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EATUllDAY, MARCH 8,
1884.
Enteral nt tlio Lohifihton jwst-oflioe at
Second Class Mail Matter.
Editorial Mention.
r- HiKT Bnowx, widow of John Brown,
of Harper's Ferry notoriety, died on Fri
day l.iat In San Froeieu.
It li annoorieer) that President Arthur
' MVS ail OiTcrnmeut employers shall be
protected In their right to work anil tote
for whatever presidential candidate they
may fivor. That la right.
If yen will pay up yonr subscription
to th Advocits now, and one year In
Advance, we will present yon with the
large 8 page monthly family paper,
Health and Home, one yeHr free as a
premium. This offer H open to nil new
And old subscribers paying promptly in
ft trance.
CmtnttAN IfrnMEt, has Issued n call
for (lie Demccrnlio State Convention
It will meet in tbe Opera House, Allen-
town, Wednesday, April 0. Tbo can
didates to be nominated are Congress
,nan-at Lirge, six Dolrgates-at-Lirge to
the National Convention and three
Electors-at-Lirge.
At a reoent meeting of surgeons and
officers of Itio Pennsylvania Railroad
uompany to nrraugo for medical and
au'glcil supplies to be placed on trains
(ind at each station on the road, tbe
riiieilion of adding alcoliolio stimulant
to thj supplies was nt once rejected,
Fom f the surgeons claiming that in
case ot shock fiom injury it was worth
less.
The coroner's investigation in to the
death of Salmi Mosse, in New York, was
o included on Frid.iy last, when the jury,
niter llj minutes' deliberation, returned
tbe tnllnwlng verdict: "We find that
Salmi Morse came to his death by drown
ing, b'lt tbe evidence produced does rot
enible us to say that it was intentional
and we therefore believe it was acci
dental." Titi htatement of tbe pnhlio debt is
sued on the 1st Inst., shows n decreate
during February of $2,582,58G.G9, and n
desrease since June 30, 1883, of f 67,630,
07121. The interest-bearing debt
amounts to $l,2GG.840,000;debt on which
int rent bus ceased siuce maturity, $12,
0G 3G5.2C; dfbt bearing no interest,
3".n0,r)J2,2U31j total debt. SI 809,430 '
473 5; interest. $10,361,105 43; gold
and il. er certiflc.ites,218,G81 321 ;United
Btato3 notes held for redemption of cer
tifliata of deposit, 518,215 000; cash
lalance available, March 1, 1884, $145,
f3U81.20; total cash in the Treasury,
March 1, 1881, J390 293.4G1.73.
Tan Democratic committee of the
Fourth Legislative district met In Hazle
Ion on Siturday la,tj Chairman Weaver
being nbsent, Claude O. Whetstone, of
the I'lun SrAKEn, presided. John A.
Gorman was chosen secretary. Edward
MoIIugh, ol Foster; Abraham Hetler, of
Sugar Loaf, and E. 1'. KUncr, of Hazle
ton, were elected delegates to the com
IngStatoConvcution without opposition.
The delegates were instructed to vote for
"William F Harrily, of I'hlladelphia.aiid
Senator Coie, of this district, for dele-(jates-itt-lrge
and exercise all honorable
means to secure n nuited Pennsylvania
d legation to Chicago for Samuel J.
Raod.ill lor President. No local contests
occurred and 'the best of feeling prevailed-
TitE rnttiTEns' Circclaii: A novel
copyright bill bas beeu prepared ond
presented to Congress; it proposes uoth
ing loss than the on,yrightiug for the
period of twenty-four hours tbe news
despatches of the Associated Press
Such n measnrs curiously enough creates
ft m mopoly in tbo reports of Congres
aional proceedings, presidential procl
matlons, and important appointments
by tbe President. All of these matters
of iuterest to the nation at large it is
oastoruary for the Gcveinmrnl ifBciaU
at tbe National Capital to band to the
njent of the Associated Press at Wash,
ington, with the tacit understanding that
they are to be Riven to Tie publlo pres
lot the use of the public. Under the
proposed now copyright act, all these
and similar national news topics would
lie tbe private property of tbe Associated
rresafor tweiity.four hours. At all iru
portaut points or locutions where events
of general interest transpire the ageuti
of the Associated Press depend for ac
counts of tbo loeal news on tbe local
pipers. TJuder the proposed act alt in
telllgeuce thus gathered wonld be taken
from tbo original owners, without so
rauon as saying by jnnr leave, nud, for
twjuty four hours, be tbe exclusive pro
perty of tbe Associated Press. So unjust
a measure ought not to reeeive tbe seri
ous attention of Congress, much It li
enacted into what wilt be at ouce n, vex
ations and preposterous law. If the As
ftooiatcd V ess. can copyright its news
despa'chvs for twenty-tour hours, pro
prietors of daily tun) uetkly newspapers
can opyright ibeir loeal news lor tbe
same cni 'il; and It lor twenty-four.why
not for fori) rigl t hours, and where
would tlie U.rrMul lfrKS ,e tbeitf
FROM WASHINGTON
Uegular to the Cairn .n Advocate.
Washingtoh, D. O., March 1, '84.
This is piobubly the meet youthlul
loottUie; House of Representatives ever
nssembled. There are nt least filty mem
bers to whom the Clerk might have pro
posed tbe que.tkm asked of Jehu Ruu
dolpb: Are .you of tot required ag? and'
to which Randolph's historic reply was
the fin,t suggesliou-of tbe redy wvt that
never forsook him in bis loug Congres.
(ioiul career. Dot if few gray besds
ibere is nn ample supply of bald, and
eeeu from the galleries Ibatsbluiug white
oasis in the centre of tbe Beat of wisdom
seems almost like a Congrtsuloual badge.
Most of tbe niembeis are well-to-do and
many of them millionaires. In old times
a rioh politician was an auomaly. It
was not considered good taste for pub
lie nun to live sumptnonsly or entertain
luxuriously. There was an ccceutrio
idttt that the hands grasping tbe helm
of stats should be clean and hardy and
that tba true representative of the people
vab who bad squid persons! knowledge
Ol toil and poverty and could syuipa-
II V. MlRTItlMKIl,
tlilto knowingly with the hardships nud
burdens of the laboring clast.es. "Mais
nous nvorm chance lout eel. ' Noun
days a poor man in pnblo life is i rarity
ami capnai is tno main tinted or IeoHl
tinn. Hewitt, IMnirint, WnMilmru,
Morse and ltobiuntin are by no means
tue oniy tiongressional millionaires.
Since 1661 unknown persona have paid
$186, 459.0& iutotbe United Htnteli treas
ury to quiet their consclmewy -The
largest revenue from this aottrce'llViiny
on year was 111 IBW, wuen llieconlrlbn
lion to the conscience fund amounted lb
$2a,165.11. In 1873, $24,402.77 was
added to the Hindi in 1867. $12 032 6!)
in 18C9, $17.403.21 ; In 1878, $12,011 33.
Last year llie contributions reached titily
$7,8814, and this year the total will
pronauiy ue lesslban tlpat unless some
body comes to the front with a hie sns.
These contributions." sulci a Trenhiirv
oficlal. CMne la every possible way, etd
the men who take this means of payinu
ones mcney stolen irom the government,
and ot maklus peace with tbelr con.
scienoes, are nlmost invariably nt great
pains to conceal tbelr identity. Some
express eurieney or send it through the
mam oy registered letter, tletitlons
names being employed. Others send it
tbroueh their nriests or naslors. lint nr
oislonally a man writes full particulars
of how be came to be indebted to tbe
government. The Treasurv official re.
gard their relation with the contributors
to the conscience fnnd as confidential,
and there lias never beennny Instance, to
my knowledge, where any attempt bas
been made to pull aside tbe veil these
parties bare sought to screen themselves
utulml. Priests have made more do"a
lions than all others combined, but the
amounts that reach us this way are usu
ally very small
Whatever the American House of Hep.
rcsentalives. or Government nd people
oi me united amies, may think or Ids
marck's action in relation to the Lasker
resolutIous,it is evident that the opinion
ouiaios inrouguouc me rest or the civil
ized world that it was an unmitigated
insult. Not an insult to the House of
liepresentatives alone, but (qually to the
u iverument as n whole, ror the trans
mission of the resolutions through the
Slate department was equivalent to their
adoption by the Government. And nn
iusult to the Government is au insult to
the people, nil and severally.
Yesterday tbo House Committee on
Accounts determined to reduce tbe un
dertaker's bill of $870 for th funeral o!
the late D. C. Haskell some $200, Tbe
committee will fix b scale of expenses
for funerals in the future, beyond which
amounts the Sergtant-at-Arms will not
ue allowed to go. Jt is also proposed to
pay bills shortly after they ore made.
Parties claim tbelr hioh charges in tbe
past have been due to tbe fact that tbev
have been compelle ) to wait montbs.and
sometimes years, before navments for
services rendered were made. The un
dertaker who furnished the casket for
the remains of President Garfield recent
ly informed the Sergeant-at-Anns of the
House that he bad not yet been paid.
Special to the Carboh Advocate.
Washington, March 6, 1884.
Men In public life who have in any way
been mixed up in the Slar Route Cases
have Rood rouses for uneasiness. The se
crets contained in the papers on file in the
rost-ndice department ore no longer, it is
believed, exclusively in the possession of
that department. Thciplninn is exprcsed
that certain of the private dttectives or in
spectors, who wero employed by Postmaster
General James to work up the cases, have,
appreciating the peculiar volueofthein
formation handled by them, made copies
of the most Important papers and abstracts
of others, to that virtually there ore two
copies of the Slar Iioute secrets. This view
u advanced by men who have investigated
the matter of the alleged rxpi'SUie In the
New York Sun It has been preyed almost
conclusively that tbe Sun possessed the in-
lormaiion lor
TWO WEEKS IJEFJrtE THE HOUSE CALLED
roR the rAt-Eits,
The papers are now at the covernment
printing office and will he senl to Congress
in a few days, but those oflicials nhnnrn
conversant with their contents pav thi
these documents do not contsin the aerious
cba'ges as published in the Sun article.
WILL SEVER SEE THE LIOHT.
There are, however, on the files or the
Post-ndice department, papers which do
substantiate most of the charges in IhtSun,
and contain a great deal nnre evidence.lm
pliratlngmen high iff puulicttust.
"These papers," said a liisli official, "will
never see the light, they never will unless
Congress can describe minutely what pa
pers i hey want or else adopt some 'drag.
out" resolution that will compel G res ham
to shell out every document bearing on the
8tr Houle trials. Ilut them are Ion many
Congressmen nnd Senators mixed up in
the mailer who bave influence to prevent
any such sweeping resolution being passed.
Men are implicated who are aspiring to he
our next President, ond Poitmaster Gener
a! Gresbam is doing bia best to shield
them."
WHAT KEIt PAID BREWSTER OUT OF HIS
$60,000 FEES.
urewater Is (loomed to an exposure of
very ignominious ollieial career. It is now
a subject of comment nmong a lew oc
qualtiled with the facts that Mr. Ker, who
applied to Brewster for a $1,400 position
and receive.! one of $1,800, should have
suddenly turned up thereolter a sprcial at
torney in the star root cases and received
some $00,000 in two years from tbe goy
eminent. Threu or lour prominent men
assert their knowledge ibat Ker divided
with Brewster rqoally, and invjrwofthe
(act that Ker was never more than an in
dillerent luwyer, and, owjDg to chronic
deafuess, was unable to properly discharge
ilieiuties of a district at'rnav l ni.il..
delphia, their assertions are given the color
of truth and will be investigated by Mr.
Springer's committee.
LisinnriHER dtkauite ron ochiltkee.
American humor crops out in the most
xrniiua anairs. lesieiduy a very lallook
inc parkage was mailed to Hon. Thomas
iMiiuiree irom onr cily Kst othce. Suisse
of the clerks were inclined to believe that
it contained some dynamite subslaure, and
not one of them could muster the courage
S'icanoel the stamp. Assislant Postmaster
onerwomi was caiu.l in,iid like the gallai,
and btnillrd it without dreaming for a mo
'.t,rr I MB t I II. I)irM.eil Illk thfl t,.liaaA
neoi inai ii miKbt conta in anmnl.inv
danceioas. After repanimir it &J.V...1. i
said lii one f the elerlis. 'That i)ek,- i,
ail rigin, cancel Ihe stamps" This com
mand was reluctantly obeved. Bnct
the cancel stamp, when a terrihln ,..!or .i
once pervaded the room. Tbe nackaee was
loaded, as it were, to the very musile, with
Liiiiburger cheese, and it wus I.B,i.....a .,i
ol Ihe office by u special loocsenger who de
livered it to the Texan rlaUsma,aml that
gentleman now enjoye the alias uf"Liui
burcer Tom." He eoo.1 huo,.,li
"This is a h I ol a w.y to return my reao'
Intion! aha ask tba Honta in r.i., u
tbe Foreign Alfairi Committee."
XMRKUi M To BE UASPICAFPED.
Kleht Urinocratlc atmlunn' n, v..
and Means Committee ha Ve uninimnmlv
agifed to report a substitute forth Morn
ton 'i urid'tlll. Therubstitote la identical
with the bill Introduced by Mr. Morrison,
except that the free list ia confined to salt,
coal and lumber. No time has vet been
agreed upuu lor rejiorting the bill to the
House hot It will be at an earl date. Mr.
Morrison's bill will ba retwiriAil ntwu
and1 the tubstitul frebably a fsw dll'l
after. '
VUiBlCATm
Mr. Hewitt lias been HinroUflKIr nhH..
washed. The 'orcig. Altkira- Committer
apptie tl Wrwh very delfly oy reixirtinc
ta-at no snKumatloss could be aesured t
prove that Mr. Hewitt traaeetnded liir.u
thotity iu theO'Duurwll interfereftce reau
lulion. it was the Seotch verdiet el "sot
proven."
TuewxiK'a lechsla7ion
has not cleared lb calendar is either
branch of Congress very materially, in
tbe Senate Itie.Mcl'herson Bankingntll was
leased bv a vole oU2 to II, and 1st Uouaa
has had Ihe name measure reported favor
ably irom lis Banking Committee. The
Pleura-Pneumonia bill passed tbe Jloue
by a combination of tbe itepublicans with
the Democratic minority, and the Bepubli
cans will have tosa.idla this measure as
they voted for it to a man. The Senate bas
given much time In au animated debate on
Its Steel Cruiser bill and it Till probably
pass. This Is all the credit for work that
1-an be given to Congreasjhls, week.
JOHN UtKIlMAN t-f'rori J.11IH.
"Say." raid an Ohio loan to mevrslenUv
"I waul to make ad observation that wilt
be oi lutercel to your readers.
"T he'll in with, I am, as jnu kCAw, a
Kepubliciili. I have bees, hondfed on
many occasions by my Stsle with places of
gieai Honor, and trnst, ancl 1 .think I know
my people and I know John Sherman. 1
bavo never been a supjiorter of his, nor
uave i iiskcu ui i.nn a lavotnr any kind.
Nor have 1 asked the presadt administra
tion lor any favors. Tbe' paint I wantto
get at Is (his: Sherman is' doing all he can
to prejudice the- Ohio Republicans against
Arthur. Hgalncs'U in this way: Ohio men
writo to lilin and many coino here for
Mvors. iie ssye to ikein tbal It Is Inipossi
kle for hlin to do anything lor them as long
n niuiur is in power: mat rendition bai
owre influence with Arthur than he bas.
lie does not try. The men no awav lin.
pressed with the Idea, owing to Sherman's
child-like and bland way of atatlne the
case, that It Is truo that Pendleton isa great
power, ocd that Arthur don't-care to do
anything moro lor Ohio Republicans. New,
i noun loaiicnerinan does tins lor no other
purpose than to get up bad feelings against
the President so as to kill off his chances
lor securing the vote of the Ohio dalecstion
at Chicago. But it won't win. Jonh Sher
man can't carry Uhlo in or nut of the con
vention, notwitliitauiliHg the bluster made
about Sherman's mine at ex-Governor Fos
ter's little meeting in Columbus Isst week
to the contrary,
WADE HAMPTON ON DAIARD.
While writing about men and things In
connection with the Presidencr. I must
giye your readers Kx-Gor.Wude Hampton's
views of Senator Bayard, as expressed to
me in a late conversation with him:
"The South has no candidale to push
fnrewnid, but we would like to see Mr.
Bayard nominated, because we think he
could carry the doubtful States. Mr. Bayard
Is perlectly In accord with the financial
theories of tbe Kast and Wcst.and there is a
growing lecllng all over the country that he
would be a safe man to nominate."
A VERT NOVEL BUOOEvriON.
"The next Convention ought to let tba
doubtful Stales settle upon a man," contin
ued Mr. Hampton. "A caucus of the dele
gates Irom New York, New Jersey, Ohio,
louiana anil Ua morula should be allowed
to say what man would be most likelv to
carry the geartcst number of those Slates
lor tue democracy. The Convention would
not be far wrong in nominating such a
man, wherever he came Irom." "Isn't Mr.
Bayard a Southern man, end didn't he
make a speech in anle-bcllum days that
wou'd deleat him in Northern State?" "No
to both questions. I don't regard Delaware
as a pari ol the South. That speech was a
brave good speach, mode in a great effort
to prevent a bloody war. I would not be
afraid logo beforo Ihe people with it.for there
is nothing disloyal nny where m thesiicech."
Wado Hampton is not the only one who
entertains such feelings toward Mr. Bayard,
who is now considered in the race.
Our New York Letter.
Reicutar correspondence of Advocate.
New York, March 4th, 188-1
The unwholesome squabble caused bv
the death of the lato Salmi Morse is ended,
and McOivney.tho manager of the show
"On tho Yellowstone," nnd its principal
backer, as well as the suitor for the hand of
Mary C. Blackburn, the star, mado a thor
ough ass ol himself, ond came near getting
himself iuto sorious troublo. Ho was ab
surdly jealous ol old Morse, he struck him
several times, and made himself so un
pleasant to Miss Blackburn, that there was
ample ground fir the suspicion that he had
procured the death o old Salmi hitnaelf.
Wow that be is outof trouble, and has lost
about $7,000 in "On the Yellowstone," he
is mi-ii ui uciiik n - Borv any longer, and
proposes to go back to oelling rum again,
lie ought to have known better from ih
start than to dabble in theatricals, lor he is
oyer filty years old, bald and gray, nnd cer-
lainiy nugui ro naye learned a thing or
two in those years.
11 waa said about town that McGivni-v
might have avoided all this trouble if he
Had "seen" the Coroner. 1 do not think
that Mr. Levy is a person of tbe kind to al
low himself to be bribed from the prosecu
tion of bis ouly, but that such things ore
done is a well known fact. Only recently
when a woman committed suicide through
despondency because the man with whom
she had been intimate for years married
onolher woman, the inquest" was hurried
oyer, and the name of tbe man never ap
peared. It was told that this leniency cost
the man fi,000. This money, when do
manded is generally said to ho necessary to
"keep witnesses out of the way." I sop
pose the Coroner's office will come np lor
inyestigation next, osall the departments
are now being oyerhauledjbut I don't think
that it will go very deep because so many
secrets of wealthy and influential people
lie buried there, that heaven and earth will
be moved belore they will be allowed to bo
exposed. Still the Coroners are not so bad
as they used to he. In lormer days, when
the office was yet an elective one.it is said
that if a dead body was found in the river,
It would do for five or six ioquestt. The
Coroner on being notified of the discovery
of a body would view the remains and give
a permit of removal. The henchmen then
would quietly tow Ihe body to another pier,
"uric I, ,v.mii, hhiii ue viewed as a new
discovery. Thus Ihe amount of fees was
swelled, ond the city treasury was depleted
Tho boxing tournament under Ihe mis
pices or tho New York Athletic Club last
euturuay etenliig, turned out as everybody
cAfivitcu, un,, a genuine aiugetng malcli
lammany Hall waa packed with people,
and the box wci-h nwoniixl I... I........
-- - i - -j '."Jin,
proleestooal men, merchants, and generally
efivnniuK, trirrr uilllirt'0 or toe OeSlSOCtetV
The young athletes showed very litli.
science. Ihey went for each other and
battered each other from Ihe moment Ihe
word waa given. As a result endurance
tinner punishment, not skill, won Ihe day.
Some of tho youngsters had their faces bad
ly ntsngureii ami win carry the trophies
they earned for several weeks. Two of
mem nod leetn anocked out.
One of the most interested spectators at
tun noiirr was jioacne donating. i mav
not be generally known, but it is none th
less a fact that the Utlca Ailnnla i ,lmmi
as handy with his fiats as with his power of
arrasni nun invective, lie used lospar
iinjucuuj wun aorneni me uesi pro
fessional talent at a Sixth Avenue Gymna
sium, and it took n good man to get the best
of him. He has seyeral sets of boxing gloies
in mi mriiK, ami wnen iriends call who
have any proficiency in th manly art, he
Irequently invites them to a friendly bout.
He attributes his health, strength, mental
TiRor unu readiness eieiy lo tins exercise.
The Queen's Honk came out last Thurs
day, being published In a cheap form
simultaneously by the Harpers and Monro.
The book was not issued until twit o'clock,
but belore eight o'clock about eighteen
tlxmsand comes had been ilisnnird nr. n.
Saturday, I am ererlitubly inf-irmed, the
sales readied fifty thousand. This Tar ex
ceeds Ihe sales in England. Smith A Elder
required two oxiva to Mil tberr first edition
id 10,010 copiee. of course thetr's was a
$3 SO edition, hut even so one arould bave
thought that Englishmen with their awe
and veneration for The Queen, would ha in
shown more alacrity in imsaesatng them-
rtivca oi tier Million uinugius. 'J lie book
by Ihe way is utter rot. It con.
siirs 4 fittings of Ihe most tninmonplace
drmestir details, which a person of any
taste or judgment would under no circum
stances have held up t tbe gate of a criti
citing and uninterested world.
Ureal oaks Irom lilt e acorns crow." la
an old and very true maxim. A proof of
Its truth I learn from a member of Ir. Jfe w.
mau sChurcu. As you no doubt are aware.
Ex Presiilrnf Grant's pastor, has been lor
seine time at sixes and sevens with bis con
creeMion. The old members want bim 1
rvmoved,wblU the later arrivals waut him
to stay, auatara anxious for a new church,
It la said the whole oppitiliou to him arose
from the fact t lift I at sue tiuw, am ho months
gorbe delivered a terrible pbitipia- against
rhycyee. One or the iont, prominent mem
bers oirhchurcb is divorced from hi first
wife, who W a hopelese lunatic, and is
married1 te another woman. This gentle
man took up Dr, Newman's remarks as
levelled at nil personally, ever since that
lira he naturally felt very bitter towards
ine pastor, rwriituiarly as neither in a '
moral or legal aense he bar done any wrong.
Id three week the first hattb of summer
tourists will leave thiafiort ir run through
Korepe. A good mauy of these people are
fond of racing and they go, so as p be in
lime for th early Ppring events on the
British turf. The best ofbee on a crack
trannllsntis steamer (a that of' steward
The captain eels bnt $2.&0ft year. Tbi
steward gelsabo.t $8M,butl am reliably
lnloimed that riarlig the four sunnmer
nomas wnen travel is at lis hetghl, Ih
stewards of the lour lesdlhg vessels luarf
Boterilhsn $J,0 esehln fees. Arid Ihl
cnrw about In a curious way, Alulest
eyesybMy going abroad has bis weney
exchanged isio -English aoverelmsi dT,iw
a man would hesitate a lent- time 'beiore
giving away a ftve dollar .billrfcut VrSen-' It
comes to giving tol, single piece looks'eo
email tuai almost everTBodv gives tno surf
sometimes three. This Is an artusl fact,
end hence shin's steward mav bt atnnva
found among the most active supporters of
specie payment.
. I'
Our Northwest Iicttor.'
Special to the LlAnnox Advocate.
Minneapolis, March 1, 1881
This section of the country bas just
witnessed what farmers can do when they
conclude to take matters In their own
bandr. After having been Imposed upon
for seTeral years by n powerful railroad
corporation, aided by wheat elevator mo
nopolies sail milt owners, they bave at
last called a bait. Heretofore it railroad
covering n large section of tbe wheat
producing country, owning controlling
interests in many of tho wheat elevators
snd having large Influence with the mil
lers in this city, havo been naying to tbe
farmer that he mast store his wheat in
their elevators at prices fixed by them
and unless he wanted to pay exhorbitaut
rates nt freight must sell bis wheat to
tbe elevator companies nod that tbe far
mers should not build elevators along
tho hue of the railroad. All of which
resulted in ft complete monopoly for tbe
benefit of tbe corporations and to the
great disadvantage of tbe farmers. Tbi
ring, composed of three links, the rail
road, tbe elevator companies and tbe
mill owners, must be broken beforo tbe
farmers could be relieved of this unjust
oppression, xue lariners oi tho lied
Iliver Valley nud Northern Dakota held
a mass meeting nnd chose representatives
iu mei me directors oi tutse large cor
porations with a platform like Ibis:
"Give ns lowest rates of freight on wheat,
permit us to build our own elevators
along yonr line and make no discrimin
ation against personal shipments to onr
own consignees, or we win see to it that
we have a Legislature that will compel
you to do all of this nnd more too." It
is hardly necessary to add that the com
panies yielded ns gracefully as possible,
for tbey saw tbe farmers meant business
and for n time, at least, there wilt he
pease in the "granaries of the world."
Here were comparatively few farmers
dealing with corporations representing
millions of capital, und is rt striking it
lustration of the power of the ballot and
what farmers, who complain of oppres
sion on all sides, can do by acting unit
edly nnd intelligently. I give no names
because I am Dot advertising any cor
porations or monopolies. '
But this is a small part of the trouble)
which our farmers baye to contend with,
and the remedy is still within their
power. They have yet to learn what
Iowa did a few years past, and tbnt is,
that they cannot go right on raising
nothing but wheat year after yenr. It is
a fact that a majority of tbe farmers of
Dakota and Minnesota do not raise vege
tables euougb for their own uie, nor do
tbey have chickens, pigs, cows nud snch
stock to enable them to live as farmers
should It ia a common sight in th
couutry stores to find farmers buying
tbe potatoes and cabbage, tbe butter nnd
eggs which are sold to tbe dealer from
Wisconsin nud Iuwa.
were it not tbat dsn nnd game nre
tiu'.iudant, bat little Iresu meat would
grace tbe farmer s board, nud this, too,
in a country where mentis almost nece
sary to enable them to withstand tbe se
vere cold. Notwithstanding tbe long
winters, it is noi very expensive to raise
slock, ns bay is almost "as cneap.as dirt,
and oats can be raised with very litll
trouble as tbe soil is rich nnd weeds
scarce, Tbe next oeneration will pro
bably see the folly ot this one idea kind
of agriculture.
Here, as everywhere else, business is
dull. Collections nre slow nnd failures
unmerons.- An immense amount of Com
ruercial paper is afloat. Everything de
pends upon the next wheat crop, If it
is n success tbe country will be in good
snupe, nut ir it should prove a fnllr.re,
oanKrnptcy win De tbe ordei or tbe day.
Too mauy people have come here believ
ing that all tbey bad to do was to como,
and that wealth and fame were Ioalin
around on corners nnd vacant lots wait
ing to be picked np. This city, tboucb
one of the bnsiest in tbe Northwest is
filled with young men, many of them
naving trades too, who cannot set regn
lar aoa permanent work. Tills Is tbi
natural result of too mncb "boomins.'
and when matters bave foand their na
tural level tbe noithwest and its citizen
will baye tbe healthy prosperity wbio
cannot fail to wait upon a rich agrlcul
tural country.
We have just passed through tbe first
uiizzuu ror this year, or perbrps
would be better to say it bas paased
through us. Stock which bad been win.
It-ring finely on the Montana ranges,were
driven to the canyons nud gulches, nnd
many of them were frozen and lost be
fora tbey could reach such friendly
shelter. Numerous stage drivers anrl
parties out in sleighs have perished and
oinara not been tieurd irom.
The Indians on the government reser
vattons huddle np together and take the!
tea not. wbtcn beverage, like congres
sional mineral water, is strongly impreg
nated with alcohol. Bv tbe wav. the Iu.
dians on some of tbe reservations nre in
ft destitute condition, having no fuel and
less clothing, tbe Agent having in all
probability, indnlged in a little "spco"
of his own by selling govern u ent rations
to white settlers, llowever. tbo western
citizen quotes Vanderbilt only substitut
ing "indian" for "public," so tbat if
tbtir wishes are granted Lo will go to a
conntry wnere tbere win be no rreezlcg.
nor blizzards, wonder If -they wonldn I
make valuable assistants to bis aatanlo
majesty?
In my next letter I will have some
thing to say about Western Society.
New Advertisements.
Stories on the Road.
Conrmereial Travelers at a Wayside Inn
Something to Put in a Oripiack.
"Gentlemen, I almost envy you the poi!
lions yon fill; yoor experience of the world;
yonr knowledge of besfnesi; the ekaaglng
Sigma yen see, ami an thai, yew know."
This warmly expressed ragret fell from the
Hps of an etderly fdeaiere lonrlit, last Au
gnat, and war aiMressed ton semi. circle of
eemrcerlcfal travels is seated en the perch ef
Ihe L.lndel Hotel, St. Lonlr, llie.
"Yes," responded a ITeir York rtpreeena.
tire of the profession, "a ilrtmimtr Isn't
wltboit ftts preaswree, hit he rsms Ms risks,
lao rtsa ootrtdo Ihe chances of railroad
cotillions aod steamboats explosions."
-What rifts for InstaiceT"
"This, for lBrtoinee," said Sir, T7. I),
Franklin, who was then travellug for a
Eastern house, and It known to merchants In
all parts or tba country: "The risk, whlek
Indeed amonnis aluoel loa certainty ofgei-
una: ineuppepiia irom perpemai caaaio of
diet and water and from
iiaTins: no- nxra
hours fbr eatlna; and sleeping. I myself wis
an example. I say was, lor 1 aui all right
nw.,r
tB discount on your dlnestlorr?'r broke In
aUhsraaa dry gooit traveler, lighting hs,
clarar afrefh.
Not a Cfuarler percent. Out 1 had to gv
Dp traveling lor a walle. The dyspepsia
rauwl my payer. Finally I came arroiaan'
advertisement ef l'AllKKlt'3 TON 1(1
triad K and It Bled m- a to- iwrfcetlort.
Tbere K nothing on earlta, in my opinion,
eaual to It as a enra for dysp'iista.n
Messrs. lllacox & Os-t of Haw York, the
nnmrtator. bold a letter from Mr. Franklin
BEND
statin that precise fact. PAKKClfg
TUNJUaMa nlgestlonarea Malarial fevers.
Heartburn, Headache, 'Jomjtis and Colds,
and all ehroalo diseases, of the Urer and
Kidneys. Put a bottle la your vatlse. Trice,
Wo and 41. Koenoroj In large tlxs.
EMORY'S
DTAHDARD
A never falllna:
TnllTTKS
st t
and
CUBE i)WB
mm
Wrat Til it PkortK H.;
uSTANABn Cubic
. C.?1-T7I " handled yi u- I'llls Tor Malaria for tho last fonr years w'lth"beltere"atls:
i..tlon than any other renieit I same disease Fnro. S. llANr. Ilraaulst. Tereev Ullv
. J- Yonr Chill Pills hsveiured many very stubborn cases. Itsy. M. K ViAt nil.'.
nla. Miss lure them iv my practice. Oko. (i. iidckmi. it. Il"Awt!n Texas I
so them In inv practice et eolually.-J. J. McLinore, M. I).. Doublln, Texas. -oxn
Ills aro good, I use them In my practice Dr. M. T. Drinw. Sunflower Landlmr Miss
STANDARD CURE CO., Proprietors.
Jan. 28, 1881-ly 19T PEA It b 8T11F.KT, KEw TOBJT.
Fall and Winter Stock !
fco., he. Our Younc Ladles nndlUcntlcmcn will find It to their n.lvanrnare to irlve him
call before purchasing elsewhere, as thoy will nnd the J1EST SELECTKD STOCK In
Onli A J. uUiiUitl 1 ItlLfJlSe
Oii Post Ole Bnildini, BAM Street, IMGHTOH
April i, J9!J-ly
Xook to Tour Interests I
Tin and Sheet Iron fare,
Is now offering extraordinaiy Bargains l'or Cash !
lie Is the only Agent Intown for the sale or the
Bessemer, Sunshine, Othello,
itanges ; montour, JLigntnouse, JUxoelsior Fenn, 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
Also, on band every kind ol STOVE ORATE and FIRE IIR1UKS. Dealer In all Ihe
oca i maaesoi I'UHll 3.
Roofiing and Spouting, Prompt and Cheap.
Store on SOUTH Street, a few doors above Bank Street.
Patronage Invited; satisfaction guaranteed. June 30, ISSI-yl
EMORY'S LITTLE lo he the boat I'ill ever
CATHARTIO PltX8,v- " onn, riarroony irrore, un. tMouv'H little uatimii
are oranared from tic are the mott popular of nil the Cathartics Vi. lltsiior. Mill's
PPI p. Hirer, N. C. My aged mother used one bos with wonderlul results.
N. ., JIakkii, Locust Ororc, Ohio. I recommend them. .Tou ()ot.Lifl, M !.. Tcias.
They are excellent. 1C. Kkkbok, Jackson, Miss. They are unejcclled. Mrs Ettz.
AOtTll Kevslii, Moberly.Mo. " Jan. 26-yleow.
Ho! Tor New Goods!
M. SWEENY & SOI
r
Have received an enormous stock of OIIOICE GOOPS,
comprising
Groceries, Queensware, etc.
Old Post-OfRce Building, Bank St. Lehighton.
MOTHSE
tp iry mutt.
Gornease
Fooiease
-The King of Corn Killers. The most desperate
Corns, liomoNB, 'Wabts ia, SrtiDu.r cured. price 25 Cents.
-An Unfailing Remedy for
Hot, Swollen nnd Tender Feet,ChflbIaJnB,Ac. Price 25 Cents,
iConiease Mannf 'g Co., 23G, 5th Ave. Place, N. Y. City.
For Bale by AgenU, DrvgguU and SIum Vcalert.
'CUr-'.'..trC'&v"
fRCB 518
remedy fer Malaria. Lhfitt.s abb rwn. r.
avail, llil.tnus Kicvnn and kindred diseases
I OKM.T VKOkTAiu.K, absolutely certain In thclrremeillalel
Sl;,A"i-!T?t,"'.Wt'Jr.,n corlnir all rnrms or MAr.Altl
SLASE3 thnn Calomel or Oultilne, without any nrthe Inpi
.iivioiiu rkicii luiiow uieir itso. ir lien occasional
icrsons exposed lo MnUrla they will cipcl tlwi poison ami
ect them Irom attack. I- mln,..i ,i,i iV. ji. ' ...
;2J2',nThI." "f V?fl 'pot and I'leasantest Kcmedy
",?1?'j.r,h0;ou'T.l""t ehm "n taka thorn. Bold by IIsukkIsiV
nd Medicine Healer!, or by ninll. ' 1,8 "
rillOE, TWKWTY.FlVBOENTa A DUX,
1'iti.a"
-My wire nnd myseir havo used yonr
pate no further trouble with MakAniAns lonaraa The Fills aro
f"..l.-M.,lARR1.,J' SHosMAKKn;. V. M.,Tllytown, Pa, -I took
'2!l,r!0lJ 'J d'rc"1'""' and irtey protod to fre yoet what
was needed. Hur. It. J, CocitnAH, FasturM. K, Church, St.
it, in Krrm am isiacnon. wenniici'
Tmi'i: r? T77 1'ieaecu wrin "i-.mory-s standard
oure I Ills." Have tried them on a great many eascSof different
revers, have proved aucccssrul In every Instance They work like
a charm on Chills and Fever and ftll Malarial dlseaies.-M. J.
UaiiMAic. M. 1).. Dallas, Texas 1 use )ottr remedy In my prac
tice Wltll B-OOd rcmtltll Tn.v-u w..- , ,,.f.l,',.
Tho undersigned calls the attention
of his many rrlcnds and patrons to his
Large and Fashionable Stock of
Fall aDd Winter Goods,
Consisting of
BOOTS
AND
SHOES
Ofevery description and style In the
Market, Including a special line of
Lady's Fine Shoes
Also, a fall line of
Umbrellas,
Rubbers,
Hats. Caps.
James Walp,
Succcsaor to A. 1). MOSSER,
Manufacturer efand Dealer In all kinds of
Stoves
Ranges,
Heaters,
House FornisMoff Goofls, &c k
New Champion and Apollo
Price, Fifteen Cents a Box.
Emory's Little Cathartic Pills are the
UKST EVER MADE r.ir Oostlvcno'S. Indlirestlon. Hcndacho. One
good dose or three or fonr Emory's Little (!nthartln I'tlli. Ii,llnr,l l.v
one pill every nlitht ror a week or two makes tlie human machinery
run as regular ns clock workj thev I'nrlly iho lllood aid pat new life
In n broken down body, l'uroly Vegetable, Harmless, Pleasant, In.
fiillllilo, the younxest child mnytako them. 8nld by all DrairKlsts
nnd Medicine Dealers at KiKTEEN OENTS A HI IX, or by mall.
STANDARD CURE CO., Proprietor, 107 Pearl St, N. Y.
Esionv'S LtTTMS UATrtARTIO are more than Is claimed! thevnrnve
nsed here. Worth twice the money asked.
WOSLS'S
HEALINCr SYRUP.
20 Million Bottles i old in 10 years, A certain Curo for
Dyspepsia, all Diseases of the Kidneys,
liver, Stomach, Blood, Skin and Bowels.
Can rrodnco Thousands ot Letter proving its Ourativo Powers,
AH OLD AND MNO TMED IIEUEDV.
LiDOBiTcmi 77 Airrrr SnntET, new -jour cut.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS,
Bead What a Patient says of ft',
'e raatllles I pnrcliased from yon tn Aeguat
firore (o uhx most cuuclu.lvnly lliMt wblle ttiero U
lifa tliere Is feopo." Tliey ultf tlielrworkurbe
yond my Dtmoai axneetMfona.for 1 cerUlnlf did
not eincct llus a raMt er tOUltTEliN yiUIU'
DURAIIUN couia oe comrHelelvKotteauBHler conn
trol la the exceedltirlr aliort tluieriieoiDDUia
1 can assure ou that no Ailaa mtidnly svlll kcaD ro.
frnrn dolnu all that 1 eai 1 addfna to the siK(Ma
wblclt wlUsurelir aruwu au tnattctal rimedj."
AhneT(ne(rmiaIsttef(Utad-W.Ya Do.3a, s3Sl
The FattlllM ara prapuad aad aosd ootr by Ue
HARRIS REMEDY CO. MFD CHEMISTS,
30SXN.IOth.8t. ST. LOUIS. MO.
'"'taut f J, Ut cctai ?J, tins csstu 1
New Advertisements.
WortH CarolinA
Ofiers Great MDcerats to
HOME SEEKERS
MINEKS,
MANUFACTURERS,
CAPITALISTS
nnd FARMERS.
Arc Northern men tvantcd,
and arc tliey treated kindly
by native North Cavolininns
We answer the question em
phatically YES ! To back ns
up vc refer to the following
Northern men who hntc set
tled among us: Rer. S. Hnt
toon, Charlotte, N. C, form
erly of New York; Jno.
Woodhousc, Concord, N. C,
furmerly of Morris Co., N. J.;
A. Ungcn, Newton, N. C,
formerly of Fredrick, Md ; F
A. Voll'mcr, Durham, N. O.,
formerly of Williamsport, Pa.,
and the hundreds of others
that have settled in the State.
When writing for information,
please enclose stamp for re
turn postage.
THE CLIMATE
of North Carolina surpasses that of any oth.
er State In the Union, being tempered on one
side by the Alnntlo ocean nnd on the other
by the blith peaks oflhe Appalachian Monn
tains. Tho average fill of snow for the e
tiro winter Is six Inches. The average num
ber of tomry days nre two (2). No part of Ihe
State Is subject to destructive (tales. Mean
annual temperature for the State (, Sam.
mer 7J, Winter 43, rainfall 4 Inches. While
tho cold ofthe winter Is not Severe, the tern-
peeature of mld.eummer Is not so trying or
excessive as farther North. While there are
hundreds of snnstiokes In New York Slat
every snmmer.tlie disease Is almost unknown
In N. O. Dnrlng a late winter of flnusual
severity, tho thermometer several times
dropped to so decrees, and even to 40 degrees
ueiow tero In Iowa, Wlcrjliran and New
York, hero 10 degrees above icro was reached
but once, and then ouly for one slnglo night.
TIMBER.
At least thirty thousand square miles ol
our territory Is still covered with timber.
consisting In parlor yellow arid white pine,
several varieties of oak, hickory, walnut.
chestnut, poplar, cypress, juniper, maul
black, ash, elm, mulberry, dog-wood, per.
slmmon.holly, locust, wild cherry, red cedar,
mountain mahogany,curly maple and poplar,
MINERALS
are found In great variety and abundance
over a large part of tho State. Among the
moro useful and Important are marl. Iron
coal, peat, limestone, gold, copper, sliver,
lead, ilno, mica, tin (very recent discovery),
graphite, cornnJom. inaganese, kaolin, fire
clay, wnitesione, grindstone and millstone;
a great variety ol balldlog and precious
stones, Including diamond.
WATER POWER
of tho State aggregate more than three mil.
lion horso power.
THE SOIL AND CnOPS.
The great variety of soils together with
the clluiatlo conditions gives rlso to the
great variety of natural products nnd large
yields, and lays Ihe foundation for an Ira
mense range of agricultural products.
Cotton, grain, tobacco and rice are the
leading staple crops.
The Chinese tea plant flourishes thronah
out the Kajtern half ofthe State,
Flax, hemp and Jute grow to perieettoa,
nd could be made a pa log crrp.
Silk. The producta- of this Industry In
our State are equal In qualllty to the French
and Italian silk.
Irish and sweet potatoes are paying eropr.
ViOET.Am.ia. No where In America can
the trucking business be carried on to more
profit than In the eastern counties of North
Carolina.
SUnKsiTS. The distance to New York
from tbe eastern and northern parts ol our
State Is no farther than from the western
part of N. Y. State to New York.
Price of land varies with the distance
from market and fertility. The price of
average quality Is from three to ten dollars
per acre
IMMIGRATION.
Many immigrants have
come into the State dtirin
the past year chiefly from the
JNortlicrn and New Jingland
States. We have apccinl
rates with transportion com
panies irom iioston, New
York and Baltimore for very
cheap rates of passage and
lrciglit. H or special inform
ation, call on local agents
rough the Northern and
New England States, or nd-
dress
JNO. T. PATRICK,
Manaser Stale Iminferalto Bnrean,
RALEIGH, N. C.
February 1, m-jl
E. F. LUCKENBACH,
DK.Af.CIl Iff
Wall Papers.,
Borders & Decorations,
Boois, Stationery, Fancy (Ms.
Window Shades & Fixtures,
latest Styles, made and pot np, If desired.
Paints, Oil, Varnish, Putty,
Brushes ii general Painters
Supplies.
h 61 Broadway, Mancli (M, Fa.,
Below tbe Broadway Jlonse,
J.F.Halbachj
3rd Jowf above Keber'a Hall,
Bank Street,
Leliigliton,
Having had tt rate o-ppoxtoni
ty to pntchasc1 a lot of
Knives,
Razors,
& Straps,
from n friend wishing to retire
from the business, is no vr
offering for sale the
finest assortment
in town ofthe
highest
gTade of goods
at Frices so Low
as to defy all competition.
Uon't foil to call and sco tticrn.
I have also made all arrange
ments to supply any
make of
PIANOS,
ORGANS
AND
SEWING
MACHINES
at a Lower Price
than tliey can Ibe
had elsewhere !
I have bought a lot ol
Writing,.
Paper
AND
Envelopes
at a Bargain, and
am going to giye
iny customers the
benefit of it !
I also furnish all the
Weekly antl
Daily Papers
at the Lowest rates.
Hymn Hooka
ICibleft,
Magazine,'
and a large variety of articles
at very Lov Prices,
Remember, .
J. Fa Halbach,
3rd door above Keber'i Hall.
Bank St., Lehighton,