w V THE LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER, SATURDAY MARCH 14, 1885. The Daily Intelligencer. Published Every Evening1 In the Tear (SCMDATS xicxniD) By STEINMAN Si HEN8EL-. " INTELLIGENCER ' BUILDING, 8. W. Cerner Centre Square. I.AXCABTCR, Pa. DAILY TBW CSSTS A WXKK. FlVB DOttAIUI A tbar en Tinr cxxta a mextii. Totaek rnxx. AD VERT13EMENT3 rnem kx te rirrr ckxts a IIKX. WEEKLY " INTELLIGENCER," (itatrrrAOM.) Published Every Wednesday Morning, TWODOLtAtlS A TKAIl l!fAt)VASCB. Connr.BrennExcx solicited from every Prt ofthe. stnte una country, Correspenaonts nre re quested te write, legibly nnd en ene side of the paper only j nnd te sign their names, net for publication, but In proof of geed faith. All anonymous lotters will be continued te th waste, basket. ADDItESS ALL LCTTXRS AMD TSLIORAMS TO THE INTELLIGENCER, Laiccabtxb, Pa, !)c Lancaster intelligence):. LANCASTER, MARCH 14, 1886. The Objections te Him,. The cliarge that Mr. ltnndall opposes the appointment of Phil Thomsen te be commissioner of internal revenue in order " te avenge himself upon a man who con tributed no little te his defeat for the speakership," is probably ns untnie as the insistence upon Thompson's appointment by his Kentucky friends seems te be un reasonable. Mr. Randall, like most ether men in public life, no doubt piefers his friends te his enemies ; but he very probably knows as well a3 ethers that the administration exists for ether purposes and will be guided by ether motives in its appointments than te pay off Mr. Randall's grudges, if lie has any, or te redeem Mr. Carlisle's ebliga tiens, if there are any outstanding. It would be just as reasonable te charge that Mr. Thompson is pressed simply lie cause he opposed Mr. Randall, ns that he "is antagonized only en that account. "While this circumstance is no disqualification for the ofllce he seeks, neither is it sufficient qualification for such a high and respon sible place. The truth is as should be recognized by Senators Beck, Blackburn and Voorhees, Speaker Carlisle, Representative Morrison nnd Editor "Wattcrsen who are urging Mr. Thomsen that the weighty reason against his nppeintment is the popular judgment that he is a very light man for a very Important place. The circumstance under which he " killed his man" demon strated this ; and the fact thnt he is the candidate of the distillers te be chief direc " 'ter of their relations with the government dees net dispreve it. m Henry Geerge's Sermon. Henry Geerge is a very brilliant rhetor ician and theorist. His writings have at tained a wonderful circulation nnd as a pamphleteer he has been without n rival in ids day. His sword is ns keen as it is bright ; the blade is as well tempered as the hilt is glittering with jewels. His theory that the source of all secinl nnd peliticnl evils is private ewneiship in land, and that the cure-all for the things that afflict us is the investment of the state with the title te real property has net found lodgment in popular conviction. It has net appeared even from his own bril liant statement of the case that this theory is sound. Neveitheless he nrrafgns society and the later-day civilization with the iewer of truthful as well as skillful statement, and the " lay sermon " that we repiint te-day from flne of his books is moie than inter esting reading. He falls far short nsn political philosopher, in that he fails te draw sound conclusions or te provide ade quate remedies ; but that does net Impair the ferce with which he states problems that have .baflled greater intellects and made as sincere hearts as his despair. The Newspaper Critics. "Very much that passes for literary criti cism in the great metropolitan newspapers is ret. It is the work of professionals, who like the dramatis critics are half-educated and raore than half-biased. There is, tee, a very close connection between the publish er's department and the critic's, nnd the notice that a book or a play receives is gov erned largely by the advertising space that it pays for. Fer example, when Mr. McMaster's very excellent history of the people of the United States was published by the Apple Apple tens, the New Yeik Tribune, which had a,business quarrel with that house, could "see nothing notable in a work that really marked an epoch in American history making, except the "gross plagiarism" that it found in certain resemblances of style te Macaulay. But the ether day the Tribune slobbered ever with praise of a new life of Jehn Marshall, which an acute writer en the Phil adelphia Times had several weeks before pilloried ns a theft from a work printed years age, the larceny having consisted of an appropriation of the text, arrangement, thought and quotations of the earlier writer. Se that whether the Tribune's book critic is a knave or feel matters little te the abused reader. Suppressing the Newt. It id alleged tlmt the Tiega and Bradford county common pleas courts have proliibl preliibl ted the publication of the jury lists, for fear jurors will be corrupted. If the courts of these counties have un dertaken te de nny such thing they have grossly exceeded their authority, and it is earnestly te be hoped the newspapers will pay no attention te this attempted exercise of power. The names of the jurors drawn is a very proper subject of popular information, and there is no power ledged in the courts te suppress it. The pretext upon which it is attempted shows a marvelleus misconcep tion of the proper way te deal with the abuse complained of. If the newspapers will threw light en the jury fixing and jury fixers they will probably illumiiiattMhe beclouded judicial mind. ' Time Fer the Truth. Senater Coepei'i Medja American hav iug declared that the present business de pression was caused by the reduction of the tariff en Ired, wool, &c, made by the last. Congress, Majer Griest's Lancaster In quirer answers, that " this Is the vilest non sense we ever encountered in any publics, tlen." This Eurperlative form of criticism is !trebbly het entirely -warranted by the clr- cumstances of the case. The American's declaration is no les3ile, peilmps, than most of the campaign arguments of its party en the tariff. It Is a part and parcel of them. It is refreshing, however, te see n rcputa rcputa ble and intelligent Republican journal in Pennsylvania stand up and characterize them vigoreuslyand courageously. Mere nonsense Is uttered en the tariff question than upon nny ether political Isaue ; nnd the people nre widely misled by newspapers which ought te have such resect for them selves and for their, readers as te withheld delibornte falslflcatlon,atleast,ef u question. that is ene of practical business interest nnd net n partisan issue at nil. m m - Tin: continental puddle must be kept veil stirred up nnd Germany and Italy nre new engaged In Jhat diverting occupation. Tim rope tf ntnlty that bltid.s'Ktiglniid and Russia Beems te be com posed principally of sand. Each power lias agreed that It will net advance ene step further thnn Us present position in the clobatable Afghan territory. But thore Is nothing In the compromise effected that will prevent either power from massing Its tioeps en the cilge of tlie for bidden ground te Iki ready for a collision whenever It may occur. The cwir's tender soul Is harrowed at the thought of war, nnd he thus unbosems himself: I cannot con cen con cclve that any but the wlldest dreamers could think that I would doulare war against England. Our ends can -be attained nnd will be nttalned, but It will be by the gradual power of civilization, and net by force." The Muscevite faith docs net, hew evor, rnte very high In the truth market, nnd It would net be at all surprising te hear of a hostile erup tion In Afghanistan befere many moons. In thcBoilaysef new stupor aridity. Grant's illness is made te go n long distance. l)ANKi:n Comeeys, of Philadelphia, hard headed as he Is kindly, said boiiie geed things in his " Plain Talk" te the young men ofthe Quaker city, the ether e veiling. He congratulated them ou being peer, and told thorn thore was nevcr se much required of young men te be successful us thcre 1s new. It seems paradoxical te tender cengratula tiens bceause of absence of wealth, and yet the number et young men of means, who go down every year because tliey have nover knowiiHhe tell of money-uiaklng, inuststrlke every Intelligent observer as pretty well es tablishing the point that poverty is the best cruclble In which te prepare the alchemy of 'worldly success. And young men must re- moinber that ether remark of this man of ex perience that te be successful te-day mero Is requlrcd from them then ever befere. In the keen competition taking place In the world te-day, young men need te have their jiewers sedulously dovclepod if thny would rank with the successful moil of their tiine. Tiik Philadelphia Times signalizes Its tenth anniversary te-day by appearing as a twenty-eight iage Journal leaded down with the cream of the day's iiewn, skilfully arranged, nnd containing pnge after page of advertisements. Its twenty-eight pages hew hotter than words Its success ns a news paper, and Philadelphia has geed reason te be proud ofthe high place It has nehleved hi the ranks of Journalism. Who will Bay that woman Is net terging te the front In this blesscd nineteenth cen tury? Of six failures reported en Saturday last two wero these of women. Bosten In common wills all American cities of all size has long struggled with the subject of taxation, -ee far as It cencerns the proper assessment upon its citizens of the sinews of government that nre paid In the dbape of taxes. It has an iutrlcate system in a beard of assessors consisting of llve per sons. The members are elected for three years, two members each year for two con secutive years, and ene member every third year. The salaries paid are ?3,200 te the chairman ofthe beard, 53,200 te the wcretary, and JJ,0C0 each te the ether members. The city is divided into 33 assessment districts, ami the street work is performed by 33 first assistant and 33 second assistant asst'ssein." The-,0 assistant assessors are appointed with special referonce te their districts and they are deemed te knew enough 6f the value of the realty and persenalty of their neighbors te fairly assess them. The principal assessors and the first assistants form the beard that dually tlx upon thoascsmient figures. The law provides that ever' citizen shall make a personal statement or his liabilities for as sessment and very few de, se that the beard in secret session makes mi csilmate by vete, The assessors are convinced that they de net get held of mero than thirty per cent cent, of the personal property llable te taxation. This amount liewet or, Is far grcater than that ob tained In Pennsylvania municipalities where the returns of persenalty are little mero than nominal. Then the Bosten assessment Is annual, while ours occurs onpe in three years. Our system of ussessuient Is most crude and eilers opportunities for un scrupulous assessors te defraud the city of its dues. Wlille the Bosten plan Is cum cum cum bcrsome and oxpeiislve. It Is a vast improve ment en that or Lancaster, which with a steady ineroase In the vulue of its real estate shows a stationary nssessed valuation. PERSONAL. Prksidknt Shelve, of Amherst college, was semewhat hotter en Friday, though still very sick. Senater Wadr Hampton, who has been very unwell for seme time, Is reported con valescent. Mr. Samuel J. Timh:n gave &00 te the Wostchester county, N. Y., Women's Chris tian Tomperance Union. Evangelist Meedy has begun a sories of meetings in ucs Moines, rowe, anu immense throngs from cities and towns around at tended. Mn. GEoneF. Ghant, a stock Jobber, lias brought suit for libel against Mr. Edmund Yates, editor ofthe Londen World, claiming f 5,000 damages. Mmj: Meiur.sKA has taken a quaint llttle cettage en the coast el Cornwall, England, and means te llve thore until she comes te Amerlca In Septcmber. Pepe Lee has Intimated that the Irish bishops had hotter iostpeno thelr proposal, attendance in convention at Heme until alter the visit ofthe Prince of Wales te Iro Ire land. Ins. James It. Beck, wife of the senior senator from Kentucky, Is an exceptionally line horsoweman, and when she visits her son's ranch In Wyoming territory she rldes his most I lery steed. Neiilk Heath, nrosldent or Plain Edge, near Babylon, I. I., is dead. IIe was ene of thosurvevorsoftho Erle canal under Gov Gov ereor DeWitt Clinten, and nuthoreP'Heath's Arithmetic " and ether works. Doing Away With Sinecure. Secretory Manning has declded that here after the appropriation for the prevention and detection of frauds upon the customs revenue shall net be used for the purpese of making permanent appointments, but shall be con fined strictly te imylng for Information ro re ro celvod concerning revenue frauds nnd te en en uble the department te employ tioruens In irpeclarcascs whero It Is believed frauds nre being jiorpetrated. m mm fc . Vindicated Frem a Illuck Mailer Chars;'. Dr.Sumucl 11 Felzerwesaqulttedln I'etts- vllleef the charge of criminal nssault pre ferred against hliu by Mrs. Adella Zimmer man, et Frackvllle. The commonwealth abpndened the case. The court ordered a vent let of net guilty and the Jury put the costs, amounting te 1335, en the presecutrix. The defense claimed that It was a blackmail ing scheme and lAd been .attempted en two ether doctors in the county, A LAY SERMON. the civilization that is and the CIVILIZATION TUAT OVUttT TO JIE. A forcible Presentation of Seme of I he Bins nnd Shortcomings of Society lire In the Great Cities Crime and Squalor In the Shadow of the Churches. Frem Henry Ucoige en the Land Question. When we think of the civilization that might lie, hew peer and pitiful, hew llttle hotter than utter barbarism, seems this civili zation of which we beast 1 Even here, whero It has had the freest Held and fullest iluvelo iluvele menl I Even here 1 This Is n bread laud and a licit laud. Hew wlde it Is, hew'rleh it Is, hew the 11 fly mil lions of us already here nre but. beginning te scratch It, n man can net licgiu te rcallze, till he docs seme thousands of miles of traveling ecrlL There nre a school and n church and a newsp.ipcr In overy hamlet; we have no prilegcd orders, no legacies of antiquated Institutions, no strong and covertly hostile nclghbera, who in fancy or reality oblige us te kcep up great standing at mles. We have had the oxperienco or all ether nations te gulde us in (selecting what is geed and reject ing what Is bad. In politics, in religion, In science, In mechanism, oery thing shows the latest ImpievcmcntR. We think we stand, and hi fact we de stand, In the very van of civilization. Fowl here is chcajicr, wages higher, than auywhere else. Thore Is here a higher avorage of education, of Intel ligence, or material comfort, nnd of individ nl opportunity, than among any ether of the great civilized nations. Hore modern civiliza tion Is at Us very best. Yet evon here I hast winter I was in San Francisce. Thore nre In San Francisce cltlzens who can build themselves houses that cost a million and a hair; citizens who can give each of their children two millions or registered United States bends Ter a Christmas present ; citizens who can send their wives te Paris te keep house there, or rather te "keep palace" in a style that outdoes the luvlshncss or Husslau grand dukes ; citizens whose daughters are golden prizes te the bluest blooded or English aristocrats ; citizens who can buy seats in the United Stales Scnate and lcave them empty, Just te show their grandeur. There arc, also, in San Francisce ether citizens. Last whiter I could Hardly walk a block without morning a ciuzcn ucgginglerten cents." Ami, w hen a charity fund was raised togive work, with pick and shovel te such as would rather weilc than beg, the applications wcre se numerous that, te make the charity fund go us far as possible, ene set of men was discharged after having been given a few day's work, in erder te make room for another set. This and much else or the sumo sort I saw In San Francisce last winter. Likewise In fc'acranionte, and, in ether towns. Last summer, ou the plains, I took fiem Its tired mother, and held In my arms, a llt llt teo sun-browned baby, the youngest efn fam ily of the sturdy nnd keen Western New England stock, who nloue in thelr two wagons had traveled near three thousand miles looking ter home place te locate and linding none, nnd who wero new returning te where the father and his biggest liev could go te work en a railroad, what tliey had get by the sale of thelr Nebraska larm ull goue. Audi walked nwhile by the side or long, lank Southwestern men who, after similar iruuiuss jeurneyings wny up into washing washing ten territory, wero going hack te the Choctaw nation. in TiinemiAr emus." This w Inter I have been In New Yerk. New Yerk Is the gicatcst and richest of American cities the third city of the modern world, and moving steadily tewnrd the llrst place. This Is u time or gieat prosperity. Neer hcrnre wcre s, many goods sold, se much business done. Heal estate U advancing with big jump, and within the last few mouths many fortunes have been made in buying and selling vacant lets. Landlords nearly overywhero are de manding Increased rents; asking In seme el the business quarters an ineroase of three hundred percent. Meney is se plenty that government lour per cents sell for 114, and a bill Is passing Congress for refunding the maturing national deht at three imr cent, per numim, a rnte that awhile age in California was net thought exorbitant jicr month. All sorts of slmres unit bends have been going up and up. Yeu can sell almost anything Iryeu glve it a lilgh-otindlngcerpomtonamo and Issue well-printed shares or stock. Seats in the beard or brokers nre worth thirty thousand dollars, nnd are cheap ut that. Thore are citizens who rake In millions at a single operation with as much case as a lam dealer rakes in a handful or chips. Ner is this the mero seeming prosjierlty or feverish speculation. The country is really prosiicreus. The crops have been enormous, the demand Insatiable. We have at last a sound currency ; geld has been pouring in. The railroads have been choked with pro duce, steel rails are being laid faster than ever belore ; all sorts or factories nre running full tlme or overtime. Se prosperous Is the country, fce geed nre the times, that, at the presidential election a few months since, the determining argument was that w e could net afford te take the chance of disturbing se much material prosperity by a political change. TIIK HOUHOWS OF THE I'OOlt. Nevertheless, prosperous as are these times, citizens or the United States beg you en thestrcctsfer ten. cents and flve cents, and although you knew that there are in this city two hundred charitable- societies, al though you rcallze that en gcneral principles te glve meney in this way Is te de evil rather than gedB, you are afraid te roruse thorn when you read or men in this great city lreezing te death and starving te death. Prosperous as are these times, women nre making overalls for sixty cents a dozen, and you can biro cltlzens for trivial sums te pa pa rade up nnd down the streets all day with advertising placards en their backs. I get en a herse-car and ride with the drlver. IIe is evidently a sober, steady man, ns Intelligent as a man can be who drives a hoise-car all the tlme he is net asleep or eating his meals. IIe tells me he has a wife and four children. IIe gets home (If a ceuple of rooms can be called a home, at two o'clock In the morning; he has te be back en his car ut nine. Sunday he has a ceuple of hours mero, which he has te put in sleep, else, us be says, he would utterly break down. His children he nover sees, save when ene of thorn comes at neon or supper tlme te the herse-car route with something for him te eat hi a tin pail. He gets ene dollar and soventy-flvo cents per day (that will huy at Delinonlee's a beef .steak and cup or cofl'eo). I say te him that It must be pretty hard te pay rent and keep six persons en ene dollar and soventy-flvo cents a day. IIe says It Is ; that he has been trying for a month te get enough ahead te buy a new pair of shoes, but he hasn't yet succeeded. I ask why he docs net lcave such a Jeb. IIe says, " What can I de? Thore nre a thousand men ready te step into my place 1" And se, hi this tlme of prosperity he is chained te his car. The herses that he drives, they are changed six times dur ing his working day. They novo lets of tlme te stretch themselves nnd rest them selves and cat in peace their plentiful meals, for tliey nre worth from ene te two hundred dollars each, and it would be a less te the company fort hem te fall III. But this driver, this citizen or the United States, he may fall ill or drop dead, and the company would net lase u cent. Te Judge be tween him and the beasts he drives, I am In cilncd te think that this most prosperous era is mero prosperous for horses than for men. Our Napoloen or Wall street, our Charle Charle magne or railroads, who caine te this city with nothing but n new kind of mouse-trail in a mahogany box, but who new, though yet In the vigor of Ids prime, counts his wealth by hundreds or millions, if it can be counted nt ull, Is Interviewed by n reperter Jus,t as he Is nbeilt te step aboard his palace par for a grand combination oxcd!tleii into the Southwest IIe descants upon the ser vices he is rcuderlng In welding lutome big machine a let of smaller machines, in uniting into ene vast railroad cmplre the sepa rated railroad kingdoms. He Ukowlse descants iqieii the great prosperity of the whele country. Everybody is pros perous und contented, he says : there is, or course, a geed deal or misery in the big cities, but then there nlwnys is I THE TIIAMP FOLLOWS THE LOCOMOTIVE. But net alone in the great cities. 1 ride en the Hudsen river railroad en a bltter cold day, and from eiiq or the pretty towns with' Dntch names gets jn'n censtable with a pris oner, whom he is te take te the Albany peni tentiary. In this case Justice bus been swift enough for the crime,. the taking of a shovel, has only been committed a few hours before. Such coat as the man has he kceps buttoned up, even in the het car, for, the censtable says, he has no undorclethos nt all. He stele the shovel te get te the penitentiary, where It Is warm. The censtable says they have lets of such cases, and that even In these geed tltnes these pretty country towns at olnfestcd with such tramns. With nil our vast nri?mi. lzlng, our doveloplng of productive powers and cheapening of transportation, woureyot creating a class or utter pariahs. And they are te be found net tnorely hi the great cities, ,but whorevcr the loceinotivo runs. Is It real advance In civilization which, ou the one hand, prod uces these great captains or lndustiy, and, ou the ether, these social outcasts? It Is the j ear of gmce l&il, and of llm Ite public the 105th. The girl who has brought In coal for my lire Is twenty yearn old. She was Iwrn In New Yerk, and cull ueitlicr read nor wiile. Te me, when 1 heard It, this seemed sin and shame, nnd. I get her a spoiling hook. Shelstrylng whntshe can, but It Is up-hill work. Sim has really iiotiiue. Ijist night when I caine hi, at cloven, she was net through scrubb ing the halls. She gets four dollars a month. Her shoes cost two dollars a iki I r. She says she can sew ; but I guess 11 is about as I cm. In the natural ceurse of things, this girl will len mether el citizens of the republic Underneath nre girls who can sew ; tliey run sewing machines with their feet all day. I have Been girls In Asia carrying water-Jngs ou their heads and young women hi Seuth America bearing burdens. They wcre lithe and strong nnd fcyminctrleal ; but te turn a young woman Inte inotUe Hwer for a sewing machine is te weaken and lujiire her. physically. And these uirlsniole rear, or ought te roar,citIzens or ihu republic. But there Is werse mid werse than this. Ge out Inte the streets nt night, and you will find them filled with girls who will nevcr be mothers. Te the man who has known the leve or mother, or sister, or sw ccthc.irt, wife, and daughter, this is (he saddest .sight ei an. IIIIOOKI.YN ANI UTAH. The ladies of the Brooklyn churches they are getting up petitions for the suppression of Mermen jielygamy ; they would have It rooted out with pains und iicnaltics, trampled out, If need be, with llre and sword; and their roverond congressman-elect Is going, when he hikes his seat, te Introduce a most Mrlngcnt bill te that end; for that a man should have moie wives than ene is a burn ing scandal in a Christian country. Se it Is; but thore nre also ether burning scandals. As for scandals that c.xcitn talk, I wlllspare Brooklyn a comparison w Ith Salt Lake. But as te ordinary tilings : I have walked through the streets of Salt Lake City, bv day and by night, without seeing what in the streets or New Yerk or Brooklyn excites no comment. Polygamy Is unnatural and wrong, no doubt ei that, for nature brings into the world semethiiiL.' ever twentv-twe .boys for every twenty girls. But is net a state or society unnatural anu wrung in which there are thousands and thousands of girls for whom no husband evor eilers 7 Can we brag of a statu of WK'lety In which ene citien can lmd his wife wllh mero diamonds than an Indian chief can put heads en his squaw, while many ether citizens nre afraid te marry lest they can net support a wife u state of society In which prostitution flour ishes? Polygamy Is bad, but Is it net bet bet eor than that ? Civilization is advancing day by day ; never w as such progress as we aie making. Yet dtveiccs are increasing and In sanity is Increasing. What Ih llie goal of a civilization that tends toward free lout and the umdhouse? This is a most highly civilized community. There Is net u bear nor wolf ou Manhattan Island, save in a menagerie. Yet it is easier, when) they ure worst, tn guard airalnst licars and wolves than it is te guard against tlie Iiumau-lcasts of jirey that ream this island. In this highly civilized city every lower win dow has te be barred, eery deer lerked and noiieu ;ecn deer-mats, net worth tucutv tucutv llve cents, you will sce chained te tlie steir. Step a moment in a crowd and your watch 1 goueasif bymagIv;shlrt-studsuioUikcufiem their owners' Ixisems and ear-rings cut from ladics'cars. Even .islanding nrmy or police men de net prevent highway robbery ; there are populous district that te walk through after nightfall is a risk, und wheie you ha e far mere need te go armed and te be wary thnn lu the backwoods. There nre dens In w lilch men are lured only te be drugged ami robbed, sometimes te be murdered. All the resources ofMrlcnce and Inventive genius are exhausted In making burglar-proefHtrong-rooms and safes, yet, as the steel plate I-; comes thicker and harder, se decx the bur glar's tool beceme keener. If the combina tion lock cannot be picked. It is blown open. If net a crack large enough for thu introduc tion or powder is left, then the air pump is applied and a vacuum Is created. Se that theso who in the heart or civilization would guard their treasures eafcly must ceme back te the most barbarous dovlce, and cither themselves, or by proxy, slecjilcssly stand guard. Whatsoitef a civilization Is this ? luwhatgdoes civilization essentially consist if net in civility that Is te say, In icspect for the rights of irsen and preiKirty ? Till: SPIHIT OF LAWLESSNESS Yet this" Is net all, nor the worst. These are but the grosser forms of that spirit that In the miibt or civ ilization compels eveiy ene te stand en guard. What Is the maxim or business in in in tcrcourneumong the most highly respectable classes ? That If you ure swindled It w 111 be your own fault; that you must treat every man you have dealings with as though he hut wanted the chance te chat and rob you. Caveat emptor. "Let tlie buyer beware." It u man steal n few dollars he may stand a chance of going te the penitentiary I icad the ether day of a man who .was bent te the penitentiary for stealing four cents from a herse-car company. But, if he steals a mil lion, by business methods, he la courted and fluttered, evon though he steal the peer llttle savings which washerwomen and sewing girls have brought te him in trust, even though he rob widows and orphans of the security which dead men have struggled and stinted te provide. THE CIIUIICHES OF THE tlTV. This is u most Christian city. There are churches and churches. Allserts of chinches, where are preached ull sorts of religion, s.ie that which ence In Ualilce taught thuuraut socialistic doctrine that it Is easier for a camel te pass through the oye or a nccdle than for a rich man te enter the kingdom or Ged ; all save thnt which ence in Jerusalem drove the money-changers fi-em the temple. Churches of brown and gray and yellow stene, lifting toward heaven "in such neble symmetry that architect me scorns invocation and bciiisen ; where, en staiucd-ulass windows, glow nugel und apostle, und the entering light Is dimmed te u neil glory; w hore such music throbs nnd supplicates and hursts hi Jey as ence In SU Sephia ravished the souls of heathen Nerthmen j churches whero richly cushioned pews let for the very highest prlces,und the nuctloneer determines who shall sit hi the foromest heats; churches eutside or which ou Sunday stand long lines or carriages, en each carrlage a coachman. And there are whlto-iuarble churches, se juiie und shaiicly that the "utone seems te iiave bloomed und llowcred the concreto ex pression or n grand, sweet thought. Churches rcstrul te the very oye, and into which the weary aud heavy-laden can enter aud Jein In the worship or their Creater for no larger an admission feo than it costs en the bowery te see the bearded lady or the Zulu giant eight feet high. Aud then thcre are mission churches, run expressly for peer people, where it docs net cesin cent. Thcre la no lack of churches. Thore, are, in fact, mere churches than thore nre puople who euro te .attend them. Aud thcre are Ukowlse Sunday-schools, nnd big religious "book concerns," and tract socletlos for spreading the light of the gospel among the heathen In foreign turts. Yet, land u heathen en the Buttery w ith meney hi his pocket, aud he will be robbed or the last cent et it befere he Is n day elder. " By their fruita shall ye knew them." I wouder whother they who tend missionaries te the heathen evor read the dally papers. I think I could take n llle of these newspapers, nnd from their daily chrenlclings match any thing that could be told in the same period or any hoathen community ut least, or any heathen community In a llke stnte or pcace nnd prosperity. I think' I could take n ule or theso papers, aud match, horror for horror, all that returnitig missionaries have te tell even te the ear or Juggernaut or Infants tossed from mothers' arms Inte the sacred liver : even te Ashautoe "customs" or canni balistic feasts. I de net say that such things, nre because of civilization, or because or Christianity. On the contrary, I point te them ns Inconsistent with civilization, as Incompatible with Christianity. They show that our civilization Is one-sided and cannot last as at present based ; they show that our se-called Christian communities are net Christian at all. I be lieve a civilization is possible In which ull could be civilized in which such things would be impossible. But it must be a civilization baaed en Justice and acknowledg ing the equal rights of all te natural oppor tunities I bollevo that thore is in true Christianity a jiewcr te regencrute the world. But It must be a Christianity that ntticks vested wrongs, net that spurious thing that defends them. The religion which allies Itself with inlusllce te preach down the untuial aspirations of the masses in werse than atheism. l'ATIKNCK. Judge lione lest but wait aiidsve. With henclut pity, net disdain ; The depth of the abyss may be The incus u ru of the night el pain ; And leve und glory that may raine This soul of (ied In nftcr days, Atteletile Procter. HVltOIAL NOTICES. Werth it Thousand Dnllimt rlvety child hoi n Inte n family Is thought te hn wiutfi "a thousand dollars'' te tlm parent. Then they Hheuld he cared rorfrem Infancy te tiiHltirlly. Keep tlie mouth unit teelh tight by HO.OHO.NT, and jeu shirt then rlirht. mliMmloedAw The leiter Doctoring. Heme doctors leve te prescribe hunt voyages for very debilitated nnd falling pattcntn. Just te get them out of the way nnd net have them dle en their huncs. J.nst week the doctor told u u peer fellow who cun't ralie meney te liny a new hnt, that hu ought te go te Kurepc. Hetter tell such a mini te keep near home and use Iren llitteis. Ilr. Mjcrri.ef i'nlrtleld, lewn, has tried It extensively among his patients. IIe nays :'it Is lliobe.it lien prcpnnitluii I have known In my thirty jenrs of practice." MEDICAL rllON BITTERS. mm mm tw w vr w nn w ii it it ii f i ewwwwmiit ."5 II II H linn u It e e u oe vr w w w n n n WW WW HUH W W WN Buui II II Rim tin NN It HO () N N N II HP.R tl fl N N N II It It II (1 n nit II II 11 OO N n mn i u mn i ii iim ii iTrr rrrr II T T II T T II T T ii r t I'KR nitn V. K It nt unit K K R KICK It It 'BSS" This medicine, temblnlng Iren wllh purnvego purnvege tutjli! tenlcH, quickly nnd completely CUUK8 ItYbl'KI'SIA, I.vniUE.iaiON. MAI.AItlA. Wl'.AKNEhS, IMl'llIlE 111.000, CIIIM.S and Ki;vi:itanii ni:i;i:alciia. lly rapid nnd thorough hshIiiiIIhIIeii with the Meed It reaches every part nt tlie Bysleui, purl lies and enriches the liloed, strengthens tlie inuseles nnd nencs, mid tones and Invigorates the system! A film Apputlrer licet tunla known. It will euro the worst case of Dyspepsia, re moving ull riltiiwdnif symptoms, such as Tust lug the foeil, llclchiug, Heat In the Htemncb, lli-urllitim, etc. The only Iren incdlilne that will net blacken or Inline (lie teeth. It Is Invaluable for dlieaes peculiar te women, mid te ull nersens who lead peilentarv lives. An iiiifulllng leuicdy fordlscejea of the Liver uinl Kidneys. Persons (Uflerlnu from the effect of e erwerk. nervous tumbles, hus of appetite, or debility, experience iuIcW relief and ronened 'inergy by Its ue. It deei tint eiiisu llendache or pindute Consti pation OTIIKIt Imji medicines de, II Is tlmenly preparation of Iren thnt causes no Injurious I'lfi-cta. I'liisleUtis mid druggists liTiinitni'iiil It us the best. Try It. Tin; kciiuIih) his Tmde Stark und crossed red Hues en w nipper. Take no ether. Msdoeulyby IIIIOWN C'IIEMICAIj CO., llALTIUOllE, II I. d"pt91ydlyw II ATS AND CAVS. e "1I.OTH MATS. LEE, the Hatter, IS RKLLlMt CLOTH HATS AT $1.00 Ne. 23 Nertli Queen Streot, Itiitll-ljd LANCASTER. I'A. pr.i.ew COST -AT- STAUFFER & CO'S. A ltcacr Shoulder Ciijm', u Itusslun Hair Shoulder Cnpe.ii Silver Ilulrbheuhler Cnpe. Twe Mueii Ludk-j and Cents' l'ur Cups, Ilali-Itezen ltebes. bOMKIIIISt. NEW 1 THE YOl'NO MEN'b FAVOUITEI The Cassiinerc Tourist Hat! Durable, Neul und Pretty. Lxt'ivthliip .New In Sptlui; Styles. All the Leading I Hecks In bkeletuu, Extra Lin lit WelKlit, (ciulund Full Mlir Huts, holt Huts In Yeung und Old fients' Style. KNOX'S NEW SI'ltlNO SILK HAT new In. W. D, STAUFFER & CO,, Chultz'sOIdRtnnd ) Leading Ilatters and Furriers, NO. 3IA.13 NOUTII OU LANCASTER UEEN STUEET, A tvi:i:TAi;i.i:s. GUI'EKIOH V SPECTACLES -AND- EYE-GLASSES. Microscopes, Field dusies, llaremeters, Tele Mopes, Mnijic Luuleius, Thermometers, Drau Iiik Instruments, Philosophical nnd Chemical Appurutus. I.lit nnil Descilntleiis of our Ten Cululegui-s eciit FltEE en nppllcatlen. QUEEN& CO., NO. 0 CHESTNUT ST. PHILADELPHIA murS-lyUAw BB. MAHTIK, WHOLESALE AKDRKTAIL Dealer in A!! Kinds of Lumber and Geal. -YAire: Ne. 43) Nmth Water Rud 1'rlnce streets. uboe Lemen, l.uneaatcr. nS-lyd TAUMOAItDNEllS .t J1CFFKK1ES, COAL DEALERS. Orricrs: Ne. 1'ilNeith Qucen street, nnd Ne. .V,l North I'llnce street. Yards: Ninth I'rluce slieet, near IteadhiK Depot. I.ANCASTEII, l'A. HUglS-tfd QOAU M. V. B. COHO, SM NOUTII WATElt STUEET, Lancaster, l'a., WHOLKHALKANn RETAIL VKALKR IN LUMBER AND GOAL. C'OXHKCTIOM WITH TIIK TrLBrUONIO EXCIIAKflK. Yarb and Orrum Ne. KM NOUTH WATKIl STUEET. fehaj-lyd c. J. KWAHH A CO., COIL. Orricis: Ne. 'JUCentre Square. Yards : Eaat Walnut mid Mill-shall streets. (Stuwuit'sOld Yurd.) lieth Yurd und Olllte connected wllh the Tele phone Exchuniru -KINDLlNtl WOOD A SPECIALTY.- eclUOnidSI&FU WATCUES, JtC. vyATCIIES, OLOUICH AND JEWELRY. GREAT REDUCTION IN lMtlCES OK WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELUY.nt LOUIS WEBER'S, Ne. 159 i-2 North Qaeca Street, Opposlte City Hetel, near l'a. K. It. Depot. Itctulllng nt Wholesale Prices. ItepalrhiK nt Extiu Lew Prices. Jy3l-lyd CAl.T, AT KKIQART'S OLD WINE bTOUE -FOlt- LISTON'S EXTItACTF OF MKEP. riHKHT IN Till WOKLD. Estahllshcd, 17B5. II. E. BLAYMAKElf, AbL. febl7dtd Ne. ') East King St. pUAMl'AONli BOUCHE "SEC." THE ilNEsT CHAMPAGNE WINE NOW IS! POUTED. ATKEIGAUT'9 OLD WINE STOUE, Ne. S3 East Kine Strict.. II. E.SLAYMAKEK, Ajrt. Established, 1783. feulMId cteriiim. rpA ILOHING. W. B. NELSON, Lat or U. It. WiMTins, North Quskn StnsKT, I.AKCASTEtl, FA., Importing Tailor. NEW VOltIC I'AItLOUS I ESHLEMAN'S LAW BLOCK, North Duke Btroet, Lancaster, Pa. ALL THE LATEST STYLES In KeniidN amd Dumkstiu Cleths run Seith add Trousers. A PKKTKCT riTOUAKANTKKI). 1 hnvn Just opened nt the above parlors with a fine line or Foreign nnd Doincstle (inmls for the WlntcrandHprliignr 181, wlierel will tin pleased te have uiy trlends und the public call mid see my stock. , W. B. NELSON. B AROAINS. NO KIllC! NOjWATKU! nUT PMUIITLY HMOKEIU THE SALE OK DAMAGED CLOTHING ! Still continues. An enormous let of ClethliiK ' has been Beld, yet t tic! e remains many CHOICE BARGAINS. Before April 1st Everything Ist Be Disposed Of, A milMmwccd Oiieds will beietnlned after that date. Iien't he Hkepticul I Don't be Prejudiced ! Don't have In veur head the Idea that this Is only a shuiu sale that It Is only u " se-called " leductlun. We have luiule n lednctlen, and a bltf one. tee, and everybody who needs Clothing con profit by It, MYERS & RATHFON, I.EADINO LANUAHTEIl CLOTIIIEIlS, NO. 12 EAST KINO STREET, I.ANCASTEII. I'A. . -lylLMAMSON fc FOSTER. SPRING $16.00 Light-Weight Overcoat, A DAKK OXFOKD MIXED MELTON, til (A Spring Overcoat. NEAT, FANCY OVEIICOATINO, MADE UV BTYLI"11, f-fiOU. Spring Overcoat. DAKK, KVSIIIONAIII.ECOLOlt'lN ItEl'l'EL LANT, tI.W, Spring Overcoat. VEIlt UNI. SOFT WOKSTED, DAKKCOLOIIS, These ur.its ni ns hnndsemcly iiiurte mill tilmuicd us the HiiimI Cusleni Weik, hiiiI ure Intended te and de take the place or Cusleui-Madc (tHrmenttt. In Fit and Flnbb they nre superior tn msny made te order, Overcoats being finished with Sill: Mceve Lining and Fuclugs. MESS PAHTALOOIS. StIXED CASfjIMEUE .IM.OO PIN STEIPE B.OO FANCY WOIISTKD . .. .0 VEU Y FINE GLOIIE CASS two New Spring Styles Fine Silk Hats Of the licit JIitKrrK, Including Diinhip.t Ce., ler who viettru the eclule hkciiIs ler Lancaster. The OaBsimere Hat In nluieu vailcty of Checks und Plaids, I.lKht, Dark, llieun. Gray und Sllxed Celers. Pilce, tl.W), tl.U und II. SO. THE LATEST NOVELTIES IN Spring leckwear. Theuosertiuent of Celers and Pat lei us lurc. OnttNeicl PntteriilsCluh, llcait, Spade, Diamond. Thejcudlnif new blmpes uic THES1IE1.HOUNE. THE CKOXTO.V TIIE11UYTON, Pi Ice, SOc. and 75c. THE UNIVERSITY SHIRT. Funcy Colored KlanncN. wlthu ceinphtH nt et studs, tl.M), Jieaana tiW. British Half Hose, 25c. Super Stout, regular made, Hue gauze, full fashioned leet, u very loiiifeitHble Hese. The Finest Dress Shee Fet Ladles urukneu n ui Turns. That Is thu Shoe Is turned lusldu out after It In made. This cannot bu done unless the Leather used Is of then nest and toughest. Our Ladles' Turns ure of Finn French Kid, ull hand work, Including thcllutteu Heles. The styles me Openi Tee mid Coin. moil Sense. FOR GENTS, Thu beat und most dmabluuiu the Wuu kenphust. This shxi Is well known ler Its durability. Oursales or It Indicate It It Is appreciated. We have also u Wuukeuphiist for Heys. Our Yeuntt Gent's Finn Culf Ceniriess (falter with Cleth Tep and Londen Te, are very fiishlenable. The same Htvluln Puis nnd Iluttnn. wllh Kid Tops. They urunll hand stitched and Kuwed. Clillurcii'snna Misses' Bpniienna Weiljru Heel Flnu Dress Sheen of r leuen mid C urn co hid. (S Fester, 32,31, 3G.V 158 West King St., LANCASTKII. PA. -The oppeitiinlly te imichn-it h Wlntn Overcoat hi te 'JU per cent, below reKiihir prlcu is te buy new. TUllAVCOA.yj) CHI Alts. U 8TK1IMAN A CO. H. Holiday Presents, MEEUBCIIAUU SOKEHS ND PIPES, TUKKISII PIPES, FEKNCH HltlAlt PIPES, CIQAll AND CIQAKETTE I10L DEHS, ClQAlt CASES, SMOKER'S SETS, CIGARETTE CASES, ASH RECEIVERS, MATCH CASES, CANES, Ac All In K'eat vrlety and at very low prices. 47 Cull and eiaiulue our gtwls. trouble te show them. Nn I L. STEIAN & CO, Ne, 110 North Queeu sti-eet. Williamson CLOTIItXU. ! GLOVES, Te keep the hands warm MITTENS, Te keep the bands warm, . SOCKS, Te keep the feet warm. KAIl MUFFS, Te keep the cars warm. ' MUFFLERS, Te keep the nctk win m. UNDEKWEAR,! Te keep the body warm. Oe te ERISMAN'S, Ne. 17 WKST KINO STltEKT. S1' KCIAL ON ACCOUNT Ol' Ill'II.DINO Interfering wllh eiirnmkliiK our usual Window dltplnyfer the early Spring Trade of 1885, We tukc this means ut Informing the public tlmt our business Is being conducted us usual. We desire you te cull and see for your heuellt the splendid line of FINE WOOLENS for Spring Suitings, Pantnloeniiigs, Which no nre new making te iirdei Our iihiiiiI Immense mid roll I, Input CLOTHING MEN, OUTII8, IIOiS nudCHILDUEV, As ulkiiu full mid complete Hue of Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, Of all unities und ijuiillth-s, Is mm le-.eli Our Prices AltETHE EKY l.O'd L-T HIR8H & BRO, PENN UALL OMTHIKO I10USR, Oorner North Quoeu Streot ami Cen tre Snuare. s Jl'KC'lAL. NOTICK Aiiiiouiiceiiiciit Extniei'diiiary ! THE GREATEST REDUCTION E LR MADE -1 EINE CLOTHING- -AT- Ne. O Euet KIub Streot. In order te million heavy sleck beleiu inov inev lii;, I shall make up te urdernll Hues el Koeds at A Reduction cf 25 ie 30 Per Cent. I have also u number of cl'STOM MADE SUITS, net tailed for,, which will he Mild ut a B real sacri lice. This lednctlen Is ler cash only, aud will extend te the FIRST OF MARCH. N. II. Will remove en or about the first of April te NO. 4S XOHTJI QlA'AW .STIilUri', (Opposite thu Postetllce ) H. GERHART. -piCONOMY IN Cl.OTIIINU. Bargains Added Te- Te create work for our hands and Keep them together .during the dull season, wu eiganlze te-day a SPECIAL SALE IN OUR CUSTOM DEPARTMENT. Having benght for cash ut a Inte New 01 k salea Large and Finn Line of PANTALOON INOS.we are prepared te eiler bPEClAL IN DUCEMENT. ALL-WOOL PANTS, made Ie elder, ut wen. ALL-WOOL PANTh, madu toeldei.llt M50, ALL-WOOL PANTS, made te order, nt II no ALU-WOOL PANTS, made In elder, nt l 50. ALL-WOOL PANTS, make te elder, lit ti.OJ. There uie chances for IHx liurgtitns In this offering'. The pi lees ure clenn ss, 35, nud Mi per cent. Iien't fniKctuiiildxt tliuuolteol thochith thechith liiK dealers, just new, Hint we hae the llivt clatmeu yourutteiilleii iih ell'iTcis of tlm lies I mid Newest Clothing mill (ieuds In the, Plcceiil Pilcesguaianteedluuertlmn any eeuipetltuis. SAMPLE PRICES 111 our Nei I hw est Window, Maiked In Plain Figures. Business Suit te Order as Lew as $10.00 I. &AI8KAI & BRO, Neb. 66-08. NORTH QUEEN ST., (Right en the Southwest Cor. of Orange Slice!,) LANCASTER, PA. -Open eeiilugs until H o'clock. Satuuluy until iJe'cluek. J K. KM AM NO. GREAT SLAUGHTER -IN- OTE OVERCOATS. Wu etrer today a reduction of 2.1 Ie 30 iier cent, below last month's prices. Crumhlu's eelebraleit and popular Overceatings, THE REST IN THE WORLD. In all the dllTereiit plmde and utiles. Ely sluus, Furs, VeleOis, vicunas, Lulhipels, lia. Unas, Mentmiak's, Astrachaus, etc F, A II. Ed Ed redens, Czarlnes, Dutlel's und Patent Heaters, Royal ltlsh Frlem, (iiirryuuen, Petershams, Meltons nnd Kerse-s. These goods can only 1m had at leading houses In lurgu cities, nud ruugu In prlce from jO te li. Wu mil selling them from OI te f.Vi. A full line or Domustle rubilcs, mnglng In prices from (13 te ). SUITINGS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION AT PRICES COR RESPONDING LY LOW. All colors arc subjected te n thorough eliiuul. cal lest. Our weik Is of Ihu best and highest btylu of art. Our long expeiluuce In hiislucKH und elesu Inspeetleii enables us te bu thotetighly familiar wllh all thu best inauiifactuica and latest styles lu thu market, tilve us a ti lal and bu convinced, -AT- Ne. 2 West King Street and Centre Square. Sibling's Tailor's Guild. urarW-IyWAS HENRY GERHART'S, day.
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