ranosnnxrBKi rtlW iTu"Yirt.Y f- Tis-khvI-a fflflf mamX nl$tm, i.r.iiiniiTON. rA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 0, 18S(t. Entered at the T.oliigliton post-olllce ns Sccoml Class Mail Matter. A M rutin-o of tlio Democratic State Crmtral Committee, 1ms been called by Chairman Hensel, to ronenc ixt tlio Holton lloitfc, lu the City of Harrls burg, VfeiHiostUy, January 20, to elect n chairman and permanent secretary, and seven members of the State I'xecu tU o Coniutlttee; and to transact such other buslrwM as tlio committee may de termini;. Tub rrcsident pro tcm. of the V. S. Senate laid before that body Tuesday a very remarkable, petition from Parah Kelley of lloncsdale, VTnyuo county, l'cnnsylvanla, who states that she is a lone widow, who lot pine relatives in tho war for tho Union, including a hus band, father, brothers, brothers-in-law, cousins, uncles, &c, and cried becauso she wasn't a man so that slio could go Into the army herself. She asserts that she Is a poetess of rare merit, and docs not ask a pension, as other women in similar circumstances do, hut wants Congress to pasa a hill appointing her the bard of the nation, -.villi such a sal ary as u ill enable her to live in a style that a lady should live who suffered so much for the perpetuation of tho Union. Turi.cstilnatos of the statistician of the Department of Agriculture, for the principal cereals are In round millions as follows: Corn, l,t'3?,000,000; wheat, 357,000,000; oats, 020,000,000. Tho area of corn is 73,000,000 acres; of wheat, 34,000,000; of oats, 23.000,000. The value of corn averages nearly 33 cents per bushel, and makes an aggregate of $035,000,000, $.-),000,000 less" than tlio value of the last crop. The decrease in the product of wheat is 30 percent., and only 17 per cent, in valuation which is $273,000,000. Tho valuation of oats is $180,000,000. The reduction hi wheat Is mostly in the valleys r.f the Ohio and in California. The production of all cereals Is 53 bushels to each Inhabitant, ami tiic aggrejito volume is larger than any former year. Ax exchange says: An old ledger kept by a Ifonesdale merchant sixty years ago lias the following charges: One pint of whisky, 0 cents; half pound to bacco, 12 1-2 cents; 1-2 pound tea, CO cents; 1-2 gallon whisky, 23 cents; pounds of nails, 25 cents; one drink of whisky an.l glass, IS cents; one pair of shoes, $1.50; rum and sugar, 11 cents; 1 quire paper, 23 cents; 1 candlestick, It) cents; whisky anil barrel, $12; curry comb and almanacs, 31 1-2 cents; qniirt of brandy, 50 cents; 100 cigars, 25 ,'eentsj tobacco and whisky, 18 cents; eight pounds of butter, $1.25; onequait gin, 31 cents;. one bariel Hour, $0; one pound powder, 31 cents; 1-2 gallon wills ky, 25 renin; 3 pounds sugar, 44 ecnts;l quari rum, 50 cents; horse to ride and drink of whisky, 28 cents, (horse 25 and whisky 3 cent"). Good beer was clawd as being the drink next best to water by Dr. I.anrer- aux. at the Antwerp convention against alcoholic drinking. Ills remark applied to pure, unadulterated, well-nude beer. He said that in IV.incc, where the beer of the country h scarcely ever doctored or tampered with, alcoholism U rare, so Inn? as they conline themselves to that beverage. Wine of goo.l quality is less limoeuous. l-'or children it is always bad, and lu adults It predisposes to tub erculosis, nenoiii troubles, nightmare and otiier alfeetlous. lint grain and potatoes aro the agents whence is ob tained the most deleterious form of al cnliol. These spirits provoko nervous diiorders which commence In the ex treiniliea; pricking sensations, chills insomnia or else hideous vWons, ten dencies to suicide by banging or drown Ing, and lnoAery instance piemature old age. THE DTATE'3 MONEY. UAW.imirwi, Jan. . The heavy drafts on the State Treasury the past month for the payment of Judges and otlter current expenses has reduced tho ninount in tlio general fund Iwlow the million dollars authorized by law to be retained in It. The moneys in the gen cral fund are deposited In the banks lu dlcated: .Uleidienv National Ilrnk. I'ltts- Imru sist.rijO.i'O Kiiton Nntlon-il Hank, ImikIoii W.nod.oo Savings Haul; ot 1' n nklln iM.ouo.OO l arn'.iis l'.ink. iiairisiiur farmers and MiTliaiiies' Xal tonal JSaiik, I'liilailidulilii FarniTs' lepoil National Dank. ttttohuiK I'lrtli National Dank, i'ltMmrc.... l'lrst National Hank, l'iitsbut l'liet National Hank, Unntli'iiUun.. I'lrot National I'.-uk. II' d.'otd First N'ntlnn! Ilnnl.. Hpir-uuiK.. l'lrt National Hank. l,ait-Ui.... J'lr-t National Hank. I n."i.louu... I imtiin.ine.illli (iu.u.i t." t-ate DcuiHtiimlTnisi iv..l'-i i-i-.iiiirft J'liltnii National Pir.li. 1 1 ucii-der . (liraiilNutlonal ll.iiil.l:i!l.iillp!iii J.l.l-onlc ll,tii! I'lttuborjr M irlianU uiui MuiiutiiotuiviVNa- tloiial Hank. Pllttliiiik Mechanics Hank. llarihdiiiiK National Hank ol rliuinbcr-diiiri.. National lianU of MhWIeUmn Naltninl llankif lhil-.thna People's Itatdf. t'hllail liihl.i Trailt'i-uien's National lianl;, Con- Hlinliockeu , Checks, c.fdi Heus, etc lloott'U a won hlw.1 cheek, in h.tuiU of tlio Allnniey (Jenwal 50.0O0.00 VM.io lomoo w.iw.on M.imoo in.ioono ln.'Oi.oi) 45,l0.U) "o,(x.o.n.l r.nuo.oo M'.i'oo.oo T0.IVA0O co.i oo.co 1 .000 01 .o o n oo li.' i U.IM I! 0.000 ( 0 0,'O.CO Total amount In general fund. . .'soH.aiu.oi The sinking fund contains alone half a million dollars, nearly $100,000 of which is in litigation. Tiic year 1883 shows, tays the I'hila delplda 'J'liuen, a decided Improvement over 18S4, so far as business failures aro concerned. Thcro were 10,037 failures ill tlio United States, with liabilities ag- Kregatlng $121,220,321. asagalnst 10,008 failures Willi $220,313,127 liabilities In l't&l. Tlio enormous diffcrenco in ll.v billtles Is, of course, largely duo to the financial dUturbaneos of May, 1884, when tho Grants Ward panic demoral ized ail Wall stroet; but the feature of improvement is general, except in tlio Southern Slatet. The Kastern Stolen lioiv 1,201 falluic with $12,4:i.433 lla blUUes. as against 1,375 failures and $17,223,8-11 liabilities in 18S1; the Mid- j eneo of our financial and mercantile dlo States, 2,4!)8 failure, a decrease of cmtsiK OK l,.v riiKJii:, several of the J, and 55,8U5,81l) liabilities, a decicasu 1 contestants being knocked scnsiless.and of $titl,!W0,220; the Soiitlmm States, tlio tloor bespattered with blood like a '.',:!4il failures, an Increase of 55, with slaughter hoiue. Our J'roduco Ux fSVM J.OUB liabilities, an liioinHse of change is one of tho miHt iiiaKnlficout i40-V.ll: th yTwUwi Stales, Mflgfull. ( buildings lu the city, and the grand hall 1 vs. a de. rwav of 07. with $2S.047,0!)T where sales aie made is uiiiurpasMM in 1 abll tie, a uV.-ri i-eof iil25.8Nt, and lh country. On the day piecedlng lie 1'-Ifi- jH I .'-'J failure? a ,lf. Cliit'iaas there was a lull In biiMw." ; I crc.w of Ut, nnd $0,002,883 liabilities, Ldecreau - f4,0W,l.n. The Improve inent Is further emphasized by the fact that the number of firm? In business has largely increased and by the fact that, notwithstanding the unfavorable aver age of the. South, live States out of thir teen show fewer failures and nine out of thlitecii smaller liabilities than in 188-1. As n measure of national growth tho failure statistics are encouraging. BrOuflMiii's Hew Yort Letter. Special to the Caiuiox Advocati:. In the rush of tlio holiday week It is almost impossible to concentrate your mind on any person, or on any tiling. The beating of toy drums, the squawk of toy trumpets, tho abominable shriek of toy harinonicons and nil of the other horrors that Sauta Clans let I0030 on us week ago, utterly disqualify a man fiom cither thinking or writing at the present lime. "Were you never a boy otirself?" says my wife deprccatlngly. 'Yes, I was, hut it was a long time ago, and in those days it didn't take as much to fill a Christmas stocking as it does now." Hut no matter for that; the tockings wore all filled and emptied: and until tho last drum head Is broken in, and tho last tin trumpet is smashed, supposo wo have got to suffer. It mav he that in bheol they have toy drums, if so, I pity the poorslnncr3 who go there. There arc lots of things going on here, tlio town 13 full of them. A special at traction at tho present time Is tho Jap anese village at the Madison Square Garden. Nothing like it has ever been seen in this country before. It really only seems like tho other day since Japan was a Terra incoynltn hemmed In closer by its despotic Tycoon and Mikado than China by its gigantic wall; none were allowed to go In and none were allowed to go out, If yon got in you lost your head, and if you got out you were sure lo low It if you ever went back. The world surely docs move, for here wo have a perfect Japaueso town with nil sorts of artisans, and real live Japanese men and women walKing about the streets. Oh, yes, and there are genuine Japanese babies, who while not exactly up to the Euroncan orthodox standard of beauty, yet vlewed.froni a Japanese standpoint are no doubt as pretty as a picture. "While the Japanese, in common with all the w orld, devote much of their lime to tho necessary and useful, it Is won derful tho thousands, not to say millions of them whoso occupations are esthetic and ornamental. While many of the things which are manufactured under your very eyes are exceedingly ingenious and beautiful, you are ttansported back thousands of years, for just such work men wrought their handicraft after the self-same fashion, before Solomon raised his magnificent temple, or even while hot and Abraham were, shepherds among the Judean Hills. The potter's wheel is the sune that Joseph saw In Egypt thousands of years ngo it has not al tered a hair. The loom where their beautiful silk fabrics are woven, might have stood in the tents of tho Patriarchs, Hut it fills one with delight and admir ation to seo the sweet and uncomplahi- iii2 patienco with which they toil. Compare the faes of theso Japanese artisans with tlio faces of an equal num ber of American wage workers, and you can understand what I mean. If these aro fair samples of thaaveragc Japanese workmen.llfe in Japan must bo a happy lot. Tho poorest artisan there seems to be by nature a gentleman, and the com monest woman a lady. Such sweet, soft and gentlo manners in their inter course with each other,and with strang ers, lias never been seen in this land be fore, among tho working classes. We might go to Japan to learn manners, Tho miniature town is divided into shops each pursuing Its different calling. Tho cabinetmaker sits on tho lloor and planes bis board towards him, which he holds in a vise with his toes. The cnnammcl er plies his wondrous vocation, and as you wateli lilm hammer In piece after pieco on some magnificently enamelled vase, you do not wonder at the enorm ous cost, when you t.eo the slow process of manufacture. Hero you see the em broiderer at work on thosa beautiful birds and flowers in which the Japanese so much delight. Tho spinner winds ids silk, and the weaver we.it es it. The potter works at ids wheel, and the cop persmith at ills handicraft. The tailor and tho barber aro tlieie, anil the man that makes bows and arrows. And thero is a, nice little tea garden, where some dear little Jananeso women sit, and a sweet faced girl hands you a cup of tea. They aro all so sweet and clean and tidy that It is n pleasure to look at them and be near them. One of theso young Japanese beauties has already made a hole hi tho hearts of hundreds of our young American dudes. She lias great large melting eyes, teeth like pearls, and a complexion as soft as a ripe peach. It is a beautiful and unique exhibition, and one to which a man can co hlnuelf.or take his wife and children Willi pleasure and profit. It is not tho plcasantcst reading for holiday time, but while on tho subject of amusements I cannot help noticing our boxing craze I call It crazc.bccause its lacks the elements and decency of common sense, ami because I see men calling themselves respectable, disgrae Inj themselves by mingling with a lot of rullians and loafers whoso proper home Is tlio penitentiary. The New York Athletic Club Is one of the toniest, If not tlio most Intellec inai 111 .New lork. It Is devoted to physical development. It Is a noblo Ambition to bring tlio human form to the highest state of physical neifectlon. but in this high toned club, in which aro bankers and brokers and merchants and lawyers, nud not a few clergymen and artists, physical culture seems to mean boxing, and within a few weeks wo have had two exhibitions whero a number of professional pugilists were engaged to ( pummel each other, which they did to ! the hugo delimit of an iiumenso audi in the afternoon, when a body of brok- ers turned tho pit whero options of wheat arc sold Into a prlzo ring. A couplo of messenger boys were, soon found who put on tlio mittens, and after they had pounded each other till they could scarcely stand, the brokers rassed around the hat and the amateur Sulll vans were compensated for their bruises. Fights between professional rufllans, in private houses for money, is Just now a fashionable amusement, and it Is'only a short timo since that a rich broker In one of the most aristocratic quarters in Hrooklyn had a prize fight for $500 in ills front parlor, between a couple of professional pugilists, and while tho affair was supposed to bo strictly for the delectation of sixteen of his most Inti mate male friends, his wife and three other ladles watched the progress of the combat through a key hole, and wcro very much delighted w itli the exhibition, tlio loss of a beautiful picturo and a magnificent porcelain vase proving no bar to the entertnlnmpiit. Ladies nre now having little bouts In their back parlors for tho benefit of a few select friends, and it is rumored that a vcty beautiful Fifth avenue belle well know n In society, will be unable to receive on New Year's day, a left-hander from Miss M. of Gramcrcy 1'ark, having shrouded her right optic in mourning, and her beautiful nose being so badly disfigured, that the host of our local ar tists can scarcely make her presentable by New Year's day. The terrific storms of the past few weeks havo almost annihilated the beautiful beach at Coney Island. Tho music stand that cclio?d with the glori ous music of Pat Glhnore's hand and Levy's magic horn now stands far out at sea surrounded by tlio roaring waves, and even whilo I write, it may be a tiling of the past. Tho big hotels aro threatened, and the concourse swept away. '1 hose who saw Coney Island in its beauty a year or two ago, can scarce ly realizethe desolation that covcrsXew York's most popular seaside resort. To the lovers of art, It. is a matter of regret that three of the most migniflcent private collections of pictures on tho American continent aro scaled books to the public. I allude to the great collec tions of the lato A. T. Stcwart.Marshall O. Roberts and Wm. II. Yanderbllt Mr. Yanderbllt generously threw open his magnificent gallery once each week for quite a timo till a lot of Ignorant boors violated every principle of decen cy, and commenced exploring the prl vate apartments of the family. Marshall O. Roberts' gallery has been closed since Ids death; but the Stewart collection lias never been open to the public, It lias been conducted with the same nar row mindedness as everything else over which Judge Henry Hilton has had any control; it must reach the public some day. If the three galleries were put to gethcr they would form tlio nucleus of a magnificent national collection. It rests with three widows to say, if this hliall bo donn. Let us hope that they will give it their gracious consideration. And so wo start on a New Year. The weather has been fine, all the week, and the streets full of people. New Year's Day was kept In tho good old fashioned style, barring that In most of the houses It had a strong prohibition flavor. Tea, coffee, chocolate, lemonade and other Innocuous drinks, kept our young dudes within tho bounds of propriety. The harvest of drunks was lighter than usual, and In houses where a private bottle was kept, It was sttictly confined to tlio older soakers, who were suffering from neuralgia or toothache: as a con sequence wo begin the New Year sober ly and In order. Hoping that we may land at the end of 18S0 In no worse con dltion than wo begin it. HROADBRIM. ID. From our Special Correspondent. Wasiunoton, D. C, Jan. 2, '80. In times past the dawning of tlio New Year was almost invariably accoinanlcd by bail weather bad, at least, for the social duties of the New Year day. Those who Intended making calls were accustomed to engage carriages some timo In advance, being satisfied that when the time arrived it would be very unpleasant to go about on foot. To-day however, was a notable exception. More beautiful weather than that which greeted tlio citizens of Washington when they arose thlsniornlngeould not bo de sired. It equalled tho delightful weath er of early spring. The. air was crisp and inspiring, verifying with surprising accuracy the predictions of the signal service weather prophet. Under the warming inllucnca of tho sun the chill of the air was moderated and New Year callers began their rounds under the most fax arable circumstances. The day's gaieties naturally ecntcted in the reception at the White House the first Now Year reception held by a Demo cratic President for many years. Po licemen wero stationed at the avenne gates, and at half past 10 o'clock per mitted tho newspaper representatives and other authorized persons lo enter. Shortly after carriages began to arrive with the ladies of the Cabinet who were to assist Miss Cleveland in receiving. Tho Marine Hand was early on hand, and was, as usual on New Year's day, stationed In the large vestibule and played during the hours of the recep tion. Tlio White House parlors were very tastefully decorated. Potted plants and growing flowers, all in glided or silvered basTcetf, filled tho mantle-pieces and shelves In front of tho largo mirrors, wlille every nook and corner was filled with palms and other tropblcal plants. Smllax was gracefully twined in abund ance about the mammoth chandeliers. Tho gas was lighted In the interior looms, hut the bright sunshine found Its way through crack3 and crevices and mingled with the mellow glow. In the Hast room daylight reigned supreme. There was a largo corps of assistants in addition to tho regular White House ushers, nud the arrangements made with care wero successfully carried out. All the parlors except tlio Kast room were darkened and the gas burned brightly In the crystal chandeliers, hlch wero festooned with garlands of sniilax. When tho Diplomats, Supreme Court, Senators, and other officials assembled lu the Enkt Room the efTeet was suierb, J The sun khone brightly through tho southern windows, and the tpleudld lawl-rajMi Eftji through Hum added no little to the enchanting scene. Groups of happy people were seen ensaced In social chat. There was Captain do la Chore, In tho French navy uniform, with n long switch of horse-hair falling from the back of his helmet. The -foreign ministers were sociable with our public ' men. Mr. Dalton, the postmaster of the House, who is always well Informed up on Indiana matters, said to-day that he believed tlio Democrats were sire to elect a successor to Senator Hen. Harri son. Mr. McDonald, ho thinks, will be the man chosen. The only other man prominently spoken of for tho place is Gov. Gray, but Democratic custom In Indiana rules him out on account of his being tlio gqvernor until '88. It has al ways been a rulo with the Democrats In Indiana that 110 man should bo elected to any other ofilco whllo holding tlio position of Governor of the State. When .Mr. McDonald was elected to the Senate Mr. Hendricks was Governor, and on that account refused to allow his name to bo used in connection with the place. With matters as they now stand tho Democrats think they havo a pretty good chance of getting control of the Senate in 1887. Having already elected a successor to Senator Malione. and what they think Is a certainty In Indi ana, they will work to carry Michigan, ConnectIctit,Ncw Jersey and California, as they tblnk.wlth a pretty good chance of success. They have no hope of doing anything In New York, as that State Is districted against them, and Is too close, on general elections even, lo bo depend ed upon. OUR SOUTHM BUD&ET Fp.oji ovtt Spkciai. Connp.spoNmiNT. Southurx Pi.vep, N.C., Jan. 2. Sometimes I am inclined to believe that nearly everything In the South Is directly opposite to the same things in the North. I have referred to sonio of theso things in earlier letters. I shall now refer particularly to tho manner in which Christmas Is celebrated down here. It is indeed a poor cabin that docs not furnish its annual abundance of Christ mas cheer, chief of which is the large how l of egg-nogg, of which the guest is welcome to cat his fill. There now I I've denoiti I know that many hands will be raised in astonish ment and many voices will exclaim 'Hat egg-nogg! Why, what an ideal-1 Hut I won't take hack a word that I nave sam, lor tney 110 eat egg-nogg down here. And tills is the way they build the compound: Ingredients: Eggs. Sugar, Apple Rrandy. ' Tho whites arc separated from the yolks and beaten until It is able to stand alone. The sugar and yolks are stirred together thoroughly. A double-back-ncllon-only original combination is now made of the whites, yolks and sugar, enough brandy Is added to cook the egg, and then fol lows a dash of nutmeg. It has now be come a light, frothy, aromatic, spiced pleasant nothing, to bo eaten out of a tumbler or a tin cup with a spoon, nn It resembles Ico cream. Hut let the gentle partaker beware, for behind the foam lies a kick that lie will have cause to remember "if lie don't wateli out." i irc-craekers, torpedoes, and fire works do duly here on Christmas, taking the place of the Fourth of July in the 2orth. Santa Clatis must have com paratively an easy time of it down iiere, in one particular, at least, for open fire places are to be found In nearly every house. Tlie only trouble is that he might be blown to Kingdom-come by his load of explosives taking fire. Tlie "branches," as tho small creeks are called down hero, are full of genuine iinglisli holly, now beautiful with its loid of scarlet berries. Mistletoe, Ico c in be seen In profusion; so there never Is any lack of Christmas greens. Surely a nallvo from "Mcrrie England" could easily be satisfied here. Thero Is a great deal of the luxurious and pleasant about cabin life In tlie pine woous. One wlio has a spark of tho no etic in his or her make-up certainly could not help being delighted here. The fat pine 011 the 'ami-irons of tlio open tire piace ourns like a torcli, throwing out not only an abundance of light and heat, uut 11113 tlie air with a rich aroma. The same care Is not taken here, howcvcr.in building tight houses and cabins that is used in tho North. This is a mistake. While w o never havo anything like such severe weather as is experienced in tlie Xorlh, yet one feels tlie changos here, ami 1110 winil will blow tliiougli tho cracks of a liouso hero the same as it would in Canada. Ono of tlie main things needed all over the South is care. Caro In bulldln tight houses. Care In painting houses, lenccs, and outbuildings. Caro In cm bclllshlng houses and making houses at tractive. Caro in looking after stock. Care in securing market for produce. Care in everything that brings comfort ana pleasure. x van iiiem nangers-on. 01 course reference is now made to that class of people who will work on half-time for low wages year in ami year out. Poor unfortunates I They tiy to pay rent. They try to buy coal. They try to buy proper food. Tills class of people is mostly found about the mining and manufacturing centres of the Noith and Kast. All of these people can find com fortablo homes in the South If they caro to obtain them. I pity this class of people, anil they sorely need pity. I know no class down here that lias to endure such suffering. They seem, like Ixion, to bo bound to the wheel of Pov erty that constantly revolves over the Taitams of Discontent. Here they could find a homo and home comforts. They could soon place themselves where they would havo enough of tho crcaturo comforts. They could bo masters of tlie situation, lords of tho land, fiee and In dependent citizens, indeed. The thrifty farmers of the South are now building compost heaps of leaves, uiacic earth, pine straw, earth mold, &c, and longerotbo leaking Ins loosed 1,1.. ,, v .1 ? JUs gtip of the Northern lie ds. the ear. 1 dens and farms of tlio South will begin 1 to gladden the eyes of the beholder. a, 1. ., . ,, , , . . ." 1 Sunly this Is the coining laud of the1 nation the future garden spot of the! world. The other day, Dec. 20,1 had occasion to remove sonio strawberry plants from an old bed to a new one. The plants had not been protected from the clo ments nny inoro than lo bo slightly covered w Ith tlio dead grass which had fallen over them. The leaves were not only green and as fresh as a country boy on his first visit ton theatre, but wero actually growing,ncw leaves hurtl ing from the heart of tho plants like tiny emerald fountains. There was not a particle of frost in tho ground. The plants in their new quarters aro still un protected and growing as If nothing had happened. What a contrast to tho North. To transplant strawberry plants at this time of year np there would re quire the use of giant powder and wool en int.tens. V. V. WoomvAitD. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Tho society paper business is greatly overdone in Loudon, and sonic of theso publications barely pay expenses. Dolls to tlie number of 17,000 and 5,000 baby carts were destroyed by a re cent lire in a great toy factory at liran- denberg, Germany. -Krupp's famous works nt Kssen have turned out a Inrgernumber of guns during the last thrco months than are usually produced in a whole year. The heaviest delivery was made to Turkey, after which camo Greece and Servla. Some Indian arrow heads were late ly shown at the Societo d'Anthropologlo which wcro poisoned with curare over a century ago, but still retained their deadly power. Small animals scratched with them died In half an hour. A prosperous farmer at Marion. O., has eloped with Ids hired girl. Tlie lo cal paper accounts for it by saying that he had always "manifested a deep Inter est in religious revivals, but of late had become a speculator In llohcmlan oats.' A woman In lloliemla was lately sentenced to imprisonment for ten days for forgery because she changed her physician's prescription calling fur 1.20 gramme of morphine so that it read 0.20 grammes. It Is said that no similar case lias ever appeared on tlie court records of tlio United States or Eng land. Tho fond of Hurmeso peasants in cludes almost all kinds of reptiles, the grub of a ball-rolling beetle, a kirn! of ant which constructs nests of leavis in treetops (eaten in curries), and hill rats. Tlio last named cxlstis In such hordes that their consumption is almost a necessity to prevent the rats eating the LlJurinese. In Europe business rivalries seem to be giving rise to particularly unplear ant phases of murder. It was but two months ago that a French piovlnelal doctor, exasperated at the arrival of a compelitorjsent htm a handsome present of game skilfully Impregnated with deadly poison, anil now a Roman butcher lias killed a brother butcher and made money out of his blood, which lie boiled and retailed as a kind of sausage, known In England as "black pudding."' A specialist In throat troubles was called totieata Hoston lady who mani fested so much Interest in ids suiglcal instruments that he explained their uses to her. "Tills laryngoscope," said he. "is fitted with small minora and an electric light: the interiorof jour throat will be seen by me as clearly as tlie ex terior; you w ould bo surprised to know how far down we can tec with an In strument of this kind." The operation over, the lady apnearc.l tnmewhatns tatcd. "Poor glr!," said her slster,who was present, "it must have been verv painful." "Olt, no. not that," wblsr- creil the iioslon lady, "imt just as he fixed his instrument "in place I remem bered that I had a hole In my stocking." New Advertisements. Absolutely Pure. Thli pow.ler nover varies. AiiiHtvtl, purity, strenpth aim wliolpsonirni's-.. M,i eronimiiral tiitin the onlinur) kui'l., mi ruunnt lm cnM ill competition with ill iiinlliiiiiln of low luft, uliort nlit, nliin or phosphulH p'twilera Sold only in can Knrnl Raking I'oHilcr Compnnv', 111(1 Win Bt.i K. mi 24-mfl Dividend Notloo At .1 Hcmilar MeetliiK of the Directors nf tlio l'lr-t National Hank of I.oIiIl-IiIoii, l'a.. a nroii Allium 1 'it int-ini 4ii I iiiu'.i.iii-recni .... tin- v.,..,,.,. ,..,- ti-, mn-i, iiawiuii on and after Janu ti-v nth. isni. W. V. IIUWMAK, Cashier. Jan. 9. 1880. -lb ,1 ilSb 2 T. .'S tt hi 1? ifsr5 fit ttKaitZa THE DICK PATENT FEED CUTTER For culling Hoy, Straw, EEsilage, etc. Tho only culler that will cut nud split cnrnftlalk. CuDnot be damagc-d by over feeding. Very durable and itrnnc. II 0 s itralght, heavy kulvei. Culs (1 diirorrnt lengths. Il ii built in (1 iliuVreul aiz'n.and solil to suit the tlmi-a. TIIOS. O BMHD IjEY, Gen. Agt., Willutown Inn. P. O. Cheiier co , Pa. dee28 85. "TT7"ANTED- LADIHS slid 3 slid grnltemen 0 t.iko light work V In city or country ' I!""'' 'T' ''""T f.3 ! U " ,l."y be eaiily inailn , work rent by nisi 1 1 unnau- ' v..rn w. h.v. .i ,i.m.i i. , wn'l "l furnitli atedv unpi.nnif nl. A I iV''Pn !."Fm .C0M 1'AM , 294 Vin Hi., Cincinnati, Ohio. dercmber S M. I n "'"stfiK-js.-oi tii- New Advertisements. Only Temperance Blllcrs Knorfn. .t w.jii a.it-tf H-ino known po cfTcctni tuy yina-i-i t u Mood of tk-i'i-eatl iIIwimb. ltllllloim lcar loollnioiiy tolls won derful ii. m effects. II Ii n purcls- Vcjtctnlilo rrrrarallon, tnaclotr.nu tha natlva lirrln nuil roots of Cali fornia, th.! nijilk-lii il i.roprrllcs ot which aro cAiim-iuM i.u-reirj:ii Wlinoui 1110 lift! Ol AICOIIOI. It lomovci U10 rnuc ot diwnso, nud tliepa'UntK-TOVcia his lu nltli. It lu tho m oot Ilfood Purifier and U:."-i;trisg rnnclnlo; a Cdillo rnrgnllvo and ToMc: aucrfect ltcnovalor and tmk'oritm-nf Ihu srttpm. Never before in lliu l.lprory of tho wuim i)uu incoicino ncen coinpounneu poscpts lug tlm pox-er of Vinboah Bittkiu In healing Itiu f Hi of every disease, mini Is lielr In. Tlio Alterative, Api-rlcnt, Diaphoretic, Ciirmliinne, Katrltlmin, Laxative. accbUvo, Counter-Irritant, HudorlOe, Antl-llillou, Sol vent. Diuretic mid Tonic iironertloi, of Vikfoaii Uittchs ciCied thosj ot nuy other modklno In Ultl WUl I I. No pc-son can take tho HiTTrns oceer.l. Inif toulr.-i-tlons nud remain lonjf unwell, 1 roI dcrt lh.r bonra am not itetrovtl hv m.o -ml lio'.ui or other mi-inn, mid Iho vital organs wtxie.l hcj-oml t ho point of lernir. union-, licmlltciit, Intermlttest and Malir'al revcrs, aro prcvalert throughout tho I'tiltucl StJtes, particularly In the vnlh-vHot our greit 1 tvers nn-J llielr vi.t trlbutirha during tho sit.um Timd Autumn, ceueclally during seosons vl iiuti-114, netti Ultuurjnc-P. '1'IlCMt ETcvorN oro InvnrtnhlT .irrnmnftntAil by cxteuj-lvo clerunjrcmenls of the rromai h. l.v. t ami bowels. In th.-lr treatment, ft purgamo, exerting a powerful inlluenco upon theso or- jjjou-, in ii.j-.jiiueiy iieceesary, 'JTIicro Is 110 cnlburtlc fortheptrrposo cq'.ul to fir. J. Walker's Vinpoaii liiTTrns, na It wllUuecilIlv remoTO the dnrk-colonilv'.scM matter with which tho buwols arc loaded, at tho camo timo stimulating tho secretions of tho liver, and generally renorlng tlio healthy fuue- uuus 01 mo omesuvo orgaoB, rorllty llio body iwninst disoaso by pu rlftlm? nil lta fluids uith"VlKt:aAn llir-ruta. No epidemic cau tako hold of, a eyctciu thus lui ,'uruivu. It lnvl-rortilrs JI10 filomnrli end stimulates tho torpid 1.1 ver and llowtls, cleaus lnr the blood of all Impurities, imparting llfo and vigor to tha flame, and carrying oft iritli out. tbo old of Calomel, or other luluerals, all poisonous matter from U10 system. l)'Hieilii on flli"iltnn. Head ache, Pain in the yhoulden, Coiu-hs, Tight ne.13 of tbo Chest, Pneumonia, Dl7zlnes, Ual Tustein the. Mouth, hilious Attacks. Palpita tion ot the. Heart, and a hundred other pain ful srnintoma, aro at once rollovcd by Vixe- GAR fclTTi:K3. I'or litflatnmntnrr and Chronic IthcuumtUm, Oout, Keurnlcla, IHsoases of the IJlood, Liver, Kidneys and Dladdcr,th.o Dilters havo no equal. In Hies?, as in all constitu tional Diseases, WAUizn's Vinxcau Litters has bbown fts great curntivo powers In the uiot obstinate and lntraclablo caseB. niccliuiiieul IJKcil'xu. 1'ersons en gaged In Paints anil Mtncrata, eucli as Plumb ers, Typo-set tcra, ()o'.U-bcutcrs. and miners, as they a ivance la life, aro subject to Paralysis of tbo Bowels. To guard against this, take occasional doses of v ikeoar lliTTcns. Miln illM-nsc, Scrofula, bait Rheum, Ulcers, Swellings, liniples, llistulea. Boils, Carbuncles. King-worms, Scald-head, Sore Lyes, Kryslnelas, Itch, Scurfs, Iliscoloratlous, Humors and diseases of the Skin, of whatever name or nature, aro Morally dutf up and car- rieu out or 1113 system in a suorc tuns oy me uso of tho Bltteni. ltn. Tape nnl otlicr "Worme, lurk- tr-n- In llio srrtem of fio manv thousands, aro offectually destroyed and removed. No sys- tern 01 nv'iucme. no verrauugea, no nninei mlntics, will tieo the cystcm from worms like tKEOAR BlTTKWB. KleaitlcN. Scarlet Fever. WnniDS. TVhoopIng Cough, rmd nil children's diseases may be made less rovcro by keeping tho bowels open v. ltli mil I do3oa ot tha 1 .tttcrs. For l'Vmalo 4'oiupL'IiitH, In young or old, married or Plngle, at tho dawn of wo manhood, or tho turn of life, this Bitters bos no ftounl. CIcariKO tho Vitiated Clooil vrh;n Its Impurities burst through, tro Ekln In erup tions or Kores ; fltennpn it when obstructed and Elugglsh lu tho vcliw s cleanse It whea lt 13 roui : your reelings wm ten you wiien, unu tno neaiui or mo pynem win ioijott. Ill conrtiiKloii 1 Glvo tho flitters atrial. It WkI speak for Itself. Ono boltlo Is a better guarnnleo of lta merits than a lccgtliy aih cr tisement. Aroiintl cneh fottlo nro full directions printed in Ulffcrcut languages. IS.U.3IcoiiallIrusCo,,rropr!etorp, Baa 1'rani.iro, Cut., and f 2S, 6W k 5.13 Washington bt., Cor. Char.ton bt, Now oik. "old by nil Dealers ami Druggists, THE PHILADELPHIA Attractiye : Entcrtaimiiff : lustruclive : Tlie Family Journal of America. storiesYhe WAR Illustrated ill Every Issue. A Paper Tor tlie Homes tf the Lend: Sparkling & Orletaal in cycry feature On tlie first of January next, a new depart!! e in every feature of tin Weekly Ti.Mtn will lie made. Kvcrv nunibcr will lie liberally illustrated in its War contribution, wliieli have mi lonir lieen u specialty in its columns, and in its Sloric.i, which will Leniently en larged Irani the Jiens ol tlie lic.-t writers, and in current History, liingrapliy, i'oliticM, Art, Science and tlie leading events of the day. The lime lias passed for the weekly journal of tlio city to fill the place of u ucwi-piiper. Tlie daily newvpjper from the gieat centres of news now reaches into every section of the Intnl. Kverj Ulaiid city and every town of importance have their daily newspapers, and the local weekly, with the wonderful pro gress in provincial journalism, meets every want that the daily uewspaperuiU lo supply. Tlio metropolitan weekly oi fo-day mint bo much niuro than a news paper; it must bo a magarlno of family reading j it must lead the iiMguziuc in popular literature; it must lead in popu lar Illustration, and must meet cverv re quirement of the intelligent reader of ever class. STORIES of the WAR Will be published in each number from tho ablest writers who participated in tlio bloody drama of civil strife, and each will be profusely illustrated. Tlie most entertaining and instruelitc Stories from tlie best writers of fiction will appear in eaeli issue, with Illustrations. TERMS : Sold by all news agents nt Five Cents I'liH Copy. By mail, $2 per year, or ?1 for six months. Clubs of ten, $15, and nu extra copy to the getter up of the club. Address, THE TIMES, Timos Buildl ng.Philadelphia Thli pnprr Is lirpt on flic nt Die office, of YER DVERTISING inkGENTS Wis buildihq SSftSSu Philadelphia. rorirF.WSPrrR IDTIRTHItG CDCC COllMAItO ot Lowest Cnh Rates rflCC SBtlteVAYER SOU'S MANUAL u WMWOlWaWW HMUlUPMLIi IIMIH IIIIIIIHI1M IMUlllWM IMBI AAifl IMDMTFIfB inftC ft f ff'RH fcaBHH WW II r!i H fr BrFftrTCnB I i :o: i ir We filfo invito Trunks and Valises in Great Variety I CLAUSS & BKOT.HEB, Bank Street, Lehighton, Penn'a. April 18, 18iS-Iv w The uiiiloisigned is prepared to furnitli tho best Leligh Coal, from llarleigh Colliery, at the following, low priqea, by the Car, for cash only. Credit ten cents per-ton extras- Egg - - -Stove - - Chestnut No. 1 Chestnut No. 2 Prices at the Mines 25cts. per ton Lees. J. L. GASEL, -DEALER IN- HARDWARE LUMBER, COAL, &c, &c, Opp. PUBLIC SQUARE, LEJI IGIITON, PENN'A I have now on hand one of the CELEBRATED DYER & HUGHES' ORGANS! n t ' ' T ' r' - Wi-vJ Five Oetavt-s ; Five fe : -fe.'.'te il: ;fl Sets of Reeds, two tms If -tt'S '$$$1 sets ol twenty-threo Mr'Wm'i Notes each, two sets MM mffW' ) l twenty-e i ght MkmfmMlM... Notes each, and inn Suitablo for Parlor, Small Chnroh or Sunday School. H. V. MOIITHIMER, Sr., Carta Afl7Q3atG Bflling. Lehighton, Penn'a. 1842. A PROCLAMATION. 1880. Kmiw VkI Kniiw Ye Am. ! Men, wnmen nnil clillilrrn llmt tlie srMt stalT of erli tnrs, who. Iipnileil l.y Dr. GcrRB Tlnirlier, hnvo kepi llio lrifriran Aqriculluiut t liio Iront fur twenty Ihe stars, nre niitv r tiifurc'.l Ity CliMler 1'. Dewey uiui Stli Oren, llio Pisli On 1 1 11 rit . Wo proposo to ndil ti tlio huiiilreil ol tlinUFnmis lnunrB.ih wuicli Ilia AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST is rend, and revered from tho AUuntie lo tho licifio ni on old time friend and eouusel "r. We are orciirdinly enlarging tho iic.vRTii, iiouskiiou), ami .luvr.xn.i: rPAUTjn:sTs, nnil Hililtni; other features, so that it is to hi, from this time onward, eetitUI!y a hnroe IVriiiiiien I, H4 wU as lieinu ilevoted to Ari.'iiilure und Ilnritciiliure. Every person who iiiiiiieiliiilily semis lis SI ill. llio e'.il serlplinii priee, iiml 15 rciiii lor polliif; book, mule mis l 05 in nil. will leeeive tlio AMERICAN Atiltlt'UI.TUItlST for ISt-B, unit the AMERICAN ACnit'L'I.TUItlST LAW ItOOK.jmt piiblifluil u romi'filiiiin of eery .lay t.i w lor fanners, ineehan leii, business men, manufacturers, etc., enabling eve r one lo do lusonii lawyer. Il tsu large olumc, neiclunK nuo pound una u half, elejan'ly tiounil in rlntli ami Kohl. Tho American Agriculturist TMffMZ IS AM HTM In yiehl luijcer relurns hv inrreasing iis gieat nrmy of readers We illetiibuleil (10,000 pri'iunts to tl.rge who allied m ihe uork last year, ami we aro planning to gie JOO.l'DD prrseiits lo worm is this jeur. Send for ivoifiilenlial lerms for workers, when ou lor ward vour sub-eripiion Subseription priee, $1.50 u year ; i-ingle numbers, 15 cents. I Semi 5 cents for mailing yu grand rioiihio iniiiiler of the Ameirirnn Agriruiluriet I jtisl out. and sample p.iires Willi table ol ctnleiits ot Uhw Hook. CANVASSERS WANTED EVERYWHERE. AiMrosi I'lili'lslifi's Anirrlean Atrrlctiltiirist, 7ol llromlwnv, "cw York. DAVID W. JUDD, Prcs't SAJl'L BUItNIIAM, Sm'J. NoyembertiH, ItJai 3w RatelilF & Clmbb, BAKERS and CONFECTIONERS, , AND DEALERS IN ICE CfREAM, PEANUTS, &0. FUESH nKHAI) & BISCUITS every day. Delivered in town on Tuesday, Thursdny and Saturday. Tho First Nationul Bank OI I.EIlICillTON, Tlio Annual Election for Seven Directors nt tins Hunk will bo held nt tlio Hanking House on liicsilay, JANCAltV Utli, tftn), bctcvii tlie hours of I nnd :i o'clock 1. M. , V. HdWJlAX. Cashier. Udilgliton, Dec. I'J. 18X5. FOR SALE. A New Two-iiii(I.ii.lialf Stnrv HOUSE containiiiK 11 rooms, with l.O'r fil x 18U fect 0 incho, Mtuiito on Norlliaiiiptini Street, Lehighton, or will exchange for other properly. Terms reasonable. Ap ply on tlio iircnilfcOK to HKXK Y KOTHKItMEL. Dec. "(1, 1 885-1 1 John D. Eertoletto Post, IS I, O. A. It., meets 2nd & llh TlinrNhiv oneh month. nt'7:!!0 p.in.,in lteber'n Hall, until fiulher notice. A full uttciulaiico of roniruilw Is raiiieoUil uk lniim'W of iiiiKirlunoe will lie brought boore the I'oi,t. 1'yoriler, Jo. t?. wtnii, 1'. '.'. A i.. AVi!iTONaiiAMjAiy. Ts tyhom it may Conoorn. Y, tlio un.lerli!nel, hereby oarlify ll.at : the reKrls circuialeit liv me derogatory lo Ihe rhararter of SAltAH MILLED, wifo of Lewis Miller.of Weissport, aremilrua lid she is a respectable, and Invaliding cit.ten, W 11. 06WAI.I) . Wilur-s Trcscnt T. A. Pmpkh, 3l Jfrtvintt iinw received our FALL njid WLXTER STOCK of the Latest Designs in rotlEIU.V AND DOMESTIC SUITINGS h OVERCOATINGS, we oro iiropnrn! to fill your orders for mils or parts oTsuiU mads up In Iho mist fashlonnblo styles, by Hie tmt workmen, at Hit remarkable low price of upwaras special ollrntlon In our immense dock of Fashionable Styles of Hals, Caps, Boots, Stoes aiiS Gaiters lor Old k Youn?, Itich ,t l'oor at JIOCK llOTTOM 1'ItICESt Gents' Furnishing- Goods. Our nock In this dopnrlini'iil lm never bten sn complete as it is at present. It eiimi'risea all the newest noyeltles and de signs. We havo everything that is new in Ties, Collars and CufFs. . II you desire anything in this line you .m find it lie re. nn i m & i In Yard. Del. in Town $3.25 $3.50 3.35 3.25 2.15 3.60 3.50 2.40 ACTION 25, Twelve Stops, WITH powerful set of Sub and Divided KfMsgzS' each. umth RV.VOUT UK TIIK CONDITION or the FIIIST NATIONAL HANK, si lhljhleli. In lhefitiileoriVmisihNhlt.st tba oiot-euf luliiai, December 24th, 1B8A . BSSOlIBCCS. Iansand dl.eounls fS4,160.SO OterlmfK V 0.00 I'. S Iloioli lo Mriire rirruliillen 7&0CO4 Other stocks. Irtnds.atid mertirares. Z5,V7fi01 I.ue from aproted te.erfe agents . 18,024 83 Pile from other National Hanks , , 3,010 82 Hue from Slate lUnksiMid Hankers, 8'.'T.3J Ileal estate, filrnll ore. Riot nxtllres. , 8,027.8) Current eipen'es und tizes pahl 1.(167 0! l'rcinluuis paid ....... 7.125.IO I III, ol oll.er Hanks 2,W0 0O t'raitl. nal piwrcurrenry, ulckels, and (euules 3D IS fperlv 13 747.00 1,1-iral tender notes , 2 100.UU lledeuildieu Fund with U. S, Treaiu. rjf (b I'er ceut. ef clreuUlleti) , 3,375.00 Total 1243 711 80 LIIEIUIUI. CapHaUlock paid Id $76.1 00 no eurpluk fund II) (.to, 00 Undlvl'led rofils 0.UJ4.49 National tlftuk t otes ouistandin-; , 07 4M.OO ludhlllulllvaillf uhjYt lufbeck . 7.1,4(,04 Due to other ttatiunal lianks' . . , ,304 7V Totsl V43,711,txJ StatlQ Wlklylruula, County oj Carbon, it t I, W, V Uowin.ii, 0hler of the abuTe-rJimrd l-suk, do hUeuiuly swear Ibit the alle klilrlnsDi Is trua totli4 Lvfct ul uiy kunwltdss aitd teller. W. W. bOWMAN.Cl.hir. UnWrlWd and .worn Ufore u this SOlh da) of Um uiLer. I'S II. V.aillUTIUMKn Sit, Not. l'ublle. hi" IH.-I Thus Ktuicrcr, A. J. I'urllDc J. O. Zero, tniectirs liicrinbsr ji. 3 4n!EaEI
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