tC.IIOIITOK.PA.:
SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1SS5.
Intern! tit the Li'lilgliton iwft-ullicc he
Second Claw Mail Mutter.
CxuroEXiA has a State Hoard of
J'-ilucatloti, which has just elected a
"literary proof reader and editor In
chief" at a talary of $200 per month.
An applicant for appointment on the
Kansas City (Mo.) police force received
a. blank to fill out, one of the questions
being, "What is the general state of
your health?" To this he appended
"Mir.ourl."
Tni Department of Agriculture Is re
ceiving many requests for silkworm
figgt, and replica that they cannot bo
hlpped successfully till fall. Mulberry
tree and a satisfactory climate aro es
sential, tho South being the best Hold of
Ubor..
Hamiton lias enrolled this year 075
students, of whom 5-18 were negroes and
127 Indians. With the 300 little colored
children In tho "Butler" primary day
school, this makos over one thousand
pupils who rccelvo Instruction on Its
grounds.
Ik the Journal det Debats M. dc Tar
vfllc says he was present at tho birth of
Ihe word "microbe," and that "It came
Into existence In the hall of tho Acade
mic des Sclcuces one Monday In Febru
ary, at half past four in the afternoon."
This Is perhaps the only case on record
In which the introduction of a new word
has boin accurately timed.
Tub latest discovery of gold diggings
is In the Santa Itosa mountains of Chi
huahua, Mexico, an almost Inaccessible
.region, surrounded by arid deserts and
infested by rattlesnakes and hostile In
dians. Fabulous reports of wealth,
however, liavo started' the usual cara
vans of adventurous men to the locality
from Eagle Tass, New Mexico.
New Orleans Is satisfied with the
results of the Exposition. The retail
stores have done a more active business
than In what Is known as splendid years;
the hotels and boarding houses have
been crowded; the railroad lines have
had every car employed; the rents have
been higher, and many families havo
paid their rents through casual board
ers. Of the twenty "oldest Masons" In tho
world, so far as anybody knows, the
three who take precedence live in Great
Britain, and Sir Moses Montcflorc, cen
tenarian though he is, does not come
among them. So far as the Masonic
Token can tell, the really oldest Maion
is John Tressldcr of Falmouth, Eng
land, who was initiated In 1603, on the
Cth day of August. The oldest In
America still appears to bo Capt. Syl
vanm natch of Fort Lavacca, Texas,
Initiated in 1S09.
A German chemist advertises that he
will furnish Koch's comma bacillus
the supposed infective germ of cholera
"ready mounted on slides for popular
use in microscopes." As there seems
to be some foundation for I'rof. Koch's
statement that these germs though
harmless when dry, recover their activi
ty when moistened, the "popular" ml
croscoplst will do well not to fool with
these slides during this sumnierat least ;
he might accidentally drop one of them
into a pitcher of drinking water.
Jon H. Jackson-, President of the
Delaware Car Works, made a remark
able address to the joungincii of Wil
mington on business success. Amcng
his Illustrations were S. F. B. Mono,
the inventor of the telegraph; George
'Stephenson, Johu Wanamaker, Alex
ander T. Stewart, Cornelius Vandcrhilt,
Teter Cooper, II. II. Claflln, Senator
Brown of Georgia, who, ho says, "could
not. .read at manhood, but with such
odds lie became a Governor, Judge and
Senator;" cx-Senator Davis of West
Virginia, who started life ns a brake
man; Austin Corbln, Shclburn S. Mer
rill and John Itoach.
This death of Victor Hugo marks the
close of one of the most romantic careers
of this century. Born to a noblo name,
he announced himself a democrat and
refused all titles. He waged relentless
war against the conventionalisms if his
time, alike in literature and society.
Uc took an active part in politics, and
his scathing satires on "Napoleon the
Little" had much to do with the fall of
the second Empire. Ills last days were
passed in his beloved Farls, surrounded
by friends and praised above the lot of
inost men of letters. Ills genius was of
a lypo that the Anglo-Saxon finds It
hard to comprehend, and no one of Eng
lish blood can fully understand tho fe
rret of the French idolatry of him. To
Ms bo .seems erratic and visionary to a
degree. While wo recognize his great
merits, they seem to ns almost over
shadowed by Ids glaring faults. It Is
the same lack of sympathy that prevents
Frenchmen from understanding Shakes
pcarp and Jdlltou.
Diu Fkkhan of Barcelona has "vacci
nated" moro than 300 persons, among
whom were several medical men, with
an attenuated cultivation pf cholera
virus. Tiie symptoms of actual inocu.
Jatloqirereprpnouncd and unmistakable.
After convalescence vas f pUy establish
fd, 'a more active dpse pf the c ultivAted
vims was. injected under the skin, and
iutarJaWy without further effect, a act
which would soem to show tliat the
perspn was no Jouger susceptible to the
contagion of cliolsra. A JJarcelpna
coinmlssipa of inquiry and a Madrid
commission of .medical' experts have
rortd favorably upon th good main
likely to accrue-from these experiments,
and tbs Scejapjan Fathers brought sll
lhrl pupils fprwari! for acclnatlcn.
Whether the Inoculations Mill be lasting
er not, or be snfliclcnt.to protect in the
hCttW' jiKisnce of cholera, remains to
te "proven iJj, Ferrai has a high
r pu'aiUm .n.nn.fircmule observer In
lologloul IttYCfct&Jtlous connected with
dl tease.
Is U' Frctbyteriau General Assem
bly, at Cincinnati, Monday moriiIiig,tui
lv. Dr. JL 11. Allen, Sectvtar of the
Frt-s ltneu's AU Society, ald: ' Twenty
jcari o. at t'i c'oe if ). - ti.,-?t-
wcro In Ihe Southern States 3,047,000
colored people, and now there aro moro
titan 7,000,000. Then thcro were in
M lsslsslppl 220,000 negroes ; now (150,000.
Then thero were In South Carolina -100,-000;
now moro thau 000,000. Five
hundred' colored babies arc born In the '
United States everyday. The colored
population of the United States doubles
every twenty years; tho white popula
tion only once in thlrty.flvo years.
Eight years will not ha-o passed before
the negroes will be In a numerical ma
jority in some of the Southern States.
At the present rate of increase, In 1083
there will be 00,000,000 whlto people In
theUnltedStatcsand 102,000,000 colored
people. Tho day Is not far distant when
It will bo a physical Impossibility to con
tinue tho present practical disfranchise
ment of tho colored man of the Southern
States. In South Carolina ho has
bought and paid for 270,000 acres of land
which he cultivates. In the South he
pays taxes on $01,000,000 of property,
Ho Is editing, printing and publishing
100 newspapers, and yet of the 7,000,000
colored pcoplo of this country more thau
0,000,000 cannot read nor write."
TnK Harrisburg Telegraph (Iicpubll
can), pays the following tribute to Hon,
John D. Biddls, State Senator from this
district: "In the front row of seats, and
at tho extreme end of it, near the fire
place, on the Democratic sldo of the
Chamber, sits the "lightest weight,"
physically, lu the Senate, Hon John D.
Biddls, who represents, with marked
ability, tho 22nd Senatorial District,
comprising the countlei of Monroe,Plke
and Carbon. Mr. Biddls was born at
Milford, Pike county, July 0, 1840, and
Is, therefore, just In his prime. The
Idea that "good goods ore done up In
small parcels" is most strikingly illus
trated In tho case of the Democratic
Senator from Pike, Light In weight and
small In stature, he Is heavy as a man of
ability as well as largo In the way of
brains. It Is to bo regretted that when
the Democrats do In some Inexplicable
way, blunder In to getting a man like
Biddls Into the responsible position of
Senator, that party regulations, or the
rotation in office idea, should deprive
tho people of his services at the end of
one term, as it is most probable will be
the result In the election of a successor
to Mr. B. Some Democrat from Mon
roe or Carbon county will claim that it
Is the turn of his county to have the
Senator, and Senator Biddls, with all
his capacity, personal Integrity, Industry
and general aptness for general legisla
tive work, will in all probability, return
to his Milford law shop,"
Tiie scale conference of tho Iron man
ufacturers and the Amalgamated Asso
ciation, which had been In daily session
since Friday last.at Fittsburg.adjourned
slno die Monday evening without having
reached a settlement. The turn affairs
have taken Is a great surprise, as It was
thought that tho proposition of tho
Amalgamated Association to accept a
10 per cent, reduction would meet the
approval of the manufacturers. The
latter, however demanded other conce:
slons which tho Iron workers refused to
grant, and tho conference broke up. A
general strike on the 1st of June now
seems inevitable. Both sides appear de
termined to hold out. Tho Amalgamat
ed Association had their scale printed
and sent to all tho manufacturers In the
West on Wednesday. Tho ofllccr3 of
the association say that a number of
mill owners will accept their scale and
continue their mills in operation. Tills
Is denied by the iron masters, who as
sert that they never were as strongly
united as at present. Secretary Martin
of tho Amalgamated Association, In
speaking of the conference said: "Per
fect harmcny prevailed, but the manu
facturers wanted too much. In the in
terest of peace the iron workers' coin
mltteo made concession after concession,
until finally they wcro compelled to re
fuse to make any more changes." Mr.
Martin said they would stand out for
six months If it was necessary to gain
their point. If the mills close down,
nearly 100,000 men will be thrown out.
BroaflMm'slw York Letter-
SDecial to the Caiiiiox Aiivocate.
Few problems aro more d'fll-ult to
understand, than how the inhabitants of
a great city arc fed and sheltered. How
do they all live? Where do they get the
means to purchase food and raiment? It
would be an easy matter to solve the
problem If every man owned his own
house, or liad a regular Income; but
here are thousands of people who rise
In the morning, not knowing where
they are going to get any breakfast at
all; who wander about tho Mrects all
day, not knowing where they aro going
to lay their heads at night. The other
afternoon, 1 was walking down Broad
way and 1 saw two extremes meeting.
It was Mr. Astor and a tramp. The
Astors are tald to own a thousand
houses, some put it at twelve hundred;
the poor vagabond who touched elbows
with tho millionaire had neither a roof
shingle nor a hearthstone yet the
. ..u.iijf imu ins un-.iiw.i9b iiiiu uiniier as
I well as Mr. Astor not as delicate
cookery, perhaps, but enough: and he
found a place to rest his head at night;
I It may havo been a police station, or on
1 a jark bench, but the chances arc a
hundred to one that he slept sounder
than Sir. Astor for I notice theso
. t ramps aro remarkably healthy sleeciierf .
I Here we are, two millions and a half of
people, within the radius of a few miles,
and after they aro all fed the markets
'are still overflow lug with abundance.
It Is wonderful. Again tho question
I comes back, whero do they all get means
, to go to market? Take ycurstand with
! me on Ilmarltrflv. wlipi-rt A,m
enters it beside the Herald office. It Is
three o'clock in the afternoon, and
hundreds of young strcet-anibs, male
and female, are waiting for the last Issue
of Uie Teteyrom. They aro a wild, un
kempt, unwashed crew but sharp as
llghtniug. ltude and pugnacious as
they arc, they recognize the rights of
propej-ty and liavo their own rude ideas
pf Justice, Jn tiie lines that lead to the
door, are llttje bits of fellows who could
not light a fly yet. nobody disturbs
them, and npbody tries to get their
places. Strange as it may seem, the
gills are the hardest and rudest charac
ters In the crowd. The wan whose
I uusineis it is to Keep order.bas his bauds
1 full to get along with them. Ho can
, deal out Minniiary justice to the boys
mw ui.ifg iiitui imu nue wuii a kick or
a blow, not to with the girls, and they
presume pn their Immuultv from pun
ishment, Tho oldest of tho crowd is
scarcely twelve ears of age and there
are plenty of them only six or seven.
Wo liavo in this eity a Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children a
blesicd association which jias done
much good. It lias rescued mlwrable
little wreteliM whose bitter lives have
been one dark vale of tears. Hit were
to stop now and do no more. It lias
earned au Immortal ciuuu: and yet. as
1 MiM.1 kvS.ii , v i, .-, in itl.A m w .tin
other day, so young, so tmcarcd for, so
apparently God-forsaken, I could not
help asking myself, where Is tho Society
for the Prevention of Cruelly to Chil
dren? They spent over one thousand
dollars to drag Little Corlnne the actress
from the stage, a child who sang a little
, song and danced a little dance, and who
, had every luxury and every care, who
: kept her carriage and horses and had
her own prlvato nurse, who lived at the
I best hotels and went clad in purple and
j nue iiurn: auuyci, so icanui were incsc
i good gentlemen that her health and her
inorais wouiu sunerinat incy wantcu to
I tnltn tttA rlillil frnin iliA tfirvt nt itu inntli.
cr. Have they no word for these miser
able waifs who sell the Telegram, tho
Herald, the Netcs, and other morning
and evening papers. Often, as I bend
my step homeward in the small hours
(for your city newspaper man Is a night
hawk) I hear those children crying their
papers down by the ferries, or opposite
the Bridge, for they dare not go home
till the last rumor is sold. Tills wild
; street life is bad enough for boys, the
I temptation to crime Is stronger than one
wuii icuui-iiG, uut, ii uwi iur mem, wuav
mi a'. It be for little girls cast at six and
seven years of ace on the wicked streets
of this great city. Here is n field for
missionary endeavor, and a harvest ripe
for tho sickle. Special missions are
open in different parts of the city, de
voted to particular ends; one looks out
loruic convict just released from prison
walls and tries to give him a chance to
make an honest living; another labors
among fallen women, and seeks to win
back from a life of shame those whom
thn priest and the Levito pass by. Who
will look after these children? They are
entirely oi torclgn parentage, their fath
ers and mothers have nlaced them on
the road to ruin, and the State must be
tncir latncr anil mother.
It Is wonderful, the different wavs re
sorted to to get a living without labor.
I have know n one old woman on Fulton
street, for sixteen years. She just wants
one cent to cross the ferry; she has a
nying cuna on tne otner siae, sue uas
one cent and only wants one more. She
has been trying to raise that cent to my
personal knowledge for sixteen years,
and I personally, In themoantlme, have
given her enough to pay her passage to
China; but she has never got to the oth
er side of the ferry yet. One old colored
woman made a cood llvinc for manv
years, taking up collections for "our
cnurcu;" snewas not particular about
subscriptions all was fish that came to
her net, from a yard of calico to a boiled
ham. On one occasion I met tho old
lady In a wholesale llnuor store What
was I doing there? well, I I was trying
to get the proprietor to abandon his
business and join the Sons of Temper
ance. Tho old lady was somew hat ex
hausted after a hard day's work, and the
proprietor asked her If she would take
some refreshment, and she said that she
dm not mind trying a little as medicine.
After putting herself on the outside of a
wholesome reviver, she presented her
subscription book for the upbulldlns of
Zion's African M. E. Church. The pro
prietor gravely ana carciully scanned
tho list, and said, "Auntie, I have not
got any money, but I'll give you a bottle
of whisky," "Lor brcss you honey,"
the old lady replied, "dat'll do jes as
well, 2nd suah as ycr bo'n I'll gib It to
do minister." A favorite racket Is, on
a stormy night for a woman with a little
baby in her arms, to rim: tho bell and
say thatshe has been, put out of her
uomo lor non-payment or rent, ami sue
has no shelter for herself or her baby
from the storm. It is not in flesh and
blood to withstand such an appeal as
mammi u is not uu inesame woman
with the same baby appears for the sev
enteenth time on tho same kind of a
stormy night that It suddenly occurs to
you inai mere is a coiorea gentleman in
the woodpile.
A nice little bit of romance was
brought to a head this week, in Brook
lyn. One night, about four weeks ago,
the passengers In a street car were
startled by seeing an old gentleman sud-
ueniy uinin at a vounir man wno sat be
side a very beautiful young lady, and
tain nuuwu ui uiutvs uu ins uevoieu
head. The youns man dashed for the
door and ran like a frightened deer or a
ten-nille racer; the young woman went
after him making excellent time consid
ering that she was not in racing costume,
aim me om genueman wno stepped on
a banana peel was disgracefully dis
tanced. He picked himself up however,
and after getting scraped, took a fresh
start for the Broadway ferry. In the
ferry-house he overtook tho fugitives
and pitched In again. A second time
tho young man started off, followed by
the young woinan.crying "police 1 police I
police 1" A policeman who happened to
bo accidentally on his beat, saw the fly
ing fugitive, put out his foot, tripped
him up and carried him off to the police
ollico; tho young woman declared she
was only hallooing for fun, and the
young man was discharged with a broken
nose. Tho old gent told the people In
the ferry-house that the lady was his
daughter, add that she had been led from
the straight and narrow path by the
scoundrel whom lie had just knocked
out, who was the proprietor of a fashion
able shoe store, and worse still, a mar
ried man.
Chapter the second. A poor woman
in Brooklyn, who had been living alone
for seventeen years in the most wretched
poverty, read the account in tho next
morning's paper, and putting that and
that together, she thought the old cent
who had llgured In tho boxing match of
the night before might possibly be an
acquaintance of hers. She hunted him
up the next day and found him living in
clover, with a good-looking wife to whom
he had been married for over twelve
years. The old lady went dow n Into the
pocket of her ulster and pulled out a
marriage certificate, twenty-two years
old, which no court has ever annulled.
She at once instituted a suit for bigamy,
nuu mis wecu sue was visited oy Her
daughter, the girl who ran after the fel
low in tne railroad car, and it now ap
pears the father stolo her from her
mother seventeen years ago, he then told
her mamma was dead and he brought
hcra brand new mamma. Tho daughter
bcRced very hard of her mother to let un
on the old man, but wife No. 1 was firm
as a rock, she could not forget her seven
teen years ot misery, and sho swears she
will send the old villain to Sing Sing If
it is the last act of her life. Meantime,
tho old man got up and dusted, and for
tho present, at least, is safe from sheriffs'
warrants and court process. Moral,
never allow your name to net Into tho
Iiapcrs, unless it is In connection with a
church concert or a Suhday school pic
nic, and even then be careful that you
have not two wives.
The death of tho wretched fool who
lost his life In attempting to leap from
the Brooklyn Bridge, removes one more
from the list of cranks with which this
unfortunate city Is afflicted. I have no
pity for him; It was a burning desire to
be talked about that urged him on; and
he hoped to make money fast as he grew
notorious. Of the same class Is Paul
Boynton. It is a great pity, when he
went to aftlx his bogus torpedo on the
English war-vessel the other night, that
the sentry on guard did not shoot him
and rid the city ot him.
The trial of the notorious Socialist
Justus Schwab brought out an official
announcement of the Socialists' belief.
First, they want no government. All
government is tyranny and should be
stamped out. No ricli men: a general
divide all around but he did not want
them to begin at the whiskey-mlll of
Mr. Schwab. No God, no church, no
organized society. Every fellow to do
just as ho liked and be allowed to take
all he could get to oppose hlin would
be tyranny: and he told the Judge that
he proposed to subvert the present order
of things as soon as he got a chance.
Nothing but clubbing will ever drive any
sense Into the thick heads of Herr
Schwab, Herr Most and fellows of like
Ilk. They seem to think that there is a
close association between the blessings
of universal liberty, dlrtv faces anil un.
kempt heads. A more shiftless, thrift-1
leu disreputable set of vagabonds I
never saw. I would not trust one of ,
litem ou roth, for ihev appear not to
have the slightest idea of the sanctity of
an oath. On the night of the riot police
captain McCullagh was knocked down
and they tried to kill him; last week
they swore that they heard no riot but
that the assembly was most peaceable
till attacked by the police. The jury
disagreed and Schwab got off for the
time, but as a measure of retribution
while ho was in prison, sorao of his
Socialistic friends broke Into his gin
mill and stole his pants and six bottles
of whiskey. I suppose the thieves looked
upon all laws as tyrannical restraint and
favored a general redistribution.
BROADBRIM.
FROM WASHINGTON
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, D. C, May 23, '85.
It was reported to-day that Secretary
Manning's retrenchment and reform
commission would recommend the abol
ition of tho system of book-keeping so
long and so successfully employed In
connection with tho stamp business of
the internal revenue bureau. Soinosuch
matter has been under consideration,
but no such sweeping course is contem
plated. The commission is satisfied
that the work can be simplified very
materially, and a change of system of
collecting me revenue is also under con
sideration. Secretary Manning thinks
that altogether too many officials arc
employed outside of Washington In this
work, and he will endeavor to dispense
with the service of a larce number.
S. W. Saxton, ono of the chiefs of di
vision in tho First Comptroller's ofllce,
received a request for his resignation
this morning and Immediately carried
the matter to Secretary Mannlmr and
asked whether It was his desire that the
resignation should be tendered. The
Secretary replied that he had not known
of the request and would tako the mat
ter under advisement. Major Saxton Is
an employe ot nitecn years experience,
durinc which he has risen from a low-
class clerkship, and has not voted since
1SUU.
An air of fracancc cmanatlncr from a
basket of choice flowers filled tho Wales
Court-Martial room this morning. At
tached to the basket was a small card.
on which was written, in a delicate
hand, "To Mr, Blair." The session of
the court to-day brought up the examina
tion of Mr. John Cook of the Fourth
Auditor's ofiicc in regard to the fraudu
lent vouchers of tho Bureau of Medicine
and Surgery, Navy Department, accom
panying the accounts of Pay Inspector
Richard Washington. A number of the
vouchers had been paid, though many
were suspcuucuior mo want ot eviuenco
of the delivery of tho goods, The trial
promises to bo a long and tedious one,
as tho case involves a great number of
alleged culpable acts of omission, furn
ishing ground for a wide variety of ob
jections, arguments and replies.
Commencements are budding all over
the land. The commencement season
means an Increase In the AVIilte House
mails. Nearly every college, seminary.
or other Institution that has a com
mencement sends the President an in
vltation to bo there. Heretofore tho
practico has not been general in tho
csoutn. nut tms year it is, The White
House mall bags fairly bulge out with
the mass of invitations to the President.
Tho Postmaster-General to-dav issued
an order directing that whenever any
postmaster oi tne urst-ciass snail liavo
remained in ollico for five years from the
date of the taking of his latest official
bond, lie shall executo a now bond in
manner with sureties, as required by
law, upon notice from the Department.
The State Department is draped in
moumlna out of resnect for the late
Secretary Frellnghuyson. It Is doubt-
tui wnctner any member or tne Cabinet
will be able to attend the funeral, al-
mougn occrctary uayaru Hopes to do so.
The funeral of the late Robert E. Od
ium, who met his death bv lumping
from the Brooklyn bridec. took place
yesterday afternoon from No. 504 Tliir
tecnth street northwest. The body lay
in one oi tne pariors, wnerc tne luncrai
sendees were held, surrounded by num
erous floral designs, a great beauty con
spicuous amongst these being the fac
simile of the Brooklyn bridge, which
was donated by the Light Infantry
Corps. Tho house was crowded with
the friends of the deceased, w ho listened
attentively. Father A hern, of St. Mat
thew's Church, pronounced a glowing
tribute to the dead athlete. The notori
ety which the deceased's last exploit
gained him attracted many from idle
curiosity, and a crowd of about 000 peo
ple gathered In the street and waited to
see the cortege start for tho cemetery.
If anybody ever knew, the fact Is
probably forgotten, that the last Con
gress condescended to confer a benefit
upon the people by reducing tho amount
of postago upon botli letters and news
papers. This law goes Into effect on the.
1st of July next, and provides that post
ago on letters shall ue two cents for each
fractional part of an ounce. From a thor
ough examination of the subject, it has
been found that only about live per cent
of the letters that are sent through the
malls exceeds half an ounce In weight,
so that It will be seen that the proposed
reduction is no great boon after all,
though it will go far to remove those ex
asperating doubts that frequently come
over the conscientious writer, whether
the envelope he has just sealed docs not
require double postage. Drop letters
after the 1st of July will require hut ono
cent postage, and this will have the ef-
icct to again reduce the demand for pos
tal cards, which fell off about sixty per
cent when the two cent postage law went
into ettect. 'i nc postage on newspapers,
when sent from the office of publication,
which has hitherto been two cents per
)ound, has been reduced to one cent per
pound, and this is a first-class codsend
to the big weeklies of tho country, whose
postago bills annually havo hitherto
mounted away up into thousands.
..u f,vjw vi, 'iun:iiiuK mu Lara
on elevated railways by electricity has
long been considered feasible, but has
not yet been put Into practical operation
because of the claims of several persons
for priority of Invention. Edison, who
has been claiming everything In theway
of applying electricity, was one claimant
for the discovery of this method of loco
motion, wiille Sir William Siemens was
another, and Mr. C. W. Field, of New
York, another. Through all of the
stages of the contest In tho Patent Office
here, Mr. Field has carried off the award
for the original discovery of the applica
tion, and this award has to-day been con
firmed by the Commissioner of Patent.
This decision under a recent opinion of
me supreme uouri, is a unaiiiy, and nr.
Field will at once proceed to apply ids
invention upon all the elevated roads in
New York City.
Decoration Day. which is always a
day of distinguished observance in
Washington, is to be more than usually
attended to this year, The President is
expected to speak at the exercises at
Arlington, and the usual amount of bad
poetry will be flung in by way of airing
me amouion oi mose wnose poetic souls
were disappointed by the cold, bleak
sprinc that we have had. Col. Jovce.
the Poet Leaurate of America, whose
divine afflatus has been appropriated by
Ella Wheeler, the Sweet Singer of
Chicago, will read one of his Iambic
effusions, surviving which, the audienco
will be treated to an idyllic effort from
the ien and tongue of Dr. Mary Walker,
OUR HARRISBURG LETTER.
From our Itegular Correspondent,
lUnmsuuito, Pa., May SO, 1885.
And now the Prunintr knife has been
laid on the appropriations. The hill to
provide 5480,000 tor the Western Peni
tentiary for bid Id i ng purposes has been
cut down to 570,000. This was a blov
on Mr. Snodgrass, who is chairman of
that committee, and was very anxious
to have all he asked f r, for his institu
tion TIlO Hll,llln-.1on Tr,.rn..,r.
building which asked for $450,000, have
only -gotten '.'50,000. This buildinir
should have had alt they asked tor so h ' rival. She has agents on the lookout
could lie completed and then tho West-1 all the time for new or o'dd things in
cm Penitentiary could be relieved of Its 1 tablo decorations. Mrs. B. H. Town-over-crowded
condition. If this inslitu-! send, Jr., has many unique and expedi
tion would have received Its full amount Ive pieces In the way of gold centre orna
wliich H asked for they could complete mcnts, vases, and candelabra. Frcquent
thcir building without much trouble and , tlo service mid decorations on her
inucn irouuic nnu
considerable sum
itatc. The West -
at a saving of a onus
of money to tho State,
cm Penitentiary should receive nothing
for building purposes until the Hunting
dm building is completed.
The following bill passed tho House
finally: An act to provide that warning
shall be given nt least 300 yards ahead
of any traction cngino that may be mov
ing on tho public road. An uct approp
riating 5000 for the erection ofu hos
pital uml relief of destitute sick of Ply-
m i :ii t i I V.i
mv ' nr.i.R,, "'"""""I' -
proval of the Senate, where it will be
hurried throimh as fust as possible in
order to alleviate the misery which we
arc informed exists there now,
Tliei hist has been au unusually busy
week in tho Senate, they passed a largo
number of bills, somo of the most im
portant aro the following: An act to per
mit defendants to testify in all criminal
cases was caned up tor una! passage.
The bill caused considcrabln ilianiasinn
and was amended by Scnutor Gobin, of
ivtuanon. so as not to apply to homicide,
or manslaughter. Col. Gobin made a
strong speech in favor of his amendment
but it did not prevail and the bill pasned
without the amendment. An act to
punish co-partners for fraudulently ap
propriating the propcrt.v or using the
name oi ino co-pa ruicrsiiip, corporation
or association. Another act wn nmeml.
ed so as to provide for the security of life
and limb in hotels in cases of fire, and an
act relating to niro fences, which on ac
count of its general importance, I will
give in full, or us full as I was able to
get it: Wiro fences shall contain five
strands, the top ono 40 inches from tho
ground, the third and fifth strands of
which shall bo of twisted ribbon fencing
without barb, or shall contain tablets or
plates not less than one inch and one
half squnre, nor less titan eight or moro
than twelve inches apart, so that persons
or cattle approaching may tee the fence,
the bill only to apply to Hue fences or
those along public highways. Persons
using any other kind offence than that
prescribed are subject to damages. All
these bills that I have given hero as hav
inc passed tho Senate have passed the
House also,and are now almost certain of
becoming laws.
The bogus butter bill, which was in
the hands of Representative Elkins, of
uiuiana, one oi xne youngest, most elo
quent, auie anu agreeable members in
the House, passed both Houses and has
been signed by his excellency. The par
tics interested in its manufacture had
men here to see the Governor and to re
tmonstrato against its becoming a law. It
did no good, and yiw the men who have
large sums of money invested in the
nianuiaciurc ol tiie article hare determ
ined to take the matter to the court.
The final destruction of tiie old capital
building is not many years distant. A
committee has been apjiointcd consisting
of five senators, three representatives,
and the chief clerks of each House, who
arc ui inquire into tne best way ot re
pairing the old building, or if they
think proper to build a new ono to pre
pare a plan for it. I ins committee, to
do right, should make no improvements
at all, but get right to work on plans for
a new building, it must come sooner or
later, so why not let it come now.
Tho Conference Committee on Con
gressional Apportionment held its final
meeting and completed their work. The
bill as agreed upon mates eighteen new
Republican districts and eight Demo
cratic, with the doubtful districts Schuyl
kill, Berks and Montgomery according" to
the vote of 1880. Tho bill puts Carbon
county in the 10th district and comiioses
tl. .!!....!. -r -K- -.1 .
nio uiBiiii-i in xiuriiiunqiiuii, luonroe,
Pike, Wayne and Carbon. Tho Sena
torial bill in it passed both Houses and
is" now before the Governor, puts Carbon
in the lCth district and mm noses tlm
district of Lchich and Carbon. The
Representative Apportionment gives
Carlion only one member instead of two
as at present.
HEMS OF INTEREST.
A project is on foot at Wells. Me..
to start a rabbit ranch, for the purpose
of snpplying the Boston market. The
ranch, If established, is to consist of 200
acres of land, and tho idea Is to work it
at first with one or two thousand large-
sizeu animais irom uie v est.
'A curious phenomenon is reported
from some of the vineyards In the prov
ince ox iuaiaga. Accoraing to spanisn
papers, plants attacked by thephvloxcra.
and given up as practically dead, haie
begun to show marked symptoms of
vitality, due, it is believed in the local!.
ties to the destruction of the Insect by
gases or electrical conditions consequent
on me earmquaiics.
Frances E. Townslev was ordained
by a council of Baptist churches In
Nebraska. This is the first instance, In
modern times at least, of the formal
settluc apart of a woman to the office
and work of tho Evangelical ministry.
me xuemouist cnurcu, mougn u per
mits women to speak in its milnlts. lias
declined to ordain them. There have
been a few women preachers like Miss
Anna Oliver and "Bible readers" like
Miss Smiley, but none of them has
obtained ordination. This Nebraska
case is distinctly a new thing.
There is no circumlocution about
the manner in which the Pall Mall
Gazette opens Its review of a newly
Issued work by Mrs. Custer, widow of
the late Gen. Custer, and dealing with
life In Dakota. The opening sentence
will bo a terrific shock to John Bull,
while Mrs. Grundy will read It with
fcclincsrof horror. It reads thus:'"Boots
and Saddles' Is a perfect codsend to a
world cursed with Ensllsh dulness and
respectability," There is nothing really
now, however, about tho expression.
Sixty or seventy years ago either Leigh
Hunt or Shelley gave expression in a
magazine of that day to similar phrase
ology. The workmen of Cook A Co.. In
Sheffield, England, a town in which
human life is worked out at ercater
specdamong the manufacturing laborers,
as shown by statastlcs, than anywhere
else In the United Kingdom, recently
went to their employers, who were
laboring under difficulties, and stated
that "In consequence of the stagnation
In the iron trade, and as their wages
could not be reduced, owing to their
being governed by the South Stafford
shire Board of Conciliation, thev had
decided at a meeting that it was their
duty to help their employers to tide over
the period of adversity. They had there
fore agreed to work a week fornothlne"
which they cheerfully did.
Christine Nllsson Is prosecuting an
action against the family of her late
husband for the recovery of $50,000
which she advanced to him during his
lifetime. The case was at hearing recent
ly before the First Chamber of the Civil
Tribunal of the Seine. The money had
been expended chiefly In the purchase
of a share In a stock broker's business.
Rouccaud was a stock brokers clerk
without fortune when he married, In
1872, the celebrated singer, who saved
$100,000. Nllsson was. accordincto the
marriage contract, to retain complete
control of her money. Rougeaud died
three years ago In a lunatic asylum, and
the defendants, as hclrs-at-iaw, took
possession of his property. If Nllsson
succeeds, she Intends to make a present I
of the money to the married sister of
lier late niubana.
Philadelphia prides itself on Ita
china. Ex-Attorney-Ueneral Brewster
has apent a considerable part of forty
year in niaklne a collection. He haa
! no end of plates and aaucers that.bcaldes
their intrinsic beauty, are valuable for
historic association. He lias a dinner
fet that once belonged to Louis Philippe
of France. Mrs. W- Childs is his chef
, ' wlu ovun-n mm uueurcuuns on ncr
1 tablo when she gives a dinner represent
' 'AO00 or $30,000. Mrs. Henry C.
Gibson, wife of the mtlltnnatm n--.tl.
tiller, has fine and valuable china. Mrs,
James P. Scott, daughter of Hugh
Davids and daughter-in-law of tho late
Thomas A. Scott, runs largely to old
Dutch delf and procclalrts. Mrs. F.dwnrd
I II. Filler, whuso hmhand has mndn
$2,000,000 In the manufacture of hemp, I
has a largo and costly collection. So has
Mrs. Dr. Da Costa, whnsn lm.O
i i-ucii uruni, iur n
attended Grant for a tew days at the
, beginning of the Gcncrals's throat
. tmiihfc . n,l I. ..1,1 m cmnn.
ear out of his practice. Mrs. James G,
Smith, a sister of Anthony J. Drcxcl,
ni umiHcr nnu ten times a millionaire,
nas a particularly fine lot.
New Advertisements.
To Whom It May Concern
All prnns aro lirreby forbid meddling
.1,1. . mv in,tn . . ,
"""" "ii wuucraiir in nnrsesmnii
uiuiiua Kiwium, as the timn is my
lr"'irriy nnu imnm in mm miring my
rarure. AUliUST ItEHIilO.
East Pon, Carbon Co , I.
Msy 30, 18SS n3
TO ADVERTISERS
A llt of Ml newinaners mVWKn INTO
STATES ANI sfjOriUNS wilt bo nt on
Plllcatlan FREE.
To Ihors who want their siivortUlnn tormr.
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oi our oaicoi iocitl L.MI.
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S'ourely trrapprd, to any aiMresa in thf
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agents and riuos (sample copies mailed
iroe. Auareis ail orders in
RICHARD K. FOX,
Fbakkmx Squabs, N. Y.
Mar 30, 1SS5 ly
S"
EBIFCS SALE.
By virtue ofa writ of Yen. Ex., No. 12
June term, to me directed, I will expose to
public sale, at Ihe Court Ilnute. iu th
Borough ol Maucb Chunk, Carbon County,
ra., ou
MONDAY, JUNE 8th, 1885.
at 1 o'clock . m., the lolluwiiig described
proierty, namely;
All that certain lot or parcel ol land situ-
aio lying ana ueing ou the eal side ol t5
rend street, In the town nt Eaat Whllt-
IlHTen, 'lowmhip of Kidder. County o
Carbon and Stale of Pennsylvania, "and
mi in lie red in Ihe plan or pint of (mid town
no. 15 ami Hounded anil oxcribeil as tal
lows, to wit: Ileninnlng at a comer com
mon to lot No. 14 ami the lot hereby con.
veved ami situated on toe Eusl aide of Se
innil street as alorerald, thence by a lot No,
U south 82J degrees, rasi 200 feel to a cur
lier cominoH lo land li t No 11. and the ll
hereby conveyed, thence south 71 degrees,
west ou icei ui a corner i-ommon lo tot No.
16 and Ibq lot hereby conveyed, thence hv
said lot No. IS north 821 degree, west 2011
lett lo a corner situated un Ilia south side
nl Second street and mnimnti to lot No. 1ft
mid the lot neri-uy conveyed, llienre alouu
the east ride olaaiil Second t'lreel, north 71
ilegreeaxaslSD leettolho nlara tirisiiiniii
ami ii'iiiMininir clloiretber 10,000 triuare
feet of laud te the same more or lis. The
improvements I hereon iittishu ot a
TWOSTOKY KllAMK HOUSE,
1(1x28 left with ulwnBtorv kin-hen 14x18
leel
Seized and lken into execution as the
pioperty ot Edwiiid llileand Aliiv IIiI-.hii.I
to la-nol.i'by C. w LENiZ,fciiuii-r.
BiiKtiirrs UmcK, Muucu Cuunk, l'u
May 23, 1885
E. It. Sittiricns. PiuintilPa Attorney.
s
llhltlFr'S SALE.
Bv virtue ofa writ l AHai fieri Fucia.
.No. 10. June 'i trill, Ihbi. lo iur il.fi-i'ied, I
will ixi-ki- lo iiiilille tale, nl the i;.-urt
House, in Ilia Borough nt MhucIi Chunk,
carbon iiiiMty, i-h.oii
MONDAY, JUNE 8ih, 1885,
at 1 im'Jih'U p in , the luliuniiiK ditrribed
proiieriy, nmiieiy:
All that if ruin Irart or pieee nl land
situate in TiiWHiueiiaiiiU towiivliip, Carbon
County, Penrja , tiiuiide,l and ileM-ribed a
f.illowe.to win Beginning ul uel.uie lhetK-
by other land nl fatd Admii Anders south
34 degrees, earl 71 pen-liea to a Mi-tt Iheuct
by tne same souni .n ilegrees, weal Ti H ill
ierclies In a jm I; ihetuu by laud f William
Anders south 211 deitrees, rant 10 n-n-hes In
a (lost; thruec by the snie north 621
deun er, eaat 8H erches to a p -hi; tiienco Vy
land ut h. Thomas lii-rlh 1U degrees, v.el
40 ierrhes In a jmbi; lln-ure by liiinl nt saiil
Oo.'bt Uierin; soulh 81 ilerees, v.e-1 Si!
ier- hea to plain uf In-uinning, containing
31 acres and 89 lurches. Als, all that
certain lot or piece ul ground situate in
Towamensing Inwnship, us lollowc Begin
ningat a slnnr theui-e by laud lale ol Conrad
ltaier b-mlli 20 degrees, eail 85 M-r6hea In a
stone) Ihence by land of Adam Andera
unrlh 31 degrees, eatt 22 8 10 p-rches to a
stone; thence by tame north .14 denrees,
west 71 (lerches to a atnne, thence by land
nl Henry Audera soulh 741 degrees weal
15$ fierches lu the place of beginning, cou
taming 8 acres !10 ivrcliea strict nieatuie
The impmveiiirnls thereon cons'st nl a
U STOltY FRAME HOUSE,
IS x 24 feel, frame baru, 20 x 35 Itat.
Seized and taken into execution as Ihe
property uf John A Andera, and to be add
by C. W. LEN'JZtfHsanT.
Snsmrr's Orricr, Maucb Cbuuk, i'a.,
May 23, 1885
B. R Biitvtts, Plaintiffs Attorney.
s
I1EUIFPS SALE.
By virtue of a writ of Fl Fa. No 9, June
ter.n, 1885, lo me directed, I will exiaiae lo
public sale, at Ihe Court Ilouse, in the Bor
ough of Maucb Chunk, Carbon Couuly, IV,
ou
MONDAY. JUNE Mb, I8S5,
at 1 o'clock, P. M. the luilowing described
proiwrly namely;
All that o-rtaiD lot or piece of land situ
ated in Lower Tnwalnenilng township,
County of Carbon and State of Pennsyl
vania, bounded and described as follows:
Deginning at a line stone, thenre by land
of Michael Newhart, north 7A1 degrees,
west 15 perches to a line stone; l hence by
land nl Michael Wewhurt .north 121 degrees,
east, 11 010 perches aoa Ifneslone; thence
by Ihe same south, 67 degrees, eatl 14 2 10
perches to a cornet; throw south 5 degrees,
west 7 2-10 perches lo the place uf begin
ning, containing 133 -rches.
AUfiO,
All that certain trai t or piece ot land sit
uated lo Lower Tuwaraeosing tnwnahip,
County or Carbon and Bialeuf Penmyl
vama, bounded and described as fullows to
wilt Beginning at a stone, thence by land
ol Charles Klots, Jr., north 83 degrees,eitt
15 3 10 iches lo stone iu a publiornad
leading from Lehigh Gap towards Albright's
forge; theooe in and along said road north
80 degrees, east 38 ierchcalo a stone In said
Mad; thence by land now or late of Daniel
Serfasa. south I degrees, west 18 nerehrr
to a atone, Ihenua by the same south 60 de
grees, weal 54 -errhea lo Ibe place of be
ginning, containing 5 acres and 50 percbis.
ou , ,
Th Impiuremenls thai
TWO STORY BRJCK I10U8E,
zoxzs iret, sou a Iranie barn, lsxzo
Beiscd and taken Into Execution as lb
property of Charles BUfiea, and to be mid
by C W. LENTZ, Smtirr.
Snsairr's Ornoi, Maucb Chunk, Pa.,
Uay 2, IBM.
Fksyiui it Kursa, Plaintiffs Attorners,
fl5
lehlgnt
OI.1NTON UIltrNKY.taalilonatle
Buow and Usui Maris, llank St.
hlg-htpn. AH work warrantee:. 1
WE
ARE NOW READY !
-:o:-
Trunks and Valises In Great Variety!
CLAITSS & BROTHER,
bank btreet, Lehighton, Penn'a.
April 18, 18i5-ly
Spring & Su
FOR THE
SPRING & SUMMER SEASON !
Having secured ihn services ofa FASHIONABLE NEW YORK MILLINER I
am prepared to MAKE UP at Ihn shnrteat notice HATS Olt DONNET3 in Ibe MOST
STYLISH MANNKU at tha LOWEST PRICES in Ill's Valley.
MISS BELLE NUSBATJM, Lehighton, Pa.
April 1, 18&i-m.
WILLIAM
Respectfully announces to his friends nnd the people pen-
erally ofWolfipirt and the surrounding country that he has REMOVED hta IlKUtl
STOI1K from whlto Btreet, Into the liolldliix lately ocoupled by IIEItNAUD YOOI', oa
the corner of Wilt to and Bridge Street!, and Invlies a call, lie is prepared to furalih
PURE DRUCS& MEDICINES, TOILET & FANCY
Moods, Clioico Wines and I.lmitirs, for Medlciunl ritrpojes, Fine Brandt
of Tobacco nnd Cigars,
Stationery, Wall Paper and Borders, &c, &c,
at LOWKST PRICES. I'RLSCRIPTIONS carefully compounded. Uay orHlaht
1'atronaiio solicited nnd tatlstoetlon guaranteed In Price and ttuality of Uoods Sold.
Aprll;W.8FLBIERY, Comer White and Bridge Streets, Weissfort, Fa.
L !
LEWIS
respectfully informs his many
has removed liis BOOT
LEWIS WEISS,
April 4, lS.35.ly
New Store -
EHRKAM & SON
Respectfully nnnunce to the
ity that they have opened a
formerly occupied by Sweeny & Son, Bank Stkeet, and
have au immense new etock of
DRESS and BET GOODS,
Notions, Groceries, Provisions,
Table and Pocket Gutfoij,
-AKD 11AKE A
Hats, Caps, Boots & Shoes,
O which they have a LARGE AND FASHIONABLE
STOCK ON HAND and are
PRICLS. Give us a call, we
1IEH1IK11I & SON,
Bank Street, 1st Door
April IS, 1881-mJ
CARBON
ONE DOLLAR
PER YEAR !
$1.
ITnving now received our SPMItfQ and
SUMMER STOCK of tho Zatost '.Designs in
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
Cloths, Cassimeres and Suitings.
w are prepared to fill your orders for suits or parts ofsuiu mada
up In the mast fashionable styles, by the bed workmen, at the
remarkable low price of
$10. per Suit
We alto Invite special attention lo our immense stoek of
Fashionable Styles of
Hats, Caps, Boots, Stoes and Gaiters
lor Old A Ynunj, Huh & Tour at nOCK BOTTOM MtlCXSI
Gents' Furnishing' Goods.
Our stock in this department baa never been so eoranl.t. .a
It is at preeent. It comr-rises all the newest aoyelties and it
igns. We have everything that Is new ia
Ties, Collars and Cuffs.
If you desire anything in thia line you .,n find It here.
miner Openin
Mll'i.'N
Miss Belle Man
an immense New Stock of Milli
nery Goods comprising;
Hats, Bonnets,
Ribbons, Flowers.
Notions, &c,
F. BIER Y,
WEISS
friends and customers that lie
AND SHOE STOLE
Into tho NEW BU1LDINO. nearly
oppoiltohls Old Stand, and that h
Is now receiving and opcnlnir up far
their lnieetlon a, very larce u4
fashionable line ol well-selected
Boots, Shoes,
Gaitebs,
Hats, Caps,
UMBRELLAS,&c.,
suitable far
SPRING anfl SUMMER WEAR,
AT PRICES TO SUIT
THE TIMES !
and Invites yon to call and examine
Ooo.li and Itarn prices before par.
cbmlr, elsewhere. SATISFAC
TION In all cares fully (naranteel.
nemcrabcr, THE NEW STORE op.
poslte the fcot ef
lit ON STJtEET,
BANK Street, LEHIGHTON.
New Goods.
people of Lehighton and vicin
Soring Stvies!
B -JB - -
New Store in tho Building
SPECIALTY OP-
SELLING nt VERY LOW
are determined to please.
above Iron, Lehighton.
ADVOCATH
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