The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-02-22


Revenue bill Is !lorinidab document Of lUl
pages. Its reading Will rlone occupy nearv
two hours so that even ny iii lgent WORK it seems
hardly POSSIBLE that the Senate will be able to
dispose OF this bill tomorrow 1t is the gere
raj impression that the debate on the Brazil
Subsidy scheme will consume at least two
days and 1t was the know edge Of the prUtrac
ted discussion in prospective that imp He'd the
friends u the reduction Of the Tobacco Tax to
vote against taking up the PO t-Offlce ApprO-
priation Dill. Ii is not probable that the con.
sideratlon of the last named measure will be
commenced before Wedn stay. AUGUST
"U0rIcy's'' Letters srom New York.
NKw YORK, February l2.
HAT JANUARY THAw
Were YOU ever in New York curing Janu-
ary thawl II SO Bob Iuqersol could never con-
vince you that there Is no such place as hell
Three week 9 ago snow lay foot deep on street
and sidewalk The sidewalk owners and horse
cat companies piled It three to five feet high
along the curbs. For three weeks no street
Cleaning was done, and the cOnglomerdted mas
tiness Of 0 great cl,y was swept from sore
hallway end cellar. straight into these snow
banks. "SnOwbanksl'' In colOc and appearance
they were muck heap, containing mud, garb.
age, ashes. sweepings, sire iefuse-0ut
spare youl Well for week the sun poured
warmly on these heaps OF sOli1lh3d pestience'
the heaps choked the cutters the cutters chok'
ed the sewers and million feet carried tach
its quota Of f!th ftom street to sidewalk, till
venture little in saying that If any modern pic
sty had n floor as filthy as our sidewalks were,
Henry Betgh would be after its ~ oprletor for
cruelty to animals
Whyt wonder that Diph heria and the Scarlet
Fiend should float on such fl, laden air, and
brood owe: n thousand anxious homes till
ministers Offer SPECIAL prayers III the churches
for the lives OF little vct,msi
TIE UNDEEsIDE CT BIG CITY.
TalmaEe took detective AMI went to the
duuce.houses;-I didn't. l took man having
the eHtTes Cf the gambling dens, and saw thai
strange passion AZ white heat in the early
morning. had seen gambling hells in MeXi
co. whore the horrible spell sat like n night
mare on its victims, and as one gazed Oh the
rigid lips and gliring eyes he ceased to wond +
AZ the bloody deeds IN gambling g.houses. We
went from the elegant WlltOn.c }rpeted Broad.
way parlor. with Tree supper tables and wino'
hampers. down to the low dive, where black
and white OF al ton sues play poKer all night
NOlnluU WAS 80 surprising US lne VI
nice looking old Gent!omen, venerable enough
for sunday school saperIEtendents that fre.
queEted the higher hou les. The, pay cpul-
ly, winning Or los ng-usualy losing. One par
ty, apparently Young clerks, c me ID, sat down
with some sprlce "wh ppers in," ana in twenty
minutes walked out eve v man Of them dead
bcoEe." Pity the poor fco!s-h If knnves, halt
fools; hungry for money they had not earned,
N
and costly wines mu ln ly come out OF thcir
owa pockets!
Faro is not game 1t IL contribution. The
player contributes eventually TO the bankers
wealth, just as certainly as tav bull Gies at a
Spanish bull fight both a,e foreordaned The
shortest possible cat to poverty lies straight
across thc green cloth. aud any young man
choo ing TO travel that way had better unde:.
stand that ct the outset,
A COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION.
A few years ago the GTocery.s store was awfuy
suggestive OF that peck Of dit which IL unde
naby sOld to our Ong-suGenng fOrer Ithers ia
heavy tnstalimeats. To-day, every grocer
worthy OF the Ii me has a neat att active store
whose cleerful show windows are often positive
gems OF decorative art. What contrast be
tween the old brow n,paper cOtnncopia and thC
the neat pastoboGrd package. covered with
h'ndsomc label, in use today Instead o.
weighing ginger, pepper and TO 10 in the sam,
sea,es, Wi.h only rap OF tho scoop on The
counter between each operation, he tosses ou
neat Package OF etch, altractively labeled
und kind y llts you mix them-if you want lC
You can now buy almost any article OF foo
products neatly pat up. aud bearing the nam
Of responsible manufacturers. VIII ca Is Of il
sell guarantee OF hon st quantity and goo
quality. Tney are canning everythinga and yvl
can buy the fact roast lamb. chicxen an
turRey; brOiled partridge, quail and duck; littl
neck CLANS, California Musc.t GrApes and BOs
ton Beans with a big BIZ pat up in small TN
I and "a VI tns very choicest, freshest flavor
G.eat canning factories are established at tn
best points OF supply, everything is bought a
wholesale, pacael whllc IN this freshest col
3 dltion, hermetcGlly sealed at the very source
OF supply and comes from the cans both frosi
D er and cheaper tnan from the market stanC
LaUOr is SuJdiv ded systema lied, and wonde
= fully cneopenel and we are actually Cff re
4 nice, tiOthsome roast Ooel, in cans. at ten ceut
e apoundl Fruits and vegetables are 0lso greatl
s che'pened 70 the purchaser DID you ever s.
q a girl at WORK who did nothing but peel peacl
! esl Or one who acked pickles In Doltesl d,
} ing Tut one simple thing, and doing It constan
y
n neatness all but incredible. This and the pu
Il chase Of products at the hight OF the season
It when they are best aid cheapest, constltut
:. the open secret Of The ltranse cAeapness {
= canned foods.
o Twenty years aPo clnned goods were fouu
+ only in q few of the principe stores in Il
e larger citlesi now. no crCss-road grOcel's stOC
u Is considered compete without an assOrtmel
e OF them. THIS revocation Is mlilly due In II
l great grocery house Of Thur0er & Co., of tn
n city who own many canning factories, aud {
a Dusiness stated IN a recent publication TO g
% coed that Of any four houses Of that line IN Il
10 world. kealiL ny that confidence must lie
e the base Of trade in sealed packages, the
IT placed guarantee on treir gOods, aud authu
e lzad retailers TO refund the price wnenever tl
d purchaser OF goods bearing their name Ia
n cpuse tor dissatisfaction. Dealers and co
sumers were quick 10 see theu interests Ju
e here, aud this douOt ess accounts largely Il
IL the popularity OF tnned goods beaIag u
n name VI Thurber.
h We must not overlook the labeling OF the
10 packt goods which las become a yreat Iudu
a try anu employs some OF tue finest talent
G his counly constant improvement goes
ls here. too. ana Mary's 'nttle lamb" and a no
Is Of other labels recently desiS ned by the Forb
ie Lthographie Goml any OF Boston, are pOsltlV
G. ly meutOrlOus chrOmps.
% Theodore luton In "1'smpest Tossed let h
A. aginRtion run Wild among vast stores oil cann
IS foods, bat waat was aream TO hls mariners
le living reality to-day. The bl my sug gestio
al Of Tempest posspd" recall thOsb nautical liu
~ Of Hoods
20 "A sea horse Is a sea horse
- Mh1n you sec aim On HE aaa;
~ But Wien you see lIm on the Day
,d a LAY morse tlel 10 he"
~ But d.d you ever soc the sJW maDnfsetu.l
H. BY al abandoned Yankee whose name Is y
IN unknown 60 infamyl
N. "a heu hnws is q hen hawk
hen YOU knbW u Is sue;
T. Bat when you know it 10 n mae
" \ tBmm y-huWf u he p
ID But neitaer tsmpests Eor toin=ihawks shi
se preyeut Us om finishing our otirsory FAY
rs the commercial aspects Of this industry.
II. lS.7, We exported fs,l0o o. oi c uLed fuoa