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Editorial Montlon,
A IJAPP? NEW VEAn TO VOUf
Itn.ru P. Tjovt. ax.QoTernor of Intra.
"Qtltetikt WsluRton, D. 0., on Saturday
sight list aged 78 years.
PniiADiLrau'n new Post Office, whicli
ia 80od to be occupied, oost abont $3,
000,000.- Its dimeuuioua are, 175 feel 9
luolica on Chestnut street, 176 fret 1 tncti
W Market street, and 481 feet on Ninth
filieetj fieiffht of the douio nboVo the
cntb, 170 feet.
'Ok last Saturday the New York Jlln
" Injt and, jtitlorjal Petroleum ExchanRe
Tottd la faror of consolidating vrith the
.New Totlr Petroleum Exchauge. The
latter Exchange also decided by ballot in
favor of the consolidation, but the ma
jority voto was very email, and some of
the, members were of the opinion that it
Vflk not largo enough to warrant the con
BollilRllon. Oommittees were appointed
by both EtcbaDgcs to draw up plans for
the merging of both into ouo body.
Cmcido News Congressman Bobin
feon, of New York, indicated a few days
ht;o that it is his intention to follow up
during the present cession the nsiuluo
career ho began Inst winter as a howler
against Eoghnd and her government,
It strike us that .the interests of this
country would be conserved if Itobiusoi
nnd hii associates paid lesa itttcnti n to
tho British lion and more afleulion to
l9 Awpftfan at1a.- t worrfd. behest to
iopl after our owu oeofo (Jlpp'nfi
aronud in foreign zoological gardens.
Afted. St. Louis had experimented un
salisf iJtorily with wood, asphalt.granite,
and other material for pavements, a hun
dred public-spirited men contributed
$50 each toward a fund to test fire brick
for paving purposes. The test was made
in the busiest streets. A committee of
engineers aud otheis have just reported
"fire brick show nil the endurance ol
granite, and that they make a smoother,
cleaner, and less noisy street, and are
more, easily repaired and givo n better
foothold to horses; that neither frost nor
Are affects them, aud that they can be
used at less than half the cost of gran
ite." Trie concluding sentence of Mr. Dar
win's posthumous paper on "Instinct,"
read before the Linnre.iu Society in Eng
land the. other day, is: "It may not be
logical, bat to my imagination it is far
more satisfactory, to look at the yoaDg
cuckoo ejeoting its foster brothers, ants
making slaves, the larvaj of tho Ichneu
XQonidaj feeding within the Hvo bodies of
their pray, cats playing with mice, otters
and cormorants with living fish, not as
Instincts specially givn by the Creator,
bait as very small parts of onegeneril
law' leading to the advancement of nil
organic bodies mr.ltiply, vary, let the
strongest livo and the weakest die."
OoNanrasMAV Hopkins, of Pittsburg,
thinks that the alien landholder ought
to go, and proposes a law restricting to
1000 acres the quantity of Und which
may bo acquired by a foreigner who has
no .intention of becoming n United States
citizen. Those of our people who with
out protest or murmur saw empires given
away in ntd of railroads and railroad
Bohemes will bo surprised when mado
aware to what extent the public lands
have, been taken up by alien Uudlords.
One English Earl owns a tract of 100,
000 'acres, while another has 00,000 acres
of Dakota wheat lands. A syndicate of
speculatively inclined Englishmen now
possess 3,000,000 acres in Texas alone.
A"Westxb.n Senator is about to pr cent
a petition for the ratification of n treatv
with' the Sionx Indians under which tho
0.000 square miles known as the "great
Sioux reservation" may be opened to
settlement. The Cbicaoo Times sajs
that by the treaty oflBGS theso lands
r reserved to the Sioux forever, and
that it was stipulated that no modifica
tion of the treaty bbonld be made except
upon a vote of three-fourths of all the
adult males of the Sioux; but when the
diicovery of gold In the Black Hills
made the expulsion or the Sioux desir
nble the Government's agents made n
dicker with the chiefs and tho head men
of the Sioux for the cession of the landa.
The Senate refused to ratify this traus
aclioo.anJ it is this real estate operation
that the Senate is again to be asked to
consider. This is only one of the com
plications of the South Dakota problem.
On Deo. 0 the Eui of Devon's Irish
tenants met to consider his offer as to
tlryarchaie of their holdings. A letter
from Mr. Parnetl was rend, in which La
said that sixteen years' purchase, pro
vided the yearly installments did not ii
cied the present rents, woulJ be a fair
offer on the part of the tenants. Tie
agent suggested making this offer to
titid Devon, and said that he had heard
from several landlords in the counties of
Limerick and Kerry, who were watching
the negotiations and would allow their
tenants to purchase on similar terms to
tboia which might be agreed apon. It
was resolved to appoint a local commit'
te to ascertain the views of the tenants
and th o&rs they would be prepared
to make for their holdings. Adocument
is said to havo been signed by mora than
blf the tenants expressing then willing-
M to purchase. This buUness excites
great latexes! In Ireland.
At the last census the natives of Ire
land who were present in Eogland and
Yalta, aumbered 62,374, being in the
prottertkua of 21.65 to 1,000 of the entire
popoktfloo. The number is not an in.
treating quantity, for in 18G1 it was 601,.
Bit, aadat each sensus since it has fat
)en gradually. These figures show that
relatively to the whole population of the
oonutry the Irish element is not formid
able, but its unequal division over the
country concentrates its strength in cer
tain districts. In the agricultural coun
ties the number of Irish is insignificant,
bat in the manufacturing and mining
conntles and boroughs they form a Urge
proportion of the population. Thus, iu
Liverpool liey are reckoned at 12 8 per
cent., In Birkenhead 8.8, in St. Helen's
8 6. in Manchester 7.5. in Salford 7.1 io
Lancashire C 4, in Coubtrland 6.6, per
tnL, and so on.
FROM WASHINGTON
S.Hoial to the CAitnuM Auvccatk.
Washington, Deo 21, 1883.
The compleio 1 is 1 of Committees was
hid bctoro the House nbout neon to-day.
Below is given tho mombcrshlp of the
more important nnd the chairmen n por
tion of the minor Committees:
rpajri end Meant Mnrnnn,tI!.,Chalrman
Mills. Toxin, liliiunt. Oa Illackbnni, Ky.,
Hewitt, N.Y., Herbert, Ala., Jlurtl.O., .tones,
Ark., Kelley. 1h., Knmon. In., JIcKlnley, O.,
lll'coek. N.V.. ltin.ll. Mass.
AppieprfatlonitRnnintt. l'a.. Chairman!
Forney, Ala., Kill. ln., Uulman. Ind., Han
pock. lexai. TowiiMicnrt, 111., liutrhlns, N.
V., Kollett. 0 Hums, Mo., Keller. O., din
lion, III., Ryan. Kan., Calkins, Ind., Jlorr,
Mich., Washburn, Minn.
Judiciary. Tucker, Vn., chairman; Ifcyii
ruonil, Unltiertsoii, Moultnn, llrndlicad.Diirs
hcimcr,Collliis..Seney, Jtayhcrrj', Ileccl, Tay
lor, Moray, Poland, Ill-own, lllsbeo.
llnnktngandCurrtnc.--ISuclilicr.Mljsourl,
chairman; Krmrntrom, Tntler, limit, Miller,
Cauldcr, Wllklns, Ynhlp, Dlngley, Ilmmcnn,
Adams, Henderson, Hooper.
Coinage, Weight! end Mtaiurei. Illand.Mo.,
chairman: Dimd. Hardy, Nichols, l'usey,
I.nnham, fuller, Bedford, focey, Cliacc and
livcrlianl.
rarfjlc RaUroadi Casslrtay, Ncv., chalr
man; I'hrockninrtnn, Oabell, Thompson, Jr.,
Jordan. Crist, l'ost, Willson, Wlllard, Hun
ham, HnnhacK.
rottojflctt and Fottroait. Honey, JIlss.,
chairmen; Iteese. (In., Wnrrt,lnd.,Cosnnivp,
Jto., HlpfRs, 111., ltoijcrs. Ark., Taylor, Tcnn.,
Jones, Tex., l'nlge.O.. Itlnslinni, 1'su. l'eelte,
Ind.. hklnner. N. Y.. Whltn. Kv.. WukpllHlil.
Minn.. McCormlck. Ohio.
tortign JJairt. Curtln, l'a., chairman;
nelniniitiK. Ueusler,Vls.,cicments,(;a.,
W. It. Cox. N. C, O. D. Wise, Vn.. Stewart,
Tex., l.iinl). Ind., lilec, Miss., Walt, Conn.,
Kctchnm, N. Y., Phelps, N. J., Httt, 111.
I ommerce. Itcacnn, Tpx.,clinlrnian; Clar
UV. Mo.. Tnnier. Kv.. Dunn. Ark.. Spvmonr.
Conn., (llasscnck, C'nl., Woodward, Wis.,
jujie, iu., uurKCRUHic, Aims., uen, in.,
Davis, 111., Wndsworlli, N. Y'., Ijoiw, Mass.,
Stewart, Vr.. l'otcrs, Knn,
Rwert 4- Ilarliort.y,'mh, Kv., chairman;
lllnncliard, Ia Joiips, Ala., Olhsoii, YV. Vn.,
Itiinkln. Wis.. Dreekenrldic. Kv.. Mumliv.
I.. v.. .......... 7..I ir....dn..:.... Itl-i. it...-'
uiiltmill. vm,, l lull I II.lll , lUll'fl., ilCII-
nerson, in., jinjnc, l'a., lloulnson,0.,Clnice
It. I.. Stone. Mass.. llnrlelch. N. V.
i'lectiont. Turner, (la., clialnman; Davis,
Mo., Converse, O., Cook, lu., Itennett. N. U
Ixwcry, Xri'l-. Kltlntt. l'a.. llobcrtson, Ky
J. .I.Adams, H.Y., liannpy, Mass., IVttcbonp,
'1-..... Illtl. .... ,.1nt,tlMn X'nlt ir....1.t.n.
A VII II., Kill trr, J .1.) f ' UliaV.lW.i.VllLFUIII
la.. Hart.Ohla, . ,
MllUary rfjj'air. RosencrO.'is, Cal.. chair
man; Hloouni, Hlblnrll, Morgan, Walton!,
.Nichols", Murrny. Dancan, Hteele, ICync,
fjilrd, l.yiiiaif, CiitcIiconMaglnnls.
Jfatil Affalrt.-Cux, New Vprk.clmlrinaii;
Morso, TTt)ott, IJnchnimn, Erttoif, nnlleirtlne(
MCAiIut!, Hnfmeri Tlinrmvi, (;oif,jr,,l)oiitell.
JmTTM"t'nt e !. ilrtr.-King, La.,
chairman. , , ... , ,
llallwayt and Canart. Davidson, Florida,
chairman.
Indien AJTairi. Welburn, Tex., chairman.
Public Landi. Cobb, Ind., chairman.
Mijtfta. Muller. N. Y., chairman.
Ttrritortet. Uvlns. S. C, clialnnan.
lnval. Pcntlont. Matson, Ind., chairman.
Pcntiont. Hewitt, Ala., chairman.
Labor. Hopkins, l'n., chairman.
Public Land Clatmi. Muldrow.MlsslsslppI,
chairman.
Din. of Col. Harbour, Vn., chairman.
GVuims. McMillan, Tcnu., chairman.
War Clatmi. ticdiics. Ohio, chairman.
Patent!. VaiiPP, N. C chairman.
Education. Aiken, H. C, chairman.
Manufacturci. llaclcy, N. Y.. chairman.
Mtnei 4- M Inlng. llarner,Tcnn.,chairman.
Agriculture. Hutch, Mo., chairman.
Select committee chairmen aro as follows:
Mutchler, Keform ami Civil Service; Slocnm,
American Shipbuilding; Hill, Alcoholic 1,1
quorTranic; tnhm, on tho Ijiw ltespectlng
Election of President and Vice 1'rcsldent;
Warner, on Payment ol Pensions, llountics
and Hack l'ay.
CONOEKSS AND ITS EMPL'jl'EES.
To show your readers what a larco
body of assistants our Congressmen nnd
Senators require, I have collected nt
great pains irom the official records the
following facts, with which fio publio
generally are not acquainted:
The total number of employees aud
sub-ordinate officers of tbo House ,is 277,
divided as follows; Under Speaker, 3C;
Clerk, 39; Doorkeeper, 1S3; Sergeant-a't-Arms,
8; Postmaster, 1G; Annual Clerks
and Messeugers to Committees, 51; lie
porters, 7.
Tbo Speaker's salary Is 20,000 with n
private secretary nt 51,800, and two
clerks, one at SI, COO nnd the other nt
$1,400. The Chaplaia of tho House re
ceives S900. the Clerk, of the Housa $1,
500; Doorkeeper, $3,000; Sergeant-at-Arms
$1,C00; Postmaster 82,500. The
subordinates to (bo nbovo officer? nre
compensated, 7 official reporters at $3,
000 each; C clerks nt $3,000 each; 4 nt
$2,500; 3 nt $2,210; 20 at $2,000, 4 nt SI,.
800; 7 at S1.600; 2 nt $1 ,500; 7 nt $1,410;
47at$l,200;44at$t,000;lGit $900; 11
at S310; 43 at $720; 11 at $G00; 2 at S500;
29 at $100. These salaries aggregate
noarly $350 000, to which add the salar
ies of the 326 Congressmen at $3,000 each
and we make the discovery that simply
the rEr.souEL of the House costs the
country nearly $2,000,000 per annum, or
an average of about $20;000 per eaoh day
In session.
TUB SENATE SIDE
of Congress have a larger proportion of
aids than the House, there beiug a tots
of 202 subordinates to 78 SennlorR. There
are in Vice-President's office 2, Chaplain
1, Secretary's efdee 31, Sergeant-at-Arms
98, Engineer's department 10, Post Office
7, Clerks to committees 48, Official He
porters C, their salaries beitig.the Presi.
dent of the Benate S8.000, his secretary
$2,500 and messeDger $1,440. Tho Chap
lain receives $900, the Secretary of tlx
Senate $5,000, Sergeaut-nt-arms S1.500,
Postmaster $2,230, nnd Engineer $2,1GU
lielow these there are 2 clerks at $3 000
each, 7 at $2,C00, 30 at $2,250, 2 ut $2,.
000, C at 1.800, 42 at $1,410, lOat $1,200,
11 at $1,000, 21 at $900, 1 at $810, 32 at
$720, G nt SG00, 20 pages at $100, and 5
official repoiters at $5,000 each, the roll
aggregating $203,000. The 78 Senators
receive annually $1C8,000, making the
rEBsoKAL of that branch of Cougrets cos
the people three-quarters of a million
dollars annually.
SOME PAKCIE?,
The above figures include only the sal.
aries, and do not represent the aggregate
expense of Congress, which averages in
total about $15,000 foraeh dayssrssion.
ine rEESoNKL oi me senato averages
$10,000 to each Senator, while that of the
House reaches only JG.000 to each Mem-
ber. If the House indulged iu the same
ratio of expenditure that does the Senate,
it would cost $3,250,000 n year for the
PEitaoNEXi of tho former iody, against
$2,000,000, its present expense.
The average number of days that Con
gress Is in session daring a year is about
one hundred, of four hours es.ch day, a
total of four hundred hours per annum,
at an expense of $10,000 per hour, or
$100, CO per minute. The comparative
coa to England for its Parliament is
about $30,000 per hoar, or $AOO per min
ute. APJOPUNED.
Congress has adjourned for two weeks
and the city Is now rlinott deserted by
our natiounl legislators. The newspaper
scribe most content himself In this in
terval by writing up the echoes of the
three past weeks of Congressional re
organization, aud there nre a large num.
ber of interesting episodes that will
grace or disgrace the columns of the
press.
JUDGE KELlXY'a CASDOB.
When the list of the Ways und Meins
Committee was shoan to Judge Kelly of
Philadelphia, the oldest membtrof the
Housa aud u Itepuhlioau prottoiiouist of
the firkt water, be looked it over very
cirefnlly, and, stein? that it plilnly re
fluctwl Speaker Carlisle's free trade eii-
tlm nla, bo said: can only say to job
nsSlaymnker said to Ills bull that batted
the locomotive, 'I admire ynnr pluck;
bit I bavo little respect for jonr discre.
Hon.! " Mr. Carlisle smiled nt tbis sally
and retorted "There Were locomotives'
on nil sides Jndge, and I attacked the
weakest one, in my estimation.
The two then engaged In n protracted
argument on tariff, Mr. Carlisle contend
ing that duties were too blgh and snould
be reduced, while Judge Kelley said he
biped the majority would spring the
question, as that would obliterate tho
chances of Democratio succession in
1331. Judge Kelly is of the opinion that
tbe Democrats will attempt some very
foolish tariff legislation, and that the
Republican side will strengthen their
tariff reoord with unanswerable nrgn
ment and undeniable facts. A hurricane
iu tbo IIouso may be expeetod during
the winter.
BELMONT, Sit., OFFERS $100,000.
X! if ore Mr. Carlisle had positively de
cidid ns to the Chairmanship of the
Foreign HeUtions Committee, it is al
most authentically known that August
Belmont tbe paternal backer of Perry
offered to contribute $100,000 to the next
Democratic National Campaign Fund if
bis son should be selected ns the Chair
mtn of that Committee, bat Congress.
mn Finnerly and Robinson learnlrg of
this effort to purchase tbe honor for tbe
young scion of tbe bouse of Belmont,
speedily brought Buch a pressure to bear
on the Speaker that he recognized the
danger of insulting an element which
tho Democratio party must retain or go
under; Mr. Belmont, Jr., therefore had
to go, to tbe delight of Mr. Cox and the
Irish element.
Toting Belmont is growing more un
popular 6Very day among his older
Democratio colleagues. As soon ns it
wa,; decided to organize n Committee on
American Slipping. Mr. Belmont having
feu'ded that he cu'ila" not havo tho head
of the Foreign Relation; Committee im
mediate npplied to Carl!bI", for tho
Chairmanship1 of the new comroitioC,
and to further influtros ta appointment
circulated n petition among the Demo
cratio members urging his selection fz
tbe honor. When the nmbitious young
Congressman presented thin petition to
tho Hon. George AV. Converse, of Ohio,
the latter said to Brlmont:
"Well! His it como to this? My young
friend, I have been in tho habit of sign
ing petitions like this addressed to the
doorkeeper, praying for the appointment
of door-slammers, porters, pages, and
cleaners of cuspidore?, but never beforb
for the chairmanship of a committee.
This seems to me to be a now aud re
mirltable innovation, nnd I will sign it
only under protest, for it despoils the
dignity of the House,"
Not abashed at this curt criticism Mr.
Belmont permitted Mr. Converse to
attach his nutogrnpb, nnd immediately
buttonholed another Congressman.
"Cheeky Belmont" is the alias many
members now use when speaking of this
Frodigy.
KEIFES'S rOSITDN AS LEADER
of the Republican side is being contested
by Hiscock nnd Kelley, nnd the recent
snub tbo ex-Speaker has experienced nt
tbe hands of tho very men who gave
him their complimentary vote at tho
opening of Congress, forhisold position,
has sent Mr. Keifer to his' home in
Springfield, Ohio, ia quite a surly mood.
A prominent Republican member safd lb
me yesterday:
"Mr. IWfcr should know that the
harmony nnd snccefs' of our party de
mauds his retirement ns n lender, nnd if
he will not recognize this fact nnd net
upon it, we shall bo compelled to treat,
him in n manner in publio debate that
wetdiould prefer to nvold . But tho in.
terosts of the Rupubiican party nre para
mount if not greater than Mr, Keifer's
personal vindication; and upon his
further attempt to become the dictator
of tho minority ho will be submitted to
farther humiliation."
Mr. Keifer's friends say, however, that
ha must nnd will be recognized by tbe
Republican members as tho leading spir
it of their body. They quote the fact
t'nt Mr. Carlisle nnd the Democratio
side look upon him ns such, nnd predict
that npou the reassemblage of Congrss
in January, Mr. Keifer will b tbe cen
tral figure of his party in tbe House.
OEH. M'COOK'S SCDOBDIKATES.
It is n great relief to mnny of the
Domocrntic subordinates of tbe Sennte
to know that but few changes will be
made In their roll, as Gen. Mc'Cook has
derided tn leave that matter to tbo Ssna
'tors, who seem to be well enough satis
ficd in securing tho chief officers of their
body, ami nre inclined to allow n bun.
dred or more of tho Demosratio occn
pints of minor positions to retain their
places. Up to this week there have been
nt least twenty-five applicants for each
position, but these have now gone to
their homes disappointed nnd bore. The
Republican Senators thus redeem them
solves from tbe charge of violating Civil
Service Reform, over which tbe Demo,
cratio side indulged in such a howl,
EEILF NOTES.
Tbe grand Jury of the district have at
last indicted W. W. and S. O. Fritzger-
ald and one Webb for pension frauds.
This is only tbe beginning of Col. Dud
ley a warfare against n large number of
attorneys violating tbe pension laws.
Ben Bntler was here a week aud secur.
ed his nomination for the Presidency by
the Greenback organ of this city. He
expects this little move to had to his
endorsement by tbe Greenback nnd labor
parties of tbe whole United States, and
having secured that be aaya the Dsmo.
eratio party must accept his eandidaoy
or loso the Presidency in 1881.
Tbe National Colored Committee held
here last week, called a National Conven
tion to be held in Richmond, Va, in
Jnly next Fred Douglass, lienj. K.
Bruce and Col. Murrill of Maryland, are
prominently identified with this move
ment. Tbe objects are to secure tho
more eqnabh rights of their race.
The wife of Lieutenant Greely now
lost iu tbe arctic regious, will soon be in
Wanhington to urge au expedition for tbe
relief of her buband as soon as tbe
weitber will permit
Sergeant Mason was in the city last
week on his way to Zinesville, Ohio, to
attend the reunion of the 78th O. V. I,
in which be served during tbe war. He
nU B-tty had $10,000 well invested and
Hint Ihey were happier than ever now.
Tbe Sergeant says be learned a good
trade wUle in iiruoa-niaklnB boe-
and that he wtlTgo liito tbe retail shoe
basinets in Washington riSitKprib'gTIa
is a great favorite in this city.
v .
.Regular-to the CaBbor Advocate.
' WVwliiNdtoisfD. 10.; Deo. 22, '83
A large audiehca'intercstcd in the fato
of Ireland an srrtdience made-nn larcelv
of enthusiastic IrisB-Amerlcan citizens;
with a sprinkling" of! mt'mbers of Con
gress, was assembled at Ford' Opera
House last night to tako action concern
ing tho execution of Patrick O'Donnell,
in England, last Monday, for the killing
of Carey, the Informer.' Tho assembly
was of men mostly, but a number of
ladles occupied scats in the orchestra
chairs. Mr. Robinson of New York de
manded the recall of Lord J. Russell
Lowell. Mr. Calkins, of Indiana, main
talncd that ODounell bad been illegally
convicted, and Mr.. Finnerly declared
that the President ought to have demand
ed the respite of O'Donnell . for ninety
days, nnd in default pf it, have suspend
ed tbe diplomatic relations. He pre.
dieted that if, in consequence of this
stern coarse, England had sent ber fleet
out here, ,sbo would have got tbe worst
of It, ns in tbe war of 1812. Mr. Bolford
of Colorado, maintained tho right of
every mm to bill a "sneak,"- and de
clared that had O'Donnell been tried In
Colorado he would have been promptly
acquitted. Tbe bitterest rebuke, how-
over, called forth by 0'Donnolfn cxecu
into, is tho formal resignation by Mr.
John Joseph Ryau, of his American citi
zenship nnd the return by him. of his
naturalization papers to .the judges of
the Court of Common Pleas. He scorns
to be any longer the citizen of,a republio
which allows American citizens to be
hanged nbroad when thoy commit mur
der, or allows them to b3 Imprisoned
when they blow buildings up. under
sentences which have not been approved
by Irishmen in this couutry.
Cougress indulged yesterday In'its an
nual comedy, entitled The Christmas
Recess. The plot of this amusing farce
is well known, but it is always produced
with great laughter nnd delight. Tho
curtail! rises about a fortnight before the
holidays, when Congressmen aro found
solemnly assuring reporters that this
ye.:r they propose to sit rigbfalong, and
keep Christuas by transacting the public
business. As .December ndvances, how
ever, these geuti.'men relent towards
themselves, nnd say v1"1' perhaps they
will take the simple hoii.'iy week, on
the ground that a qaoruru of numbers
could not be found in the city. Bis,
further than that they object most posi
tively to vacation.
The Republican side of tbo House yes
terday repudiated very decisively tho as
sumed leadership of Mr. John Keifer.
To-day tho newspaper correspondents
indicated their opinion of Mr. Keifer by
leaving the correspondents' gsllery in n
body when he started out on a set speech
fayoriug the appointment of a special
committee on woman's suffrage, and re
maining out until he had completed it.
They then Hied into the gallery 'and look
their places. It was, the first time'Ruch
a spectacle was eyer witnessed, repre
sentatives of all the Republican as we'll
ns Democratic papers joining in it.
Whether the country will hail with
profound satisfaction tho advent of uaq.,
other National bankrupt law, depends.;
some upon what sort of a law it is.; The.
principal bill now before Congress, ,fiinjt,
ply revives tbe law which was repealed
by act of Jaatfl, 1878, the! only modift
otlion being that the compensation ol
the assistants in the district courts shall
be fixed salaries instead of by fees. This
is n good amendment, provided tbe salar
ies nra not top. high. It will be remember
ed that the fees paid to tho conrt officers
under the old law, constructive nnd'
otherwise, generally nbsorbed'tho poor
debtor's cslnle, leaving nothing to he.
divided up between tbe creditors. If
we are to have.n bankrupt law, this hill
is as likely to go through ns nny other
because it has been subjected to the
scrutiny of the courts in all its parts, aud
has been tbe instrument by which more
than one millions of dollars has been
saved to the debit side of the business
men of the country.
The Democrats In Congress are very'
playful, nnd there is n good deal more of
the atmosphere of relaxation nbout tbeir
cloak-rooms than is to be breathed in the
retiring-rooms on the Republican -side.
When a Republican Senator gets tired of
business he goes over to tbe Democratic
side to hava some fun, Tbe Democratic
Senators play practical jokes on one nu-
other, nnd perhaps tbe most persistent
joker of that body Is Senator Garland.
Not long ngo a Senator who owed Gar
land one for previons pranks, got hold
of some "April fool" caramels aud plac
ed them carelessly on his desk. Garland
spied the deceptive chocolates, and care
lessly sauntering by, picked up one of
them, nnd said: "What are these, Sen-
ator?' "They are caramels. Take one."
"Thank you. I will.'" and he took one.
Now, the caramel was filled with soap,
nnd the jokers expected to Bee Garland
spit out the nauseous stuff. But Garland
disappointed them. He ate up the whole
tiling, soap and all, nnd never made a
sign. The perpetrator became frighten
ed nnd rnn out into the cloak.rpom, ex
claiming, -Gojd Lord, I'm afraid tbe
man is poisoned." "Ob, you needu't
be alarmed." said Butler, of South Car
olina, "Garland's got an Arkansas stom
ach." To this day no one knows wheth
er Garland tasted tbe soap or not.
Our New York Letter.
Regular correspondence of Advocate.
New Vonu, Dec 20. 1683.
Thank God I Christmas is 'over, and
one can pnt one's hand to other uses
than perpetually diving in one's pockets
for money. Iudeed, a man's lot is nn
unhappy one. I do not even allude to
the expenditures for bis own family and
friends, but to the thousand aud one
outside) e fairs. Everybody' band is
open on the day before Christmas. The
barbirwho shaves yon iu tbe morning
Intimates that be has not smoke-i a good
cigar bit ce he has consumed those that
you gave him list Chtiatnias, The boy'
wbo brtubes your coat and polishes your
boots expects fifty cenU iiutead of the
usuai ten. xue ucxei senor at vour
elevated riilroad ktation smokes, and so '
dies tbe gateman and tbe conductrr
of tbe train ith which yon rii'edoan
town. Then the man who has charge of
the elevator in the building iu which
y mr business lr, has a little box dvcr-
a ed with evergreens etc.. with a lltllu
card of Merr ChrUUwu aud t you
. .
! happen to olanco at It, he remarks In at .
ruboeerit tone that he left tie openlnt
largo enough for the admission of silvet
dollars, for cava he, n good many tenant
crry ooin. instead .of paper money, anf
no one would think of putting In Ies
than a dollar. Then your office bol
looks expectant. , The letter carrier stem
to chat for a moment, The news-dealir
wishes you a Merry Christmas. The o'd
woman who washes your windows lor k
in on you. 'When yon go to lunoh, the
waiter at the reaUurantmakessucha fniB
aver you as to destroy your appetite a'
most Then some of your lady friend
who are Interested in some mission or
other charity affair look you up, an5
thus by tbe time the day Is over yon (to
home out of pocket end ont of temper,
and wish yourself fcdmewbere about the
North Pole where you will not be pes.
lered.
The Churches this year spent lesr
money for decorations jnan In former
years. Thcro were of course the con
ventional wreaths nud garlands, etc, but
tbo immense floral display which greet
ed tbo rye in many fashionable sacred
edifices were missing, and one can hard
ly regret this return 'to common sense.
Two sears ago one church in Fifth Ave
nue spent nearly two thousand dollars
for floral decorations for Christmas.
This year but little over two hundred
dollars wns laid out and tbe balance ol
tbe money went for charitable purposes.
A, new feature tbis year was the fashion
introduced by tbo lending hotels and
bar-rooms of giving elaborate Christmas
dinners to their regular customers at
tbeir bars. The mexds in many in
stances wcro extremely elaborate, offer
ing diuners for which Delmouico would
charge from five to seven dollars a cover.
One might jndge from tbls what an
enormous profit thero must be In the
liquor business, and what an enormous
nmount of drink is consumed in bar
rooms. Tbe opening of the ball season is nt
band, and hard times are at band for the
man nnd woman to whom social pleas
ures nre a duty. Not to mention tb
number of private or scml-pnblic affairs
let me mention to you the leading balb
to which eycryboay, with any preten
sions to being anybody, mast go. The;.
are the Charity Ball and Mnrtbn "Wash
incton reception, tbe ultra fashionable
affairs; the Old Guard nud Twenty-second
Regiment Balls, essentially military
affairs; tbe reception cf the Palestine
Commaudery, which affords a rendezvonp
for members of Knights Templar and
olhr secret orders; the French ball and
tui fetes of the Arlou and Liederkrauz
Societies, where revelry in masque al
ways runs high; tho Sparkling Coterie,
where you havo to prove that you are a
Citholic, and tbe Purini Ball where you
can scarcely feci at case unless you can
prove that at one time or another you
had a Hebrew relative, even if it were"
only an "uncle." There has been and
is an intense rivalry betwi en tl e manago
meats ot the.Metropolitan Opera House
aud the Academy of Musio to get the
managers of the different balls to come
to their rcspestive bouses. The Acaden y
of Music, however is winning, for the
fact that the supper rooms and kitchen
of the other establishment nre not yet
quiet complete has kept many off.
Fanny Dayenport, last Saturday night
'eaded her season nt the Fourteenth Sue t
Theatre, and took Fedora on the rood.
This play has been a marvelous success,
nnd Miss Davenport in it hns shown nn
emotional power simply marvelous to
those who remember her when she was
at Daly's Theatre. But, ob! Venus, how
old tho fair Fanny is getttng to look
since she commenced to reduce ber at
one time more Iran ample proportions
"New Advertisements.
Swept Mo tie Stream.
One Thousand Acres ef Land and "Bight
Smart of Bears.'
On the deck ol a big MlulislppI steam
boat stood an ngccl Southern planter. Indi
cating by a sweep of bit arm the waters the
boat wag patslng over, Iiosald to a pnfjtnger
Irom tho North; "Wlien 1 w twelve years
old I killed my first bear on a new plantation
my father was tben cutting out or a forcit
that Krew dlrcctlj-over the waters ol tnlibend.
That was a mighty good plantation, and
there was rlxht smart or bears there, too.
Hut that one thon;and acre of land went
Into the Sllftlsfippl ycari ago."
It Is putting-no strain upon the figure to
say that great roresti or youthful hope, wo
manly beauty nnd manly Mrenght are swept
lntbmatne way every year Into tbe great
turbid torrent of dlteate and death. Yet It
honldnotbe so. That It li so, li a dls
irraco as well a loss. People are largely too
carclcts or too stupid to defend their own In
tercsts tbo most precious of which It health.
That gone, all Is gone. Disease It simple,
but to recklcfeneis or Ijinoranco tbo simplest
things uilvht as well bo complex ai a propo
sition in Uonlo Sections. As tho huge West
ern rlrcrt, which to often flood the cfllej
along their shores, arlte In a Tow mountain
rprtnsrs, ro all our ailments can ho traced to
iinpuro Dirou nnu a smau group ordltoruered
orirans.
Tho most effectlro and InrlnMve remedr
for disease It PAltKKH'S TUN10. It goes
to tho sources oTpaln and weakn.-ts. In ro
rpnnso to lit action, the liver, kidneys, stom
ach and heart bcxln their work afresh, nnd
dlteaso Is driven oat. Tho Tonlo Is not, how
ever, an Intoxlcan. but cures a desire Tor
strong drlnlc. Have yon dytpepela, rheuma
tism. r troubles which havo relured to yield
to other ngenttT Here It yonr help.
CATARRH Causes no
Fain or Breafl.
Gircs Relief at
Once. Mali
pii or suns:
ApplieJwitii
finger. Tiwnf
Hay-eever treatment will
CURE.
Fries SO cents, by mall or at drairtlits.
lull X Ul(UTUJ.r(a. ATU3V1SII,
HuirfO s'afcesasa
tJ. S Sis .: J
Z
ls2ll
55 etas s I
DeeJSTfTniW
c Mug 3 sissi 8
liiRrooease
-5 .lal-Ssi
To the Ladies of Leliighton & Vicinity !
:o:
Miss Alvenia Graver
Announces as follows it I havo Just visited the City, and purchssed a large assortment of
tho Latest Novelties in FALL and WINTER 8tyles of
Ribbons, Flowers, Piumes, Notions, &c.,
Bought at Lowest Cash figures, and which I am offering nt
prices fully as advantageous as you can buy for in the larger
cities. Please call and examine my stock. I AIM TO
GIVE SATISFACTION.
Agent for the Bethlehem Steam Dye Works.
Ilemcmbcr the Place,
Miss ALVENIA' GRAVER,
scp29-3m Hank St., next to Reber's Block.
fall and Winter Stoek !
&.C., lc. Our Young T.adles and Ucntlemen will And It to their advantage to irlve him
acall berore purrhaalna; elsewhere, as they wilt And the J1U.ST SELEOTKl) STOCK la
Town AT BOTTOM PItlUES.:
Oil Post Office Builds,
April 4, l88J-ly
BOND FOR
TRIAL SOX
. Bb.M t$Qb
CIRCULAR WEAKKB BRlttFRCE
J&ook to eea Interests I
Tin ana Sheet Iron fare, House FnrnisliipeL Goods, to, to
Is now offering extraordinary Bargains for Cash !
lit la tlio onlr A Kent In town for tile talo of tho
Bossomer, Sunshine, Othollo, New Champion and Apollo
Ranges j Montour, Lighthouse, Excelsior Penn, and
Eclipse Cook Stoves ; the Princeton, Early Dawn,
Belmont and Real Double Heaters, with a va
riety of other Square and Round Heaters,
All of which ho is now offering at tho Very Lowest Prices
Alo. on hand erery kind ol STOVE UHATF. and FIKE UK1UUS. Sealer In all the
belt uikeeofl'UMPd.
Rootling and Spouting, Prompt and Cheap.
Store on SOUTH Street, a few doors above Bank Street.
Patronage Invited; latUfaetlon guaranteed, June so, UW-yl
Ho! For Holiday Goods!
C. M. SWEENY & SON
Have received an enormous stock of HOLIDAY GOODS,
comprising
JlliffiSS AT3TD HITS' &OOD&,
Groceries, Queensware, etc.
Old Post-Office Building, Bank St. Lehighton.
MOTHER
if)
HEALINtt STEUP.
20 Million Bottles sold in 10 years. A certain Care for
Dyspepsia, all Diseases of the Kidneys,
liver, Stomach, Blood, Skin and Bowels.
Can Produce Thousands of Letters proring its Caroltre rowers.
AS OLD AND LONG TBIEO REMEDY.
IiiDoruTour 77 Airm Suuncr, vxir ions crrr.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
-The King of Corn Killers. The most desperate
Corns, Bcniuns, Vabts a, BtxxDivx cured. Price 25 Cents.
"-An Unfailing Remedy for
Ilot, Swollen and Tender Fcot,ChIlblaIns,a, Price 25 Cents.
Cornease Manuf 'g Co., 230, 6th Ave. Place, If. Y. City.
Cornease
Carbon Advocate $1 only !
fg Millinery
Goods,
CONSISTING OP
HATS,
BONNETS,
Tho undersigned calls the attention
of his many friends and patrons to his
Large and fashionable Stock or
Fall ani Winter Goofls,
Consisting of
BOOTS
AND
SHOES
Of every description and Style tn the
Market, including a special lino of
Lady's Fine Shoes
Also, a full line of
Umbrellas,
Rubbers,
Hats, Caps,
BASK Street, LEHI&HTON
Read What a Patient says of it:
"The Pastilles I purchased from yon In Anznat
j mn must conoiusirnir mas "wmie mere is
It
life there Is liopc.1 Tliey did tlielr work far be-
yond my utmost expectations, for I certainly did
lint expect Utut a habit of FOURTEEN YEARS'
DURATION could be completely gotten tinder con
trol in the cxceedtnc-lr short tinmnftrro months
x can nasure you mat no laisamnaeiir win Keep wo
from doing all that lean lu adding io the success
men mil surely crown so beneficial a rem coy,
AbOTO extract fro!n nlatterdated W-Va Deo.
The Pastille are prepared and sold only by ttm
HARRIS REMEDY CO. MF'C CHEMISTS,
306KN.IOth.su BT. LOUIS, MO.
Cm lia&'i trutaist &, tva ncsthi S3, tliei &cattj 7
James Walp,
Successor to A. D. JIOSSEIt,
Manufacturer ef and Dealer la all kinds of
Stoves
Ranges,
Heaters,
tfQSLB'S
The - Press !
Thd ForcmnsHfiubticatl Jeweparierl
For the MMial Tear, 1M
Dally Preta . .... to oa Tear.
.nTihi.c.0?l,nit yoar r1" be notable. Oonrrn
Democratio Honfe, will be ba Ireldenu
inJ?iISfV Tl,t Br.eM hlllB Protettlon
SSfi Ki.I""!!1 aK" taioapltel
m it cal if ,nVrt.'f ronRhl ml nH"t '""I"?
political tmcirie for a qnartor of a nnm.
toft.'? Vl "VMonlt the be7tn?o1iI5:
tremble on tbe ere ofairreat wr ","""uf
With uch an ont nokvi li ;....
which prlnti all the newVaml till. ihViKE
truth about It la more than er nec,Ma?j!
1'nKSB. Telettrar.li wlrei In It. own offliw
place It In Inuanlancom communication with
a corns ol over fire hundred new! Kathereri
dt. rlbuuj all rrr tho world TM SpIeTaf
New vXLS?!" S8 wl"eh " wWthi
JiSI7-1 rS 'raW C0T erery phaae of e
iM!?.'." Ku,roPl "re- No piper excel" It
al' the elf menu which eo to make n! I
b?a; J, complete Journal P
llejldes beltiKrt complete new.tn&er Tn
Wekkly Pnitss hn crcral rreffl f.itnr.i
which put It at the top " TheMleuSSt
t' onP,a fr1nlV,:i,rr'C"ea ion trlbS!
tlon from the foremou wrlteri In t on.
branche.. Rive. l10 practical thlB t!t
S,,I",v"!?h '"know on the torn anSln tJ
fim."i, The. lteU',n5 ''""I for Women er
pon Ulftflr. ti full of inriH,in. ....
il.a'rof'i'roSl'c'i'.o'hT ""7 "0
. f 1? ,e,ur 9 or tne romlns rear wilt he
Wibkb on Waxes and Workmen, tke rtnZZ
ral comiltlons & r.sbor and thil'ort of LltC
m5 wIK;1! ,"?P"d with AmerhSl
i.J wh0 l""1 ''arireof this .object
i.T, il1" 'J.n.eo' ?f ,e80' la It a Tile
finMA"'."'"? ,bf'n al'r""1 b' year eon.
will iilre tho facts as Io earnings In all thJ.
rarlous Industries, the purcha.fnJ ww,r or
woges, strikes, trades-unlonlsm, aftStrMloS;
reldlnJJm LT ,I!,'8 ' in" tthlf home
r,fi7nii,.,'u".l and ol,ier matter for
r..'-; "i a5lP'tlmesforadulti
mifr8vf,niCllrrei;t ""lire: acarIfulBsura.
mary of dnmcs'lo nnd lorel.n news, and an
the'dar 1n9s,,n " . xreat q"itton, of
tho day. Sample coplti mailed free.
New Terms of tho Press.
I3y mall, nostaire rn. in it, rr o t n . .
.. u. ... n vy,us.
Dally, except Sunday, too. a mo , o.Ol a year
...!, .muiuu. ounuay, oic. a mo.,$T 60a year
Sunday Press, tf.oo a year.
Weekly Press tl.OOaycar.
TlrnflB tt.Um ti..i .
,.'.C? onr,r"k-fnd l'ould be mad. p&
The Press Co., Limited,
D. 1 tf PIULADELPIIIA, Pa,
AGENTS?;
wanted for the I.Ives of all the
irciuenis oi mo u. s. The
ircrem. Imn.l.nn..., ...... i
o---, .-.r.uii(W;,miifln
eyer sold for less than twlco our price. Tho
Instest sclllnc book In America. Immense
profits to agents. All Intelligent people want
it. Any one run become a successful nircnt.
Terms tree. Hallett IJook Co., Portland,
Malno. decle-yl
.ass's
;sr3 L Sn.
8 rsIP a S-J
5 -c Y&rn
7y Y'.rn x
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CO 0a3 &"ia"ii S
Call early for Hood Selections and avoid the
Kush of Holidays. nov.'.'4 1y,
8UltTAIRtKT. niverslde, Cnl. The drr cltmnto enreav
lose, Throatonss, f all Idea, Ml p., roata, cost, five.
AND HEALTH
r llliitttrnfMH.
rAIKhnfc thirinnhtfRl cnriaaBoi. thaushtfnl want ia:
baiw, ClothnndciltbladinjCd cts, rnper 23o, Mftti
rrl&ia OalJo.lttpl5j.Bont Railed, moner or tps,b7
UK. W TT E I DftuxffiIrJrAYfe.
Thi t7TtBixJclallKnronifliltr.ImriinoiiU
iT'owavi
VkHIJOOKBIMia TO .
rff rrni "rrinw, wicuiiue MTiuncnti rais uia nre
rrmcrilr-i. DrfbnnUIti IrratnL Cell or writ for list of
quMtbm to he tnawvred by I how deilrlng tmnntBt try mtiU.
tTTw snHria.t frtm llsptpr ftbtralal wfA tMr ft4)rM,
AtKrfM Hr. C I.. LBRfJK. PtmI n4 TjMn la dmrtm
KEcrocsriBrtrrt
ercftBld wetibeu and 4
ind nnntmii ot
car dlwftM tftfltlsf
klllfal jtliTileiuii, reiaU
from yunuiful lndUer'
tloni, to fr ladBlceiv
ndiTrrtrKliiwiu D
bet trnporlt vhll ell
(BMhIm lark faVBOTITaW
ttn. Avctl bclnf lnyoMd
o by pretcftttou ctfclns f
ethffr nmedlit for tbw
troublet. Oel or trpo eirca
lu ftd trill pMkic "1
km tmportftnt Ueu btfor
Uklng trfttrtrtnt ctwrwicr.
TUi renedy that hu cre4
thniii(li, aud duel Dt
tcrfcr leb uvlkn tobiri
aeu or chm r Uoa
Tftilneo. Fonded b wt
rnUB4 Brtdleal trinclp)aw
Crowing in fifor ind irpol
tion. XlirwiappUcatlMiWIt.
UalftfdiMnKM makr lu rp-
A Ridicil Cora
rou
SPEBHATORBHEA
IMP0TENCY.
B3TTootd for ever O
yoaro b uao la tboa
s&nds of c&aot
r ico mnofBCfl psu wiio
ttoca f the fcasuB ota
lira ar rortmd. Tba
anlmatlns denc&U af
lira whkh hara ber
vutcd ara gita lack
Tha rtf( bo
btrrfal and alu
TRIAL
PACKAGE.
SEND ADDRESS
tircDfui rapwi
HARRIS REMEDY COM K'Pg Chemliti.
lDQ)i nana lum ei., tu uiais, no.
0m Uoimn Truth tur, $3 j 2 uo.t5 1 3 uosths. tl
HEALTH IS WEALTH!
int. r, c. itfurfi kcuvk axi man tukitmht,
vturaaiva'l parlHo fnr UtalfiU.piiitticM OnnTuUluaa, Tiit,
Karvoua KvaraKI. Udrh, hmtwrntm finlratlna C4BM4
bftUa a of alruiiol r talcvaviraitfulna, MVaUl D
rMc.,rV1aRf ef taa Uraia rlthif ta inlty aad
Ua4U; la kala.fr, 4mj aa4 OOt rrrRiatars ltd Asa.
Bamnwa . Laaa af rtrU ftltafi, InMa)ilr Loaaas
aad tipmnalnrrhwa cud bf anrr-aiartUa af Iba bra1as
Mlf-aioa rTrMis4u cnr, fcac Wsraiaoaaa toUkka
trv4tMat. 9 1 a Iwti, or als box a far Ml by mail pra
paU mm rcll af prira
VS CUARANTES CIX DOXCS
T mra r ra. W.I t rW opir re-tv4 br cm tne tx
brnta, actwniftiiilrd with $ wa Will Fro 4 Iba parrhaacr tr
wrllMaj iMraniM l rlNMl mar If tlta Uaaiaaaitl doa
nlaLTri a rarer, fl narMte taaaatl tmljr bj
CISXra A MKStWLKOV tHaratflrl,rbrafalrMa,ra.
ITIia tbrfd vrRlabla lUoad I'MtSaVr. ll tmmavHtfaTy
ruri Uaadaab. rM(lf atia. fariflaa lha Bkla. V allad
a? wktra Capow rcpi af la trniM. CBTrpaaa4 for
OblUiak. PlfiNER & MENDELQON.
320 Rneo Street. Philadelphia, Pa.
FITS
AIiunacIxiWIoii Phya
lelain BMlablialioa cut
Uiurola Mivrioru I
- iorlhoCuroof ,
EPILEPT.O FITC-1
jypMAvuJcrurnalofXedkviai
cttinr of Vplbspay, bu wlUwrat tfoubl traU4 and cvrrtl
mora twa than anyethar Jlrlnrrhjalc'.an Dttssecea
Ikuateaply benaatrnUhlns; ar Kaara af caaaa T
JrarsO yaara' aUntlJar aaccpaafnllr era. by blm. II
aa itflbllabad wark on thl cJlaea, whU h iinils
atilti Urea bttlo mt tola wontWrful cor froo ri any anf.
trarvbo may aant tbatr eipraas and F.AXddr M
4i'UaiTono wlhirtr arnraloaJUraaa
Freol Cards and ChromosT"
We will srnd Treat bv mail n Mmnl r ttt nnr
Iirpe German, Vrcnch, and American Chromo
CardsjOD tinted And traU arraunila.wlth a nrlceli&t
of over dlflerent deaini, on receipt pi ttimp
for potajfc. We will alao aend free by mail
samples, ten of our beautiful Cliroraos, on receipt
often cent tojKiy forpcklDand postage ; alto
cncloae a confidential price list of our large oil
ch romp. Agent van ted. Addrcu R GlXASOfi
& Co., 46 Summer Street, Boston, Mass,
WANTED
BOOK
Canvassers.
MALE and FEMALE
Te .Dfr.r. in the sal. ot our new and Important
wurki ut st.ud.rd character, liars iwotlla null
Imuriu. aalllnir qualtllva. V oUr a r
wanrnl aud Jucrall.a bulneau aHdra.
Tlu t.'D1INTl CIHlI.INUIMn ,
f!) J) , 1 oartli birirot, CUwloaail, OUi
3 W
r Va) tg
o earn (fs
1 uwm li. vwv
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