The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1874-06-13


destroy the company, and American
steamships will be once more driven |
from the ocean. 1t Is currently report
ed that New York is backing Brady in |
this suit, as they are jealous of Phila-
delphia, and they wish to ruin her ship |
ping interests.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
The directors of this company have
unanimously elected Color, as lie is
commonly called, Tom-Scott to the
presidency, in place OF the late j. Edgar
| Thomson. This is wise selection, and
one must increase the confidence Of all
persons in stability of the company.
| The stock has been for some time sell
ing belowpRri but this Is due to th spec.
ulation of brokers, who wish TO make
money from the fears of outsiders,
There are two parties in the Board of
Brokers, technically called Bulls and
Bears. The former arc for keeping up
stocks, and the latter for knocking them
down. The Bears have managed to get
and keep the Pennsylvania Railroad
low down, but in q short time the stock
must advance, particularly when Col.
Scott is now president of the company.
The road is doing very large business,
and it was never in more prosperous
condition.
MARRIAGE OF COUSINS.
There should be law against these
marriages. In Eng land widower may
not marry his deceased wife's sister, and
yet cousins are permitted to inter-mar-
rxta h lii,ifut,, s;,,I -,
her first cousin, and among the nobility
such alliances are very common.
We cannot understand why the mar
riage of man with his deceased wife's
sister is worse than the marriage of
blood cousins. First cousins-children
of sisters or brothers, or of brother and
sister-are as nearly related as the chill
dren of the second generation can he.
According to the statistics in this
country, large proportion of the deaf
and dumb, the blind, the idiotic, are the
offspring of married cousins. Surely,
the world is large enough to make q
selection of partner for life, without
being obliged to confne ourselves to
suit a narrow circle as that of our own
blood relations. 1t would be far better
| lot Vi COuolbo
were prohiuited by law, and so much
misery would not then be entailed upon
our race.
DEATH FROM EATING HAM.
A person recently died in this city
from eating uncooked ham. His suff-
erings were of the most excruciating
kind, and lie was literally devoured by
a nntpnrful mil m IN lad
ui the ham hundreds of trichne that
were sporting around like immense boa
constructors. We advise all persons not
to eat meat of any kind unless it has
! been previously cooked, as there is al
, ways more or less danger from the pre-
sence OF these nauseous vermin.
DEATH oE PROMINENT MEN.
This week two gentleman died, who
.. were engaged in almost Identical per-
suits. Richard Morris was the celebrat-
} ed builder Of locomotives, and A. Whit
, ney owned an extensive establishment
of car wheels. These two men died
within twenty. four hours of each others,
and their places of business had been
for many years almost IN the same
neighborhcoi. 1t Is seldom that such a
singular coincidence occurs. Norris
. was the first, and only man who made q
a locomotive run up and down an in
cline plane with perfect safety. When
the Columbia Railroad was built, there
was an incline plane near the Schuyl-
, kill, and over it Norris exhibited loco.
2 motive that actually run down and
stopped on the plane at the pleasure Of
+. tie engineer.
Yours truly, MoDoc