The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-11-25
Editorial Mention.

Col. VIM HENRY McMAHoN, Chief Ad-
iuster Of Duties in the New York Custom
House and Tariff Commissioner for The
State of New York, died suddenly of
rheumatism of the heart Tuesday morn
ing, at his home in New York.
WRITING upon 1.-THE doomed comet,
Mr.. ]. A. Westwood Oliver says, 'that
from our knowledge of the nature of COM
etary bodies, etc, we may infer that the
approaching disaster TO OF present celes-
tial visitor will bring to us nothing more
than abnormal magnetic disturbances,
auroras, or POSSIBLY nothing at ALL"
In reply to suggestion that raw meat
should be more generally eeten, DIR I,
II. Allinson points ont that nj least seven
diseases are known to be communicable /
from the lower animals to man, and that |
lightly per cent. of the animals eaten
London, n lamar. said to he disease:
The unsound eat cannot be distinguish |
ed by inspection, and cooking is the only
safegrard against infection.
The November number Of ORIENTAL
CAsKET, edited by Emerson Bnuett, and
published monthly by the well-kuown
publishing house Of L. Lum Smith,
Philadelphia, has been received by MS.
1t is devoted sol ly to literary matter,
aud among tho contributors are many
writers of note. This journal is printed
on excellent paper, from clear type, and
bound within illuminated coyers. II is
first class in every respect, and well
adapted to the cultured tastes of every
age and condition in life.
The Auditors of Northampton county
intend recommending that the citizens
urge their Representatives to have enact
ed law making the salary of the District
Attorney 81, 500. Atpresent the officers
income is by fees for each case tried.
The Auditors will also recommend thai
the Office ofCounty Detective be abolished
on the ground of its being a useless ex-
pense. third suggestion will be that
Justices of the Peace be given commits
sions only upon their successfully under
going an examination as to their qunlifi-
cations. The Court has often remarked
upon the ignorance displayed by Justices
incurring considerable expense to the
county. The suggestions by the Audi-
tors will all be made in the interest of
economy.
THE great expense of the multitude Of
expeditions fitted out to observe the tran
o. of Venus across the suns face on De-
cember 9Th has been incurred simply to
reduce an uncertainty in the suns paral-
lox OF one-tenth of a second. Although
more than hundredth part of the whole,
Prof. Young finds this tenth of second
to be no more than an angle subtended
by single hair at distance of 800 feet.
The most probable parallox may be taken
to be $50 seconds, which signifies that
the sun is 90. 1856, 900 miles from us. The
best authorities admit that this estimate
of the parallox. made from observations
thus far worked out, may be inaccurate
within the limit of one-twentieth ofa Sec
ond either way. This apparently slight
uncertainty, however, is not to be over
looked, as the one-twentieth of a second
corresponds to about half million miles.
As the suns distance from the earth is
the unit adopted for measurements among
the stars, its accurate determination is a
matter of great value to astronomy, and
Mercury rests upon the fact that they af.
ford means of finding the solar paradox.
THURLow WEED died Wednesday morn
ing at five minutes to nine. There were
present at his bedside his three daugh.
tiers, Mrs. Emily Weed Barnes, Mrs.
Maria Weed Alden and Miss Harriet
Weed, who has been his constant and
faithful companion during the declining
years OF his life; his three grAnd-daugh
tiers, Miss Emily Barnes, Miss CatharinC
Barnes and Miss Maria Alden; also Mr.
and Mrs. Frederick Seward, Mr.. William
Barnes, of Albany, and Mr.. Thurlov
Weed Barnes, who arrived late last nigh
from Rochester. They, with the attend
ing physician, DR.. Chadbourne, had re
mained up the entire night, in moment
ary expectation ofMr. Weeds dissolution
From Monday night to the moment o
his death he was unconscious, with tn
Q ception of few minutes yesterday
when he appeared to recognize the pres
ence Of his daughter Harriet. At eigh
o'clock Tuesday night Mr.. Weed bega
to siak so rapidly that DR.. Chadbouru
thought he would not live until mid
night. Nothing could be done for tn
dying man, as he was suffering no pair
ouly his lips, which were dry and parche
were kept moist. At midnight very Ii
tie sign of respiration could be detected
and the long nights vigil was KEEP
watching for the moment when the spir
of the wasted and apparently liiele!
form would quit its earthly tenemen
At five minutes to nine Wednesday morl
ing the almost imperceptible signs (
life ceased, and so the veteran jgurnali
and politician died, to use the words
Mr.. Frederick Seward, 'as quietly on
peaeeably us little child falling
sleep" Mr.. Weeds last words were U
tered on Monday TO to the nurse in a
tendance and were: Very we'll; that vi
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A SENSIBLE LETTER.
Governcr-eleot PattiSon, "a letter
Adj't Chss. Berger, of the State Feueibl
Of Phila., declines the unanimous tend
Of the services OF the battalion, made
its Boarl of Officers, as au escort to II.