The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-02-24

Joulu, his bCnemeb are on large |
scale, aud he therefore has the expert
ence necessary in order to lead. Besides, |
he has the reputation of being reliable.
He has never betrayed bis friends, nor
has he ever deliberately given one the
wrong point. Furthermore he has n
horror of law suits and is thus a safe
man in every respect He is one of the
owners of the Evening Post,
and his uprightness can best be judged
from the fact that the financial columns
of this paper are never used to bolster mp
any pet schemes as Gould does in the
World.
Apropos Of the World. 1t is still in
the market but somehow nobody seems
to want it. There is now talk of reduc-
Jog it to a four page paper, and emitting
oll financial matter and Wall Street gos-
sip, excepting the mere exchange and
market reports. Goull seems to have
had enough of it.
The Lonten sermons preached tEis
year in the various churches are gener-
ally OF high order much above the
average. The preachers as rule sug-
gest practicable subjects, and therefore
obtain practical results. Rev. DIR. Nor
gan Dix iu particular has attracted con-
sid ,Inble attention by his lectures On
Womau's Duties. The sermons und, T.
and are to be collected and printed in
pamphlet. DR.. DIX is also collecting
material for biography of bis father.
the late Governor Dix. This should
prove an interesting work and Il valuable
contribution TO tie history OF New York
of a century ago.
Our friends on the other side Of the
North River the NV Jerseyites predict
that Spring is at hand, or at all events
W II make its debut much earlier Ills
year than formerly. The rfason for tbs
is the advent of blue birds in largeh cks
These charming little hnrbingers OF
Spring usually come to stay and her ce
there is every prospect that the terrc RS
Of winter are nearly over And how
glad everybody will be in this city. 1t
seems to me that winters in town are
citing more disagreeable from year TO
year This season Gotham has been
literally buried beneath slush. We have
IA Street Cleaning Department which an
nually swallows up many millions and
yet We have. nothing to show for it. With
the exception of Broadway and very
few favored localities, people have not
seen the paving stones sincs the fl st
snow storm. The slush alternately
freezes and softens but stays. A ply
sician tells me that hard times nle in
store for us this summer, in consequence
of this shameful neglect of the autholi-
ties. Malaria and typhus will carry off
thousands of victims. "The ground" "
said he, "could not have been better
prepared for an epidemic, if Commis-
sioner Coleman and the contractors had
made league with death against the
welfare of New York"
The only part of the city where life is
still enjoyable is on the roads leading
out from Central Park. The snow is
we'll taken care OF so that there has been
sleighing almost right through the win
| ter. One of the most interesting fea.
lures of drive is the stopping at one
of the many old fashioned rood houses
that skirt tho driveways. They are
nearly all old and unpretentious looking
from the outside, Iut they contain n
world of comfort inside. Everything
from the ancient coaching aud trotting
pictures on the walls to the antique sieve
or wide hearth reminds you of days one
by. OF course after having been out in
the brisk air for couple of hours YOU
have a ravenous appetite, which is fur h.
er whetted by the inviting white linen,
the glittering glassware and the immacu.
lats china on tue table. You cannot GET
any fancy dishes in regulation road
house; but such porterhouse steak oil
such chicken as they can broil youl Il
these places lad existed in the days
when the ancient gods nourished them
selves with nectar and Hmbrosia, they
would have left their Olympian mahog
any and gone down to a road house.
dinner there washed down with some un
impeachable liquid and topped off will
II cup of fragrant coffee rich as Golcon
da's wine and strong as Hercules, maker
you understand why it Was that the gen
ial poet Herrick sang "thnt no matte
how cruel life and unkind friends haC
been, he always found Lis comfort al al
inn."
Blanche Douglass tho notorious hero
inc of the Jennie Cramer mystery, j
fast going the downward path. She ha
taken to drinking, is rapidly loosing he
good looks and is on the highway to be
|
reer has always found sympathizers an,
the police always so ready to overrid
the down-trodden have invariably beel
kind TO her. The other morning sh
was found almcst in front of Polio
Headquarters helplessly drunk. Instea,
of arresting her good natured police
man took her home.
RltLer an interesting will con,rnverc
is that over the property left by Ellis II
Elias, who died at the st, Cloud Hoe
in the summer of 1851. Elias was tn
originator of the dollar store system
He was typical smart Yankee and a.
J indeiatigable worker. In his time h
must have made millions, hut as be di
not have the faculty OF retaining th 1
they slipped through his fingers. II
: was one of those men who would brin
marvellous ingenuity into play to &c
the better of you, if it was only matte