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Luxurious Presidents.
The eincers et Olrnnl college, while
traversing the cellars of one of its build.
lnja the olher day, discovered a marble
sarcophagus of which they knew neth
Ing. They found en examining the re
cords tlnvt it had been given te ttie college
by Commedore Elliett in 1B3S, who had
brought it from Egypt and presented It
te Andrew Jacksen nann Imperial casket
worthy te contain his remains.
But Andrew .Tackseu did net want te
lie In an Imperial sarcophagus, and he
wrote his declination in a letter
which is worthy of careful attention In
these days when luxury Is doing se
much te snp the virtuous fabric of our
government. Jacksen believed that
simplicity was essential te republican
life ; and the exporience we have had
since we have se widely departed from
this Jacksenlan Idea must serve te give
us a Btreng suspicion that he knew what
he was tnlklng about. Certainly there
is net much simplicity In this country
mw. Yeu would net readily llnd n
president who would decline an Impe
rial sarcophagus for theieaseu Jacksen
gave.' We de net knew that any ether
president has ever been offered a ready.
madecelun, Possibly even it rant might
have declined such a present ; but it
would have been much mere likely te le
for the reason that the modern president
would think himself tee godlike te die
than because he would feel himself tee
humble te endure Imperial sepulture.
Our present president is one .Mr. Arthur,
a gentleman of humble origin in New
Yerk city, where he was for some
fifty years dies. Arthur and hail fellow
well met with the b'hejs. It does net
occur te Mr. Arthur that the president
of the United States is net "the same in
dividual he ever was, however humble ;
that Jacksenlan idea lias net penetrated
his well kept silk hat. He likes the
luxury he wraps about him. Any ether
fellow In his place would be likely te de
the same. The old Reman virtue et
Andrew Jacksen is net conspicuous)
found In the modern politician's
soul. Even that much talked
of old gentlfman, Tilden. whom
we elected president once when he had
net the fibre te take the efllce, and
whom seme people think should be
elected again, though he has net the
muscle te lift his hand, has in his last
days erected him a million dollar house
in which te dwell and enjoy its manifi
cence all alone. Maybe lie would take
the sarcophagus ; which was an elephant
en peer Commedore Elliett's hands and
which Girard college has had no use for
until new it is brought forward te point
te us the moral taught in Andrew Jack.
een'fl letter.
Hen Abram S. IIuwitt has been half
way around the world ; he has trodden
the Homeric fields, ttoed where St. Paul
preached, and rested under the dive
trees where Secrates discussed philoso
phy. After looking upon the scenes
where a 2re.1t deal of legendary his'er)
has been located, and viewing might)
ruins of werdly greatnes?, he concludes
that the most valuable treasure ever
discovered by maukind is the govern
ment et the United States, and he pro
poses te de all he can te preserve it b)
ndveciting sound Democratic principles
and policies in his position as cotigre.3 cetigre.3
man. As the time approaches for him
te resume the duties of las congression
al office Mr. Hewitt will 110 doubt find
early and frequent occasion te put into
political operation the lessens he has
learned by comparison of our institu
tions with these of the old world coun
tries. In the meantime some of our
statesmen who are resting from public
employment for a s-usm Bt.ilne and
Cenkliug for instance might prefiubly
take a trip abroad and study America
In the light of Europe. They would
likely come baek better men, even if
they were rendered ltss available caudi
dates for the Republican nomination in
1811.
The time will surely coma when the
main streets of every great city in this
country will be tunnelled or excavated
and vaulted. There is occasion new te
run sewers, water supply pipes, gas
mains, electric, telegraph, telephone and
light wires, pipes te convey steam heat
nnd pneumatic tubes for the transmission
of packages under the streets of our
cities. The frequent tearing up of our
city highways for putting these down,
relaying or repairing has beceme an
intolerable nuisance. The expense of
these successive operations is greater than
would be the original cost of making one
Bubterranean passage and the conven
ience and utility of tlie latter would be
Incomparably grea'er than thuis of the
present patched-up system. Pails and
Vienna already have the Improved plan
of conduits under their streets; Berlin
and Heme are about te construct It ;
New Yetkand Philadelphia must seen
fellow.
Nevada is gradually dwindling in
population until new its number of nee
pie is estimated atanywhere from 5,000
te 10,000-about as many as Lancaster
city and yet this rotten borough has
two seats in tlie Uuited States Senate
and three electoral votes, te be auctioned
off periodically. There is no way of re
manding a statu te tlie position of a
territory after it has se far lest all tim
attributes of a state. All the mero,
tborefere, should Congress be careful
net te admit any mero mich bailiwicks
as Nevada te equal sovereignty in tlie
Senate with New Yerk, Pennsylvania
and Ohie. Out there each citizen
counts as much In a presidential election
as ene hundred Pennsylvaulans, nnd by
no token de they desorve te be even
equal with us,
We have been watching with Berne
interest the proceedings of the teachers'
Institute this week and we have waited
vainly thus far te hear an Inquiry or an
e tplauatlen regarding the atrlklng fact
that the poorest and lowest priced
teaihera are put In charge of the primary
BOhoels, wliere, surely, t'ie host care, the
best talent and of ceurse the best pay
eujht te be had. In the remaining day
of the proceedings we would like te
have this matter Ventilated and te hear
what practical educators htVQ.te say iii
defense of the present system.
Death In the Air.
That electric light trial In New Yerk
Is exciting a greatdeal of interest. IMi
Ben was en the stand yesterday and tes
tified that Micro was no difficulty at all
In laying underground wires. His com
pany laid them In that way. He sus
tilnril the tcstlmenv of thf "iber expert
witnesses who had declined that tlie
overhead wires were likely te be danger
ous. A wlre charged with electricity
sufficient te sustain thirty street lights
would have sufficient power te destroy
life if the charge should pass into the
body. If the wires maintained their
insulation they would net be dangerous;
but no method of Insulation was entirely
reliable. The coating of cotton and
paint was subject te deterioration in
the atmosphere. Water is a geed c in
ductor of electricity and the ehvttie
charge could be carried from an untn
sulnted wire by a water stream. The
deduction is that it would net be safe te
stand under an electric wire In a heavy
rain fall. If ttiat well informed lamp
committee of ours, which has shown such
a burning desire te impose M e" mis
erable wires upon our tewi. 1 iO tes
tify their belief in the ha..u.i:j .ess of
thir wires, they will at an early opper
tuuit) ivisu.ide the fire engine commit
tee te order out one of the city engines
with which te try their experiment. Tlie
lamp committee would stand itself in
position te leceive the charge of water
fired through the heavily charged wires,
and their fellow citizens would leek en
with interest te see the result of the ex
periment, but as calmly as did the geed
wife whose husband fought with the
bear.
Wi: note that the Aiamine, of our
town, ami the JItrald, of Columbia, tx
press a high degree of u admiration for
the language In which we clothed our
criticism of the Thursby concert. They
took what they considered te ba its
gems from the places in winch th.-y were
found and ran them together se that
they might mere conveniently tati.ite
themselves with the contemplation of
their beauty. We can gratify our co
temporaries by informing them that they
have plenty of company in their admira
tim of that criticism. We have re
ceived, for instance, from M ulame X.it
a'ie de Keutski a note express
ing her satisfaction with our treat
ment of her husband' t pertorm perterm
ancj, and her hearty approval of our
Idja of what music really Is. She says
"I see that you admit only one sort of
music, and that is the real one. Don't
you think that if music ceases te be
m-dodieus, poetic, picturesque and lim
its itself by being a sort et algebraic
problem iu music, it loses entirely its
principal aim of teaching human hearts
and elevating their minds? Unfortun
ately, te-d.iy, with this Wagner music
and us bad imitation, everything is dis-
pl.i)ed te puzzle you, te astonish you
with the most noisy and extravagant
harmony of combinations nothing te
ch inn ; the simplicity and the melody
are considered as bad taste. When will
t'lis fever take an end ? That is the
quest ieu."
PuiLAUKLrniA, Bosten and Iudlanap
elis, are all clatueriug for the Rapublican
convention. Why net held it at Richmond
and give Mabene a chance ?
Fen him who te day will buy the part
ner of his joys and sorrows a ue.il skin
sicquc or fur hucd circular, life during the
nest six month? will be oue long dream of
marital blis-t.
Ox Tuesday night tbe electric light ou
Chestuut Htreet, Philadelphia, was suji
plied with the electilc lluid from uuder
ground wires. The experiment was em
inently succestul, and freely translated, it
means that the wooden poles must go.
Ir is thought that a preposition will be
raade te Ceugress te reduce the pricu of
patent rights te i, the sum new p-uil for
copyrights. As net mero than oue iu two
huudred patent rights evor pay the cost el
obtaining thorn, this would Heerajadvisable
as giving doserved onceuragemunt te
American inventors.
Tur. New Yerk musical pubhe is kept
in a harrowing state of uncertainty as te
whether thodivine Patti will sing en the
occasions when alie is announced. Menu
time Maplrseu and Abbey are enjoying
the best kind of free advancement for
their performances, and every one is happy
except the mau who piys bis mono) le
hear ihn diva nud hears her net.
FAlll ACTl'MM
Ami itlll she walks In golden hours
Through nurvcsl-liiippy farms,
Ami still alie can liar trulls mul neum
l.tke Jewels en liur urmx.
Wlmtmuun U10 gladness et the plain,
The Jey et eve nnd morn.
Thuuitrili thittslntkei tlie heard ergmtn
And yellow locks of corn T
M10 sem with clearer tiye than outs
Tim koeiI et sutTurlng born
The huiirts Unit blossom like liur lien urs.
Anil ripen llke liur corn.
Whttliet.
bAUA Hliinhaudt, h8 purchased a
Fteuch farm which hai been leug noted
for its oxeolleut oheeso production. The
vorsatile nud atteuuated Sara is gelug into
uiu iiiiiuuiuuiuru 01 iue oeuicsuuio ou au
extensive scale, nnd a large sale has nl
rendy been feuud for the varlety labolleil
"potlteoara Bernhardt. New let Faulty
Davoupert start a soap factory.
LOVE AND KAMK.
The punt's soul that hail tliu lienuy
I'rem man unit uiu.
pienjed
On ciib'ur wlns huu none te beuk honest
1 ur trein earth's kirlte.
Ftime Willi te Love 1 "Tlie pouf soul Is mine.
'Ill tnlnu te bring
Te my eternal lluuls the voiue illvlnu
'X lint thus could bIuk."
Love unswcied " Though thy claim I new
uuilivnii
TwH8 1 did kIte
Ills lurfeu? nil tlie II te una Kincufulium
Whereby they live."
Chamber? Journal.
What might be called a terrlble tompest
In a toaipet Is in progress through the
columns of n Londen uowspaper, the con
troversy beltig whother tea taken as a
boveragu Is harinlul. Lead lug divines,
physlelnuB and lawyers havojeluod iu the
debate, and opinions the most divorse nre
expressed. One writer Insists that this
hitherto considered slmple Chiucsopie-
ilue.t is the insult us author of revilutlen.
n emiiu-nt phjslclan asserts that th
eliPOihig cup of tei ueilii.shcs enietlnnal
iiiMuity, while 11 lawyer expressi's it ns his
opinion that It encourages btigitl n. Net
withstanding these terrible crimes lild
at the deer of the steaming liquid, the
divine herb cm never be ousted from the
place- it holds 111 the nlleotiem of the
nutch making tnautmas, the elderly, nnd
the large propertioiof humanity who llnd
iu it n certain relief rrem houlte'ie the
mestdiriful.
i'6KaUNAU
Kmi'kiieu Willi vm has wine in his col cel
iarsSO.) joarseld, but centents himself
nith ordinary .Moselle.
Ten'NVSOn's lbs verses weie written ou
a slate and the subjret was the tKniers tlmt
adorned his f.ithet's gnrden.
Skniteii 1'mii s.i) he doesn't believe
there's a mm iu the world who k turns
what hii iiiulens me upon pditlcal mat
ters. Gnvsr isabmt te Heti.l a miehlnc gun
te the viceroy of China, nud 0110 te the
Mikade of Japan. Then greatest capacity
is 700 shots per uutiute.
lbmei. Cenklimi was net regarded as a
vcrv pretitisitii; euth while studying law
iu UticA, N. Y and ins first success at the
bar was wen mero by his eloquence thin
his sharpness.
lles I) W. VoemiKKs, L iiited States
senator I nun liidiuia, will lecture in the
icidemv of iiiunIc. Philadelphia, ou Situr
il.iv. N v inber'.' I His subuet will be
" Tluitn.is .Ietreren."
Jin. Kkifeu is thought te have a geed
chance ler the empty honor f the Kcptib
licai speakership nomination, i' all the
Hepublicins die between new nnd Decem
ber 1.
Mn C'uuiSTtiN F. CniiiiE- and Mus
Emma Kready, both of this county, weie
married Tuesday in Philmlrlphii, by the
Hv. M. A. K'chauls, 1). I) . nt 1003
Grean street.
Hen Simi ki. .1. Hamim 1. has leeu suf
fering for seme days with a slight nttn k
of gout, nnd was confined te his bed He
is uei much better aid will be enable 1 t
carry out his Intention of leavuj for
Wnshiucteu en Saturday.
Mahv Anpeksen's t;reit beauty and
wonderful success in llfe are both nn'ribfil
by an attrolegist te the fact tha' Jiipitrr,
Venus aud the moon were all In conjunc
tion at the time of hr birth. Should she
evor marry, though, he prrdicts that she
will be unhappy, as .Mars and the tuti were
also tu conjunction when she was born
Lib rciiEUE insists that it is a mitike te
P'rson.ite Ziiif Mid-ith by a large woman,
Uig heavy werueu are geuerally wantuw
in determination aud energy. As a rule a
massive, dignified looking ffnule is me
p.ible of doing anything beyen 1 looking
masive aud dignttlcd. Lady Micft was
probably a youug-ieokiug, siim, lih.
sharp-featured wum.in with bleu le bair
and green eyes.
FEATURES OF TUBSlATB FHBSS.
The Pittsburg I)t deneuuees the m.l
lhnaires who shirk their share of tax.
The Oil City Derrick calls the L"gis'u L"gis'u
ture " a linked nothingness longdrawe
out."
The Heading Herald celebrates i's
second birthday anniversary nnd its maiden
libel &uit tegether.
Tne Hartisburg Indtpendeut siutsts
that Mdhene aud Butler travel as a drama
t c combination.
The Philadelphia Cii micle Herald pie
diets that Butler will be the Peck's bad
boy of national politics next jcir.
The WeBt Cntster Republican weiu'ers
whether It wouldn't boaged idei for
Den Cameren te retsign from the Senate
in favui of his father.
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TI1K UIK.lltl) COI.I.KUK SAKOOI'llAUC.Y.
A I.rllnr
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Irrin Annrpir ,IacliMn Upilmini;
Iturlrd In an f.inperer'it Uullla.
At the meeting of the beard of city
trusts, iu Philadelphia, Thursday, tbe
report of Vice Piesdeut Gregery, et
Uiraid college iu regard te the sa'oopba sa'eopba sa'oepba
gus rrceutly discovered in the cellar of
the ollege was roceived nnd placid upon
the minutes. The sarcophagus will re
main in the college museum It was pre
seated te the college by Commedoio
Elliett in 1SJS, and wheu an investigation
of the teierds of the councils of that city
was m.ule recently the following letter
from Andrew Jacksen waB leund, together
with (JommeJoro Elliett's letter, present
lug him with the sarcophagus. In this
letter the commodore '! 1 " I my you,
general, te live en in the fear of the Lord.
Dy.tigthe death of a Iteman soldier, au
emperor's cefllu awaits you." The fol
lowing was Gen Jacksen's reply :
" With the warmest sensations that can
inspire a grateful heart, 1 must decliLe
accepting thy honor intended te bs be bo
stewed. I cannot conkeut that my mortal
body shall bu laid in a repository prepared
for an emperor or a king, ily republican
feelings forbid it. Every monument
erected te porpetuate the memory of our
Ik-iecs aud statesmen ought te bear evi
dence of the cceuemy and simplicity of our
republican institutions and the plaiunc-s
of our republican citizens, who nre the
sovereigns of our glorious unien.and whose
virtue is te porpetuate it. True virue
cauuet exist where pomp nnd p.irade nre
thn governing passieus. it o.iueuly dwell
with the people the great laboring and
producing classes that form the bone nnd
Hinonsef our confedoraoy. I have pro pre
pired an humble depository for my mortal
bidy besides that wherein lies my beloved
wife, where, without any pomp or parnde,
when my Ged calls me te sleep with my
fathom, te be laid, for both of us there te
remain until tbe last trumpet sounds te
call the (lead te judgment, when we, I
h'jpe, shtill rlse together olethed with that
heavenly body premised teall who bollevn
in our glorious Redeemer, who died for us
that we might llve, nnd by whose monu
ment I hepe for a blessed immortality.
" A.NDitnw Jacksen."
Prof. Orogery's report gives 11 trnusln
tien of the iuHutlptien en the saroepungiu,
aud says :
"The Inscription translated is Julia, the
daughter of Calus Mamraiua, aged au.
Julia Detnna was the wife of the Emperor
Septirilus SoveriiB. Her sister Julia Miusa
wedded great iulluouce nt oeurt, nnd n
daughter, Julia Mamroiea, born llke
the ether Julias nt Emesa, in Syria. But
this cannot be the lady, ns Bhe was mueh
elder than e0 when she lest her llfe. It is
reasounble te conalude tlmt Julia Call
Filia Mnmmiei, whose sarcophagus was
found nt Berytus, sixty miles from the
emperer's birthplace nt Arce, nnd about
ene hutidred miles from his mother'a
uatlve town, was ene of the objects of the
imperial oeunty 01 Aiexauder boverus."
1 he Unto of the emotion w;
was probably
250 A. 1).
Mills Ulebed.
Milwaukeu, Nev. 15. The Bayvlew
ilshplate mill nnd tlie North Ohioage roll,
ing mill oempanioB cleswl yesterday,
throwing several hundred inen out of em
pleyment. The shut down was owing te
lack of orders, the season for eldylng being
about evor.
ltilen' llig I'reject.
Bosten, Mass,, Nev. 15. One hundred
ami lllty thousand dollars has been raised
by subiorlptieu for the purpoie of estab
lishing a general Unitarian hcalquarteig
in thiseiiy nnd immodlate 6 tepi will bu
taken te purohase nu ollgible alto acd
erect a suitable building.
BOLD UUFFIANS.
A VIII.AIMUI AelAltl IN I'AIU'
Four I imHrntllnj: i.tiuiinti Mrfrtuiiits linn-
B"teuly Mitbtisd mi I tin Mtrrt
llttirr I.bie Ne
The tecetit ntTrayn en the eiitet- boulo beulo boule
x.irds of Paris hnie new been followed by
a etuel nttnek upon font trspcctnble Eug
lih merchants, whose only ollftise was
that they interfeird, 111 .ilv.mce of the
police, te save the life of 11 m in who w.is
being barbarously uiiltre.ited bv four
r 11 111. ins. It was fei this kind if riitlliuisui
that the colebrated lieridirttUs bill was
euae'ed. The fellow lug .110 the 1! -tails el
the else, as related by e.ie witnesses te the
secretary of the Tnellth Arrendissemi'iit
Shettly after half -pint 11 en .Monday
night four Euglish'iieii, n-imrd Pepe.
Hege, Ile.vcs nnd FersttK'ister, the last
being a British subj ct, though German
by extraction, woie pl.i.Miig billiards Iu 1111
upper room use-1 nightly by them 111 the
CriiRterle, Ne 0.', HueTr.ivcisleie, 11d.uk,
narrow street leading inti the Eiubeurg
S.ilnt Autelue In Paris Tbe Englishmen,
who were from the Snau 1'nited electric
light company's factory, had chosen this
Crasseiie because when they spke English
elsewhere they were elten mistaken liy
French people for German
While the game of In I aids was trati
liiilly piecceduig an ilanu was raised iu
the street. The Kiiglichnu-u rushed out
and found four ruffianly linking tueii en
denveritig te strangle nn Alsatian, named
Weiss, who was erjing ler help. Pepe
immediately Interfered and was joined by
his comrades, nud Weiss was dragged into
the Crnsserie, where he declared his nssuil
nuts bad called bun a I'ius1,mi nml h id
threatened te have his life.
The scoend nnd mere sii i,m part le the
drama new bfgan. l'lu- Englishmen wait
ed ipnetly nt the deer, when, in about live
minutes. Weiss' assail nits returned and,
before any defence could be inade.attacked
and stabbed all lour et the Englishmen
Pope who did net knew that the knife of
oue of the rilllhins had iiecd him close
te the heart, actually knocked the fib w
down nnd thou s.inkupeu the ground, his
bleed pouting out upon the pavement
The assailants immedutely took te light,
aud their victim? were carried into tlie
billard room aud laid up m the tabic upon
which they had beeu plaving a quarter of
nu hour bofero the attack Ttiey were
subsequently remeeil te the hospital of
Saiut Anteiue, aud thettce te Ne 03 Avouue
Oumesnil, where beds weie hastily im im
previM'd, ami where tiny new He in a
precarious rtnte, Tbe p-ilice me reticent,
because, they say, any imprudent revel
atnu might destroy the tlue te the ss
sassins. a erAni.t; iH'.iniiMi.
rnatei ,linv 11 -y (lerinni tu Jtlm K ttr 1..
Miiollenl
A pleasar.t company of frleudsassembli'd
at the residence of Mr. Jjhu B. S-ivet, at
Alcxaudti.i, Va , ou Thursday evening te
witness the marriage ceicmeny of bis
otece and adopted daughtet, Miss Kate L.
Woolford, te State bater Janus Gay
Gorden, of Philadelpbm 'I'll? haedseme
suit of parhrsweie pnttll) decorated with
blooming plants an 1 soft waxen lights.
The bride was given away by her father,
who steed at her left during the ceremony
the best mau, the groom's bio her, Mr.
Charles Gorden, standing en the hitter's
right. The csromeny took p'.iee beneath
nn umbiclla made of China asters aud
chrysanthemums. R?v. Mr. Norten, of
St. Paul's Episcopal church, officiated,
Rev. Mr. Dinwiddle, a Presbyterian
clPrgymiD, offering the fls.al prayer.
Alter tin? ceremeny the happy couple
receivtil the conratulitieus of their
friends, and then led the way t the
supiHjr riwia, where au elegaut cellati u
was Reried. The bnde'a cake, an elabor
ate stiucture, was pbced en a side table
and generous sections weie provided for
the guests te tufts home The bridal
toilette was of cream white surah silk.
richly garnished with jeiut lace. The
Ibr.tl garuituie across the waist was a
pray of snow balls The bride carned a
bouquet of tea roses aud a neb. baud
painted fin mounted in iver), A long
tulle veil held by a buucli of snow balls
nearly coveied het figure.
'I he groom's two Mst-in weie in full
evening dress, Miss rallie Gorden wearing
a e mhiuatieti of pale blue nud silver bro
cade, aud Miss My G rden, piuk satiu
se rub, nehly trimmed with punt lace.
Hiss Florence Woolford, t'ie bnde's euly
sitr, were cream tinted nun's vailing,
with bread sash of satin. Tne bride's
adopted mother woie bl.iek silk and point
laci trimmings. Mrs. Governer Pattison
woie a rich brewu silk, combined with
brocaded velvet of n deeper shade, uud
Ibral garuiture of dcep crimson reics.
Among theso present weie Mr. and Mrs.
Geerge B. Carlan, of Alexandria, the
fimily of Mr. E. C. Smoot, the Perry
family and Mr. J. D. Smoot and famlly.nll
family connections. Governer Pattison,
of Pennsylvania, who is a first ceuslu of
the bride, was present with his wife, and
was the guest of his mother, Mrs. Dr.
Pattison, and his sister, Mrs G. B. Carlan,
at their residence. Seoretary of the Com
monwealth Stenger and lady nud Mr.
Everett, the governor's private secretary,
were also prescut. The bride came down
dressed iu u deep custom of deep brewu
wool, just before 9 o'clock, the happy
ceuple taking the 0:10 train ler Washing,
ten, for a northern bridal tour before
taking up their permanetit residence in
Philadelphia. The wedding prebents were
uumoteus. The bride's trousseau was
given by .Mr. aud Mrs. .1. B. Smoot. Gov.
Pattison sent a rleh scrvice of silver.
KM'.UTIUO l.lwllXInll.
ICillneirs Ojilulen H Kxuri-iiaeii in the T utile
Unit.
The new famous suit of Jehn 8. Tuttle
ngaiust the Brush eleotrie light company,
New Yerk, was raade loteresttng Thurs
day bv tlie appearance of T. A. Edisen.
Even W. M. Evarts get down from his
high herBO in the prosenco of the dis dis
tinguished olcetrioinn. " U the are light
system dnugoreus te human llfe ?" was
asked. Mr. Ediseu held his hand care
fully te his ear, ns he is exceedingly deaf,
aud aiiiwored oautieubly, "I never tried
It." The spoetators smiled. "The nre
current, If uulusulnted, will be dangerous,"
Mr. Edisen continued, "if supplying thirty
Inmps."
Poles nnd wires, he bald, were net nec
essary forelootrio lighting. If an elTcient
wire was broken the current would simply
close. Ifauother wlre under such cir
cumstances shall cress the efferent wire
near the dynamo the wire would be burn
ed aud possibly the lamp. The machinery
in the ollleo would sutler most. Red het
wire would probably drop en passers by,
and it would be " pretty bad" for them.
The white insulator used iu the Btush
oempany's wlre, Mr. Edisen said, would
uet, while the dark oue would, be tuade
brittle by the oleniDiitH. Ne perfcet in
sulator had been put Inte practice. Thore
was no particular difficulty iu eparating
the nre system underground.
On the oress examination Mr. Edisen
said that a person could beceme impllca'ed
iu the eleotrle light wires by putting his
bauds en the two carrying oppesito our
routs near the station, if they were net
properly lusulaled, or by placing ene baud
ou oue wlre nnd forming a ground con
nection with the machine or the ethor in
sulated wire,
Mr. Evarts then questioned the inventer
ns te whether nn noeldont te a porseu
could oseur te which the poison did uet
voluntarily contribute. Mr. Ediseu, nfter
pondering, responded that this might
happen where u stream of water strongly
oharged with olectriolty fell upon an In.
dividual He could tMnk of no ether ceu
ttngeiicy. " De you knew of nuy ceudl
tien where n stream of water highly
eh.ui'id widi ibciricitv has descended
upon the h id el a p'tseu passing III the
ftreel'.1 ' atkml Mr Emits. ' Ne, sir,"
was the quiet it'pty,
llmicnil M'llli I'lre el t'wuin !
Tin lore Staike, mi old in m, living a' 1
-111 Diamond struct, Phdidilphla, cum,
mlttrd suicide yesterd ly morning by hung I
leg luiiiseli nt his residence. His wife left '
him in bed wluleshe went toprepue break- i
fast O.i returning nbeut half past Ilie i
e'c eek she found the dead body of her bus. j
band suspended from a closet d or. lle i
li.nl hanged himself with nu ordinary piece '
of wrapping twine, which had been nt I
tached te the inner deer-knob nnd pinscd '
ever the top of the deer. Ills feet touched
the Ihier mid he had strangled te deith.
He was nt one tlmn n well te de dealer in
curled hair, but failed a few years ae,
since which time he has followed his trade
a a tailor. Fer several days pist he bud
tipcn threatened with nu attack of typhei I
fever nud the low sittts resulting from tlie
fever aie nsslgued as the cause of his stti
cide He leaves a family of grown up
ehtldieii, who fellow his trade.
Hub I'lOil nml tlie iltmr (Iaiir
Beb Find, the sl,i)er of Jense .I.tmes,
who lias been living iu New Yeik for a
month or mero, said Thursday night :
" The ntt nipt te kill Charley Ferd, 1
think, arose from the fact that l-'r.iuk
J.iiiu-h' frteuds nre nfrald tlmt he will turn
stnte's ei ideuce iu .he coining trial for the
Blue Cut train robbery en tha Mi-noun
Pacific read. The trial of Charley begins
iu Kansas City ou next Mem! ly. Frank
Janus is j Milt ly indicted with him, but
Charley hit elec'xd te b tried alone.
James cliims that he was uet a puty te
the rebbeiy." Beb Ferd said liiaher
that Charley was ue.irly dead w.th con
sumptieu. t is a curious fact that four
eftheJcfl.se J lines gang, Woodferd, Nel
son, Abe Miller, Clarence Hite and an
ether, died of that disease.
r.utHK I. ir -M-lMiien nml Krl'jclim.
Jeseph It Dre-sier, the Elizabeth, N.
J , faster, says hels miking the uttempt
iu the interest of science and te prove his
faith in Ged, whom lie had pietnised net.
te eat anything for forty das He
claims te have fasted for twenty oue days
nt his home In Belgium Ha s.ns he g es
te church overy morning. He smokes
three or four ttmei n day aud rinses his
mouth out with a little water He says be
will prolong his fast as Mug ns pesiible,
but will uet endanger bis life
Twe TmiiKAUd Kinlt vtther
Twe thousand women aud guls em em
pleied iu Higgius' cariK't factory, en West
Feity third street, New Yerk, struck
Thursday tu consequence of a reduction of
10 per cent in their wages. The operatives
subsequently met, erganizad a union and
listened te speeches by nien an'd women.
Anether Martyr le the Ultimo,
in lia mpelN leurnal
Professer Charles Gilbert, of the state
university, is lu receipt of a lotter from
I'rolcsser Spencer Burd, stating that Mr.
Charles L. McKay, who enlisted in tlie
spring of 1SS1 for three years in tbe mct mct mct
eoregicil service, aud was located nmeug
tbe inlands of the Aleutian nrohipelaeo,
was recently lest through the ice while
huutiug.
lUllllll.V MltJ.NUtl.
A L.'li'n i:tra 'riMini- Vmliiitiuu til serai. -ion
umclnls
Common council assembled last cvening
in their room pursuant te a call, the f jIIow jIIew
iug members bemg present :
Messrs, Adams, Albright, Beard, Bele
nius, Cermeny, Damuth, Diuklebcrg,
Ebermne, Evarts, Fraim, Hartley, Henry,
lluber. Ketidig, McKillip. McLmgbliii,
Powell, Leng, Remley, Riddle, Sebum,
Sfci-eu, Stermtelt2, Ilur.st, president.
'I'nf preslileut stated that no business
could bi done, sitice the rules geierumg
the two branches tuade it necessary that
the members of each branch should be
eilhiilly notified that meetings were te be
held Selcet council a'ljeurned at their
l.iit ranotiugfyesterday a week age) with
the Intention of uet meeting until the
itsu il time next mouth, and uet being in
sefsiea 1 ist evemug c itninun council e.uild
transact no business.
Fer the information of the members
pp uut a letter was read from city author
il tes nt Scranton stating that the heads of
the departments aud seme of tbe members
of c mucils intended visttiug Philadelphia
aud ethor towns in the statu, and saying
that thev would be In Lancaster to-mei-ioa
te limped our mode of city govern
incut.
There will boa meeting of both branches
of e iiinclls this evening, when arrange
mmiiH will be made for tlie tecaptieu of
the visitors.
(Je.viutVVlI.l.r; .M'.IVS
l'reiu n KegtiWr Unrrniuui!eiit.
On Tiies-iay, Divis Meire, an old resi
dent of Eden township, died near May.
He was about seventy year.s old and was
an old rolling mill baud until about tweuty
years age, when he was terribly injured
nud used up. Smoe that time he has been
a cripple aud could only d) light jobs of
work. He leaves a large family, all of
them grown up,
James Jefferies, a e irpeuter, of Quarry
ville, while bowing timber at E. M. Stauf
for's mill, in Drumere township, cut his
feet terribly, almost severiug the (rout
part of it. He was taken te his home,
whero he is beiug attended by Dr. Raub.
The Quarryville national bank opeutd
for busiiiess ou Meuday morning, uliI the
first regular meeting of the directors for
discount was held en Tuesday, which will
be tlie regular discount day hereafter.
I'reiKlit. Wreck.
Yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock a
small wreck occur red at tbe Little Cenes.
tegn bridge en tbe Pennsylvnnia rnilread.
By the breaking of nu nxle a freight ear
was thtewti from thotraek. The aoeldont
was quickly seen and as the train was
running slowly it was stepped bofero nny
ether ears were thrown e. The accident
delayed trains for an hour or mero.
I'reperty Meld.
Yesterday Win, Wohlsen sold te Alfred
Dlllur, at pnvnte sale, the preperty kuewn
as the "Koelor Preperty," corner of Prinee
nnd Lemeu streets, for $13,000. Mr.
Wohlsen tins purchased the Sturgls plau
iug mill en Mulberry Htroet.
Met tim Hennter.
It has been asoertained tlmt the Mr.
Stehmati who, it was tAated, has geno into
tlie tobacco business lu Lebanon, is Mr.
Jehn B. Stehmau, of Meuntville, aud net
Hen. Jehn M. Stehmau, senater from the
Northern district.
Went te tfreilnrlck.
This morning at OJ o'clock nbeut thirty
raembers of the old Washington lire com
pany aocempauled by W. U. Ileusel, left
this city for Frederick, Marylaud. They
will return en Saturday.
Need Ais:stnucf.
The family of Abiaham Peters, of -11
Chureh strcet, ure iu need. Oue of the
children has just died of scarlet favor and
several nre slek. The father who Is indus
trious nud sober is out of work,
Mayer's Ueurt.
Tlie mayor had llve eaes this morning.
Oue drunk was sent te Jul! for ilve days
nnd three vagrants wero dlschnrged. One
man who was slek wassontte the hospital,
Haiti ter Court,
Alderman Samson has held for .trial at
oeurt Simuel Ulbseti for bigamy aud
Isabella Oerblt for adultery.
TKA0IIKR81 INSTITUTE.
etiNriMU i rieM (trnir. ehiitiKv
I'rnt ,1 H si ihr l.rctmes oil Kduemlnii .ir
ttin 0li---Vnrlim Alittltim I'or I'er
liiluliiK te tlie Moliuet,
HViic.(iif Afternoon The Instliile
opened with music, niter which 1'ief. E. t
V. M. Graell was Introduced and delivered
a brief dlseetiise en spelling He would
neither tluew the spelling book out of the
window nor di'penil en It entirely; but
would ine with nit abusing It. Te tuake
geed r-peihrs the form uud sound of the
winds should be received Inte the btalit.
He would net use oral spelling at lira, but
make spelling n wetk of fetin
'I I,.. ,, nulla
.! i !
u . u .
Ilie.i.lM i
should copy w mis, nnd the co
tn.ii'e ns net feet as possible
tages of eep)tug nte thnt while the child
Is writing the word lie is being drilled In
reuliug, spelling, language and writing.
Kilucmlen lnr tlir ntnle
Prof. J, S. Stahr was next Introduced
He said that fiee government rests en the
intelligence ni.d vetue of the people. This
is mi axiom In political science that lie
ui-ed net olabeiato. If we tec igtilze It us
true ns all histeiy has pieved it te be then
the establishment of seli els bv the state
ue m cess iry. Our fatheis locegnU'Hl tlie
necessity and gave us in this ooiiiuiou eoiiiuiou oeiiiuiou
wealtli n geed school it) stem ; and we are
new called upon te Improve it. Minv
maintain that the attend nice of pupils
should be iiinde compulsory. That is n
debatable quostten, whlle nil agtee that
education is necessary ; but when we siy
that all clulilieti mus' attend these public
school, we uiterlere with a personal right
of ethers, that will net be le.ulily Yielded,
De ui prepinly understand that education
is for the M-ite as well ns by the state f
l'lie urei-.iy iiitellik'eiice of tha boys and
guls of the statu te make tlimn geed
cltiziii, miiit be the lesultel sjhoel work.
Iu n general way the Mihoels must qualify
them te bi-eeiue goetl cliUens, intelligent
v iters Whoever believes that a repub
lican form et government can exist where
there nre millions who are living in Igiier
niicc, who cauuet even read or write, will
llnd Im pla)sith edged tools. It was a
tumble lespeusibllit.v Liken by otirgevern
iiu'tit when it p'aced the b illet iu the hands
of four millions of slaves. Net because
they were blak men, but because they
weie ignorant ami could net wnely
me the piwer conferred en thorn
There s'emed te the speaVer te
be only one justification for
the net , nml that was, that by giving
them the billet they could be educated
and fitted ler the ue of the billet. Our
ptiblie schools sheu'd be me e thau mere
educational Institutions. They should
prepare the be)s and girls for the duties
of ndiilt citiEjiis. He held that women
tee were cit r.eus, and thai ullheiigh they
were net given the ballet they exetcscd u
far greater inllii nee in th result of oleo
thuis and ineul bug the policy of the gev
erumciit than was generally supposed. le
the rchoels our youth should be instructed
in government matters iu political science
lu the modes of conducting elections. It
Is the duty of te.ichets te see that
their pupils loam something of the
nature of political parties. True, party
pelit e ter denominational religion must net
be ititioduced Inte the schools ; but the)
should knew the ruauncr In which eleo elee
tt' us nre conducted, and should bj taught
that all the geed docs net iuhere In etic
party nud all the evil in nnethur A large
tnajeilty of the adherents of all pirties,
no doubt, are sincere aud henust iu their
sonvietlouH and seek I he wolfnre of th-ir
country. This fact should be impressed
'i pun tbe pupils. Then. It may be asked,
if nil are honest, what is the use of
parties' lle nuswered that all hiuici1
pirties wet thy of the niitie, represuiit
Remii trio it fundamental prttieiple. Great
tiuths ate net always fully seen by loek'ng
at them truiti a siugle stand p nut. One
party may take one .mew and another
auethir vn-w of the same truth, aud
neither may be noselutoly i ght in its
judgment of the best means te reach a
certain end. When any fiitidament.il
principle lias be.m carried into elloet, it
ce,ies te be a party matter, ami there is no
need of furllu r party differences en that
question Aud when a party has no longer
n fundamental priiioiple te eiler fei udep
tien thure is no longer pubhe ueed that
that party should exist, unless it be te
stiuggle for the poisessien of the offices.
Teaeheis should inculcate the duty of
cherishing patriotism aid larg" hearted
uess, n'nl while the pupil is young is the
tunc tti make lasting impression in this
direction and te build him up with tender
cuds te his native country. Narratives
from the history of the enuitry
may be related te show hew patriots
stiuggled and hii lie red for their country
te save it from its epeu e. secret ouemies.
Impress upon the pupils that free institu
tions rest upon tlie virtue and morality of
the pcople. It way be said that roligieu
also should be added. The speaker an
swered that morality and religion go hand
iu hand. If you would have morality, you
must have religion. Individuals may be
moral without being professors of relig
ion ; thore aie many such ; but tlie
soureo et clear morals is, uevorthuleBs, lu
roligieu , and it is the duty of the state te
make room iu the Hchoels for re
ligien. Net sectarian or uuy par
tlcular deiioniluatieual icligtnn, but a
roligieu that makes thn man leek for
guidance abuve and beyend himself. The
Greeks ami the Remans were a religious
people in the palmy days when their states
were the glory of the world, They had
faith iu it, whether It was ttuoerfulso.
Whatever else may be done by tbe teacher
he should net undermine by word erdecd,
by suggestion hlut or thought, a rovor revor rover
enco for diviue things ns they conic bofero
us iu revealud roligieu. All must surely
sce the dangers that must result from
atheism. Wlint feed for the soul is thore
in tjiis? Nnne ; thore is but ene boiueo
Irnm whleh the soul can be fed, aud that
is a roligieu which shall distil sweut fruit
hore and borcafter for ourselvos and suc
ceeding generations.
Musle "Rew, Rew, Chcerlly Rew."
Alnre About tlie (Julucjr Hclioeln,
Prof. Montgomery took tlie stand aud
nnswercd several questions which had
been giveti him. Oue was which should
be taught first print or script ? He nu nu
seored that it was batter te begin with
script, though print might be used. Script
is mueh mero economical, time may be
saved by its tise ; three letters iu script
can be formed in the time that it takes te
form ene in print. Anether quostlen was,
" What Is the funotieu of oral reading ?"
He answered, that it was te develop
thought. Aud this function may be aud
often is destroyed by the unskillful toaehor
who. iu his liuste, does uet wait for the
ahild te get the thought but gees ou with
tbe lessen without it. The professor then
continued his discourse en raadiug, as it is
taught in Quluey. The child should net
be taught te Imitate the toaehcr or nnyoue
else in reading ; he should be taught te be
natural ; te read ns he speaks when among
his companions ; te read with spirit and
expression. The ube of pictures is another
step iu the mede of teaehltig rending, nnd
the uext is spoken language story telling
aud the Dual method in tlie primary
schools is conversation, Iu the scoend
grade of schools at Quluey he
(euud no toxtboeks in the hands of the
ohildren, though a class of six ehildreu
were called up te read, The lady toaehor
went te a shelf in the school room nnd
took down six volumes that did net leek
hkosehool book?, but rather like tlie
works of standard authors. A book was
handed te each pupil und they wero called
upon te lead, and they read well ; with
ease, graoe, lutelligeuea and expression
that he had uover seen befere In ohildten
of their age. They all soemod te thorough
ly understand whit they read. At the
olemof the rending lessen thev had a
talkliic ixeiolte nud n vmy delightful ene
It wns J he uevcr befote beard se geed a
conversation nmeug soheol children.' Every
ene of thiun talked well, nud their excel
lence was the result m tialidng by a most
excellent i'enoher uuder the luipieved sys
tem lu tlie Quluey schools,
Musle by the institute. , ,
Mr. II. P. Smith resumed his exnrclsta
lu drawlug. He g.ne sevetal dictation
lessens, showing tin Ihn blackboard a
number of ptetty noeinnttliiil figures, re
sulting fium strnlght llurs drawn at rtliTir
eut angles through square llgute.
llll.tt i-rnt. WtlltA Piim
Pief. E. E. Whlh, nil, I l, visiter,' n few
"" ' " " "! "in II" " "". ,
''-" . w "chimin of the s.iuitf gfal
'" thnsitne building ; nud yet tbev ."r0
ty (llllerntit. One of the IMfllu""
seemed te be stiiiggllug from morn tv1
night with liisiibiirdiunte pttpili ; In tUd
ether room the teacher appeared te bei
unconscious that she had any pupils te
govern ; they were nil nn orderly nud
quiet ns though thev were iu the ptesoueo
of nu angel Why in ene room was thote
failure uud In the ether success ? They
wete working ttiidei the same system nnd
method. He answered that the one tencher
failed bcc.itisa he did net posses the ele
incuts of control nml the ethet did, The
difl'ftctice was lu the teacher uet iu the
sotieol. Hew many such case thfte ."
lu the schools of this iiomiiieiiwenltlt I
The vital fact iu teaching isltt thMeiteher.
Thete ure lire elements in touching
which he would heiu mention. Control
oeuies from pewnr ; r.ome held thnt tbe
governing power Is inbein ; he did
net deuy It Theu thore Is pontenM
magnetism winch be also noknewlridgrd.
Tlie first element Is -ed inheUtrship, com
petency, which begets confidence ou tbe
part of the pupil. Scoend, tkill in tttiehinj
and ninimgliig Third, heart potter, love
for ill pupil nnd leve ler the work.
Fourth, bark bone, wll power, it U a
geed nrticle anywhere; it always tells in a
school, manage a splilteil boy ns you
would a spirited horse k.seji a stonily line
and a still whip. Fifth, goeti eyet nud geed
eart, soul sight; a blind teucher is nt a
gnnt dis.idvant.ige in tun government of
ch'Idreu.
Ceiniiiltle en J-fiil mriit OolHUeAtot.
The following names were pUeed In
nomination for tnembers of the coiniBittee
ou permanent certillc ites
A. It. Htniny. Latienster.
L. M. Clark. M ittic
J. It lluiuitckui. New Milltown.
l). u i.erevic, tipiiratn.
Miss Emma I'owers, Liucister
M. I). Mull, Eirl.
S. M. Yutzy, Mount Jey.
V. H. Bullcr, West llempfiuld.
E. L. WnttM, .Se.it Earl.
D. M Campbell, Went Hcinpfield.
Frem the above names live will be
oleeted by ballet Fndiiy moruieg te
constitute the committee.
Messrs, Cenner, B-ia -OfMlerfei uud Asten
were appointed a oenvinitteo te couduet
the election.
Iatrtt tuSliile ll.iliveutinii.
The following wero plactvl In uemlna
tien as delegates t ) the hi.iVj convent ion :
Harry M. Heir, Maner.
Miss Lela Zug, Line inter
11. R. Brubaker, Lititz
Ames Shuh, Provldeneo.
W. W. Beeser, Prevhlence.
Miss Llliau WnUb, Columbia.
Caleb Cenner, Peq'ten
On motion, they wei elected by accla
mation. The Kreiiltiii i:iiinrtiuuieiit.
A great deal of disapiinlutiiietit was felt
that Rev. Robart Cellynr (ailed te be pre
sent te leeture nceerdiug te appeiutmetit.
Nevoitheless. the .ittendaiice nt the opera
house was rjui'e large, nnd tlie entertain
ment improvised by the ce.inty superin
tendent was very satlsficter) A number
of choruses were snug by the Institute,
Hue tenor soles were teiiilerei' by P.'Ol.
Hall, a bass tehi by Mr Prcr.enger, a
iluet by the two gi nt'emen ii.uie'1, nnd a
charming violin sjIi by Mr. Bui ,,,.
l,'lllTOtl t-llUCIillllll.
Dt. E E VVhite delivered au able nnd
couvitieing address in favor of universal
education, and pieicil from the statistics
of our own ami foreign ceuutiies that the
education of the masspn does uet lead te
pauperism nud uiime, us has been charged
by the three aristocracies et capital, caste
aud Intellect, but was the only safeguard
against tbete evils ; ami he privcd that
the educated labeier nud artisan in our
own and ether oiuntries live butter, get
better s llanes and have lighter work than
the uncducated. He paid a high tubule
te our ewu odiicitienal system aud the.
of Germany and Switzerland, a'id.referii'd
te the fact that Great Britain had beeu
fetced te adept measures for tboedueatiou
of her people te regain the sceptre of
manufactures and art which tmd (dipped
from her aud was held by hr hotter edu
catcd rivals.
Tlir ItUlntf Utiuntutlnn.
Dr. E E. Higboe inaile au address in
the interest et the boys aud girls, these
incomprehensible beings that nobody uau
fathom or understand. In acmin'ry like
ours, whom hutidreds of thousands of em
igrants from all the iiu'lens of the old
world are uuuually pouring in upon us,
many of them igneratit, and all of them
having a waini plaoe In their limits' for
the lands of their patlvity, and the repre
sentatives of the different nation olau elau
tiishly clinging togetliur uud perpetuating
their old mauueis aud customs, tlie great
necessity of our nation is te sun that their
ohildren nte educated as ours are, se that
ail the different races will assimilate with
ours and form ene gre.it, unite I, homogoa hemogoa homegoa
coiis, patriotic people
'llmrtday Aferniwj. The devotional
oxereises were nendiiutid by Rev. J. P.
Satchel!, of the First M. E. church.
Several soleotious were snug by the in
stitute. Ur, White's Lecture.
Dr. White continued his instructions en
tlie several metheds of recitations ex.
plaining the advantage'sand disadvantages
of the cateahctie and topic methods. Its
catechising pupils the teacher must be
eareful net te put the questions In a load lead
ing form, but put thorn direct,
se that the pupil will be com
polled te dupend en Ids own
knnwledge ratber than than that of the
teacher. If questions nre Imperfectly an
swered endeavor te bring out clearer nud
fuller answers, By praotlen alone tbe
pupil acquires power. As te the tople
niothed, it is tlie roverse of the oatcchetle
it is weak whero the oateohotlo Is strong
nud strong whero the oateohotlo Is weak.
It enables the pupil te arrange and express
thought. A disadvantage is that It affords
very little room for the toaehor for, itiol itiel itiol
detital Instruction. As a rule the toaehor
will advance mero rapidly by quostleniug
pupils, and being careful that the ques
tions be clear, couelso and definite. At
the close of his renmrks a writteti quostlen
was handed up by a toaehor for answer.
After having read It Dr. Whlte said,
"This question is nelther clear, oeuoIbo
nor dolluite ; I cannot answer It."
Music " Jehn Brown's Bedy."
Development Lessen,
Prof. E. V. MeOraff was lutroduecd and
gave what he ealled a development lessen,
lle ealled befere him a elass of seven boys,
iioiie of whom had nny previous kuowicnge
of the lessen he gave thorn. The lessen
oenslsted lu writing en the blackboard first
a peitit, and then getting from the eIqhb a
description of it, By fuquuutly question
ing the boys, but without tel Ing thetn
nnytlilngabeut it, thny gave the answer :
"That whleh has a position, but neither
length, breadth or thickness Is
called a point." The definition of
a line was developed lu the same way
" That which has leugth, but nelther
breadth nor thickness, is called a line,"