The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-11-10
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EDITOR
II v. HoRTHIMER.
LEHIGHToN. Pa:
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1888.
Editorial Mention.

EDITORIAL M6nC1OQ.
TIE Republicans "did it with their
little -" votesl
THE Commissioner of Pensions esti-
mates that $40. 600 600 win be required
for the payment of pensions during the
next fiscal year.
As an evidence Of the rapid progress
being made in the South, we may men
tion that Gen. Rooert Toombs, of Georgia,
has Joined the church and been baptized.
Mkt
THE transfer of the command OF the
U. s. Army from Gen. Sherman to Lieut.
Gen. Sheridan took place on the Isl
inst The fiaal retirement of Gen. Sher-
man from the service will take place in
February next.
Moody, the Evangelist, began his
great mission of six months at ISL
ington, London, on Sunday last. The
services were held in an iron chapel
built for the occasion, and which has
seating for 5000 people.
THE annual report of the Paymaster
General Of the Army to the Secretary Of
War shows that the receipts for the last
fiscal. year amounted to SIS, 400 $40, and
tie disbursements Si3,3S2. .164. The re.
port refers to the dismissal of Major j.
r. wasson for being defaulter in the
sum of S5452.
"A REPORT comes from Berlin that
Rfinee Bismarck and Cnnnt Kalnoky.
Pflme Minister of Austria, are favorable
to the re.establishment Of the Kingdom
Of Poland, and will, if possible devise
means to bring about the result Strong
hopes are expressed by Bismarck that
Russia will view the project favorably.
The debt statement shows the reduc-
tion of the public debt during the month
of October to be sl0,304, 70S; decrease
since June 80, 1883, $50. .5S4 47O; cash in
Treasury, 1894 BAT, sol; gold certificates
outstanding, $50 32S, $40; silver certif-
Gates do, 500 $40, l4l; certificates Of de.
posit do, sl2, 900; refunding certif.
eates- DO, 1926, $50; legal tenders do,
sS46, 6S1. .0l6; fractional currency do,
$500, 1903.
DIR. HIGBEE, the Superintendent Of
Common Schools, says; "You take q
public meeting of almost any kind and
you will almost always find music there
What is it for? Simply to cheer and en-
liyen the people assembled. In the
schools it has the same effect. 1 dom
know but what the study of music is al
most as important as the study of mathe
xnatics, and 1 do know that it is much
more easily acquired, because the human
system contains chord somewhere tina
is attuned to music"
ANTHONY TRoLoPE, the English writer
who died few months since. mad
$400. 900 by his novels. In his sutobi
oRraphy he says that industry and rer
severance were the main causes of hi
success. He "put in" o regular numbe
of hours' work every day, no matte
where he might be, and invariably wrot
while travelling in a railroad carriage
"The best friend to the young novelist,
he says. sis that man who will fix hil
TO his chair with pound of wax. Wa
Is Of far more importance than inspiri
tion."
MAJOR MAJENDIE, of the Board ,
Trade, who has examined the scene
the explosion of Tuesday evening of la
week. at the PTaed Street Station, Lo
don, states that everything confirms b
belief that nitro-glycerine was the e
plosiYe used. The United Ireland,"tl
National League organ at Dublin, pr
nounces the authors of the explosions
London to be idiots. The Freeman
Journal" protests against Irishmen beil
hastily accused of being the authors
these outrages. The "Irish Times" as
why the English Government does L
vigorously demonstrate with Preside
Arthur against the dynamite conspiraC
of which New York is the source.
RoscoE CoEKLNd says he was too pc
TO remain in politics. He is now wol
ing ''like beaver" and at the end
the current year the great railroads v
have paid him sl25. 900. When po
but lofty Senator, he used to be a du,
He wore big curl on his brow, q SIN
Oane with a silk tassel in his hand, o
on his head silk hat, new, bright a
beautiful as the dawn. Now, bowey
that he is rich agaip, he can afford
luxury of dressing with lavish shah
ness. A friend met him on BroadV
last week. His Derby hat was very al
aud faded. His curl had vanished.
pants were baggY enough for Maekel
town scLule-master and his dapper Ct
had given way TO a prodigious sIi
This is a funny world.
Russia Is a grand country to live
away from. The great novelist To