The Carbon advocate. (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, April 23, 1887, Image 2

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The Carbon Advocate
LKIUUlll'ON. PA.,
SATURDAY. AiTJMI.a3. 1P87.
RXTMKO ATTHK UtlltflltTON rOST-OmCB VT
1KCOKD CI.ASJ AH, NATTKn.
"SHE STAT ICFCEINrEHDEAr'S VIKW8
OH TfcS CtfUSTT SUf ERINIEND
XHOX QUESTION.
Thero It grct dtl blnc M at tlio
pretest llmt In rrgird to tho election of a
comity surjerlntttidcni of chools. In look
lng over tlie PcnnsfkcoU School Journal
of this month we find n Important nrllcle'
on this matter from the Sute'Superlnteml
ent of Public tnilrtictlon, lion. K. . Uig
bee. HU'cafcnmt Intellectual MtaluwimU,
Mi knowledge tS the necessities tm& hn
portanco of tcfeosl uervllon, ai wdll as
liti position tho head of the .public
-schools et t48s State, entitle his words to
carefal consideration by the directors of lire
county. The Slate Superintendent licei-
talnly unbiased, and speaks -purely fortlir.
.best Interests of the schools. We commend
the article to Ike tboughtftfl consideration
of I1 Mtereslea, xnfl print 4 1 verbal lis.
rnoFUBsioxAi. QuxuFicA.rjoi.-a.
"It Is provided 4n the Uwtmt a person.
cannot bold the offtoeof soperintendent of
schools unless he has had successful ex
jperlenoe n-NWo three years of the time of
Jils election. The spirit of this provision
Is, that a superintendent must be a profes
sional teacher not a laxoytr, doctor, min
itttr or a member of some other profes
sion, desiring to hold the office until a way
opens to fnage fa something else.
"The ofllco at superintendent of schools
belongs to the teachers; tt fc&s to do with
teachers, and should al trays be filled by
teacher. If directors can find In county
a. leather devoted to his profession, wlto
always attends institutes, who reads works
on teaching, who advocates common
schools, who, like RIchter, 'loves Goi! and
Mile children;' who. In short, Is something
of an enthusiast in -his work; lie, In nil
probability, Is the man to make superin
tendent of the 'work of education, even
though he has not been to college.
"Superintendents ought to be paid liber
al salaries. Their work, when well done,
is both delicate and difficult. Good officers
can hardly be paid too much, and we had
better have none at alt than poor ones,
The judges of onr courts and olheT comity
officers In many counties receive generous
salaries; why should not well-qtulided
superintendents of schools be as liberally
paid? In view of the wholo subject, school
directors are roosl earnestly advised to
elect as superintendents the ten bcsl men
in thetr tezcral counties whose scrtlces can
be obtained, hate it understood that they
are to detote thetr whole time to Vie irorl;
tf Ihe office, and then pay them well for'
what they are required to do. It Is In till
way and In this way only that the office
can accomplish the greatest good of which
It is capable."
CIRCULATION TO-DAY 1200.
We ileslro to call the special attention of
our numerous roaflcrs to the fact that tlis
'Camion Advocate Is to-day rcoogiilnd
as the leading CnibOn -county weekly news
paper from the fact that Its columns con
tain from week lovealc the 'dioleest-nnd
latest news. Interesting 'correspondence
from Now Tork, Washington, the State
Cajiltal, and tpom many towns IhretiRhont
ie county. ve wouiu 'oe pieaseuiii .you
dulil hand the Advocate toyonr'uelgh-
bert and -Get them to send us dn dollar for
year's t(bscriptlon,.or "tell hem o give
a trial or three or six months and wc
.wager they 'will .not ilo 'without. It Ja the
fntrrre.
To the advertiser w.wJlbctsay'hatthe
bona fide -circulation of. tbls papjefrtcceeds
that of arty tlir journal In'the-cochty-and
glance t etrr-columiu wOl -convince any
business man rftlie prncLlimVilltT ofad-
crtlslng with us. As an 'advertising nieil
luin it leads alt weekly papers in this val
ley. Itatcs very TcasonaHi. -
JL IAVCA8TErt woman fell)tad recently
wliHe repremahdlng her drwafccfl hfpheff.
This -should be a-Warnlrigowomen.'" v
ES'EAOHDrKART EjVE"SIfl03.
The March statement of s4lrod returns,
tike, 4tut of Januart,bnly w ' marked
decree, is among the 'hest.'eVer'pnbllhed
The KnancIaJ.CArooitRlTqpxrrtsthe, gross
earnltfis of 111. roads. at,$28,'J81,'01O, com
pared wit (S(, 007,249 In March 1893; an
Increase of $i,184;370, or 17 per cent. In
February thelncrease w'as fl,3i;72Con 101
roads and in Jannary W.828.8S5 on:07 roads.
Of tiie'March'teartiiiigsqrdy 18 show smaller
earnings than a year ag6, sxfd the total de
crease on them-Is but' 07,083). TOer enrri
Iiirs for the first quarter of the year on 110
roads were $7tf,00.'i,251, against $00,147,310
last year, an Increase of $10,847,035, or
About 10 1-2 per cent. Tho earnings of CO
roads forllie rsl week of April are $3,-
070,488, against S2,317,0S7 a yeamgo, nn
Increase of 32.85 per cent. Only three
showed losses $4,272. The above record
s simply marvelous.
If the planting of a few trees every year
vrlll prevent a repetition of tbls measly
-weather, by all means plant trees.
The silence on the part of Gen. Duller
Concerning the Presidential contest jf
lSH maybe considered somewhat, gnin
eant.
ONLY (700,000.000.
Is what we, or rather the 15,000,000 of us
who drink, spend every year for beer and
whiskey. The wine bill is not Included In
this vast sum. Seven hundred million dot
lars makes an expenditure of $40 for each
drinker, or about $12 for every man woman
and child In the land.
What comforts that would bring to the
pinched or destitute homes if spent in other
ways! now many lives It would save that
are lost now for want of a little n.ore care
of money I
Well, we have never seen any man, Pro
hibitionist or not, who didn't like to drink,
All men like It, under certain circumstances
physicians prescribe it, in moderation. Con
slderim; the pleasure and sometimes profit
of drinking, It Is not difficult to account for
that old English couplet against the Prohibi
tlonists:
Hut blast their eyes It ever they tries
To rob the poor man of his beer.
But, going into a little arithmetic, $40
head for. annual drink makes about 12 cents
a day, including Sundays, or reckoning
week days only, 13 cents a day. Counting
it all fr beer, this makes nearly tiii
glasses a day.
Even making an honest allowance
the demands of phi steal .weakness, that
makes nearly two glasses too many. Tlint
fa, ahout 8 cents dally are spent by the
drinkers which they can show no justifica
tion for not handing over to their families.
As a rule, all beer money Is a selfish and
unwise expense by a poor man, but under
the most generous allowance for his oc
casional physical needs eyei-ylning is un
justifiable after the first glass. And don't
you forget It.
colored pcreona as to premiums or rates
charged upon the Jives of such persons, and
that no croatcr premiums from colored
penpns shall be -required than are required
from, while- persons pf the same age, fex,
general ccndltton of health and -hope of
longevity. It : has oqvcp been sttsgested
before shat if negro 'has been asked to pay
larger We -premiums or larger premiums
of any -sort of insurance than a Caucasian.
It is .claimed, however, tbat Insurance
companies make a distinction, -especially
In life Insurance, between whtto and colored
policy-holders. Tlro-nfitne of Connell will
go down to posterity, as a benefactor of the
-colored. oe 'it the bill -passu.
Fattosc.
BroaiMiV New ml Letter.
Banns county farmers havo lost faith
and niney by too.eiach faUh in female
spiritualists.
The writer of a communication on the
"County Superlntendency'1 "will pleas
furnish his name and address, not for pub
lication, but as a guarantee of good faith.
for
The old Liberty bell tolls omlnlotwly
lightening the hearts of the oppressed, giv
ing courage to the down-trodden and alllict
ed, and causing the English lion to draw
back and consider.
AIT AET1C HBBO'KSND.
At ten o'clock Wednesday morning Lieut.
Danenhower was discovered In his quarters
at the Annapolis Naval Aeadcitiy, dead,
shot In the head by pistol In his own
hands, while 'Insane. Tied to a button on
his coat was a tag with the following:
"Send- me to ray brother at Washington."
This brave and gallant officer and explorer
who so nobly brayed the perils of the
"briny deep" has lost his life as direct a
sacrifice to Arctic reseaich as if he had
been drowned in the whale boat which he
saved from swamping by bis splendid sea
manship. Theit arc few tales more insplr
fng in our naval history, full as It Is of
skillful, cool-headed daring, than the ad
justinent by him while unable to see of the
floating out-rlgeer which enabled his boat
to ontlive the storm in which she was so
nearly, overturned. If Arctic exploration
does sot always setui worth theso sacri
fices, the heroism; which It breeds is some
compensation for the- losses of a dangerous
service in which, every man- is a volunteer
and which has never lacked for .recruits.
War Is it likely to while the reward given
General Greely reminds every man In both
services that the Cbfof ottH Signal Service
won his rank by defending his eoumand
against the siege f Wlnterand theassanlts
of starvation in an Arctic but. Lieuten
ant Danenhower, it must be remembered,
too, was a man not altogether sound before
he startsd, and the terrible strain of Arctic
cold am) privation, In justice to all con
oerned, ought never to be faced by any but
those physically and mentally sound.
Tub entries for the Presidential handi
cap, still continue.
The weather durlnt the fere part of the
week led many to believe that the ground
bog the almanac and the wealbff prpbttr
tit a (illusion ajw, sum
Onr State Capital Correspondence.
Special to tho Gaboon Advocatk.
AfntL.20, 1887.
May 191 now eager'y .Pennsylvania's
overworked Assemblymen taok fotwanl to
the arrival of the above date. How happily
they anticipate along season of rest nnd
recreation after fijno months' battlo with
bills and measures, great and small, Im
portant and insignificant. Ah, verily, the
life of Ihe average legislator Is not of the
sweetest placed between the lines of party
discord it Is oflimes hard to move in the
path of right, but so long as party lines are
well flanked by party promises legislation
Is nt so difficult. The leglstatUre of 88-
$J will dio the same calm, peaceful Ami un-
mourned death as did Paulson's extra
session several years ago. So rdote It be.
Senator Quay Is in splendid: condition.
lie arrived here about a week Or ten days
ago after spending several months In the
land of oranges anJ alligators. He made
a hurried round saw ;mauy of his most
Intimate' friends, glanccd' into thii treasury
vauu to see wiai me stale's casn was safe
and then took the trail! boKryrfot- the
wesc. lue uoionei seemed .to be entirely
ignorant of political matters,- 'and when
iom tiiab iqb lr&ction .omny dri re
duced their fares to five cents he opened
wide his eyes with surprise only, .equalled
when told that high license was a moral
certainly. '
On Wednesday of last week r the House
drove through the appropriation . calendar
at a gallop and passed mora than fifty bills
of importance, aggregation $2,000,000. It
looks now as If this body would finish up
all the necessary bills and ' the general
appropriation bill In a few weeks. These,
with the apportionment' -.bills, and the
Caucus-Cullom bill, are the only matters of
very great importance now remainine Of
course there are a multitude of local and
special bills, but the great majority of
these must fail If adjournment occurs by
the 20th of next month,
One of the most tmportdnt appropriation
bills likely to come up soon' is that for the
Pennsylvania University for tho Vcterln
arlans' Hospital and College, of which Dr.
Itush S. Huldckope is tho dean. The
amount asked forts $100,000, nnd If granted
will establish the most elaborate and perfect
establishment of all kind in the'world. A
very large number of the members from
the leading agricultural counties are strong
adrecates ot this appropriation and numer
ous petitions and Icttlers havo coma in to
the Representatives indorsing the project
Assemblymen will make themselves "solid'
In all the country districts by voting for
this appropriation. It is really necessary
that they should, considering the great loss
of cattle and swine every year on account
of prevailing epidemics and i scarcity o
medical attendance. The feeling here
very general for the passage of the appro
priatlon.
The bill which passed the ITouto on
Thursday, known as the State Capitol
Ilepalr blll,should have been entitled a hill
to erect a new State library and to' enlarge
the House of Representatives; Three-
fourths of the appropriation of .$500,000 Is
for a State library. The' passage of the
bill is a distinct triumph of the personal In
fluence of Speaker Borer and of the Gover
nor, but the advocacy of both these gentle-
men for the measure was open and beyond
the suspicion of wrong. Tho Governor
has never hesitated to declare his views In
favor of the Speakei's bill ami against the
payment of a largo amount of 'money far a
new building. Plans arc now being drawn
in Philadelphia which contemplate such
architectural Improvements with the $500,-
000 appropriated by the Bpyer bill as will
transform the present Capitol Into one of
the most convenient and Imposing public
buildings In the country. Senator Reyburn
has been especially industrious in having
the plans drawn, and when thi bill shall
come before the Senate he will champion
its cause. There is little doubt of its final
passage. If we judge from the expressions
of many legislators. At present It would
be unwise to erect a new State Capitol
the unsettled revenue law making the
future supply of cost to run Into the SUte
Treasury donbtful. We are glad to note
that the majority of legislators believe In
letting It go slow.
Ceneell has Introduced the last bill to be
presented to tho House at this session,
Is entitled "An act to prevent discrimina
tion by life Insurance companies against
persons of color." The bill Is probably as
carious as any presented a) this stsilirl,
It proposes to provide that insurance com
panies shall jake no distinction or dls-,
rlwlaJtlga 'Vii.i wh!u,jirina
Special to tAis CAnnoN Advocate.
Catharine I,. Wolfe Is dcadl That bate
announcement will carry anguish to thous
ands of hearts through the lorrgth and
breadth of the- land, and dim with tears
thousands of eyes that tievor looked upon
her face.
Her'Wfo was one long Dcnomctloii'; her
death 4s littleness than n public calamity.
Goodness was born In herand her pathway
through life was rich in every blessing.
Horn n-nd feared among thb rich and tho
greatlnherfllng wealth heyond the dreams
of avarice, while maintaining her -station
with generons and honorable liberality, It
was In the homes of the poor that she
shono like an angel of light, scattering
blessings with a lavish hand, and never
wearying in her bounty. Other women
there have feoen In our country who en'
joy.ed.'greal wealth. and bad unbounded op
portunity, bto woman In onr hlstory.for
charity and wealth ocmjalned, will bear
comparison with her. The late Jits. Mor
gin, whose marvellous collection of bric-a-
brac and pictures brought over a million of
dollars, In early life had felt the pinching
pangs of poverty. The widow of the late
A. T. Stewart was the daughter of- a well-
to-do merchant, but the Clinches were far
from rich. One would havo thought that
their natural affiliations would have been
with Use poor. They both died worth
many millions; each had a splendid collec
tion of pictures; but they passed away
leaving no charitable record behind them
The grass is scarcely green upon their
graves, and New York forgets that they
have ever been.
Not so with Catharine Wolfe. The
blessedness of her lire is glorified In her:
death, and sho lives for all time by heri
generous benefactions, among those who
havo earned the city's undying gratitude
and love. Her collection of pictures, do
nated to the Metropolitan Art Museum,
aro worth fully a million of dollars; but
her splendid cxamplo will be worth many
millions more to our children and our clill-
lren's children for all time.
It Is not often that such an assemblage Is
called together as that which stood around
the bier of this dead saint. The wealth
represented there was not far from a thous
and millions, and among them all there
Was not mere cold conventional courtesy,
but pure unfeigned grief, which none
sought to hldo. The task imposed upon
Bishop Potter was pitiful in tho extreme.
The Inanimate clay before him had been
to him a dear daughter a loving sister a
constant friend; and as heread the beauti
ful litany of the dead, tears blinded his
eyes and grief choked Ills utterance. The
tears of the sorrowing priest were contagi
ous, and In all the vast multitude there
was scarcely a dry eye. If It be pesslble
that tho spirits of the departed take cog-
nlzauco'of what passes here.she cou)d.wlsh
for no' holler tribute than that with which
loving hearts laid her to rest. The bitter
est loss falls upon the poor. What she did
for them will never be knewn until the
Lamb's Dook of Life Is opened, and the
widow and the orphan whom "she succored
stand as her attesting witnesses before the
Great White Throne.
Though done with faltering hand and
heavy heart, it is nevertheless a gracious
and holy task to write the obituary of one
tof wh6m nothing can be said but good.
Sho never matrled, The motherly love
with which her heart abounded was ex-
psnded on the children of others, who re
member her name with blessing. In the
language of our own sweet poet Whlttler:
"O well she kept her genial mood,
And simple faith In maidenhood,
Before tier still the cloudland lay.
The mirage loomed across her way;
The morning dew that dries so soon
With others, glistened to her noon."
And It lasted undlmmed till the glory of her
setting sun. Just In life, just In death,
there will be no unseemly contest over the
disposition of her vast possessions. The
church she loved so well was bountifully
remembered. Her Immediate relatives all
received their dues with interest; the poor
were remembered to the amount of tens of
thousands; and the city, enriched by her
liberal bounty, will bless her name forages
yet to come.
And so with tearful eves and aching
hearts, but with unfaltering trust tbat all
will be well with her forevermore, wc
humbly consign her to the care of Illm
whose handmaiden she was, whose work
she did, and in the hope ot whose blessed
communion she lived and died. Like a
light placed upon a mighty hilltop where it
can be seen of all men, her bright example
will shine down through the ages o'er the
tide of time, a beacon of lovo and hope,
Wherever virgin purity Is honored, wher
ever human charily Is loved, her memory
will be prized as one of the brightest jewels
of her sex.and an honor tq.the womanhood.
of the world.
Passion week brought Lent to a clse,and
the glbry of Easter was manifest not only
in the churches but in the streets and lu th
stoies tho tableaux In many of the win
dows being wonderful works of art. One
of the wealthiest Jewish firms of Brook
lyn, at heavy outlay, prepared a tableau of
the resurrection, with life-size figures, and
hundreds of stores through New York and
Brooklyn had windows equally elaborate
and costly. The music in all the churches
was magnificent. For many years there
has been quite a rivalry In the maintenance
of church choirs, and It reached such a
point that finally people went to church to
hear the singing Instead of the Dreachlng;
and the minister of a fashionable uptown
church took umbrage at this and dis
charged the choir. While all the churches
have established musical programmes at
Easter, the finest music is to be heard in
the Catholic and Episcopal churches, and
th Jewish Temple Emanuel on Fifth Ave
nue. The feast of the Passover and 'Easter
falling together. Is the one church holiday
tbat unites tbe old and the new. By com
mon consent of Jew and Gentile Easter
Sunday Is always a marked era in new
toilets) and the present joyous season was
not behind any ot lis predecessors, the
display among theervint girls being some
thing that would open tho eye's of their
poor relations on tbe .other side of the
water.
While- surveying these Easter wonders
ti.i adj&lrhvz the hautM tt the (tores, I
stopped before one of the richest- windows
on Twenty-third street. It was filled with
costly needlework very rare, -yery costly;
and trimmed with the finest lace were some
Infants' dresses; they were Intended for
the darlings of the wealthy, where cost, Is'
never taken Into apcotint-Hhe price was
fifty dollars, and cheap, at that, I was,,
however, consoled by tho reflection tba't
this lavish extravagance at least, gave
profitable employment to the poor. I re
marked this to a friend at my elbow. Let
us look into tbat matter said, ho; 1 know
the woman who made those dresses; let us
go and see her. He led the "way .across the
Ayenue down One -of the slda streets till yt
reached a row ot tenement honses of the
poorest class op three rickety oalrot stairs,
knock at thefitst door to the right, and we
are standing In the rom tff the woman
wtro made those hoautlftl dresses. Wretch
-cdly poor Is tho fnmltfiro of the room, but
cloan and neat"; white -sheet Is spread on
the floor that the work may not bo soiled)
and on four low stools two women and two
yoimg girls are making .their -fingers fly,
They scarcely look, up, for lime Is money;
and oh, how much time for very little'
moneyten .and twelve weary hours for
fifty or seventy-five cents; rent to pay1, food
to buy, and a remorseless wolf everhowl
Ing fvt the door; worlc, work, -work; nn
rest, no rocroatlon, no hope. Do you won
der that yea find some of them at night
upon the streets; the only wonder Is that
there 1s not more of them, and that any of
Ibcni escape. Mothers, wives, slsfcws and
daughters, disappear herei not by dozens.
bat by hundreds, and it ts only something
startling like' 'the Hah way murder that
brings the story outl While this murdered-
girl lay in the Morgue, hundreds of fathers,
mothers, husbands, brothers, sisters and
sons have come seeking lost ones who have
suddenly disappeared, nnd who wlll'never
be heard of again. But to return; these
Easter windows are piled full of costly
gewgaws beautiful to look npon', Vscful
for ornamentation -tho work of unrequited
tollers, who scarcely can keep "body and
soul together. Several attempts have hern
made to reach and help them, but almost
In every Instance tbey have fallen Into' the
hands of designing speculators, who have
converted them to Individual proSt Ilere
Is a chance for genuine charity to give
thes thousands of needlewomen a clrance
to help themselves to furnish them ma
terial, glvo them a comfortable place to
work, and let them receive the profits,
which now go into the pockets of merciless
and heartless employers. Think oi making
fine shirts at ten and fifteen cents a piece;
a child's beautiful dress full of tucks and
covered with laca for twenty-five or thirty
cents. It Is half a century since Tom
Hood sang his Song of a Shirt, aud the
condition of tho sewing women of New
York to-day Is no better than was the con
dition of her English sister fifty years ago.
A gentleman of wealth remarked to me the.
other day: I would glvo five thousand dol
lars towards an Institution which would be
In a measure co-operative in Its character,
and aid women In realizing the results of
their labor God help them, they need it;
let us bopo that this may chrystallzo into
something for.thclr permanent benefit.
Passion week Is never regarded as a good
week for theatres, but this week'has been
most exceptional. Ail the theatres have
done well, and Wilson Barrett has scored
a triumph, the truculent critics to the con
trary notwithstanding. For some reason a
cliquo of Bohemians here have made adead
set at this gentleman, -who is one ot the
most deserving and painstaking actors that
lias ever visited our shores. He came here
unpretentiously, avoided offensive clap
trap, and relying on his art, appealed to.
the American public The appeal was.net
made In vain. He has borne himself llkea
gentleman and artist, and aside from tbe
annoyance of a few curs barking at his
heels, he has every reason to be satisfied
with his American visit. Patt!,0!ice more;
dear, dear, Tattl, Not so very dear, my
neighbor replies. You can get a very nice
seat now for six dollars. Oh my! ain't
that cheap, fine chance for the women who
make shirts for ten cents. But you can
hear Bernhardt for three dollars only
think of It; dirt cheap, let us all go.
It looks as though spring had come with
the passing away of tho last polar wave.
Broadbrim,
NeW Advertisements,
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
. This powder never varies. A marvel et purity.
trenrrth and wholesomencss. More ffOitonileal
thaftllie ordinary kinds, ami cannot be sold In
eomrctRUn with the mintitude ot low lest, short
eiKni,aium or nunpnaie powatrra. ooiu onir
In cans. Royal Daking foU'det 'Company, 100
vau street, r. , aug zi-inu
Kew Advertisements.
i Administrator's Notice.
lytato-oI-UKNAlUIS FEIEIUCK,late Mahon
hiK Twp., Carbon coimty, l'a., dee'd.
Letters of ailmlnUtratliVn mi the estate of Tie
nadus l'rcderlck. tain of M(ieiiriiBTwi.. Carbon
county, 1'a.f dee'd., have beofi Wanted to the
undersized, to whom all persons Indebted to
the said estate are requested to mako Immediate
payment, nnd those Jmvlng claim or demands
win niase me same Known wunoui ueiar,
.IOSIAI1 MUSSEl-MAM, Adm's.,
, April 9, 1887.. 8w Makonlng Township.
Dissolution Notice.
The Partnership heretofore existing between
Win, It. SC. 1). Miner, formerly knonnas Miner
nrntliAra. is till ilav t1lnlved bv mutual consent.
The name of the firm will be known hereafter as
V. D. AUNKU & CO.
WM. II. MINER,
C IX MINElt.
Welssport March 1st. 1SS7. tllar., 19, 6w
Estate Notioo.
A "Power of Altorney"on tho estate of thelate
Thomas Walrk. of franklin Towiuliln. L'-arbnn
Coimly, Pa, has been granted to l-'ltANClS
DOliWAltl). of the aforesaid Township and
comity, wlnlwrby announces to tho public that
all npisnns indebted Irt said pstatc are renuestcd
to make paymont, and tlior) lialng claims or
demands will maKo Known inc same uitiinui tie
lay to J. I- , hm jjuk,
Justice of the Peace, of Franklin Twp.,
lly order of
FKANCIS DOIlWAItD, Attorney,
March 28, 1887-w
AT PRIVATE SALE !
An Improved FA1M. with bWKI.MNO 1I0U9K
1IAUN and all neecssarv oulbVdldlnes. a never-
falllnir Spring of Water, and thntaml Is In an ex
cellent state of cultivation Is offered nt Private
Snip. A hTrh orchard of choice fruit trees
Apples, Peaches and Cherries. T'lie property Is
incited In Carbon county. It Is very convenient
to school house, and about one and a halt miles
from llnjlroad depot, md contains about slATi
AUiica. AprHyavinv
CAKliON ADVOCATE OFFICE.
March 25, 1-87-tt
Washington Sen anil Gossip.
From our Special Correspondent.
VTAsiirNOTON, D. C, April 18tb, '87,
Jin. Editor: The Sunday laws aro agitating
very inueb the Citizens of the Canltal this week
A large portion ot the community Is fearful lest
It shall have to fast on the Sabbath or olse change
Its mode ot living. Washington used to be culled
a city of boarding houses, but of lata years has
been dubbed the city of catlns houses. The rea
son ot this Is that hundreds of Government Clerks
have found It cheaper to rent rooms and "take
meals out" than to keep house, nnd as a consequ
ence u number clearinghouses have sprung up
and done a very profitable business. TI.e
triumvirate commission which governs the
District has sent forth the edlet that not only
drinking saloons and places of business shall be
closed on Sunday but also that milk aud Ice
wagons shall not run, and that eating houses
shall shut up. If this last provision IS enforced
It will cause great Inconventenco to thousands of
persons who regularly lake their meals at these
places and will cause the failure In business ot
theso enterprlslpg men who are willing to cater
to the palate for the Handsome returns re
celved.
It seems a pretty big fish story, but still none
the less true, that over coo.ooo herring have been
brought from the Potomac Into Washington the',
present week. This Is the largest number re
ceived for years past and is due to the stringent
laws prohibiting the drawing of .seines for fls!
during tbe spawning season, A few years ago
the number ot herring caughtbeeame so small
that epicures began to fear that the delicacy On
"Potomac Herring would be a thing ot the past
The Fish Commission however had salutary laws
enacted, and the CMpXX) herring a week Is the
result.
Tho President had a tender heart this week
aud granted 8 persons pardons coirYictcd.and Im
prisoned for embczzlelng from the malls: break
ing Into Post Offices i robbing the malls on the
highways; counterfeiting, and other crimes,
Cleveland has granted more pardons than 'any
Pretldeut before him wltbln the memory ot
man.
Already gossips are beginning to talk ot the
President's summer trip. It Is possible that be
may take one but still you need not be surprised
If he stuys at home. Hn. Cleveland is already
located at Oak View and keeps very quiet seldom
coming to the City and almost as seldom seeing
callers. She is taking a much needed rest after
tbe fatigues of tbe social season, and probably
will not go with the President should he feel the
necessity of taking recreation by leaving the
the scenes-of his busy official duties aud cares lor
a brief perrlod.
A number of Congressmen have been In town
the past few days and most of them were Inter
viewed. The almost unanimous opinion seems
to be that Congress would be convened lu Specla'
Session the first cf October, and would continue
to sit until the regular session In December.
Real estate speculation Is running high, aad
Investors are making money (aster than at any
lime Deicre in lue nisiory oi me city, Svudlcatea
are being formed composed In rnany Instance of
capitalists from the States, and moch suburban
property has been platted and sold In lets on
which the Investors have more than doubled
their money inside of three months. Persons
coming to the City In thltatl and at the assemble
tog of Congress wU hardly recognize the suburbs
as o "many improvement will bars been
House ani Lot For Sale !
The undersigned offers his IIouso and
IGtvsltnato opiwsltc tic Cauiion AI-
VOCATR OIHCC, till llttlltv OLTCei, IjCIUgu-
liui. I'.-,., for m(' Thtt lot Is !tHnt CO x 19S reel.
ana ine noura is n iwo-niory rmnie wun diouv
liascmcnt. lor further particulars call on
Or at the An vocatk Office.
Marcn Din, issr-iw
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
OF THE
Lehighton Cemetery,
For the Tear ending February 5th, 1887
Bonded debt $2009
Interest due thereon..
Paid for labor, as per voucher. v.i
raid for Improvements, per mvichcrsu
Paid for Secretary's salary.... ,
Paid for Inti-icst
isms payable..-.
CREDIT.
29
47
33
20
no
85
rtalanee In treasury Feb. 7. 1380..$ a 77
Cash received tor lots sold during
the year 400 88
Caslirccehcd for rent xo oo
Outstanding on lots 47102
Balance owing izt ss
J2JI7 W82327
Lots sold during the year, 27 J 418
Ileal estate IM
We. the undersigned, annolnted nudltors
audit the accounts of tho Secretary und Treas
urerof tho IchighUm Cemetery, do certify that
we nave examineu ine accounts nua 'ounn ineiu
correct as stated. Witness our hands this Fifth
day ot April, iw.
CI.INTOK nitETNKY, I Auditors
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WHAT WE CLAIM !
WE CLAIM THAT OtJR
RoyalBone Superphosphate
4a $hfe ctt riiospWa in the Sttt'to fox the rftoVrcy. It sell at
$27.00 Per Ton!
Our High Grade Americus Brand
hi equalled oy fevt-surr)as3cd by none. IChe priea in
$35.00 Per Ton!
We 1ittVe been selling the above grades of Phosprtatas for tfa'
Vast FIVE YEARS. Out -sales haVe increased eVery year.
Tim snows What oir Phosphates 'are. Wo wher agents can Mft
you the.ftbove brands, xXcept
Reuben Kemerer, Our Sub-Agent.
ALWAYS IN STOCK,
ADAM HEHBKAM & SON,
-OENEEAX A&BNTSv
Bank Street, Lehighton, Pa.
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WEISSPORT
Millinery
Emporium.
Mrs.M.Culton
Announces to the Ladies o
Weissport Lehighton and vi
cinity that she has one of the
most complete and fashionable
assortments uf Summer
Millinery Goods !
INCLUDING
HATS, BONNETS, RIB
BONS, FEATHERS,
AND NOTIONS,
ever brought to this section of
the Lehigh Valley nt Prices that
Positively Defy Competition !
Hats & Bonne
Aprll-23ml
Hoxr when the bodi begin
tn thnw.
Tls time for young ud
oM to know
That IVtxr, LoMttud and
Tho Uli at Indtrjott&M
can
With erery trouble, acha
or pain
That followi In the Billow
(rain.
Will scatter like the ttileTei of night
Before m draught ot BalUar bright.
New Presses'!
New Type ! !
Call, Examine,
Be Convinced
THAT YOU CAN HAVE-
rHOORAMMES,
INVITATIONS,
rAMFHLETS,
UIROULARS,
TICKETS,
NOTE HEADS.
LETTER MEADS,
BILL, JIEADS,
ENVELOPES,
STATEMENTS,
BUSINESS OAKljtf,
SODOEBS,
and merchantilo' printing of all
kinds executed at the lowest
possible rates. Our work will
be found equal to that of any
office in the county, and will be
done at the time promised.
Carbon Advocate
JOB ROOMS,
Sank St., Lehighton,
lrimmnd in tne Latest and
Most Artistic Manner by Fash
mnable Milliners.
All Work Guaranteed
A word to the wise. Before
purchasing elsewhere dn't fa
to call and inspect, what is un
questionably the Latest, Lamest
and Most Fashionable line of
Summer Millinery in the Le
high Valley.
Very Eespectfully4
Mrs. M. Culton,
White Street, Weissport, Pa,
Stoves,
Tinware,
. . Heaters and
Ranges
In Great Variety at
Samuel Graveii'i
Popular Store, Bank Street.
Roofing and Spouting a specia'
. ty. btove repairs lurnislieu
on short notice, Prices
Reasonable ! !
April sa, ly
THB
Fort Allen House
Welupart, Cwtoa County, Pisa.,
Henry Chrlfitrrtan, Proprietor,
Tbe public Is respectfully Informed that tbls
well-know house luij been refitted and Imprnrtd
tea first rate, and able tofurnlib the tbijt best
A liiyery Stable
In connection with the hotel, lth arafif ti mean
io accoimnwiaie weauins imnie, luneraisana
pleasure seraers wiui saie leant.
In connection with Die hotel !i FINE T(K)
ROOM handsomely fitted up. Apr23 OTly
Administrator' Salt.
The undersigned. Administrator" of Ihe Estate
ot UKNAUUS l'HEDKltlCK, late nt Mahoning
inwnsiiip, (.ariKjn uouuiy, ra. aeo a, win pen
x-uuiic oaic, gumi premises, on
Saturday, Apnl aoth, .1887
at ONE o'clock P, M , tlw foifowfnc Personal
rrooeny, vizi ftwi.i a-irorse wayou, apring
Wngmi, lledt and Bedding, Chain, Tunics, an
uiu rusnionca uiock, biiu variety oioiucr ar
ticle wu numerous lu uiciuiuiu
Terms will be made known at time of sale, by
April
JOBLl.lt MtmgRUf AN
AdmfnlMralor
March U JMT --Om-
This is the Place You WantH
I haVmade awayn with my old stock- and &ra now fully
prepared for the
ummer's Trade
with one oi the most FASHIONABLE well as SUB
STANTIAL lines df
Ladies', Gent's and Children's Shoes
Opmimg S
&etBis9 Firae Shoes Vj2.
Ladies American & French Kid $2. to $4.
Ladies' 'and Children's Spring Heel Shoes, All Sized
Ladies' Kid-Button Shoes, $1.25 Up !
Latest Styles Hats and Caps,
AT LOWEST PRICES.
A.t ,Th.e "COBNBE .STOEB."
" LEWIS WEISS,
BANK. STREET, LEHIGHTONi PA.
-IS HEADQUARTERS FOR-
GENERAL HARDWARE
Paints, Varnishes, Glass,
ALL KINDS OF COAL, fce.
OPP. PUBLIC SQUARE,
Bank Street, Lehighton, Pa.
PARASOLS !-
We are shoeing a large line of Para-
sols, comprising all the latest noyelties.
. A GREAT BARGAIN I
Double - width Tricots, Plain and
Mixtures, all-wool, at 45c. per yard.
H. GUTH & SON.
634" Hamilton Street, Allentown, Penn'a.
October,) itpfr- - .
Cheapest Place in the Valley to Purchase
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Joseph F, Rex's,
EAST WEISSFOElT, Carbon OoUnty, lUL
.- TTNDERTAKERI-
Funerals attended with promptness, arid Shrodcfo, Caskets eY
Coffins furnished at lowest prices;
Aiso, jjKalek in a
ELOUR, EEEJD, &a, .fee.,
of the choicest and best quality at JtetiOnable prices StaaettW
JTOS12FIE F. MmLt
Jtfcrir Cannl Bridge, -BA'st.Wfwtf, Piu . . ft.