights and duties. Tho first
stage of teaching history is tho biographi
cal, embracing stories of tho famous men
and women of history. Next comes the
narrativo stage, after which comos tho
philosophy of history, when tho pupil
begins to inquiro into tho motives which
actuate tho character under discussion.
Another means of enchaining tho attention
of pupils is to illustrate historical discus
sious by pictures, busts, plans ol" cities.
&s. Tho spjikor alsj animadverted
seveicly on tho mistake of not requiring
pupils to remember aud obsaivj the in
structions given them. A system to
strengthen the reinembrauco of historical
happenings called a "diary of events "
was next enlarged upon, and its merits
am:
i' .ina3fiil w.ti'VJtifr fliia li i nimn 5ti
for
a gojl h'nra of tho sneaker's
rcmaius.
Song "Let Others Dicam."
Prof. Moses T. Brown's appearance on
the platform was tho signal for a hearty
round of applau93 which was gratefully
acknowledged by its recipient. Tho sub
joct of his lecture was " Elocution," which
ho said had of late years becomes mora an
art than ever. Ho paid a high tributo to
the profession of a teacher, mentioning as
illustrious examples in point, Tyndall,
Huxley and Hooilo. Ono of tho aphorisms
of the famous Dclsarto was, "Heonlyisan
elocutionist who forgets elocution." To
follow rulos alono hinders rather than
helps the student. Dclsarto'.s rnlo .that
"impression pi ccedes expression" means
simply that tho order of nature is (b bo
followed in the teaching of the pupils. All
orators, according to the method p::isucil
by Dclsart, can bo classified according as
tho vita', moral or mental clement pre
dominates in their oratory. The speaker
illustrated his moaning by tho classifica
tion of scvoral eminent orators of modern
times, and concluded with a fine oratorical
outburst on tho influcnco of Jonathan Ed
wards, tho great theologian of American
colonial times.
Prof. Shaub, at the conclusion of tho
last address adjourned the instituto to
meet Tuesday at i) a. m. Ho also stated
that tho roll keeper would ba ready to re
ceive names oach morning from 8:30 to 9
a. m.
I)r. Tifl'any'K Lecture
Monday Eccning. Rev. Dr. O. 11. Tif
fany, of Philadelphia, delivered the open
ing lecture of tho instituto course in Ful
ton opera house. After a solo and chorus,
"I'm King o'er tho Land and tho Soa,"snng
by Messrs. Hall and Woodward and Misses
Seucr and Hoch, tho reverend lecturer was
introduced by Superintendent Shaub, and
his subject announced as " Tho Century
and Its Lessons."
Dr. Tiffany denominated tho historical
facts of tho last century as equal in their
marvelous character with tho romance of
tho wiliest imagination. He referred to
the growth and progress of tho country in
all its matciial, moral and intellect
ual aspects, and said that tho war of tho
rebellion, by which the crimo of slavery
was wiped out of tho land, was a land
mark iu tho record of a most wonderful
epoch. There aic causes for the events
that have signalized the achievements of
tho century, and v. e can go Dack for some
of them to thi'days when tho fathers
founded tho iep l.'ic and inculcated eter
nal truths in o!.i- charter of freedom, tho
Declaration of I idependence. The orator
sketched the points in this instrument and
indicated tho varied lessons thoy impress
upon tho understanding in contemplating
tbe hMory of tho country and the ovents
of the century. Washington. Lincoln and
Grant came iu for a good sharo of tho
speaker's admiration. j
Whilo ono lesson that is foremost in our
apprehension of tho results of tho century
is the value of the industrial classes.there
presents itself also tho great need for the
culture of tho masses. No republic can
exist unless the law, which is the will of
the people, depends upon the enlighten
ment of tho people. The life of tho nation
is imperiled unless tho schoolhouso is ac
cessible to all. Here is tho euro for caste
in society. After speaking of tho bless
ings attached to a government which is
ruled solelygby ;the will of the people, the
lecturer took occasion to say that he had
no sympathy with that branch of the Re
publican party which styles itself Inde
pendent he said ho was a Stalwart.
The orator looked forward to tho coming
of tho timo when the spires of tho
churches, casting their shadows over the
school houses, shall ha the great things of
the land : when from every hillside shall
riso tho song of a united and frco people.
Equal rights and equal burdens will be
equally distributed under ono Hag in which
the stripes shall symbolizo tbe tears and
blood which purchasod union, and the
stars tho hopes which crown our destiny.
TaoMlay'a Senslon.
Tuesday Morning Tho exercises opened
with prayer by Rev. Dr. Stewart, of Cole
rain, after which tho audience sang tho
hymn, " Whilo tho Morning Bolls are
Ringing."
Prof. S. B. Beiges continued his admir
able discourse began the day before. He
reviewed the salient points of what ho had
already said, and defined, in answer to a
question by a teacher, tho meaning of the
word " concrete." As matter preceded
mind, so it is only necessary to begin in
struction with object lessons. Do not con
lino yourself to closely to books, but en
deavor to read tho mind as it is p.cscntcd
to you by tho different parsons
that come under your cyo. Tiw sixth
poi'it tho speaker made wis that "in
.struction biigiuh whou kii.nvi.iUo cuds."
Tho objective system my bj introduced
even into the study of history by allowing
your pupils to lmagum tiivniM uvh ttio
liistoiiual characteis of whom tlu-y are
rcadiug ; George Washington, Houry vm ,
Christopher Columbus and tbo gioat in
ventors who havo dono so much to devolop
our continent.' We may iiud whero knowl
edge ends by a few loading questions to
our pupils to se3 whether they fully under
stand what they have heard.
Tho seventh rulo is that " object
lessons should bo systematic, loading into
tho physical sciences." The sight of an
ear of corn Icads naturally to the inves
tigation of tho laws of growth. The e:ghth
point, ou which particular stress was laid,
was drill review, review drill. ' A thing
half learned is not learned at all. Tho ninth
rule is " that pupils should reproduce the
lesson in their own words." When boys
and gii's can thus reproduce their lessons
they can then bo justly said to understand.
Aud lastly, " definition is tho climax of
instruction." It is only after wo finish
a branch of scienco that wo can really tell
its definition. He hoped that the tachors
would carefully weigh what he had said
aud let its effects bo manifest iu their fu
ture instructions.
Song" Let Others Dream."
Vesper hymn.
Prof. Shaub suggested that the teachers
report anonymously points ot lectures
which they regarded as of particular beno
fit to themselves.
Prof. R. K. Bujliiio continued his Icc-
I turd on history by dwelling ou tho import
ance of mathematical goography. Somo
teachers he had found who could not tell
tho ditferenco between tho diameter and
tho equator of tho earth. Tho Greeks and
tho Aztecs of Mexico believed iu tho ro
tundity of tho earth. Tho speaker thon
by means of illustrations showed how tho
circumference of the earth might be mea
sured. And how from tlm data, tho di
ameter, area and volumo may bo asccr
tained. He then proceeded to demonstrate
how, by taking tho difference between tho
lengths of degrees at varying latitude., it
may bo proved that the earth is flattened
at tho poles. A tolling point was made by
the speaker that the teacher is only the
parent's assistant, and should therefore
always have the hitter's hearty eoopera
ticn. Prof. Shaub, at the termination of Prof.
Buehrlc's remarks, appointed the follow
ing namod persons as a committeo to ro
rtiivo subscriptions to tho School Journal :
J. C. Gablo, J. H. Witmer, W. S. Clark,
AV. II. Buller. Clarence V. Lichty, Hattio
J. Bruckhart and R.ichael E. Jackson.
Song " Homo's Not Merely Four
Square Walls."
Hyinu " Tho Chapel."
' Song" Brightly."
Prof. Brown said iu continuation of
Monday's lecture that ho wished to make
a few remarks ou tho first loss ms in read
ing. Col. Parker, whon asked his method
of oratorical teaching, replied that it was
simply common senso applied to oratory.
Our modern methods aro sinply a ro
intrcduction of thoso which made tho
great orators of tho past. ''Learn to do
thing3 by doing them" is an aphorism
which truly represents tho new system of
education. It we could put ourselves into
the personality of the child we teach, then
properly might wo bo ablo to instruct
him.
The first faculty to bo developed in tho
child is tho perceptive faculty. Man,
however, at birth is far more helpless and
less perceptive than any other animal, but
ho soon outstrips all others when his
miud has grown to maturity. Education
ib is which makes this difference between
man and tho rest of tho animal kingdom.
Tho second faculty is memory, thirdly
comes imagination, and fourthly reason.
Theso aro the successive steps from tho
primary school to tho college. The
teacher should ask tho child about objects
with which ib is familiar. The next step
is to have tho child point out tho different
parts of tho object. And now comes tho
hardest part for tho child, aud that is to
represent tho object by a word mado or
symbols unintelligible to him. Tho path
thus leads from the perceptive to tho rea
soning faculties From this latter point
wo begin tho construction of language for
tho child.
Hymn " Shall Wo Meet Boyond tho
River."
Col. Copeland To-Nlght.
This eminent lecturer will will appear in
Fulton opera honso this evening, and a
rich treat can bo promised all those who
attend. Ho was originally advertised to
lecture on "Tho Future of the Republic,"
but a change of programme being found
necessary ho will spsak on " Some Mis
takes of Bob; or, What's to Hinder."
Ho is said to bo an orator of remarkable
fluency and ripe scholarship, and what
ever his subject ho will no doubt awake
tho interest aud secure tho unwearied at
tention of his audience.
An Early Morulas Fire.
This morning between 3 and 4 o'clock,
fire broko out in a two-story brick dwelling
house No. 118 North Christian street, oc
cupied by Jacob E. Moore as a tailor es
tablishment, and owned by Dr. John L.
Atlec. Tho fire was discovered early and
was extinguished by buckets of water.
There is an insurauco of $400 on building
in Reading insurance company, and 8C0O
on contents in Union of Philadelphia.
Loss $20. The fire caught from an over
heated stove. A baby lying in a crib nar
rowly escaped suffocation.
Tho chief engineer xeminds parties
wanting an alarm of liro struck at night,
that they should go to tho nearest box
whero thoy can ascertain who holds keys.
A ;ts Suicide.
A valuable cat belonging to Abe Stifile,
driver or Brimmer's baggage wagon, com
mitted suicido by hanging itseir in the
meshes of a hammock.
1
OUK UEUULAK CUitKIiSlHINUKNl-K
Events Along tiie MiaquebauDa Items f
Interest In and A round, the lloroogh
1'lckrd Up by ttie Intelll
Iiencer'it Keporter
Mrs. Mary Butts, of Philadelphia, is
visitiug friends on Fourth street.
Miss Fanny Long, of Boston, is the guest
of friends on Water street.
The grand fair of (Jen. Welsh post No.
118, G. A. R., begins in tho armory to
morrow evening.
William Mowry, residing near this place
had a wrist broken and ouo of his legs in
jured yesterday by a fall from his hayloft.
Information is wanted regarding the dog
Rover, tho pat of the Pennsylvania railroad
men at this place. Ho has boon missing
for tLrcc weeks.
Tho pay car of tho Pcnnsylvana railroad
will arrive hero this evening. Tho officials
will remain in town over night, a thing
that is seldom done.
John Sheets paid for hi.i temerity in
venturing too near tho dam in a boat yes
terday afternoon, by going over it. The
boat was overturned aud tho occupant
throwu out. A friendly bland to whvh
he swam, afforded a place of refuge to the
imperiled man.
A cow fight which occurred on Third
street, yesterday, mado things lively foi
atimo. Barnuni should havo those tw.
animals with which to form an interesting
feature of his show.
Tho notification of his election has been
sent to the Rev. G. W. Ely, who was
elected to fill tho vacant pulpit of the
Presbyterian church of this placo. His
answer has not yet been received. Ilji
will preach on Sunday, however. "W
For attempting to Iim; a rido on tbo
Pennsylvania rail ii i, tins morning, two
tramps wcrt t tiro .vii from a freight train
by the crew. Ouo of them was hurt about
the head and arms by tho violent contact
with mother earth
Itapoataljudgnit-uta !iwiii4 bju euter
cd against tho bjrouh in l!i m itter of
payment of the physicians vacciuation
bills it looks as if in tho end tho doctor
will gain their point and tho expense t
the borough b3 considerably mora than if
the bills had been paid without going to
law over it.
A l'leaitant Trip.
MissSallio B.Mayer has recently it:
ccntly returned from a trip through I'enn
sylvania, Virginia, Maryland and IVLx
ware, which consumed thrco weeks. Th
journey was mado in an English drug, in
company with Mr. Gardner MjCmdh'ss
and wife, of Now York, who pisit-d
through Columbia a few wt-uk.- simv,
when Miss Mayor joined them.
1'oftiponed ou Account ot Bad Weather.
Tho Democratic " walk round ' has been
postponed until Fiiday evening. Tho
weather was too inclement List evening
Every effort should be made by all to uiak"
it a grand success. A disappointment
should not cause it to bo a fizzle. Although
tho mauagiug committee is blamed for
postponing it, it. was not their fault. They
could not contrcl the weather.
At ta Theatre Last Night.
The performance of Fogg's Ferry "'
last evoniug gavo universal satisfaction.
Minnie Maddern in a charming actress.
Sho became a favorite at her fust appcar
anco on the stago. Her eves resemb!.
Madeline Luccttfc's in their speaking
pjwer.
The conduct of several disorderly pr
sons was dctestablo. Tho entire audience
was disturbed by thorn. It was not con
fined to the gallery last night. Tho par
quet circle had its share. It is generally
supposed that tbe pjlico stationed in tin
opera houso were placed tliero to
maintain order aud xcl or aires'
disorderly personn. Thoy don't fiW
do it by any measure.). Let those having
charge of tho opera house look to this
matter hereafter, or respect ablo pooplu
will not patronizo tho entertainment. A
good cxamplo mado o! tho noxt offender
will put a fctop to disorder. A certain
young colored man has a habit of yelling
ut and laughing in the midst of the roost
interesting part of an act. Ho should bo
attended to along with some of tho drunk
en whito men who disturb the audience.
UA1 MEWS.
Jtejolcinu Over tho IJcmocratlu Vlttorj
Local Happening".
Tho Democratic jubilee hold at th's
placo on Friday evening last by the Dem
ocracy of the Eastern end of tbo county,
wasbno of tho most successful political
demonstrations ever held in the Gap. Del
egations came in from all parts, ami many
persons cauio in from the surrounding
country ou foot, the largest mass of people
being present that was witnessed at a po
litical meeting here for years. It was a
general outbreak of a long pent
up enthusiasm, that transformed our
quiet and staid little village into
a condition of excitement and 'uproar.
Every Democratic residence was ablazo
with illumination and presented a scene of
dazzling splendor. The residences of S I
vester Kennedy, esq., Or. A. G. B. Parke
and Thos. J. Marsb, cnq., prominent Inde
pendent Republicans, wiie also handsome
ly decorated by their worthy wives, who
are true and unfaltering in their advocacy
for the principles of tho' Democracy. Tho
Democratic ladies of tbo whole village aro
to bo highly commended for tho interest
they took in tho affair. Tho toichlight.
procession beaded by a band of music
moved off about eight o'clock. Between
two and three hundred people participated
in it and it presented a fino appearance. Tho
banners and transparencies which weci
carried were exquisite, aud as Christian
Fox mado thom he deserves tho credit.
Tbo procession was mardialcd by AVm.
McIIvaino, assisted by c in potent aid,
Edward McIIvaino aud Jacob Wis.
Thoy marched and countermarch! l
throughout tho village to tho Rising Sup,
where they serenaded Mrs. Sylvester Ken
nedy, thoiicc to the highest point ou the
Gap heights where a largo bonfire was
built.
A meeting was orgaui.ed here, Jas. P.
Marsh presiding. He introduced James
M. Walker, esq., of Coleram, who deliv
ered a stirring speech, which was frequent
ly interrupted by out-bursts of applause
and cheering. After cheering themselves
hoarse, the Democracy of the oastern end
adjourned, only to meet again in 1884 to
hold another jubilee after giving the
enemy another dose.
The New lUllroail.
The work of grading tho railroad lied
hero is slowly progressing. A vast amount
of loosened earth has been icmovcd up to
date, but it will bo Mime years before its
completion is seen. They are now
draining the grounds by tho means of
au aqueduct, which is now boing con
structed, and when it is completed, which
will not ba at an early day, tho earth will
ba loosened and removed with less tifii
culty. At Baby's curve a large culvert is
being in the course of construction it tho
field where tho dirt Is dumped. It is :bout
200 feet in length aud about 20 fiet i n
height. John Ivollcr is furnishin; tho
material.
Local Brieb.
Pcparations are being mado bytho M.
E. Sunday school to give a concertin their
church on Saturday evening, ov. 2.".
There will be recitations and clioio sing
ing, in which the best home ta!u will be
introduced. Tho proceeds are for th.
benefit of tho church.
Rsv. Charlas Johustoa i!I lcliver a
sermon in the M. E. church i Sunday
evening.
The entire amount of stoek t be sub
scribed iu the new national bait here has
been taken. Further steps towrd organ -izing
it will be made at an carlydato.
COLUMBIA NEWS.