LSUtOUTON.M.i
SATURDAY, 'SEPTlvMllEK 12, 18S5.
iJutorcd at the iliii,litoti post-office as
' itd CkiM Mull Matter.
Seinooratlc Octenate Election and County
Convention.
The Dcmocratlo roters -of Carbon-county
will hold their delegate election on Saturday
Kept. 12, 1885, between' tho liourii-of -2 and 3
o'docU t- nt. "nt'fhe place of Jhohn)TtiT
aeneral election lu tho several districts (mi
lets otherwise- ordered by tbe pi opcr local
committee ami due public notice given ol the.
place epeciany agreed upon) and elect dele
Bates to reprrseut s.iM dlitrlct tn County
Conreutlnnto be held nt the Court House In
tbo Uorough ot Mancl) Chunk, ou Monday,
Kept. H, 1883, at 11 o'clock ft. m., tn nominate
Candidates for rrotlionotnry, Sheriff, Coro
her nnd Jury Commissioner, to appoint
Conferee to the Sfnatorlal Coherence of
tho 22nd Senatorial Witt let and to transact'
such other business nainay bo In onler' un
der lite rules. Tlio districts will elect the
following number of delegates respectively!
Audeurted.......i.2 Malionlnr; '.....2
tlenvur Mmilmv 4 M Chunk. 1st Wnrd..4
Katt M Chunk. ..... .4 M Chunk, 2d Ward. . .2
nasi lvim. 2 jsrtqtieiioning, z
VranVlln' lVurbH. 9
Kidder North 2!l';ickrnoutM
iitiaernouin :i J nrrryTiuo;. ..-.... yi
Ltusford ...4 Pen n Forest 2
1.'n.iun SMtunmft 1 1 111 ...It,
Lshlfh , 1 1 . ..2 To umenslnft, . r. . . J I
liahOiutou a Weiurierlr .iBi
Im jcmaracnsing. . . .a, vt cisepun. .., i
Total, T3. Necessary lor a chole7f
There being some' doubt as (he Congress.
ma.iwit-f.Aree Peine nHtatetlckft.he h:ilne
been printed on the County ticket, the above
apportionment It based upon the Democratic
aeciuiui ucftriot inst.vcHr.
Tlie newly appointed members ol theCoun
tv Cotnmltteo will also meet at the Conn
House, at t o'clock on Monday, rieptember
nth, 18M. to organize and elect a Chairman,
and transact other linnortaut busluecs.
Gr.onor. W. KsBKii,
Chairman Dcm. County Committee.
Copy of rule" regulating apportionment of
delegates In the several districts In the Conn
tyi " Resolved. 'Hint hereafter the ba?ls of
apportionment of delegates shall be, irom
time to time, on the lost preceding highest
oWou Democratic State ticket, lustead of
Governor, as uow prescribed by tho rule."
E aston ExrriEsa: The Northampton
Democrats at their county meeting on
Saturday declared In favor of 6alary for
the county officials. This Is a move In
the right direction. If salaries were
paid Instead of fees tho cry of fraud
would cease and there would bo no long
er any necessity for abstracting public
records. It Is to bo hoped the Legisla
ture will pass a salary law.
Thomas M. Carnegie, of the Edgar
Thomas Works, Pittsburg, says that all
,of the "steel rail mllls ln the country are
running to thcit fullest capacity,- with
enough orders to keep them busy the
remainder of tho year. He does not
believe there is a Arm in the country
that can fill an order for Immediate
delivery. Tho market Is firm and prices
have advanced to $30 per ton.
This Commlsiloners of Immigration
of tho Stale of New York have reported
to the Secretary of the Treasurer that
during tho year 1S84 there arrived at
the-port of New York 330,030 immi
grants, all of whom were examined by
the hoard, and on such examinations
11-14 persons, were found to be either
convicts, lunatics, idiots or persons un
able to take care of themselves without
becoming public charges, and were
returned to the countries whence, they
came.
A careless Hobok'cn druggist caused
the death of two young women last
week by putting forty grains of sulphato
of morphia, Instead of a like quantity of
quinine, .Into a prescription that he was
compounding. There havo been quite
a number of mistakes of Ibis kind of
late, and a vigorous enforcement of the
law is necessary. Under the renal
Code of New York State, such criminal
carelessness constitutes manslaughter in
the second degree, and is punishable by
imprisonment from one to fifteen years,
or by a flue not exceeding $1,000, or by
both.
Chairman Cooper of the Kepubllcan
State Committee, referring to the circu
lar recently tent o Republican clerks In
the Federal service at, AVashington says:
"Tho committee sent the circular out
for three purposes the first, to raise
contributions to pay tho legitimate ex
penses of the committee work and cam
paign. No political canvass can be run
on air. There must be printing, post
age, naturalization fees, and taxes naid.
Our second object in issuing thcclrcular
was to raise needed money to pay for
work all political committees recognize
as lawful. Thirdly, we desired to sec,
If Republicans under a Democratic
Administration would abate any of thel:
Interest or zeal in the party ..work."
Judoe Wallace, of the United
States Circuit Court, has granted at the
request of a citizen, a rule citing the
Civil Service Commissioners to show
cause why a quo tcarranfo writ should
not issue against thenrto test their con
stitutional right to their office. Tho
ground of tho petitioner is that the law
under which they hold office Is uncon
stiutlonal, In that It diverts tho power
of appointment from tho President to
whom It belongs, and places it In the
hands of a Commission. The petitioner
is therefore unable to get an appoint
ment from tho President direct, and his
rights, under tho Constitution arc in
fringed.
It now appears that the EncllsU Tories
are about to win the' credit of settling
the difficult Afghan jiuestlon. The
main obstacle to a settlement before lay
In the belief of R,uss.!an statesmen that
a Liberal Government would not fight,
no matter how npsurd demands nilght,
be made upon It. Mt;was therefore for
Russia's Interest to kcop tho question
open as Jong as. possible, so that one de
mand might be followed by another,
Tho Tories could not be played with In
thU way, and Russia has now consented
to give up all claims not only to the
lulttkar pass, but to Its approaches
The Tories will go to the electors with
thejvcif ije of having settled a danger
ous question, which their predecessors
bad been unable to deal with satisfac
torily.
tUE lotni resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of th
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania passed
the Senate and was sent to the House
Mav 22. It came un for final nassace
June 12 and resulted as follows: Yeas, j l,rasi certain it is that the impres
85, nays, 27. Notwithstanding the fact, I "n has got to !.o general that the Puri
however, that the bill lacked sixteen of lan is the fastest vessel of her clasi that
tho constitutional majority, which is
101, according to the olllclal journal It roan or somebody else may knock out of and of Its culture and market
was sent to "the Governor as having lier, but If she Is knocked out thero is , Many psople suppose that peanuts
pawed. This mistake will cost the State pluck enough leu in Boston to spit on 1 grow on trees, and that when they are
W(JJiiJcn.b!e u...ncy, cwInT to the fsct their bauds aud try It again. 1 ripe they are clubbed eff bv mU boys
that tho advertisement has been runnihg.
la two paper of every county of tile-
State since tho tnkldle of July. It -IV
stated that tho Governor never signed
tho bill, but it would have beconiealaW
in time had it been passed properly, no
veto liavins been written within thirty '
the Gorcrnoi IsTttrT&tflfcd to the Message,
Clerk.
Broauliriiu's Iw Toft- Letter-,
Soeclal to the Cajidon Advocate. -'
It is u gcntlin6 pleasure to .see u bunco
steerer and twimller como.to'grief.ns was
the esse of Tom Davis on Monday last.
Mr. Davis was a sample brick of a class '
that has flourished and waxed' fat in this
community for- years past, "The' police
know them, well. Jndgoi. nod to them
on the street. Police plains "nnd ter
gcants are not above leaning against a
lamp-post to' have a pleasant conversation
with tlicni, and with cit- officials gener
ally they; have more than a passing
acquaintance. Ask any of theso worthies
after they have got through conversation,
"Who was that man you wiere talking
with?' and' they will answer, "Ob, he's
h sporting man," and his may mean
tljat ho' la a prize-fighter, a gambler or a
thief. '
The wretched thief who was killed last
Monday ufter robbing n Texas crook of
S500, was a thief and a swindler from his
boyhood. Ho took to villianv of all
kinds as naturally as ducks take to water,
nnd ho has assisted in ileccing moro poor
dupes than any other scoundrel of his
class iu New York. Ho had an able
ally in his brother, and the only thing to
be regretted ii,t!iat whcutheTcxan killed
Tom Davis he'did not finish his b.-othcr
Theodore at tho same time. One of the
evils of this kind of robbery is, that you
can afford to wasto no sympathy on tho
ictitn.
iV firm in New York railing itself
Smith, Simmons & Co., tends out circu
lars to Texas, Alabama, Oregon or any
where else, running about as follows:
"Dear Sit Wo have been informed by a
person in whom we have tho utmost re
liance that wo can put implicit trust in
your honor. By a process known only
to ourselves wo aro enabled to furnish
the enclosed bills at the rate of ten for
Should you desire to do anything
in our way call and eco us. (P. S.)
This is Btrictly confidential." Enclosed
waB a good United States Five Dollar
bill. The victim immediately goes to a
hank or a mcrchantilo house to get it
changed, nnd it is instantly changed
without question. He gathers nil tho
money he can get and hastens to New
York and there he meets the gentleman
who is to make his fortune. Tho nego
tiation takes place in the room alone
with the dupe and swindler, but adjoin
ing tho regular office there is always an
other room witli a confederate. The
money which the dupo sees counted out
isgotd money, but after the count is
made, by tho aid of a confederate the
bag is changed, and int.tc.nl of a bag full
of firet-class counterfeit bills, tho dupe
finds when he gets to tho hotel, two or
three bricks, some rolls or packages of
tissue paper "only this nnd nothing
moro." He has no remedy. If he goes
to the courts, tho question is asked,
What did you expect to find in the
valiso?" Ho dare not sav counterfeit
money; so that losing his money in this
nefarious business the poor wretch has
no remedy, as lie is outside the pale of
the law. His only chance for satisfac
tion is to do as the Texan Holland did,
and blow the top of the vidian's head oil.
A few more examples of this kind, and
the saw-dust game, which has flourished
for years, will soon become a "Lost Art."
The name of a sporting man never was
an enviable one, but when the sport, for
lack of other business, takes to picking
pockets, and all other meaner forms of
theft, it is well enough for the public to
know that, in defining a tport, lie may
not be a thief, but he certainly is not an
honcbt man. Mr. Holland may not be a
model man for Young Men's Christian
Associations to pattern after tho fact
that he carries loaded bull-dog? in his
trousers is very much against that pre
sumption, ilicro is know doubt but
that he is better acquainted with peni
tentiaries than with bible classes, never
theless, he has done Now York an essen
tial favor, and I tako this public oppor
tunity of returning my most grateful
thanks. I hope no harm may come to
him for letting daylight into Mr. Davis.
And even if this unfortunate adventure
should land him in the State's Prison, he
will still have the exquisite satisfaction
of feeling that virtue is its nwn reward.
W o are in a fever in New York to
know if the Queen's Cup is going back
to "Hold Hingiand." Now that some
scholar has informed us that "Gencsta"
is tho classic for "Broom," we aro asking
ourselves if it is the intention of this ad
venturous Briton to do ns Admiral
Tromp did, and hoist that significant
emblem to his mast-head, as his private
signal. Tho disposition on nil hands is
to give our British brother fair play
with Tom baycrs' toast, "May the best
man win." I do not with to bo consid
ered as finding fault witli tho model of
this British racer, but, taken from
yachtsman's standpoint, she is a queer-
looking craft nothing like her has ever
been seen in these waters before. Draw
ing us much water as u good 6lzed shir
she has scarcely the beam of a huge sail
boat.
In no sense, except as a racer, docs she
unswer Webster s definition of a yacht
i ho Gencsta is a mere racing machine;
no gentleman would think of using her
for pleasure. In any kind of a breeze it
is impossible to walk her deck you can
only sit down, or lio down, and hold on.
This may be fun for those who like that
sort of amusement, but, for myself, 1
would rather be excused. For the time
being, everything seems to bo sunk in
the yacht race. A
week ago, and there
was un ill-defined fear that tho Gencsta
was a dark hoivc, but all that is changed
now. It may bo bounce, or it mav be
sails the sea. This conceit the English-
An i Id man toik his life lit despair
last week, who thirty years ago .wgsnl
tnoat ifnot qulto a millionaire. Ho was
brought of In luxury, and. was scarcely
0f oge when he Inherited n largo fortuno'
tv the dcuth of his father. A aeries of
iucty sieculations doubled his capital
i. i j. i. e...
Hliu lutiuc iiiui .a uuui, i:uitiij,i;,, uu lure
was hi.true name For years whatever ,
ho touched' turned 'to jrold, nnd men
spokp of his luck as phenomenal. When
Black Friday involved almost every
pne else in ruin ho made thousands by
the- disaster. When ho bought a stock
It went up, when he sold it went down,
and hoal ways sold in time. Ho married
and his good luck .seemed to fellow' him
.for he got one of New York's most beau
tiful belles and a handsome addition to
his fortune. But the turning point cimo
at last, and tho fast man rwho' . liad ex
hausted all tho pleusurcs.of all -thecapi-tals
of Europe, made but an indifferent
husband. Ho spent his evonings at his
club and left his young wife to amuse
herself as best sho could. She found
friends who wcro only too glad of her
society, and one mcrning the city was
startled by tho announcement of the
elopement of Mrs. . Tho husband,
when apprised of his wife's flight, was in
Boston in company with n notorious wo
man. He started iu pursuit, however,
and overtook them at St. Louis, where
ho killed his man. Ho was tried for .the.
crime nnd sentenced for manslaughter to
State's Prison,though tho case was plain
ly murder. When ho came out ho was
u ruined and broken hearted man. His
money was gone, his friends were gone,
and maddened by his misfortunes he took
to drink. Step by step he went down
till he wandered these streets a wretched
ragged vagrant. Five years of this life
left him a bloated unsightly sot, and last
week ho jumped from a ferry-boat and
ended his miserable life iu tho turbid
waters of tho river. Many a. miserable
wretch takes tho same course: too poor
to buy a pistol or poison, they seek the
waters of the river.
Another frantic wretch asks a woman
to marry him. He has no claim upon
her love whatever. She refuses, and he
attempts to assassinate her and fails, hut
succeeds in killing himself. The world
is better without him, and the young
woman has had a lucky escape. Such a
husband could only havo mado her life
miserable, and in the words of Shakes
peare: Nothing ih his life so well became
him as tho leaving of it.
Tho rush hdmo this week has been
tremendous. The streets are full of ex
press wagons piled three stories high
with Saratoga trunks and furniture from
tho cottages at the different watering
pluccB. Returned tourists, brown us
berries and lively as crickets, fill the
streets, and as they puss they look down
with supreme contempt on us poor fel
lows who were compelled to stop at
home.
Once moro tho theatres aro in full
blast, nnd the opening week lias been
most propitious. Steele Mack.iyo bobs
up again at the Lyceum, notwithstanding
(ho ruin of the original stockholders.
Perhaps some one else has $50,000 or
f 100,000 that ho wants to lose; he can
sir.k it in the model Actor's College ns
quiik as any place that I know of. I am
not going to prophecy, but I think before
that prolific author Hartley Campbell
gets through with his season nt the 1-lth
street theatre, he will wish he had stuck
to play-writing and left management
alone.
As I remarked, the theatres are alt in
full blast, but while actors are plenty
clergymen are scarce. Early in the
week tho wife of a gentleman in Brook
lyn died. Ho had not resided there long
and was a comparative stranger. Tho
morning after her death lie started to
find a clergyman to perform the last
funeral rites, but none could be found.
Ho went to church after rhxrch and
residence after residence, but the minis
ters.wcre all oft enjoying themselves in
the country, and it seemed as if the poor
woman's remains must bo consigned to
the grave without any ceremony. At
last a grocers hoy saw a country minis
ter whom lie knew on the street, nnd the
husband informed him of his sad dilem-
. Tho minister excused himself as he
had another engagement, but at last was
prevailed on to read a few words and
hurried off. This was a poor woman
who had led a virtuous and upright life.
The day that Tom D.ivis,tho notorious
crook and swindler, was buried, who was
followed to his crave by thieves like
himself, there was not the slightest diffi
culty in finding a clergyman to read the
funeral service over his remains. The
clergyman, who was left behind by tho
crocki, got a special train and caught tho
funeral just in time.
Tho weather is cool and bracing, aud
the revival of business is sharp.
BROADBRIM.
OUR SOUTHERN EUMT
Peoh our Special Correspondent.
Southern Pines, N.C., Sept. 5,
This week I intended to tell you some
thing about that well known source of
enjoyment and comfort the Peanut.
How often havo wo munched and
mangled them you and I, kind reader
We have picked them open with our
fingers. We have bitten into the shells
with our teeth. We have reveled be
neath the smiles aud jokes, and songs
of the clown at tho circus while the
small boy In spangles looked at our best
girl and swindled - us by pretending to
empty into our pockets a wliolo pint of
'pe-e-e-e-nu-u-u-tttsl only ten cents a
bushel!" 'while In reality we only got a
few nuts and a lot Of shells. Wo havo
eaten them hot; we have eaten them
cold; we have eaten them on the street;
wo havo eaten them In the opera house
whllo the prima donna glared savagely
at us; we have eaten them In company
of sluggers; we have enjoyed them In
church; we have eaten them while at
tending to the wants of an "angel" ;they
have taken tho place of "funeral baked
meats" ; and last, but not least, wo have
Helped the boys sing,
" er sua'ii'i nn e any u my peanuts
When )oitr eauuts are (unr,"
This Is the native home of the frolick-
some pcanut,andltls meet that I should
say something of Its growth.of Its habits,
In Knee-breeches. I used to think
that way myself. 3Utesuch isn't the
case, for they grow In tho ground like
potatoes.
Down here peanuts are called ground-
mlts and ground-peas, whllo those who
wftnl 10 snow tllc'r lamlllarlty vlth tho
"classics" call them "coubcrs." "Gott-
- - . , r
" has a sort of Latlnls grcjnd. ; Orf
t iO Id 1I1U1D VI U UllCIVhl'U fiUIUIUf 1UI UIV t
or my
part I glvo it un. One thing Is a" fa,fct,
they are cultivated with no more trouble
than U'rcqulrcdfiot tho fbimitd.
While I was looking up the subject the
other day.I found tbat eome better fel
low had traveled over tlio road before
me, and had done, tho work so much
better than I could do.it thatl.know.It
wlir bo welcomed here. . .,'..'"
WHAT THE. OTHER FELLOW BATS:
"Although millions of dollars are now
spent annually In peanuts, yet peanut
farming moves along tn the same old
grooves that it followed twenty-five years
ago. The farms aro of about the same
slzo as they wcro then, namely, fiom
twenty-five to fifty acres. A very few
havo one hundred acres. Fiom ten to
twelve negroes are employed on a farm.
While growing tho vines resemble dwarf
beans, nnd a glanco across a field re
minds you of a stunted huckleberry
patch. The nuts arc drilled in hills a
loot apart and In rows two and a half
feet apart. During the summer the hoe
Is kept busy clearing out the weeds and
piling a little mound over every peanut
plant.. When tho crop is to.be gathered
a horse drags a plow llko a potato plow
through the long. rows, and tho vines
are turned up to tho air. Then groups
of negroes nro sent into tho fields armed
with long-tlncd potato forks. With these
the vines arc tossed up Into the air and
freed from dirt. Other negroes follow
and pile the vines in shocks as high as a
tall man can rcacn. llio shocks are
built around a rail driven perpendicular
ly into the ground. Tho pile Is prevent
ed from tipping over by taking up each
vine In both -hands and placing it on
cither side of tho pole, thus binding it.
The lower end of tho plant on which the
nuts grow is placed noxt to tho pole,
This method is employed in order that
tho shell of tho nuts while drying may
not mildew by exposure to wind, rain,
and sun. After the crop stands in shocks
It Is then loft for two or three weeks,
until It is thoroughly drlod out or cured.
When the peanuts rattlo in tlio shells
tho shocks can bo taken down. Negroes
gather around them, pull the nuts from
the vines, and pitch them into a wagon.
When dried on the barn floor the nuts
are put Into plain bags and carted be
hind a mule or horse team to the
machine man, as the capltaliit in the
city is called by the farm employees
The machine man now handles almost
all of the farmers' crops before they
reach the market. These middlemen
sprung up six or seven years ago, and
arc adding to their numbers every day.
In Norfolk, Va.,are thelargest concerns,
The nuts arc taken to the top floor of
tlio building and scoured by keeping re
volving in contact with one another in a
long iron cylinder. Then they are sent
to the lower floor througli spouts and
put througli a fanning mill. Attached
to the fanning mill Is an endless apron
of slats revolving across a table, after
the fashion of a horse's treadmill in a
threshing machine. Around this end
less wooden apron, twelve or fifteen
feet long and two feet wide, sit women
and girls, about a dozen on each side,
who, with nimble fingers, sort the nuts
as they travel onward. At the end of
the table arc spouts, and tho task of the
employees Is to place tho nuts on the
apron In long lines, so that nuts of the
best grade shall tumble into one spout,
of the second grade, into another spout,
and of thetnird grade Into a third spout
These spouts empty their contents into
bins upon tlio floor below, where men
arc ready to put the nuts Into sacks. It
requires a peculiar soil and a long season
to produce peanuts in perfection, and
they are cultivated for commercial pur
poses only In a few counties in Tennes
see, Virginia and JNorth Carolina; one
or two counties in southwestern Ken
tucky occasionally have some to sell, and
in some other parts of the South they
are produced in quantities sufficiint for
local consumption. Virginia is the
largest producer, and furnishes fully
one-half of the commercial supply
Tennessee comes next, and North Caro
lina is third in Importance. Of late
years California has produced some pea
nuts, but they arc all consumed on the
Pacific coast, and do uot enter Into the
question of supplies In our market."
A WORD TOR OUR SIDE.
Now I'd like to attach a penultimate,
as It were, to this subject, but the other
fellow seems to have gobbled not only
the kernel, but the whole peanut, 6hell
and all. But if you think you would
like to try your hand at peanut farming
1 can't give you better advice than to
come to North Carolina, for here you
will find the peculiar soil required, the
length of season, cheap land, and one of
tlio finest, and most healthful climates
in the world. F. P. Woodward.
Naked Lamps in a Mine
Pottsvili.e, Sept. 0. An explosion
of sulphur gas at Otto Colliery at halt-
past one o'clock this morning Instantly
killed one boy, fatally injured three men
aud severely burned ten others. The
names of the victims are:
John Lynn, driver boy, aged 17 years,
Instantly killed; Thomas Lynn, aged
27 years, single, burned very badly about
hands and face; Robert Lynn, aged 24
ycars.scvcrely bunted about head, breast
and arms. These three young men
were sons of John Lynn, who was killed
by a fall of coal ten years ago. Thomas
aud Robert are miners and bad only
started on tho work last evening.
John. Graham, 80. years of age. wife
and two children, mlucr.serlously burned
about tho body
John Frew and his sons Alexander
and Robert, all working on repairs,
John and Robert are not badly burned,
but Alexander, who has a wife and two
children, was thrown by the explosion
against the side of the gangway and had
several ribs broken, his back Injured and
his head and body badly burned. His
injuries are expected to provo fatal.
James Wilson, bumcd about the head.
Joe Larkin, aged 18 years, not fatally
burned.
Barney McGarvers, miner, wife and
four children, probably fatally burned.
All of the above live at Branchdale.
iUCIUUUIlu4ivai, . uiMVIIUli,
Charles Macaulcy, 45 years of age,
married, very badly burned j not expect
cd to. recover,
James Lynch, married, not serious.
"Francis ltellly, aged 30-ycars, married,
not serious.
THE SCENE Or THE PISABTER.
Otto Colliery, the scenoof tho disas
ter, is operated by the Philadelphia and '.
.., r. ..
Keadlng. Coal nnd Iron Company and s
lUUttt - u.U4i Uiiiw rtwa. ui jl ut,rao v iiiu j.k
gives employment, to four hundred men
and boys, i'or the last five months but
little coal not.-pver sixty .or seventy
cars a day has been shipped, most of
the men being employed on repairs .and
new- work, such as driving tunnels. Two
of -theso havo.bccn fiulsllcd.and open up
a -white ash vein which promises big re
turns for th.Q. outlay. The colliery lias
always ocern regarded as remarkably
free from gas. In the new level an air
way has bceu under way, however, and
Irr .this the coal was pretty fico run,
throwing pjf, largo quantities of sulphur.
This rose to t'hd upper or red ash level,
where the gang of men mentioned were
arwork.
HOW IT HAITENKD.
A quarter of an hour before the ex
plosion occurred Patrick Kllraln and his
son amc out of the upper gangway with
naked lights and noticed no gas present.
At half-past 1 o'clock when the party
crime out on a truck and John Lynu.the
driver, opened tho door a cloud of cas
burst upon their lights and exploded
with a shock that was felt in every part
of the mine. Every light was extin
guished and the burned and bleeding
victims had to grope about in darncss.
Tlie elder unn boys found the lifeless
remains of their little brother, some time
After the first excitement had subsided.
and inougn me nesti was uangltig.lrom
tncir nanus ana taccs groped their way
through the black recesses of their mlno
for nearly a mile before they reached
tho surface through the second outlet.
The force of the explosion was ex
pended on tho three doors in tbo gang
way, passed by the track-load of men
coming out. These were brushed away
iikc so many straws, ine amount of
wreckage, as compared with other ex
plosions of evcu less force, was not con
sidered crcat and the damage will be
quickly repaired. The gangway at the
moutn ot which uic explosion happened
Is three hundred and sixty yards below
the surface. No blame Is attached to
any one, for the fire boss had been
through that part of the mlno but a little
while before and had there been any gas
he would have reported to the men. It
Is not known at what hour tbo coal in
the lower workings run and forced the
gas out.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A colored woman asked the Fulton
(Ga.) Superior Court for a divorce at a
rcceut session, on the ground that she
hnd been living with her husband for
fivo yens and was tired of him.
Georgetown, Col., has had to im
port a new corps of female teachers for
Its public schools, only one of last year's
"schoolma'ams" remaining. The rest
havo all married or are engaged.
In a sleeping car on the Rock Is
land-road Mr. John T. Stewart placed a
very large valise in the aisle, and was
advised by the conductor to get It
checked. Mr. Stewart responded by
thrashing the conductor.
A member of the Bible Revision
Committee received a touching plea
against tho changing of a verse In Pro
verbs, "which," said the writer, "was
always a great comfort to my two hus
bands, both deceased."
A poor servant of Broome county,
N. Y., who married tho son of a rich
man two years ago, has just had a ver
dict for $4,000 against her fathcr-ln-law
awarded her on the ground that he
alienated her hurband's affections, In
consequence of which she had again to
earn her own living.
Tho University College Hospital Is
a foremost London medical institution.
The charter forbids tho introduction of
religion In any form Into tho tuition.
Lately tho nurses In the wards have
been a religious sisterhood, sanctioned
by the Church of England; but there is
now a movement to exclude them, on
the ground that their employment Is a
violation of the autt-rellglous proviso.
The contents of the State Library
nt. MonHco arc belnc catalogued by a
weil-known French savant, who has dis
covered there a mass of correspondence
of immense historical value. There are
many documents of the greatest Interest,
as well as some 20,000 letters, including
many written by successive Kings of
France, and by Richelieu, Mazarin,
Catharine de Mcdicls, Louvois, Colbert
and Montaigne.
Ferdinand YII. of Spain, when
'hard up" in 1822, rccehed a loan of
5,000,000 reals from Scnor Uzadc, re
payment not to be made unless demand
ed. The munificent senor never made
demand, but his descendants have now
brought suit against Queen Isabella and
her sister, the Duchess of Montpensier,
who resist payment on the ground that
tho money was a gift, and that repay
ment is at any rate barred by prescrip
tion. The Xaneet lately gave a dreadful
picture of the unsanitary plight of
Windsor. It entirely agrees with the
report made by a special agent of the
Builder fourteen years ago, and Is con
firmed by a well-known Windsor clergy
man, who writes: "In South place in
this there aro forty-two houses with a
population of varying from 170 to 210.
To these forty-two houses there are
fourteen closets, all without water. Ten
of these houses have no 'backs,' no
sinks, no closets. All are without wa
ter. There are in these ten houses just
fifty people without the common decen
cies of life." The medical officer ad
mits all this, but adds: "I do not feel
justified in condemning these houses as
unfit for habitation." Such Is royal
Windsor. No wonder the Prince Con
tort got his typhoid there.
Tbo correspondent of a London
paper,-who visited the Imperial train
which conveyed the Czar of Russia to
his meeting with the Emperor Franz
Joseph, thnsdescrlbcs It: "It contained
bedrpoms,bath rooms,and dining rooms,
besides saloons and boudoirs, and all
these were furnished with wonderful
luxury. The room of the two young
princes, for it was a regular room, was
upholstered In violet leather of a new
and lovely shade. Eveiywhere were
easy chairs and the softest of sofas. In
the Emperor's private saloon was an
Ikon, with a lamp burning before It.and
on the table lay tbo newspapers which
his Majesty had been reading. There
was not a Russian paper among them,
but the Jireuz Zeituiiyof Berlin, four
Danish papers, and the Paris Figaro,
In all the saloons, both of the Emperor
1 1 1 . n .. ......... H.l (.Ma. . .1
: tho mne'tad evidently been playing
I llSTd, JUaglOg Dy UlO p&CJU Ol CBruS
strewn about."
i"1 ' 'i" iv a ' ui '
A PBOSFEBOUS IHFANT
Jackson (Mich.) Patriot'. Let us ask
a plain question, taking tho caso of a
single carpet manufacturer of this coun
try to base It upon. Are tho pcoplo of
tho United States any better off because
they have been taxed heavily cnouch
on all the carpets they have used to cn-
amo a. juggins, of ricw vork, who
Is but one of nearly two hundred manu
facturers, to amass a fortuno of $50,000,
000 In twenty-four years! In 1880, tho
census year, and a very prosporous one,
the total valuo of the carpets made lu
the United States was but $31,702,802,
so that Sir. Hlggins' profits for twenty
four tariff years amount to nearly the
total value of the carpet product for two
years, taking the amount produced dur
ing one of tho very best of theso years
as tbo basis for calculation. No doubt
the tariff has been a glorious thing for
Hlggins, but Is It a good thing for those
whom It has compelled to make li Ira a
fifty millionaire In less than a quarter of
a century? That Is the real question.
The greatest good for tho greatest num
ber not the greatest good for a very
few Is tho wisest economical policy for
a nation to adopt.
SUICIDE OF A 5-YEAIt-OLD BOY.
HE SAID HE WANTED TO OO TO HEAVEN
TO BEE HIS 8ISTER, AND THEN
SHOT HIMSELF.
Bradford, Pa., Sept. 7. A little
daughter of David Norf, of Dubois, Pa.,
died a few weeks ago. Willis, a 5-year-
old brother, repeatedly declared that ho
wanted to die, so that be might go to
heaven and see her. On Friday last he
asked his mother If he was good cnouch
to go to heaven if ho died. His mother
told him that she believed he was. Not
long afterward sbe heard a pistol shot
in a room un stairs, one ran to me
room and found Willis lying dead on the
floor. In his right hand he held a re
volver, with which ho had shot himself
through the heart.
John D. Bertolette Post,
484, G. A. R.,
meets every Thursday cveninc at 7:30
o'clock, in Rebcr's Hall, until further
notice. A full attendance of comrades
is requested as business of importance
will bcbroughtbcfnrethel'ost. Bv order,
Jo..S. AVeiib,"P. C.
Al. Whittinoham, Adj.
New Advertisements.
IWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A ma rvl of
purity, strength ana wh"lMnmeni"Ss. Min
eeonmuieal than the ordinary kind', and
rannnt lie anld in mmpetlllon with thn
uiullituiln of low tut, short weight, alum
fir phosphate pnwdrra. Sold only in cans
Royal Baking Powder Company, IOfi Wall
St., N. auj; 21-mll
Nine Teaohers Wanted
In MAHONING SllHOOL DISTRICT.
Tim Examination will be on the I2ih of
Sept,, at the Pleasant Corner School llnuve,
and on the same day the tax dupiieaie will
lie given to be rnllwled at the Lowest
rote. D. 8. LONGAOrtE, See'.
nugM, 'Si. New Mahoning. Pa.
A Pleasant Home For Sale !
The undersigned offeri the two story
Frame Dwelling Hons', with twn-stnry
Kltrlirn attaeh'il, ronlaiNlni; seven rooms,
with a storv and a half Bummer Kilrhen.
The lot is MilDDl feet, upon which thrro
are a number ol choice fruit trees hi eo'mI
Waring together with a well nt water, con!
stable, and all other necsry huIMinti.
also, one, lot. adjoiulnt, the abuve, Mxl'JKl
fret, used as a I ruck garden, located in the
boron ch of Weisaport. Will lie sold at Pri
vateSalenn likernl terms Apnly to
WILLIAM If. SCIlOOIf,
Executor of Maria Schoch. dee'd.
B'ltzville. P O , Carbon oounly, Pa.
Aug 2Vth, lfiSi w8.
CLIMAK-
PlUG TOBACCO?
sea TIN TAG.
r'rJ
Aug 29 1m
ENCINES, VIBRATORS,
THRE8HIC MACHINES
GRAIN DRILLS, CiderMills
Warranted the best. Grain Drills; the
celebrated Pennsylvania, the only perfect
ferre feril phorphate altalchmenl iu use.
Cider Millr; the celebrated America ard
iiiuns; America. lrn Bneiieri, flay
Prrseea and Btandarrt Implements general
ly. Send forcaialoRU. A. B. FAItQUI! Alt,
Penosylvan'a Agricultural Works, Yxrk,
ra, Aug zv ini
FARM LOANS.
I7&QOI Secured bv FIR8r MORTGAGES
I pw to interest to Invctturs sale as GOV
ERJfME.S'T BONDS. Interest payable
Semi-Aunually, amince nr Winn nt mnitg
caiee. 12 veals' experience, and never
Inst it dollar for ani cuitonisr. Bast of
reference elven to abilltv. Interrllv tnd
financial etanrline. Write us for circular
irlvlne reference and particulars. LEDOLD,
FISHER CO., Bankers and lan Ai'ti,
Abilene, Kan. a u jr. ZD 1 in
ADVERTI8ER3 br Dddresine GEO. P.
HOWELL k CO., 10 Bpruec 8t , Nt w York,
can Irarn the exact coil ol any propcti
line nr ADVERTISING in American
Newspapers C$ul80 par. pumpblat, 10a.
Aug 3V irrx
ThU paper la kept ou llle nt lire omce of
;yersoh
DVERTISINq
building ggjfi-g Philadelphia.
ECTiimcc rsriEnmrn itrrrnsiw enrp
CO I IMA I CO at LoweatCaah Rates rUCC
AYERS SON'S MANUAL
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General Office Cotton Exchange Building New York
HIGH GRADE BONE FERTILIZERS.
We take pleasure in again calling the attention of farmers to our High Grade Fertilizers.
It being eight yeari ago this spring since they were first offered Ho consumers under their pres
ent form land Irom that time until now there has been an Increasing demand for them, which
is a far better testimonial to us tban any letters of praiie could be, although we do not want
for these latter we are in receipt ol many.
THEIR CHARACTER.
The main characteristic of nur fertilizers is that they are prepared with particular referene
to the exor, and not to a chemical analysis the latter does very well In Its place, tad ne be
liev In chemistry thoroughly, but consumers aro' too often deceived with the Idea that a
chemical analrsls is the main. thing
What they really Want is a Good, Big Crop.
'11IEY ARE UNIFORM.
The goods we manufacture are uniform In composition, and are only varied In proportions,
year after year, as we believe it to an advantage tn the crop We have such large supplies of
Bone, Blood, etc, frnm the alaughteririg establithmenta of New York, that our fertiliters are
largely composed of these, and there is not that inducement for ui to ua cheaper material,
tbat there mlgut be, If we did not nave tnis
BONE FERTILIZERS.
Our products are of bonk sasx, because we believe that ia the most atisfaetory aourot of
nhosiihoric acid, and the larce amount ol
especially valuable In what may be called the
that almost any ferllliter will give lairiy gooa remits, nut wo ddu iob most laruiawi. ww
parisona for our products are in the poor years.
Royal Bone Phosphate.
The oheapest, first-olass, FERTILIZER sold in the Stato.
FOR SALE BY
ADAM MEHRKAM &
AUguit Of iooa wu
GUNS! GUNS!! GUNS ! !
Guns were never sold so cheap as they are
this year.
I CARItY THE LARGEST STOCK OF
Guns and
IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY, -
and will make special effort to suit every one
that has any idea of buying anything in my
line. Remember the sign of the 'BIG GUN;
M. C. EBBECKE,
606 HAMILTON STREET,
AiiLlEMTOWI-f, PA.
August 2 -3m
E NOW RE
Trunks and Valises in Great Variety!
CLAUSS & BROTHER,
Bank Street, Lehighton, Penn'a.
April 18, 18-S-lv
ry's
WEISSPORT, . - PA.,
For PURE ZJUUGS and MEDICINES, FANCY and
TOILET AltTJOLES, Choice Wines and Liquors for
Medicinal l'urpose, Choice Urnnds of Cigars and Toboccos,
Stationery, Wall Paper and Borders, &c., &o
at 1.0 WKST PI1IOFS. I'KCniPTlONS carefully compounded. Day or Nlnht
Vatrouaan sollclied ami satlsiactlon xuaranteed In I'rlcrn and Quality of Goods Sold.
. F. BIERY, Comer White ani Briflse Streets, Weissport. Pa.
April 11. mi-Jy.
We want 1,000 More BOOK AOENTS for
the Personal Uiitory of
U. S. GRANT.
40,000 onp'es already sold. We want one
egent in everv Grand Army rtt and in
every townahip. Sand for Special Tcrnn to
Ajrenisnre7iiTn agency at oncebyaend
ine FIFTY ('EKTO in slami lor outfit.
Add"-FORSHEE&McMAKItl)Dcir1:iS.
Ang 22 1 m.
r-SOUINTON BrtKTNiaY.lajhlonaWa
IliB Boot sod Sbo Mxxib, Bnk fir
Irthla-htwi. Ahfivtfcwarmttii. r
iwniHOTHnrwimw,
material.
animal matter our fertiliters contain makes tueni
(iff or poor seasons Romovrarsil Is noticed
SON, LEHIGHT0N, Pa.
Sporting Goods
ADY
Having now received our SPUING and
SUMMER STOCK of the Latest Designs in
KOnEIGN .NI) DOMESTIC
Cloths, Cassimeres and Suitings,
we are prepared to fill your orders for suits or parts of suits uiado
up In the most fashionable styles, by the belt workmen, ot tho
remarkable low price of
$10. per Suit ujaras !
We also Invite special attention to our Immense stock of
Fashionable Styles of
Hats, Caps, Boots, Sfcoes ani Gaiters
lor Old 1c Y.-ung, Ituli k IW at ROCK BOTTOM MICESt
Gents' Furnishing Goods.
' Our stock In this department latin never been so complete as
It is at present. It comprises all the newest novelties and de
signs. We have everything that is new in
Ties, Collars and Cuffs.
If you desire anything in this line you sin Bod (there.
Irug Store
TO ADVERTISERS.
An advertiser who for many years has
used all clarsei of newtpapera, write t "I
prefer your Select List lor the reason that,
while but few persons in any particular
town subscribe fur a class medium or large
city weekly, nlneout of ten subscribe for
Ibeir local paper, and the tenth one bor
rows it from his neighbor." This list cou
tains 981 Dally and Weekly papers
divided Into Bute, and aeclloos, and will
be sent free on application.
Oiotoi P. Itosi.L k Co ,
10 Spruca 8t., N. Y.
T 1 ITn I ''lalina a sp.slalty. Warrants
I . A Nil ami AUDITION tL 11 O M E
U0.1UJ. KTKAD DKKTIFltJATES ao4
all kinds of LAN!! SCItlP boucktud sold.
hUHPttf UKII ENTItlfca. LiAND. fAT
XKT nd PENSION eassa attended to.
f)rrespoB4sDc aeil.ltad. A. A- THOMAS,
Attsruey at Law, ltoom U tit Vltvi Bultd.
Iff j WtihlDitoa, 1). O. ' car.