The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-09-08
Editorial Mention.

DIN bOl1th bho NV NlAb SihhiiNoe ANN''
of retiring from his present Office at the
end Of his first term. He opened the
Boston Exhibition on Monday, and was
far the most remarkable specimen OF
home industry exhibited.
WHAT is a Pennsylvania marriageH
Judge Diadlo says, "If q man says this
is my wife, that is a marriage in Penn
sylvania,,r aud that if the woman keeps
him upto his statement the contract can
only be dissolved by decree of divorce.
DR. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, the
great poet, physician and philosopher of
Boston, is a very old man. He is SO old
a man that he has become an old woman.
He always carries horse-chestnut in his
pocket to prevent rheumatism.
A HUNDRED years ago, from Mondav
September Sd, the treaty of Paris was
signed, by which the United States were
recognized as an independent nation / y
Great Britain, and new continent was
enabled to start upon career which adds
a considerable chapter to the worlds
history.
JAY GOULD, having run the full length
of his cuss, dness upon land, is now
operating on the high seas. On Tuesday
his yacht Atalanta ran into u tug boat in
New York harbor and cut her in two.
A short time Afterwards, on the same
day, she ran into q school er and took
away part of her stern. 1t wouldn't be
much injury to civilization if somebody
made an impression on Jay Gould's
stern.
The New York papers have entered
upon q crusade against the three cent
piece. They point out that it bears no
more relation to our decimal money sys-
TEN than the English sparrow; that it is
iuconveniently small and wicked nick
ell counterfeit of the dime. 1t isbY law
n legal tender to the amount of twenty
i've cents, and is-taken altogethe
very small but very persistent nuis-
ance. 1t came into existence with the
three-cent postage, and with its super
ANIMATED leader should now be allowed
to- retire in private life. where small
nickels cease from troubling.
THE New York HERALD, in cent
editorial, discusses the question "why
high tariff makes low wages3" Under a
low tariff. il points out, the manufacturer
would get his'raw materials cheaply, and
could therefore afford to pay higher
wages, But with high tariff his neces-
stiles force him to cut down wages or
stop his works; and everybody knows
thhe machinery deteriorates very rapidly
When it is not used, besides that it does
cot eara the interest on its cost. Hence
the manufacturers for the most part pre-
/. fer to lower the pay of their people and
keep az work. This is one of the reas-
.ous Why a Eigh tariff makes low wages.
JOIN. IGcKE stated in his essay on the
Human Understanding 'that wit con
l8ists. in finding resemblances between
AhinsS which are ineongruous, thereby
Tpaking up pleasant pictures to the I'M
segination.% At this rate ]. ". Gare''
5of Baltimore. is funny man indeed
He has In his library fine cast of So
crates. The head and face, including
nose, are almost counterparts of Johl
Kelly of New York, and not only Mr.
Garrett, who knows him we'll, bat score
of other acquaintances, consider tL'
.physiognomy of the greatest politician
of ancient times and the "mug" of th
.Tammany Sachem as ''almost identical.
This truly makes up very pleasant pic
ture to the imagination.
THE local government of Chicago mus
be as nearly perfect as human institu
tions can afford TO be. The Democrat
majority of the Board of Aldermen cor
,sis.s of Is professional Irishmen, 2 Irish
men who do not make their nationality
profession, exile from Canada, ger
tleman from Bohemia, Americans, on
of whom prefersj being a professions
foreigner, and one Englishman who
sorry he is not Irish-or pretends to bt
At the head of this party of 21 is ger
tl.man, who, though originally Ker
auokian, has been a Hollander, Polar
der. a Hebrew, HIbernian, an Englisi
man when in England, a Scotchman {
st. Andrews banquet, n German at rit
niea, aud an Italian at Rome.
II is no use for ministers Of The GO
pei to try and provide old soldiers wit
an aesthetic or new theological vocabu
ary. Referring to Sheridan at the bait
of Winchester, in his address at Il
soldiers reunion in Oneonta, N. Y, Il
Rev. DIR. Fulton quoted the General {
saying, in "unscriptural trims. Nv
sd II whip them" One old vettru
co olldnt stand this, so r;sIr 6 in his SCI
and shaking his hand ct the revei en-
speaker, he shouted, "That wasn't VIII
Sheridan said; what be did say vi
We'll lick HI out of emf Th
brought down the house. After the Co
fusion had subsided, DR.. Fulton adde
r. "Aud he did it. tool
Mss MARY ANDERSON, deservedly d
NEST popular actress in America, mat
her debut in London hst Saturday mig
in the play of Ingomar.' Her receptiC
was most enthusiastic, and the impre
sion mace upon English society is qui
as favorable as that which has Iva
followed her appearance at home. This
exactly IS it ought TO be. There are {,
women in public life who have go
through the hre with regulations so abs
Iuttly stainless as Miss Anderso
Though quite young sheis magniGce
artistic, and her indefAtigsble industry b
already enabled her to overcome c
stacles before which weaker spirits mi
ka,, hoyya I 1nwn Whsn tba M,yor