The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-07-14
Editorial Mention.

THE city oil Wllliamsport was crowded
this week with teachers aud others who
attended the meeting of the State Teach
ers' Association, which opened on Tues
day.
The English Government is becoming |
terribly strict about the morals Of the |
navy. Two young ieutenants wee
cashiered last month for casually using
''the big, big D."
NEW resources Of civilization are being
developed in Russia. Russian news
paper, written in the interests of the
Nihilists. states "that country mothers
are becoming quite used to the custom of
carrying infants to the bedside of persons
afflicted with diphtheria and wrapping G
them up in the blankets so that they may
become infected and die"
In is t,legr1phed tbat the Count de
Chambord is able to swallow beef tea.
He is the nearest heir 10 the French
throne and the most dearly beloved sgn
of the Pope, so that if be can only live g
few years and acquire the strength of an
OK from his beef tea potations who knows
but he may be able to chaw up the rc
public2
HORACE GREELEY used to tell story
of friend of lis who had irtvelt d
through Palestine and never saw any
body Mt work except one man, and he
was falling off the roof of house. The
Fourth Of July turns America into n sort
of Palestine where men do no work Lut
plenty of standing" and quite an extra
ordinary amount OF falling.
CoRoNERs' inquest5 were held in Phi'a
dtlphia last Monday on twelve victims OF
the extreme beat of the previous week.
In New York city the death rate seen to
have been still greater. As a newspaper
reporter was Watching three small white
hears, and two lnrgero esdrive from one
of the Hunters Point ferry boats on Sun
d,y, one of the ferry men said "Tle DO t
have been carrying hearses at that rate
all the afternoon.
AMONG the intelleclu l qualifications
of our most prominent men at the present
time none seems more remarkable than
the cultivation Of a sort OF genius for en-
ticing salmon trout and black bass GU
of rivers and lakes. Mr.. Arthur las set
the fashion by being one of the best arg
lers in America, and Il "s!rong man" for
his successor, Governor Clsv,hrd, Ct
New York, is said to be, by watermen Of
the Niagara river, the most expert fish
erman that has visited the river this
season.
THE Elmira TELEGRAM, one of the most
lively, newsy and enterprising Sunday
papers published ia the Eastern States,
has just made new departure. II ar
peared last week with twelve pages Of
first class reading matter. The success
of this provincial paper is almost unpre
cedented in the annals Of journalism.
Born only five years ago it now enjoys a
circulation of over fifty thousand every
Sunday morning, and from the intelli
gence with which it is edited and the re
lentless energy with which FL the latest
improvements are adopted there is no
reason why lis present circulation should
not be doubled. Every phase of hum n
life and thought fuds expression in tie
TELEGRAM.
BEN BUTLER says that his earliest po-
litical teachings were from kind uncle
who was Jeifersonian Democrat. "By
him" writes Ben in a recent letter to a
Jefferson Association, Il was taught to
revere the memory of the great patriot
and in my maturer years learned to ap
preciate the great philosopher and states
man and imbibed the lesson Of equality
of right and equality of burdens for al
men before the law, which has bo,n ny
guide in political action ever since, anC
to which shall ever remain true" Bel
may have learned something from Jefle-
son, but his lady-like characteristics an'
excessive moiesty were learned in dii
ferent school.
JAY GoULD seems to have as many &C
embellishments as the devil himself. l.
is said to be good lingnist. He know
the Latin name of every tree, shrub veg(
table, plant and flower Os accurately as
p 'ofessioual botanist. He made the &c
ri ming of his fortune out of mous
trap and is able now to construct a ste, !
engine He is going TO Europe to sud
antiquities and proposes to invesiigai
the discoveries said to have been mad
by DR.. Schliemann at Athens, and Il
ruins of ancient Troy. Jay is goo
sailor aud has applied the "water" cul
40 more stock than all the homeopatl
ic doctors IN the country. We are ther
fore not surprised to learn that he is CO.
sidsred an excellent plain cook.
INA letter from Judge Hoadly to NJ
A. B. Mullett, just published in Cinei
natl, the Democratic candidate for Go
srnor of Ohio discourseth thuslY on I
spoils system; The syst m of oomp'
Tive examination introduced by t
Psndleten bill has never greatly col
mended itself to my favor, and yet
should vote for tAe bill. were in t
Senate, as one means Of striking bl'
at the present system, When the inj,
tice of the last twenty-one years of {
elusive choice from one party has be
remetied by the next Administratio
and the Democney of the country a
their allies as representing more th
one-half of the people may perform th
fair share of puLlc duty, the time
my Judgment will bove arrived for n
departure upon the question Of poliIi'
patronage, and for the adoption Of p
menent system OF low salaries, perman'