The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-12-02
Editorial Mention.
CoxaaHEs meets next Monday.

HE COnBICSSlOuRl EetuEiiS NOV SCA lt-
ceived 10y the State Department at HAr-
risburg. are those from Lancaster, Lu-
zerne aud Lackawanna.couaties
The Supreme Court have decided that
when married women transact business
under the Act of April 6th, 1872. they
are liable for debts rs ''feme sole" with
out ioinder OF their husbands.
IT has been decided by the Post-Otiice
Department to admit 10 the mails as
fourth class matter dried rrrues com
pressed tongue, boued turkey, and other
canned meats, put mp in soldered tin
cans, not to weigh over four pounds"
TIE total eclipse Of May Glib will con-
stitute the important astronomical event
of 1888. At the points of greatest dnra"
ton this eclipse will be total for nearly
six minutes, but unfortunately for OBJ
servers the central line falls entirely over
the South Pacific and touches land Only
in a small coral island in 1909 25> west
longitude and 30 81 south latitude.
The production Of gold in the United
States during the year ending November
was S43. 359, 02l, ami the net amount
exported from the country was S36 l22, =
$50, an increase OF 1896, 48j during
the year. Ofthis amount s. 700, 900 was
used in the arts and s., $50, ass was added
to the gold stock Of the country. On
November the amount of coin and cur
reucy in circulation was S567, 100, i5G
gold, S210,32I 335 silver, S34G 6Sl 0l6
legal tender notes, and 1902, 727, TAT in
national bank notes. The total amount
of standard silver dollars coined up to
November 1 has been $l2S, 329, $50, of
which amount S92 d14 977 was in the
Treasury, only $50 9l4 SOB being in cir
culation. OF the amount iu the Treasury
SGj, $40, ,450 is represented by silver eer-
tlticates in circulation, making the net
amount belonging to the Treasurer $685.
794,527.
The Commissioner Of Internal Reve-
nue., it is said. evil probaLly.recommend
Congress to reduce the internal taxation
by about O,OO0,000. A Washington
telegram states that he does not believe,
however, that majority of the people
favor the repeal Of the tax on distilled
spirits andstobacco. 1t is probable that
the Commissioner, in his forthcoming
report, will repeat in substance the re-
oommendation in his last report, which
was, "whenever the wants of the Govern
ment will allow reduction of internal
taxation, my opinion is it will be wise to
confins these taxes to distilled spirits
malt liquors, tobacco and its products
and 10 special taxes upon manufacturers
aud dealers in those articles, and such
rates rs will yield the amount of revenue
necessary to be raised from these sourc-
ces." AS he favors q reduction of reve-
nue. to the extent of $50, 600, 600, it is be-
lieved he will recommend a reduction of
tax on distilled spirits, malt liquors, to-
bacoo and special licenses, and the re-
peal of the other internal taxes.
ANNA DICKINSON has withdrawn from
the stage, and is living with her sister
and aged mother at Honesdale, Pa.
-''She aud her family" says a friendly
writer to the Philadelphia Press" ''are
poor, but proud AS ever. Anna has been
importuned by her friends to return TO
the rostrum, but she will not listen to
anything of tho kind. The temperance
people are especially anxious to enlist
her services. Her disastrous theatrical
adventure took her last dollar She
looks careworn and somewhat sad, Her
large, expressive eyes are as eloquent as
ever, but it is impossible to feel, after
glance at her face, that disappointment
has embittered her life. She had count
cd much on the success of her "Hamlet,"
and studied hard to make it such, bat
finally retired from the field, broken in
health and financially ruined. What
she will do next is mystery"
The deepest coal mine il America is
the Pottsville, in this State. The
shaft is 1876 feet deep. From its bot
tom, almost third of mile down, 200
cars. holding four tons each, are lifted
every day. They are run upon plat.
form and the whole weight of six tons is
hoisted at speed that makes the. head
swim, the time occupied 10 lifting full
car bsing only little more than min
ute. The hoisting and lowering Of men
into coal miues is regulated By law in
this State, AID only ten can stand on q
platform at once, under penalty of G
heavy fne. However. eareltssnass can
not be prevented, and unHceustome.
visitors are appalled, by it. "A persoi
Of weak nerves." says n correspondent
'shonld not brave the ordeal by des
cending tie PottsvilIe shaft. Tns Ina
chinery works rs smoothly as q hotel e!l
vator, but the speed ig so terrific tbs
one seems falling through the air. I'll
knees sfter few seconds become wes
and tremulous, the ears ring as the drum
of these organs are forced inward by tn
air pressure, and ths eyes shut inVolur
tarily as the beams of the shaft seem I
dash upward oIly foot or two ava!
AA one leaves the light of the upper dd
the transition to darkness is fan tasti
The light does not pass into gloom in Il
same fashion az our day merges in
night, but there is kind of phosphore
cent glow. gradually becoming dimm
and DINNER. Half way down you pas
with roar and sudden crash, the a
cending car; and at last, after what seen
several minutes, but is only fraction
that time, the platform begins to slo
up, halts at gate, and through it y,
step into a crowd of creatures with q