The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-12-30
Our New York Letter.
Regular correspondence OF ADVOCATE.

IOpIitEi luG lH6hlplttlS IubilHh 'diioi,
the question Of whose sanity has given
SherifTs Jury weeks of consideration.
He has been declared sane, free TO 60 on
with his business if it has not left lin
entirely, aud otherwise eijoy himself if
the shattered state of Lis pIrygs permit.
This attempt Of his viie's to rid herself
of his engaging presence cost him u tritie
over IS COO, and quite naturally he does
not see in this anything 10 make Linn
fondor Of or more.tender to his wife. He
hardly took his Christmas dinner with
her, and small wonder il is; for during
the taking of the testimony she appeared
to be rs much OF crank as he is. Tie
Hoffman House bar will in Mr.. CooFer
welcome back good customer.
Mr. Cyrus W. Field is seemingly not
entirely SO grasping monopolist as o
h rs been represented, at least ia so far
as his operations cover the running Of q
newspaper. On the Saturday before Il e
day he presented each one Of his EN-
ployees in the "Mail and Express" Office,
EDITORS, compositors, "5press nen and
clerks in the counting room with q mag
nificent turkey for Christmas. Well,
perhaps this was not much for him. The
sost OF $3.50 for gobbl,rs to be served on
Christmas dinIer tables, is very slight
drain upon his resources, but the pr :
sentation was pleasant little surprise
to the people ia the establishmentsin as
much as newspaper proprietors are not
in the habit of paying more than they
can absolutely help for necessary service.
Mr.. Field on the ether hand, has every
reason to be satisfied with bis paper. l.
is c0pital!y edited, well written, aud has
shown much enterprise in the gathering
of news and fearlessness in exposing
shams and wrongs as TO have drawn an
Extraordinary heavy advertising patron
age to it. For the first time in months,
we haYe clean streets in Cur city, ard
this f.ct is due solely TO its crusade
a gairst tho negligent Street Cleaning
D partment.
Natural flowers this winter were v, ry
expensive, ana thus the fl Jrnl decoration
OF Il e churches came very expensive. I
know of one fashionable church up town
whose florists bill reached the very re.
spectacle sum of SC, ,000 As date as tW o
years ago Christmas decorations consist
ed of evergreens, holly or young pines
aud frs. Now they form simply the
background for the florists art. The eff
feet Of course is very beautiful. Carpirg
critics will of course dcnounce such sex
traYagapce, claimas did their predeces-
sors in Christ's days, that it would have
been better to give the money to the
poor. But, be il remembered, that tie
voIious public and private charities
have this year been remembered with
moro than usual liberalitY. The ladies
of the flower mission particularly dis
tinguished themselves by their activity
and the amount of wearing apparel. ar
ticles of food, flowers, toys, sweets and
knick knacks, for the sick and GONZALES
cent which they got together Was simply
marvellous.
The Christmas issues of the sporting
papers were the last of the holiday num-
bers to appear. The Turf Field and
Farm" is rich in stories of the field and
forest, the sportsman" gives portraits
o. Teakes, 8Ir. Pierre Lorillard's first
jockey, ard Barbee, Mr.. Frederic Geb
hord's jockey, together with pictures O.
George the English Champion runner
and Myers the American runner. Th'
Spirit of the Times" is a wonderfully
complete number. The frontispiece il
drawn by DuMaurier. the famous carl
caturist Of London Punch" The let
ter-press contains stories and paper
written specially for this number b,
Wilkie Collins, Joseph Hatton. Lad!
Violet Grenville, Henry living, Dioi
Boucicault, ETC., together with CHARM
ing poem by George r. Sims, the autho
OF the Lights O. London. Wilkie Collins
story is downright rot. In fact I shoul,
think the owners OF the Esprit" had ha,
enough of him. Last year they pai,
him stiif sum for story which the
copyrighted. Much to their chagri
I Collins gave the same story to "Belgra
via" or some other London magazine
from which all the American paper
( copied and credited it,
T-i3 was hardly a fair proceeding.
understand this year Collins was pal
$500 for this story. It is safe to say thu
tie editor Of the trashirst story papo
would not have paid S. for it. It. fac
there is altogether too much atteutio
aud too much m rney paid for "name,
by the proprietors ul periodicals wher
ever they wish to get up special nun
oer. For iustlnce, the London Ii'usira
Ell News" paid Millais, the artist Sl5
900 for the picture OF Cinderella, copit
of which they give away as n supplemeI
to their CAristGias nunber, and yet Il
; wJrk Is the sloyepllest production whic
has ever come from the easI of III,
Tiasly advertised artist. All such OF,
ers giyem TO authors and artists, whC
the direction is simply 10 wri.o or pain
".pmethiug" GIe sure either to produ,
eripples out Of forgotten drawers whiC
couli not previously be placed on IL
vefiesI original trash.
Tle well known diamond dealer, Lyme
4 had 10 pay heavily for violation OF Il
law. which as 1 understand. people
! Lis line OF business have been prlcticil
, for locg tine. Not beiug regular
: eensed pawnbrolers, they have been
! the habit Of buying diamonds j-welr
= wearing apparel, etc, from people
! momsntary need Of money, giving Il
= right OF purchasing the arueles back
J the end Of thirty days at an advance