LEttlflHTON.rA.! SATUHDAYi OCTODEH 11, S884. Entered nt the Miigliton riost-olliee as Second Class Mnll Matter. A IvALriDOSBorii Fr.KE. -Every boy nnd (?lrl Miimlil seiul to W. 3. liond .t Co , York, Pa., for n free nnmpte copy of The KaleidoioiTB, wlilcli Is tho prettlcjt lit tle lnnenziiie for bojB and Kills yon ever saw, for 50 cents n yenr.. It would pny teacher" to Invest n. cent in n postal card to send their nddress for wimple copy. It is just what ought to bo introduced into every school ns supplementary rend ing. Oon 'steamed cotctnpornry tho Munch Clinuk Gazette is nothing if r.ot un truthful nml unGenllemnnly, its present management seem determined to keep np its well-earned cofjnonieii, "Tho Munch Chnnk PiitiT MucMue." Wc care noth ing about the 15 inches of personal nbus-e nimed at us-in this week's issue of the Gazette. Wo did cot solicit tho pnhlica lion of the Election Proclamation, but we hnvo it habit of accepting whatever ol patronage (privnto or public) is tendered ns. This is what troubles 0 It. Slgley Sheriff Leutz informed thodozetto's rev assistant why that paper Rot no patrol. age from hint. That is all. An fffott wns made by one or two of the members of tho Borough Council to carry out our fsticgestlou of last week to nppoiut a kptcial police force to serve during the fair, but no qnoinm could be reached, tome of tho rtienibirs claiming that the appointment of a police force was uuueccswy. "These old fogies should emigrate to Timbucto or Borne other uncivilized locality. They evi dently think tbat the people pay taie only for tho purpose of digging down Mil?, und that none of tho money should bo used for the prutection of life and property. A new clement should be in fused into the Board ntxt spring men who will fill tho position after they are olcctid, instead ot nieu who only wNli the elcetiou for tho name. Tho penplu h.wi: some rights which oven a Borough Council must revpeot. When the Hntinli yuubout Wasp was lost with all bave six on board sho was making for Lough Fuyle to tako the Sheriff and Inulill-i to Iustrhull to evict the iiihiuit.uts. Tilt) total rtntal of this spick in the ocean is X18, It is a Ktnad island on the seaboard of Doru gal, ami is well known as the sceno of the wreck of the Iris some lew years back, whei. the hardy inlanders, at great ri-k of lite and limb, bucccet cd in rctcuiug the passengers and ciew of the ill-fated Btenimr. The extreme length of the isl t Is 3 miles and the brtmith one and a halt milcH, It is distant from the mainland about nine miles, and of all tho desolate speck!) of hud it is the most uninviting Bixteeu families with tho liphthonso keeper mako up the entire population. There is uo arable land, and tho inrfaci of the ground is formed of rocks. Some of the tenants have never paid any reul, and others f.ro from ten to fifteen years in arrears. A precaiions livelihood ,1s earned during tho summer months, by fisblog, but. owing to tho btormyaud dan gerous nature ot the coast iu the winter, the islau litis go to the niaiul.md until tho soring, as there is no fuel to be obtained on the islet. There is only one landiug place, and it n quins skill and caro to run into it in safety. Bo the attempt to collect some $90 has cost the British navy tLonsauds of pounds and fifty-two lives. Abetter and more itt'eetunl way of dcslrojing the British navy, than O' Douovan Uosa's ilyunmilp party. BEN BUTLEU and the OKEENDACKERS The Washington, D. C, Xationai. ViEvv.n Oreenback orgau, of the lth lust,, ptib!iihe.s the lollowiug ucuthiuc arraign ment of Ben, F. Butler: Tii.it political nomad, the wandering Jew of parties, the incipient krcessiouisi who cast his vote for J,lltrou Davis at Charleston, the predatory Ftderal coni mauder of New Orleans, the Hi-publicu aBpir.vutfor the. Presidency, the lUpubll can c.iuduliito for governor of Massnchu setts, the Greenback cundiiUte for gover nor of Massachusetts, the Duiiucratio nominco lor governor of Massachusttts, is on co more wugiug his buccaurer wur faro against tho people of his nativoSlute and of all other States. As a pro-sl.tvoiy Democrat, we bilicved ho might I o honest; as a Federal military comiuiudtr, who to quull rude action is lined a rudo order, wo did not admire him; asn Iljpublie.iu whoss hold politics were as inimical to his owii party us tn tho en(iny,vvo hlndied him; as ouovvhom wo believe a convert to the Greenback principle whose convictions wtre.it hisi true cupngh to btaud.wo accrpttd hltiius one claimed by repentance; as the rene gade Greeubacker and betrajer of that principle we make vvur upon him, until bis power of political good or evil be gone torever. lie cursed free-soil iem aud became a henchman and tyrant ot trie soihsin dis graced. He denounced lt' pnblicuuisui and bunted "lth its sleutu-buumls; he a ostutiz. d Dtmocraey anil uiudi. bis bed with Us corruption; bo professed the re gcntr.uing pnuciplo ot Greeulmckism usled for her o iiuliitucy, and would have B' Id her tu Hancock an t the Dimocraov had he ootaiued it. He has pill shame npou tho Urreubaek Statu Convention vihtou be. bid deceived into nominating hlin. imrl has gone back to his original element as the dog returns again to his vomil, ami the sow that was washed to her wallowing iu I lie mire. Our quarrel with buu is not that he forsook parties, but that be hetrajs priu ciple. Is there a Grreubacker iu Massachn chusetts so lost to nil tbat priucipW teaches, so Mind to nil that is operating to throttle him and his children ulier biro as to vote for Benjamin F. Butler? Is there a workiugman who, delving like the slave that Benjamin F. Butler's pint partisanships have made. him. will for oue instant believe that this political lreebooter can i maucipato him fioiu oue ounce of bin burden? That we did tor i small moment trust him in the past makes it all the mure In cumbent upon us to worn all men against his specious Heeiulng. As to his ability, there is uo tun can gainsay it; us In bis capacity to Htvo bis time mid lilt coun try, none can doubt it; and by so much as his ability is beyond that ofhisfel lovrs.by so much is the guilt of his apos tacy augineuted. IielevervGrteubackrr iu MiiswichutelU see to it that at the polls in November JJ.-i j luiin F. ritillnr be shown that the use of his political existence is sel, aud that his politlaal daath is at the hiiml of Jus1 lee, by th vote of tho (lieenuacktm nod worklngintu. TILBEN TOTES A LETTER. WHY HE IB POE OltOVEE CLEVELAND. Dl'.CLMttNfl TnATTItKINIlISrr.N8IIlLP.NE- ckssiiv or otm TiMr.si3 aciianue OK AIIM1NIST1IAT10N INTlll'.ailE.VT JSXECUTIVK 01'KICK OK 1IIK COUNTIIV. Nr.vv Ynnrc, Ocfober 7, Iu response to the resolution, presented to him from the Democratic National Con. ventlim bainucl J. Tlldcn lias written the following letter: Onr.vsTONE, October 6. Chairman iindtlcntlcineii of llw Committed 1 thank you for the kind terms In which you havo communicated the resolution concern ing inc aitopted by tho late Democratic JJiv tlonal Convention. I share your conviction that reform In the Administration of tho Federal tiovirnttu'iit. wnirn 13 our great na tlnnal want and U liulettl necessary to the restoration anil preservation of the uovern- llll'lu liscil, ran only nc m-iiiivrii liiriuiEii the aireney ot the Democratic party ami bv InMaflliiB Its representative Iu tho Chief -MHiIlsiracv oi me uiini-u nuiie. Tin, iinl'di, liltlnrli-M trailttlnns nt the Deinoeratlc party, the principles In which It was eoucami ami in wnirn u iia- ever uecn In tho main faithful. Its freedom from the corrupt Influences which grow tin In the pro longed possession ot power, ami tho ttafiiro oi me cieir.eiui vvnicn ciuisuiiiie ii,nucon trtlnite'lii qualify It for that mission. 'Hie otiMisltn characteristics und conill tlnns which attach to tho l!eiuhllcan party make It hopeless to expect that that party win ne anie io kivc ueuer i;oveniiiiem man tho ili'hasing stcm of utilises which ihirhig us asceiHiancy nas miei.-ieii oineuu aim po-Mb-al life 111 this country. 'I lu lioiiuirTHtlc naitv had ltsorluln In tin1 MIoilsot the more advanced patriots or the 1 : ev ,1 nt l ii i to legist the perversion of our pov eminent lrom the Ideal conlcniplateil by the people. Among Its conspicuous found ers are llenjamm 1 tatiMIn and iiiomns Jefferson i Samuel Adams and John Han cock, ot Massachusetts; tlisn-co Clinton and Unbelt !:. Livingston, ot New Voik and (Scorgc Wvthe and .lames Madison, of Vir ginia. I'rom the (lection of Mr. Jefferson as President, tu leoo. for sixty years tho Democratic partv malnlv directed our na tional pulley. It extended the boundaries or Hie republic ami laid the foundations of all national greatness, while It preserved the limitations Imposed hy the Coil-dllntlou mid maintained a luiplo and pineal stem of donieslli! ailinlnlstratloii. On the other litind.lne liepulillean parl has always been dominated by principles which tavor legislation fortliehetieilt of par ticular classes at the exnense of the Itodv ot the people. It has become deeply tainted with the abuses which naturally grow up during a long possession ot unclneketl pow er, especially Ilia period ot elval war anil false finance. The patriotic and virtuous elements Iu It are now unable to emancipate It from tho sway of se'llsli interests which subordinate public duty to personal greed, 't he nio-t hopeful of tho best citizens It con tains despair of Its amendment except through lis temporary expulsion from power. Jt has been boastluuly asserted by a mod cm Massachusetts statesman, struggling to leconclle himself and his followers to their 'residential candidate, that the liepulillean pally contains a dlspioporllnuato share of ilie wealth, the eullui-e and tlie inlelllircneo of the country. The unprincipled (Sralton when taunted by James II. with his personal want of conscience, answered: "That Istrue but I belong to a party that has a great deal of conscience." Some reavoners forget that the same claim has been made In nil ages and countries by Iho defenders of old wrongs against new re forms. It was alleged bv the Tories of the American llevoliiliou against the patriots of that day. It was repi ated against Jefferson and afterwards against Jackson. It Is al leged hj the Cimscrvatlvi s against those who, Iu Knglaud, are now endeavoring to enlarge the popular suffrage All history shows that reforms In govern nient must not tin OTPrctcd frimi tlinsp wlin sit serenely on the social mountain tnin un loving the benefits of thu existing order of things. t:ven the Divine Author or our re ligion found his followers not among the scir-cMnplaccnt Pharisees, but among lowlv- iiiwicii iisucrmen. j lie lieiiuiuieau pany is larL'rlv imiilp mi (if llmsn ulm lii. Iiv llicir wits and v.lio appear in politics to advantage over the rest ot mankind similar to Unit which their dallv lives aio devoted to so. cui lnir in private business. Tho Democratic laily consists largelv of those who live hv he work or their hands and whoso political ictlon Is ciiveriH'il bv llielr sriitiiiii.nts nr Imagination, If results that the Democratic larty, inure leadlly than the IScpiiblican.can e inoulded to the siuiiiort of reform meas ures which involve a sacrifice of selfish In terests. The hldisiienslble neressllv of fitir times Is a change ot administration In tho great executive ofllccs of the country. ThlsJu mv Judgment, can only bo accomplished by the election of the Democratic candidates for l resident and Vice I resident. KAJIIM.1..T. TlMlF.V. To 1! If. Ilr.Nnv. chairman; II. II. Svi.vm.kv anil niners, oi tlie special committee of the Democratic National Coiiventlou. AN ADDSESS. AssiCIATION OF KcrnBLICANS and Iniie- rEMJENTS No. 112 Soum FoUllTU ,Stheet, I'niLAi)ri.rniA. rxKCVTirc committer. Henry C. Lea, Pres., William Broekia, It C McMurtrio, French) It Ileevcs, I'ersilnr 1 rimer, Francis P.. Cope, Dr. S Rnlis Colicn, T ! Wharton, Chss. Hiehard&oni Fluarl Wood, Samuel Wagner, Jos. Lspslev Wilson, E. Ilunn UiiHSon, Clias. Matlack, Lincoln L Evio. Joseph P.irnsh, It-b't. H Own, Lucius II. Warren, Clisa. Cliauneey, Wilhaiu lliint.'jr.. joun ii. weeks, Itev. J. May, D. D. llev. II. L. Wayland, D. Di To Ike Voters of Tcnnmlvania : The settlement of tho questions arising lrom tho war, is admitted by tho Hepubli can presidential candidate, gives to thought fill voters the opportunity of easting aside tho deal issues of the putt and of acting on the living issues of the preient and future, These issues are partly material and port ly moral. On questions of material policy the attitude of the two great parlies is neither clearly defined nor antagonistic As regards tho currency, much has already been setllfd rather through the force ol eir- cnmstanrc3 than bv tho foresight of cither of the pirtles, white both show equal reluc tunce In grapple with what remains. With rerct tothu tarilT. we in uo way recognize that protection is at stake in tho present canvass in the sense in which the Republi can malingers would have us oebevo TJn utterances of both parties In their respective platforms are so nearly identical that there can hetoiind no definite contention betweHU them. Besides, the power of tho Executive to determine tho reveuuo legislation ot tho country is too remote to render this a cm trolling factor Iu a presidential canvass Thedeoisiou rests with Coiigiess, and the intelligent voter eau have no difficulty in separating his Congressional lrom his Kleo toral ticket and in thus satisfying his eou. victinns in both directions. Many ol the members of this Association are pronounced pmtrctionists whose iiilerrsls are largely de pendent, as tncy believe, on the coniiuiied prosperity of the manufactures fostered ly the tarill', and they can recognize no danger to these interests I mm the success of the candidate of a party which in the last Ses sion of Congress oij showed in its efforts at larilf reviiiuu its own hopeless division on the subject, and was forced at Chicago to adopt uu expression of policy so nearly ukin to that of its rival. We, iu Philadelphia nn longer ago than last February, had an example of tho skill with which the tariff ran be unfairly used by self seeking ai tlciatisto frighten tho jieople to their suv prt,and wo do uot promise so soon again to be deceived in the same manner, As regards the reform of the Civil Service we sen the fame Isck of distinction betwreu the parties. To tho Independent members of both, it is an object of the most earnest solirllude.wlille hy the working machine of both it is regarded with scarcely concealed aversion. If the distinguished Democratic author ofexistinglegislatlon was proscribed by the Bosses of his own State for liis lead lug position in the reform, un the other hand the UepiiUlceti Notional Ommitteo has been seeking every device whereoy to evade the legal penalties of assessing office holders, end it lus recognized, as its repre seutive iu Virginia, General Mahoue, well known ss oue of Ike insist reckless spoils men of the age. The permanent establish ment oftlie principle of this rilurui now depends mainly" upBn tlie faithful execution, of tit present lav In Utter aud 'spirit. A President earnestly In Its favor can infuse lis spirit throughout the service) a President secretly opposed to it can render It virtually nugatory. It would thcreforo be Impossible for any friend of reform to justify the sup port of ona vi ho,! Ike Mr. Jltalne, as Speakor ol tho House, delayed Its progress for years, when, to uso the language of tho New lork Tribune, of Juno I874l "Mr. Blaine, with 'distinguished ability,' appointed a com mlttea on that subject (civil service reform) which strangled the reform and ccalped It, slid then executed awardnnco over it.' No stronger contrast can be presented than that of his principal opponent, who has been the faithful and efficient promoter of the reform and hss not hesitated for Its sake to alienate powerful sections of his own party, from whoso hostility thus arousod the Republicans draw their strongest hopes ofsuccessin the ponding elestlon. Not the least of the material interests in Tolved In the canvass ore those which would bo at the mercy of the foreign policy of tho Executive if it should fall into the hands of Mr. Blaine. During the few months in which, three years ogo, heoo copied tho Department of State, he deycl oped a brilliant incapacity which is full of pregnant warnings for the future. Wonoed only refer to his neglect to vindicate the rights of American citizens imprisoned Abroad without trial, while inviting a re- bull' from England by his blundo's over the Cloyton-Bulwer Treaty; to his uncalled for Interlcrcneo with Mexico about the Gautcmela boundry, resulting in annthsr and even more decided rebuff; and to bis ronrertlng his high office into a claim agency for adventurers in his guano policy with unhappy Teru. With an intellect so unbalanced at the brad of affairs, thecnun try could never feel secure that it '.night at not at any moment find itielf Involved in complications rendering war virtually un avoidable, ami all industrial and merchan Hie interest would suffer Incalculably from this prolonged and continued uncertainty. Yet above all in Its importance is the is- suo which the Itepublican party raised jiheii it nominated as its candidate a man convicted out of his own mouth of prostitut ing foi gain the public trusts confided tn him. We fail lo see how any citizen can read the correspondence between Mr. Blaine and Mr Warren '. isher, Jr., with the evi dence taken by the Judiciary Committee of tho Foity-fourlh Congress, and not be convinced that Mr. Blaine was eager to sell his official position and use bis official in fluence as Speaker of the House, in what ever manner might best serve his personal interests. Whether it was in Liltlo Rock bonds, or a National hank charter, or a share in the Nort em Pacific Railroad, he exhibited liii.-"-ii as an active trader when ever official influence was to be exchanged for money or money's worth. Nor was his position Improved by his attempts at de fence, consisting of falsehood, evasion, and refusal to explain on the ground that these were his "private ofTiirs," as if theSpeok erofthe House of Representatives could have any "alfuirs" of business Involving his personal honesty and official honor, too 'private" for acknowledgment and ex planation. Conspicuous us be has been in Congress, Mr. Blainn's'name is not promi nently connected with a single act of well Irvised slatemanshlp; he has risen from poverty to wealth on a meagre Congression al salary, and the revelations of his corres pondence suggests tho way in which that wealth has probably been acquired. These charges are directly relevant to his c.iiuiid acy;they have not beeu newly sprung on the country for political purposes in the heat of a presidential campaign. Tho nomination ol such a man for tho highest honor in the land is in itself a challenge to the conscience ol eyery voter. It shows the degradation to which our po litical life has sunk when shrewd mana gers ran persuade themselves that the American people are too obtuse to care for official integrity in their rulers. If that persuasion should be justified by siiCv-ossin November If the people decide that a huckster of official influence shall occupy the chair of Washington, it Is impossible to overestimate the lasting and deplorablo in fluence which such an example will exert on tho future of tho nation. The Republi can party triumphed because it was tho parly of moral Ideas. It has now, by the selection of its standard bearer heconio the party of immoral ideas, and only defeatcan regenerate It. This Commitleo has delayed its appeal tn Its fellow-citizens to see whether onv ex planation ot tho charges against Mr. Blaine would bo made which would relievo him from their weight, hut the npnlngiea olferrd thus far liaro only admitted the truth of tho accusations, while seeking to extenuate them Believing therefore that he. is unlit for the lofty position to which he aspires, and that the ticket is not improved by tho vice presidential candidate, the Coinmitle o confidently nntieipnes that the result of the canvass will show that the independent strength is sufficient eliher to loren the Re publican party to relorm itself, or to justify the formation of a new organization which shall filly represent tho higher political as pirations which are to dominate tho future. Co operation and correspondence are so lieited from all citizens who share in these views. By order of the Committee, HENRY C. LEA, President. Lixcols B. EvaR, Secretary. PLAYING WORKINQMEN AS FOOLS. Philadelphia Times: The Republican leaders profess intenso hntility to cheap contract 1'alian nud nuugarian labor, but it happens that many of them prefer the cheaper imported contract 1 ibnr to legitimate home labor and legitimate wages. Up in the anthricite coal region the Republican seem inclined to go farther than the mere employment of imported contract labor. List week they gather ed up ICO IImi;srians in the ILizletnn region, shipped llietn to Wilkes B.irre nud naturalized them, free of cost, to vote the Itepublican ticket at the next election. It is hardly tn be expected that Calvin Wells aud William Lilly, promineut ovndidates nn tho electoral ticket, would protest against the employment and en franchisement nt party cost of imported Hungarian contract laborers; but there nre Itepublican leaders who sincerely de sire, to elevate and requite borne labor, and they should not be silent. There is now very general distrust among the workingmen of the Hepubli oau cry of protection, aud that is one of the chief perils of the party and its na tional ticket, Workingmen are intelli gent, and they not ouly see and under stand, hnt tFey feel very keenly the de ceit of the cry of protection o reward labor, when the tariff is higher than can be justified hy either parly, and labor is illy paid and little more thau balfeix. ployed. Don't play workiugmen for fosU; they won't stand It, thU'e all. FROM WASHINGTON j Special to the UAnnoH Advooitk. Wasuinoiox, Oct, 4, 1831. The International Prime Meridian Con ferenoe reassembled this afternoon. Ad miral lUdgcrs presided and Mr. W. F. Peddrick was acting secretary. The following vvcra elected sprcial scientific secretaries of the conference, Prof. Jaus sen, of Fr.ince; Geu. Straohey, of Great Britain nnd Dr. Luis Oruls. of Brazil. A resolution was adopted declaring it to be tho opinion of the conference tbat a common prima meridian for all nations was desirable. Prof. Itotherford, one of the delegates representing tho United States, offered a resolution that the con ference should recommend to the gov ernments repriscntod the adoption as n standard meridian of tbat passing through the centre of the transit instru ment at Greenwich. This resolution was opposed by the representees of Frauco aud gave rise to on nuimated and at times heated debate, iu the course of which the French dele gates manifested some feeling. The oinferenco then adjourned to Mouday, October Cth. This conference is the result of n reso lution iutroluced into Congress year be Tore lust by the lion. Koswell P. Flower, empowctiug the Pfesideut to call it. The desirability of snob n conference had been repeatedly urged by both Euro- pean aud American scientific bodies.aud certainly uo country could more fitly ar range and superintend it than our own. The mainland, continental possessions of the United States span more than one huudred degrees of longitude, between PussBinsqnoddy Bay aud Behring Straits, and throughout tbtsu domains no are afflicted with a double first meridian, as the iuspection of tho top und bottom lines of uuy school map will show. Commodore Schley was the recipient td-dey of a gold medal from the Massi- chusetla Huruano Uociety. Tbo medal is about two inches in diameter and an eighth of au inch in thickiKss. On oue sirio is Inscribed, "To Commandtr Wiu- field Scott Schley, 0. S. N , for his dis tinguished and memorable service iu res cuing Lieut. Greely aud his men, Juue, 1884." "Humane Society of Massachu setts," sui rounding a shield, Ou this are repnsentatious of relief boats, two clasped bauds, and a vessel encountering drilling ice. About the shield is the representation of a house in which rellel boats are kept. The society is composed of some of the moat prominent citiz ns of the Commonwealth of M issjachu-etts. A prominent Ohio Republican who ar rived here this moruing says there is much comment in that Slate over the impaired physical and mental coudltion ol Mr. Blaine. He Baid Mr. Blaino was very much enfeebled by thu ordeal of haudshaking and speechmaling through which he bad gone. HB said that Mr. Blaino will be compelled to tike n re,t before going into uuy other State of tho West. Official absenteeism, which has lonu beeu a serious abuse, is carried to a greater extent than eyer this year. It bus beeu difficult at auy time for weeks to fiud a number of tbeGibiuet in Wash ington, w bile tho important bimati olll cera baye also taken French leave in or der to visit watering-places or to moke political speeclus in'tLe State canvassis preliminary to tbo general contest. The death of Chaiilran, the character actor, and the breakiui? cloivii of John McOullongh, the tragedian, are events o: melancholy nterest to tbo American Dtiblio. No more genial man thau John McCnllough ever lived, nud be drew around bim hosts of friends, who i ow realizo sadly that bis once fiuo physique 1ms been so shattered tbat if ha should recover from his presout deplcnble at tack he cau hardly hope agaiu to be the mail he once was. I uo not know the exact number of millions of dollars that "Boss" Shepherd is raid to huve expended iu the improve ments nt the capital, hut the fact is pat ent lo every stranger lhat Washington is tho finest city iu the world. Think ol forty-eight miles of smooth concreted streets, shaded on eithi r sido by uiaginfi. cent trees of the best varieties! Thupiob- leiu of municipal oleaulintss, too, is solved by the excellence of the streets aud the thoroughness with which they o.ui bo swept by the modern sweeping wagons. Iu the last ten years, then, we have seen that Washington has improved inoro than it had from the tiuio of its riiundatiou at the b. ginning oftheceu lury. nud iu the next decade, wbeu the whnle city shall have undergone, tlm re juveuating proci sses that Shepherd a . plied lo the favored por inns of it, th American citiz"u will possess n Capil, I that he may well be proud of As t ilsj sanitary condition, Washington has Ion-. been regarded as au unhealthy spot b - cause of its malarial i fluenccs, bu' Congress has takeu hold of the work ot removing the cause of this comnlaint, In the filling up of tho Potomac Flats, the dredging of the river, and widening the channel so as- to secure an uiiliiterruptod flow of the Polnmao waters on the oe. casinns of spring and summer floods. Beside thls.tbe cily is building the larg est sewer in the world, a conduit more than four miles in length, and twenty-six feet In diameter, Mreto ing across the northern end of tho city large enough, ns you may well suppose, for tbo most stupendous future lhat may ho predicted forthn capital. It is announced that Mr. Cox. Chair man of the Ilnuse Commitleo on Naval Affairs, ba already matured a bill look ing tn the rehabilitation of the American navy by (be immediate construction oi twtlve line of bull ships, as n com mencement. tn be followed yearly by the addition of smaller hut equally effective vessels, France with not a dollar of sur pins In the treasury, is building fourteen first-clas war-vessels of tbo most power Tnl description, with eight iron-clad ej. clinlrely for coist defens-, while Eng land in addition to tier already pnwerfnl fleet is building seven Urge war-vessels nnd five iron-clad cruisers. The twelve ships tbat Mr. Cix'a bill provides for.are to bo each equal in strength and armalnre to that of the French ships, which rf course will he of the best fighting power With the French completed, England will no longer bold her position of superiority ou the seas cither in the number or strength of her maritime armirnent, tlinngh In the matter of iron- j slaiU she will long remain at tho bead, Germany will be the third in, "point f naval Btrength. Italy with her American built vessels will be lourlb, Russia filth aud Austria sixth. Bnssia is now build ing three battle ships and three iron-clad cruisers. Germany Is nearly ready to lanuoh a powerful iron-clad cruiser and two iron-clad gun boats, Austria one battle-ship of six thousand tons burt&er. Denmark one Iron-clad for coast defense, nud the United States four steel cruisers besides the "Miautoiiounih" nud tLo "Monadnock," the former of which has beeu the subject of n good deal of sport ing criticism, and the latter humorously alluded to as the second addition of Noah's ark. It would be indeood a cruel dlsap. pointmeut if it were discovered that the relics of Gen. Washington and other notables of a by-gone period, which had been so long on exhibition nt the Patent Office, were not genuine at all. But the recent developments relative to the fraudulent cbntacter of Santa Anna's unllorm, a dirty, tan-colored anit that the Mexican born would have abhorred has si nken our faith iu the traditionary enarncter oi uu mcsn support! relics. Washington's deer-skin breeches which he is Haiti to havo worn upon his suivey ing expeditions when a vonug man.Nho htm either to have been a man of most awkward make-up or ns having exceed ingly poor tr.sto iu his cholco of a tailor. For the credit of Washingtnu and Li Fayette, and tho rest of them, we think it would bo well enough to consider the entire outfit of relics as entirely bogus, ami gotten up merely to nurse our patriotism. Tlie Examiner OP KEW VvHK CITY, 18 THB I.VADINO, TIIK MOST WIDELY CIRCO LATKP, A71D TnS CHEAPEST BAPTIS" NEWSPAPER IS TIIK vvontD, IT WILL nB BENT TO ALL SUBSCRIBERS, OLD A TIO NUW, TOR Two Dollars a Year, rAVASLK IN ADVANCE. A Trial Trip. Those ileslrlnsc to see the paper as It Is ho fore heeoniln regular subserlbers can niaka a "trial trip" lrom October 1, 1834, to Janu ary 1, 18S5, FOR FIFTY CENTS. The iiubllMiers liavo determined tn make the i trim Oiu Fame to all lintclo nnd cluli sittje'frlberi' bflicvlnjf It tho wIsi'H policy to hnro litrcct a Irrulutlon nt tho lowest pop. Flble price, nnd h.ivu everybody recelroTilK KX MINKIt nt one low mte. Stmd tor sample copy, or tnke a "trial trip," nntl you will llnd (hat TIIK KX AMI NKK 1? on of the largest sized etitht p-iRe paper, nnd Is distinctively a Family News i'liper, with liitei't'S Ing ami Instructive read Ing for every iniinht-r ot the hoiuiiliold, from the oldest to the y tinned in making It the editor has tho-co-uporatlim of the lies l newepHper. inn uh zinc mid review writers ot (he day tn short that Is an outSpkaki no WHIE, AWAKK, AM) COM I'RKHKASl VIC NKW8 PAl'f It, FOU 1HK 1'KOl'LK. For Bduiple copivs. t it tup to airents. &c, addresi Til K 12XAA1INKK, UoJC 361, New York. Sept C7 w3 Election Proclamation Pursuant to an Act of General Assem bly of tliu Coinmtmveiiltli of Pennsyl vania, entitled "An Act relating to the Elections in this Commonwealth," ap proved tho 2nd day of July, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, und a further supplement to that Act, approved January 30th, 1874, I, Charles V. Lentz, Sherill1 of the County of Carbon, Pennsylvania, do hereby make known and give notice to the electors of the county aforesaid, that on the 1"1 HST TUESDAY A l'TKIl THE 1'IKST MONDAY OF NOVE.MUEH, being the 4th OF NOVEMIJEK, Anno Domini one thousand eight hun dred and eighty-four, at which time tho following officers are to be voted for : TIIIKTY PEKSONS for Electors to cast the vole of Pennsylvania for Presi dent and Vice-President of the United States. ONE PEKSOX to represent the State of Pennsylvania at large in the House ol Congress of the United States. ONE PEKSOX, in conjunction with tho counties of Monroe, Montour,CoIum bin, Pike, nnd the townships of Nesco peck, Itlaek Creek, Sugar 1iaf, Ilutler, lliulc, Foster, Hear Creek, Pucks, Soar ing llrook, S.iloni, llollenbach, Hunting don, Fuirinount, Spring Iirook, ami the lloroughs of Dunmore, New Columbus, (ioldsboro, White Haven, Jeddo and lta.leton, in Luzerne and Lackawanna counties; for the ollico of Itcprescntative in the Coiwrcss of the United States. ONE PEKSOX for Associate Judge of Lariion Louniv. TWO PEKSONS to represent the County of Carbon in thoGeneral Assem bly of Pennsylvania. ONE PEKSOX for Treasurer of Car Imvii Cmiitv. OXE PEKSQXfor the ofiicesof Regis ter ami tieoonier ot uiruon Lountv. TWO PEKSOXS for Commissioners of Carlton Count v. TWO PERSOXS for Auditors of Car bon County. The freemen residing in that part ol Hanks township known as the Audenricd district, will hold their election in the school hutisc iu Audeuried. The-frceincn rosiding in that part of Hanks townsiup known as t lie lieavcr Meadow district, shall hold their elec tion at tlie school house at J.eviston, in said township. Tho freemen of tho township of East Pcim will hold their election ut tho pub lic house of Penrose George, iu said township. Tho freemen of the tuwnship of Lower Towameiising will hold their election at the public house of Wallace llhoads, in said town-hiii. Tho fieemen of the township of Frank lin will hold their election at the public house of Edward Kaber, in said town ship. Tho freemen of the borough of Lc higlilon will hold their election nt the public houso kept by J. W. Kaudonbush, in said borough. The freemen of tho township of Lau sanne will hold their election nt the female school houso in liuck Mountain, in said township. The freemen of the township of Le high will hold their election in the school houso in Kockpurt, iu said town ship. The freemen of tho borough of Weath erly will hold their election at tho pub lic house of J, Stolllct, in xaid borough. Tho freemen of tho First Ward of the borough of Munch Chunk will hold their election at tho public house of J. S. Keiscr, iu said borough. The freemen of tho Second Word of the borough of Mauch Chunk will hold their election at the public house kept by Frederick Stahl, in said borough. ' The freemen of East Mauch Chunk will hold their election at the publio house of Christopher Cumin, in said borough, Tho freemen of tho township of Ma honing will hold their election ut the public house of Thompson J, McD-inicls, in said township. The freemen of the township of Peun Forost will hold their election at the public houso of Enos Koch, in said town ship. Tho freemen of the township of Upper Tovratuenting will bold their election nt tho public houso of John Weiss, in said township. Tho freemen of tho township ot Packer will hold their election at tho publio houso of , In said township. Tho freemen in that part of the town ship of Mauch Chunk, residing within tho Summit Hill district, will hold their election ut tho Town Hall, iu tho village of Summit Hill. The freemen of that nart of tho town. ship of Maucii Chunk, residing within t,n y.,,.i ,i!..,.:4 ..m i n ,.. .,vfiiii;iuiii,i lUBiini. ,,111 iiuiii their election at the public house of ienj. uxicy, in tho village ol iNcsquc honine. Thc freemen residing in that part of Kiouer township known as tho south district, will hold their election at tho public house of Paul Danncr, in said township. The freemen residing in that part of iviuucr imYusinp, Known as norm uis- tnct, will hold their election in the pub lie houso at Bridgeport, in said town' ship. The freemen of tho borouch of Parrv. viile will hold their election attho house of Dildlno Snvdcr. in said borough. Tho freemen residing in tho election district of Packerton will hold their election in the public school lniililiiiir. The freemen residing in tiio election district of Lansford, will hold their cleo lion nt the public house of Geo. Evans. The freemen of the lmrough of Weiss port will hold their election nt the nub ile house of Henry Christman, in said borough. I also mako known nnd give notice, ns in and by the 13th section of tho afore said act, I am directed, that "every per son cxcentinir Justices of the Peace, who shall hold any oflico or nppuinment of profit or trust tinder tho Government of the Unitcil States or of the State or City or incorporated district, whether com missioned officer or otherwise, u subordi nate officer, or agent, who is, or shall ho employed under the legislative, liidiu.irv or executive department of this State or the United States, or of tiny City or in corporated district, and also that every member of Congress nnd tho Lccisttitm-'e and the select and common council of any city, commissioner of anv incor porated district, is by law incapable of Homing or exercising ai ine same lime the ollice or appointment of iudec, in spector or clerk of any election of this commonwealth, and that no inspector or judge, or any other olficerof said elec tion, tlmll be eligible to any office then to be voted for. "In case the person who shall have re ceived the second highest number of votes for inspector shall not attend on the day of election, then the person who shall have received the next highest number of votes at the last spring elec tion shall act as inspector in his place. And in case the person who shall have received the highest number of votes for inspector shall not attend, tho person elected judge shall appoint an inspector in his place, or if any vacancy continue an hour after the time fixed by law for the opening of the election, the ipialified voters of the township or ward or dis trict, for which said officer shall havo been elected, present at the place of elec tion, shall select one of their number to 111 1 such vacancy. '"It shall be the duty of the several assessors respectively, to attend at the place of holding every general or special or township election during the time said election is kept open, for tho pur pone of giving information to the inspec tors and judges when called on in rela tion to the right of any person assessed by them to vote at such elections or such other matters in relation to the assess ment of voters as tlie inspectors, or either of them shall from time to time renu i.e. Act of 30th June, 1874. Sec. 5. At all elections hereafter held under the laws of this Commonwealth, the polls shall bo open nt seven o'clock a. in., and closed at seven o'clock p. m. Given under my hand at Mauch Chunk the 22ml day of September, A. 1)., one thousand eight huudred anil eighty-three, and of tlie independence of the United States the one hundred and ninth. CHAS. W. LEXTZ, Sheriff. Siikriff's Office, Mauch Chunk, Pa., Oct. 4th, 1884. FARMERS Loot to Your Interests ! ! Agricultural Implements CHEAPER THAN EVER ! A One-Horse Tread-Power and Thresher, complete, lor 100.00. A Two-horse Tread-Power and Thresher, complete, for $125.00, Made of the best material and by the best mechanical skill. Guar anteed to give satisfaction or no sale. Wo also mannfaetnro a variety of PLOWS, which will be aol-J cheap. ritV THEM, E. B. Maksii cc Bno., Props, Hamilton Fonniry and MccMiic Sn:p Snydenville, Monroe Co., T. aug. 30, 18H4-3ui CALL AT THE I NOVELTY STORE,! next to the Advocatk o(Bf, Bankway, Lehighton Pa,, For Oentt' Underwear Hois fo r La. dies, (ientlemcn and tlhllilreo, Japan e;o und other I'ooktt llandkerelilefa. uiien.1erl, Ta bio t'lothri. lied Hiirexlf, Towels and Toweling, Couiba. Shoe Brushes. Hair limine. Feather Duitera, Paprand (envelope, Fi-nt, Allium, liar uionlcai. Accordeons. Knives and Forks, 1'iicket Knives, Huior Strain. Fins, Needles, and a lame variety of other articles which we art tcllliiK at very Low I'rlces FUlt U A 8 II. Call and tie convinced that weMrtti-etl Iuk poods at a 1 most tl o BT ladles' Dress Buttons from cents to II cents per doisn Lisle Thread Oloves, fcr Ladles and Misses from II cents to'Aleentl. Ml.s's and Children! Lacr Collar! at 0,10 and 12 rents each. Gents' nckwear. Hows, Kcnrli and Collar! The "Banner" Collar only 10 cents ier box. Lace I, a and lu ssnts I ci jard. July it ,M Trl" m tswHtBrVii tismus! E fed Rtl Cough tirup. Tu tea Rood. Um In Umtofd byclniggtit frfr It. PENN SMITH & CO.. Aro prepared to sell to Dealers, Lime Burners and Consum crs, at their BREAKER at LEHIGHTON, Pa., L1HM COAX At Mam!! ClftMukI'riceSj, Delivered into wagons at the following rates, 2240 lbs. to the ton : Lehigh Egg, - $3.15 Stove, - - . - 3.15 Chestnut No. 1, - - 3.00 Ol 1, L M " 4 -tl- Buckwheat, Culm, if TERMS JulT 19, ltt.Lly Fall and Winter Trade ! fce., fce. Our Yonnp; Ladles and Oentlcmen will And It to their advantage to cIto htm call before i.uivlmslnic elsewhere, as thev will find the BEVT SKLKCThD STOCK la Town AT BUl'TOHl t'xtlUKS. Oil Post Office Biiliic Aprl 4. 1853-ly JAMES Dealer in STOYES AND TINWARE, lias removed to his now Store Room, opposite Clauss & Brother's Tailoring Establishment, on Bank St., Leliigliton, Pa.. Where he will be pleasrd to and customers. Ho! For New Goods! Have received an enormous stock of OIIOICE GOODS, comprising Groceries, Queensware, etc, Old Post-Office Building, Bank St. Lehightoi?. BEND FOR TRIAL DOX 'iOi.0.,'.v-cSVv CIRCULAR FREE 1838. Established 46 Tears. 1884. MARVIN SAFES. 0- Marvln'a is tlie only Bafo with absolutely dry filling. Marvin's Is the only Safe liavlni tho "tongue end groove" Improvement. Marvin a is the only Safe having a continuous projecting flange im the hinge side of door. Marvin's is the only Safe In which the ilixir and frame aro inter-locked at all points. Marvin's is the only Safe In which '.be door joints will nut and canuot open and spread by the action of heat, ..... Marvin is the only Bale tueback oi wiucn cannos uo removeu mm a common ecrawnriTcr. Eeinember that no other make of Safe has even the equivalent of Marvin's tongue and groove frame with sliding back-plate." Marvin Safe Co., 623 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Agent, ANDREW SHIVE, Near L. & S. Depot. Leliig'hton, Pa. March I, mi-mt Bring in yonr Jo) Work. - - 1.05 50 CASH. Tho undersigned calls the attention of his many friends and patrons to his Large and Fashionable Stock t Fall ai Winter GogAs, Consisting of BOOTS AND SHOES Of every description and Style In tke Market, Including a special line or Lady's Fine Shoes Also, a rail line or Umbrellas, Parasols, Hats, Caps, 51 BANK Street, LEHIGHTOH WALP. receive his numerous friends I WEENY & SOtf Read What a Patient says of it: "Tlie Pastilles I purchased from Ton In Aagvut rirovc to me must cuucluiivnly tbat rwh!lo tbera U ire there Is hope." They did their work rarb. vond mv utmost expectations, for I certainly did Sit .et that a l"ablt of KtiUKTEEN YKiliiV DURATION could be completely rotten under con trol In the exceedingly short lime of two montna 1 can assure vnu that no false modesty will keep mo from doing all that 1 can In addlnsr to the sncceaa wblcu will surely crown so bcnenciai a remeuy." AbOTOextractfroaaletterdated-W.Ya 10-X, Era The PaiUllea are prepared and Bold only by thA HARRIS REMEDY CO. UPC CHEMISTS, SO0.''N,IOUi.8t 8T. LOUIS, MO. Crs UatVi trcatsat S3, two tasit 13, tlm nntte T ., , ... j , improvement, or tlie "solid forged Call and examine.
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