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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-05-07

In a recent libel case at Philadelphia,
in which two public officials were the com
plainants, and the publisher of the Record
the defendant, the presiding Judge in his
charge 10 the jury called attention TO the
fact that the old libel law of this State had
been radically changed by the Constitution
Of 1874. Under the Constitution o. 1888, he
said, a libel could be answered only by
proving the truth of the accusation. Now
this is not necessary. The publisher does
not warrant the truth OF what he publishes.
He can prove it to be true, or he can say
that q reasonable degree of care was exer-
cised in publishing it, and that there was
no malice. The Judges language contrasts
90 curiously with previous utterances from
the Bench Of this State that il is worth
quoting;
'The new Constitution evidently means
that we have reached period in our civil
ization and intelligence when the people
should know everything of men in public
positions and public capacity. This Con.
tuition is a notice 10 every public man
that the eyes of the community are scruti.
nizing every public act, and it is notice that
the newspaper publisher has privileges not
previously conferred, and it is his privilege
to eriticise adversely the acts of officials aud
men occupying publia capacity. It can be
considered in no other light and every
man who takes public place is subject tc
the latitudinsrinism Of this provision o.
the Constitution. If Mr.. Singer.
ly did, in the publication Of this article
just what careful nd well meaning jour.
list, desiring To seek aud obtain the truth
would have done under like circumstances
I ,ere was no negligence, aud he would bC
eltitled 10 verdict of aequltal 1t youl
hands, notwithstanding you should lie G,
the opinion that the article is false ~ every
par 4culsr That is the standard; Just thai
csgree Of care that would char rieterise .
zrnEliIt we'll meaning in hisenorts n ~
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-05-07

have bad a touch Of Mid Summer, with the
thermometer as high as 81 degrees A jump
from 0 to 81 is quite enough in The way ola
change for April. One Of our local Vennors
has issued the following bulletin for the cur
rent period; "An area Of sorethr0at and
cold feet will pervade the Lake region and
include some Of the Middle Atlantic States.
Ulsters will be felt as far South as Indian-
apolis and indications Of slight variations
OF umbrella and overshoes prevail through
q vast belt including the Middle States aud
Pittsburg. For the Middle Atlantic States,
including Washington. slight overcoat with
occasional straw hat, light easterly and
southwesterly Spring bonnet shifting To
seal-skin sacque" These prognostication g
are quite as comprehensive and more re
liable than any that will come from our
National Weather Bureau.
BuENA VISTA.
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LIST OF PATENTS

Granted by the United States to citizens ofthis
State, for the week ending May 3, 1881, furn.
ished for the CARBON ADVOCATE, from the
Law and Patent office of ]. McC. PERKINS,
500 L street, Washington, d. q.
W. C. Allison, PhiIadelphia, well pole.
j. II. Bowen, Philadelphia, toy.
c. Chambers, Jr., Philadelphia, book.
sewing.
j. Bowling, Wilkesbarre, coffee pot.
W. Ferguson, Germantown, carding en-,
gine.
L. Fischer, Pittsburg, teaser for glass
house furnaces,
C. Glenn, Allegheny, cot bed.
F. S. Guerber, Harrisburg, railway sig
mailing apparatus.
C. II Kuhne, Butler, feed water regula-
tor.
II. f. Lutz, Philadelphia, petroleum still.
T. Maleolmson, Oil City, sand pump.
]. McAnespy, Philadelphia, butter work,
er
J. Mccandless, Allegheny, tap fOrthread-
lhS IoNhets'
A. X, Mckee, West Brauensville, car
coupling tool
J. Moomy, Erie, step ladder.
]. Morgan, Piltsburg, harrow tooth ma.
chine.
G. II. Perkins, Philadelphia, refining oil
J. Reiss & L. Gerber, Plttsburg, tool FOL
| glass bottles.
J. Reese, Pittsburg, metallurgieal furnace
3 patents.
L. Schneider, Williamsport, sash tight
/ ener.
D. E Small, York. dumping car.
W. r. Van Welt, Stroudsburg. fruit jar.
]. W Vogel, Sharpsburg, glass furnace.
! c. = Wsldeck, Philadelphia, handle.
L. Walden, Spring llil, bed slrsteher.
I W. G. Warren, Philadelphia, refining
oil
g. B Webb, Philadelphia, shoe-sre eh.
ing device.
?. L. wsimsr, Lebanon, boiler furnaces.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-05-07

I'm his recent charge to the Grand Jury
of Dauphin county, this State Judge Pear
son, in commenting on Speculative lnsur-
ance, says: II am we'll satisfied that
large portion of the insurance companies
supported for the purpose of insuring lives
are public nuisanees and that those carry
ing them on those acting as agents, and
those acting as inspecting physicians for
them ought to be indicated and convicted
for misdemeanor, and that they enter into
conspiracy in establishing such institutions
and in conducting them in the manner
they do ~ u The physician
who. certifes to a man being a good and
suitable subject, proper person to have his
kfe insured knows perfectly well he is over
os5 years Of age, feeble and miserable, and
OF the same time hardly expects to live a
year, md yet they will insure him for
twenty, thirty or forty thousand dollars ON
his life, not in favor of his relatives, but in
favor of some person or other who hires him
~ use his name to have the insurance
taken. They cannot recover
penny on them if they only knew it, but at
the same time they are misleading many.
= y The whole thing is a nuisance, de-
ceiving those vino enter ints them. A man
goes there-be imsgines he can take insur-
ance on the life of a man whom he would
not venture to trust with S25. lie takes an
insurance on bis life for S. 900 and pays the
insurance for year or two and calls that
fair business transaction. II is such
trans action that could not be recoverable in
any Court. The man is cheating hmsalt
as well as the community. They will lead
10 great evil unless stopped, and The effect
nal way to stop them is to indict the lnsur-
ance Companies, and 10 indict those who
act as their agents.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-05-07

at the truth, desiring to obtain IT, and when
oblained, to publish it. Under this article
of tho Constitution, any other interprela-
tion would put the printing press under
the restraint Of fear, and let corruption in
public places run riot for want Of exposure,
lost, If journalists made a mistake, they
would be held responsible; and the incen-
tive Of self-protection would make every
publisher withhold any criticism at all,
lest, instead of exposing and correcting
abuses, he would be brought as defendant
into court, This article in the Cousttu-
ton means that the printing press shall be
free -
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-05-07

The debt statement shows the decrease
es the public debt during April to be $9,-
6eO,ypOj cash in the Treasury, $2SS,7Sl 1885,
geld certificates, $5,e62,6OOi silver certifi-
Gates, $50 ,6se,i4p; certificates Of deposit
outstanding, $s,2O5,oOo; refuniing certlf-
Gates, S726, l OO,oO0i legal tenders outsatnd-
Ing, ss46,6sl Ol6i fractional currency out
standing )less amount estimated as lost or
6 destruyeil. Sq1l5.O46
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-05-07

The total loss Of property by the foods
in the Missouri river and its tributaries be
tween Sioux City, Iowa, and Bismarck, Da'
kota, 10 estimated at s2,5OO,OOO. Below
SIOUX City, including the damage at Omaha,
Council Bluffs, Kapsas City, and thence to
st.. Louis, The loss is estimated at 81 ,5OO,O 200,
making the aggregate S4,OOO,OOO.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-05-07
-ProEsssor Lrwis Swift, the astronome

Professor Lewis Swift, the astronomer,
al Rochester, New York, yesterday morning
discovered another new comet hisseventh,
and the first of the present year. 1t is in
the constellation Andromeda, in right as
cension 0 hours, 0 minutes, declination
porth 81 degreesj is very bright, and moving
in southerly direction. II seems that Pro-
,fessor Proctor asserted that the discovery of
another comet this year "would give seri-
Gus grounds for apprehending the end of the
world )" but Professor Swift is Of a different
opininn
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-05-07

AT Bern township, Berks county, says a
correspondent Of the Reading Times and De-
spatch, John Heck. an aged citizen is insur-
ed for over $1,000 and Mrs. Dundore, an
aged widow, residing in Mount Pleasant,
the same county, is insured lor over $40 900
on the speculative plan.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-05-07
New Advertisements.
Tn the Court Of Common Pleas Of
Carbon County.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, That tho
Board OF Directors of tho ENTERPRISE
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION,
of EAST MAUCH CHUNK Carbon county,
Pa, have this 2Srd day of April. A d. 1881,
filed petition askinT for DISSOLUTION
OF SAID AS ISOLATION, and II no suf-
ficIent cause be shown to the contrary on or
before the first day Of next Term, to-wit, the
thirteenth day of June, A. ID. 1881, the Court
will grant the petition and make the decree
asked for. BY the Court.
GEO. W. ESSER,
may I, lSSl-w4. PrOthonotary.
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SATURDAY, MAY Z, 1881

u -IDuriug April 10000 Immigrants arrived
at Castle Garden, New York, the largest
humber ever recorded for the same month.
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RECEIPTS.

To Balance, as per las. Report. & 429 II
Amount received from e. New
hard, Collector, balance on du-
picate Of 1879. 9.................. 1Is oS
" Amount received from James P.
smith, collector, dup. $780,. s033 a.
Amt rec'ed for Circus License. 10 90
Amount received for Oats pub
lie Square) .................... Is 90
" Amount received FROM county tax
on unseatcd lands. .... ........ IS So
or, pavement. .................. 80 90
Amount received from Mrs H.
Fatzinger, pavement ......... IT 46
Amt rec'ed from E. II. Snyder =. 90
aa7ia %
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A NNUAL STATEMENT
OF THE
Borough Of LGlightOl, PGnla.

WILLIAM MILLER, Treasurer, in account
with the Borough of Lehlghton, for the
year ending April 18th, 1851.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-01
A Twenty-siX Eyed Snake.
Hawkinsville (Ga. } Dispatch.

We have been waiting for some of the
Georgia papers to come forward with a
snake story worth relating, but as they seem
rather tardy on the subject of snakes this
season, we have decided to give our readers
snake story, the particulars of which are
furnished by correspondent at Jesup, Ga.
Our correspondent, while going along the
river road on the east side of the Altamaha
River, short time since, encountered a
species of snatk that is just ahead of any
thing in the way os snakes we ever heard Of
This snake was about three feet long and
seven inches around the body, and, at first
appearance, had but one tail, but what ap-
peared very strange, its head sloped to a
point and had twenty-six eyes-thirteen on
each side of its head. The snake got its
back up and prepared for battle. It was
attacked with pine knots and fence rails,
and before the battle closed exhibited thir-
teen tongues, twenty-six eyes, ten tails and
twelve heads. Wayne, in which this snake
was killed, is fairly entitled to the belt
prohibition is in full force there, and it is
stated that the drug stores of that section
section are very careful about dealing in the
ardent.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-01
THE STORM FIEND.
stroys an Immense Amount
Of Property.

HARR1soNBURG, Va, June 3O.-A
terrific cyclone, attended by hail,
visited portions of east and west
Rockingham county, Va, on Satur-
lay afternoon last. At North Noun
tain hail fell to the depth of six
inches, the stones being of uncom-
mon size, and remaining on the
ground "a hours. In the region of
Port Republic, the circuit of the
tornado was one and one-half miles
wide and five miles in length,
overturnlng great many houses
in It's track, literally destroying
whole fields of wheat and corn, tears
ing up gardens, root aud branches,
and destroying fences for miles. A
vast amount of valuable timber was
utterly destroyed. A woman and
two children made narrow escape
from a house in which they had re-
sided, it being carried off IN a few
moments after they left, one child
being badly injured.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-01
A Texas MOther-in-IaW,

A tall woman, wearing sun bonnet,
came into the Off 70 of the Galveston chief
Of police yesterday morning, and sittin q
down hard on the end of rench, wiped
her nose, batted her eyes time Or two at
the chief o police, and asked in voice
that remin ed one Of sharpening a saw.
Be you the g4loot that locks folks up?'
regret to say that l am occasionally y
Obliged to resort to such extreme measures
with refractory persons"
II know al that; be you the galoot ?'
=" Yes, madam "
why didn't you say so when I asked
you? ?"
Il did"
You are liar, and if you don't treat
me like lady Pll fold you up and sit down
on you, and she battei her eyes some
more like terrier
What do you want?' asked the
official, looking as if he needed reinforce
ments right away, and plenty of them.
want that dirty little whelp what
married my darter, want to talk to him
on business, but he evades me. If could
only get chance to caress him
once moreW and she breathed hard
ami gritted her teeth until the off
clal LETT in his pocket for a police whistle,
What did he dor"
lie told my darter that he would give
3 70 acres of land, with a gold mine on it, to
any body who would ampertate my Jaw
with boot-jack. He said my mouth was
like the gate at the fair grounds"
He meant, l suppose, it was never shut.
don't see how he came t. make any such
ridiculous comparison as that. Did you
.. You bet did. | d awed ill.,. .,.vss
the kitchen table by the bar with one hand,
while basted him with long handled
skillet, and you should have heard him call
ing me mother darling aud pet but Prov
idence was agin me. His har gave way,
him any more just as like rs not we will
never met again. and she 81 he'd heavily.
. Be calm, madam, do not excite your
self too much"
Il am calm. like to talk about these
family secrets. 1t calls up sacred recollec
tlOns. It make me think of my darter s
first husband. 1t was real fun to remon>
strate with him. His har didn't give.
He was game. He sassed back. but
Lord whs' time they had holding the
inquest. That Was at Arkansas, before
moved to Galveston. There was some of
his remains hanging on the fence. and
there WAS right peart of him wrapped
around the Ak handle. The jury knew
him, so they brought in a verdict of justi-
fable suicide or homicide, or something
like thai And now to think of this pesk y,
little, worthless, spindle ked, google
eyed whelp getting clear off, excepting
few pounds of har. want
you to find him for me. You can
know him by the brands l made on
him with the hot skillet. Wanted to am
pertate my jaw. the little brassy whelp
Said my mouth was like gate. did he?"
Tn" official sai0 he would hunt for him
and let her know. AS she went out she
batted her eyes significantly at the official
and remarked:
You had better find that pr rodigal son
or thar' be music at th ese hesdquarlers."- ."---
Galveston News.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-01
Our National Wealth.

The total valuation of the national
wealth OF this country, as compared with
that Of other nations. as given by L. III.
Coaa in a recent number of Harpers
Magazine" is as follows: We stand near
the mead of the list-third on the list of all
of Great Britain and Ireland heads the list
with capital valuation of $4i,-
AGO 900 900. then comes France with
with $4,000, 600, go, Germany with
S22, 600 0J0 co., Russia with SIG COZ 00o,
and the lower countries with Sll l50, 0,U o of
capital collectively. These are the valua>
tions made by those countries of their en-
tire resources. What is the average annual
income per inhabisant in various countries
We come to the front in this comparison.
The average annual income in the United
Kingdom is Sl65, in the United States Sl65
also, in the Low Countries $3.50, in France
$l25, in the British Colonies $50. in Ger
many and also in Scandinavia S85. In
this reckoning Russia, with her
ninety millions of people, is out of
sight as yet; she will not be very
long. On the score of an annual
accumulation our case is even batter, rela-
lively far better. The annual accumtl, :
ton of weat tn in Germany is 1900 09 100
1T is 1925. .01l0 in the United Kirnesrn
States it is 1926 ,O00,CcJ! Our increase +
national wealth since 1850, says GOO
English authority, would ba enough to
"purch ase the whole German Empire, with
its farms. cities, banks; shipping, manufsc-
tor es, &c. The annual accumu lation has
been $S25, 900 600, and therefore each de-
cade adds more to the wealth Of the United
States than the capital value of Italy or
Spair. Every day that the sun rises upon
the American people, it sees an addition OF
81, 300 900 to the wealth of the Republic. u
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-01
WASHINGTON.
Miscellaneous News from the Ma
tiOnal Capital

WASHINGTON, June 39-The French
American claims commission having SllS-
tanned demurrer of counsel of the United
States in the case of Joseph Napoleon
Perche, a bishop of New Orleans, against
the United States, on the ground that the
claimant, though citizen of France at the
time the losses alleged were sustained, had
subsequently became a naturalized citizen
of the United States. Hon. Geo. S. Bout
well. counsel for the United States, at The
reassembling of the commission to-day,
asked to have the demurrer sustained in all
cases of a similar character and that the
memOrlallsts be Severely barred
from having or maintaining their
respective memorials against the United
States. The counsel for Urance interposed
no objection, and the following which are
the causes thus affected. will be stricken
from the docket without further argument:
Emanuel Perroudatc, Jean Peeyre, Henry
Lograss, Trochale Dalier, jacques Bonne-
masen, j. D. Millebraun, Paul Alphouse,
THIRTY Louis, Francis Z. Bouchez, Charles
WatrigaUt, Ferdenand Comehge, Joshue
Duyfus, Joseph Keieger, Paul Franconi,
Christopher Leycher, Achille Decandene,
Prosper Grand, Flariment Isard, John
Langles, Alonzo Lacien, Bayer Vic Schlei-
der, Pierre Bounie, Pierre Bunert, Lewis
Delmas, Joseph Blach, Joseph Suffice,
Dominique Bertin. The amount claimed in
the above cases is S621 200.
WASHINGTON, d. c., June 3O.-The con-
tracts for Southern special fast mail service
between Washington and New Orleans, via
Richmond, Danvile and Atlanta, expire to-
day. The post Office department for some
time past has been in correspondence with
Southern Railroad managers with a view to
renewing speedy contracts. All, with the
exception of the Richmond & Danville COM
pany, which controls the route from Rich
mond to Atlanta, have signifed their willing
ness to continue the service The Rich
mond q Danville company do not desire to
continue it longer. The post Office depart
ment has kept up correspondence
with the officials of that company, urging
them to do so. This morning the depart
ment received a letter from General Man
ager Talcatt, in which he states that the SER
vice will be continued for few days at
least, or until he has an opportunity to sub
NIT the matter to the head of the directors
of the Richmond and Danville road. The
department officials think this service of in
calculable benefit to a large section of the
South, and will make every possible effort
to secure its continuance.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-01

ton, the Kingstons the Bucks Station.
The Londons led from the bend
of The river and won by two lengths.
Four of the Hertford College crew,
who rowed in the race for the grand
challenge cup, will form crew in
the race for Stewards cup. They
are G.. A. Roberts, E. Buck, MIR.
Brown and Mr.. Lowndes. The same
is the case with the Thomas and
London clubs, crews, whose strokes
in the race fef the grand challenge
cup, will row as No. 2, in their re-
spective crews, in the contest for
Steward cup. The Leander club
crew will Also comprise four, who
will be engaged in the race for
Stewards cup, and /. r. West, who
rowed stroke in the grand challenge,
will also row stroke in Steward S
cup.
A Henly correspondent telegraphs
the following: The correct order of
the Cornell crew in their boat to ap-
pear as follows: Cowles' bow. Then
Lewis, Allen and ShinfAl. stroke.
The Cornell crew are despondent
Their opponents are too good for
them. The question of the Cornell
crew rowing in the match with the
Hertford College crew, over the
Henly course, on Saturday, is not
officially settled. It will be decided
after to-day's race
In the third heat of the race for
the grand challenge cup the Leander
crew defeated the Eton College crew
HENLY, June 30-3 p. MN the
first heat of the race for the visitors
challenge cup, the first Trinity Col
lege crew of Cambridge defeated
the third Trinity College crew OF
Cambridge
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-01
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
News From the Old World Through
the Atlantic Ocean.

HENLY~oN~ THAMES, June 30.-This
is the first day of the Henly~on>
Thames royal regatta, the most inns
portant gathering of amature oars
men in England. The weather is
beautiful, with soft cool breeze,
and the river is in splendid condi-
ton. The river is crowded with
craft of every description. The Hen
ly is little over mile and quar-
ter in length.
LONDON, June 80, 130 p. m..--In
the first heat for the grand challenge
cup for the Hertford College crew
having the Bucks Station, defeated
the Dublin University. There was a
good struggle until within a few
lengths of the bend of the river,
when the Hertford's easily won. In
the second heat the London club,
Thomas club, and Kingston club
crews finished in the order named.
The Londons had the Centre Sta