The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-10-27
LnuroHroN.PA.
Editorlial Mention.

IHH OdUeteuCe OelNoeu OuAO uhuSt
Hoadley and under Foraker is mere
matter Of the order Of vctuals. Under
Democrat HoadIey you buy your drink
ami they throw IN q free lunch. Under
Prohibition Foraker You buy your lunch
and they throw in the drink.
"wHo held ths pass Of Thermopylae
against the Persian hosts' demanded
wsissport teacher. And the editors boy
"a the foot of the class lifted up his
voice aud spake;--''Father, 1 reckon; he
holds pass on every road in the coun-
trT that runs a passenger train" Just
then cloud gathered in the rear of the
boys trousers. The cloud was no larger
chan a mans hhnd-with strap in it.
IT may be that after all Pennsylvania
and not Ohio, is to furnish the battle
field for prohibition. The brewers and
liquor dealers of Philadelphia held meet
ines last week and resolved to proclaim
swar TO the knife" against Mr.. Wiles,
!. n publican candidate for Auditor Gen.
eral, because Of his temperance. Letters
are to be sent to all persons in the busi-
moss in the State asking them to use
their influence against him.
An esteemed contemporary. which takes
considerable interest in the jersey Cen
trail war Rs present raging between
Frankiin B. Gowen and Roscoe Conk-
ling, is sturdy Stalwart and therefore
an ardent admirer of Roscoe. The eai-
TOR wrote gushing narrative of his po-
: litioal idol and gave it to a compositor
who transmitted it to the "devil' who
ran the gauntlet of the proof reader and
rushed Copkling into Immortality with
the following: ''Mr. Conkling then en-
tered the court on his head, handsome
curl upon his feet, large but well-polish-
ell boots upon his brow, dark cloud in
his hand, his faithful walking stick in
his eye, menacing glare saying moth
ing"
MEXICO Is the land of tho marvellous
90 tha. miracle more or less does moi
matter. The latest reports tell of
miner in New Mexico whose Bible fell
over precipice while he was doing.
he descended into the canon to recover
the book, and found IL lying open on 0
piece Of rich quartz that hadbeen dis
lodged by the fall. His eye fell on the
seventh chapter Of st. Matthew. The
,nia,r read, "Ask, and it shall be given
unto you; seek, and you shall find" He
didn't ask much but sought diligently
and found lode over two feet in width
that essayed s225 ton. The story adds
that the district has since been overrun
by prospectors with Bibles in theii
hands.
AFTEn lecturipg over 1880 miles ol
the South and West Henry Ward Beech
or has returned to the arms of his select
in Plymouth Church. He told them that
the South ia prosperous, "but of all the
country that have been over, il were
young man and wanted to settle down
i should go out to Oregon or Washington
Territory. The young man who has got
health aud strength and good habits can
not possibly fail there. He can go ou'
10 raise wheat, go into the numbering ol
, shipping business or into manufacture
ing. The emigrant tide has not really
poured over into those places yet, but il
they were of my opinion they would mo-
stop in either States, but would pou'
over the Rocky Mountains, where thu
climate is charming, the winters yer.
short and the summers very long ant
mild"
IN THE Carriagemakers' Convention il
New Haven, Conn, after the COMMITTEE
on Apprenticeship had reported in favo
of restoring the old system of indentur
ing apprentices until they reach thei
majority, Mr.. John w. Britton Of Ne'
York said: "One OF the serious wants Q
this country and of our trade is goo
boys. Our boys are deteriorating, Ns ar
our men. The greatest difficulty tha
we experience in New York is that c
getting boys who have brains and ar
willing to iearn trade thoroughly. Th
example Of men who have made million
In q few years is held up before our boy
in school, and the boys become inflame
with the notion that they must max
their millions and be able to fonnd crosi
road colleges before they die. So the
eschew trades and become poor profess
ionals." This is not only true of Ne
York but of every little town and han
let ia the United States,
L, II. BARBER, ESQ, Democratic non
inee for the office Of District Attorne!
was in town on Tuesday and is urging o
what he mems to make successful car
vass With the utmost energy. Mr.. Bal
Der Is young man but he has had
large and varied experience and his n
cord is an excellent one, He is natiy
Pennsylvania, having first seen light j
Union County, of this State, After a
academic education in his native plaC
he entered Lafayette College from whic
place he was graduated with honors
the class OF 1871. In 1872 he took u
his residence at Msueh Chunk and fC
hve Years occupied the position of Pril
eipal OF Mauoh Chunk High Sohoo
lie afterwards read law in the Office
Fred. Bertolette, Esq, and was admitte
10 the bar in 1881 Since that time
has praStised upremittingly at his pr
fesslon, gaining the confidence of
clients, the good will Of 1the professio
and the most marked esteem of the COZ
munity. Mr., Bnber'is ascholar, q la
yer. a gentleman and thorough-goil
Democrat. He has taken of his coat
the present work aud With the assistan
- I1.o,fdanoa and tha vofars rf A