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WflPNEaDAT BVBNINO, MOV, 20, 1008.
TheUTncaU or Thanksgiving.
Of nil tlie holidays In the year Thanks
giving Is the feast that enlists the most
general and hearty observance, Bave
Christmas; but it is net like
Christmas, tt season of universal
nillriffe. whero theso who can lcas.t af
ford, give, and theso who can best afford I Bplsctl
receive ; for It la ene or the ironies 01 1
llfe that en tiie altar of generosity only I
real d8VetceB lay thelr Bhrlne. Hypocrisy
abides In nearly every ether observance
et social convention. But Thanksgiving,
with nene of tlie terrors that Christmas
Involves In Rifts, or Independence Day, In
nolseand turmoil, is a breathing tlme in
ene way or another for every man and
woman of the sixty million that make up
the eltizcnahlp of tlie Union. Doubtless
te the many, the origin, purpese or pro
priety of a day for formal thanks is of
the vaguest ; but as the law proclaims
it a day when no work need be done and
custom identiOc3 it with a dinner sig
naled by the stalled ex and graced by
unaccustomed edibles, the millions eat,
drink and are merry in a sober 6ert of
fashion, dimly conscious that their se
date germandizing Is the ceremonial
appropriate te the tutelary of the day.
It was Jehn Mllteu who put the
" Thankday" in stern Olivers head, and
the poet curiously enough cugraftcd a
Greek rite upon the solemu and repul
sive ceremonial of the Puritan ascetics.
It was with meekness, gravity and ab
stemiousness that tiie Thankday of our
fathers began and ended. There w.u no
gay anthem in the morning service, n
philosophic discourse in the dismal
meeting house, with the p.impered con
gregation lulling In cushioned case ! Ne
ergau te swell the glorious diapason of
the sonorous anthem ; no color, no saft
fllirpetcd alsle te save luckier wayfarers
from the sovere reproving glance
of the deacons, mas3ed evor against
the pulpit. It is with the jocund god
of wassail and high cheer we associate
the feast the geed Lincoln revived
from the gloomy ceremonial of the
Puritans. Te the Puritan it was a day
of consecration from all worldly delights
a day of biblical exposition in the
family circle, of repese and solemn self
communion among the creature of evety
form and condition. Gratitude te Oed,
in his iron bound creed could only be
shown in such siens and tokens as the
best in us trust in the Ruler whose mys. I
tcrleus ways are net less Berveu in me
carnal form of Thanksgiving than in the
mera lugubrious and perhaps, en the
whole, net mero refined holiday of the
Puritan or the poetic pageantry of tlie
ancient. Wherefore let us eat, drink aud
be merry and expand Inte the gentler
humanities which seem te hover about
thn well lnden table and the ambrosial
I nectars that the exiled gods nevcr de-
Mn. Randall may seen ceme te ee
tlie pathetic meaning of that pointed
prayer "Save me from my friends."
There are manifest reasons why Mr.
Randall's bucccss In the contest for the
siienkership should recommend Itself te
tlie Democracy of the union. He has
held the place for two terms. He is
skilled In the dellcate and responsible
duties of the chair; he has berne the
trials, temptations and burdens of the
ofllce with irreproachable integrity, wis
dom, self restraint and fitness. Ne man
lu his party can take held with such
trained familiarity as he and set the
wheels of legislative machinery at work,
He Is perhaps better acquainted with the
material uceded in making up commit
tees than any ether man in Congress.
Ills conservative frame of mind en the
tariff is, perhaps, net the least of his rrc
ommendatlens te n large number of M3
countrymen.
These, and a scere mero reasons equal
ly patent, make Mr. Randall's election
very desirable. But all this being receg.
nized, no Democrat can tolerate with
patience the intrusion of Kepubllrnn
party organs lute a contest carried en in
a spirit of thorough harmony. Messrs.
Randall, Cox and Carlisle are Democrats
Hi-stand nil the time, and they would
under no circumstances peril their
party for personal ends. Hence
the extraordinary aud incoherent twad
tile with which the Republican organs
confuse the contest at "Washington,
bears no mero relation te the merits of
the case than the barking of dogs te the
suppression of Are. Mr. Randall will in
all human probability be elected speaker
but his election will net be due te the In
fluence of n single one of tlie reasons pet
forth in the special correspondence of
the tempest tossed emissaries of our es
teemd Republican contemporaries. The
country which has i!3 states governed by
Democrats, knows that the election of
any Democrat is safe, and if Mr. Ran
dall i3 the favorite in tlie candidacy for
mere liberal thought of. te-day associates the speakership, it is simply because lie
with twnltence. culpability and lebise
ment. An empty stomach, a solemn
face, a melancholy manner and a wee
begone garb, were the external aud in
ternal conditions the Puritan's rl-riil
creed hehl essential for the decorous ex
presslen of his fervor te the Most High.
The races from whom Milten borrowed
the idea, were mere philosophic if le&s
orthodox ; with these the days devoted
te the outward signs of the inward grace
by which the mortal expressed his devo
tion te Deity, were mule beautiful by
ruusic, flowers, games and pageantry of
uu artistic eert. As the ejsence of all
things fair and elevating, the primitive
peoples emulated the supposed diversions
of the gods by forms and symbols call
leg for the highest expression of the
vesthetlc. And curiously enough though
the universal creed n cognized the pro
pitiation of the deities by sacrifices of
all manner of birds and beasts, with
altars heaped with geld and precious
treasures of the mine ami loem.aiicli days
as we devote te feasting were marked by
fleshly abstemiousness.
Uefore the gods were exiled, Jupiter,
June, Saturn and the wondrous company
that filled tlie ancient world with ex
quisite romance and peetty, the cere
monial of national rejoicing was net
inade up of feasting. Ferms erlxauty
and delight Oiling the lqind, naturally
enough suggested a devotion of Thank a
giving, testifying the ideal, rather than
the incarnation of the humau. The
Remans victorious ever the Gaul, Car
thaglnlau, Velscl or Nervi, assembled
ia the portlees.wheio the golden crowned
gods sate in marble majesty, and burnt
sacrifices, ex and sheep, te the pre
pitieua hierarchy, whlle multitudes kept
the gala day in fasting. V have passed
through a geed many of the ringing
grooves of change in tlie process that
have refined us from the mingled sen
suality and idealism of tlie ancients,
but It is a debatable question whether
our Jocund day Is as rational an expres
sion of refined Thanksgiving an the
mystic observances of our ancient kin
Greauing tables ami sparkling crystal,
brown turkeys aud the dyspeptic
culsluoef the modem, lmve at leasttheir
vlrtue ; they soften thu hard lines of our
toilsome and unlovely existence for a
day at least, and if they de net leave us
In the spiritual frame, essential for line
thinking aud devout homage, they bind
us in mero convivial bends. The truth
that Is In wine and the generosity that Is
Is pre-emlnently lltted for the place and
net because either of his competitors
would net b regarded with equal con cen
lldence, if net satisfaction by the coun
try at large. There are no Kiefers or
Robeson in the Democratic ranks of
Congress !
The Senate has passed a bill which
appropriates, in lump, enough money te
pay everybody for every day of the
session. The Heuse is going te agree te
It. Then the governor sits en it, doubt
le33 vetoes St, and .Senate and Heuse
veteagaiu with recruited strength te
take all they can get. Then they go
home and their constituents will tell
them they are public thieves, and will
tell most or them the truth, for any
legislator who takes ten dollars for a day
net spent In the public service,
tak-s what dee3 net rightfully be
long te him. If it w.u a chicken he
would gote jail and live for another
year at the public expense. A chicken
Is worth a geed deal less than ten dol
lars ; and certainly t.'ie legislator who
take3 ten dollars he has net earned, for
a day occupied in his own business, is
worse than a chicken thief. Thj Public
Leiljtr says : "The plain, common sense
honest test with tlie people is : Pay for
sessieus actually held and for attendance
at them ; and no pay te wilful absentees
or for sessions net held." And that Is
the furthest extent te which the lega lega
eors had better go in enriching them-s-jlves
If they knew what ia geed for
them
France " te blocknde the China ports.
England may remoustrate against audi
bleckade ; alie may also show cause why
It should net be done, bat be far as for
bidding France, the assertion is ridicu
lous. The English couldn't stand a
week bofero the French in arms, unless
backed by seme continental nation ;
even the navy hitherto counted en te give
her preeminence is no longer se much
superior te that of France, as te make a
contest Indutltable. Furthermore, for
tlie present, England will have enough
te engage all her military and diplomatic
resources without embroiling herself
with Francp.wliese legions may be needed
te de for tlie kingdom what they did in
Crimea.
Latest advices from Washington indi
cate the eleotlen of Randall, Carlisle and
Cox ou tlret ballet.
Whim: apportionment was bofero the
Legislature) the absentees had a geed ma
jerity ; but new that the absorbing ques
tien of pay is te be decided the tables are
turned.
Tun: uoxeiisn custen aud a deslre te
permit the attaches of the ofllce te linger
ever their Thauksglviugdlnucr will prevent
the issuing of a paper from this ofllce te.
morrow.
Whim: France ia at loggerheads svlth
China and Spain, EDgland with Ireland
aud her Kg.vptiau possessions, the Amer
ican will hug himself te-morrow whlle
making a ravage assault en defencoles
turkey.
Senatehs Arnholt and L'pperman would
never have been beard of, but for thelr
resignation , but their action in crawl lug
back en all fours te the places they have
disgraced will make their memory odorous
ler nil time.
Winter ctveth tlie Holds and the tree) se eM
Tlielr LearUs et Icicles nn J snow-;
Ami tlie ralu it ralnetlue Mat and cold.
We must cower ever tlie embers low.
And. Miuply heued trem tlie wind nd
weather,
Slope like birds that are changing leather :
Itut the storm retire und the Wy grew clear,
Wimn thy mcrrv step draws near,
Longfellow
Umk gather the tilane-tree't truluiste
With nevcr a thought of the hand
That planted the tender seedling
drown 11 mluhty tree In the land,
And no man lives but he reapeth
'I tie Irnlt et another's! tell ;
Each hand raut plAnt ene vlneyard
Ker another band te spoil.
Boiten TYaniertpt
Tun composition of the atmosphcre we
breathe is a subject about which few
people glve any thought, overyeno taking
it for grauted that it contains tha proper
proportion of hydrogen, nitrogen and
aqueous vapor necessary te the sustenance
of human life. A Paris newspaper, hew.
ever, has given the subject seme study
and announces as the result of its investi
gations the discovery of the following sub
stances held in suspension in the air of
that city : Cotten, hemp, wool, hair,
down, pollen, starch, particles of skin,
carbon, various salts, iron, dead injects,
ova of infuseria, and especially spores of
cryptograms and bacteria. Could an
analysis be made of the air in our city, it
would probably be found that a great I
many smallpox germs are tleating around
In search of victims, and unless all neces-
eary precautions, such as vaccination and
proper sauitary regulations are taken
their quest will net go unrewarded.
WMhJngien Disnsuu te nmuduuH m .
" This is a ttice same the '.
ple are playing," muI a leu fJJ
politician. Iu response te the 'uquirj
SPEAKERSHIP PIGHT.
HOW IUK SITUATION STAMH KUff,
Mr. tumuli' A.IMUO" IhM He Will
Have 110 Vete. In uaucui-KH""""-
Utire uenviie' Opinion.
Washington Dlsnsteli w l'UiiH,lt.ijuim i.u.i--.
l aula
... .k t nil iiiiiiiii i a hu
politic au. in response w ".,'.,. ti.n
the character of this im-e llttle game the
l'cunsylvaulan said mnl.
" Why. they are playing Vex as a stool steol stoel
plficci, in this way They Hrjt .'
every effort te get a pledge for t 'f
the tint ballet. The second ballet cuen e
started at lint has been abam encd, hi l
they are uew working for a solid Iw ; it
Carlisle strength ou the first I ballet. Ihe
nre seme honest fi tends of Mf'I1t:I7l,1
like neither Carlisle nor K"lh
supporters of Carlisle ilatter ticmliy
laboring te turn ever te Ces all 11 e re e
sentatlves who refuse te support J-?0-The
men who rofuse te pledge cither t ar ar
llsle or Randall, but Insist ou going Inte
the caucus uucemmitted, ''0,a,k(,,lt'',?,f
a complimentary veto for (.ex until the
status of the leading men is developed
New there are two ends te ncceraiuiaii u,
this arrangement. One is te please , the
friends of Mr. Ces and get them Identi
fied with the common cause agan.U tun
dall ; the ether aud principal ebiec; is te
leave Carlisle se far iu the lead en the lirst
ballet as te cause a stampede of these t ex
supporters te the Carlisle ranks.
u ia n Im i.ime." coutiaued the
olerk with yells whenever he began te read,
Thore were savage speeches ou both shies.
Finally the olerk dotermluod that such
lawless proccedlugs should step, nud con
stables were plaecd at the doers, with
orders te arrest the first man attemptlng te
Interrupt the proceedings. The opposition,
tee, began te sce that thelr otTerts at ob
structleu would iu the eiul preve futile,
aud ene of tlie uiltiisteiA, who had neglect
ed te read the proclamation, gave tt
as his opinion that as the people were
determliied te hear It read it would per
haps be best te yield te their will. The
olerk then again began te read and read
tue uocumeut tureugii without any inter
ruption. At Its conclusion a ter. .le oherr
went up from the frleuds of Oovemor
llutler and the meeting ndJoumeJ. Fires
aud tire ougtues had beeu ontirely forget
ten, but Oovemor llutler's proclamation
was heard by a oeugroeatlon larger than
has assembled lu the Wlnthrep churches
en any Sunday for years. The refusal of
the mitiisters te read the proclamation has
caused nn lutonaely hostlle feeling lu many
cliuieli congregations throughout the
state.
NKWS M1VK1.
Interettluc l'tirNKmiiti il Ltc HnpiieuliiE.
patetit ofllce yestcruay Issued -103
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lliniike,
The nbove Is the headlmr ii r n 1,.tt...
editorial, whleh nppeaied in the AVw lira
Should F.ugene Reuher pass away, as
the dispatches from Paris indicate, one
of the last and most Interesting relics of
the Napoleonic regime will have disap
peared Reuher was known for years
as the vice emperor. He was the em
perer's only confidant m most of the de
cisive p jllcy of the empire. He held the
place of prims minister when the tide of
liberalism admonished tlie emperer in
1S09 te reform the practices of his ad
ministration. It was against Reuher's
earnest pretest that ills master launched
the shattered bark of absolutism en the
angry Heed of liberalism in 1870. Hut
as his mutives might be misconstrued,
lie was constrained te content himself
with a mere remonstrance. He yielded
the pest et premier te Olllvier, and from
that day the empire went te the dogs
He was recognized as tlie political head
of the party after the death of Napeleon
FKATUKES OF THK STATE PRESS,
The Allentewn Ittn has consolidated
with tha Telegram and changed from a
morning te an evening newspaper.
The Philadelphia American wants a Re
publican "Southern policy " in the next
presidential canvass.
The Philadelphia Xerth American con
siders that railroad building is the lrroslst lrreslst lrroslst
ible national impulse.
The D.n7y Clinten Democrat Issues a
Sunday morning paper iustead of a Mon
day morning sheet. Ry this arrangement
no work is dene en Sunday, the work being
alldone ou Saturday night.
i'KrtauNAb.
Hun. A mi's McUnniurr, judge of the
Murccr district, this state, ia he seriously
ill that his life is despaired of.
SuiteEAJfT Masen hasacnaptcd au en
gagement te appear at a Pittsburg urn
bcum. "Hetty and the Uaby" are net te
exhibited.
Ill, but he resigned his tiincUens when
engendered en a full ntemach, may net Prlnca Jereme succeeded te the chief-
ue the ulvinest lerm of these virtues, talney of the dynasty en the death of
but they aie truth and generosity, and
as audi they elevate us an 1 better us for
the day. He must be pretty miserable
and woebegone who canuet find some
cauBe of thankfulness uuder such slm
pllDcd conditions. The " re3y " has an
inspiration for the most stolid ; thu
most skeptical forget te doubt before the
well larded capon ; the joint of roust
beet exercises the sordid cares of llfe
from the bo3em of the most hopeless ;
nud this Is lu Itself the religion of the
day. As tt is better te laugh than Blgh,
the nbundunce of tlie day luys a duty
upon every devotee, the obligation te be
glad that the millions are sharing in the
common plenty. It would be easy, with
out invoking the beatitudes, te point out
why every mau ami woman et us should
relax Inte thanks, ns we meditate ou tlie
year aud anticipate the days that roll us
onward te Unit bourne when nil Is te be
thanksgiving I Custom has made thu
feast purely carnal and perhaps it is. a
merciful prevision that makes it be, for
upon the altar of such a dovetlon, nil
men, rich und peer, gentle and aimpje,
refined or unlettered, lmve an equal
priesthood, te eat, drink and be merry
and Ikje for the future IIope is after
all the only recompensoof geed and bad,
and the provideuce that guides Is equally
served by that expression of all that Is
Prince Leuis lu Africa. Ills death will
leave Denapartlsm brainless, as ills with
drawal has made it hitherto headless.
Tine Examiner says that net a landlord
In the county can take Judge Living.
steu's oath. The iSrcte Era epens lis
eyes In astonishment, aud hopes it is net
se. Ve are surprised, tee ; we think tlie
i.'xanu'ncr's statement Is tee bread. We
are prepared te believe that there may
be a landlord in the county who, by geed
luck In extraordinary scrupuleusness.cau
take the oath the Judge proposes, and
tell the truth at the same time. We de
net knew who he 13, and we should net
like te be asked te belleve that there Is
mero than ene et the kind ; or two. at
the outside. If the Judgo'seath is an
extr.t -judicial one, net Imposing the
perjury penalty, it can be taken by all
landlords who de net object te lying
when they have te. If, however, It
carries with it the perjury penalties, it
will net be safe for the landlords te take
It. They had better take counsel and
eco just what their position la
be
.list Fisk's private palace car is new
use.l en the Brie railroad as a wreeking
cat, The meraliat may Und in this Item a
rich Held for hut play of fancy.
Ma Riskin thinks thatat no period has
there been anything se refined, se innocent,
se dainty pure as tlie girl beauty of the
liritmh Islands.
Jens Randelph of Roineko useJ te rlde
en a piek mule te Washington. Ssnater
Delph, with half the name, is oeming evor
from Oregon In a private Bleeping eir, a
(iming car nnu a car ler a sitting room
Wundeli. Piiilx.ii' always remembers
a certain organ grinder who appears befere
his rehlilBtice regularly every day. If Air.
Phillips gees away iu the morning, Mrr.
Phillips saya : "Wendell, don't forget the
six cents for the organ man,"
Ex Scnateu SrENCEii new claims that
he started the whele Btar Reuto presecu
tleus, and that Qarfleld and James had
coutraetcd with htm that he Hheuld nover
be call sd lu tun case it he furnished the
ovidcuce at his oeramaiid He Bays that
he can nroduce the written oentract te
that effect.
Rdmi'Nd Yates sys lu the Londeu
Werld: "Mr Arneld Is, I presume, farabove
Bilutary lessens, olse he might get ene from
this failure. It was tlme Bome ene whispered
te him that he was mortal. Olllelal promo
tions, hterary pouslens and the uerpctual
offerings of incense and melted buttorhave
almost turned the head of oue who, after
all, is a pretty pset and olevor oritie,
though heavily handioapped by profes
sional all'oatatlen and uorsenal concelt,"
t-...,iit mm "imt it itiiu t wen;, ii ii
did the chances would be just a the
llgure them greatly against Mr. Randall.
The Cox support would largely ceme Trem
Randall aud Carlisle would be se near the
prize ou the first ballet that the chances
would be that the weak eues, who are
largely uuplcdgcd, would immediately go
te the streuger slde. Hut it won't work.
The game Is fully uudorsteod by Mr.
Randall's friendi. Mr. Cox will uet be
allowed te use a complimentary vte for
any such purpose. There are at least
sixteen merabers of the New erk delega
tion who are for Raudall aud who can t be
ni.tvPfi that wiv. The New Yerk delega
tien has been claimed solidly for Cox, with
oue bxcoptlen, and this is tue eniy uiiug
which has given lox any standing as a
candidate Whcu it is fajrly understood
that he has no chance of election, but is
simply plaving iute the bauds of Carlisle,
the New "Yerk euppoitef Cox tumbles
Inte Iragmcnts and sixteen of the delega
tion will go te Randall en the ilrst ballet.
Aud that is just what will occur. Ces
will be thrown overboard befere a siagle
vote is taken aud a sqinre Issue undo
between RindallividCirl'de. Mirk my
words."
Frem the cenflden'. Raudallite te the
ceufldcnt Carlisle mcu was rnly the dis
tance of a hotel counter, but the d etaaee
between their respective opinions is as
long as success is from fadure. Mr. Car
hsle's friends fearlessly assert tha' when
the division ensued in the New Yerk del
cgatien with few exceptions the ro;re
sentatives from that state would Heck te
the Kentuckian. They claimed te have
assurances te that effect from two-thirds
of the Domecratio members of the dele
nation, and thev said further that Mr
Tilden could net transfer their support te
Mr. Randall as bad been stated. A san san
euine Qarlisle canvasser representing a
Western district is authority for the state
ment that the latter already has votes
enough pledged te nominate him en the
Urst ballet aud a combination with Mr.
Cox or anyoue olse would be unnecessary.
It Is stated that Mr. Carlisle had pro pre
pared a document giving his views ou the
.ifT lr , tlm BnHmttlnn tot TrlAnit tin
I had consented te defer publishing it
A friend or Mr. Carlisle says the Kan
dallltcs haa a big scheme afoot te j?et up
pub' c meotiegs lu Pittsburg, New Yerk,
Philadelphia, Cincinnati, St. Leuis and
ether large cities tobeheldsimultaucously
en Friday night te pass resolutions giving
Mr. Randall the endorsement of the bust
ness men of the country. When questioned
Mr. Raudall said iu etTcct :
"Se far as I could dictate I have deallo dealle
cated brag aud bluBtcr. My canvas has
bcen orderly, froe from abuse of my
opponents, but effective, and I bave no
doubt of my success. There nre 110 and
mero of the Domecratio representatives
whose judgment is against Mr. Carlisle,
and I bolieve thelr votes will be given te
prevcut his olectieu."
Iteprcsontatlve Cenverse, of Ohie, who
has been mentioned iu connection with the
speakership, arrived Tuesday, and in ro re ro
spenso te nn inquiry announced himself as
uuqualltlcdly for Mr. Randall. He took
substantially tbe sama greuud as ex
Senater Gorden, of Georgia, holding that
it was a party necessity which dictated the
nomination of the ex-speaker. Mr.
Convorse disclaimed any speakership
aspirations, but wanted te sceMr. Randall
back in his old position. Considerable
enthusiasm was manifested at Mr. Hau
dall's headquarters ever this declaration
of principles by the Ohlan, and for seme
tlme he was the centre of n throng of
admirers, te whom he explained the
wishes of Ohie statesmen. Thore was a
continual throng in Mr. Raudall'H rooms
all day and he was kept busy responding
te salutations from visitors and giving
iustructlens te tha gontlemen who are
assisting him in the canvass. Nothing of
special impertance occurred, however.
except the visit of Mr. Convorse, who
held a long private consultation with Mr.
Randall, the nature of whleh could net be
ascertained.
Hots made by capital ufllcials Tuesday
rule as fellows : Fer speaker, Randall ;
sergeant at-arras, Lcedem ; clerk, Ulark ,
postmaster, uaiten ; dourkeepor, winter
smtth. Represeutatlve J. M. Campbell, of the
Johnstown dlstrlet, nud I). W. Connelly,
of Soranten, were among the late arrivals.
Bprluger la still denying the report that
he Is te withdraw. But bis withdrawal
seems te be but a question of tlme. His
Illinois friends nre laboring with him day
and night te that eud. Towiishend, oue
or Springer's Intimate friends, arrived
yesterdav, went te Bpringer at ouce and
urged hlra te withdraw, telling him that
he was simply imperiling the oause of
revenue roferra by remamlng lu the race.
He urged him te ceme out at ence for
Carlisle, whlle it was powible for him te
render substantial vcrvlce in bringing iu
reeruiis,
Chairman Ilensel, of the Pennsylvania
Democratic committee, says that he was
Incorreotly ropertod In the intervlew
tolegraphod hence last night, He says he
did uet mean te be understood as saying
anything rcllectlng upon the Seuth,
The
patents, 21 deslgcs, 15 trade marks, 'JO
labels and 5 reissues. Twenty-five patenU
were tssueti te loreigncrs.
It In said that the amount of squared
timber out In the Ottawa region of Canada
during the cemiug winter will be about
0,000,000 feet, or twe-thlrds of the out
put of last year.
A telegraiu has been received In Pitts
burg saying that Sergeant Masen has ac
cepted au ougagemeut te nppear at the
museum In that city, nnd adding : ' Ills
wife nnd child net te be exhlbitcd."
The soerotary of state yesterday ro re ro
celvod a tolegram from our minister in
Paris annouueing that the Official Journal
will te day publish a decree caucelllug the
prohibition of the importation of Ameri
can perk lute France.
The cabinet moetlug yesterday was nt nt
tended by all the members except the
postmaster general. The session lasted
nearly four hours, aud was mainly devoted
te the consideration of fereign affairs and
matters te be discussed iu the president's
message
Secretary Felgor is said te have adopted
the standard tlme In the treasury depart
meet, toaceommodato the many empleyes
who live in Ualtimore and ethor places
near Washington, and who have te travel
en trains running by the new time.
In the New Yerk court of appeals, at
Albany, yestcrday,a motion recently made
for a roargument of the appeal in the case
of Williams vs. the Western Union tele
graph company was denied, with costs.
This tlnally settles the litigation in favor
of the company.
O.'car M. Atwood, a colerod man having
been admitted as a student in the national
cellege of pharmacy in Washington, all
but eight of the forty-six studenU iu the
college quitted It en Monday night. The
secedcra wero headed by lligolew, prel
deut of tbe collego association.
In the city council at Kingsten, Ontario,
Tuesday morning, Alderman Carsen
moved and Alderman Wbite seconded a
resolution thanking " Captain " Abbie
Thompson, of the Salvation army, for her
labors In Kingsten during tbe last nine
months. When the motion was announced
the aldermeu rushed from the church in a
body and failed te return.
A. G. Uonyen,cx president of the Paoitle
bank of Bosten, who disappeared after tbe
collapse of the bank, Is said te be living lu
Canada ou funds supplied by parties iu
Bosten. The Bosten Journal says: "Should
this seurce of income be cut off It is stated
that Benyon would immediately return te
this clty,!9 he has scrotal times threatened
te de, and that he would them make
startling developments."
A man who gave his name at Pyle,
about 05 years of age, was takeu te the
German hospital last night by a park
guard, who found him In the park with
his threat cut, The man stated that thrce
or four days age he was robbed of five
dollars by a man who then cut his threat,
aud threw him into a ho'.e, where he had
lain iu nn unconscious condition until
discovered by the guard. He was in an
emaciated aud starved conditleu whcu
found.
The national arbitrati m league of the
United States began Its second annual
sosslen In St. Geerge's hall yesterday.
The conventiou was organized by the
olectlen of efllcars, Bishop Simpsen belng
oheson presidenr. A letter regtuttlug his
inability te be present was read from
Goneral Grant In which he said : "My
vIewb en the subject of poace arbitration
in the settlement of international differen
ces, intcadef thoswerd, havonetchangod.
But my hope of Its speedy accomplishment
has diminished. It Is only by keeping
the subjoet abeve, however, thar, It can be
accomplished."
a iti .ilitui ilia tiuxiuelimitin Item of
tntntimt In ml Artiumt llm llorennh
I'lrhril up liy the lnlelll-
center Itepertcr.
The dedication coremonlos attending thu
opening of the new pest loom of (Ien.
Welsh pest, Ne. 118, O. A. R., wero
held last ovenlug. Among the promlueut
portions present wero (len. R. B, Beath, of
Philadelphia, commander In-elticf of the
limed statea ; .Mayer atidcrsiiee,
of Philadelphia, adjutant general of
General Heath's stall' ; Themas 12.
Stewart, Nortlstewn, nsBlitant ndjutniit
getieral of the department of Peuusylva
nia ; P. B. Williams, wnler aid-de camp
te eoiuuiaedor-luchiof ; nud Majer Hoin Hein Hoin
held, et Lancaster. Cen, Beath oeuduotcd
the ceremonies nud doliveicd an nddress,
Speeches wero also made by Majer
Vaudorslleo aud Reiiiheld. At tbe
conclusion of theso coremotitcs, a
grand eamp lire and beau bake was held
iu the armory of oeuipauy C, at which
nearly 300 U. A. R. inen woie present.
Delegations wero present from Philadel
phia, Yeik, Baiubridge, Marietta, Deltn,
Wrlghtavlle, Manheuu and several ether
places. Messrs. A. J. Kaulfuiau and W.
U. Barr, invited guests, furnished seme
tlue vocal tuusle for the "sejers;" aud a
line eoruet sole wai played liy Mr, Jehn
Prosteu, of the Marietta baud, which wati
also In attendance and supplied excellent
musle. The Wrightsvllle drum corps
reminded the voteraus of old times by
producing the dilforent calls of Held nud
camp. The entertainment ended about 11
o'clock,
lioreugti Hummnrr.
Orien ledge of Old Fellows meet te.
ulght.
Jehn S. Nichols Is entertaining at the
Franklin house his friend, .1. It, Dingles,
of Pittsburg.
On Nevember 31), Nhipruents of coal from
the Nautlcoke coal regit us te thin place
will ccase.
The Vigilant llromen have arranged te
have costumes brought from Lancaster for
thrlr ball for all who deslre snob.
The giving out of the ouglne of the
Harrisburg express dctamed that train and
the Columbia aceonrnedatlon train 1 hour
and -15 uiinuUM.
A pleasant surpriie party w.u held last
tweuing at the residence of Mr. Peter
Rodenhedsor, en North Walnut streut.
About -10 parseus wero present aud enjoyed
thomselves te the utmost.
The I'nlted Urothren festival opens this
ovenlug. Se also docs the supper of the
young folks of Trinity Reformed church,
which will be held at the parsonage- en
Cherry street.
II. F. Yergey'a new stere en Locust
street ij going up rapidly. Se also Is the
building new bulng erected at the Five
Points by William Gilbert, a twa story
deuble brick dwelling.
Mr. Jehn Shetiberger was threwu while
attemptlng te beard the 7'JO a in., train
of the P. R. R , at Locust street this
morning ; he was fortunate enough te
oscape with only a few scratches.
Of the 117 names onreiloii ou lue ueuit
of the grammar school, 0'.5 are theso of
boys The attunduiice is regular, laht
month being07 per cent , aud tlie order of
the school, especially when the large
numboref pupils in it Is oeusldorod, is
cverything thai could be desired. It is a
Bchoel that Uolumble may well be proud
of.
Unlit Tliletct)-.
Thloves, suppoied te ba trnmpj, etole a
bundle of undorwear from iu front of II.
II. Leckards furnishing goods store, and
succceded in making their oseapo with
the booty. A gaug of tramps was seen
rebing themselvt.i lu uew underwear lu nn
allev t-ear the new R. fc C depot last
evculng, and they wero probably thore
disposing of the storekeepers goods.
It is probable that the following from tbe
Yerk Daily, of this morning hvs raforeuce
te the doprcdatieas : Ofllsera from Colum
bia who wero coming te Yerk en the train
which arrived nt half past ten o'clock
Tuesday night, te leek alter sirae thievcH
who had committed a robbery, stepped off
the train at Turnpike- statieti, where they
unexpectedly found the tuioves with the
stelen plunder and gobbled thorn.
till. V 111) OT HKAI.TH.
fur I'.ucli
RATJunt loose phraseology is used in
the cablegrams epitemising current
foreign items. Among ether twaddle
headed " special cablegram," it is as
serted that "England will net permit
Itunes or America' ririt Hettleis.
At Plymouth, Mass., iu making improv
ements en CeIu'h hill the graves of the
pilgrims who came te America in the May May
llewcratid were burled during the llrst
winter tutor thelr nrrlval have beeu dis
covered, Oue was openod Tuesday and
contnlned the skeleton of n mlddle aged
inae live loot, nlne luohes Hi helght. In
another grave the skeleton of an ' elderly
man was dlsoevorort. These are the only
graves or the llrst settlers which have bcen
positively ldoutllled. Tablets will be placed
te mark the uxaet location,
Oroeilel KnglUti IVeattli.
Londen World.
The Dukes of Wostmtnster, Bedford and
Norfolk; tbe Marquises of Northampton
aud Salisbury, the Berkley family, Lord
Portman, Mr.Thlstletbwayte, Larls Spcn Spcn
cer nnd Cadegan, Sir R. Sutten, Mr. Lown
des, Lord Southampton, Lord Harrington,
Lord Heward de Weldcn and ethor heirs of
the Londen Portland estates; Mr. Rolls, of
the Hondre, and ethor heirs of Sir Jehn
Fleming, of Brompton these are seme of
the greatest Louden landlords. Whleh of
them has dene ene tenth part of the geed
for the metropolis, or spent In be doing
ene tenth of tha money that Lady Bttrdett
Coutts has ? And yet she Is but a small
owner of Londen real estate Cannet
theso magnates uew de somethlng te show
that they are net ontirely callous te the
claim that Londen has upon thorn ? Thelr
apathy Is they may rest assured slowly but
steadily boeomlng a seurce of dangerous
dltcenteut. I lately heard a lady (the
daughter of a rich retired Tery clergyman,
resident ou Lord Pertraau's Londen prop prep prop
ertvV who nasscs much of her tlme de-
leg geed works there, bitterly assert that
he nover could discover that Lord Port Pert
man, though drawing sueh an Imraence
roveuuo from the distrlet, did anything
whatover for It. The eldest Inhabitant
falls te recall any Instance of his lordship's
uoncvelonoo, and u It nas oeon suewn t
has been most successfully coneoaled.
Correction,
Iu the report of the opening of the
Western market yesterday it was inad inad inad
vortently stated that the times for holding
It wero 7 a, in, en winter aud G u. m, en
snramormernlug8, en Tuesdaysaud Satur
days, The hour Ilxed for holding market
Is 1 p, iu, en the nbore montienod days.
TIIKY IVOULUllAVi: IT IUAI.
Tub i-eople of Wlnilirep Calling for Uever Uevor Uover
nor llutler's l'recliu..tiun,
The first town meeting In Massaohusetts
held slnoe oleetlon day took place Tuesday
ovenlug in Wiuthrep and the occasion
resolved ltaetf into an Indignation meeting
te pretest against the bigotry of the min
isters of the town In Ignerlug the gover
nor's Thanksgiving proclamation, The
meeting was called te conalder the need of
llre apparatus for the town, but no soenor
had tlie moderntor rapped te oider than u
oltlzeu moved mat, us the ministers had
neglceted te read the governor's procla
mation In the pulpits, It should be read
In town meeting, se tbat.overybedy might
have an opportunity te hear it. The
moderator was nn autl-Butler man nnd he
deelared the motion Illegal. The mever
appoaled from this decision and by a two
third vete the meeting deolared for the
proclamation,
Theu there was a troineudeus hubbub,
whleh lasted two or threo hours. The
antl-Hutler men drewned the voice of the
Jee Jetleneu Looses HI Voice,
At Peoria, 111., Jeseph Jeffersen, the
actor, has bsen strloken with sudden nud
completo less of voleo. This mlsfortune
occurred nt4 o'elook Tuesday morning,
after playing at Rockferd. Whlle It may
may be a month bofero his volce will be
suUlolently rosterod te rosume his ongage.
ment his physician thinks he may be able
te de se In aweokerton days. Toelntonso
application, in connection with a sovero
cold, Is supposed te be the cause of ids
malady. This is the first engagement
Jeffersen has missed iu 11 years.
Tlie Honnter' Infair
MnrrUbiint Patriot.
The fact thatsonaters deniaud the salary
whleh the law gives thorn rellects dlseredlt
upon the Senute only becauw it refuses te
perform its share of the work lmposed
upon the Legislature by tbe constitution.
The shame of the Beuate censUts in its
doliberato noglect or the public busluess.
If senators would rcdoera their body from
the odium Inte whleh It lias fallen they
must threw off the slavish yeke or the
ultimatum aud raake au honest effort te
pass apportlenmont bills. This nlone ean
wlpe away the stain el iufamy that blots
its reoerd.
Vacilue rtijflclMis Appointed
Ward.
A stated meeting of the beard of health
was held at the olllce of the secretary, Dr.
Chas. II. Brewu, West Orauge stroet, lait
ovenlng. The following uamed morabers
wero prosetit : II. R. Fulton, rsq., prcsi
dent, Dr. J.A, E. Recd, M. Steigerwalt,
Christian Zccher and Dr. C. It. Brown,
secretary. The health commissioner, Dr.
.1, A. Vimmtrlak. was also present.
Prcaldent Fulton offered the following
resolution, which was uuauimeusly
adopted :
lleteluil, That the following named per per
Bena ba aud ate hereby elected vacclue
pbyslelans in the uiue wards of the elty
of Laucastcr : First, ward, Dr. II. h.
Brown ; Second ward, Dr. J. A. Reed ;
Third ward. Dr. F. M, Mumi-i- ; Fourth
ward, Dr. R. M. Bolenlu.s ; Fifth ward,
Dr. Jeseph Furniss ; Sixth ward, Dr.
Geergo It. Welchatis ; seventh ward, Dr
Jas. A. Fltzpatrlak ; Eighth watd, Dr.
Daniel McCorraiek ; Ninth ward, Dr. 0, E.
Netcher, with Instructions te canvass thelr
respectlve wards and ascertain the names
and rcsidonccsef all persens who have nover
bcen vaccinated, aud eorve notieo en the
uuvacclnated te appear at their rospeotivo
oHlecs within ten days for gratuitous vae
clnatien, ami te repert te the sccretary of
the beard of health all unvaccinntcd per.
sous, who appear for vaocinatleu j said
vacoine phyelelans te rocelvo as componBa cemponBa compenBa
tlou for their services W ceuts for every
person vaccinated.
Some discussion was had ou the unsat
isfactory mauner lu which the red Hags,
which lndlcate ihe oxlstenco of smallpox
have hten displayed, many citizens having
complained that they cannot be seen when
nailed en the front doers until the passer
by Is oleso upon thnm, thus eauslug a
shook te persons of weak uerves. The
liealth commissioner wan thoreforo direct
ed te plaoe the Hags se tbatthew will hang
out evor the foetwalks and may be seen
for a greater dlstance.
A resolution was passed that a Joint
meeting of the beard of health and the
sanitary oemtnltteo et councils be called
for Tuesday ovenlug next te consider the
confirmation of the appointment of the
vaoeino pbyslelans made by the abeve res.
olutieu.
Adjourned.
Team IteoeToreil.
The horbe and wagon stolen en Monday
night from the prumisea of J. It. Leaman,
near Camargo, wero found early yesterday
morning by a mau named Rete, u thu
read leading from the old factory brld go
te the rcsldoueo of Mr. Musser. dhoetor
of the peer, whero it had bcen abandoned
by the thief, who appears te have stolen
It for no ethor purpose- thnu te carry off
plunder which he stelo from Mr. Leaman'a
premises. Mr. Rote uetifled Alderman
Spurrier of the II ml In.? of the team and the
alderman notllled the ewner who came ou
uud took it home with hlra,
Ourroetlon.
in our list of jurors published last night
by seme mistake the rosldenco of Jehn A
Blade was glven iu Coleralu. It should
have been Columbia,
'iruln Deloyeil.
The cnglne of Uartisburg express, due
here at 7:10 p.m., gave out last evjnlng
down the read and the train did uet reach
this city until 0:00.
of yesterday, aud from whleh I make the
loiiewiug extracts ;
"Thore In a class of Bolieniluus gulng
around (tbe country making oveiturrs te
loeal newspnpern te wrlte up the Industrial
enterprises and blogtnphten of prominent
oltlzens, wIiore services are by no means
calculated te clovate the sUndiud of Jour
nalism. When they turn up iu Lancaster
they generally louder thelr valuable scr scr
vlces te the Jfew lira, premising the
complimentary rmnark that their pultens
would prefer belng written up at se much
a line In the leading newspaper The
lcw Km rejtctcd the preposition us oue
mat, would degrnde the profession of jour
ni'la'n Having twloe loon decejed
en raise protenscs lute ndvauce common
nations of this commercial style of making
blegtaphy, we have made up our mind te
shut pewn en the whele trlbe, whether
they propose te "wrlte up" (or wrlte
down?) our Industries or promlueut men
at se much a line lu nny nowspaper that Is
be hard run for home talent as te llnd It
necessary te pationlze Impecunious Bohe
mians, or put them In gorgeously bound
books for se much a copy or se much mero
for a pictorial caricature."
As I am the " Bohemian " referred te iu
the abeve article, aud as I have nlie.ide
explained my business te n majority of the
leading meroautlle men of Lancaster, who
have heartily approved of my method el
advertising, l feel It my duty te answer
the abeve chat ge by glvlug a correct ac
count of the short conversation whleh 1
had thn honor of holding with the writer
of the abeve.
On my nrrlval in Lancaster l called en
the thrce leading nowepapers of this city,
viz , the IxTKLLiflKKceii, the liiamintr,
and the Aifif AV. The icw l.'ra agreed
te publish In ItR loeal columns nny matter
whleh 1 might furnish nt tbe UDlfetni rate
of six ceuts pir line.
As the success of my buslnec depemln
ou my nrttcas being printed in the belt
udvertlslug medium, 1 concluded te have
them appear In the columns of the Inti'i,
MdCNCKit, notwithstanding the faet that I
was terced te pay nearly deuble thn
amount asked me by the editor of the
iVieu AVd, who fccinu te be troubled with
either a short mcrrnry or a faculty for
dlstettlng the truth.
Some tlme age the uliter of this nuulel
of American jetini'vlifm was approached
by a " scrlbe " who found it no bard
matter Uy working en his natuial anlty
te convlnce him that the public were eager
that the achievements of such a predijrv
shenl 1 net he suffered te sink lute oblivion,
but should be handed down te p istultj
as n worthy exaraple te coming genera
tions. He proposed te write a graphic
doK'tlptlen of this editor's life, wlne'i, to te to
gether with Ins pirtrait, was te be pub
lished In a book te be called "The Illus
tra'.ed HiKtery el Lancaster County " en
consideration th it ihe afuresaid " cnbe "
fcbenld rccolve the r.um of twenty dollars
for Ms services. The fish swallowed the
bait, "hook, line and sinker," and inn short
time received a copy of the work containing
a lAerl sketch of his llfe aud a correct
portrait of his chcslc countenance. It is
needless te statu that the eugraviug did
net suit his taste. An nrtlst in order te
oxecute a work of bmuty must of neccssi
ty have n symmetrical model us a I'liide
The worthy editor found that te coinpare
his portrait with the eihcij jettraits in tin
work was similar te comparing the plcture
of a caual beat te that of a Ciinardcr.
Ne doubt the writer el the history ex
erted hlmscll te the utmost, but we doubt
if even the greatest Ihlug writer could
tied oiieu . iu the hfe of no common place
a mau te dl forth mero than the cotn cetn cotn
raeLOSt p'..ragtapli Slnce this injury te
tlie odltei's f.cns!tive feelings he has taken
a peculiar delight lu denouncing in the
strengcet terms that class of newspaper
men whom he Is pleaded te style " liehem
laun and who as a rule possess mero
journalistic talent than he has yet been
enabled te obtain for the advancement of
til boasted Seie Era iu journalism.
Iu closing I believe it will be sulilclcut
for me te state that during the past thren
years my cervices bave becu accepted by
each of the leading journals In most of the
principal cliies and towns lu the rutted
States, and nevcr oefero bafl my character
be ou iiHf ailed in ruch n cowardly nnd un
called for manner as it ban been by tbe
oditerof the Sew A'm, who growing pco pce
vlidi nshe advance in years, ban become
piqued nt my refusal of his sheet. Te
quete from the weid.s of tlie immortal
hard ShakcEpvarc :
In whestuaU my pune i teals trash,
IPit liowiie lllt-hcs irem ineiny uoeliiaiiie,&e.
Chas. E. McLean,
City Hetel, Lancaster.
Kire ut jut. ,iny.
About 0 o'clock en Tuesday evening a
tire breke out in a frame building situated
in the rear of a let fronting en East Alain
strcet, Mt. Jey borough. The building
was a cooper shop, used by Henry B.
Orecnawalt of that borough. Iu the
building wero several hundred barrels aud
a car lord uf eik slaves which been ro re
c ived a short time age. Mr. Grcenawa'.t's
stock was valued at $1,000 ou which there
Is no i:i-uiauoe
The budding belonged te David Culp
and can leu nn insurance of $1,000, Hew
the llre originated is net known, but it is
uuppescd the budding took flre from
sparks within. Clofie.to the humid
building ate a number of frame stables,
which were ou tire at dlffercut places.
These were haved by the firemen. At tbe
tlme of thu lire, fortunately, theie was
only a Blight wind, otherwiso thore might
have been a tcrleus conflagration, thn
United Briitl.ien church aud a nuinber of
othet buildings being clese by,
I'leiu-er Mterury oe:ty.
In the Pioneer literary soclety of West
Denegal township, the foliewlug ofllcers
have been elected : President, B. O. Eugle ;
vloe piesldent, M. E. Lludemuth ; record
ing sfoietary, AtiuioLlntner J critie, Prof,
ii. L. Villee. The anniversary of tills
society will be held Dccomber 11, 188!l,
The following apcakers have been secured
Rev. Wm. Pnwlek, Lancaster, Pa., honor
ary orator ; PreL IJ. Lculcli -Mycr, Ann
villa, Pa pioneer orator ; Prof, .labe
Miller, Yerk Springs, Pa.fce3sayist ; Mies
Aunie Liutr.er, Millersvllle, Pa., rcoita rceita rcoita
tlenlst. Vecal musle will be furnished by
the Lutbernu church choir of Elizabeth
town, and Instrumental music by ladles
Ireni Columbia and Maiietta en the organ
and violin.. There will be au ndinlsbtuii of
215 cenU charged.
A Hiumet ul Mre
The afterglow of the sunset Inst evculng
was most wenderful. As darkness gath
ered from the zenith nerthwaid, nnd stars
appeared iu a deep blue -sky, tholnwer
part of the sky glowed with a bright red
that extended In the west far te the right
and left. Dai k clouds skirted this beauto beaute beauto
eils glare, and from olevatod points of the
town the far off shaggy mountains steed
out In remnrkably bold rolief from the
ruddy baokgreimd; then the red glaie
gradually railed away, leaving a dark sky
with no moon and a low stars. Our eolou eelou eoleu
tiflo weather prophets are unable te
account for the phenomenon, whose bril
llatiey put le bhanie the most magnificent
dlf plays of the aurora berealis.
Stelen (lnedi llrcevercd,
Yesterday Spoelal Officer Wallz, whlle
searching In Faoglysville for Clara Smith,
who is eharged with stealing olethiug from
Mrs.AdamSchllllng,fouudnletafclothlug
at different houses, where It had beeu left
by the Smith woman. The goods wero
Idcntllled as the property of a lady nsmed
Kllne.