The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-07-28


Human We may not he descended
from monkeys aftera Alta recent meet
ing of the London Philosophical Society
it was decided that las yet no scienti.
hj evidence had been met with giving
oountenance to the theory that man had
been evolved from lower order of ami.
mails" 1t was also intimated that If
Herbert Spencer had been more careful
about his facts he would never have ar
rived at his theory. 1t seems hard that
a cline should be sharply drawn" at
monkeys to prevent them eternally from
entering the legislature or the higher
professions.
PRISoEss TEcK is distributing the
prizes to the successful inalksmen at
Wimbledon this year. Last Saturday
she shook hands with all the members OF
the American team and wished them
success in future contests. II is a strange
commentary upon the ways of tue world
that in another column Of the same new
paper which reports the rifle procee dipgs
we find that the pictures, furniture and
bric-a-brao of Prince Teck are for sale
by public auction. The object liz such
plebeian one as to pay the debts u. tie
Prince aud Princess.
A RUSSIAN statistician has amused him
self calculating the distance travelled in
year by the hand of printer. He
takes the principle that sklllrul COM
positor, working ten hours day, allow.
ing for distributing and correcting, sets
up 1900 letters. Ia counting the year
ct 800 working days, he makes them
total OF 5000, 600 letters. Conseque ntly
the distance from the case to the sti, K
and from the stick to the case being es-
timated at two fest, makes in all 1920,
600 feet, there being 23,5O0 feet iu
geographical mile, SO that the distance
made in year under these conditions
by printers hand is in the neigLbor-
hood of 800 miles, or a mile day.
Ill RES some beautiful language Oh the
simple matter of petroleum oil. DR.. J.
p. Newman, of New York, shows that
Pennsylvania is the"Ligbt of the World"
in the following words: American Pc
troleum at the present time lights up the
traditional Garden of Eden, the ruins of
Babylon, the mosques of Bagdad, the
city of "a Thousand and One Nights"
1t shines upon the exhumed palace OF
Sennacherio, on the tomb of Joiah in
Ninevah, and upon the birth. place OF
Job and Abraham. 1t eliminates the
church Of the Nativity in Bethlehem, the
Church of the Sepulchre i'll Jerusalem.
and the Church of the Ascension on the
Mount of Olives. 1t burns around the
Pyramids OF Egypt, on the plains ot
ancient Troy, on the Acrunolis OF Athens
aud is the chief source Of illumination i'll
cottage and palace on the banks OF the
Golden Horn" And yet Henry Waiter
son says; Let Pennsylvania go to the
blank.
SOME weeks ago the English Govern
meut made an agreement with NJ. de
Lesseps by which that gentleman was
authorized TO construct another Suez
canal, England advancing $50 700 600 at
81 per cent, to be paid off in fifty years.
English ship-owners, general merchants,
the public at large and the London
TIMES got frightened at the idea OF
France being SO intimately associated
with English interests in the East. Pies
sure was brought to bear upon Mr. Glad
stone to back out Of the contract, Which
that statesman has accordingly done.
De Lesseps, however will carry out his
project with characteristic courage and
persistence. lie will raise the money III
France alone, if necessary, and will build
his canal, with no thanks to England or
anybody else except to his town beloved
France"
BALTIMORE is draped in mourning for
'those who never shall return" On
Monday Light that city, in which during
recent years many eveutful scenes have
transPired, was driven to paTox,sm OF
terror and despair by the news of a cat
aSt rOnha IN an eycnrsirn N .rtv at fTivol;
about thirteen miles from the city. At
9 o'clock in the evening, about two hun.
dred people, the last detachment OF n pic.
nio party, were assembled at the cLd OF
the North Point Wharf preparing to re-
turn home on board the steamer Cock
age CITY," Suddenly the wharf lroke
down. Nearly all Of the two hundred
people were hurled into the water. The
distance from the shors is only nine hun
dred feet, but in the terror aud couius-
ion that prevailed siEty.fye lives were
lost, and no hopes are entertained for
the recovery of many who were taken 10
shore. Most of the victims were women,
ana IN nearly every case young girls in
the flush of motherhood. 49,.
IT SEEMS more than probable at present
that cholera will be more successful than
Arab Pasha in diving the English troops
out of Egypt. Tbe pestileree has broken
out in the Aud Regiment. that famous
''Blaek Watch" whose exploits Lave
been associated with the success OF Brit
ish armies in every quarter Of the globe
Distinguished medical men are on the
way TO the distressed, from IIdia. France
and England. But 1t is some consola-
tion to know that those who are best
qualified TO spesk upon the subject say
the disease is one Of annual occurrence in
the east and that stringent Quarantine
laws will effeclually restrict its ravages
to thoAe districts where it now prevails.
CAPTAIN MATHEW WEBB. the famous
English swimmer, has lake his last
dive. On Tuesday afternoon be attempt.
ed to swim the Niagara whirlpool rapids.
At precisely two minutes past four o.
aloeE H. auranu Frou, he ~ IL.