LANCASTEK DAILY INTilL. LIGKENCE K TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19. 188 Z V ILamvistci' Jutelltgcncerc TUESDAY EVENING DEC. 19.1832, Expenses of the Senate. T! e Democratic members of the next Ms- o Senate are not likely to be respon mIjV for tbo organization of that body. Tin' combined Republican factions con i itutc a majority of it and show no din position as yet to divide over the matter of selecting ofllcers. None the less the Democrats have a rare chance to put tlii'inselves and the Independents on the r cord with regard to some vicious practices which have long prevailed in thf Senate, and which were emphatically condemned by the people in the late ections. It needs no demonstration to prove that if the Independents lend their votes to the retention of the Cochrans and Delaneys, who have in times putt officiated in the Senate, lliey approve their practices and become responsible for their continuance. It has been from time to time poiuled out in these columns what waste and fraud attacli to the service of the House, by the employment of supernumeraries and the mysterious dispensation of 'con tingeut" and "extra" funds. JJut, if possible, it is worse in the state Senate, where for fifty members are it-quired nparly as many oflici rs, and, in seine in stances, larger contingents than for thf House witli over four times us many members. According to tiie report of the auditor general for the past year,thu expenses of the state on account of the Senate were $11,526.01, and for the year before $114,119,0., making a total of $158,045.00 for. a single session of the Senate. As previously noted Audi lor General Lemon does not set foith'in de tail in his reports where the money goes and how the contingents and the pay for the minor officials are distributed around. Of the $14,520.01 paid out during the past year some $25,000 was owing to members on :iecount of lln-ir salaries the remainder must have gone to the minor ofllcers and the multitude of mys terious purposes covered by contingents. Of the $114,119.05 paid out for the pre vious year there was allowed $8, 702.20 for clerks and assistants; $1,277.70 for speakcrls clerk; $S,713 for door keepers, sergeaut-at-arms,etc; $0,811.70 for pasters iuid folders.; $2,010 00 for janitors; $3,1-10 for pages; $2,051.20 for firemen ; $1,28,1 for postmasters ; $1, .185.50 for engineers. The irrepressible Delaney doubles up beautifully, drawing $1,28:5 for "services as librarian " and $1,200 additional for services during the recess, ending December SI, 1881. The impudence of this rogue is illus trated by the fact that though an officer of the Senate lie takes double pay, charging one salary for his services " during the session " and an almost eiual amount for his services during the recess. For the year 1SS0, in which there was no session of tlio Senate at all, the scamp drew $1,500 "salary,"' while in the succeeding year, when there was a sassion, beside $2,ISS for services, he drew $2,013 for postage and other alleged expenditures. In 1-SS1 when the Senate expenses ran up to $111,119.05, being about tw. thirds of the cost of the session, Chief Clerk Cochran divw $7,500 for " con tingeut expenses "' of the Fession, $."00 during the recs, $200 for indexing the journal and $2-5 for talcing care of the electric clock. There are $1,135 paid to D. K. Burkholder and .Ino. II. Leonard, of this city, for " forwarding documents to senators." To get a proper idea of what details make up these vast expenditures we net d to turn back to AuditorGener.il Schell's repoit of lb79, wherein they are more fully accounted for, and as the expenses of the two sessions, 1S79-'S0 and 18S0 '31, aggregate nearly the same, it is a fair inference that they were on the same scale in their parts. In 1S79 the pay of the fifty senators, mileage, sta tionary and postage allowance amounted to $81,5S5.40, but, besides Librarian De laney, referred to before, the chief clerk got $3,8S2.21, a journal clerk $2,315, reading clerk $2,339.S0, two transcribing clerks $1,233 and $1,279, message clerk $1,510, speaker's clerk $1,20S, sergeant at-arms $1,229 and two assistants each the same; postmaster $1,229, two mes sengers $927 and $950, three doorkeepers $933,00, $970 and $923.80 ; seven pasters and folders about $950 each, three jani tors about the same, two firemen, an engineer and two watchmen from $925 to $950 each, a chaplain $425 and ten pages $302 per session. The Senate, with fifty members, had within one of as many clerks as the House with two hundred members, and about two-thirds as many attaches, though having only one-fourth the members. Any reasonable man knows that the entire pasting and folding and forward ing of documents at Harrisburg, which have afforded places for about 25 men and cost the state some $30,000, can be done by contract for, at the most, $5.000 ; one postmaster would suffice for both Houses; the clerical force an be re duced one-third ; the p.-iges one-half the "firemen" whose duty it is to lay hickory logs on the ornamental fire places can be entirely dispensed with ; two engineers can run the heating ap paratus of the whole capitol, and the force of sergeants-at arms and door Keepers can be cut down fully one-half. The Democrats can lay down a pro gramme for the efficient officering of both Houses and provide ample salaries, which will save from $50,000 to $GO,000, improve political morals and not cripple the public service in the slightest. Of the $7,478.10 contingent fund drawn by Cochran in 1879 when there were three janitors for the Senate we find that there -were paid out $2,472.25 alone for " cleaning Senate chamber and committee rooms." This would pay fifty women 50 cents each for 100 nights' work, 'at the rates allowed in the reports. r -As the Senate has three janitors, -and the chamber is not as big as our ' courtroom, will anybody believe that fifty scrub women are necessary to clean it and the committee rooms every night jof a senatorial session ? And this, is a -sample of the whole system I The New York World, owned by Jay I Gould, who owns the "Western "Union telegraph company, delightedly prints in its financial article the opinion of the Philadelphia Record that the attorney general of rennsylvania's effort to cause the Western Union company to obey the state constitution will be little better than a farce until the Legislature enacts a penalty for its offense. But Mr. Gould knows better than to place any reliance .upon the liecord's opinion cf the law, which is a very poor opinion, indeed. It will do well enough to pretend that it is a sound opinion, while the "Western Union shares are being disposed of. Mr. Gould lias been for a long time trying to evade the load of inflated stock which lie is unlucky enough to have on hand ; but his success has not been gieat. The intrinsic value of "Western Union stock is so manifestly below its quoted value as to make it unsaleable. And as all who purchase it hereafter do it with full notice that it will be confiscated in Pennsylvania by the state, the number of those who want it is not likely to be very great. The supreme court of the United States has affirmed the constitutionality of the act of Congress which forbids all executive officers, who are not appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate, to collect political contributions from other officers of the government. Newton M.Curtis, a special agentof the treasury, was convicted of this offense, and the supreme court affirms the legality of the conviction. The law does not seem to be of much consequence. Only a portion of the United States officials come under its prohibition, and it would not amount to much more if all of them did. The only difference would be that the political assessment would be made in the name of some one who was not an ollicer of the government, with the moral support of an officer who would make a refusal to contribute daugcious ; just as it ought to be dangerous so long as party offices are held to be the spoils of party victory. Men who do not con tribute to the expenses of the election which is to save them their berths ought to be hoisted out of them unceremoni ously. The usoless " firemou " oa the state capitol hill must bo " fired." In the auditor goucral's rrpoit of 1830 Chief Senate Clerk Cochran is set down as being paid 1,000 for " taking care of state piopcrty in 1880." Quo warranto ? Thk llouso of Representatives never showed its fear of adverse public criticism more plainly than it did yesterday, when by a voto of 123 to 105 it refused to pass a resolution lor aiijournnicut over tho holi da; p. Govebkor Hott lias issued a proclama tion announcing a not reduction of tho state debt during tho past year of $915, 184.77. The constitution requites that $250,000 of tho aato revenues at loast be applied to the extinguishment of the debt. but this ram has been more than quadru pled, taking the average, for years. Gi:o. II. Buri.cit, nophow of General Butler, and divorced husband of Rose Eytiu-je, actress, is a confirmed inebriate, but he docs not believe that drunkenness is a disease, and the brilliant and oi urinal manner in whieh lie treats the much mooted question is well worthy of study by the curious in theso matters. 1 in: changes in the English cabinet are now completed, tho following named ministers having taken the oath before the queen in council : Lord Derby as sec rotary of state for the colonies ; Lord Kunberley as secretary of state for India ; .Lord Uarliugtou as secietaiy of state for war ; tho Right lion Ilugii C. Childeis as chancellor of tho exchequer. Going the louuds of the press is an ac count of a man in Ttoy, N. Y., who is now serving out a scntenco in jail for pass ing a counterfeit dollar, which was after wards found to bo genuine. This is no sli anger than a fact that occurred in this county r. short lime ago. A man named Chambers served a term in jail forforgcry, when ho could neither read nor write. Tue Hazieton Plain Speaker Las changed fiom an evening to a morning piper and reduced its price to ono cent. We wish tho new venture success. Tho editor, after dwelling upon the aunoyanco suffered by people who attend the theatre oti account of tho goiug-out-between-the-acts young man, adds iu desperation : " If you do go out, for heaven's sake, don't bang the door !'' New Youk leads in cigar making, aud Pennsylvania comes noxt. Iu tho last fiscal year the Empire state crado up 23, C08,793 pounds of tobacco iato 953,034, 334 eigars and -131,150,700 cigarettes. Pennsylvania reports 12,450, 4SC pounds of tobacco used in tho making of 555,949,. 25G cigars and 700,300 cigarettes. Ohio, California, and Illinois rank next iu this industry, but New York aud Pennsylvania together represent half the cigar aud cig arette production of tho entire country. The Press has found another mare's nest. Tne constitution of tho stat-; says that "the governor shall hold his office during four years from the third Tuesday of Jan uary next succeeding his election." Under this governor Hoyt was properly sworn in on Tuesday, the 21st of January, 1873, and his four years are not up until the 21st of January, 1882. But Mr.Pattison, look ing not to tne expiration of Gov. Hoyt s term but to tho beginning of his own under the constitution, will present him self to take the oath of office on the 16th Hence wo are to have two governors for the five intervening days. That's jolly. One of the processca by which Philadel phia was robbed in the good old dajs of ring rule was to trump up claims against the city and then have a mandamus for their payment procured by collusion. The positive evidence of one such at least is se cured by the affidavit of Patrick Mone glran, who swears that he was a member of the firm of Moneghan & Wildey, iu whose name, in 1876, judgment was con fessed for $1,033.75, which sum was man damused out of the city treasury ; that Said firm never hurl Klinli a. nlaim nrrainmt. the Citv. : never anthnrizMl n rarann tn niin Dnnti ani mmJ ....1.1 - B " auiv. ouu MiU U.IBX UQTOr IO I ceived a dollar by mandamuses from the I city treasury. ' CEIME AND DISASTER WEABIWAl' OFTHE WICKED WOELD Some Calamitous events of a Day Kuccned Down In the Street WUli a baud-lias and Kobbed. William R. Orr, a clerk at N. K. Fair bank & Co 's lard refinery, 949 North Main street, St. Louis, whilo carrying a package containing $1,800 from their offico to their manufactory, a distance of but half a block, for the purpose of paying off the hands, was suddenly seized by three men. Before ho could divine their inten tions he was hit on the head with a sand, bag and knocked down. When ho re gained his feet tho three men disappeared, taking the money with them. Tho culprits have not been caught, aud it is nob at all likely they will bo, as it was dark, aud Orr docs not think he could identify them. A IIuAbaud Seeking Vengeance. While George Hardiman, a real estate dealer of Utica, N. Y , aud an ex-iumate oftlroLitica insane asylum, was waiting m tne railroad depot thero he met witli Mr. Dwight B. Warner, of Rome, for whom lie has apparently boon searching some time. Warner endeavored to elude his pursuer by running to the rear of Bogg's hotel opposite. Hardiman fol lowed him, however, aud drawing a revolver fired 3iveral shots, hitting War tier twice in the right leg, though nut seriously wounding him. Hardimau alleges that an improper intimacy has existed between his wife aud Warner for some time past, and th.it his incarceration :u the asylum aud subsequent troubles havo all becu caused by their connivance. His allegations are denied by both his wife and Warner, but it is said that what ho says can bo substantiated by proof. Civil trials are now under way. A CINSJIMNATl 1IOIL.KK CU.1SU. Ono Man Killed, Two Mortally Wouiuiort Sixteen Uatlly Irjured. By the explosion of a boiler at the Globe rolling milk, on tho river bank at tha foot of Park street, Cincinnati, ono man was killed outright, two others wounded be yond recovery, and sixteen badly wounded somo of whom may possibly die. At 2:20 o'clock in the afternoon ono of tho largest of the eleven boilers in tho establishment suddenly burst with a loud report, and toaring through the web of machinery above it crushed into the iron roof of the mill. Just beyond the point where it made its exit into the open air was a wooden trestle used for a track for tho coal car bringing fuel to tho Juiuaccs. It is built of great wooden beams, and is ap parently strong enough to support a rail road train, yet tho great mass of iron striking it, crushed it away as if it had been glass. On it at the lime were threo men shoving a car. These were thrown to tho ground or hit by tho flying fragments, faring worse than anyone else. Going on tho boiler sailed through the air a dis tancoof 350 feet, finally landing in the river. Hero it hit tho sido of tho coal fleet belougiug to the mills, crushing the thick wooden side to splinters, and com pletely wrecking tho tool house on the boat. All of tho.o employed in the im mediate vicinity of tho boiler suffered moro or less, whilo tho men who had been thrown from the trestle were lying un conscious under tho sphutcred beams and scattered coal. nr.ows cr riv I'owdkk. Threo Men Killed dust i;elore Outruns Work. A teriific explosion occurred at Laflin & llano's powder works iu Siugar, live miles from Paterson, N. J. Tho coining mill, in which powder was separated into grains and a press iu which it was pressed into cakes were demolished. Tho structures wore of light material, and tho loss to property is not heavy. Threo workman wero instantly killed, tbo bodies beiu,f shockingly mangled. Their names were Bryan Tanscy, Henry Kuhl, (a r."c nfc emigrant, who leaves a wife ) and John White, an old hand at tho woil:, who leaves a wife and children. Tho men wero just about to quit work. The build ings for mile's around were shaken, and not a pane of glass was left whole in the vicinity. An cxplosiou took place in those works in 1877, when ono man was killed, aud another in 18S0, when two man were killed. FATAL KAIl.liOAU COLMilOM. Scioral L.lv-b r.nsr, Ii:cluliii, Kreiili.mt. K:rai b The cast bound passenger express train on tho Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis road collided with the limited ex press on a high curve near King's station, o0 miles from Cincinnati. Eugir.ecr Poke Peters, of tho cast-bound train, had his head cut entirely oil'. Postal Clerk W. W. Wharton, living in Urbana, was also instantly killed. W. II. Hanover, M. Hollingshcad, Harry Madison and Ac'am Goebelo, postal clerks, wero sciiou-Iy in jured. Kualfy's troupe was on the tiv.iu, but escaped uninjured. Then- elephant Bomboo was killed. Post.il Cleik J. C. McNown, was slightly injured. The accident was due to a udsundetTtaEdiug of orders on tho pait of Engineer Peters, of tho accommodation train. Tho trains wero i mining .it from forty to forty-five miles an hour. Tho engines were interlocked aud the postal cars piled upoa them. Folsoucd ly Trlclilna In j'ork. The people of Gresco, Howard county, Iowa, are excited over death of August Nast, a German, fiom tiieliiniusis, ciusad by eating diseased pork. His wife, threo children and Betty Gerhard, a girl step ping with the family, were all sick last week from tho same cause. Nast died 21 days after eating the meat. Hopes aro entertained of tho recovery of tho children two boys, 11 and 2 years old respective ly, aud a girl, aged 8 years. Mrs. Nast it is thought, too, may recover, but there is littlo or or no hopo of tho recovery of Botty Gerhard. Sentence of Richmond Grave Robbers. In the Hustiugs court at Rishmoad, W. B. Meredith and William A. Smith, stu dents in tho Virginia medical college, ar rested last week while attempting to rob a gravo in Oakwood cemetery, wero each sentenced to six months in jail. They pleaded guilty to an indictment ' charging them with attempted grave robbery, which is a misdemeanor. The iudictment for astual disinterment was quashed. . Anamination or a I'fayslcian. Dr. J. A. Rouko was murdered at Mer meutau, Opelousas parish, La., at 5 u uiouk. on cunuay morning, ue was about starting to see a patient, and was in tho act of drinking a cup of coffee, when the assassin fired at him thromrh a window, shcoting tho entire back of his head away. The sheriff has started for tne scene of tire murder. Boy Brothers Lynched. Two brothers, George and James Fraley, the latter a mere boy, were arrested in Comanche county, Tex., charged with stealing cotton, and wero placed under guard atHazeldell. At midnight a mob, armed with shot guus, overpowerd the guard and took tho prisonors to a wood and hanged them on tho same limb of the tree. Freight wreck on the Reading Kallroad. Twenty cars of a freight train on tho Reading railroad wero thrown from tho track near Gilberton, scattering the freight in all directions. No trains have passed to-day, the passengers and mails being transferred. The loss to tho railroad company will probably exceed $20,000. fatal Fire in Quebec. Fire broke out in the honsoof Jules CepsgrolD, at L'Isler, Quebec. A child of 8 years was burned to death, and a man named Price is reported killed by falling from the roof. The house has been destroyed and tho fire is spreading. Tho water supply is iusufficent. Case or Leproay in MassachuaetU. Dr. Walcott, of the Massachusetts state board of health, has visited Salem and decided that Charles Derby was un questionably r. leper. Tho disease was contracted in tho Sandwich islands. Derby's death is only a question of time. Convicted ot .Murder at Sixteen. At Pittsburgh, George, alias " Babo " Jones, has been convicted of murder in the first degree in taking tho life of John Foster. Jones is but sixteen years old aud ono of a family of eleven children, whrse parents live in Washington D. C. w mothered In Its .,lot!-crM Arms. Mr. and Mrs. David Johnson, of Plain Crty, O., paid a visit threo mille3 from home, wrappiug up their babo to protect it from tho cold. Oa arriving at their destination tho infant was found smother ed to death in its mother's arms. A MiMitasliipI Steamer Ucstroyod. A fire broke out on tho steam boat Central City after leaving Monroe, La., and she was burned to tho water's edge near Fenuors Bar. The boat and cargo arc a total loss. .Fully insured. No loss of life is reported. i PERSONAL.. Sin Ta'Ito:; Syees, an enormously ieh English baronet, lias gone over to Rome, and the customary Fcusation is caused by tho event. T. DeWitt Talmaoi: is involved iu a dispmo with a Chicago clerayman, the Rov. Mr. Fawcett, over a question of plagiarism. John McKnicht, ono of Reading's leading citizens, and who was widelv known iu the hardware and stovo trade of tho state, died yesterday of an affection of the lungs, aged 4 4 years. James Doxnei.ivy, of Easton, for yoais assistant superintendent of the Easton & Amboy division of the Lehigh Valley road, has been appointed superintendent in place of II. E. Packer, who is now vice president of the main line. Serjeant Ballantyne, tho eminent English barrister, arrived in Philadelphia yesterday altcrnoon. In tho evening ho dined with Horace. Howard Furncss and afterwards attended a reception given Lini by tho Pcnn club. E. Hicks ILvyiiART, cx-membcr of councils of Philadelphia and well known in tho political and sporting circles of that city, died on Monday from typhoid fever. For many years ho was manager of tho old Athletics baseball club in tho palmy davs of its career. Mrs. Langtry mado her first bow to a Philadelphia audience at Uaverly's lust evening. The theatio was packed. Tne papers nearly all declare her to bo without ability as an actress, and seem to think that in the audience there were many women as beautiful as tho famous Jcrscv Lily. Ex-Marshai, Henry said to a reporter just beforo his departure from Washing ton for Ohio, that ho had experienced enough of political life. As far as Wash ington was concerned, it was a cesspool of rottenness aud corruption. Ho said that the Republican party was largely mado up ot roguc3 anil Hypocrites and that his re moval was a diabolical outrage Robert Lister Smith, or Bob Smitl Lister, who has been confined in Sloya nicusingpiiKon under sentence of ono year for discharging a pistol at Samuel Josephs, which inflicted a wound in his foot, whilo returning from tho Democratic convention at Wilhamsport last summer a year, was released from imprisonment Monday morning, and ho and his friends had a jollification at 'Squiro McMulIcn's last night. Louise Montague, tho professional beauty, was offered $300 a night to play nt ono of rue J'lnladclphia theatres this week as a set-oft to jlrs. Lanutrv. but sho de elincd tho tempting offer. She isstudyiug lor tne opcraue stage, and expects to an pear next season iu somo of the popular light opsins. Tho beauty is living quietly at a boutu lircau street saloon, whero she sometimes serves customers. Miss Mon tague proposes to vigorously push her suit against Forcpaugh. Eugene Field, managing clilor of the Denver Tribune, is a young man of much ability. Somo of his littlo pectus have added to his reputation as a writer. After his paper had gone to press ono morning lately Mr. Field leaned out at a third- story wiudow to get a breath of fresh air. Giddiness seized him and he fell headlong threo stories down. His body was impaled by fivo prongs o! an iron railing, each cf Which pierced Jn.s urc!r. It is thought to bo impossible for him to survive the wounds. John C. Sims, a well known citizen of Philadelphia, at one timo connected with the Evening Bulletin of that city, but more rccontly in tho insurance business, died onMonday. Ono of his sons, John C, is secretary of tlio Pennsylvania railroad company, and a daughter is tho wife of Dr. Wm. lorbes. of Jofforson college, now under indictment for complicity in tho gravo robberies at Lebanon cemetery. Another son, who died very suddenly whilo ho had under architectural direction the haudsome now residence of Mr. Peter McConomy, of this city, was tho late James P. Sims. m fc UAMSiLllKS UN THE JUO.Y1). Hon' Foit Aci-s llcat Four IlnH. Tho gamblers seem to be playing their tricks on tho lino of the Pennsylvania railroad aud travelers cannot bo too care ful how they allow themselves to be be guiled by smooth tongucd strangers who waut to show them a trick or two. A. W. Loudcrlncl, a Philrdclphia com mercial traveler, who went through Lan caster tho other day, was allured into a game of cards tho other Fide of Harrisburg by three strangers. Ho lost $10 playiug euchre. Then tho game was changed to poker and matters be came more interesting. During the pro gress of the game "Mr. Peck" was turning over the cards, when Mr. Louder bach claimed the deal, and taking the pack from " Mr. Peck " he dealt without shulliing tho cards. Mr. Loudcrbach. on looking at his hand, found therein four kings. He did not smile, but ho felt his heart thump and was" sorry for the other players. " Mr. Stone " was the only player who stayed in and he drew two enrds. The pot by that time had been augmented by various "raises," until both had $30 up. "Mr. Stone" seemed not to fear tho four kings, for ho mado several bets, until he had $230 rn money on ruo ooara. to cover this Mr. Loudcrbach laid down a diamond pin valued at $225. "Mr. Stone " said that was not enough, when "Mr. Cumminm" suggested that Mr. Louderbach's gold watch and chain would cover any defi ciency, and accordingly the timepiece Was staked. Mr. Louderbach then produced his four kings and made an instinctive movement to gather tho pile. His hands fell nerveless on the' table, however, when he saw "Mr. Stone" lay down four aces. Tho latter had had threo aces at first and had drawn another. Louderbach was al lowed to play a little longer, and twico he was dealt four aces, but no one would bet against him. Ho alleged that Mr. Peck had stocKed" tno cards, and had the gang arrested at Pittsburgh. Wanted Time. Tho court-houEO clock stopped at five minutes beforo four yesterday afternoon, and the hands have not moved since. Thero were no lights in it last night and pedestrians were comnellprl tn nnvinn tho gasoline lamp-posts in older to seel tkoir watches. DIPSOMANIA. DltUNKENNESS SOX A UlSEAStt. Ihe Suoiect SotentlflcallT and Jococeir Treated by a ConOrmed Inebriate lie Kuloglzes tbe Flowing: Bowl. Uto. II. Butler in Washington Sunday Repub lic. " 'Tls but the fool who loves excess. liofit thou a drunken soul ? The bane lit in thy shallow skull. Not In my silver bowl." Dr. Holme1 Ode to a PunchBou.1. Let me approach the subject before me iu tho manner you will all eat your Christ mas dinners next week, with light hearts and good digestion ; only a pleasant fool ing with Amontillado, a suspicion of soup aud a glance and a taste of the decorated .salmon, then a businsss-liko slashing right aud left ai tbo solids of the feast. What though tho turkey's wings and legs fly into ladies' laps and tho cranberry sauce pales as it passes redder lips? What though an adroit twist of tbe carver's wrist sends the gravy flying over several suits of holiday clothes ? Because George William Curtis is dyspeptic aud Sonator George Hoar jaundiced shall there be no moro cakes and alo ? Go to ! Ode to a punch bowl I Well, I should smile at least I should if it wero nearer the tweuty fifth. But what does not a lot of us owe to a punch-bowl? Headaches, hiccups, lost canes and umbiellas, "soaked" watches, soiled clothes and government places. It will bo noticed by tho analyti cal reader, aud those of the Republic aro analytical, that Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, iu his laudation of tho splendid silver bowl picsentid by his friends on one of the gocd (and hearty, honest, healthy toned, not "high toned") old poet's birth days, said tho fools loved excess. Just so ! Only a fool could love excess. It's the pleasant starttng-iu, tho transition from bile to bubbling good humor, the quickening of the faculties, the flash of tepartee aud rattle of retort, tho forget lulncss of debts, and corns, aud Potomac Hats, aud the prevalent biped flat that makes tho punch-bowl tho niaguet of the social circle. But, ah, doctor, that pleas ant starting-in has led mauy a wise man to that excc&s without loving it as the fool does, but who got there as Hayes got into the white house a fool if he didn't know how he got there and a villain if he did. However, Christmas is tho season of mistletoe, holly berries, fun, frolic and feasting, sleigh bells, wedding bells (mighty good season, I am told, for thin people to get married), society belies and dinner bells, that blessedcst bell, which w:Ii ring many a poor man, woman and child into probably tho ouly good dinner of their work-a-day year. I feel at homo writing for the best people and was born for society, or society was born for me, I've never fully diuided which, so if I relax editorial rescrvo a little attribute it, I pray you, to tho glamor of the season. Iu 1833 I'll bo as dignified and look as stupidly conscious as a thirty-dollar drug clerk when he is called " Doctor." Four moro lines of good verses to brace up some tired fellow who hasn't my in diarubber elasticity and buffalo bull con stitution and I'll quit moralizing and go on with the musie : " 1 hold it truth with him who sings To one cleur harp in divers tones Thut men way rise on stepping stones Of their dead selves to happier things." More thought than jingle in that stanza. That reminds me of a good definition the Hon. Martin Maginnis, of Montana, made when asken by a constituent the difference between able and capable. The ready and tuddy delegato replied : " Well, for ruatauce, a man may bo able to hold a great deal of whisky, but not capable of paying for a drink." As a drinking man mysolf, unfortu nately better known for that one failing than for my many virtues, let mo say a word about drinking men, their medes of thought, their habits, the causes of the disease, habit or vice, as tho reader chooses to call it. I am not a believer iu the theory of dipsomania. I know that it has a few eminent advocates among med ical men, Dr. Crowther, Dr. George N. Beard, of New York, Dr. Spitzka (of course) and others. I have sought infor mation from tho doctors of several ine briato asylums and hospitals, and have had tho privilego of consulting tho dis tinguished superintendendent of one in sane asylum upon whom inebriates aro forced by tho certificates of convenient physicians (signed, patient unseen, as carelessly as a recommendation for office), Dr. W. W. Godding, and I have read a good deal on the, to me, interesting sub ject. If I was the victim of an uucon trollable appetite I wanted to know it. It was a curious mental problem to me. Perhaps-, I thought, if I and a lot of other apparently pretty good fellows I have been cloistered with are dipsomaniacs, some of us may next develop a homicidal tendency or a desire to burn barns. Mr. Georgo Bliss once stated in tho Star Route trial that I had been in all tho inebriate asylums in tho United States. Mr. Bliss, iu accordance with that class of lawyers to whieh he belongs, perverted tho facts to vent his spleen. I liavo been in somo of them, but not all. Well, tho result of my observation and reading is that theie is no such thing as dipso mania. It is nothing hut plain, old fashioned drunk. The I'.iuukard ninety nine times in a hundred is as much re sponsible for what ho docs when ho is drunk as tho man is who kills another through anger. The so callod dipsomaniac nets drunk because he wants to, ho likes the effect of whisky. Ho may have any one of a dozen reasons for it, poverty, dis appointment, toothache-, family difficul ties, idleucss, but nono of them should excuse him if under tho influence of liquor ho commits a crime. I have kuown scores of hard-drinking men, many of them now dead, aud never saw one I believed to bo a dipsomaniac. Like the victims of opium the habit is carried to an extent that a sudden cessation of stimulants is almost certain death. To quit drinking "short off" is a question of physical constitution more than of will. Somo men, after years of hard drinking, can do it and live ; there are a majority who cannot, because there are a majority of damaged constitu tions in the world. Again, if dipsomania is a disease of the brain, why is it that men on parole in the spacious grounds of the government insano asylum do not scale the wall far in tho rear and hidden iu the woods to reach a gin mill hard by ? (it has been dono, but not by dipsomani acs) or rush out of one of tho two wide open gates on tho main road and fight their way with cobblestones to the race track, where a fair article of whisky is kept at remunerative prices. If these pa tients were dipsomniacs they would do it like any other maniacs and would be held in the wards allowed out for exercise only with an attendant. I know that it is more soothing to the pride of the drinking man's family and grateful to the feelings of his friends (it is curious how many friends even the poorest devil of an ine briate seems to have in an asylum) to say in explanation of some folly or disgrace ful exhibition : " Oh, poor fellow, he can't holp it ; it is a disease with him." As for the rank and file who are yanked in one by one before a police jndge helplessly drunk and a man is only drunk when he is helpless and can't steer his way home or where he chooses to go there is no time for medical expert nonsense there. It is necessarily the rule which governs western cattle moa. The judge looks the animal over the Rev. Mr. Cheekbone Howler may say " beast " if he likes, drinking men are seldom fools and don't mind fools and the judge says, he bears my brand and in mv corral he goes. No, dinsomania is a sentimental 'humbug and a social fiction or the sekntifio parlor fire- works of medical men of ' tne advanced cp: Now, as to the cure of alcoholism, Horace Greeley, good authority on com mon sense subjects, said tho way to re sume was to-resume. The way to stop drinking is to stop. Whether it be a disease or a habit any cure which con tains the smallest percentage of alcohol is an intentional patcnt-medicino cheat to enable rum drinkers to fool their- friends or a snare to the drinker. Mr. Crosby Noyes asked in last Monday's Star: "Does Jamaica ginger intoxicate?" Yes. Mr. Noyes, it does, and don't you fool with it. I have seen it tried with eminent success. The young man to whom this question applied told Judge Saell that since ho joined a temperance society he had drank Jamaica ginger and it had the effect of gettinghim completely off his head. Tho judge ruled sensibly and justly that this dodge was too old to bo used to advantage iu these modern times and gave tho " dodger " ninety days, whereas he might have got off with thirty if he hadn't lied, as well as got drunk, aud honestly said, "Drunk as abiled ov;l, your honor." Hostetter's bitters is known among drinking men who are occasionally under the restraint of hospitals as a "daisy delusion." That is because their friends thinking they must have somo sort of medicine allow a bottlo or so now aud then. It' is really only a light giu cocktail. Any one, except perhaps a retired army oilioc-r or a Texas membor of Congress, cau get drunk enough en a bottlo of Hostetter's to ignore the weather and forget his debts. To abstain from whisky simply because you can't get it is no cure. Whether a man stays at St. Elizabeth's two months or two years, tho results, I learn, have been about the same. Going out is looked upon as a eort of picnic, to bo marked in red letter like Christmas, or the wild wassail hold on tho cheerful day we now devote to decorating tho graves of our dead heroes. It is the same wrth any other form of restraint. Tho crow of the ship in which I sailed around the Capo of Good Hope, ninety-six days out of sight of land, from .New 1 ork to Sydnoy Austra lia, were drunk iu a body tbo first night, Isaving tho skipper, myself, a Chinaman (cook) and a yellow cat to watch a three-hundred-thousand-dollar cargo in the con vict city. Tho New York papers tell us that Mr. Joe Coburn, the prize fighter, arrived from Sing Sing lately, whero he had served a term of seven- years, and signalized his freedom by an all-night carouse with a few friends. Occupation is reformation, or tho surest thing to ac complish it. I believe that is all I need to say about tho cup which cheers and inebriates. No ono but a drinking man cau under stand drinking men. There is moro maudlin nonsense talked about drinking by bloodless, picayune-soulcd people who couldn't define a generous impulse, far less feel one, aud by people who make a living talking about it because of tho vastness of tho evil, for King Alcohol re cruits his army from'all alike, gentloman and tramp, millionaire and pauper, than thero has been about the Star Route trial and Mrs. Langtry iu tho same length of time. As a matter of fact, a man has a right to get drunk if he wants to and doesn't disturb anybody. With comrauni ties it should be a matter of local option. m 8DIIKU TIIE KCONOMITES. A Novel Action Against n Famous Kellglous Beet. The readcis of the Intelligencer hauo beon mado familiar with the character and history of the famous Esonomites or Har mony Community, who aro settled in Bea ver couuty, on the Ohio river below Pitts burgh. Mr. Henry Leibly, of this city, whoso relatives wro members of this community many yeais ago but left it, without receiving their portion of its property, is interested iu an action begun for the recovory thereof, and has recently gone West to look alter tho mattsr. In a dispatch to tho Now York Times to-day from Pittsburgh, wo liml tlta fyllowiii!' reference to the matter : " An argument has taken place iu tho I) nited States circuit court on the demurrer filed in tho caso of Elias Speidel against Jacob Henrici and Johuathau Lentz, trus tees of tho Economites society, one of the wealthiest and most cxclusivo sects iu the United States. Tho plaintiffs bill recites the history of tho Economites from tho timo of their organization to tho present date, tho plaintiff's connection therewith, aud such interesting information. "It states that in tho year 1800 Georgo Rapp, an intelligent German citizen of Wurtembcrg, preached clandestinely to his neighbors, not having beon ordained as required by tho laws of church and stato. His viewa differed widely from thoso held by his hearers. Uo told them he was tho mouthpiece of God in guiding them to salvation, aud soon won many sympathizers. Fully threo hundred citi zens of Wurtembcrg became firm believers in his doctrine, and when he proposed that they should form a settlement of their own, under his guidance and control, ono hundred oud twenty-live families signified their willingness to go with him. "In 1803 they embarked for America, and settled in Butler county, Pa. Raup. - it is alleged, induced tho heads of families I to turn their money over to him, to bo . held in trust. Plaintiff's parents con tributed $1,000 to this fuud. About 1818 the society moved to Indiana, and in 1825 they settled on their present location, Economy. Rapp at times introduced various rules aud regulations, which tho members were compelled to acccdo to by their leader, who had wonderful influenco over them. Among these were restrictions forbiddiug tho members to communicate with outsiders, prohibiting tho use of to bacco, prohibiting marriage, prescribing the character and quantity of food, etc. " It is further claimed by plaintiff that from tho ago of twclvo to twenty-seven he labored hard with his parents for the society, for which they never received more than a bare subsistence, and iu 1845 Rapp, who had previously destroyed tho records of the amount contributed to the common fund by each member, concealed fivo hundred thousand dollars. Tho trust fund, the plaintiff believes, now aggre gates $8,000,000, and tho annual incomo of the society $200,000. Tho mode of life, as prescribed by Rapp, becamo obnoxious to the plaintiff after the death of his par ents, and in 1831 ho left and married. At the death of Rapp, Cornolius L. Baker aud Jacob Henrici became trustees of tho society. "Subsequently Baker died and was suc ceeded by Lentz. The demurrer of tho defendant states that Spiedel, on the face of the bill, has no equitable relief, that he is barred long since by the statute of limi tation and, therefore, has no claim. Plaintiff's counsel held that tho fund was a trust, as tho rules and regulations of the society show, and that it does, there fore, not come under the statute of limi tation. The same points of law as aro involved in the present case have been raised heretofore both in the lower and supreme court. The ruling, so far as record shows, has always been in favor of the society in analagous proceedings." False JPretente. Harry Zcll, a boy who has been in sev eral scrapes, recently went to the butcher shop of Harry Diffenbach, on the old fac tory road, and procured about eight pounds of meat by representing that it was for J. P. Knight, proprietor of tho Exchange hotel. When Mr. Knight camo to settlo he found what had been done. Tho young man was arrested, and will havo to answer tho charge of false pro tenso before Alderman Spurrier. several .i,,rrTfia b By tbe Mayor, drunks and bums were dis. charged by tbe mayor this morning. school men like Dr. Beard and the grammatic, if not deep, Dr. Spitzka. THE TOBACCO MARKET. CAUSE UP ITS COATUUEU DUIO.NKSS. . Correapondeat'e Plaint at tbe Delay of CoagreM la Settling tne 'lax Uueetion some Kecent Small Transactions. Communicated. This market had to bo content with sales of some 'SO, in all about 300 cases, which, taking all things into con sideration, was fully as much as could be expected. The continued delay of Con gress in taking any positivo position on tho revenue question is in itself sufficient cause to put almost au entire stop to any business, cither in tobacco or cigars. Why it is that Congress can delay such an important matter so long is beyond the comprehension of ordinary mortals, but one thing is just as sure as rolling off a log, that is that if our lawmakers had as: much sense as ordinary school boys they would give matters of so much importance as this is to tho wholo people of this coun try at least a hearing instead of fighting over the war and acting on raattters in which ono man is interested. But so it is, and right heie in this county, whence peti tion after petition has gone to our repre sentative, there is a general complaint against that gentleman that his voice has never been heard in behalf of tho repeal of a law that is now bearing down so heavily on the principal industry of tho ounty. Another drawback just now is the fact of the close of the year. The final reports have to be made out and manufacturers. strivo to workup their stock as close as. possible by that time. It is more than probable that from sheer force thero will be some increase of business after Jan. 1st.. Stocks in manufacturers' hands are very light. All of them have been working on just as light stocks as possible. If they intend to do so they must buy, and, as in. all other branches, the demand will take up tho supply, if heavy so much tho bet ter. Buying of tho now still continues, aud there has been considerable of it bought during the last week at prices from 21 to 2-1 for long wrappers, 10 to 16 for abort, seconds 5 to 8 and tillers 3. Tho few damp days that wo have had were improved by many of our growers but there aro moro who have not yet taken down any. They claim that it was. not iu condition. There is no doubt that, tho season has so far been very nnfavor able and that stripping will be very late this season. Last year tbe greater part of tho crop had been sold at Ibis timo and mo?t of it delivered. We have not yet heard of any boiug received or that any wero ready. A Narrow Kscape. A thrilling oecurrenco and almost a tear ful accident took place in Quarryvillo last Thursday evemug upon the arrival of tho half-past six o'clock train. Thero wero a largo number of passengers who arrived on it, and a big crowd wore on the platform awaiting its arrival. Among them was a little girl about eight years Old, daughter of tbo engineer, Mr. Bhinford. By some means she was hustled off between the platform and the train, a narrow place not over ten feet wide. Tho train had al ready been reversed and was going back rapidly. There was great excitement and with rare presence of mind John M. Wit mer, ono of the officers of the -station, reached down at the risk of his own life, took hold of the child and held her bard against the platform until tho train had passed her. The wheels passed over her dress and had it not been for Mr. Witmor thero is no doubt sho would have been cat to pieces. halos of .Real Estate. Jru:. Collins, auctioneer, sold for David Ilaverstick, jr., 10 acres and 85 perches ot unimproved land iu Strasburg township, situated about ono milo northeast of New Providence to John Bronnoman for $125.50 per acre. Charles Aehtson ban sold the storo house and dwelling iu Mechanics Grove. Drumoro township, to Ceylon Hilton of Peter's Creek, for 4,750. He has 'also bought the stock of goods and will run tho business. Mr H. is now doing busi ness at Fetor's Creek. The Couowingo farm and oro banks wero offered at public salo on last Thurs day. The only bid for it was $-10 per acre, and tho sale was postponed for two weeks. It contains over 200 acrc3, and is near Camargo, in Eden township. Henry Shubert, auctioneer aud real es tate agent, sold at public sale last evening at the Leopard hotel, tho property be longing to Andrew Markcs, situated on the north sido of North btrccr. botween Duko and Rockland streets, to Fiona i Hemplo for 3,555. Argument Courr. Court was in session yesterday after noon aud several cases wero argued in common pleas. In tho case of Georgo Elliott vh. John A. Shober, certiorari, tho exceptions wero sustained and proceedings dis missed. Elizabeth Holtzhouse was divorced from her husband, Hiram Ilultliouse, on tho grounds of desertion. Adam Dielil and J. W. Rinecr, insolent debtors, wore discharged. Court did not meet this morning, but convened again at 2 o'clock. Wm. L. Ream, of Strasburg, who was arrested on the charge of fornication and bastardy and committed, by 'Squire Hilde brand, in default of bail, was taken before the judge this afternoon, and admitted to bail in tho sum of $300, to answer at tbe January quarter sessions. Frozen Goiters. In many parts 'of the city the open cut ters aro full of ice and tho surfaco water, running over tbo sidewalks or out into the streets, and thero freezing, make walking aud driving alike dangerous. One of the worst of theso places is Rockland street from Vine to Church, and along Church to Washington. The waste water from Koehlor's brewery and from all the private residences along theso streets flows into tho streets aud there freezes, making them almost a solid bed of ice. If tho street commissioner or the street committee will take a look at Rockland street any time before the next thaw sets in they will probably recommend the early construc tion of a sewer on Rockland street from Vine to Church, and along Church at least as far as the brewery. The lsieaslnga or UlTlng. As the Home is now supported by tho county, the managers aro no longer obliged to solicit contributions for that purpose, but although amply provided with food and clothing, the little ones there, also, like children in more favored homes, are indulging in glad anticipations of what the happy Christmastido has in store for them, and therefore this appeal so that they shall not be disappointed. Any toys, or picture book?, either new or discarded, will be gratefully received. If inconvenient to send your gifts, a postal addrest-ed to the matron, Mrs. Hamaker. requesting her to send for them, will re ceive prompt attention, and your own joys will be enhanced by tho blessedness of giving. - X Aaalgament. Rudolph Shenk and wife, of Conestoga, havo made on assignment of all their property to John Shenk, of Lancaster township, and Isaac Shenk, of Pcqua. Religions Services. In the Presbyterian church at Paradiso services have been held nightly for some time past and they are well attended. fcl ill 1 WJ it H IS S van ?si i m
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