The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-08-11


week an exhaustive treatise on "Dudes."
which may be considered as oonpari-
son picture to "Bsngs.' There are
country dudes as we'll as city specimens.
and the natsral -bistory-of each species is
profoundly interesting.
ICE cream. watermelon. green peas and
roast veall They are all very nice in their
way. but last Tuesday they were nasty
enough to produce cramp in the "in-
sides" Of twenty-seven protesting chris
tians in one boarding house in Chicago.
The Health Commission having investi-
gated the subject decided that the symp-
toms were not those Of cholera, but
whether they arose from cream, melons,
peas or veal, singly or combined, they
could not say. They agreed however
that the twenty-seven leases" were those
Of extreme stomach-achei
THE temperance agitation Is not losing
its vitality. At the Acton camp meetir g
of Indiana. on Tuesday, Governor Foster
Of Ohio. delivered vigorous address on
the Practical Treatment Of the Temper
ance Question" aud on the same day tic
Legislature of Georgia passed the gener-
al local option bill for the State. Such
facts, taken in connection With the un-
precedented success that has crowned
Sir Wilfred Lawson's efforts in England
during this years session of Parliament.
lead 10 the conclusion that rational, per-
sistent and moderate demands for tenn
perance legislation are making deep
impress upon the two great Anglo-Saxcn II
nations.
The telegrsphers strike, which has now
lasted more than fortnight, does NOT
look SO promising as it did at the outset.
Efforts to gain over the railroad operators
in New York and Pennsylvania have beeu
useless, and public feeling is being s-ous,
cd against the attempts on the part of the
Brotherhood to draw into the strike
whole classes Of people who are in nc
way connected with telegraphy.. The
Western Union still blupders on at it,
work with incompetent men, but refuse,
to make CONCESSIONS, or to ackuowledp,
the authority Of the Brotherhood. Ifth.
strike sh ould continue about fortnight
longer. the substitutes. who have been
put in to fill gap, will become master
of the situation, az by that time they vii
haye learned their business and can af
ford to defy the strikers
JoHN BRIGHT, the great English states
man who has always been so strong al
advocate of American institutions, il
anxious to make visit to this country il
company with Lord Chief Justice Cole
ridge, who is to sail in q few days. Blu
John says he is getting old' and that b,
has always been martyr TO sea-sickness
anil he is afraid it would require the re
mai lder Of his natural life TO recove
fr m the effects Of an Atlantic passage
There are few men in any country Il
whom America would 30 Willingly ex
tend her open arms as to the eloquen
4 Quaker, who, in the, disastrous opening
months of our rebellion. hurled hie de
nuuciations at his own Government fol
permitting and cenniving at the build
ing of Confederate cruisers in British
dock-yards. John Brigbts visit to tbi,
country would give the finishing ioucl
to the story of tho Alabama" and til,
Geneva Arbitration.
The Concord philosophers having 81
ished their discussions about the immor
tality of the soul, Herbert Spencer. and
other interesting items. adjourned with
out any disturbance. Boston then re-
quired some new intellectual treat, anG
on Tuesday night was fully grAtifed,
Within stones throw from the residenct
of Wendell Phillips, Slugger Sullivan
opened a new saloon. Twenty able.
bodied policemen were required to keeI
the multitude from breaking in the door'
before the time of opening. Cultured
Boston turned out 10000 men and boy,
and half the force of police division te
witness and assist. The general public
were not admitted. Friends and admir-
era, including well known gamblers. dis
tinguished statesmen, newspaper report
ers and leaders of the prize ring, wer'
admitted by ticket. In a splendidly ap
pointed luncheon-room, .ehind the bar
champagne flowed like water. and il
brilliant eulogies on the ''Bruiser" tn,
feast of reason was gracefully blended
with the how of bowl.