-jM JjANCASTJflR J3A1XY INTELLIGENCE!?, FRIDAY iTUNE 0 1884. b& ' r : - i"s V 4-1 tr- fe.C: ' L r r.r j JV. - a. i 4 r-. FW i " te.' V k l tf K Eancaitet IntelUsenrw. FRIDAY WVaNlNO, JUNR 0, 1804. The CclIectlM erCeHHty Tax, There needs te be seme amendment in the mode of collecting the county tax In thlitewn. The practice In thetewn- MiId In nenerally satisfactory, because It is the custom of the tax collectors there te wait upon the property owners per senally before the day arrives en which the percentage is taken off for prompt payment, notifying them of the date and Klvlng them the opportunity te pay thelr tax. In this city, however, tne custom of the collectors is te advertlse the day, and the place where they will recoive the tax. If this advertisement was pub lished continuously in the dally newspa pers, and if the collector would employ sufficient clerical ferce te nccommedato the taxpayers when they appear In crowds during the last few days of the abatement, there would be nn nnuae for complaint. But the fact is that the advertisement is pnbllshcd but ence, and that the collec tor has no assistants in taking the tax ; se that many taxpayers are Ignorant of the final day of the abatement, or forget it; and these who remember it, anil appear at the tax collector's office, en the last days, are kept waiting for hours ; and many go away because they are uu willing te endure the annoyance. Te increase the evil, the two collectors, te whom the law requires the tux collec tions te be given In this city, are merged into one, by the assignment of his f uuc tlensby the one te the ether. Further imposition Is prastlsed by the refusal of the collector te keep his ofllce open after three o'clock in the afternoon, en the plea that he must put his money in bank en the day he receives It, under Instruc tion or his ball. That is a plausible excuse, but it is well known that the real reason which prevents the collector from facilitating the payment of tax te him, while the abatement can be had, is the fact that he can pay all of the tax en his dupli cate te the county treasurer auy time during the week when the abatement ceases and himself receive the benefit of the three per cent, abate ment which the county allows. It is bacause of this practlce that the tax cel lectien is taken for a nominal sum ; and the abatement offered by the county for the beuefit of the prompt taxpayer works for the benefit of the knowing collector and te the disgust and annoyance of the cltizen. Perhaps the collector is net greatly te be blamed for ekelng out the pittance he receives for the collection of the tax by scheming te get the tax payer's three per cent abatement, at the cost of his repute for obligingness of dis position. But the county commissioners, when they sea hew unsatisfactorily their plan works In certain places should try te amend it. In Coester county they have n better sstein. There the county treasurer receives tile tax en stated dujs at stated places in the county, and all that is net paid te him is collected as de linqueut tax at the cost of the delinquent taxpayer. If our commissioners persist in the;r present plan they should at least see that proper advertisement Is given te the taxpayers of the day of nbatement, and that sufficient clerical ferce is em pleyed ; or that the collector's office is kept open sufficiently long en the final days te ensure an opportunity te every taxpayer te secure the abatement, who desires te de se. The collector has no right te cease collecting tax at three o'clock en the final day, as the tirae during which the abatement is allowed does net expire until midnight. The order or his ball cannot countervail the order of his warrant. The Chicago Gymnasium. They seem te be' having a sort of a mass meeting out at Chicago. Outside inlluence and momentary Impressions have come of latoyears te have se much force in national conventions that the friends of the candidates employ br.iis bands, and big canes, and whistles and admission tickets te their friends, as prime meters te the accomplishment, of their aims. Their supporters among i he delegates lend their active sympathy and aid te the outside crowd ; and the result Is one net conducive te a wise nomination ; te secure which ciilninein and thoughtfulness are needed in place of excitement and enthusiasm -, though this modern convention enthusiasm has generally nothing of the spontaneous character about It save In Eeemlng, and the ene in Chicago is running deep Inte the ground this style of electioneering business. The Blaine men wave and hammer, while their threats and legs and arms held out j and then the Arthur men take their innings, aud the smaller booms ceme along In their order ; and when the Blaine fellows nre rested they start the succession of uproar afresh ; whereby it seems that the ceuven tien has only met for vocal and gyranastle exercise. That is net a decent way te de thelr business, nor an effective one. It don't de te uncover planned and plotted enthusiasm nnd muke it ridiculous. Ner is the sort of thought und effort given te this manu factured excitement, the sort that re suits In geed nominations. The people who plot It are net the kind te muke a wise nomination, und the chance would be letter for a geed result from a con. ventlen that did net think at all, than from one that thought as such leaders . would direct it. The Chicago cenven tlen with its uproar Is net an impressive body and Is net likely te bring forth nny thing bigger than u mouse as the result of Its labor. The Republican platform reminds us Tercibly of the proverbial eagerness of the desire when sick te be a saint. The declarations of the beautiful Intentions of the Republican party, If returned te power are delightful te read; or would be if we could forget that It lias net availed itself of the abundant opportu nities it has had in its long lease of power te de any of these beautiful things. It declares itself iu favor of tariff reform, although net for u turiff for revenue only. But the tariff which It confesses should be reformed was its own work but a ceuple of years age ; and what reasenable reliance can it ex pectthepneple tohaveupou its referm efforts in this line, which were be lately futile. Then, it Is going te restore the public lands, which it hassqandered, though it has never made an effort in this direction during the mauy years since these grants have lapsed, and it had a chance te forbid them. The things which the Republican platform ! premises are very geed tilings generally, and there are net many points that are likely te be in very sharp contrast with the treatment proposed by the Demo cratic party. The question for the peeple will be as te whose fair words will pro duce the fairest deeds. Galusiia A. Ghow has been subsist ing for a quarter of a century ou an accidental reputation. He Is alternately used by the two factions of his party in this state te serve their ; different pur poses. He does net cemmnnd the unqualified respect nor the entire confidence of cither, it was no mere than might have been expected, nor less than lie deserved, that in his candidacy for chairman of the Pennsylvania dele gatlen and for chairman of the Chicago convention he was beaten. Thestnuldler will split himself in tlme. Ik nominating Blaine Judge West said that if the convention made a law yer's or a "Wall street candldate there would net be found a grave big enough for the majority against him. He failed te say what would happen if the Mar Reuto thieves and the corporation job bets get their tattooed man. M. Jacoh M. Fiiantz read a paper be be bo fero the Farmers' Institute yesterday, do de do plerlng the Indisposition of farmers te take part in politics. In this oeunty of preomlnent agricultural importance thore has norer been any treuble getting the farmer te take a hand. Farmer Frantz, especially, has net been biekward in com cem lDg forward. Tar.iiF. scems te be no two opinions about the Republican platform adopted at Chicago. It is a long, protentlous and empty document, full of claptrap aud with net enough veneering te dccelre a cheap domageguo. The Philadelphia Times sizes it up very welt when It says " it Is the most extraordinary combination of meaningless platitude and rank demagogy with which any respectable party evor entered a national campaign." Ax attempt is biug made t- prom-Ke an association Jn this state of " ex-union prisoners of war." Oae of the objects of it is te help the passage of a bill providing that oaeh surviving prisoner of war dhall receive two dollars a day for each and every day's centluemcnt in the confederate military prisons The prospectus of the association indicates tha'. It is a transpar ent humbug organized te prometo a job , and should have the vigorous opposition of high minded soldiers and patriotic citizens. Thore nre enough frauds new en the ponslen roll. Tiik New Yerk Timet, the leading paper of its party in this country, hiving aban doned all bope of Edmunds' nomination, oeraeo out te day for Lincoln. With ro re gard te Blaine's nomination it fercefully says : The Republican veters whose decision makes the wide difference between ma jority and a minority, botweon success and fuilure, will net support James O. Blaine. The honest and independent uowspapers, the newspapers whose opinions are worth heediDg and aroheided, will net support him. The American poeplo wl.l net sup pert him, for a great majority of them be lieve ha Is unworthy te be president of the United States, and his own acts and words justify their bolief. Ilisnemma tleu means a disastrous defeat for the Re publican party, aud from that defeat the patty would never recover ozcept under ether leaders and perhaps under another name. The New Yerk World haviug recently published a let of weed cut portraits of well known yeuug ladies, ornaments te the fashiouable soeiety of that uity, the families who have thus been brought into publicity are indignant, aud there are threats of legal proceedings, etc. Their investigations have discovered that the photographs from whieh they were made were purloined from a noted gallery and the whole affair has caused n scandalous scus.ttien. Nothing could be mera icpug uaut te a lady of refinement thau te see what purports te he a portrait of her thus parndeil ; and nothing could be mere libelleus te Its subject than the ordinary newspaper weed cut. The perpetrators of them take thu gieasest libertles, and in seme eases the pictorial agoaeies use names, portraits, &e., uet only without the censcut of these whom they maltreat, but despite thelr most emphatic and in dignant pretests. Slit. TM.Dr.NM I1KAI.TII Au Alert Old Man, ivlih four Nimble necretanei. New Yerk Cor. l'liilailelplila Ledger. Your correspondent has it en the authority of a trustworthy gentleman, who had a conversation this afternoon with ex. Governer Tilden, at the Uramercy park mansion, that the impression that he is in a foebled condition, either in body or mind la an unmitigated popular fallacy. He says, as ether visitors heroteforo havesaid, the old gontlemau exhibits but few evi dences of the physical Infirmities whieh have rtcently been imnuted tn him. aud as for bis mental vigor, oenolu. slve proof of that is the faet that no fewer than four i-eoretarles (ene of thorn a lady), nre constantly ompleyod answerlng the oentouts of his daily pest bag, ombraelng correspondence from political and personal frienda In all parts of the Union. These answers, It should be understood, nre dlotated by Mr. Tllden hlmself, and the rest of the work ix Mr. forraed by the nirable type writers and the lightning ohiregraphlsts. An Ingenious dovieo for admitting only particular frlends te the statesman's private sanctum, by the way, may be moutleiied, On outerlng the visitor Is shown into the library, and sends in his caul, If the governor desires te see him the fermer is astenished nt the sudden opeulng of a sort of secret or dummy deer iu the oelossal book " case," and through this ourieus eavity or orlileo he Is ushercd Inte his piesoneo. It is n handy arrange ment, though the novelty of the thing Is apt te take the visitor aback uud te start the conjecture whether he is net possibly lu the castle of seme raagleiau or wizard, where mysterious passage ways aud soerot springs abound.; ' I'ewKi.i, Glayte.n'h empty sieove is thus explained lu a dispateh te the New I erk flun; "He lest It by an aoeldont. Some gentlemen careleislv left a fox trim In a amoke house" NEWS 01 THE DAT. A MKsUMK Ur UUItKKMT ArrAIllS. liicldetitunil Accident M Heme nnd Abroad I'ellllc, HuilncM, llallresd. nnd Uther luterenu, The body of Jehn Andersen, the sixth victim Of the Plcosemon, Kansas, tragedy, lias heen found in a desorted coal shaft en the Missouri slde of the state line. He had been shot in the head nnd thrown into the pit. Parties are hunting for the sup posed murderer. The chemlst of the New Yerk saultary bureau has reperted en the subject of the artificial coloring of cofieo, that he had found colors gonerally thought harmless and extensively used te color coffee show lag dlstluet traces of arsenic. The bears threaten Loulsville and Nash vllle with a roeolvorship, and tay that It has sulTored a defalcation of a million dollars. This story is denied, but the resignation of the present beard of dir ecters has been nsked for and tendered. The recolver of the Wabash read has made applications for permission te issue recoivers certificates for the payment of ompleyos, taxes and railway supply bills, amounting te i'-J.OOO.OOO. National delegates favorable te Tilden nnd Ileudrlcks were elected en Thursday at the Domecratlo conventions of Mary laud, Vermont and Conneatlcut. Ala bama Dotneorats oelected Tildcu delegates Weduesday. Five hundred laborers ompleyod by Cellins Bres., contractors for the Pennsyl vania railroad at Somerset, struck, and n free fight followed, iu which ene man was fatally injured. Liwls Henjamiu was convicted for per jury in Mllferd, committed during the trial of Jehn F. Greeuiug for the murder of Ammi C. Ckeever, and souteuocd te six years imprisonment. Tne altar or .Netre uame i.a uarue was dostreved by tire at Marseilles ; less i.0,000. A djnatulte cartrldge oxpledod In the street in Barcolena, ene man beiug killed nnd soveral houses damaged. William Blair nnd Jehn Weir were drowned Weduesday while drawing a scine in the Shonane river uear James town. Lieuteunut Rice, of the UuiteJ States army, while asleep walked off a moving train near Moxlce, Me., and was killed. 1-BHaONAL. Mn. James Russell Lewell denies that he intends te resign the ministry te the court of St. James. T. B.Pren, the woll-knewu mauager, Is lying daugoreusly ill from typhoid pneu monia, at his residonce in West Philadel phia. Mu. Tilde lest ene hundred shares el U P. railway stock en Broadway en Wednesday. The finder roturned them and get 100 reward. Chester F. Market., of Columbia, was elected a member of the State Pharma- euuical association at its sessteu in Wilkesbarre en Thursday. Count Fcdeiuck William, Prince of Hanau has a bj 11 red the Lutheran faith and professed Catholicism at the St. Augustln church in Paris. Roeeut Buowmne is writing for Law rence Barrett his old tragedy, " A Blet Upen the Esoutcheon," whieh was first produced, and demanded, at Drury La no theatre in 1S43 Phofesseii Westuiioek, the enthusiast who was going te live ou milk for sixty days, has suceumbed te his appetlte for something mero substantial after four davs' endurance El Maiidi is a total abstainer. Net only are wine nnd all sorts of spirituous liquors ferbiddeu, bat even the mero harmless enjoyments of tobacco and coffee nre anathema, and sovere penalties nre inflicted en any ene discoverod using the forbidden luxuries. Rev. Piief. Walter E, KREnj,prosident of tne AHontewn female college, formerly of Frauklin and Marshall college, has handed in his resignation te the beard of trustees, te take effeet at the close of the present term. Hi health induced bis res ignatien. He will go te Littlestown, Adams county. Dkacensfikld's grave fiewers in the form of n cress afford a brilliant display of hyacinths of all oelors, mingled here nnd thore with bright red and yellew tulips. The grave is very caretully tended by the sexton and a perpetual succession of flew ors kept up all tne year round, ihe sex ten says he doubts whether Lord Borcens field would have liked all these liowers. He would never allow a tlewer te grew en his wlfe'a grave. UltKBIATIOn ur T11K DKAII. The Method Met Forbidden by the tilble. Moravian. The rcceut cremation of se emineut a physician as Dr. Samuel Cress, of Phila delphia, has anew aroused the whele subject of cremation and caused It te be discussed in all circles. Fer our part we de net have much interest in the question itself. There are ethers infinitely mere important bofero the puhlie Just new, But we de uet wieh poeplo who feel called upon te argue it would drag the Dible and religion into the discussion. Whether we shall bum or bury our dead bodies is a matter altogether of fcellng, taste, custom aud sanitary considerations. Neithcr the Bible nor religion has anything te de with it. If decided at all, It must he decided without them, and no ene has auy right te quete them either for or against se purely external nnd wily unessential n matter. ATTKftll'TKU HUIUIUK. A ftUeuer Who Hied lllinielf. Jehn Liohtenbergor was rocently releas ed from prison, where he had served a term for herse stealing. A few days age he was arrested ou ujveral eharges of forgery. Ycsterday after noon he was taken te Manheim for a hearing bofero a Justice, who com mitted him for trial at court. The officer took him te the station hbuse and while waiting for the train he asked permission te go te the water closet. This wai granted him and as he did net oemo out the ollleer went te leek after him. He was feuud bleeding profusely from a terrl bio out iu the fleshy part of hhi arm, which he made with a razor, for the pur pur pur pose of Buiolde from the less of bleed. A physieian was summoned at ouce and the wound was dressed after which the prlse nor was removed te Jail. His weuud is an ugly ene and had he net been discovered early he would undoubtedly have sue. cucded in taking his life. Urlglnel the "Dark Heme" 1'hrate. The "dark horse" is a phrase as old as LeKllsh raelng traditions. Beuie poison, in nnswerlug ourieus queries, gives the use of the phrase In ene of Thaokeroy's novelB as Its origin. Its original raenniug was uet n herse which had been kept In the dark, but a herse regularly ou tered, whose name was unknown te the person who thus designated hlra. In pe. litical use it means a candidate who is iu the background, or net promluently brought forward, aud who Is out of popu lar nctioe at the opening of the race. A Und Uutter. The gutter en the cast side of Christian street between Eist King and Grant Is In n disgusting condition at prescnl, nnd should he nttended te by tl, tTui com. in "loners, h or weeks past it hits been filled with dirt, paper, &c be thnt a great part of the water runs into East King street In stead of passing elf by ul0 sewer. The DOlICO fOrCO USO this struct ,.. ,i ... .1 j they certainly should be awure of the facts. fAUAI.17.trUl TIIK YOHKK1US. The Lnncaiter Tired el Uiiui.lnit the llAtra Treuten lieNni the Iruiulrtei. Yes te rd ay nftorneon ene of the poorest exhibitions of ball playing evor Keen in this elty was given at McU rami's park. '1 be oeutestauts were the 1 erk and U in oaster elubs, and they veto playing for the championship of tho'Keysteiio nsoclatien. The visitors were very weak, and from thelr playing anyone would wonder hew they ever wen a game in the r association. They wero weak nt the bat nnd thelr field ing was bad. The Lancaster played a careless game, for they knew that it was uet necessary te de hard work. Their batting was very heavy, Hetlbid leading with five hits. Twe pitchers of the visitors wero peuuded and 1M. Greeno made the best showing. Fer seme unknown reason but soven innlugs were played. By that tlme mera thau half of the audience had left the grounds. The Lancaster club were tired running and the Yerkers wero sick of chasing the ball lu the high grass. The scere was as fellows : ismku. i i i 4 r 7 l.nnrnster , s ' .' I a i 'li lerk (p .i e e 1 it e I Sl'MVlBT. Iliws lilts, I.iinr.iticr IS, tetK V Knrned ruiu, l.nncaslur i Twe ume lilt.", Ilottent i, I'url. 1 hree Iiami hit, Itirrmri'ien Iteub'ii plny. W nit, l'urker un.l llllnnd. -Hruek out, livsmlttii, llakers urcen I. lline-i en txilli. l.uticaU(r 0 i.eit en luie, linem r 7, Yerk I. i'lUKed li.UH. teller J, lleU l. Wild pltctie-i. Stnltli 1. llnku 3, Ureen 1. H:ie by beltn lilt with bad, l.iitu'iuti'r :i, Yerk ! ll.vu) en lmll. HctTerd. Krrer, I.aiicaiter . Yerk se I n i ii I re, l.. smith. Trenten Uetruti the Iremldei. The Ironsides went te Treatnu aud were defeated by the soero of 9 te 0. As will be seeu by the appointed scere the contest was oleso and oxeltiug : IH0HMDE3. AH II 111 TO. Ill 1 e 0 1 1 iirnuiuy,3b ill n ucHHiimui, lb...., a lngrnham.ii 3 OldlleM.e 4 Derby, e I 1 Urvtnie, If 4 HlKKln, '-'b 4 Donald, h s 4 Williams, r f 3 Total Jil TRu.rre;. a.it. Shetaltnu, lb 4 Myew, ;n 4 (Julnten, c t 4 Schenck.Sb 2 Smith, s 9 1 WillSams. 1 t 4 llreuUiers, r t 3 llyan. c s Murphy, p 3 Total se si 1 In. 1 I 1 1 0 II 0 l-.e. IS l A 1 1 1 3 ft 0 USISliH. 1 1 3 4 5 tf S Ironsides,... Trenten I 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 l U I) 0 a s Flrstbaseby error Trenten i, Irenalilrsi Vim base en ctlltxl balls Trenten 4, Iron Iren Mesi Teltil loflen luieH Tnmten S, Iron Iren bUHi5 l'aed bills llynn 1 OMtHM'l I. Wild Ditches lnurutiuin 3. Muriihv 1. Uut en strlkua Trenten 6. lru uliln a. Deuliln plays Donald, lllln!) uud Uoedumn. Umpire Curry. Mutnei Klienncre. Philadelphia : St. Leuis 0, Athlotie 5 ; Previdence : Philadelphia 'J, Provideneo 8; Philadelphia : Yeung America 19, Penu'a University 11 ; Bosten : Bosten C, New Yerk 10 ; Detroit : Clevehnd 0, Detroit J; Chicago : Chicago "i. Buffalo 12 ; New Yerk : Cincinnati 5, Metropolitan 'J ; Brooklyn Brooklyn 10, loulsville 2 ; Pittsburg tlndianaplis 11 A'lecheny 10; Washington : Columbus 11, Washington 0 ; Baluimore : Baltimere 1, Teledo 1 ; Baltimore : Biltimore Union 12 Bosten Union 15 ; Richmond Koysteno 0, Rich mend Uuien 2 ; AHontewn : Harnsburg 0, AHontewn 5 ; Reading : Wilmington 8, Active 0 ; Newark : Demestic 7, Virginia 8 : New Haven : Yale -I, Amherst !J ; West Chester Oxford 12, West Chester 11. JfetM 01 the iintn p. The Columbus club of the American association, (a very flne team, is playing the Lancaster te-day at McOrann'u park. Wm. Hoever has been suspended and will probably be expelled an an Eastern league umpire for striking the treasurer of the Demestic elub iu Newark ou the field yesterday. " Feg Hern " Bradley will succeed him. Jehn King umpired several i-nlngs of the Yerk game yesterday, but the visitors objected nu the ground that he was incom incem incom petent. He was taken out and Smith, of the Lancaster, finished te the satisfaction of all. The Yerk papers are very angry this morning at their club, nnd the base ball editor of the DaxVj is outspoken iu regard te its members. He says that the players made asses of themselves iu the Held here and did net try te win as they should have dene. On their return home they had the asurunce te lay the blarae en the urn pire. YeBterday the Daily was anxious that the Irensides and Linoaster should play aud they would then ohalleuge the winner. After yesterday's miserable showing it seems hke a pity for auy geed club te waste time en a elub like Yerk. The Laucastcrs will likely have te play their schodule out with them, but they would net draw a do.en peeple te the park en nnother visit. The 11I110 plays like amateurs, and they are sadly in netd of a manager The Lutheran Synod lu JCeaitlcs. The Lutheran synod convened In St. Jehn's Lutheran chuich, Reading yester day at 2 p. 111, Thu report of Dr. Leiss noted nmeng ethers the death during the past year of Rev. A. Berg, of the Lancas ter district. It nlne notes the vacancy te he filled in the Mount Jey church. The treasurer's report showed the entire re ceipts of the minlstcrium te be if 00,124.01, and the expenses $1G,8S3.40, and there re mains in the hands of the treasurer 11 bal ance of H,236.2 i. Among the few pictures of the minister, him occurs the following : " Rev. K. E. Orccnwnlt, D. I)., is the beau ideal ef n Lutheran pastor. His books en devotion nnd true Christian piety arc highest in authority. TWO UOMAI IBSIO.NS AVITlllll'.LU. KtRiiileliig SUiftlnlrntienl for Alleged In In eenipnieucy. Upen legal pretests entered with him, Btate Supt. Hlgbee cited Superintendent elect N. 8. Davis, of Lackawanna county, and J. R. Shcrrnrd, of Lawrence county te appear ut the state school department for examination into their competency; and appointed Prof. R. M. M'Ncal, superin tendent of Dauphin county, and Prof. R. K. Buchrle, city superintendent of Lan caster, te assist in conducting theexnmina theexnmina tlen, which begun yesterday at 3 p. in., and was finished te-day nt 11 a. in. They found that both men were competent; nnd their commissions were Issued te-day, with tliose of nil the ether recently elected town and county superintendents, A lllc Knttle snake. acerge L. Erb, of East Lampeter town ship, has received from Norristown, Pa., a rnttle snnke that measured 1 yards iu length. It was caught and forwarded by Oliver J. Baker, of the latter town. In the box containing the snuke was 11 young one 18 inches long. Vlihlnir l'elleeiuen, The morning shift Ne. 2, of the city nolice ferce with some friends went te Reck Hill en n fishing excursion and te spend a geed day. iluumy Tn. The tar collectors are making their re turn of county tnxlothe treasurer efilcc today. Yesterday was the last day for the allowance of the ii per cent, abatement. TrluteUhluuei, The boys nnd girls of the high school will make their spring excursion te Chi ques te-morrow should the weather be favorable, FAKMBRS1 INSTITUTE. IIOVKHNOH t'ATTlHUrVS ADIIUKS. Willie 1' llat!rrt en Uutter Mulling C.m l.nnriittcr farmers In l'.illllc-rrel. Wlckrrihnurn CIeMiie Kpeecti. Thursday .fltrnoeii,- tiistltute opened at 1:!!0 with a lire discussion ou the quos tlen of whether it is lutter for farmers te bnar I their empleyes, or te pay them higher Waged and let them beard them selves Several farmers ipake te the question, a majority of them holding that It was net practicable for farmers te abol ish the preseut plan of bearding their help. Kmiijt by Tniyue llaker. Themas Baker, of Lancaster comity, who was appointed te lead nu essay en "Fariuets' Holidays," made but brief allusion te them, saying that oveiy class of peeple have their holidays, en which they abstain from their usual avocations. Strength of body nnd activity of iiilud alike require these Hoaseus of tolaxatieu , the fawners' special holidays nre few ; ceuBNting of social gatherings, farmers' club meetings nnd institutes like this, nt all of which he bellevnd great geed was done. Mr. Baker then projeeded te discus nt some length the system of rotation of crops, and the application of fertllinrs te the soil. tloierner rtllen' Addreei. Governer Pattlseu entered the court room by the prlvate stairway, and as boeu as he was been was greeted with hearty applause, the ontire assomblage rising te their feet. Dr. Wiokershatu introduced his oxcol excol oxcel lenoy te the audience, saying that Penn sylvania had had soveral farmer governors who had dene credit te the commonwealth, and takeu nn notlve interest lu agriculture, but among them all thore had uet been ene who had dene mero iu behnlf of ngricul ngricul ture and agriculturists thau Governer Rebert E. Pattlseu. Governer P.ittisen said that he had ceme te Lancaster mero as n hearer than a deer. He has always taken a lively in terest iu agricultural allalm, nud especially the agrlculture of Pennsylvania because it is of vastly greater maguitude thau any ether interest. But nfter what has beeu said by Colonel Piellet, nud said se well, he could net hepe te say much that would interest the iustltute. He would, howevor, call attention te the fact that while agri culture was the uiest ancient nud Impert ant of nil interests its votaries were the last aud the slowest te cembine for their mutual beuetlt. As long age as the time of the patriarch, we read in the Bible of their wealth in cat tle, sheep and ether possessions, nnd Jeb himself was the owner et theusauds of camels, sucep aud cattle. Leng age tradesman, merchants, mechanics, nud manufacturers formed various unions and ethor organizations for their mutual pro tection nnd advancement; but it is only re ceutly that the farmers have geno into si ml lar organisatiens. Other interests thoreforo of far less importance have outstripped in lulluonce the great farming interest. But new the farmers are organizing. They are forming farmers clubs, agricultural societies and grauges, aud this farmets in stitute, the first iu the btate, will be the parent of ethers in all sections of the com monwealth. As long age as the middle of the last century nn attempt was made te eiganize a farmer's soeiety in Lancaster comity, but it failed. In 1-25 another and mero successful attempt was made, aud out of It has grown the present agrtcul tural society of the county. The governor paid a high oemplitnont te the German and Scotch Irish pioneers who ilrst settled thuse fertile valleys, nnd whose descendants have made them bloom like a rese until the county has received, as it has earned, the title of " the gardeu spot of Pennsylvania." The early farmers had but few branches efimlustry te leek at; they could be counted ou their lingers' ends. 'IV .day their interests are of great variety nnd immeuse v.ihie. If then In the enrly days it was deemed estential te organize for mutual protection hew much mero deserving of consideration the great inter C8ts new involved. Yeu have new 0,000 farms in your county, ombraelng -180,000 acres of land, of an assessed value of 09, 000,000, aud yielding nn annual income of $9,000,000 is net this of sufficient im portance te demand the most carol ill uud constant considerat.eu '.' If this amount wero involved iu mercantile, manufactur ing or ethor pursuits, theMi interested in It would be continually holding conven tions and elnmeriug for legislation te pre tent it. The governor next called attontieu te the many eminent professional meu that Laucaster county had produced Here is the birthplnoe of the eminent nurgeen, Dr. Agnew, aud here is the resting plaoe of the old oemraoucr, Thaddeus Stevens, nnd here also rest the remains of a presi presi presi dentofthe United States, two governors of tlfb commonwealth and ether officer. who held high station. Comparing the present with the pant the governor refer red te the old " inland ship," the " Cen. cstegn wagon," and recited a verse or two from a ballad sung by the wageners, ene verse of which read : "TI10 duvll i;ut thu limn That Invented the pliiu Te build a raijtead or cut a cunal. But the wagons n'nd wageners, ence the ptide of the county, hnve geno down and given place te better and cheaper systems of transportation. , Pennsylvania is net a manufacturing state. Great as are her manufacturing interests, her agrlculture represents much mero wealth than all the manufacturing interests cembined. Iu behalf of the'r IntercBtfl farmcrH should cembine by sys tematized organization and thus secure a pubUe recognition oemmomorato with thelr intorests, The governor next called nttoutlen te a great feature of agricultural wealth that does net recoive the consideration its Impertance merits: numely forestry, There is no pursuit mero profitable nnd nene of sueh vast value. Te show this he quoted from the ceubub reports of the United States the figures reprosenting a few of the greatest intorests ; while the produet of our forests is set down nt 4700,000,000, the value of oureorn is only $070,000,000 ; wheat $175,000,000; eata $300,000,000; cattle $200,000,000; hay 4150.000,000; geld and silver $50, 000,000; coal 801,000,000, and all ethors only $280,000,000 And yet, this great iutercst of forestry, whieh overshadows and uuderllcs all ethors has, until rocently received but llttle organized attontlen. The weed interest represent ing $700,000,000 gees lute overy ethor branch of business, into our houses, barns, bridges, railroads, oveiywhoro. Of rail road tles aloue thore are 100,000,000 used annually, and these ties roprcsent the destruction of au immonse number of trees, oaeh of whieh was thirty years iu growing. Theu the bark stripped from trenB, for tanning purposes, tepresents n value of $3,000,000 annually, nud in. velves the destruction of an immonse num ber of trees, thousands of whieh aie left te ret iu the (forests in whieh they stand. This destruction of our ferests gees en from year te year, nnd will oeutinuo te go ou until the land Isdenuded unless efficient measurcs nre taken te provent It, The railroad ties out from trees that required thirty years te grow,iet aud beoemo useless lu about soveuyeaiB This shows the ab Rolute nocesslty of replanting the forests, Even the Mexicau governmenr, where lumber Is se abundant, otters great pre miums for the proservaUoiinnd lncroaie of the tlniber. Hew much mero Important is it that we should protect our forests which are te go se towards the proteotlon, malntouance and comfort of our ohildren, The governor heped every ene of his htniers would take the quostlen of forestry home with him, glve It n dnlly thought, nud make an organized cll'ert lu its behalf. Tlie Btate leeks te Lntioaster county te give them an oxnmple In pre. teetlng and extending her tlmber lands, Thanking the institute for the attontlen with which they had listened te him the governor retired iiinld great npplause. MlllU I', lUrnrd'A fny. Willis P. Hnzzitd e; ,or West Cnestri, was next Introduced and read an essay en dill y co wb ami dairy iiiteiests He said that authentic statistics showed that lu districts where dairying is carried ou ex tensively, there la moie wealtli, mero in in in telligouce nud lefinomeut among the poe pie than lu ethor districts. In manv dairy districts the dalrymen nre net merely producers of butter and cheese, but be oemo oemmorolal meu and ongnge in de posing of it wholesale, The farmers send their milk te the orcamarieu where It in converted Inte butter nt less cost and of superior quality te that made by the ordi nary churning process. As the quality impreves, tne price nlse advauees, ami the farmer's profit Is proportionally greater. A serious drawback te the sale of geed biitterls the oempatitlouof theso engaged iu the mauufaoture of substitutes for but. ter, and It seems impjsnlble te overcomo this competitiou by legislation. It has net been proved thnt oleeniargarluo Is In. jurieus te health, and its sale cannot therefere be prohibited. Laws may be passed requiring the manufacturer te stamp his product, but this will uet com pel the hetel keeper or icstaurateur from buying it and serving it te his guests without the stamp ; aud no law can be passed that will prevent a man fiem going te market nud buyingjiist what he wants, whether that be oleomargarino or butter. The manufacturer of butter must there thero thore foro depend en Its superiority te Beoure it ngamst competition with the inferior nrtiele. Mr. Hazzard, after showing that the home market is mero desirable than n foreigu market for the disposal of dairy products, read statistics te show the rapid iucrease of theso products during the past thirty years, aud then proceoded te discuss the question of the host breeds of dairy cows, oeutrastiug the beautiful thoreughbrods new se generally owned by dairymen and the gaunt animals that formerly fed around the strnwstacks. Fer mcrly a cow did uet average 100 pounds of butter per nunum; new they nverage 200, and many of them lel J 300 pounds per annum. If thu yield can be increased from 200 te 000 peuuds the dairyman will get as mueli from two cows as he formerly obtamed from the thrce nud the cost of ene cow en every three will be saved. A lew years age the cow that produced four teen peuuds of butter ier week was a wender: new they nre numbered by theus ands. With a 1 1-inuiid cow you get but ter that soils for twice as much per pound as that eb'.aiucd from a 7-pound cow, while the calvca el the fermer soil nt much higher pries thun the latter, which is a great advantage te the obtained with out additional cost. Fer dairy purpe-ws, thore are threo breeds of cows the .lersey, the Ouornsey nud the Fnsiau. The Jersey has yielded as much as 28 pounds par week, mid 100 pounds per month, and Is mero favorably regarded thau the ether breeds. Fer some reason the Guernsey has uet hereto hereto herote foro attracted the attention it deserves ; it is doubtless superior te the Jersey, both as a butter and beef prodejer. It is the happy medium between thu emall Jersey and the large Frisian. The yield of milk from a geed Giierusey cev; is from 18 000 te 20 000 pounds par year, thi weight of the milk being moie than teu times the weight of the cow from which it Is taki n. The Frisian is also au excellent cow, the milk being right an.l of fiue flavor. It has bee 1 ah mu by testing thirteen Frisian ejwm that only six aud a half pounds of their milk was required te make one pound of butter. M . Hazard urgi'd his hearers te necure geed cows even li high prices must be paid for them. The plan of buying common cows nt the vlllnge inn iiud after keeping them for n year or two buUhenug them is net n geed one. Lnt the farmer get a geed registered bull of ene of the nbove breeds if he cannot afford te have thoroughbred cattle, and from him breed nlth his native cows. A scrub bull should never be kept en a farm. He In never cheap at any price The spoaker next described the prom inent marks of a g vid cow. She should have a geed round body, and possess all the leading points of her breed ; she should have large mill: veins, large tulder of proper shape, net cut away bofero or behind, but the four quarters conforming ene with thu ether. Hhe must have a rich, incline hide, with soft, silky hair. Iho farmer should study tnoGulnen oscuteheou system, nnd lu Hulecting 11 cow he should pay proper attention te the points as there described. l'lie fHriner In 1'ellllci. .Jacob M. F rant 2 read an esaty 011 " ihe farmer in puhlie afiairti " and te the quos ques quos teon, " should he take a meru active interest in public nfialrs '.'" he auswered affirmatively, aud elaborated his views at seme length, deploring the faet that far mers nre ontirely tee backward in this respect, nud preilic'lug iu thin nge of steam and oleotricitv, if they did uet wake up from thelr Rip Van Winkle sleep they would be badly left. Win. II. Brosius, assemblym nn, fellow cd ou the same side, and made a rattling and vohemont spoeoh iu the interest of the farmer, calling en him te ceme te the front where he belongs. Dr. Wlokersham called en Jehu C. Liu ville te say something en the ethor side, but that gentleman decllued te de be, al though he confessed he had no ambition te onter the political arena in soareh of oillce, aud his neighbors had tee much sonse te thrust ofllce upon him. Eph. 8. Hoevor, ex-assomblyman, fel lewed nnd said his say in bohelf.of farmer officials, Governer 1'ittUeu akuIu, Governer Pattlseu again arose and said that he who serves himself well, serves his state host. There nre many farmers who in thelr nuiet homes, have nohle and valuable thoughts, but tee eften these thoughts never get eutside thelr quiet homes. New, theso thoughts should be put ou rcoerd, that tne world may have the use of them, He urged farmers te put their thoughts en paper, In the form of a quostlen or otherwlso and eeihI them te the state beard of agrloulture, through whieh channel they may be published, If worth publication. The state beard of agrlculture meets next Wednesday and Thursday at Loek Haven. Henry M. Eugle appealed te merubers of the Instltute te connect tlumsolves with the agricultural soeiety and t) attend its monthly meeting. Judge Livingston belug called en, said he would be pleased te make a spoeoh, but was fluffering soverely from neuralgia, Alluding te Governer Paulsen's rernarks, Judge Livingston thought It would be botter for farmers te put thelr thoughts en paper nud present them te the local soeloty before presenting them te thu Btate beard, Iu nuswer te a quostlen Mr. lfezzard stated there was 110 Aldernty cattle in the United States, aud gave a desoilptieu of the ialaads ou which the Jerseys ami Guernseys nre bred. Aldernuy being n very small, roeky, Inaccessible Inland. A vote of thanks was glven Dr. Wlokor Wlekor Wloker sham for the success of his otferts iu or ganizing aud conducting the lusJtute, and that geutleman iu nceepting the oom eom oem plim8iiL made ' the concluding speech ptedlutlng that the tlme was near at hand iu which farmeis' institutes would be held lu overy ceuuty lu the commonwealth, and that the second Instltute of Lancaster oeunty would be se large that the court liouse would net contain the numbers that would Heek te It, Adjourned. TMKXni'OM) UI.UH Nllllir. Hun. II, v MrrT', (Hit. I'hIIUeii nud Uul, I'lnlln .Addrtii Hie drirrrtnn Clnb, The locend legulnr "(Nub Night" of Iho Jcllorseu elub wnn hi Id last night lu their nai iidoine 0,110 rooms 011 West King street and was a conspicuous success, lu overy respeet. Hen. It. F. Mevers, of the Har rlsbnrg litrwt, Gov. R lj. Pattlseu nnd Cel. Victer E Piellet worn the distin guished ijurstH of the evening. The room was well filled with nu appoelatlvo audlouce when at 8.30 o'elook Mr. Meycrs began hlr, nihldress en the principles of Themas Jeliorseu, It was n oegont and learned presentation of the strik ing points iu the Jellersenian doctrine nud wan vury temperate throughout. The speakcr declated that if thu principles of government enunciated by Jellerson had been strictly adhered te, the Might would uet new be prcNunted el nn ennrmnus ami unnecessary lax, aud au ovetllowlug treasury standing as n continual tompta tempta tompta tlen te public tebbery The great point that JeiTeninii r. intended for wan antrlet construction or the constitution, nud In this he wan continually opposed by the adherents of the Hamilton! 111 theory, the successors e! whom nppear In the Republl can party of te day. Alter n btlef review of .li liaison's nehiovenients as n statesman, Mr. Meyeis adverted te the mm dutlens passed by the Keutiieky Loglslatine In 1708 nnd 1701) iu favor of personal liberty, and of whieh JcfTorseu was the author Te these reso lutions the Whig. were cempelled te go for their ammunition te light the Fugitive Slavoaetln ISTjO. The speaker closed by nayiug that while 110 innrblu mausoleum enshrined the remains of the great Jelfer son, his memory would be green until free government perished Irem the earth, '1 nn tlewrm r'i Adtlrmi. Gov, Pattiseu was next introduced and nfter an expression of his gratllluitlen for the hospitality showered upon him during his H'ay iu Laucaster, spnlie of the great value of. UlleiK.ii am iciatietis and elubs of like nature in ehei lulling devotion te principle. He sa 1 if mattered net iu what parly mob, principles wero oin ein tamed, if they weie true priuelpKs they were weithy of euriiikt oensideiatioii. Thoe who are seninj the need by encour aging inti'lMiiitit di.ciitden of governmen tal matters, may net themselves reap the harvest, but their posterity will. Joflersuii was described us an ngrictiltur. nlist as well as a t iti-sm in. Th 1 governor olesod with a gluM.rg eulegium of the quality of ''I'veti in te prirolple Gov. Pattiseu wis followed by ('el. Victer E. 1'iolte, id Bradford county, who speke of the i"-' at and rare virtue of purity of meliv lu men in public life. He pi'd warm tributes te Buehanau, I! i-j itiii-i ('hampneys nnd Reah Fraztr, faiieui Lancastrians, as exemplifying this grrat attribute He congratulated the club 011 its vterk and prospcetH. All thr hiii.itvTi w.-re frequent ly applauded, and after the Intellectual treat was ever, an adjournment was had te the rear room v here a bountiful lunch eras spread. During the evening the re turns from the Chicago convention were read as f.iRt as tin y nrnved. There wcrn mauy prominent it 'publican guests pre sent from the oil;. After the addresses, many pr- sent wi-ih nrrn lui-wl 1 1 the gov gev gov ertier and tne gm it.s from abroad. Frem the elub 100m th' governor and his puty proceeded te th.i P.i'insvlvania hlatinn, taking the 11 '10 trim for H 111U mrg. I'Aiai. r -l Nt-'KIHIIt AUUIHKNIh. A Krpalrliixu ll- ill" rrrk Itrnunu Ktsllr lrjar0 hjr u it..rr--l n.cd liy Metir. This men.ing nt S:l" o'clock James Hoevi-r. a tiack piinn-in in the employ of the Pennsylvania 1 tilt.i.ul company, was htruek nnd distantly killed by the cars, a half a mlle west of P.irkt'shurg. The tiain that caused the man's death was the mall which icanhea hern at 0::V. Hoever was standing nt the h'dci of the track when the train first appeared but j.ist as the engine whistlid he Hisuiiie-I te b.i linvildun d and stepped In front of thn engine. I In was killed instantly, his neek having been broken. The body which wis net out was taken te Pomeiey where an inquest was hid 1. Th 1 (Leased resided nt I'liiiUT'iy and wetked under foreman W. W. Ault between that place aad Parkes burg. Deceased was .ri0 years of age. A l'erimr I.miiMittr t utility IUhii IMlleil Dand Skeen, who removed from Stras biirg te Ohie a few -ars age was killed at his home near l.'rhana, 011 Tuesday. He carried ou thn butcheiing biiHlnesn, and while driving oattle he no he leuiid ft dlf cull, te get ilium 10 dress the railroad track. He tied his home te the feiice but the animal frightened at an approaching train and tere Ie.js.i. Mr Hkeeu ran te catch him a'nl was knoeked down aud in jurcd no badly that he died iu a hair hour Tuoile3in:d wis a b.jthoref 11. F. Skoen, el this city, mid was married te a daitgh ler of Martin Iltir, of Quarryvllle, who with six ahildrnii mhvive him. Tefsed l" rnrtliyun Anury sie.r, Yesterday mming .Martin Barte, of Spotting II II, made a uarrew Cheape with his life, (In was driving a btcer v.hich bcaame vicieiM, and making for Mr II. tesfed turn about fifteen feet in the nlr,aml 011 descending hn struck the ground with sueh ferce as te fracture 0110 of his ribs, and his lift h mil aiming in contact with a stene wus severely cut Mr. Jacob KaufTman, jr., of the snme plaoe, who wai assisting Mr li , also etui i 111 ter a toss hut mauaticd te get oil' with a low RorateheH 011 his legs luel) Ulciimi Or i Heme. This meiniiig Frulorlek Brlmmer, the livury man made a narrow cscape from beiug klll-'d at hl.i stables. He had just purchastd a new herse which was placed lu a box stall. Mr. Brimmer went lute tlie stall te leek at the animal which at ouce begnn kicking. He struck Mr. Brimmer ut hast nix times ou the left breast aud arm. Although no bonus wero broken Mr. Brimmer was terribly bruised nnd had te be removed te his home lu a earrinije Tite Mrunueiry Neiuen The entire body of the Judges of the su preeo noiirtef Pennsylvania nrecxpectcd te arrive in this city this afternoon from liar risburg and will be the guests nt dinner te-day, willi ether gentlemen from this city, of Cel. B, F. Eshlemnn, sun-In law of Chief Jusllce Mcrctir, The supreme court judges uud many ether distinguished gentlemen of the stnte will attend thi dinner of the Farmers' club te be given by Cel. James Duffy, Mari etta, at fl p. in, next Thursday. The aireet Liaiiipr. Four of Iho electric lamps were reported this morning ene of them being out all night, and a part of the night and two burned poorly. Of the gasoline lamps only two were re ro re perted. m llereretht- Majer. This morning tlie mayor had thrce cases. Twe drunks were made te tpay costs and ene get ten days, Tim s uudaj school 01 lcoWer's association will incut tlih evuulng lit 7'D Y. M. U. A, rooms .1. Max llurk, lonelier. A rmr eiler. . Thu Velt le Helt Ce, Marshall, Allen., ulljr tnguuil ur iyej Veltnle lleltniid Appliances en ti lai. ler thirty days, 10 nien.yetuu or old nillletiid wltli imiveus itibtllty, leu vlii'lty and kliidreil trntlbles Sep mlvrtlsuineut In this paper. M.W.KAw 'i '.
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