The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-11-24
EDITOR
LEHIGHTON, PAa
Editorial Mention.

Ar Bismarck, Dakota, on the evening
of the 10th inst. the thermometer regis
t,red 80 degrees below zero. WheN!
THE Republican State Senators have
decided that pay be provided from June
Is to September 2l, at which latter date
bi.weekly sessions began, and thereafter
for only such time as was speut in actual
service. They havs also resolved to ad.
here 10 the apportionmeut ultimatum.
OFFICIAL returns of the late election in
this State have been received from every
oJunty. The total vote is as follows:
For Auditor Gen. Niles (Rep.) 3l9l0G;
1Agpart Dem 3o2 O3l; FJrdhain pro
hibitionist), 66O2; Ryndcr (Greenback
err, 4,452; for State Treasurer, Livsey
tRep). S2l05O; Powell (Dem), 800 999;
Howard (Prohibitionist), 6,6S7; Marsh
(Greenbaoker), 4. .43l.
A NEW game: "Ill take whigkey; what
will you have, Fred?" said man in q
Flfty-third street, New York, saloon n
few days ago. Il don't feel like driuk-
iug," said Fred. The first speaker
poured out q generous glass Of whiskey,
drank half of il, and handed the rest to
his friend, rsmarkiug, with a wry face,
"rhere's something the matter with the
stuff. Fry it, Fred finished the liquor
The first speaker laid ten cents upon the
bar, and they walked out. "That's a
new game remarked the bartender
"Man aud the Other World" was the
title Of discourse delivered by Mon
siguer Capel, in st, Francis Xavier's
Church, New York, Sunday evening, be-
fore Gu audience of several thousand per-
sons. Luther, he said, sowed the sesd
four cen uries alc, of which the harvest
is now being reaped. he asserted the
principle of private judgment IS the last
tribunal of appeal. Wien he so spoke
Catholicism m was strong in Europe, and
1t was impossible 10 see at once the con-
sequences of his doctrine, or where he
would laad those who followed him.
The principle he asserted had brought no
conversions from non-belief to belief in
Christianity. 1t had brought men to
deny natural religion, and to deny--or
practically to deny-revelation
SAYS Wasl ington despatch: The
trade dollar nuisance is certain to At.
tract the early attention Of Congress, and
the President and Cabinet have had The
matter under consideration and had ad
vices from Mint officials and others Us
to the best way TO solve the problem. 1
may now be accepted as certain tha
Secretary Folger will discuss the ques
tion pointedly in his report, and that ht
will strongly recommend the retiremen
of all trade dollars offtred the govern
ment in exchange for standard dollars
and that, instead of Issuing additiora
standard dollars to take the place of tht
trade dollars, the retired trade dollar
will bs received as bullion and used il
coming the present lawful rtqriremen
of the stand ard silver coin. The Presi
dent and Secretary OF the Treasury vii
take the position th,t tho trade dollari
have been accredited 10y the goverrmen
and that the loyernment is morally
bound to redeem them. Although thu
government could bay silver bullion
cheaper than by the retirement of tht
trade dollars for standards yet the tradt
dollars can be exchanged for standard!
at par and the trades recoined into stan
dards without actual loss 10 the Govera
ment, and it is clearly the duty of IL,
government to do SO and protect holder.
of its own practically accredited coil
from loss.