The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-11-17
Editorial Mention.

tne N. L. Gun. NOtthls year, some olh-
er year, perhapsl
The Mississippi Democrats are said to
b. yearuing for Tilden and Lamar as the
Presidential combination next year,
The Shenandoah News: "Vice tri-
umpbed over virtue last Tuesday, but
the, mills are grinding Just so; but
the wrong grist seems to have got in the
hoppers.
AN illustration of the activity in cotton
manufacturing in the South is afforded
by the mill in Rome. Ca, which has
doubled its machinery since its start,
eighteen months ago. It is running
night and day, and is forty days behind
its orders.
TIE Summit Hill RECORD rejoices in
the fact that MIR. Mulhearns majority
was reduced by one-half from his fisrt
election. Very small things please some
people. Example,; Summit Hill gave
the State ticket 2z0, Mulhsarn 251 and
Barber 1872 votes.
The House Of Representatives at Har-
risburg, on Tuesday, passed, with only
IL dissenting votes, resolution, previ-
ously agreed upon by the Democratic
caucus, providing for final adjournment
on December 5tb. An amended salary
appropriation bill has also been reported.
Il qppropriates the gross sum of $780,
976.
A PRISONER now serving term of two
years iu the Albany penitentiary for
forgery, under tfename OF Herman, tn rms
out to be nephew of Baron Bernstein,
Of Germany, who has just died leaving
the baronetcy aud 81, 0G0, 600 to the pris
oner. 1t will now be in orderto petition
the Governor for his release, so that he
may go to the fatherland and enjoy his
good fortune.
JUDGE MERRITT, of the Nashville
Chancery Court has rendered decision
which, if sustained, will go a good way
toward discournging grain gambling. 1t
is that transactions on margins, in which
no delivery is contemplated, are wager
ing contracts and therefore illegal and
void. In the case in question Judgment
Was given for the full amount lost in the
sp culation, together with interest and
Gusts.
Ex-SEcRETARY McCULLccH thinks that
Che reduction of taxation is the only
practicable measure for the relief of the
national banking system. The r, ,duction
il TIE tariff last winter he considers in
sufficient, He says the tax should be
taken off tobacco. The banks would
Lave some relief if they were allowed
circulation on the market value of the
bonds, but he doubts whether Congress
would consent to any reduction of secur.
ity. He believes the compulsory features
OF the silver coinage law should be re.
realcd.
Col. G. G McCAwLEY, commandart
a. the United States Marine Corps, in his
aunual report, iatei Oct l, 1888, states
thai on that date there we're SS7 enlist
ed men in the corps, SS3 of whom were
on board ships in commission, and l 1,O0l
doing duty at the several shore stations
Daring the year there were SSS enlist.
merts, l3l recnlistments, 43l discharges
IG. deaths, and 5GI deserlions. He in.
vites attention to the necessity of an in-
crease OF privutcs, as great inconvenience
is felt for the want of them. He is un
able to supply the demands of navy
yards and Vessels fer marines, and the
service suffers accordingly.
A POSSIBLE topic at the coming session
of Congress will be the Cheyenne and
Arpahoe Indians lease of 3, III, 800 acres
OF grazing hld at two cents an acre
The syndicate which got the lease, which
runs for ten years, have just made the
second half-yearly payment, aggregating
over S3l, ,000 Every man, woman. and
child of both tribes was paid S5, the
money being in 81 and SO greenbacks.
The next payment will be in cattle, as
the lease calls for half money and hall
cattle. In the Indian Territory it is be.
lleved that a number of United States
Senators and members of the House OF
Representatives are interested in the
lease.
BISHOP WINGFIELD told the General
Episcopal Convention at Philadelphia
that very few of the eighty millionaires
Gi San Francisco are disposed to do any.
thing for the cause of religion. There
are 40 of American birth, IS Irish,
Jews. 8 Germans, English, and /
French. Olly one is a member of a
Protestant church. Flood occasionally
eNes few thousand dollars to the poor,
q d, of those who have died, only james
l. k has left worthy monument. The
Bishop quoted from San Frsl cisco
paper, which described the living as
geuerlly nisers, rascals, or fools, and
the dead as having few of them gone
with the poor to heaven, but as having
rather "goDe to meet Dives where the
climate is oppressive and the water is
Scarce"
H.usE built TO Withstand tornadoes
so the "Minnesots Tribune" says-if
that OF banker, the wealthiest man in
o~akis, Minn. All the corners are acute
. gels, and they sink back into Other
angels, giving this architectural freal
tie contour Of a star. From the highest
point OF the roof the cutters sink sud
denly, making great depressions. Thii
angularity WAS, it is said, inspired by
the bankers wife, who lives in eonstan
dread of storms. The corners were mad,
yay sharp. 10 split tornRdoes. The Gel
lar walls are of unusual thicknes anC
thetin bers Of the structure are anchored
in them, so that tie house may not b.