0 TheCarbon Advocate oEDIUIITON, PA.. ATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1888. KKTCIIKD AT TtIR I.KMIOIITON P08T-0rri0K AS aicnoNO clam mail MArrRii. Mr. B&psher for Congress. The Wc&therly Herald last week con tained a spicy and Interesting article ontlio probable congressional aspirants In this county. It named Messrs. Klotz, Cassldy, Craig, BrodUead and Rapsher. Wo glvo the article In full In another column. After pointing out the strength and weakness of the several gentlemen named, It adds: "If the selection of a cAolce could be left directly to the people, William it. Hapsher would outtlrlp all othert. With the ma chine agatnit him he would have all up hill work." The Herald Is undoubtedly correct In this opinion, hut we do not believe the people of Carbon county will allow the ma chine to defeat him. It would be too great a loss to the peoplo. We will giro a few reasons why Mr. Rapsher should be the coming man. First, Because he Is experienced and well qualified for the honor In all respects (except that he Is not rich) but In place of riches he Is one of the most forceful, efloct Ire and Impressive public speakers that we know of. On the floor of Congress this Is certainly the foremost and most Important qualification, It benefits the people, I. e., profound learning, large experience, com bined with telling oratorical powers. Ours Is an Important Congressional district and very much needs a man that sizes up to these essentials to represent it. Second, His hands are clean and ho Is In no Manner tainted with corporate monopo' Ustlc Influences this Is a matter so highly Important at this time to the toiling masses that not oven the Democratic party can safely Ignore It, In this very district. We have not a word to say against the other gentlemen named, but to be candid, do they, or either of them, come up to these requirements as fully as itr. Rapsher does? Tcu need not speak out loud. A Rkvknck Reform mkktino was held In Philadelphia Friday eight at which a prominent Republican presided. The re form policy of President Cleveland was htartily commended. We are pleased to aote that in a city liko Philadelphia bigoted and vicious partylsm is dying out; that men are beginning to think and work for the country's good, and not alone for the bene fit of party. )re hope this co-operation and co-mlngllng of men of all parties will continue throughout all tho States; It will place politics on the higher plane of ad vanced thought, of purification and civ lightenment. v Let the good work go on. Thk taxpayers of Cabdon coukty should not fall to carefully peruso the coun ty statement which appears In the Advo cats to-day. We particularly call attenv tlon to this by reason of tho fact that the late' commissioners were blamed for trayaganco, mismanagement and kindred evils', which a careful reading of tho state ment just published, will show to be with out foundation 'of fact. Financially, the county is In a better condition than It has been for years. The taxpayers will, no doubt, greatly appreciate this fact, lu Tlew of tho recent newspaper misrepresentation, lying abuse and vllllficatlon. Judge Woodward, of the Luzeknb county courts, has declared evictions Illeg al. This is not the first Instance where Judge Woodward has recognlzod tho rights and privileges of the common people as against the grasping and dominant power of coal barons. Judge Woodward Is force- ful, logical and conservative. Would that we had more such men on the bench. OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER. PlllLHADPLUIA Pa., Feb. 1, 88 The success and the ability with which W. M. Rapsher discharges his duties as District Attorney of Carbon county must be a matterof much gratification and pleas ure to his many friends and supporters Rapshor is a man of undoubted ability and possesses much legal force, and possessing these excellent attributes he only requires & field and opportunity to apply them, and assert that strength of individuality which at all times wins the respect and approba tion of one's follow man. It was Indeed a fortunate thing that, the low, mean, con temptlble cunning of that pocullar species of apolitical prostitute which infest Carbon county, did not prevail lu its attempt to defeat Rapsher in 1885, for If the under handed games of this species, that has been everything from post to pillar, from stem to stern, for the past forty or fifty years on political questions had succeeded, Carbon county to-day would not possess such model District Attorney and so able a pros ecuting attornoy as Hon. W. M. Rapsher. The Revenue Reform meeting on Friday evening, Jan. 27th, In (ho Academy of Music was eminently a success. An audi ence of about three thousand people was present, manifesting much enthusiasm in the discussion of the question from a prac tical business standpoint. It was a novel meeting to bo held In Philadelphia, which as supposition runs, Is rock-ribbed in the fallacious dogma of protection. If any of the disciples of protection were present up on this occasion they were no doubt con founded at the magnitude of the meeting, the Intelligent enthusiasm evoked at the pithy and pointed illustrations, as to the benefits of raw material duty free for Am erican manufacturers. It Is true to state that Is was no political meeting, the ques tion was not discussed from a partisan standpoint It was viewed throughout as business question and thus mado lucid Republicans vied with Democrats; Demo crats with Republicans discussed the merits of the question; a Republican presided and two eminent Republicans added contribu tions In the way of letters, In the persons of Hon. Hugh McCullough, Secretary of the U, S. Treasury under Lincoln and Arthur, and Jackson S. Shultz, a leading New Tprk Republican. Eliminate the tariff question from politics and It will soon settle Itself as It ought to be, settled In business manner. As such, and as such alone, it should be decided and adjusted The speakers,Hon. W. C. P. Breckenrldge of Kentucky, and Hon. Frank nurd, Ohio, held the audience of three thonsand spellbound during their arguments In fay of free raw material and the evangel of greater prosperity for the American Indus trial forces. The addresses were forceful and eogent; the reasonlog so lucid that he who runs may read, and the eloquence, es pecially that of Breckenrldge, so fascinat ing and pleasing that If placed on the hus tings, even In Pennsylvania, be would con vince and persuade the stoutest of oppon ents. Both Breckenrldge and Uurd ac quitted tbsmselves ably,contrlbuted might ily to this qntttlan In Philadelphia, and If they wsroto txaversi Pennsylvania, to ucate the people, would make many con- verts, tlurd who has such n famed repu tatlon as an orator would disappoint n per son as lo tlio reputation, but as a forceful thinker, a clear rcasoncr and one who can handle facts and figures with ease and free dom, thus carrying proof and conviction, It Is safo to say, has not his superior In this wise In America. The meeting most cer tainly did much good; It has accelerated discussion and contributed much to tlio force and necessity of tariff revision. To fully appreciate this fact only thoso who were present upon tlio occasion can realize. The proceedings of lio meeting In pamph let lorm buouiu ue uisinuuicu in every family and household In Pennsylvania. In this connection tho suggestion Is permissi ble, that the Philadelphia Record of Satur day contains full proceedings, and by se curing a copy of said Issue much food for thought and digestion will bo found. Let tho dlscusslou continue and the more dis cussion the greater will be tho astonish ment of the many who so foolishly followed the special pleading of the tariff humbug, that a froe people, that should bu free In all attainments, could bo taxed Into pros perity. What a joke It Is to say that in order to be prosperous and happy you must be taxed. Commodore W. M. Singcrly has the credit for Inaugurating and of being the moving spirit in this auspicious move ment In Philadelphia tho citadel of pro tection. Slngerly never does things by halyes. He Is all push, aggression and a fighter from tho word go. Revenue Reform owes.tnuch to this man, for no single Indi vidual In Pennsylvania has done so much as he to enhance the question and educate tho peoplo as to what was at one time a very mazy question and a dangerous Issue for any public man to advocate But through Singcrly and such like him it has become a very popular question and one which, perforce the times, Is now the pro- dominating theme of public men. It Is a condition, not a theory, that confronts tho American people surplus revenue reduce It. There seems to bo no let up on the part of either party In the present strike affect ing the anthracite coal production. Coal In consequence still sells at $7.50 per ton and the weather keeps growing colder and moie sterile. Tho lot of the poor Is not an envious position In Philadelphia. It takes a woman of very clever parts who can swindle and defraud men and wo men, by plausible representations, out ot mora than $S0,(KX. But just such a per son has been in the midst of Philadelphia, Mrs. Cordelia Hendricks, who did, as a soufldence operator, succeed to bamboozle many confiding and trusting fools.out of Inherited and well-earned money. Mrs. Hendricks to all purposes seemed to bo a most excellent and an eminently respecta ble woman. She was philanthropic, a dis penser of christian alms, a plausible talker, could swell In a most unsophisticated man ner the head of the hardest and most methodical business man. In her vision arypiojects eho aroused the hopes of all her dupes of untold wealth, rewards for monoy entrusted, ranging Into fortun::. Tho result of all this is that a number of Individuals are duped out of $10,000, $20, 000, &c, and some entirely ruined. It can bo readily seen how a woman, who has not tho same dealings with the world as a man, can be Imposed upon, but how a man can walk into such a "spiders parlor" Is in comprehensible Tho amount that this confidence queen has realized is as publicly stated oyer f 80,000, but latei disclosures In money borrowed, bills contracted and such dlycrs incidentals, runs it far ahead of tho if 80,000. This case aptly Illustrates tho old saying, "The bigger the humbug tho great er tho success;" and Mrs. Hendricks seems to haye been a great humbug and her suc cess accordingly greater. James McMancss, the auld Irishman with whom tho floor was mopped by Leeds, Diston, et al, last fall is on top now as the big Republican boss of Philadelphia. He has overthrown entirely the Leeds regime and now sits on the box and drives the Republican coach. He Is fernlnst Jingo Jimmy Blaine for President, and as such will control tho majority of tho Philadel phia delegates against him, McMancss' choice for President Is Geo. W. Chllds, the philanthropic proprietor of the Philadel phia Ledger. But Childs says he will haye none of It, for politics and the rigmarole of public life is against bis taste. The Phila delphia leader manifests his shrewdness in pushing Childs as bis candidate, for it Is safe to say that Geo. W. Childs is one of the most popular and Is undoubtedly the most pre-eminent prlvato citizen In Ameri ca to-day. ins broad-mindedness, Ills world-wldo reputation as a humane philan thropist, that sympathy and charity which he is ever ready to bestow upon the poor and laboring forces of our countiy, would count much In a national contest, and If there Is one man, as against Cleveland, that the Republicans could elect It would be Childs. McManess perceives this and thus shows his astuteness and wisdom as a polit ical leader In pushing the proprietor of the Ledger for the Presidency. The; many slelghrlders, lec sports, c, have had a regular carnival of It for tho past week. The sleighing and skating Is excellent; the opportunity for tins enjoy ment Is better than what It. has been for years In Philadelphia; how It is taken ad vantage of a visit to tho park and Schuyl kill riyer will show. The park for the eight miles ot driving is dotted and covered by thousands of merrymakers with sleighs and bells. Those who arc not In a position to enjoy the advantage of old "Boreas" In this wise, regale themselves on the Schuyl kill river on skates. The river at this time Is frozen oyer for a distance of live or six miles and many thousands, In all the jo cundity of spirit, can be Been from day to day on the river. It is great sport and the outings, the commingling, the racing, &c. affords volumes of enjoyment and pleasure to the participators. The park with Us coneomttants for pleasure H a great attrac tlon to all classes of people, both summer and winter; It Is a resort for rich and poor. The setting apart of over four thousand acres, which the park contains, for the purpose of affording the people a field In which to Indulge their leisure time in healthful manner, was a wise and humane act Ills not such an unusual thing for a man of sixty or seventy years of age to make love to and marry a gitl of twenty or twen ty-flye; but for a dam of seventy summers' to make love to and marry a young fellow of twenty-six Is a reverse of this and so un usual as to'arouse Interest and amusement for a credulous public. Just such a case Is attracting the attention ot the desertion courts of Philadelphia. The parties inter ested are a Dr. George Todd and Mrs- Susan Todd, aged seyenty, and to all ac counts a delightful specimen of a grey headed grandmother, possessing the arti fices and blandishment of a sentimental maiden of twenty, The wooing was doqe In Baltimore under the auspices of Jri Susan Todd, as Mrs. Susan Ftlnsey, keep ing a boarding house, and George Todd 1 - 1 a dental student boarding with the fair, loyely and handsome "Juliet." The evi dence developed that Todd married this old flirt, not willingly, but somewhat, as It np pearcd at tho time, under compulsion. Her arts In securing what seemed to her a prlzo wcro deceptive and tricky, for as soon the ceremony was performed the happy groom ( ?)dccamped for regions and pastures new Colorado. Af'ci his departure tho gay bride of seventy summers pursued him with letters, bearing endearing titles, ask ing him to icturn to her heaving and lov ing bosom. Some ot theso letters us speci mens of pathetic eloquence, beautiful sen timents and loving appeals are decidedly Iglnal and unique. Think of It, a woman gray headed, a grandmother with children older than the object of her Inflamed affec tions addressing such a youngster as "My own dear uamng,1: "Aiy most ocautiiui George," and tho like. Also In pressing these feelings by figurative Illustrations on lcttors by drawing circular1 lines dotted throughout, marked so many kisses for my loving George," or another represent ing two mico nibbling at a piece of cheese with noses together, one marked "Susan" and tho other "George." Very expressive but It availed not for George refused to re turn to the lonely loyo sick maiden of sev enty. The court has made no disposition of the case yet. Special to the Camion Advocate. Washington I). C, Jan. 801883 Mr, Editor; The weather during the past week has been extremely cold. The river Is covered with a sheet of Ice several Inches In thickness, and navigation has been entirely suspended. Early In the week a heavy fall of snow furnished us with the best of sleighing and every avail able vehicle upon runners has been brought into requisition. Sleighing In Washing ton is so unusual an event mat few arc prepared to enjoy it when It comes, and lucky Indeed are the liverymen who chance to own cutters' or In fact sleighs of any do crlptlon. Ten dollars per hour Is a high price to pay for the use of a horse and cutter, but that price has been readily paid during the past week, and tho livery men have been unable to supply the de mand. Those who havo cither been un willing or unable to pay the prices charged by the liverymen and yet haye been deter mined to enjoy the sleighing have resorted to every immaginable expedient to accomp lish their purpose. Somo of tho vehicles that haye appeared upon the Avenue dur ing the past week bayo been both novel and unique In construction. The favorite vehicle seems to bo a largo sized dry goods box mounted upon bent gas pipes for run ners; others have substituted for tho box. large sized crockery cate, Tvlth straw neatly braided in and out among the meshes- Some of tho sleighs of this kind are extre mely handsome and fully as comfortable as the more expensive vehicles. Washington seems to bo fostering a new industry, which at tho prosont rato pro mises to assume startling proportions. It that of grayo robbing. It has been dis covered that a largo number of graves In the several colored cemeteries in tho neigh borhood of the city haye been robbed dur ing the past few davs, and an Intenso ex citement among the colored people has been engendered by the publication of the facts. It is thought that tho work has been carried on by professionals, and that most of the bodies have been sent, to medical colleges, at distant points. The robberies have not, however, been confined entirely to the colored cemeteries, as the body of a white lady who was buried in Mount Ullvct Cemetery last week was found a dey or two later on tho dissecting table of ono of the medical colleges in the city. The District Republican Convention for tho selection of delegates to the National Convention In Chicago, assembled In W.IT ard's Hall, on Tuesday last. As there were contesting delegations, and as a large majority of thoso present wcro negroes, the liveliest, kind of a time endued. Not withstanding the efforts of Frederick Douglass, and other prominent colored men present, who counselled harmony and order, the Convention resolved Itself Into a mob, In which each of the rival-factions contended fiercely for the possession of the stage. The services of the police were finally required to prevent further disorder and tho hall was cloarcd. It will be re membered that four years ago just such dtsturbauce followed the attempt made by the colored people to select delegates to the National Convention. As the people of Washington have no voice in the delibcra lions of the Convention, the idea of select ing delegates and and sending them to Chicago Is to say the least amusing. Representative White, of Indiana, Is to be unseated on the petition of his opponent at the last election, ex-Rcprcsentatlvo Lowry, The Committee on Elections ot the House reported that lKhlte, who Is a Republican; polled more votes than bis opponent; but as It appears that although he has resided in America since before the war, ho has never been naturalized, and as the Con stitution of the United States declares that a man must havo been a citizen ot the United States for at least seven years be fore being eligible for election to Congress, he cannot hold tho office. The election will therefore be declared void and the seat vacant. In a case ot this kind, in which the man who received the greatest number of votes Is ousted it Is not customary give tho election to the candidate who stood second, and hence Mr. Lowry will gain nothing; the success of his efforts unseat Mr. White. The election will simply be declared void and a new one will be ordered. Although most of tho legislat ion during the past week has not been of general public Interest, still tlio Committees haying charge of the several appropriation bills haye been making rapid progress; and It Is expected that the Geueral Deficiency Bill will be repoi ted to the House during the coming week. One who has vlstltedthe Capitol during the time that Congress Is In session would suppose that a lady could walk through the the building without dangarof molestation and yet on Wednesday last a lady while passing through one of the corridors of tho building was Improperly addressed by elderly man, and she only escaped from ber tormentor lo fall Into the hands another. The Capitol Is the resort ot class of loafers, many of whom are known to the police, who -should excerclse their authority In keeping them out of the build ing. H. V. T. Barnnm'i own Oift Mr. 1' T. Barnum, the tamoui showman, from the lact that tits great story -Sly l'lucky Boy Tom" has proved such an immense success lu The Ktu York Family Storv Piper, has deter. mined to nreent to all subscribers tolhat naner. 1 an 1 while lil story lasts, a beautiful souvenir In the yiiauu ui it 4 uriiuiiu. mil j uiuuuu uuiiuiiita ii- 1 ummais- uiai win pear In'hU show the corning season. Tkt Stic York Family Story PcptKjar .tour months and liarnum'K roruotio, a tuts beautiful souvenir is called.wlll be sent to any address for the small sum ot 11.00, the regular prtoa or tne paper.- of the paper, This I j certainly an opportunity which our readers shnuld take advantage 01. advantage of. .Address, Muuro'i IWtahtj ITS House. M et ypawwi: eireci New Vwk. Broadbrim's Hew ml Letter, Special to tho Camion Advocatb. Thcro Is a bright side to humanity which makes ono reconciled to this world with all of Its glaring oylls and jill of Its ups and downs. It Is now almost two years sluco Sergeant Crowley- was sent to States Prison for an assault on a young girl In a liquor saloon attached to a low dancing hall on the south sldo of town. The circumstances wcro peculiar. In the first place a very pertinent question would bo, What was 'a. puro young girl doing at such a place In company wltha lot of young toughs-why was sho not at homo with her widowed mother? Sergeant Crowley had been having the day off, and during tho afternoon bad met sev eral of his friends and had drank heavily. Ho came upon his post late, and went to the saloon where the dance was going on, and walking Into the hall saw the young girl In question and Invited her down stairs to lake a drink. Sho accepted the invitation and while In tho saloon the lights were turned off by tho bar-keeper and tho assault was attempted. The girl's companions, missing her from tho room, rushed down stairs to the saloon and found the doors locked; they raised an out-cry, when Ser geant Crowley, realizing his position, rush ed out by a side-door Into the street. The saloon door was opened and tho girl watked oft with her friends. Sunday passed and sho said not a word, but on tho following Monday or Tuesday she mentioned tho fact to one of her companions; she told some body else, and at last somo enemies of Crowley carried It up before the Police Commissioners, and eventually It reached the office of the District Attorney. The World took the matter in band. Crowley was painted as a burly rufllan, whose special business It was to ruin young girls, and the girl herself was painted as a young angel of purity and Innocence, who was only waiting for her wings to sprout in or der to fly away from tills wicked world. Tho trial was brief; public Indignation was worked up to white heat, and the result was that Sergeant Crowley was railroaded oft to Sing-Sing for fifteen years. Public sympathy was Invoked for the Innocent young girl; It wis represented that she wus persecuted by tho entire police force, who were determined to revenge the downfall of their comrade. At last a charltablolady took her Into her family to llvo with her children. It was not very long before she began to miss things, and eventually she turned her out of her house. It then tran spired that she was constantly advertising In the papers under tho name of a charming widow; and besides this, long before she met Crowley, she claimed to hayo been married to a young tough in tho neighbor hood, who did not however, feci proud enough to acknowledge her as his wife. In short, after all the facts becamo known, while It was apparent that Sergeant Crow ley had been guilty of a grave offence, It be came a question If the loss of his shield and a couple of months In the penitentiary would not have settled the account. In the meantime, however, tho principal sufferers were Sergeant Crowley's wife and children. For a time the poor woman mado a noble struggia for her little ones, but sickness came, and with It want and suffering, and at last she sank into dire poverty. But your city Is full of noblo charities, you say; why did she not apply to them? She did, but they could not see their way clear to help her. Tlio priest and tho Levite passed her by. At last an augcl Samaritan chanced by the way. She was only a wo man but woman that was worth a thousand ordin ary men. She started out single-handed and alone. Did she go to tho churches? No. She went to the Actors. Charity is not their profession, but it is more frequent ly their practice than that of any other pro fession, lay or clerical, on the face of the globe. Mrs. Porgcs, the good woman who took tho matter lu hand, enlisted the syin pathles of Harry Miner tho manager of the Peoples Theatre. He gave the house; the actors gave their services, and tho result was that this week Mayor Hewitt, as trus tec, received $3,000 for Mrs. Crowley's benefit. Yes, this Is not such a bad world after all. I cannot help saying God bless the woman who worked for the worse than widowed sufferer and her children, God bless tlio manager and tue actors who so cheerfully responded to her call, and to the thousands of poor people who gaye from their llttlo store to help the needy and tho suffering. I forbore to mention a circumstance last week which caused a profound sensation, for the reason that all the details were of such a character as to shock the entire community. A Mrs. Parmelee, of Brook lyn, died suddenly In a house of question able repute In this city a week ago. She was a lady of wealth, of good family con nections, and had children who were young men and women. One of her daughters had accompanied her over to this city from Brooklyn; sho parted from her at Macy's store, and lu ono hour from that time the woman lay a corpse In the hbuse In question. How did she come to be in such a place? everybody asked. She had been helped Into the house by a man who Immediately ran out for a doctor and was never seen aftsr. Of course tho most e,vll construction was placed upon her presence there, and all sorts of stories flew from mouth to mouth to blacken the dead wo man's character. It now looks as though the circumstance of her prcsnce In this house Is to be accounted for. A gentleman walking behlud bar in West Twenty-Eighth street heard her exclaim, "My God, I'm so slckl" Another gentleman behind him rushed forward to assist her, and helped her Into the nearest house, and then sent a boy for a doctor. Then possibly realizing from the neighborhood the position in which he was placed, and not knowing the lady, be left her. This is a charitable as well as a reasonable view of the unfortu nate affair, and I sincerely trust that the testimony of this latest witness may remove the sad cloud from the dead woman's name. New York takes a new departure. Hang man's day Is no longer on the fatal Friday, We defy augury, says Goyornor Hill. So he respited Danny Drlscoll from Friday to Monday, This arrangement gave great satisfaction to both parties, and right here comes one of the singular features ot this remarkable affair. Ever since his arrest Mrs. Drlscoll, who has seyeral little child ren, has been untiring in her deyotlons to herbrutal husband. When It Is remembered that this drunken brute kicked her and beat her and deserted her for the paramour for whose murder he was hung, It was won derful to see the grief of the poor creature for one who had made her llfn a Hying tipfllli. and whn Imvm her and herrhtlHrnn a heritage of haroe which will follow them Indicate a letter to his wlfo In the most en. dearlng and affectionate terms. If we did not know the whole of the man's brutal life and ruffianly associations It might bate lead some welsht, but as It Is It reads like a fare. " The tlmo wav the bialn weri- out The man would die and then an end, Hut now they Use ngnln." Yes, thoy dug him up! Who? Oh, Charles D. Keep, tho man that invented "K- IPrcn." A many-sided man was he. He was smart enough to go Into Wall street without a penny, and in four years come out rated at a million. He tossed bears and ho grap pled bulls and ho kept Charles D. Keep on top every tluio. Everybody said ho was smart. His plans of II fo were gigantic. Wall street with all Its terriblo excitement and strain was not enough for him. Ho launched Into twenty or thirty speculations Involving millions, and only a short tlmo before his death put $100,000 In his IC- IKron Kofi Kit re. But with a'l hts smartness he was not wise. In tho full floodtlde of his success ho abandoned tho faithful wife of bis youth and married Jay Gould's cook. No doubt she was a good oook, or sho would not have been at Jay Gould's, but it cer tainly must have occurred to K-Wren Keep that If he mado ever so many millions on on the street, and Mr. Gould were to give a party to his brother financiers and their wives, that It could scarcely be expected that Mr. Gould would including tlio list of his guests tho lady who had formulated his hash, concocted his codfish cakes, and made his Irish stew the envy of all the dwellers on the Hudson. But Mr. Keep died suddenly one day, leaving two widows, for Mrs. Keep No. 1 because cognizant of tho fact after a time that Mr. Keep had virtually put up a job on her to compel her to sue for a dlyorcc, and an Infamous scoundrel, who received $1,500 from Keep, lent himself to tho villainous plot, thus de luding tho poor woman and enabling Keep lo marry the cook. However they burled him and the cook entered into possession of his affects; and now comes wife No. 1, who Insisted on haying him dug up, she asserting that he had been foully dealt with, perhaps poisoned, or perhaps that Keep was not dead at all, but being a smart man, had placed a substitute in the coffin Intended for himsolf.and was then enjoying tho joke In the diamond fields of South Africa or on the top of the North Pole. Well, as I said, they dug him up, and what remained of of him was identified as the editor of The Wall Street JVetos. The tail end of the blizzard struck us on the last of tho week In quantity sufficient to awaken our liveliest sympathy for the people who took Horace Greeley's advice and went west. Right here, where the wealth of tho nation Is concentrated, where the store-houses aro full of grain, where ships lie at tho wharves loaded with ihe choicest products of the earth, God knows there Is suffering and want enough to make a heart of stone ache. Some of it seems to be undeserved honest poverty, an inscrutable uecreo or rrovldenco: sick ness. accident, misfortune, and lastly drunkenness. Can it be believed, in a so- called Christian community, - on tho first night of tho blizzard, a poor drunken. wreicii rum uve ciiuureu wero inrust out on tho street for non-payment of rent, and were found by a policeman freezing and starving on the street. God help the poor I BROADBRIM OUR TABLE. 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BELTZ, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, AO EXT FOB FIRST-CLASS Fire, Life & Live Stock Insnrance ftnilftl nttAntlnn nf Farmers and others ts called to tlin liberal terms offered by the 11EHKS COUNTY MUTUAL LIVE STOCK INSUR ANCE COMPANY, for which I am the agent for this Louniy ana neigiiDoruooa. Real Estate Agency, j Rgal EstatG BOUffllt & Sold. ' ! Collections Promptly Mad. , , Bank Street, Lohlghtoll, I enna. Dc5t,ir-tt umv'ffi flpl mmo m Weissport Planing AIANUFACTURF.lt OF Window and" Door Frames, Doors, Shutters, Blinds, Sashes, Mouldings, Brackets, AND DEALER IN. All EMs of Dressei Lnmlier. Shingles, Failings, Hemlock Lumber, &c, &c. Very Lowest Prices pry. Down Go The Prices ! -AT- MTBR BRENNER'S Cheap New York Store, Leuoklo's Block, Lehighton. Only first-class goods handled at prices that are matchless. Men's Suits, $3.00 and Upward. Men's Ovorcoats, 55.00 and Upward, Full Line of Suits At all Pricc3 in tlio Lntost Styles and B s Workmanship, for Mea Youths and Boys. 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CAMPBELL, Jeweler ami Watclimate Bank Street, Lehighton, Penna. Respcctfnlly Invites the attention of his friends auu me ciuzeus Keuenuiy w numviuo new stock of Watches, Clocks, Silverware, Jewely, at Vrift. that defr nnmrtfttttlon. It will DAT VOU to call and Inspect my slock before purohaslog isswnere. . REPAIRING Promptly done at lowest charge, and all work guaranteed, Don't Fomet llie Place, SIGN OP THE BIG WATCH, Bank St., Lehighton. December J7, oTly PRIVATE SALE! A FARM IN MAHONING VALLEY, THXEB MILii ironi Li:uiuilio., containing Slxtv Aores, Ten acres of which Is hickory timber land, the balance Is under a good Hate of cultivation. Thj Improvements thereon consist of a GOOD DWELLING IIOUSE, HANK BARN and other outbuildings. Also, a Large Orchard containing grape vines, and numerous fruit trees. This It a rare bargale. Address, OHAK. O. BECE. DeaM-eT-r.3 Pulsion, Pa. Sabtsnbe aai read the 9asb ATu t 4ATZ. Mill. THE TMR I BNB I lie mm QgrjQg KSOITOSITE L. & R. DEPO'iV$r BANK STREET, - -' LEHIGHT0N, PA. Has just opened nn entire new lino of LADIES' FINE DRESS GOODS! Comprising all the very latest styles in White Goods, Sa- toens, Prints, Ginghams, r ancy uress jf attorns oi me very ocst quamies ai execca ing low prices. Groceries, Provisions, Wood and Willowwaro Cloths Cassimers, Hats, made Clothing in great variety and at prices within the reach ol all purchasers prices lully as low as tna same goodi can be bought l'or at any other general store in this vicinity. Carpets, Oil-cloths, Lamps and Fixtures in groat variety and of best quality at Hock Bottom Prices. Best quality of Flour and same articles can be purchased A car load of coarse salt has been marked down to the very lowest notch. All goods of the very best quality and are being sold at pnoes equally as low as the same goods can bought at any general store in this section. Call and bo convinced. Respectfully, July23-871y . ' &.M0S REIGEL. The Cheapest and The Best FAMILY NEWSPAPER Printed in Carlton comity 18 THE QARBON DV0CATE PUBLISHED AT LEHIGHTON, PENNA., livery Saturday, and delivered bv mall to all parts of the Country al tha SMALL STJH OF $1.00 a Year. CONTAINS EACH WEKI Broadbrim's N. Y. Letters, Interesting Correspondence from WasblnjEton anil PhiMelDMa. All the latest and lnostlmportant'Local and General News, both Foreign . and Domestic Take It and Read It I ONLY $1.00 A Year ADDRtUS THE rUBLISHEH, H. V. Morthimer. Jr., linuarrroN. r. G-JLTST z&3 SON, OTTAWA, ILL., Uanoiact . M tiren ot -ROAD CARTS. BmI mad, poaitivelf. No lUrM AotiOb. Thew carta. Mil bt rural th d it whotn'Ie prlMi to buycra In towni Whirl W htta Via mti.t Stnd for Frt IlHutraW laUJogut, THE ABOVE IS OUR NO. O JOGGING CART. EVERY CART GUARANTEED. Neatest and best Cart mado. Hides Easier THAN A BUGGY, GAY SON, OTTAWA, ILL. Witness the Followini We are going to sell our stock of Bzfgss CHesls, i$$&s$ AT GI113ATLY REDUCED PRICES During tho month of January bafore taking ac count of stock. 50 inch all Wool Home Spun Drass Goods at 42c. a yard. Double-width "Wool Diass Goods, plaid and figurad, 42J. a yard. Plaid Dross Goods, 64 inches wide, wera $1.15 nnd $1.00 a yard, reduced to 85c. n yard. Dress Goods, Plaid and Figured, wer $1.8S and ?l.S4 a yard, reducad to $1.00. We ofFr Combination Drass Patterns at unhaard of Prices. 634 Hamilton Street, Allentown, Penn'a. . 1 Marseilles, Seersuckers and Orockeryware, lassware, of the best makes at low figures. Boots, Shoes and Ready- Feed at prices lully as low as the elsewhere. has just been received tho pnoe e! HERE :-: -:- AGAIN! Robert Walp, -AT TUB- Respectfully aanounceg to his patrons and the people of L liinhton. Jamestown. Packorton and the surrounding vicinities generally, that he is prepared to furnish them with anything in the line of General Store Goods ! ! at pdces extraordinarily and uppriungly low. Prices on Boots have been re duced. They must b sold to make room for new gooda. Window Shades, (Tompleta with pring fixture at 40c, 47o., 66c, 65c, 76c Extra Fancy Ingrain Carpet, only 45c Rag Carpet, an unequalled bar gain at 32c. Musical Instrument!, the mot beautiful of the age, any ono can learn to play. Price $3. Groceries, Provisions, Notiona, Ready-Mad Clothing, Dry Goods aud arerything els usually kept in a first-olasa store completes our stock. You are kindly invited to call and inspect goods whethor you wish to buy or not. I have, also, five building lots which I will sell choap. Robert Walp, AT Till Eagle Store, Opp. Jj. V. Round Houses. Life Saved and Health Re- l.n-a3 by using Baker's Cod Liver 011 and SbOrcU Malt. A certain remedy lor Con sumption, llruuchltls, Astlinm, Scrofula and all tliroiitnud lunc diseases, l'reparcd so ait bo qnlte palatable. Ask (or Baker's Cod Liver ' 11 and Malt. U not sold by druggists, write to Manufacturer, JNO, O. BAKER & CO., OctVui BIB FlberUlt rw. LAST OPPORTinaiTY! (al For CHEAP EICTHBIOM To ALIFORNIA. jfiOtro" CUT Ul.l rlPattfaj Tloketa are good for six month ,Al ml ted to mlxtj daya for eolnz pauaft with stop orer privilege at pl ure wlUiin limit of wcat-bound puatw e. BpeeUlex ouralon train leara BU tool via. Iron Mountain llouta. February lth and Kanaaa City via. Mlaaourl Vultto Hallway. February 17th. rtPAU oonpon offloea In tne United State and Canada will mU Uofc eta to Lot Angelee. Ban Diego and Ban Pranolaoq for UlU MOUMIOKkWaMBawaMaMaw EAGLE STORE
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