JSiiuTiIfnN",iT? "
SATUHDAV, JULY 18, 18sr.
Eitturotl nt llio cli!ehlrm imiit-tillk'c ns
tvoud Lines Mliil -IImIUt.
Drrnoir Tnux rnn6s : A Tennsyl
raulan at thcWhlto House Insisted that
tho Keystone 5mtc should have some
t ilng, as It was a pivotal State. Tho
President laughed heartily ami said
" Yes, It is about 83,000 majority on the
pivot." Commissioner of Agriculture
Coleman called on the President to con
gratulate him on his Now York appoint
inents. "They tell mo."' said tho I'rcsl
dent, "I have ruined the country."
Then, after some reflection, ho added;
"Well, I guesi It has to bo broken up
about three times a week to keep It
going."
TnEnc are now completed of the cen
mis reports twelve volumes and twelve
nioro are to be compiled and printed.
This Includes the elaborate monographs
on various subjects. The cost of the
work has been enormous. The printing
alono thus far lias cost between two and
throo million dollars. As the further
preparation of material will have to be
done under another act of Congress It Is
exceedingly doubtful If It Is over com
pleted. The census shop was closed up
last winter and tho tons of material
which con millions to gather Is likely to
prove sheer waste.
It Is Intimated In the Cincinnati Er
quirer that the Democratic State Cor.,
vcntlon of Ohio may declare lis opposi-
tlon to the Pendleton Civil Service law;
and wo trust, adds tho X. Y. Sun, that
this intimation may bo fully realized
The Idea of making competitive examl
nations the only means of entering the
civil service of tho United States, and
of endowing officeholders with a perma
nent tenure, Is antl-Domocratle and
anti-American. Wo do not want a
privllged clas3 of officeholders superior
to tho people; and we trust that not
only the Democratic State Convention
of Ohio, but other political conventions
and meetings, will nt no distant day
adopt unmistakable expressions upon
tho suhject.
Tiie heads of the executivo depart
ments have been considering the advis
ability of reducing the annual leaves of
absence granted to the department cm
pWyees, and it is understood that the
question was a topic of discussion In
Thursday's Cabinet meeting. The gen
eral impression now is that these leaves
will be reduced from thirty to twenty
davs. In consequenco there Is a great
deal of suppressed growling among the
employees, especially In tho Post Office
Department, where the clerks have been
working overtime at night for months
past In the attempt to reduce the ac
cumulation of business, which fact, they
say, should entitle them to more con
sideration than would bo shown in a
curtailment of leave.
The June report of tha Agricultural
Department In wheat, shows a slight
improvement in winter wheat, which
advances the general average between
2 and three points, or from 02 to nearly
05. The winter wheat region, which
docs not include the Territories, now
promises about 215,000,000 bushels.
The condition of spring wheat continues
high, though the average is slightly re
duced, being nearly DO. Indications
now point to a crop of about 148,000,
000 bushels, maklug an aggregate of
303,000,0!)0 bushels. Corn condition Is
higher than In any year since 1880, ex
cept tho last. The area is 74,000 acres.
Cotton has made a material improve
ment during June; average condition
Increased from 02 to 00.
TiiEitE is considerable danger of an
outbreak among tho Cheyenne Indians,
and, as usual, the cause of the trouble
Is the violation of treaties and laws by
white men. 3y leave of Secretary
Teller the wholesale cattlc-ralscrs have
obtained leases of large areas of land in
tho Indian Territory, though such leases
arc prohibited by law. The result has
been so to restrict tho arable land of the
Cheyennes that they now have but four
acres each. They have made repeated
appeals for redress, but get none, and
now they threaten to take tho matter
Into their own hands. The expense of
auother Indian war might bo prevented
by the prompt expulsion of tho cattle
men from the ranches that they hold
without legal title. Why is not so simple
an expedient adopted at once.
Bishop Stevens of the Protestant
Episcopal Church has decided that
women are eligible as members of the
vestry, tho question having come up
through tho choosing of two ladles to
the vestry of a church in tho Philadel
phia diocese. Tho first decision of the
Bishop was unfavorable, but, after re
considering and laying the matter before
persons well versed in ecclesiastical nnd
scculer law, ho reversed his opinion.
The question was considered as a legal
one entirely, tho character of tho church
requiring that a vestryman must be a
citizen of tho Commonwealth', and the
polut being whether or not women were
citizens In the meaning of tho law. The
lawyers doclded that the female members
of a congregation were a part of the
corporation, aud therefore entitled to be
elected as vestrywomcn.
Spiritualism has a new hobby. That
famous Methodist, tho Hev. Dr. D. D.
Wlieden, had, shortly beforo his death,
evolved a curious theory (is to disem
bodied spirits. His idea was that the
entire nervous syttcm In a human being,
not the contents of tho cranium nlone,
constituted the mind. Therefore, the
ramifications of the nervec, forming In
themselves a shape conforming exaclly
to that if j),ic wl)olo figure, made the
' toul of lban Just like hU body so far as
conflguratlou was concrroed. IIo be
lieved that at death, this contour and
semblance of the dead body separated
itself, and became the eternal form of
the spirit, visible to it fellows, and,
under sowc conditions, to teirstrial
folks. Dr. Wheden described how tho
soul gets ont of tho body. "Emerging
upward," ho says, "the spirit awakes
Into the pure ether a blessed atmo
sphere. Tills paradisiac ether Is an
effluence from tho dhjue essence, trnd
the emancipated soul bathes, swims,
lives lu Its own genial and native ele
ment. Paradise thus pervades our air
aliovo and nrouml us, nml at denth the Department In wlieel-bnrrows nnd carc
, tplrtt enwra thereinto as though it veil," , fully pciuched, and the matter needed
, He Intlnintfil that appa rations, ore copied by pen. It takes about a peck of
. gllinptos of the beings of this close by ! manuscript to make one volume of tbo
Dut usually invisible world. "Uvea the
resurrected body of Christ," ho says,
'walked through tho solid wall oj the
house, and first revealed Itself to Ills
disciples at tho table.' lie called these
beings angelolds, axxl arguttl that they
leave behind them, In the discarded
corpse, the baser attributes. Tho peril-
nency of Whcden's theory to modern
Spiritualism lies in its harmony with
the alleged phenomena of rnatcrlnliza-
tlon. It has been seized upon by several
of the professional mvdiums,nnd fitsomo
of the seances forms in semblance com
porting with tho conditions of lils
angclo'lds.have been shown to astonished;
disciples. '
Jilt. Gaklaxd has Just rendered his
opinion In the VotpMn case, to the
effect that the Government is not bound
hy tho contract to accept the vessel, for
tho reason that tho speeilicatlon of Con
gress as to speed was a part of the con
tract as much as If it had been copied
Into It. His argument on this point is
ingenious, but lawyers must Judge of Its
conclnslvcnesss. As 3Ir. Boach has
failed to fulfill his contract, tho money
already received by himean be recovered
by the Government, by equity proceed
ings against tho vessel, If in no other
way. 3Ir. Roach Is not likely to take
this view of the contract, and tho qucs-
tlon may not be settlod without an ex
pensive litigation. It is well, however,
that wo now havo at tho head of the
Navy Department a man who is deter
mined that tho country shall get the
worth of Its money, and that no more
good-for-nothinj ships shall be added
to our already disgraceful Navy.
FROM WASHINGTON
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washisotox, D. C, July 11, '83.
It Is safe to say that it has been a long
time since the laws were so thoroughly
studied and so honestly enforced as they
now are, while tho present generation
sees for the first time a sincere endeavor
to check cxtravaganco and the wilful
waste of the people's money. Tho
Kcllar Incident of the past week Indi
cates the desire to do what Is right, no
matter how odous the statute may be
come In its application. The circum
stances of .this case, although well
known, will bear rcpltition. Mr. Kcl
lar had passed a civil service examina
tion and was certified to the Treasury
Department for a clerkship. After he
had left his homo Congressman Warner
sent to tho department a scries of pro
tests against his appointment, signed
by the leading residents, on the ground
that ho was a partisan of tho most
offensive kind. These papers were
shown to Mr. Kellar by First Auditor
Chenowith, with tho remark that If the
appointment was made It -would proba
bly bo at once revoked. Mr. Kcllar
complained to the Civil Service Com-
mission and they laid the facts before
the President. Then, for tho first time,
Secretary Manning became acquainted
with the matter. Thero was but one
thing for tho Secretary to do and ho did
it. lie lived up to the law. Mr. Kcl
lar was promptly sent or and appointed.
More than that, he will not be dis
missed. "IIo lias complied with tho
law," said tho Secretary to" Judge Chen
owith, "and as long as ho proves an
lionc3t, efficient clerk ho will be re
tained. At the end of his probationary
term If lie has been nttcntlvo to his du
ties, he will bo appointed permanently.
If be persists, while holding a public of
fice, In his paitlsauship, I will see that
he not allowed to remain, here but the
department will take no cognizance of
his past actions."
It is perhaps singular that only few
a very few Congressmen can be found
to assist In the endeavor to reform the
abuses which the present administration
has found to exist. Yet such is the
case. The number of Representatives
who take a broad, patriotic, statesman
like view of the situation can be count
ed on one's fingers. The rest are will
ing to feed any number of people at the
public crib, without regard to the actual
necessities of tho public service. With
somo Congressmen tho desire to obtain
patronage amounts to a perfect fascina
tion. They take up a caso at first with
an air of the utmost indifference, but,
gradually becoming interested In the
fight, push it with all their vigor. They
niake it a personal matter; they renew
their efforts when tlicro seems to be a
chance of victory for some rival. It has
the same fascination as gambling, and
In Its way presents qnlto as many chances
for speculation and excitement 83 wheat
margins or Wall street stocks.
Washington has more pretty women
on its streets on a pleasant day than an
other city In tho country. This Is one
of its attractions, no tsogcnorally adver
tised at present, but tho reputation of
this vicinity as tho conservatory ot fe
male beauty I find extends back llttlo
short of a century. I don't think tho
city has lost anything In this particular
In Its growth. Walking past the hand
some West Kml, residences on a warm,
pleasant evening, one tees n group of
pretty girls on every doorstep. During
the morning shopping hours the brightest
goods in the fashionable stores are not
so fresh and fair as'the throng of merry
loungers. And to stand In front of a
fashionablo Washington church just as
the folks are let out from tho service
will take your breath away If you arc a
man, and fill you with biting envy if
you are so unfortunate as to be a woman
who don't belong here. .
The publication of the official records
of tho War of tho Itebolllon is steadily
going on and the nineteenth vojumo has
just been issued, When completed It is
expected that tho number of volumes
will have reached eighty, and these will
comprise tho full official records of tho
Union and Confederate armies during
the late war. It Is not easy to Compre
hend tho Immensity of tho work .which
the publication of these records entails.
An average of thirty men are kept busy
copying manuscript, reading proof and
Indexing from one year's end to the
I other, and .at the present rate It Is ex
pected that they will publish five or six
volumes a year. The work Is done in' a
fine old mansion west of the Whlto
House, which has beeu used by the Gov.
cniment for years, aud which Is now
wholly devoted to this work. Tho files
of papers are brtught here flow the War
official record. Each, volume conlnlns.
on an average 1000 pages of ptluted mat
ter or about 3000 pages of closely wrlttca
foolscap. An ordinary foolscap page of
the record cats up about 200 words, so
that a volumo would contain 000,000
words. And the whole publication will
contain tfcc Immense amount of 48,000,-
00ft words. Estimating each foolscap
page hseovertngonoand one-half square
feet ot space not a large estimate, I
think tho manuscript used to complete
this history will cover 800,000 square
feet of space if It were laid out with the
edges of Its sheets touchlngs one another
In close patchwork. And as an ncre la
less than 44,000 squaro feet, It would
cover mpro than eight acre's of ground,
nnd leave paper to spare. Tho work on
tho record In accuracy is wonderfully
complete. Every name, whether that of
a private soldier or Major General, must
he spelled richt and Its proper initials
given. A single name often consumes
days of research, and is found at the end
to be far different from the one It was
originally supposed to be. The index
ing Is very complete and full of labor.
Tho card system Is used In the work, and
the third part of volume 13 took alone
12,370 Index cards. The work of print
lng the record is done by tho Govern'
inent Printing Office, and the men in
charge of preparing the manuscript tell
mo there Is another volume which should
have been out before this. This record
of tho rebellion embraces both the official
papers of tho North and of the South, of
the Union and tho Confederate armies.
It will, when It is completed, disclose
many unknown facts of history, and
will form the most valuable historical
reference book that has ever been pub
llslied about any war or any period.
Auciubt.
OUR SOUTHM BUDGET
Southern Pines, N.C., July 11.
"Oh.the grassliopprr sat
On tlio sweet potato Inc."
'Ill, there! Don't throw away that
soap suds! I want it down at the bcdl"
Of course, being a Northern man, and
chuck up full of curioidty, I naturally
Nrantcd to know what in the namo of
feathor ticks nnd straw bolsters any hu
man being could want of a wholo wash
tub full ofsoapsudsat his bed. Soap
suds nt a bed seemed as relevant as n
clown at a funeral era fiddler in the
pulpit.
A little investigation unraveled the
mystery, when tho wonderful fact was
revealed that it wasn't a feather bed that
the man was talking aboiit,but lie simply
had rcferenco to his stock of bedded
sweet potatoes.
Northern readers know very little of
the culture of the sweet potato. They
raiso large "patches" of tlio so-called
Irish potatoes, and never give tlio sweet
potato a passing thought. For, they
know that if they wished to cultivate it
the season is so short, and tho approach
of the early autumn frost, which is so
deadly to tho sweet potato, is so certain,
that even if it were not "love's labor
lost" it would certainly be a clear case
of hard work and wasted seed.
Many Nortiicrn readers no doubt think
that sweet potatoes are planted the same
as is the Irish potato. Such, however, is
not the fact. Sweet potatoes are bedded
in richly manured sand to sprout. The
sprouting is hurried along by a free ap
plication of soap suds to tho beds. When
the 61routs become about six Indies
above ground they are pulled and set out
in rows, where they grow ns readily as
do the Irish potatoes.
This i3 tiie home of the sweet potato.
They grow hero as plentiful as do beech
nuts around a Pennsylvania school-house.
Here the price seldom runs above CO or
CO cents a bushel, while in the North the
same grade of potato will hardly ever
bring less than 75 cents per peck, nnd
oftentimes bring n price nearly if not
qui to double that in tho retail markctB.
In tho North ono of the staplo food
productions is tlio I risli potato, where it
retails at an averago of half -a dollar a
bushel. Ask the miner, tlio lumberman.
tlio railroad man or the farmer on what
crop lie places the greatest dependence,
and he will tell you that as a food supply
the Irish potato is nearest ins heart, lie
can food on it day after day and never
becomo cloyed. It is next to bread ns
a tablo delicacy or standard article. The
Irish potato grows splendidly here, the
soil being just dry and sandy enough to
produce tubers thnt are fine grained,
mealy and sweet. Two or three crops a
rear ean easily bo produced, the first crop
early enough tottrikothe Nortiicrn mar
ket in May,wlicn the price is high enough
to make it an object. Comparatively few
Irisl potatoes aro raUed in. the South, I
am sorry to say, and nearly all that are
now raised aro consumed beforo they have
a chance to ripen. 1 havo not yet s-ecn
a single potato bug in the South. Tho
bugs are too sharp to fool away their
time down hero. This piece of neivs will
bo welcomed by Nortiicrn readers, I am
sure.
A LAND OF PO-Simi.ITIIH.
If there is a Statu in tiie uholo Union
where tlienatural advantages of location,
soil and climate are any bettef than arc
tlio-,c of the Old North State, I do not
know which' one it is. To tho man of
modest means who has tho grit to face
fate and demand his share of tho good
things that nature kindly spreads out on
every hand 'and hangs on every bush",
hero is tho ideal of his dream. If he lias
been a. resident of the moro Northern
States', whore the seasons are short and
tlio range of crops limited, he is delighted
to find that here be ran raiso everything
he can raise in the North, besides count
less other things" that' in tho North he
would never attempt to jrnduccA J dare
say without fear of contradiction tbatu
prudent manager ran hero rtise nearly
every article ot food Uiat iio would peed
Ir. his household, while he can graiy his
own wool and raise his own cotton for
furnishing his own raiment.
I trust that no Southern reader will
take offence at my remarking that as a
matter of fart, taken as a whole or class,
the people of the South have not that
energy that characterizes the people of
the colder region of the North. Tills is
u t said diaparagiugly of tho Soutli far
from it. his tnl.1 tor two reasons: one
is, that .having the truth. pointed out to
them the men of tho, South may profit
thereby; and the other is, Uiat people In
tho North who havo struggled manfully
against fate nnd feel despondent, may
havo a ray of tho light of .hoj thrown
across their pathway. If the Southern
man had tlio ambition of his moro North
ern neighbor howould get rich willistioh
atnpto opportunities a surround Uira on
every hand; wbllo the man from the
North who comes with a determination
to labor ns hard here- ns lie does in bis
present home, will shortly find himself
beyond want, happy, healthy, and glad
that ho is "alive in a lahd -of flowers nnd
sunshine, and plenty. Take "a fool's
advice." Don't waste a small fortune in
experimenting on the distant West,
when tho "west''' yotfscek lies ntyour
very threshold. J. T. Patrick, thoStato
Immigration Agcnt,'Kalcigh, N, C, will
furnish low rate of ' transportation to
anybody who desires, to cojrw here to
prospect for homes or settle either on
rented or purchased lands. Write him
for full informationmuch moro than I
cm think,of giving hero.
F. P. WoouwAnD,
BroafilJFim's Hew York Letter.
Soeclal to tho CAitnox .Advocate,
Tbo holo that the stock market
tumbled Into two. years ago is broad and
deep In fact,- at the present time, it U
doubtful it there is a plummet long
enough to find the bottom. Into that
yawning gulf have been swallowed
thousand millions of dollars, yes, moro
than a thousand millions practically
enough to extinguish tho National Debt.
On Broad street stands the Stock Ex-
chance, which was erected a few years
ago when stocks wcro booming. At
that time $40,000 wcro paid for a scat,
nnd for what? To enable a man to
swindlo his fellow-men with greater
facility than it could be done on the
outside of the ring. What else did they
get for their forty thousand dollars?
Not tho scratch of a pen; not a bit of
paper as big ns a dollar bill; not a thing
that could be taken away from them at
any moment, without recourse, by the
managing committee of tho Exchange.
Tho forty thousand dollars represented
no tangible property; It could not be
seized upon by any legal process known
to tho law, for It was an intangible non
entity, a myth, without shadow of sub-
stance, except' as it was given shadow
or substanco by tho members of tho
Stock Exchange. Aside from the extra
facilities it afforded you to rob your fel
Iow-men,"thcrc was an Insurance benefit
attached to a membership, which
amonnted to the comfortable sura of
thirty thousand dollars. There are
about 3,000 members of the Stock Ex
change, and at tho death of one of their
number each member of tho Exchange
pays $10; this is immediately handed
over to the widow, if thero he one, or
the heirs; and in addition to this, the
Exchange allows the salo of the seat, if,
the ruemuer proposed is satisfactory to
the cxaminlngcommlttco; so that under
tavorablo circumstances a man, even If
he pays 540,000 for a seat, gets his mon
cy back, with Interest or, at least, his
heirs, or his widow profit by his invest
inent. Hut the seats that wcro eagerly
bought up a few years ago at $40,000
can now bo obtained for half that sum,
tho present necessities of some of tho
members not allowing thein to think of
waiting for post-mortem benefits.
These exchanges create nothing, they
give nothing they merely wedgo them
selves in between the producer and con
sumer and take a large slice out of each.
Men who never did an honest day's
work In their lives, by the aid of these
exchanges, are enabled to live on the
fat of tho land, while the men off whom
they live go to the wall. Our virtuous
peoplo aro very much exercised now
about selling pools on race-courses, and
our new Superintendent of Police de
clares that thero shall not bo a gambling
house opened in tho city. While our
police are turned loose upon these
small-fry would It not be well to look in
at the exchanges? On the race-course
a man puts five dollars In a pool on n
certain horse; If his horse runs n trifle
faster than the others, betakes up a few
dollars more than he puts down; If his
horse falls, ho loses his five or ten dol
lars, nnd that Is the end of It. But
when he goes to Wall Street to gamble,
he can't do that; he must havo hun
dreds to gamble with, and to get it
sometimes he will steal. It is quite im
material whether he buys railroad se
curities at the Stock Exchange, or min
ing shares at the Mining Exchange, or
petroleum at tho Petroleum Exchange,
or wheat and corn at the Prodnco Ex
change, or cotton at the Cotton Ev
change It Is all gambling not a tithe
of the cotton, or corn, or wheat, or oil,
or stocks sold havo any existence what
ever. Tho business of big .gamblers,
like Gould, Sage, and others of that Ilk
is to "corner" the market. This "cor
nering" islegalizod robbery robbery as
much as if a man cracked your safe, or
knocked you down and rilled your pock,
ets. The process by which so many un
fortunates havo been ruined is very,
simple,, and though oft repeated, is just
as good'for catching gudgeons to-day as
when it was first tried, .A. man, or a
party of men, inform themselves wheru
the stock of a certain railroad is held;
they go. quietly tpworkjind buy up all
the stock they can lay their hands' on
nnd what tlioy cannot purchaso they
make an agreement with, the owners to
hold for a certain time, and thlslbej
owners are only too. glad. to do. as they
know Uiat It means a rise" -without any
risk. Having secured every share.they
now go Into, the market, and buy right'
and left for fu'ture.deilvery.. After pur
chasing several thousand shares they
call for the delivery of the stock, The.
broker who sojd weeks before, believing
that ho could obtain the-itoek -at any
time for less than the price he received
for it, rushes .around to procure. It, andJ
there Is no stock to.bo haiU.Thtf-4n.
side- ring puts tho price -upland Ihe
lambs are compelled to settle, -The
principle' is exactly the tabtfi. in oil,
wheat or cotton. The dollar you put
up on a margin Is a bet of one to tiD, or
one to twenty, that wheat wlll go pp or
wheat will go down. In faro you bet
that such a card Will turn up in uccr.
tain place. In poker yon bet that the!
cards you hold are superior to the cards
held by your opponent. In the horse
race you bet that the horse you favor
will go faster than tho other horse. It
Is gambling, all. To the one man that
Is rubied by pools or faro, a hundred are
ruined In our Exchanges, Wall street,
Broad street, .and where tho Produce
Exchange towers over the' Bowling
Green are full of mere desperate gamb
lers than ever manipulated a faro box
or started a horse-race. It is the boast
of our pollco that you can not buy a gig
or saddle on the L, S. L., the Kentucky
iStato Lottery, or the Blir or Little -Da
vana. yet there is not a respectable pa
per la the city that docs not publish
every evening thcgamblmg transactions
of Wallstrcet,whlch amount to millions
in a single day. As long as this species
of gambling Is regarded as respectable
and honest it will bo difficult to make
men believe that It is a crime to bet on
a horse-race.
Only n fow weeks ngo we had hero a
Lager Beer Brewers' Convention, and a
very Intelligent and jolly lot ol follow
they were, Tho brewing interest is not
a small one in New York, and tho visit
ing brewers received such a welcome as
they are not Hkcjy to forget. Among
tho reports I noticed this Item: "Annual
product, eight millions of barrels.'
Now, a barrel of lager beer costs etgh
dollars, so, in round numbers, this will
make the wholesale price of the beer
sixty-four millions of dollars. If tho re-
tall price only douhlod this, it would
make ono hundred and twenty-eight
millions of dollars, Instead of which, It
quadruples It, making tho sum which
tho people of the United States pay for
lager alone, two hundred and fifty-six
millions of dollars, or about cnouch to
pay all -the expenses of tho Government
support our Army, Navy, Judiciary and
Diplomatic Corps, pay all our Pensions'
and tho interest on tho National Debt
But $250,000,000 will not scttlo our
liquor bill; besides this are ale, whisky,
brandy, gin, wine, rum, etc. If wc pay
$250,000,000 annually for lager nlone, It
will requiro at least $500,000,000 to foot
tho other bills, and I doubt very much
if $500,000,000 will do It, making a total
of $750,000,000 that the people of the
United States pay for intoxicating
drinks each year. In regard to lager
ahotu) which I began if a man desires
to 'lead a strictly virtuous and sober life
and bo removed far from temptation, let
him go toConeylsland and stick religious
ly to lager. If he avoids tho pit-falls that
He In milk punches and whisky cock
tails, and such like fluid abominations,
ho is safe. The glass of lager nt Coney
Island Is a pleasant hallucination; it is
llttlo more than a shadowy Illusion, like
the froth that lies along the shores of a
dream now you see It, and now you
don't and you area great deal more
likely to don't than see it, All the
Coney Island hotel-keepers are friends of
temperance, and if a man should start
at tiie commencement of tho watcrlnc
season It would tako him till frost comes
to get uu any kind of a respectable
drunk on tho glasses of lager they serve
out at Coney Island. Ncal Dow could
not object to thcin; Francis Murphy
would not rcfuso his approval. And
even that stauch old tcrapcranco cham
pion John B. Gough. would pass them
by without reproof, not considering
them perilous to public morals. Still
two., hundred and fifty-six mitlions of
dollars Is a considerable sum tb pay for
such a blessing in disguise. Could not
some bther way be found in which wo
might get out of that amount of money
with equal pleasure and greater profit?
pause.for a reply.
1 nail occasion somo months ago to
call attention to one Dr. Monck, who
started business in Brooklyn as a splri
tual healer. Tho doctor brought his
business to an exceedingly flno point.
It was not necessary even to see the pa
tient, all that he had to do was to send
a ten-cent pocket handkerchief that had
received his blessing, and in less time
than you can say Jack much less Rob
inson tho disease, whatever It was,
flew away. In the City of Churches, or
as Mr. Becchersays, "rumshops," lived
ono Miss Margaret Wood, a spinster,
who was suffering from severe bodily
ailments and in the words of the an
cient poet, "misfortunes sore, long time
she bore, physicians were In vain." So
after giving allopath, homeopath, steam
doctors and eclectics a chance, she went
to Dr, Monck, and hero let me remark
that tbe doctor's great successes were
among the female persuasion. I don't
know whether ho helped sister Woods'
lumbago and neuralgia or not, but he
assisted her in getting rid of nearly $2,
000 which she had put by In the savings
bank, and to prove that there was meth
od in the madness of this profit, he In
vited tlio lady down to a first-class res
taurant to take a lunch; ho ordered
trouliles, pate do fols gras, Clicquot nnd
Bass double X, and after the dinner was
all demolished, excused himself nnd left
Miss Woods to pay the bill. It took
somo tlmo for the spiritual scales to fall
from Miss Woods' eyes, but they did
fall at last, and n week ago sho pulled
tho spiritual healer Into tiie courts to
try and get back her money, Monck
Insisted that she had not given him the
money but had lent It to the Lord. As
He was beyond the reach of civil process
she concluded to go for Monck. When
the, prophet saw that a dungeon cell was
yawning for hlra ho restored a part of
Ills plunder.
Clfl! service reform seems to be exer
cising -tbe - community just now, tho
common salutation bclne. as men nass
each other, "Are you an offensive par-
iisanr- uhuauuiu-U.
New Advertisements.
Catarr
ELY'S
CREAM BALM
Cleanses the
II nd. Allays
Infiani ninllon
! Restores tho
Sense of Tnsto
smell Hearing
X quick relief
I ltnctflvA
Wfmin''Jy 1 I,?"
.AYF.EVERc..re.
ACMttJcle I 'p!tl into nfh nostril soil
lV(n;r.bl to ui. Price 50 cetili by mail
-irtr-nvrfrniilit. find fir circular. ELY
-BIlOT'llltS. Drmglili, Owejo, Jf- Y,
J,v )8l 1S85.
Wotioe to Tresspassers.
Alljwrsoni ar hereby cautioned egalnit
lrfiiU5iine mi the premises of Mrs. Sarah
Senriel, in Mahoning Yalley, for the pur.
ife of hunting. All treaiiutaers will be
dealt with nrcoriting to law.
Mri. 8ARAU SEN'DKL.
J13 3w Maboning, Tcna'a.
New Advertisements,
For Newest Designs and Most fashionable,
Styles of
DKESS GOODS,
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS,
SILVERWARE. &c., &o.
GO TO
E. H, SNYDER,
Bank Stroot, Isohlghton,
Goods cuarnnteril anil prices ns low as else
where tr tlicsatuo quality of goods.
July 18, 1881-ly '
Teaohors Wanted,
Fiunicux, July 1-1, 18SJ.
The School Board nf Franklin Township
hereby announces (hat an examination will
be beiil at lite South Frutiklin eehoof house
on August 1st, anil in the evening or tha
same Hay the board will niake its appoint
ments fur said district.
All teachers desiring to leaoh In Frank
tin must be examined in the township.
The term isS inonlh,ihesalary$3S,and
10 Teachera are wanted.
J. F. SNYDKIt, Skc't.
July 18 wS.
Williams, Clark & Co's
; man grade
Bono Fertilizers !
Axaericus Brand,
Royal Bone
aud Universal,
FOR
Wheat, Grain and Grass !
TRY TIIEM.
F'0R SAIiE B Y
A. Mehrkam & Son,
LEIIIGHTON, PA.
Jy U-wt
BEl'OItT (IF THE CONDITION or
the KIItST NATIONAL BANK,
at Lehlghton. lu thnStnte orPtnnsylvaoii,at tbe
close of lutioeu, .luly 1st, 18Si;
BtsOL'ncis.
Loans and discounts. ......
OrerdraftK.
U. S. Bonds to secure circulation .
Otber ttockft, bonds, and mortgages.
Cue from approicd i escrve agents .
Due from other National Hanks . .
Uua from State Hanks and Hankers, -ltent
estate, furniture, and fixtures. .
Current expenses and taxes paid ,
Promtuins paid .......
Uliecks and other cash Hems , .
lillli of other Hanks
r'racttc oat paper ourrency, nickels, and
peonies
Specie
Leyal tender notes
Itedamptlen Fund with U. S, Treasu.
ry (& per cent, of circulation)
tS8.r21.89
3-J0.00
76.000 HQ
81,175 09
, LOSS 8.1
1,0 ill
i, S4.J7
8,627.88
1,930 '13
7.610.(0
63.-D
2,100.00
10.87
0.6.7.16
211)100
3.375 00
Total (233 010.-.U
Ltiaiuiiis.
Capital stock paid in $7500 00
Surplus fund 10 260,00
Undiridbd DrofilB
7.OJ7.01
National Dank notes outstanding
Dividends Unpaid
Indlvldualilepuslts subject tocbeck.
Uertineil Uheck
Uustilcr'a checks outstanding ,
Due In other National U.inka . . .
Due to state tlnuks and Hankers
6i.MM.00
41160
72,504. U5
66 00
21 00
187 68
. 0.17
Total $233,01(1.26
State 0 i'enniycnnta, Countu oj Carbon, it :
1, W, V llowman. Cashier of the nbuTe-r.amed
bank, do solemnly swear that the above ktateuient
is true to tha best or my knonlidie and belief,
W. W. UQWJ1AN, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 6th day of
July. 18S&.
11. V.MOUTHIMKIl.SR., Not. t'ubllo.
Correct, Attei.li Thos. Keinerer, A. J.
Durllnc, Dennis Uowuiaii, Directors
July U. 1881-
1885
I Rqsb Leaf, Fine Gut,
m .. nr. ,
Important to Canvassers
WlMTPri-Mvn Pnnvftsiera in every
rounlv in the United Stalea In sell FOX'S
PATENT REVKiWIDLE SAD UiUJN,
winch combines two Sad Irona, Polisher,
riia. .( .,r.n Iron flnine- the work nt H II
oniipA'.sl t,r .tr.linnrv irmia. IL is self
heating bv c r alcohol lamp. DOES
AWAY WITH HOT kITUllBite. J'nw
l.,.i. A lnr.m nml tuclliirr income in
aureil lo gooil rnvasers Aiblrefa, for
circulars, kc, FOX SAD IRON CO. 35
Rearln street, N. Y.
tit i iimnrailn lu cent. ainiini"iis, enereei
Yf AlUfjLSl feriiru unci fill mr orders
A ff A W ii ii tlila ter.iinn. Rren.nill
11 lUtUl lllniue. Inference, exeiianee.1
Als.iln rliirerentilenartinent jfl SAIARY
iss:nMX UUU3'ui$75to$ioo
jy II CI LAI AN & CO..
BANK STHF.ET. Lehighton, Fa
MlM.lini ana Dealets la
Flour and Feed.
Ulttlndiof CHAIN BOUQHTaDd fcOLU
ItEUUI.All MARKET RATES
Wo nronld, else, lesncctlullr Inform ourclt
ens that we are novrfullr ureparetl to U
LV them with
The Best of Coal
from for Uln desired al VEB
LOWEST PRICES.
if. II EI LM AN & CO.
DANIEL WIEAND,
Carriages, Wagonti.Sleighs, &c
coanin or
BASK AKD IKON BTIIFXTS,
LEHIUUTON, rxiHA,,
Particular attention nlveo to
REPAIRING
In all Its details, at the Tery Lowest Prices.
Patronage respectfully solicited and per
t r sailafaetlon guaranteed.
1ojl, M-ljr. DAN. WIEAND,
Olalms a snesleltjr. Warrants
and AnuiTION L, It IIM E
KTEAU UKHTIKIIJATES anil
all kinds of LAND SCItll' bought and sold.
St'Sl'ENUHtl i:Nl ltIhS. LAND. PAT
ENT and PENSION cases, attended to,
Correspondence solicited. A. A. T1IOMAH,
Attorney at Law, ItooiaM St Cloud Udlld.
ing, Weihlujlon. V. U cor,
Kqsb Leaf, Fine Gut, rfml
nndaSnims ssszw
Trunks and Valises in Great Variety!
CLAUSS & BROTHER,
i . ....
i bank street, Lehighton, Penn'a,
April 18,
FOR
tI UlaBSWW,mWl Itm Ilk ."n immense New Stnclror Willi,
hi flm$& rMSilJ!J& n"T 0ootl comprising
SPRING & SUMMER SEASON I
Having scoured ilin services of a J'V1S0X1HW? NUW YOllK MJUINERX
am prepared ti MAKE UP at the shorten nmico II ATS OR BQNNET3 ia the llOil'
STYLISH MANNER at the LOWEST PRICES in th'a Vallev.
MISS BELLE NUSBAUM, Lehighton, P.
April 18, 18SS IDS.
Big'gesfc Ready-Made Clothing"
Stock for
llcis. M OPk nnrl
mm, TUUIll, BQVS&b!
Largest Assortment in the City.
Attractive - -
IN
Everybody is Pleased with our
HoI)Iy GiiMren ClotMng !,
Newest Styles, Neatest Fits &Lowest Prices I
iir sis
Now Novelties Received' Every Day !
ScliiiiiriiiaiL Rotli & Co.,
719 Hamilton Street Allentown,
uIGK OF T1IK GOLDKN -ANCHOR. April 4, 1885-3m
ARBON
I ONE DOLLAR
PER YEAR !
Job "Work executed in the best
manner at short notice and fair
prices. Give us a trial.
LEWIS
respectfully informs his ninny
has removed his BOOT
LEWIS WEISS,
April l, liti 1
NOW READY!
Ilnving now received our SFJiING and
SUMMER STOCK of the latest Designs in
Cloths, Cassimeres and Suilings,
we are protiareil ia fin your 0,itti for ,lM or piir off.uJUiii.iU
up In the mast fashionable styles, hy U best workmen, at the
remarkable low price of
$10. per Suit r,,!
Wo olio Invite special attention t0 our immense (took of
Fashionable Style of
Hats, Caps, Boots, Stag art Gaiters
lor Old Sc Young, Rich J; Toor at SOCK BOTTOM FRlCXSf
Gents' Furnishing' Goods.
Our nock In tins deparlrneot Uaa never been ao complete as.
It is at present. It comprisea all the newest uoyeltlea and (U,
signs. Wo have everything that it new in
Ties, Collars and Cuffs.
II you desire anything In this line you tin find ithere.
mer Opening,
Hats. Rnnnfits
Ribbons, Flowers,
Notions, &c.,
THE-
b 11 MHAnasA B H H U ILt& m H atl mm a sam
uiuran,
Bargains
erments !
Always tho best assortment In tho
City, Cnll nnd ho Convinced.
Don't Forget Oar Custom Department,
We Turn Out Stylish Goods
And First-Class Fits !
SOS
Gent's Furnising Goods!
ADVOCAT1I
SUBSCRIBE (
FOR IT ! JU
WEISS
friends nnd customers thnt ho
AND SHOE iSTOr E
Into the NEW BUILDING, nearlf
opposite Ms Old Bland, and tbatho
Is now reeelrlna; and openlna; up for
theh- Inspection s mjr laree .and
fashionable line ol well-seleoted
Boots, Shoes,
Gaiters,
Hats, Caps,
UMBRELLAS,&c
suitable Ut
mm anil STTMHrD WPiD
uisuuu una uwwyiuu uuuil
AT PRICES TO SUIT
THE TIMES !
and Inrltesyou to sail and examine
Ooods and learn prloes before pur.
chasing elsewhere. SATISFAC
TION In all cares fully guaranteed,
Heinsmber.THK NEW STOUEop,
posue me looi Ol
IK S KTIMIRT,
BAM SIlW, LEH1GHW.
Spring Styles!