TheCarbon Advocate
LEHIUIITON.'PA..
ATURDAT. JANUARY 7, 1888.
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SBCOKD C.UKM MAtt, MATTKI1.
Theue can ue so dkntino the fact,
that In complete and thorough organiza
tion there Is strength. We have had many
evidences of this In the past, and none
more thoroughlj convincing than the re
sult of the late civil war When the rebels
were repulsed, eventually subdued and the
Union preserved. In the laborers' fight
against capital and monopoly, thorough or
The stnincn to ritoTKCT his individ-
ual interest should make a strong and de
termined fight against the strike fatal
harbtngVi of suffering, privation, want and
hard times.
In this wise not only is the company and
employees affected hut all residents of
Philadelphia. The worst of It Is that the
poorer peoplo do the most suffering. What
is true of coal Is also true of certain other
commodities onlv on a leas scale. As to
The Dkmochatic State Central Uin mr, of rnnttnm ,.,,
Committee, according to tho rules of the Uoihltig, but If all Is truo as reports have
It, tho employees In the beginning were
party, will meit In the City of Ilarrlsburg,
at 4 p. m., on Wednesday, January 18th,
at the Bolton House, to elect a Chairman,
Secretary and Executive Committee, and
to transact sucli other business as the Com
mittee may, under the rttUs, determine.
Dallas Sanders, Chairman: Wm. P. Danne-
hower, Secretary.
hasty and 111 considerate in their actions,
but after the company commenced to vic
timize many of the employees It assumed
an attttudo of belligerency and as a result
What was at first a half-hearted movement
has becomo an earnest and determined
fight. Tho hope Is that safo councils and
furnlturo for a house. What waste of
money I you say. Oh, no; tho manufacturer
of these thing hat slven profitable employ
ment to thousands of workmen and women,
and they aro pal' for by people who can
well sparo It out of their abundance. Even
the ruin to which they all come Is good for
trade, for the successes of 1888 are built up
on tho ruins of 1887.
"I'l.ite sin with cold, and the strong lane
nr .liutlee hurtles, breaks :
Clothe It In rngs, a pigmy straw will plercc.lt"
Last week a women was before tho courts
and hardly escaped Slate's prison for the
wrongful approprlatlon of less than sixty
dollars. She had purchased some furniture
i .L...ir -,i n..i ..ni oo H'O Installment plan and had paid on It
Judge Joel Pabkek.of New Jei:set, a i.,inn nr sn . clghty-flvo dollars. Her husband died, her
has passed from the affairs of this world. . n,hr!lFna ,i r rnn- children fell sick and gannt starvation
was ireez
ganlzation Is just as necessary as It was In In his death the State of New Jersey loses , . . p.,,,.,,.,,,,,,. ,nA entered the house, the weather
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the above case, the demand for leaders, one of her most distinguished, respected
able.conseryatlve, fearless and determined, and practical sons. Ho was not siipcrficl-
Just as great, for this Is a war that affects ally great, but In the more substantial cle
a common humanity and not only a certain ments of truth, honesty and patriotism, ho
portion of our people. In the reckless and preeminently held his own. Twice elected
Irresponsible men who control, to so great Governor during a period when the unccr-
an extont, the organizations of labor. Is talntles of clyll war raged so furiously Is
due much of the present prejudlcal discord
which disrupts the condition of trade and
makes the rate of wages superficially un
certain. This will not be contradicted,
events of recent dates conclusively sub
stantiate onr statements; for instance In
the great Southwestern strike of a little
more than two yeais ago, Master Work
man Irons, of Chicago, contrary to the ad
vice of Mr. Powdorly, ordered out the men
along the whole line, and what was the re
sult? Complete failure, loss and great suf
fering to tho men and their families; again
In the great Perth Amboy strike of a year
ago, thousands of men stopped work upon
the adyice of Master Workman Quinn, of
New York, and after weeks of idleness re
sumed work at the same old figures. In
the meantime coal advanced to double its
former price, and who suffered? The
poor, for the rich had filled their bins long
before when coal was cheap. The pro
tracted Idleness consequent to the strike
had Its evil effects mostly amongst the
poorer classes the rich could stand It for
theyJiad a plenty. This is the history of
two strikes, both comparatively failures,
and It fully shows how more than foolish
It Is for the worklngmen of this country to
plase their Individual Interests In the hands
of Irresponsible, but well paid leaders.
We are safe In saying that a goodly num
ber of worklngmen begin to understand
this, and as a consequence are. doing some
of the thinking themselves, as the actions
of many Knight of Labor employees on the
Reading system shows. We believe, as al
so does Grand Master ll'orkman Powderly,
that the safest aud best plan to abridge la
bor difficulties Is by arbitration. This
method compels no vast outlay of money,
no suffering or Idleness, and If logically and
philosophically debated upon Is usually
successful. We believe that the majority
of Knights of Labor will fully agree with
us when we say that the strike Is usually
an unsuccessful means of securing the de
ruands asked for, and that the plan of arbi
tration is the most logical and practical
method that can be suggested. Under the
latter plan there would be no paralyzatlon
of the business Interests and consequent
hard times, as is unfortunately now the
case. Let labor disagreements find their
adjustment in arbitration.
convincing proof of the esteem, confidence
and fidelity In which he was held by the
people of that State. In his death the
party of Jefferson losos ono of her most Il
lustrious son's. Loved universally ho will
live long In the hearts of the people.
The stuikk on the Reading SYsnpsi
has assumed a somewhat serious aspect by
virtue of the deliberate breaking of a con
tract by tho miners In the Schuylkill re
glon. Tho strike on the Reading system
was a stupendous Plunder, Irrepalrable In
Its nature. and Us final effect will be dcnior
allzlng to the organization of the Knights
of Labor. The Lehigh coal miners In their
strlko against the coal barons' dominant
power had the sympathy of an entire pco-
pie, but It cannot be expected that the
public will longer tolerate, aid or ha In
sympathy cither witli men or an organiza
tion who indiscriminately make demands
on corporations, demands which by virtue
of common business Interests must be re
fused. The worklngmen had no real or
substantial cause to strike on tho Reading
system; they were receiving a high rate of
wages and fair treatment, why then this
strike? Simply because tho Reading Com
pany shipped freight over an elevated road
that did not employ union labor. Is this
legitimate? fair-minded and conservative
men will certainly say no. Why then this
causeless strike, if it was not to participate
Into vexatious difficulties and much tit
necessary suffering the worklngmen who
were receiving satisfactory wages? The
dominant power of reckless leaders, the
desire for notoriety may probably explain
this, certain It Is that the employees of tho
Reading system had no legitimate cause to
strike, and In the absence of this how can
they expect to be successful?
OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER.
Partisan newspapehs will play
their respective parts In the campaign of
1888, as the Interests of party demand, but
the rapidly growing Intelligence of our peo
ple makes an Independent newspaper an
lndlspenstble necessity with them, as it
soon will be with all classes. The Carbon
Advocate will, during the coming politi
cal campaign, which gives promises of be
ing the most exciting In the history of Am
erican politics, present fairly and truth
fully from week to week a fair resume of
what transpires In the field of politics, be
sldts publishing Interesting New York,
Philadelphia, Washington, Mauch Chunk,
Welsiport and Packerton letters, as well as
correspondence from the various towns and
Tillages In the county. The subscription
price of the Advocate Is only $1.00, which
makes it the cheapest, largest and best
weekly country newspaper In the Lehigh
Valley. The bona fide circulation of this
journal exceeds that of any other Carbon
ountry newspaper, and we are still grow
ing. We would be pleased to haye you as
a subserlber.
TlIE REDUCTION AND rBEVBSTION OF
the accumulation of an unwise surplus is
stll! the all-absorbing question with leading
statesmen and party journals. Many of
the latter, through party prejudices, still
maintaining that a falr,lmpartial reduction
sf the old war rates means destruction to
our American wage system. The Incon
sistency of this claim Is made evident by
the fact that under the present high tariff
rates we have experienced a number of
panics of unusual severity, notably among
them being the panic of 1873, when the
financial crash of Cook & Co., of Chicago,
paralyzed trade throughout the entire
country and plunged the business interests
Into a vortex of complications from which
they emerged with the greatest difficulty.
The accumulation of millions of dollars
every year, for which there Is no output,
mutt sooner or later show Its effect by a
stagnation of the business Interests; the
way to prevent this Is to reduce the surplus
by a reduction of the tariff and a fair con
sideration of the Internal revenue.
IT IB THE PRONOUNCED OPINION OF
Senator M. Stanley Quay that James Gil
lespie Blaine will be the next Republican business
Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 4, '88.
This Is 1888. The old has been tolled
out and the new rung In. A festive time
they had In ringing It in, that Is, the New
Year clubs. Philadelphia can boast of
about two hundred sucli clubs, the mem
bers of which, according to custom, rig
themselves up in all scrts of styles and In
cyery conceivable, ridiculous and surges
tlve apparal. Jiuch money Is expended In
these costumes; one club alone expended
for the first of 1888 over $4,000. It is no
unusual thing for such a costume to cost
from ?11X) to $',isu. The paraders appear
upon the streets like klngs,prIcsts,parsons,
jockeys, clowns, lackeys, acrobats, cats,
dog, c. In theso disguises the streets
are paraded, tho curbstone audiences cn
teitained and the night made hideous, by
howls, tooting of horns, sounding of sym
bals, operating musical Instruments, danC'
Ing, jumping, running, bellowing In short
acting as a body of frenzied madmen.
Such is the customary Inauguration of
New Year In Philadelphia. It Is a novel
sight with the graphic thrown In, and to
one who has not been accustomed to such
frantic exhibitions It Is strange and new
true to confess.
The Academy of Muslc,the largest build
Ing for public meetings in Philadelphia,
has been engaged for Friday evening, Jan
27, 18S8, for the purpose of holding a meet
ing by business men of Philadelphia In ap
proval of President Cleveland's tariff re
form message. The call for this meeting
has been signed by scores of prominent
and extensive business men as well as by
prominent and eminent professional men.
The message has accelerated a great and
profound discussion of that much mooted
question, tariff, its effects, &c. The meet
ing promises to be a big affair and the
question will be discussed exhaustively and
expounded in all Its bearings. It is a very
remarkable fact to realize tho strides that
have been made by the masses In tho dlrec
tlon of a reform of the tariff. Heretofore
If any statesman suggested a reduction and
simplification of customs duties he was de
nounced as a traitor to Amercan Industry
and working for some foreign enterprise.
This is changed now, for In every avenue
of trade, except those few who are Special
ly benefitted as against the many, one will
fiad that lower tariff and an entire abolition
of duty, on articles of consumption and
such raw material as enters Into manufac
tured articles, Is advocated and urged.
The man of to-day, who thus advocates
these salutary measures, will be tho most
prominent public man of the future. This
meeting is not only Intended as an endorse
ment of Cleveland's message but as a rued-
lum of securing a healthy expression of
continuation of (he strike can readily be
perceived.
Hon. Robert Klotz In the loss of his
helpmeet has the sincere condolence of all
his friends and acquaintances. It Is hoped
that this sympathy so largely tendered and
manifested will prove to be sonic solace In
the hour of grief and sorrow.
The troubles of Sheriff 0. H. Kruinbhaar
aro over as to the appointments. These
selections were announced by him a week
or so ago. One of these selections, that of
Charles P. Donnelly for deputy sheriff does
credit to the sense and judgment of the
new sheriff. Donnelly is a live, Intelligent
Democrat of to-day; one who will not only
bring ability to his new position but credit
and an assurance that the duties of Ills of
fice will bo discharged faithfully and hon
orably. If the remainder of the appoint
ments are to be measured by this selection
then the Sheriff is to be congratulated, foi
It Indicates that the business pertaining to
his position will be conducted upon bust
uess principles and not as a political ma
chine. Congratulations to Donnelly, and
to Kruinbhaar for so bencflcicntan appoint
mcnt,
Hon. Robt. E. Pattlson, by his minority
report as a member of the investigating
committee Inquiring Into the condition of
tho Pacific railroads, has again demonstrate
cd that he is at all times a servant of the
people and against monopolists. This re
port Is one of signal ability and treats with
tho question of Indemnifying the govern
ment of what these railroads owe it and
the punishment to bo meted out to the
criminals, ably and forcefully. These
gigantic monopolists, Gould, Huntington,
Crocker and Ilanford, have robbed the
government out of millions of dollars.
Heretofore when any criticism and denun
ciation of their course was made they
sniffed at the people because the authoii-
ties In power, prior to the Cleveland ad
ministration, pampered to them. But now
this Is changed and it appears as though
their nemesis were at hand. This wrong
doing, of the past, if Commissioner Paul
son's recommendations are to be carried
out, will find Its just reward in the confis
cation of the charter and the punishment
of the criminals. These men haye robbed
and plundered bythe million, and never been
brought within the pale of the law. If a
poor devil had stole a pair of shoes the
chances are that he would have served his
time in Umbo for a yoar or more. If such
punlshmont is In store for.a poor man
why not punish and Imprison during their
natural life such malefactors and big thieves
like Stanford, Gould, Huntington and
Crocker. IFhen these dlffences of justice
are contemplated Is It any wonder that our
country has such excressences as commun
ists and anarchists. Let Grovcr Cleveland
forthwith recommend measures to Con
gress to meet the requirements of Patti-
son's report.
The Philadelphia Times Is performing
some wonderful feats In journalism. It Is
remarkable what phenomenal and pro
gressive strides It Is making. This live
spirit has shown Itself particularly since
the price of the Times has been reduced
from two to one cent. It has, if observa
tion counts for anyth!ng,more than doubled
Us circulation, and Is the most newsy, best
edited and most reliable newspaper In
Philadelphia. Its weekly edition is a
daisy," but the Sunday publication caps
the climax, for It surpasses anything In Its
line. As a medium of news and advertis
ing It is In the front rank.
New Year's In the City of the Quakers
is a great day. It Is an occasion for much
outing. The features of the 1st of January
are novel .and Interesting. Besides the
paraders exhibitions of all kinds on the
streets; during the entire day Chestnut St
Is ono platoon of human beings. Human
nature Is exemplified in all Us forms, con
ditions and opportunities. It is a jostling,
pushing mass of beings icpresenting the
rich and poor, rough and genteel, strong
and weak, sick and healthy, eld and young
and above all, that which should be a for
bidden thing In the human family, tho
pitiable and sickly thing called "dude."
there was a chattel mortgage and sold It
piece by piece to save her children from
freezing and starving. At last she sat In
her desolate home with nothing but the
bare walls left, expecting every moment to
be thrust Into the street. The man who.
had sold her tho furniture came around for
his monthly Installment to find .everything
gone. Tho mother was arrested for larceny
and was torn from her dying and starving
children, and looking pretty black for the
poor widow. A city paper mentioned her
hard case; unknown friends came forward
the next morning and the debt was settled
Money was raised on the spot to put her
back in her home with comfort; good
Samaritans came with gifts of all klndi:
one brought sugar; another, tea; others.
bread and coffee, chickens, turkeys, ham,
and money for medicine for tho sick child;
some one sent In a half ton of coal, and
one generous soul sent a cooking stovo
with all the pots and pans; so that on
Christmas Eye, instead of being a criminal
behind the bars of a jail, she was back In
her home surrounded by every comfoit.
Now mark the difference: General Cut'
ting was left by his father to administer on
the family estate. The Cuttings represent
our old blue blood nothing bluer In the
lino of American royalty. Tho estate was
worth several millions, and Gen. Cutting
occuplod the position of guardian to his
dead brother's children. Besides spending
his own enormous fortune, which he had a
perfect right to do, he took eight hundred
thousand dollars out of the family estate,
and either gambled It away In Wad street
or lost It somewhere else; at any rate eight
hundred thousand dollars had vanished.
The widow of the dead brother appealed to
the Courts on behalf of herself and her
children and all these facts were proven,
The penalty for this offence is State's Tri-
and when the hard alternative was
presented of putting a Cutting in a striped
suit and. having him march to the lock step
alongside of Ward, Flske,Jeahne and homo
genus, at Sing Sing or Auburn, the widow
weakened, a compromise was effected, and
General Cutting escaped the penalty of his
offence. Another Individual, a friend of
his, took three bundled thousand dollars
out of an estate he had been entrusted to
settle, and gambled It away on stock?, and
never attempted to make any restitution
whatever, uolh oi these gentlemen are
members of tho Union Club, and when you
say a man is a member of the Union Club,
It Is just as if you put the goldsmith's mark
upon your sterling silver. Two such un
savory defalcations as these roused some of
tho more righteous members to action, and
they called on the governing committee for
an lnvestiga'lon, and what do you think
the reply was Phoo I Phool wo can't be
troubled with these small affairs; wo have
more important matters to claim our atten
tion. The widow came near going to State's
Prison for the constructive appropriation
of eighteen dollars, and these two aristo
cratic gent'emen escape even the censure
of their fellows for the downright robbery
of hundreds of thousands; so I repeat
Shakespeare's Immortal lines:
"Plate sin with sold, and th strong lance
penitentiary, ho will never see his seven
hundred dollars naln.
A delightful Christmas celebration was
that of iflss Huntington's Kitchen Garden
School, whlcfl is ono of the worthiest mis
sions In city. There little girls aio taught
all tho arts of skillful and cleanly house
keeping and cooking, not to thrum on
pianos or paint poor pictures, oi embroider
worthless scarfs, but an education, that
will make them good wives and mothers,
and make their homes happy. t They cook
all their own meals, they make beds, they
sweep, sew, mend, patch, alter their own
dresses, and do everything that a woman
would have to do in her own house. Tho
children arc the happiest and most con
tented to bo found anywhere. It Is the
one Institution where the children ask no
holiday; theirs Is Indeed a merry Christ
mas, i
But as the echoes of tho Christmas chime
die on the listening ear, aud the joTous
greeting of ''Happy New Year'' rises fipui
millions of joyous hearts a cloud, at first
no bigger than a roan's hand, Is seen In
the distant sky, which portends a tempest,
whoso ultimate disaster God alone can tell.
The strike of thousands of men In the
coal fields, means suffering untold In this
freezing tlmo to hundreds of thousands of
poor In these two grea cities and elsewhere.
The rich at whom the blow Is aimed will be
unharmed by the strike; their fires will glow
as of old; their homes will be happy and
comfortable; their stocks will Increase In
value, but the homes of the strikers will
be desolate and cold; suffering will clamor
at the door, and starvation climb In at the
window. The terrible lesson of a year ago
seems to be lost upon these madmen. The
endeavor to fix tho union yoke upon the
neck of labor brought ruin then aud will
again. 1 hat the dark shadow may pass
away, and a Happy New Year come to all,
Is the heartfelt wish of BitoAiinitm
Now Advertisements,
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competition with (lie miutltuUo of low tost, short
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BroriMrt New ml Letter.
Special to the Carbon Advocatk.
Noah's Ark lay In ruins at my feet; it
was not enough that the animals were fear
fully demoralized, but Noah himself had
eyidtntly been ashore and had looked upon
the wine which Is red Jumbo cut a very
disreputable figure minus one leg and bis
trunk, while the king of beasts without a
nf (t,Ll..a hllrtl... I.n.,1..
Clothe It In rags, a pigmy straw will pierce it.'
Tho other day I met Anthony Comstock,
Probably in our million and a half of peo
plo there Is no man In whose personalty and
work there Is a greater difference of opln
Ion. Ask a gambler and he will ti ll you
that he Is a sneak, a spy and a blickmallcr,
Ask the burglars, thieves and prostitutes
their opinion of him, and with one accord
they will tell you he ought to be hung.
Go lo the publishing houses that have
piled upcoloisal fortunes on filthy pictures
and obscene literature, and they will tell
you that hanging Is too good for him; he
should be drawn and quartered in addition
The pariahs and outlaws of society haye no
good word for Anthony Comstock. And
no wonder, for he has placed them under
small obligation.
The battle In which this man is engaged
is a terrible one, aud needs a stout heart
and courage that can stand unshaken in
the face of death. Fighting like n valiant
soldier the battle of the right, he carries
his life In his hand"every hour of the day,
and never leaves his home In the morning
with the certainty of returning to It at
night. His mission Is to shield the young,
and in their defence he has brayed perils
that might well appal the stoutest heart.
This city swarms with assassins whose
trade bo has ruined, and whoso business
he has destroyed, and there are hundreds
of them who would be willing to swing for
the pleasure of killing him. This he knows
as well as any man. Yet with a calm
From WaiUnjOon: News Notes.
Special to the Camion Advocate.
Washington D. C, Jan. 2.
Washington society is just getting ready
t begin a round of receptions and parties
which will sustain Us reputation of being
the social center of the land. The death
of ex-Secretary of tho Treasury, Manning,
has had the effect of causing a temporary
cessation of social gatherings In official
circles, but the grand reception at the
ll'hlte House will be held on Monday as
planned, and will formally open the social
season. After that, the President and Mrs.
Cleveland will hold afternoon or evening
eceptions each week throughout the sea
son. Social etlqntle allows the President to
bold the first reception of the season, and
after that, the members or the Cabinet and
Foreign Ministers vie with each other In
giving grand parlies. It Is generally ac
ceded that the most successful in this line
are Secretary and Mrs. ll'hltncy who give
sometimes two a week, and frequently pay
three oi four thousand dollars a month for
floral decorations.
Washington has two citizens of whom it
may well be proud; both have attained
world wide fame, the one for his Wise and
generous donations for charitable purposes,
and tho other as a man of letters, and both
live near together on the same street.
refer to Mr. W. W. Corcoran, who, last
Wednesday celebrated his ninetieth birth
day at his home within a mile of the place
at which he was born, and George Baucrof t
his junior by less than three years.
A great many people who visit this city
spend their time at the Capitol or other
government buildings, and go away with
out seeing some of the greatest curiosities,
In one of the museums aie two bullets
which met In the air. They are fastoned
together and almost shapeless, but still
It Is possible lo tell from their appearance
which was fired from a Confederate and
which from a Union rifle. In one of the
rooms of the Treasury is a twenty dollar
bill executed with pen and Ink. It was
well done that It circulated as a regular bill
until almost worn out before It was dis
covered to be counterfeit. The person In
charge says that the man who made the
bill has been engaged in the work for eight
years, and is still at large. It Is estimated
that with hii skill, should ho devote a like
amount of labor to some legitimate work,
he could earn at least a thousand dollars,
but he appears to prefer running the
risk of receiving a long term In prison, just
for pleasure of deceiving the people. There
Is another man confined In an insane asylum
near tho city who shows almost as much
skill in the same direction, but the bills he
makes are unlike any ever made by the
Government. On one side he has two
large locomotives with tho Capitol between
them, and on the other a portrait, probably
of-eome member of his family. The details
aro carefully worked out, but, of course,
such a bill would deceive no one. When
he has completed a bill he hands It over
his physlcian'to bo passed, as he thinks
him to be an accomplice.
It Is quite probable that there will soon
be a zoological gardeu lu this city, to
supported by the Government. A low
building has been erected just back of the
Smithsonian, and the few animals collected
bv Mr. Hornadav. the naturalist, on his
trip through the west In search of buffalo
and grizzly bears, have been placed therein
Should the Governinet take hold of the
protect In earnestness. In a few vears w
win nave a collection mat win rival tuose
of London or Paris.
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Only firit-class goods handled rtt
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Men's Suits, $3.00 and Upward.
Men's Overcoats, 5.00 and I'pward.
Full Line of Suits
At all Prices, in tho Latest Styles ami 11 s
Workmanship, AirMen Youths and ayt.
Scarlet Underwear
A Specialty.
Dry Goods, Notions, Hosiery,
kirts, Jackets, Woolen
Shirts, ets., etc.
A Full Line of Groceries!
Best Family Flour at $2.20.
1G0 Test Oil, 12 cts. per Gal.
Arrosia coffee, Jrbucklcs, 2(5 cts
Zugar-cured Ham, 13 cts per lb.
Sugar-cured Shoulders,9c. per lb
Mauch Chunk Sho:s.
A full line of Matich Chunk
shoes at from 25 to 50 cents less
than at any other place.
Shoes from 50 cents Up.
Blankets and Comfortables.
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tall and one eye knocked out looked any- courage almost without a parallel he has
presidential nominee and also the next
president. Simon Cameron will play no
part as a candidate, the boom to that ef
fect being only a campaign pleasantry.
Blaine's candidacy grows stronger every
day amongst Bspubllcan politicians of note,
and It would not be surprising to see him
made the unanimous choice of the conven
tion. In such an event It is not Improbable
that a New York man will tall the ticket.
Unless there Is a yast change in the con
dition of affairs between now and the hold
ing of the national party convention, the
two old political rivals, UUlne and Cleve
land, will again be pitted against each oth
er, on platforms differing only In regard to
their tariff sentiments, viz: Protection vs.
Revenue Reform.
men as to the wherefore of a
thing but royal, and as It he had been on a
Christmas spree. On the right of my desk
are the ruins of a train of cars; the locomo
tive has lost Its smoke-stalk and cow
catcher, the passenger cars have evidently
proper reduction of our system of taxation passed through a cyclone, for on the Inside
and thereby disabuse the minds of the tim
id who fear consequential results because
their minds have been so much abused by
tariff sbrlekcrs and clacqucrs. A healthy
dlscusslou Is promised and much good will
result therefrom.
The Pope's Jubilee proved a great event
In Catholic circles. Commemorative ser
vices of the Pope's fifty years' priesthood,
were largely conducted in the churches of
that faith. The ceremonies were elaborate
and beautiful. It was not only thus elab
orate in Philadelphia but supremely more
so at Rome, the Catholics' 'Mecca," especi
ally when it is taken Into consideration
that the presents to his Holy Pontiff
amounted to more than $20,000,000. 20,-
000,000 to one Individual and multitudes
of poor and famishing human beings,
What a commentary and this Is called re
ligion
The great strike which is in progress
now over the Reading system of Railroads
Is vitally affecting Philadelphia. It affects
it .not only as to the earnings of the many
employees of this road but It also cuts into
one of the vital and necessary supplies of
irtl citizens, that of coal. This product,
ever since the Lehigh strike has been a
Tub communication in last week's scarce commodity In the market and In
Democraf,sIgned B Bogus, evidently de-1 consequence the price of this very necessary
nounelng Hon. Michael Cassldy, is un- fuel has been enhanced beyond all reason.
doubudly only an expression of Rauch Coal sells here at (0.50 per Ion, and now If
senUment created, dsylsed and promulgat- the main supply, that of the Schuylkill
td by Rauch. region, Is cut off It will cost more per ton.
The GaztUt bats that "toe tax ost
fruit brandy should be removed and a re
bate given on all spirits." Would It not
be better lo reduce the tariff rates on ar
ticles of common necessity and thus give
to the common people, like we of the Ar
vooatk and others, the benefit of the same?
In demanding a repeal of the Internal reve
nue Bro. Slgley evidently only consults his
Individual Interests.
was no sign of life, the passengers having
all disappeared In the general ruin. The
bass drum that gaye notice to all the neigh
borhood that Santa Claus had been around
has a hole In the top big enough for a re
s'pectable window, and the winding horn
that announced to the household the open
Ing of Christmas morning Is silent and
broken; Its terrible voice will no more
awaken the echoes. We laugh and moral
ize on these chlldrons' holiday ruins, but
how much better haye we older heads
played this game of life. Looking back I
can see the toys that once made life a charm
all shattered and broken like the ruined
gewgaws at my feet. It Is a mystery
where all the money comes from, but I
hardly remember a Christmas where money
has been spent so lavishly and so reckless
ly. The question of Christmas presen's
has got to be a most serious one In almost
eyery family. Every year these holiday
tokens crow more costly till now Bridget in
the kitchen expects more than her mistress
looked for twenty years ago. In one store
I saw a doll, very handsome I acknowledge,
but the cost was seventy-five dollars; It was
a bride and the wedding trosseau cost one
hundred and fifty more,
buyHhese things? you ask.
I saw one lucky child that bad two dolls-
one cost fifty and the other Ihlrty.five dol
lars, and she was only a very little glrl'at
that; and in addition to the dolls there
were cradles, carrages and the complete
gone steadily forward in the performance
of his duty, perfectly satisfied to meet his
fate, come In what shape It may. In per
son Mr. Comstock Is about middle height
strongly built, with a face that Is the per
fect embodiment of calm self-reliant hu
man courage the cast of his face Is of
square open honesty a man who would
take every chance In the achievement of an
honest purpose, and who would never back
down. The best evidence of the excellence
of his life-work is the fact that he Is hated
and despised by thieves, gamblers, prosti
tutes, male and female, and law-breakers
generally, and that he has the unqualified
endorsement of every decent member of
society,
Old Patrick Trenor is In court again. His
lawyers who swore be was perfectly able
to manage his own estate tlx weeks ago,
now swear that Ihe old man is demented
and not able to take care of It. As he has
no relations, I can't see why everybody Is
so afraid that he will squander bis hundred
thousand dollars; he had wit enough lo
make It, but not wit enough to keep It.
A female sharp celebrated Christmas
week by getting seven hundred dollats out
of an old fool In Brooklyn, She advertised
fora partner. Mr. Thomas bit. at the bait
of the dashing widow Toole, and handed
over seven hundred dollars, taking hei notes
endorsed by a swindler named Kellogg, for
thirty, sixty aud ninety days, but when be
The First National Bank,
OF I.EHI0HT0N, PA.
Tho Annual Election for Bevcn Directors oi
this Hank n III be held at the Hanking Hoiue on
Tuesday, January 101. 1888.
between the hours of l and 3 o'clock 1. M.
V. W. 110WMAN, Cashier.
Leuignion, Dec. ii, tsi-ui
-OETOKT OP THE CONDITION 01' TUB
KIltST NATIONAL 11AN1C OF I.Iilildll
TON, I'enna., at the close of business, Dec. 7th
ItESOUItCES.
Loans and Discounts, SI13.0U
Ovflrdrafti..
V. 8. Bonds tosecure circulation .
Other stocks, bonds and mortgages. .
uue irom anproveu reserve agents.
Due from oilier National llauks
Due from State Hanks and bankers
Heal estate, furniture and fixtures. .
Current expenses and. tuxes paid
303
73,ouo
12,87
1,081
1,270
8,027
1,119
6,7.10
260
9,203
59
4,000
4,1(10
S.3JS
1'reinlumn uald.
Checks and other cash Items
UUls oi otner uaiiKs
Fractional iiajn-r currency, nlckels,aiul
cents
Specie
Legal tender notes,
lteaemptlou fund lth U. 8, Treasurer
(5 per cent, circulation)
Total 27S,97t 98
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid In 75.000
Sumlus fund 0.190
Undivided profit 0,387 07
National Dank notes outstanding cjjnq
Dividends unpaid 271
Individual deposits subject to check ... 1 13.5U
Certified checks 131
Cashier's checks outstanding 66
Due mother National llauks... ...... S,4I0 61
Due to State Bonks and Ua like rs 399 83
Does anybody got homo and took a second look at them
Most assuredly, they were for thirty, sixty and ninety
months; he then tried to get his money
back, but the widow laughed In his face
and told him he was an old fool, which was
the frozen l ruth. lie then had her arrest
ed, aud though Ua may send' her to the
Total ?75,971
Statb of Pennsylvania, i
County ok Cakhon, i"'
I, W. W. Bowman, Cashier of the aboveuaiued
llank, do solemnly swear that the abov e ittateuient
U true to me Desi oi m y Knuwieuge uuu ucuei.
V. W. JIowman, Cashier.
Subscribed and snornto before nie this 12th day
or ueceinuer, ia?. ,
11. V. JIoiiTlUMKii. Sr., N. F.
(Jour kct Avtkt :
It. F. Hnrroitn,
Tlios. KlUEIU!U,
J, O. ZLtor,
Dtc. IT, 17
i
vDlnctors.
ROYAI
STOP!
Ucfore you malic your selections of Holiday Goods go to the
Eagle Store and 'see the great variety of
Cliauiitoei -
uc'cc&a'siitefll Ware,
11 k USaiMlkei'cliielSn
I.iBBl'Bfl, CttOll TttWClH
i 11ikiii$, C'iSG'! iunl Photo,
li 11 $ f. ma s -It e wa il a r tl s9
Toy iiooks,
as
les
ltoval
an street, .n.
-AT
, MM. -. Jf ,
(HA LI PRICE)
, Fancy ISox Jafieis
also, a full line of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hats,. Caps, Boots and
Shoes, cheap ns.the cheapest. Patronage solicited. No trouble
to show goods. ROBT. WALP.
The Leading Clothing House.
HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BEST FITTING
BEST MADE AND CHEAPEST CLOTHING.
An immense assortment of Summer Fabrics in stock, comprising
all the very latest styles in
01oths,Cassimers.Corkscrews,Cieyiots,
Worsteds, &c, &c,
Made up in the latest styles and most substantial manner at prices
that positively defy competition. Satisfaction guaranteed You
can save money by having your clothing made by
H. H. PETERS, The Tailor,
EXHAM HOTEL BD1LDIHG, LEMHTON, PA.
Administrators' Notice.
Rshitn of Solomon Goininerv.http-ofMiilmnlnc
township, Carbon county, l'a deeeased. let
ters of administration upon tho above named
estate having been granted tn the undei slfned.
all persons Indebted to said estate are requested
to make Immediate payment and those having
claims or demands tn present tho same without
delay to wii.i.la.m uu.mmkky.
LehlKhton, nov, 2G,1887-Cw Adnnnlitialnis.
3
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All QruiiU, 23o., flOc, and it C
Dr. Stb Arnold. J. Corp-.W
00. ITtpared onlj tf
wniocui, it..
18 8 8.
the Times,
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SUNDAY EDITION -lOpages-IIandsnniely II- -
Jimclltr
S HEADQUARTERS FOR
GENERAL HARDWARE,
Paints, Varnislies, Glass,
ALL KINDS OF COAL,
OPS. PUBLIC SQUARE,
Bank Street, Lehigh ton, Pa.
2 Doors ubove tho "Old Stand," Bank Street, Lohighton, Pa
Pure Drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Soaps, Per
fumery, Hair, Tooth and Clothes Brushes,
Musical Instruments, &c'., &c.
LOOK FOR SIGN OF GOLDEN MORTAR.
EXECUTORS' SALE
OF VAI.l'AIll.t:
i est
stie
IJirsuaiit to the aullnirlty In us wsled by the
"111 of Hi., lute I IranvllleClanss, deceased, there
will be sold at lniblle Sale on
Saturday, Jan. 7 1888,
at ONE o'clock p. in., on Ihe premises, in the
borough of LehiRliton, the following doscrlbvd
real estate to wit:
All that certain messuage, tract or piece of
ground situate on the west side of Dank street,
hi the borough of Lehlghton. Carbon county, l'a..
having a front on said Hank street of twenty,
eight CM) feet and a depth of one hundred and
eighty-nine feet and nine Inches. The. Improve
ments theieou consist of a TwoSTOHV I IIA.MI
Store and Dwelling IIoiiBe,
with frame additions and other outbuildings.
The location being in a wry desirable place for
business.
Conditions will be made known on day of sale
and due attendance given by
T. D. CI.AURM.
T1IOH. KtMKIIKI!
.etiun'oa, ucoii.JT-ts.
UMtuMrs.
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JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
AOJ5NT FOR FIHST-CI.ASS
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Companies.
Special attention uf Farmers nfU others Is
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CdUNTV MUTUAL LIVE STOCK INBUIt-
ANCr. COilTANV, for which I am the agent for
tills County ami neighborhood.
Real Estate Agency,
Real Estate Bought & Sold.
Collections
Promptly Mnde.
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If
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Weissport Planing
MANWACTUItRn I IF
Window and Door Fuamhs,
Doors, Shutters,
Blinds, Snshcs,
Mouldings, Brackets,
AND DEALER X
Kinds of Dressed Imkw
Shingles, Tailings,
Hemlock Lumber, &c, &c.
Very Lowest Prices
pry.
814 ksim, hat tho.. who wHU to
SUuoa It Ca.rorUud, Xi.,wlU rx4?t
frM. full laftfrAAtioa ftboni votk wtloh
Itu w dft. U4 III. .1 bocM,tlH UI fT
Uua from S3 la 12S MI dor. Bon ko.a
Mra4trls)liitdor. E&bu m josoj w !(. Cootul
uttUrtiLUljiusifuugUnlsrertium. AUlib.w.
I Bank Street, Lehighton, Penna.
, I)ee21,8Mf
STEADY EMPLOYMENT.
We want good men In every town In this State
to take orders lor Nursery Stock during
THIS FALL AND WINTER
Trevlous experience not required. We hire
ON SALARY
And pay our salesmen's expenses. For terms ad
i All
b. h i it i u nnilnH m .
ifrserles established Itoa. u knuva, j. V,
DecSleST !
A. S. Itabenold, D. D, S
Hiiaxi K Orrica Orer J. W. llaudenbush
Liquor Store,
DANK STREET, LEIIIOUTOW.
Dentistry In all Its branches.
Minotit rain.
Teeth Extracted
Oas administered when requeued,
omce nay - Wednesday of each week.
P. O. a( dress, . ALLEXTOWN,
jan J.) i . Lehigh county, V3l