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SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1886.
Eu'cred it th Ishi?Uton poat-olliw a
Soooirti Claw Mail Mmier.
D'lVICSATIO COUHTY XEKTIXO.
Tit.- annual Democratic County Meal
ing will be beUl at the Court House In
the borough of llaacb Chunk, on Mon
day, tho 17th day of August, at 1 o'
clock p. m. It will be the duty of this
motlns to name persons to hold the
delegate elections In tho different town
ships anil boroughs in tho count y. fix
lha time of holding the county nomin
ating convention, find select a county
committee to serve for tho ensuing cam
paign, and transact any other business
upon which It has power to act.
Cr. W. E8RHR, Chairman.
DEKOCnATfO COUMTY COMMITTEE.
The Democratic County Committee
of Carbon County will meet at the Court
Efouse, in the borough of Maucli Chunk,
oh Monday, the 17th day. of August, at
11 o'clock In the forenoon to transact
business of Importance.
(1. V. E8.1CK, Chairman.
grace. Churches aro being furnished
up, cushions aro being dusted, altar
cloths shaken, carpets beaten, and
everything got In readiness for tho re
turn of vagrant pastors. Some of tlicsu
of the gorgtjous pageant, tho like of plmprovcnielits are rare and eostly. Dr.
which tbls land never saw before. We Baker's church In Brooklyn, which
etieeofths mighty dead, oontad to ply
their ovll vocations and gave one day to
mourning and sorrow. It Is urle3 for
me the brief space accorded to my letter
to attempt anything like a description
SUICIOE3 AKD THEIR CAUSES.
It seems from statistics with respect
to the subject, carefully gathered by tho
Iniurance Chronicle, that thu number
of suicides In this country varies Utile
from year to year. Keckonlng from tho
first of March to the end of February,
tho figures for tho last three years are:
1683-3, 1,003: 1S33-4. 1.409; 1881-5,
1,808.
These years are included in the period
which has been marked by a severe
business depression, commonly regarded
as an efficient cause of self-destruction,
and yet the largest number of suicides
in any single month occurred In August,
1882, whn they were 212, though at
that time we were only hearing the faint
rumble of the coming commercial ami
tlnanclal catastrophes. Tho total for
1884, when we were in the midst of the
worst of the troubles, was not more
than the total for 1882, when the busi
ness sky was comparatively clear. But
it seems that after the financial panic of
May, 1S34, tho life insurance companies
complained of a very considerable in
crease in the number of policies which
were terminated by suicide. Still, the
fact remains that 514 persons killed
themselves during the comparatively
prosperous summer of 1P82, while the
suicides during the black summer of
18S1 reached ouly G83.
The causes of suicide in 188-1-5, fn far
is they could be determined, aro thus
o'as?lttoil:
Business trouble 11
I uierln al pircntul illsr Inline 21
' estiltitlon 78
ils.Mp.itlon t.. 114
Klee Mi n if Cleveland anil Hendricks 3
l'amllv iruuble 511
tirlof , 33
lii'aulty 231
Ijcvc troubles 87
Wellness 84
Undt-rgmng or threatened with jmnlsli
inept 41
Little reliance, sc.ys the N. Y. Sim,
can lie placed tin this table, however, for
ft Is not possible to get the true causes
ot the self-destruction for publication in
a large number of caies. Families re
fuse to roveal them, and the suicides
themselves may leave behind them no
reasons for their act, or may give false
ones, lint probably the majority of sui
cides in tUU country aro due, more or
Icsi duectly, to the use of hliuuilants.
Vt it is startling to see how manj
children take their lives because of re
bellion against parents and school disci
pline. For instance, a Chicago girl wo
to much cast down by a scolding from
her mother that she destroyed herself
with Paris green. A Now York girl
swallowed rat poison because her father
refused to allow her to go to a skating
nnk. An Illinois boy took poison In a
sleeping car because ho had been ex
pelled from college.
The ages of those who committed sul
cide in 188J ran from eleven years to
ninety-six years. The chief methods
used ivc'jc, In 531 cases, tbooting; in
iilO, puiiouing; in 275, hanging; in 155,
cutting the throat; In 137, drowning,
. Besides these, 37 persons killed them
selves by jumping from or standing in
front of moving railroad trains, 25 by
cutting aiterics, 18 by jumping, from
heights, 11 by stabbing, 8 by burning,
and one each by scalding and stnrvln
The suicides were engaged in nearly
o.cr kind of occupation, but the great
majority were farmers, merchants, and
laborers, though eoinmonly it is sup
posed that the tendency to self-uVstruc-
tion Is among men of strictly intellectual
j .ii suits. But, iu fact, suicide, like lu
s.;nii), is loss ainong those who work
their minds chiefly than among those
who lead sluggish lives in which their
Intellectual faculties are not kept bright
by use. New York, though the most
populous of the States, had lower sui
cides In 18S4 than Illinois 100 to 10l.
Finally, the number of snicldes In this
country is small in comparison with
Europe. Out of the more lhau twenty-
live thousand cases of self-destruction
w)ilch occur annually In Europe and the
United Statos together, we furnish only
about sixteen hundred.
were not burying a I'rosldcnt we were
not beating to the tomb a great and tuc
cessful general not a man whose ac
cumulated millions had made his name
famous on the money markets of tho
world, we were bearing to their last
resting place all that was mortal of sim
ply a private citizen, who had laid aside
the sceptre and baton, bankrupt In
money, broken In health, but rich In
honor and that priceless worth that
makes human clay Immortal. Poor.old,
broken-hearted, dying In an obscure
cottage surrounded only by his family,
to-.lay he rises like a demigod In the
metropolis of tho Republlc.and weeping
thousands follow htm to the tomb as a
husband, father, brother, friend. Tho
gorgeous pageant, the mourning multi
tude, tho solemn music, the martial
array, afdded nothing to the honor and
the glory of the hero whoso dust to-day
we consign to the tomb. Tho costly
wealth of tho proud mausoleum which
is to rise above his ashos will ho but as
tho sounding brass and tho tinkling
cymbal alongside of that great grief
which wells out from the nation's heart,
proclaiming Grant Is dead.
Eo, oil hero, sweetly rest on tho
Savlou-'s bosom In Paradise forever.
We wou'd not call the back to this vale
of sorrow and suffering, for now thou
art safe, tafc forever above tho storm.
Whatever love or honor or reverence
can do, will be done by .New York to
perpetuate his fame to future genera-
tlons. Not beneath Westminster's sa-
crod spire or Notre Dame's great dome
lies dust so truly royal. No king or cm
peror was over moro royally'attcndcd to
his tomb. And so we laid him to rest
on the banks of the beautiful Hudson,
and tho traveler uyon Its bosom forages
to come shall see, rising above tho tree-
tops, the splendid tribute of a nation's
gratitude. No weak word of mine in
ulogy can aid one hair's weight to the
matchle.s glory and unmeasured fame
hlch was not for a day but for all
time.
1'or other hands than mine shall wrealhe
I no l.uiiei round Ui iirow,
ml men t-liall leaiu to speak of thee
As one ol ilailh's uroud MiliiM. born
With that sliopg miij'sty of Foul
That knes no color, nine or cllmot
Dul which hath spurned the base control
l)i tyrants lor all time."
I think It was Solon Shingle who re
marked, "Never prophecy unless you're
sure. " One day last spring I met a
lend on Wall street and his face was
Broauliriiii's to Yori Letter
Sueclai to the Caiiuon Advocate.
The splendid fuueral pageant U over.
Teudeily, gently, sweetly as a mother
puts her child to bleeji.we laid our great
aero to rest nwcet rst lorevermore,
.The last clour present generation shall
pass away, but in our time no such
fnneraVpageant will ever be seen ou this
continent again. Clod grant that no oc
casion may over call it forth. For the
dust which we this week returned
the. clut, In it lift stood a the eiulxxil-
ment of the nation's saviour the blewfed
umbli m of an uudissevered Union. Who
m ma wildest dream could, have imag
ined when. lien. Uuckncr fled with
b: ir.tiig liottrt during the butt desperate
ihuvc on Fort DonneUon, that he
wouM stand a mourner beside the collin
of the man who hod driven him forth a
i..-'iuv-i lit disgrace, or that grim old
Joe Johnston, would march in the fun
crl cortege alongside of the man to
whom he iurreudured his word, and
wlh it the lajt hope of the lost cuuse.
M".er in this laud was ju i. u-li a uml
tlt j Ji M H'" " ' M '
Jut J 1 ( ii a a-, il t ir .' .ui the
HiiUt.ii) l-.w avo-ti . ! I.,t!.,ni
stands on Greene Avenue, Immediately
behind the Catholic Cathedral, is being
renovated and added to, with costly Ulc
woik, at once unique and beautiful.
Two magnificent steeples have been
built on It, and an Imioslng porch has
been added. Tho Ilcvcrcud Doctor on
lib return will hardly bo able to recog
nize his old church clad in the garments
of a youthful bride.
Our neighbors of Brooklyn have just
received a new delegation of tho Salva
tion Army fresh, as we aro Informed by
Hallelujah Mary, from "Hold Hlng-
land." It appears that there has been
rebellion against the authority of
General Booth of Hlngland, who, Dalle-
lujah Mary says, was the founder of the
Ilordor. These rebels, she said,. "Is
wicked sinners, and we bar 'ere to 'old
the fort." They entered the city fifty
strong, with drums and cymbals, bones.
fiddles and tambourines. Brooklyn Is
now blessed with two divisions of the
Salvation Army. Let us hope that tho
seeds of grace which they scatter abroad
may fall on fallow; and there may yet
be hope that with the aid of tho big
bridge tho inhabitants of that wicked
city may one day be as good as we are
in New York.
The storms that have swept over us
this week have been phenomenal. Ex
cept In stocks, business has been at a
stand-still. BUOADBIUM.
Special tor the CAnn-oif Advocate.
AMERICAN LANDMARKS.
a3 long as a yard-stick. "Broadbrim,'
said he, "have you heard the nowsV"
bwiftheiols anything In this world
that acts like a tonic on me It Is nn item
of news, so I informed him that I had
not. He look rue Into r. dark alley and
hlspercd into my car, Yanderbilt is
uincdl Hushll Jay Gould has col
lapsed 111 Sage is going to the dogs and
tho tiling is up. Sure, says I; Sure as
preaching, said he. Why, just look at
It, New York Central has shrunk twen
ty million", Lake Shore at least fifteen
everything that Van las touched for
more than a year has turned to smoke.
And look at Gould. Where Is Union
Pacific? Tho bottom has fallen out of
Wabash. His Texas roads have gone
to smash. I tell you, old fellow, they
are all gone In, and don't you forget It.
Since duly first the rally In the entire
list of securities Is not far from fifty
million dollars. That h to tay that the
bulls are fifty millions of dollars belter
off on the first of August than I hey weic
on the first of July. Tho ubiquitous in-
porter, speaking with Mr. Gould early
June, received this reply, "Stocks
aro very low very low indeed. It
seems to mo that it is a good time to
buy now." Although the reporter said
lis, It Is by no means certain that
Gould said It, for the common reporter
is, like common report, a common liar.
But If Mr. Gould did say it, for once ho
told the truth. That is moro than can
be said of Mr. Vandeibilt. If Mr. Van
dcrbilt ever told the truth to a leporter
I never heard of It. Take, for Instance,
his yarns In regard to the Nickel-Plate
Jloail. He wouldn't have It at any
pilce there were no negotiations pend
log ho would not touch It with a ten-
foot pole: and yet, notwithstanding all
his tolcmn asscrvatlons, he cobbled tho
NIekcl-I'lato the very fust opportunity.
Then camo tho West Shore; the projec
tors of the West Shore were blackmail
ers, pirates and thieves; It was an or-
canlzcd scheme to rob the New York
Central of Its legitimate lights; he nev
er, never, never would have anything to
do with the West Shoie. This, too,
falls into the grab-bag. And a railroad
combination is formed this week.thongh
all tho details nro not vet completed,
whieli will control tho supplies of nearly
thirty millions of ourpeople;and wheth
er wo sink or whether wc swim depends
entirely upon the mercy of the conquer
or ho holdbits in his erasn. Not a
barrel of flour, or a bushel of corn, or a
juarter of beef, or a barrel of pork, or a
head of cuttle cau come to us but tills
railroad Colossus signifies the tribute
we must pay, and that tribute is meas
ured by tho extent of our capacity to bo
squeezed. Since the first of July the
rue hi railroad securities has given Mr.
anueroiu, just for his holding, not
fRr from three million dollars. ThU
has been done in thirty days. These
ligurea are startling. It took John
Jacob Astor over eighty years of life to
accumulate three millions of dollars
Mr. Gould was supposed to have not
more than n million when General Dan
Sickle kicked him out of the Erie D!
rootory, and yet when his credit was
Impunged some months ago, he took
some confidential friends into his back
oftice, .he opened hlsstrong box and dls
played securities valued at fifty millions
of dollars. tiheweeliklBsl Just think
of It! Fifty millions of boodle, and all
your wn. I never expect to be worth
over $500,000 myself. 1 wonder how he
felt m h sized bin Pile?
The stock market hoe ben it ptemant
poKture tor the bulls for the lost thhty
days; the clover wm knee high Mil the
OODHNSBUno, N. T.f Aug. 0, '85,
At a little before 10 p. ni., our steam
er Chlcora camo in sight of tho distant
lights of Toronto, or as we learned on
our nearer approach, the electric lights
on tho Island ncarthe city. This island
forms the natural breakwater for tho
city, and Is famous for being the home
of Hanlau, the cx-champloij oarsman of
the world. Many fine summer residences
are nestled among its pleasant arbors,
and make this place to Toronto what
Coney Island Is to New York-
It Is the common remark of travelers
that Toronto is tho most English city in
America, hut it should also be added,
tho most American city in Canada. It
has a population of about 130,000 and ic
every respect presents an appearance of
advancement and thrifty activity. The
streets aro laid out w 1th t;reat regularity
and lined with many magnificent build
ings, which, at the present timc,are. ren
dered especially attractive by tho elabor
ate decorations In honor of the troops
who aro returning from the Kiel rebel
lion In tho Northwest
On the day following my arrival I took
passage on the Corinthian, ono of the
Boyal Mall line of steamers plying be
tween Toronto and Montreal, Tho trip
across Lake Ontario is a very pleasant
one, although tho scenery along the Ca
nadian shoie is somewhat monotonous,
and would have been distressingly so to
me had It not been for a very original
and philosophical young man, who re
vealed to me a theory so novel and lucid
in its application that I shall never fall
to amuse myself wlth.it on all subsequent
voyages,
"Strange thlug,"sald hc,"vcry strange
Indeed, that pcoplo should tire of such
scenery. Great study, great theory,"
and then with a frantic ge.'turc he con
tinued, "Did you ever think of the re
semblance that exists between man and
everything In nature? A by, say, you
can't point out a single object on the
shore yonder, but what I can show you
Its exact counterpart in some person on
this boat. Take.lf you plcase.that high
bluff, look at that man up in the pilot
house, firm, robust and weather-beaten
by the storms of half a century. There
Is your bluff. Do you see that tall life
less tree standing on that high point
with the young thrifty poplar near its
roots? Look into the saloon. Do you
notice that frail, withered old man with
the healthy buxom, young girl by his
side? Thoso aro your trees. Do you
recollect those hogs that were rooting
for dear life around the dock at Port
Hope? Watch that red nosed beer tub
when he goes down to tea to-night, and
there's your hog (only his hoofs on the
fore feet are cloven four times instead of
once). You mind that pair of senti
mental doves on tho cot over yon? Watch
out on the deck to-nfght and 1 11 show
you a dozen pair of just such doves,
only they'll lack a few brains and a good
many feathers; So It Is a great study.
great theory I"
The picture of the moonlit lake dur
ing the evening was a most magnificent
sight, and' as tho steamer sped on over
the quiet glistening plain, I sat for a
long time oo deck pondering the beau
lies of the young man's philosophy. Be
fore morning thcaspeetot eerylMng
hud changed. A gale had caught us,
the wind blew a furitius hurricane, and
the stoauicr reared and plunged as if
possessed of some delirious spirit. At
five o'clock wo w ere to arrive at Kings
ton, and by this time nearly all the pus
sengers,who had the disposition or pow
er to do so, had crawled out and were
displayed in various picturesque atti
tudes on the deck. As we approached
the harbor I glanced over tho prostrated
forms of my fellow sufferers, aud eepled
the philosophical young man sprawled
out on the deck near the prow,
letter. Ogdcnsburg li a very pleasantly ,
located town, with & population of 12,
000, and like all of th places along the
border of this old "New France" has
many Interesting landmarks of forgotten
days. In the western part ef the town I
visited an old stouo building formerly
used as nn arsenal. In ono corner of
the lower room, covered up beneath a
heap of disabled wagons and cast off de
bris, I discovered the breech of an old
battered cannon. After a vigorous half
hour's work in removing the rubbish, I
took formal possession of tho old war
rior, who looked as it he were hiding
away here, doing penance for his two
centuries of bloody deeds. On tho bar
rel Is cut In old style figures tho date of
1028, and near It tho letter P. It Is
called by the citizens "Long Tom," and
no one seems able to trace Its history
any further back than the revolution.
Another Interesting relic of the place is
a stone, which was recucd from the ruins
of one of.the old French buildings that
formerly stood within tho city llmltsr
and which is now built Into the front
wall of the largo opera house on Ford
street. It bears the Inscription, In no
mine Del omnlpolentli Bute habltallonl
initio, dedit Frant 1'tcquct, 1740.'
Francis Plcquct laid tho foundation of
this habitation In the name of Almighty
God In 1740.
Cosily hiding Itself behind the rows of
shade trees on Franklin street, I found
the residence of Gen. I!. W. Judson,the
celebrated lecturer on "Eminent Char
acters in American history." I had the
honor of spending a very pleasant after
noon with tho genial old soldier, and
doubt, If there has ever been a day on
which our American history suffered so
critical an overhauling, as on this very
afternoon.
Tho General's, exhanstless resource of
statistics, ami scholarly accuracy.backed
up by the force of my faulty yet daunt
less enthusiasm was suflfclcut to shake
the foundation of any history, but as
the night shades closed In around us,wc
had made no material alteration iu
past events, and decided to allow the
nations history to remain as It was, and
pass the evening among its mementos in
his historical rooms. The following is
only a brief list from tho hundreds of
rcHcs which the General delights In
showing his guests.
A piece of the coffin In which Wash
Ington was first buried and lay thirty
seven years.
A nail from tho coffin of John Har-
rlugton, Jr.,the first of the eight Ameri
can soldiers killed at the battle of Lex
ington, April 10th, 1775.
Ono of the rounds of the chairs occu
pied by the first Continental congress,
Sept. Cth, 1774.
A piece of tho tree to which General
Putnam was tied while tho Indians
threw hatchct3 at his head for amuse
ment.
A large section of the limb of the
Charter Oak.
An old flint lock of a gun used at the
battle of Hubberton, "Vt., July 7th,
1777.
A hook and staple from tho homo of
Dante the Italian poet at Florence,
Italy.
A beautifully carved paper cutter,
made from the tree on which Daniel
Webster hung his scythe, when he so
happily nonplused his father by saying:
"Now, Father, the scythe hangs to suit
me." meos it. JSr.vrroN,
i
was recently appointed Foreign Minister
to Brazil, thus speaks of the weather
oven of the equator, which he crossed
June 25th:
"Wo are now ascending the mighty
Amazon, and in about three hours wo
will be at the city of Para, whoro I will
mall tills. Wo have had a most delipht
ful trip, a fine ship, a polite, skillful
captain, a smooth sea, and a number of
ngrecablo passengers, instead of tho
burning heat I expected wc lime bad it
cool anil all the time pleasant. 1 he sun
nowlartothe noUh ol ns. Nehavc
lasscd under him mid have left him far
behind us, and still wc have experienced
no weather that was at nil uncomfortable.
In fact, I am sure' wo have been moro
comfortable than you have been In Ka
leigh, for there has not been a moment
1 our lime when wc telt like taking on
coat or vest to make ua moro comlorta-
ble, and I doubt if you can say this. I
dwell upon this fact because it lias been
such an agreeable surpriso to me. .So
cool was it last night when we crossed
the equator that seme of the passengers
got their overcoats and wraps. Think
of a man with an overcoat on :it the
cquatorl It is contrary to nU of my prc
conoiived notions of tho equator. Last
input was a uoamilm moonlight ruglit,
and our splendid ship glided over the
btieht moonlit waters with a grace ami
beaut)- that was enchanting. Tho South
ern LrosA stood before us, high up in the
heavens, in all lis benutv and brilliancy.
I WHlked the deck of our callant ship
and thought of home aud friend, of Stale
and country. May heavens choicest
blessings l.e with tficm all."
And so it goes. The Northern man is
afraid to go to North Carolina because
of the heat. The man from North Caro
lina dreads to go to South America be
cause of the heat. Both try it In fear
and trembling, and both find that thu
dread is more terrible, after all, than the
actual experience
It is altitude, iu the temperate zone,
that has more to do witli the heat than
anything else. The lowlands aro humid
and uncomfortable to live in in any of
the Middle or Southern States, while the
uplands are healthful aud pleasant. And
I repeat that so far I have not noticed
my cxce8ivo heat in North Carolina,aud
it is now past tho month of July.
Ilavingopened this letter with an mice-
lote I ought to close it with one about
the heat, too. But I'll spare mv readers
this time, ana go anil cut a watermelon
1'. t. NOODWAMX
OUR SOUTHERN BUDGET
lug me ho raised np Into a sort of turtle
posture.nnd between tho spasms of vom
iting, called out, "Great study. Oh, k
Fitosi our. Special Correspondent.
Southern Pines, N.C, Aug. 8.
Do any of my readers know whether
the story told about Henry Ward Eecch
er is a true one or not? I mean the story
that has been published of how he went
into the pulpit one hot July morning
and wining his perspiring brow ex
claimed: " 'Tis hot as belli" The audi
ence, it is said, started as though a Par
rot siege gun had been fired oil in their
midst. Tho Rev. II. W. B. once moro
wiped his face, and once more he ex
claimed as above quoted. The sensation
in tho church grew moro pronounced
and several of tho sisters arc reported as
getting iu a comfortable positlou for
fjinlitig. Was the preacher crazy? Had
too much caloric driven him mud? For
the third time did the preacher use tho
remarkable expression, and then ho went
on to say that such was the expression
ho heard a man of the world use as he
was on his way to church. This was the
key-note to one of the clergyman's very
finest efforts on profanity, and it brings
mo to a point that I wanted to reach
about the weather.
Northern people, as a class, havo
very strange notion about the heat of tho
South. They believe that if it is warm
in the North it is uncomfortably hot in
the South, and when it is hut in the
North it is blistering in the South. In
fact, they look upon tho South a3 a great
bubbling, boiling, seething cauldron
where people are literally 6tewed,and par
boiled, and generally cooked. And th
worst part of it u that they won't believ
anything different, no matter who tell it
Socsc of them won't even believe it when
they conic here aud have personal ex
wrience. Tliev svm to think the South-
cm people havo a way of arranging th
wcivthu; to btiit thenielves,aml whenever
a man from the North comes around they
produce u- cold wave-on purpose for his
benefit.
Why, the other day a man eat on tire
porch of a Greensboro hotel reading
On see- Ntw York newspaper. He read of burn
ing heat, of sunstroke, of alarming death
rate in the great metropolis. In other
parts ofthcNorthhercodof the mercury
great theory. Sec it here. Oh'a, Na-1 rising into the nineties and sitting on top
turc's gofer back up, andso've I, Oh'a.
Lake's tiylug to turn 'erself, 'n look a'
me, Oh'a, Cap'n pull mo off at Kings
ton."
Kingston fs a elty of considerable
commercial Importance and next to Que
bec and Halifax has the strongest fsMl-
flcatleus iu tbeDonUnion. On the east
cm Me of the eity are the strong, stone
forts, the foundations of which were
begun under Gov. De Courcelles iu 1072.
wander oround among exhibits from
foreign countries and gain as much
valuable Information in. one day as in a
year of activo travel.
Foe probably, the first tim in the
history of any exposition, nearly all ex
hibits are in place, completed and ready
for tho gaze of tho visitor. It is now
neaily ono week before opening, and the
sound of a haisaier on Saturday will be
uncommon one. This condition of
air.iiis is due largely to tho fact that
many of tho exhibitors came here Juno
1st direct from New Orleans and went
ti work, put up their display and aro
now taking their vacation which is about
ended. Tho first day of tho Southern
Exposition will bo as satisfactory as tho
last.
Tuero will be a musical entertain
m nt given twice a day during the entire
I.xpositinn, in the Music Hall, by tho
)aiuroschOrelicstraandCappa's Seventh
legimcnt Baud, both of which havo been
igaged by tho-Exposition management.
V very elaborate program has been
arr nged for tho opening day (Saturday,
Aug. st 10th), and in my next letter 1
will gi-o y.-.n an account of same. Ex
cursion t. ins from all points within 1100
miles of Loi.!villo will bo rut and at
0 a. m. all the buns ...... steam whistles
in the city will make noise aud confusion
sufficient to waken the seven sleepers.
The Sontta Exposition.
fences down. The pleasant feature U, ! Leaving Kingston the steamer soon en-
that the dear ouUide lambs did not i tared the St. Lawrence and began its
furotth much of the Inning. Th wanderiugamongthe Thousand Islands,
beasts fed upon each other hear meat which dot the broad channel of the river
being pronounced upon the market al- for a distance of over fifty miles.
most as good as porterhouse steaks. 1 Arriving at Prcscott I crossed the rlv-
h-ne they will all grow ileh, and as , er to lg nslmrg, N. Y.,for the purpose
ii As th furnl-h the funds, who's of pick ing up some of the historic facts
I'll'1"' mid strausre old traditions of the St.
I f j.- y I s.-e t .mpt....,- .f iin.mu.g l.u.vr. i. win-h 1 -ii.nl giNe In another
of the figures 106, trailing at the swel
tering pedestrians and refusing to come
clown. He looked at the thermometer.
It registered OS degree. He was assured
that it had not been abovo 100 degrees
this summer. And then ho sliowed his
smartness. He insisted that thu ther
mometers iu the South hail all been tam
pered -a its. For it was not possible, he
urguwl, that it was not twice as hot in
the South as it is in the North.
ThU is my first summer iu tho South,
and I must say, in oil candor, that I con
sldr the weather not so oppressive as I
experience! In the North. The- nights
here are always cool, while there is a
Special lo tho Caruon Advcate.
Louisville, August 10, 18&".
Kentucky, the home and hunting ground
of Daniel lioone, is a state noted f,ir and
wide for her gallant men and handsome
women, and ai the homo of "thorough
breds,"' be they horses, cattle or peo le.
It is an olt repeated raying by visitors
and strangers at any public entertainment
or gathering rruido up chiefly of Ken
tuckians, "that they never saw before so
many handsome men and woman togeth
er." Kentucky is the home and biitl
plica of Mary Anderson, at present the
most celebrated actress in the world, also
of Jay Eye See and Maud S. tho Cimous
thoroughbred trotting horses whose
records have not been lowered.
Every school boy is well acquainted
with tho location, of Louisville, but tin
public generally have- only (luring th
past few years began to- rocgni?o ber
commercial importance, especially to the
Smth. This just acknowledgement lias
been brought about largely through the
Siiithein Exposition held here caili
fall for the past two years and which
will open up again in a few days.
Louisville has ten different railr ad
companies-centering here, which givei
her a place among tho principle railroad
cities of the United States; she has
population of over 100,000 people and is
altogether a very clean, healthy and
pretty city, with not a few historical
places of interest.
Your correspondent arrived hero to
day and knowing the interest which
Amcricanpcoplehave taken in Industrial
Expositions ever since the Centennial
and that you appreciated my letters
from New Orleans the pxst season, to
the extent that you published most of
them, I concluded it might interest you
and your readers to know somethiii'
about the Southern Exposition whieli
opens in this city on the loth ot this
month and continues for ten weeks.
The Southern Exposition is the only
Exposition that is and has teen a financ
ial success. The association own their
own grounds, about 60 aens including
Central Park, a handsome and substan
tial main huiluing covering 14 acrep,
with several anncxs and a fire-proof in
gallery. The buildings, grounds, engines.
boilers, electric lights and entire plant
cost over one-half million dollars and
when the fact that this was private fund
aud not public money is known, the in
telligcnt reader will recognize that the
improvements arc valuo for about one
million dollars, compared with tho cot
of government building.
The first Southern Exposition was held
in this city iu 1S83, nnd during the few
weeks it continued, over S00,000 were in
attendance, a success not anticipated.
With the improvement of the show and
extended connection since built up, it is
expected that 200,000,000 will be hero
at different limes during the next ten
weeks.
The Ctntcnnial stands first In import
ancc as an American Industrial show,
and the World' Fair at Now Orleans,
last scason,secoud (and by many believed
to be equal) only the Centennial in point
of value und beauty of the different ex
hibiu prcsenteddthough the attendance
was a miserable fuilare. A large majoi
ity of the principal displays made at
New Orleans have been brought here,
added to and put np, in fact your corre
spondent recognized so many familiar
objects and faces here upon his arrival
this morning, that ho could hardly
believe himself not to be in tho Crescent
City. In fact the worthy and conuncivl
able parts of tho ' World's Fair, about
which so much ha been said ahd written,
cau be seen here and 2,000 mile of
travel saved by the northern und eastern
visitors.
Besides exhibits from every State and
tc.ritorv in the Union.there are exhibit;
from sixttwn different foreign countries,
ainong which might he mentioned
Russia, France, Austria, Italy .China and
all other governments of any importance
Railroad Men's Christian Association.
Maucii Chunk, Aug. 1, '35.
To the Christian Workers in Lehigh
Valley:
Tho third Sabbath of August (to-mor
row 10th lust.) will ho observed as a day
of special prayer for the railroad men of
the Lehigh Valley. Tho day has al
ready become noteworthy. Our prayers
have been answered. Tho returns of
this work ha.c been large, and as the
outcome of united supplications, many
of these men arc now earnest nnd de
voted servants of the Master. Givo
hearty thanks to God for this result.
The thousands who are moving up and
down the valley as employees, the perils
of body and 6oul to which they are ex
posed, tho temptations which beset
them, the immense responsibility as to
life and property placed in their hands,
mako a more than ordinary claim on
your personal efforts and your prayers.
Let us make tliis seventh annual day
memorable. Arrange for meetings at
every available point. Enlist the Inter
est und co-opciatiouof railroad officials.
Extend a cordial Invitation to employes
to attend your meetings, and welcome
them for tho sake of the Master. Be
quest pastors to preach on the subject,
or to make make special prayer for it at
the hour of the morning worship. En
gage in the work of the day with thank
ful hearts, and In the full expectation,
that S3 the result of our united efforts,
great glory shall come to our Lord and
Master in the conversion of multitudes.
committee:
John Sii.nto.t, ANrmmv Ross, sr.,
O. D. Hamilton, Charles Caiiky,
Auqustus Lton, John DeIIaut,
IIenrv S. euster.
John Niciiol, President,
J. v. Lattiq, Secretary.
7W ft 1
General Office Cotton Exchange Building New York
HIGH GRADE BONE FERTILIZERS.
We take pleasure in spin calling the attention of farmers to nur Illgb Grade Fertilliers.
It bfing fight years ago this spring sinco they were first oIKirod lo consumers under their pres
ent form; and Irom that Mine until now thoro has been an increasing ilemanil for them, which
is a far better trsiimnnial In us than any letters of praise rould be, although we do not want
for these latter we ore in receipt ol many.
THEIR CHARACTER.
The main characteristic! of our fertilizers is that thoy are prepared with particular reference
to the cimr, ami not tn chamiosl analysis j the latter does very well in its place, and we be
lieve in chemistry thoroughly, but eoneumers aro too often deceived with the Idea that ft
chemical ctialvals is tho main tiling
What they really Want la a Good, Big- Crop.
A II BY ARE UNIFORM.
The eooda wo nianufaeluro are uniform In composition, and nro only varied in proportions.
year after year, as wo believe it to an nilvantaee to tho crop Wo have such large supplies of
linne, lllorhl, ctp, Tmni the slaughteringealnbliMinienls ol Ktw Horn, inai our leruuiers r
largely romposeil nf these, and there 11 not that inilueoment for ua to use eheaper material,
that there might be, if o did not havo this materinl.
BONE FERTILIZERS.
Our produels are of bonk basi. beeau-e w believo that is tho most satisfactory source of
nhr.snhnrie nciil. nnd the lame amount ol nnnnal matter cur fertilisers contain mokes them
especially vnlimble in what may be railed the olf or poor seasons Some years It is notice
that nlninst'anr fertilizer will ciyo fairly Rood rcsuhs, but wo fiud the most favorable com
parisons for our products aro in tho poor years.
Royal Bone Phosphate.
Tho cheapeBt, first-class, FERTILIZER sold in tho State.
FOB SALE BY
ADAM MEHRKAM & SON, LEHIGHT0N, Pa.
August 8, 1883 wO
-:o
Tho Receipt Cost Him His Life,
Daniel Vaushan, a dealer In pictures
and books, was killed at the Dodgctown
crossing, near Scrautorr, at noon Mon
day. Mr. Vaughan ai walking on tho
Lehigh and btisquchanna llailroad track
uhcnhcinet a woman who owed him
sonic money. Ilia woman decided to
make payment and Vaughan stopped to
writ a, receipt. Whllo ho was writing
the receipt the paper a.i blown from
his hands by a gust of v. ind. Ho stepped
to the track which rrms parallel with
the ono on which h was standing,
picked up the receipt and handed It to
the woman. A coa-l train was approach
ing at the time and the watchman at the
crossing warned Mr. Vaughan; lie
then steppod from ot.e track to the other
and as he did so he was struck by the
engine of the passenger train ahlch
leaves Scranton at 11 5. Mr. Vaughan
clung to the engine for a time and then
fell under tho wheels. The train passed
over his body, terribly mangling It. His
head was completely severed irom ills
body and both Ills legs were torn on.
OEN- U. S. GRANT'S PICTURES.
Do not read this notice, unless vim care
rend a propoillieii which, II yon accept, ulll
i-rwtim Mum-thin!?. 1 h:ce an em:r:ihie
iiinile trom an on iiainuujr ey a ci-n uriiii-ii
iirllst ot Cicti. tirant. lor which he sat short l
utter his trip around the wot Id. It Is In the
opinion of critics the best picture (it the
Dead Hero In cxlsiuiicc. 'lhe price ot llii
cnsnivins. 21x28 inches, on very heavy slecl
t'lluraMllK UliarU, IS VJIIU liuiltir mm iiii,-
llu cents (Sl.SS), tMutHKO pHtit by inc. bo
thoroughly am 1 convinced of the value ol
the eiiKravlnli as a work of art, and lis ap
iirccliitlou bv the public. Hint I will mail to
any uildress In the U. s., roit inspkohon,
one copy, packed In a heavy paper box, upon
receipt ol 2te. In stamps to pay postage and
packing, upon the i-ouilltlon that tho parly
recelvliii! same send mo ONIi HOI. I. All
tSloo) upon receipt ot cnsiavlns It It Is
sails! actry. or return the picture to me If It
Is not cvtisluereu worm iitu me price piceu.
i iiMve nUnn irv liittidsoine Cabinet l'Lotn.
of (irn. (ji'.int. hand llnlshed, which 1 "ill
mall on receipt ol use. ro niuum lscuninirie
without one. Liberal arrangements will be
inado with agents. Write lor terms and
price list. . ,
Address William Dickson, Publisher,
l!ox 3-'. Chicago, 1 11. Aug. 16-W-10.
Toachers' Examinations
For tho school year, commencing
June, 1685, will be held as follows:
For Kldiler township, at tast llaien, Thiirs-
ciay, Aiifi-.fi :v.
For Lower rowamenslng, at Millport, Sat
urday, August S.'.
For Last l'eiin township, at rennsvllle,
1 hursday, August !J7 .
For Upper TonaincnslnK. at Stcnilersvllle,
Saturday, txtpleuiber i.
For MuhonliiR township, nt Pleasant Corner,
Saturday, September 12.
For Venn Forest township, at Koch's School
House, batuiday, Octobers.
Examinations will be Iu writing.
Applicants will be examined In Physio
logy and Hygiene. Teachers' must be
examined ill the districts In which they
Intend to teach. Exceptions will be
made only for satisfactory reasons. Ex
amlnatlons will begin at v a. m.
u
Ilavitig now received our SPRING and
SUMMER STOCK of the Latest Designs in
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
Cloths, Cassimeres and Suitings,
w o are prepared to fill your orders for anils or parts of suits made
up In the most fashionable styles, by the but workmen, at lha
remarkable low price of
IQ. PGT rSllTfc TJwards
We nlfo iuMte tfcAi attention to our immense stook ol
Fuahionoblo Styles of
Hats, Caps, Boots, Stoes anil Gaiters
lor Old A Y..ung, Huh i Toor nt HOCK BOTTOM PJ1ICESI
Gents' Furnisliing' Goods.
Our Hoik in this department ha never bfen bo complete aa
it is at promt It nmiprisea all the newest noycllies aud de
signs. We have cveij lhing Ihnl is new in
Ties, Collars and Cuffs.
II you desire anything in this line you un find ithcre.
Trunks and Valises in Great Variety!
CLAITSS & BROTHER,
Bank Street, Lehighion, Penn'a.
April 18, 18-5-lv
New Advertisements.
WANTED.
Week.
nf any
r s u u anlicled
Willi tioiire, I luck rUck. Valuable luror
uiaticn FREE. Add red. with slump. F
W. COOK i CO , 85 Bond St., Clave
land, O. Aug. IS.
hreeio bloniuc over hero every day. and whatever. The lieautlfiil exhibit made
yet native here say It is the holiest sum- by Mexico and the U. S, Geological
m r they ever knew. display made at New Orleans are In
Kx-Qovcrnor Jarvii, nf this Statc.who place here. Indeed tho visitor can
Tlie Stands and Other Priviieps
Of the Fair Grounds will be dipod ot to
the hihest end bett bidders st tno Public
Sale n be lisld ou the Fair Grounds, at TWO
o'chxk V. M., on
Saturday, Sopt. 20th, 1885,
at which time and place all persona Icier
MI iv I are invited tn attend. trNOTICL:
All small stands muallv sokl at anil during
lhe Fair will pod'.ively not be allowed.
None but the iwrmaueiit stands (ol which
more have been erected by lhe iocietylwill
ie sold, uilo's it be Inr Flying Coaches,
stiowi, etf , which win not Inleiwro wuu
the IUfreshioent tlandt.
EL-WEN BAUER, SecreUry,
Aug. 15,lSSj-t d.
WEISSPORT, - PA.,
For PURE ZMtUGS and MEDICINES, FANCY and
TOILET ARTICLES, Choice Wines and Liquors for
Medicinal Purpose, Choice Brands of Cigars and Toboccos,
Stationery, Wall Paper and Borders, &c, &c,
at I OWI'ST I'ltlCl S ritrSUKlt! HiNSeurefiillv compounded. Hay or Nlnht
Puironane solicited an.l satiiiactiun suurantcod In Trico and iluulliy ofUooils Sold.
W. F. BIERY, Corner White and Bridge Streets. Ycissport, Fa.
April 11. 1885-ly.
LEWIS WEISS
respectfully informs his many friends and customers that ho
has removed his BOOT AND SHOE STOI B
Into the NEW BUILDING, nearly
oppoilte lil. Old Hiand, and that he
Is now rcclTlrie and opening up for
their Inspection a yery large and
fiiililon&ble line ot well-teleotcd
Boots, Shoes,
GrAITEKS,
Hats, Caps,
UMBRELLAS.&C.,
allable for
SPRING auft SUMMER WEAR,
AT PRICES TO SUIT
THE TIMES I
and joTltei yon to eall and eiamlna
Qoodi acd ltarn prices before pur
ebailne tliewhtre. SATISFAC
TION In all cates fully guaranteed
Remember, TIIR HEW SIORUoju
pome tea rcot cr
IKON STREET,
LEWIS WEISS, BAM Street, LEHIGHTON.
April t, lJ-ly
i I . I m-3.. iif . n
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE
SUNNY SO UTIT,
Or if jou think of Changing your Location,
It will repay you many thourancl fold
To Invest Flvo Cents
In a Sample Copy of
Tho Southern Golonist,
One of the prettleel, brigtitett, anil moat
entertaining pullicationa In the Southern
Statea. It la full of timely Information.
Addreas, SOVTIIERh COLONIST.
3jl cor. Southern Fioef, K. C.
To whom it may Conoorn.
All periim are hereby forbid meddling
with one Butoher Wagon, 1 Sauiago Culler.
1 Sau'age Stutter, lot of Butcher Tooli, and
the Household Furniture new In pcuciiiou
of Mr. Anna Maria Maier. rending In the
Borough of VeiMKrt, Carbon county, Ta.,
ai the Mine fa my properly and leaned by
me to her during my pleasure.
CIIAKL.E6 SCIIWEITZUn.
Franklin Iwp , Caibon County, l'a.
July SI, lWi-wJ
rv-CSaOLlNTON DRETSEY.faihlonabla
IliJS Boot and Kuoe Makxs, liask St,
LeblrfhtOB. All worg irauitte-J,