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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26

THE judges of the Supreme Court of
the United States, presumably arrogat-
ing to themselves as much consequence
as the Senators, have appealed to Con-
gress to provide each Of them with,a
private secretary. How much and what
character of work these judges may have
for a private secretary they have omitted
to state, but that they need some assist
ance is manifest from the fact that they
are at least two years behind in their
work, with no present prospect of ever
catching up. Like all of our public Of
ficials, the poor judges are both under
paid and overworked. Chief Justice
Marshall, who never allowed his work to
get ahead of him. and who managed to
get along without private secretary, re-
ceived a salary of SO, 500 per year. The
present Chief Justice has So 500 year,
and his associates $40, 900 each, and are
not so worried over their work as not to
find plenty of time for summer iunket-
ing. But there is no end to the extrava
CANT things that the Government is
called upon to meet at the capital even
to the liquidation of bills for carriages
to convey the colored servants at the
White to their homes after the close of
their days labor,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26
.NortH Carolina
Offers Great Inducements to
HOME SEEKERS
MINERS,
MINERS,
MANUFACTURERS,
CAPITALISTS
and FARMERS.

Are Northern men wanted,
and are they treated kindly
by native North Carolihinns 7
We answer the question em-
phatically YES! To back us
up we refer to the following
Northern men who have set
tied among us; Rev. S. Mat
toon, Charlotte, N. c., FORM
erly of New York; Jno.
Woodhouse, Concord, N. c.,
formerly of Morris Co., n. j.;
A. Hagen, Newton, N. c.,
formerly of friedrich, Md; F
A. Vollmer, durham, N. g.,
formerly Of Williamsport, Pa,
and the hundreds of others
that have settled in the State.
When writing for information,
please enclose stamp for re-
turn postage.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A church in Connecticut by resolu ton
forbids its members to drink intoxicating
liquors. explicitly excepting hard cider.
About two thousand pictures have been
admitted to the Paris Salon. More than
5000 have been refused.
A single cattle ranch IN Texas, at the
head of the Red River, is said to contain
nearly $4,000 acres, more than the entire
State Of Rhoade Island contains in terri
tory.
Mrs Whitman, lady sculptor of Bos-
ton, IS engaged on bust Of Miss Ellen
Terry. English society journals say that
both she and Mr.. Irving are much "busted."
According to the London World duel
to the death is about to be fought between
the young Duke de Morny, Of numming
fame, aud a young Count, journalist by
profession, whose name does not transpre.
The Governor Of the State Of Colma,
Mexico, has commissioned Emilio Mahlo,
to map the Lake of San Pedrito with
view of draining it, It is supposed that
WIS '"ho 70 NHo taHoo " the huuual } e4lO"
fever epidemic.
Religious seetarian agitation in Finland
has assumed serious proportions. 0ne John
KulasY, native Of 0sterbotten, has set up
as Pope, and is selling indulgences. An
emissaTy of his was recently murdered
while engaged on a propaganda mission.
Theodore Worss, in painting a San
Francisco picture with ehlnaman it it, had
TO battle with superstitious sbiection to be
ing drawn. II was the work Of months to
get models. If a ChiDaman was bribed to
come for one or two days be was sure to
desert on the third, leaving the artist with
half flushed sketch.
"A lady who was a companion to Nine.
Patti for about sixteen years in the early
part Of her career, is about to give the world
the experiences and "reminiscences Of that
part Of her life. The book is TO be pub.
lished in Vienna. Arrangements are in
progress, however, for its issue almost SIM
unanimously in several languages.
-Cheyiots and bciges remain lhe favorite
fabrics for traYeling suits.
The favorite figures on brown linens
ore clover leaves in browner tint
Among the French linens are change
able ones almost as pretty as the shot silks.
Gold, silver aud silk gauzes, with rails.
ed and shaded velvet figures are tho most
superb fabrics ever yet produced.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26
FROM WASHINGTON
Regular to the CARBON ADVOCATE.
WASHINGTON, d. c., April %. 'S4.
THE MORRISON BILL.

The vote by which the Morrison bill
was kept before the Committee of the
Whole in the House of Representatives
cannot afford much satisfaction to its ad =.
Vocates. The famous measure, which
the so-called tariff refoTmers fondlyhoped
would be the foundation for the success
OF the Democratic party in the Presiden-
tlal election in 1884, was introduced for
discussion into the House of Represcn-
tatives, where the regular Democratic
majority over the Republicans is rs. by
mai rlty of 2 1873 members were op-
posed to its consideration, as against l4O
who voted to take it up, There is no
doubt that among thesa l40 are several
who will oppose the bill itself when it
comes to anal vote, although they are
willing TO discuss it now. A change of
lew votes among the Democrats, or on
the part Of the six Republicans who vot-
cd in favor of considering the bill, would
suffice to kill it.
The solidity of the Republican vote
must show Mr.. Morrison that in spite of
the tariff reform sentiments professed by
some o; the m-mb,r Is on that side of the
House, he will look to them in vain for
any substantial aid.
1t requires hopeful vision indeed to
discern any real prospect of success for
the bill against the united action Of the
Republicans and the serious opposition
to it within the Democratic party itself.
Some think that the debate may last for
forty days. But, however long it lasts
1t will be useless. 1t will be useless to
the country, for 1t will teach nothing
that is not already known. 1t will be
useless to the Democratic party, for it
will come to nothing. 1t is impossible
Tor the bill TO become law.
AN IMPORTANT SHIPPING BILL.
II Congress passes bill which was in
trodueed by Representative Adams,
first class line of Atlantic steamers may
yet sail under the American flag. The
bill provides for the registry Of the ships
to be acquired, no matter where, by the
ineorporltors of the company, which
proposes - run fast steamers from tue
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26

FROM statistics we learn that while the
locomotives of the country perform the
work of 80 67G970 horses. and that
America is turning ont 900, 600 sewing
machines each year. which do the work
Of ] 2 600 600 women, the law of supply
and demand and consumption finds
plenty of employment for all Of the
horse.flesh attainable, while multitudes
of women wh) never sewed before find
abundant employment in the numberless
uses to which the sewing-machine is not
adapted. While a single shoe factory
at Lynn, Mass, turns out more pairs of
shoes every year than the 10000 boot
makers Of Paris. the same law that ex-
acted q price commensurate with the
value of hand labor thirty years ago,
exacts from the cons amer a greater price
for the production of the same article by
machinery, though the article has not a
tlthe of those qualities of durability and
comfort and general excellence that made
our ancestral cordwainers proud of their
occupation, and their patrons exempt
from the agony of corns and bunions
The girl of fifteen may spin her 2,100
miles of thread every day by the aid of
modern machinery, but, alas! the pond
derous opening in the seams of our gar
ments. at time and on occasions when
we least expect them, proclaim to us
that this is not the thread of our moth
er's. Thus all Innovations upon the old
methods of doing things. while they
have their varied uses, are not without
their varied abuses.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26
THE CLIMATE

OF North Carolina surpasses that Of any 9th.
,er state in the Union, being tempered on one
side by the AlSntlc ocean and on the other
by the High peaks ofthe Appalachian Noun.
tains. The average fall Of snow for the en-
tire winter is six inches. Tho average num-
Der fosgy days are two (2) Nopart OF tho
State is subject TO destructive gales Mean
annunl temperature for the State 70. Sum.
mer IS, Winter IS, rainfall 45 inches. While
the cold Of the winter Is not severe, the tem4
peeature of midsummer is not so trying or
excessive as farther North. While there ar
hundreds of sunstrokes in New York Stat
every snmr1er,th disease is almost Unknown
In N. q. Dnrlng late winter Of unusual
severity, the thermometer several times
dropped 10 80 degrees, and even to 40 degrees
below zero in Iowa, Michigan and New
York. here 10 degrees above zero was reached
but once, and then only for one single night.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26

The recent visit of Gen. Grant to
Washington has had no more significance
than that of Senators Sabin, Hawley and
Sherman to New York. This is an era
of political reconcliations, and the man
who is said to be the only man who can
save New York to the Republicans, re-
qnires n good deal of this kind of atten-
tion just now. Bob Lincolns still hunt
for place on the Presidential ticket, is
plagulng Logans friends in Illinois al
most to death. OF course if the feeling
in Bob's favor continues as strong as it
manifests itself in the strong Republican
States, and Illinois iu particular, Logan
will not have the ghost of chance. To
put wet blanket upon this formidable
Lincoln boom, is what Logan's friends
are endeavoring to do both in Illinois
and elsewhere, and they have even gone
30 far as to appeal to Bob personally to
announcs himself as not in the field, all
of which Robert will not do, because
like Mr. Blaine, he has said nothing aud
done nothing to make himself cand.
date.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26
A Library Within Easy Reach.

Funk & WaGnalls, New York, are doing
a great work for the lovers of standard
books. They have published in single
volume, cloth, quarto size, such works as
Macaulay's and Carlyle's Essays, John
Ruskin's "EIhics Of the Dust" also his
"Frondes Agrestes," Charles Kingley's
"Hermits," Lamartine's "Life of Joan Arc"
Demosthenes' oratons e vols,,) Disraell's
"Calamites Of Authors" and other works
by masters-in all IA, and this lmpor tant
volume, cloth bound, they sell for only
SO IS. See the large advertisement of this
house on another page. No one need be
without books now.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26
New Advertisements.
Spring without Blossoms.
Late in Life to Look for Joy-Yet Never
too Late 10 Mend

Auhu IL AaAAb W AaNNh AbA uVg AbN NNNNA
too Late 10 Mend
Readers Of HnwthOrne's "House Of Seven
Gables" will recall the pathos with which
poor Clifford PynCheon, who had been un-
Justly imprisoned since his early manhood,
said after his rolcasei "Ry life is gone, and
where is my happinoss7 Obi give me my
happiness" But that could be done only in
part rs CLEANS of warm sunshine OCCASION
ally fall across the gloom Of n New England
autumn day.
In letter to Messrs. HiscoS 81 Co., Mr.. L.
H. Titus. of Pennington, N. J.. says; II have
suffered untold misery from childhood from
chronic disease of the bowels and dlnrrho-a'
accompanied by great pain. sought relief
Mt the hands ofphysicians of every school and
used every patent and domestic remedy under
the sun. l have nt last found in PARK ER $
TONIC complete specific, preventive and
cure. AS your invaluable medicine, which
did for me what nothing else could do, is en-.
titled to the credit OF my getting back my
happy days, l cheerfully and gratefully ae'
knowledge the fact"
Mr.. n. ;. Wells, who needs no introduce
tiOn to the people Of Jersey CITY adds: "The
testimonial of MIR. Titus is genuine and vol
untary; only he does not adequately portray
the suffering he has endured for many years.
He is my brOther-in-law, and / know the case
well. He is now perfectly free from his old
troubles, and enjoys health and life, ascrib-
ing It. all to PARKER TONIC"
Uneuuailed as an invigOrnnt: stimulates all
the organs; cures ailments OF the liver, kid
noys, and all diseases Of the bloou.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26
WATER POWER
of the State aggregate more than three mil.
lion horse power.
THE SOIL AND CROPS.

The great variety OF soils together with
the climatic conditions gives rise TO tho
great variety OF natural products and large
yields and lays the foundation for an I'M
mense range Of agricultural products.
Cotton, grain, tobacco and rice are the
leading staple crops.
The Chinese tea plant nourisiies throuEh-
out the Eastern half of the State.
Flax, hemp and jute grow to perfection,
nd could be made a pay ing crop.
SILK.-The products Of this industry In
our State are equal in quality tothe French
and Itaiisn silk.
Irish and sweet potatoes are paying crops.
VEoEThBLEs.-No where In America can
tho trucking business be carried on to more
profit than in the eastern counties Of North
Carolina
MARKETs.-Tbe distance to New York
from the eastern and northern parts Of our
State is no farther than from the western
part Of N. Y. State to New York.
Price Of land varies with the distance
from market and fertility. The price OF
average quality is from three to ten deIlArs
per acre
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26

with intent to dofraud his creditors pro-
cures or suffers judgment to be procured
against him, or who, beirg actually
insolvent, suffers his property to be
seized on execution and fails within
twenty days to redeem, or has suspended
judgment of his accounts for period
thirty days after they we're due and pay
able, shall be deemed to have committed
an act of bankruptcy and be adjudRed
bankrupt on petition filed by three or
more of his creditors.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26

1'HK Philadelphia Pass: "Keifer,
having failed to vindioate himself, gives
mp the job and wants his constituents to
do it for him by giving him a renomina-
tion. Whether they will do so depends
upon whether they are as base as he. For
the present they are entitled to the bene-
a. Of the doubt"
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26
IMMIGRATION.

Many immigrants have
come into the State during
the past year chiefly from the
Northern and New England
States. We have special
rates with transportion COM
panies from Boston, New
York and Baltimore for very
cheap rates of passage and
freight. For special inform
alton, call on local agents
through the Northern and
New England States, or adj
dress
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26
MINERALS

are found in great variety and abundance
over large part Of the State. Among the
more useful and important are mari, iron,
COAL peat, limestone, gold, copper, silver,
lead, zinc, mica, tin (very recent discovery,
graphite, corundum. maganese, kaolit, fire
clay, whitestone, grlndstone and millstonej
a great variety OF building and precious
stones, including diamond.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26
THE STRENGTH oF THE sEnrs.

The religious census of America, as
calculated by Mr.. fl. X. Carroll, of the
INDEPESDtNT, shows degree of strength
in the American Churches which is sur
prising even 10 their friends. The vari-
Gus denominations, according to the re-
ports of 1853, stood as follows:
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26
TIMBER.

Az least thirty thousand square miles ot
our rrltory is stlll covered with timber,
consisting in part Of yellow and white pine,
several varieties Of oak, hickory, walnut,
chestnut, poplar, cypress. Juniper, maple
black ash, elm, mulberry, dog-wood, pers
simmon, holly, locust wild cherry, red cedar,
mountain mahogany curly maple and poplar.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26

at about bah-past nine o'clock on
Tuesday morning last, an earthquake OF
considerable force was felt in the East
evn counties of England; at Colchester
the shock WAS particularly severe. chin.
neys were topplsd over. walls displaced,
bells rang aud thing. in general were
we'll shaken up. The duration of the
shock was three seconds, and has caused
feeling Of deep alarm and insecurity
among the people.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26
Total in the U. S, il5,0lO Sl,7l7 i7,267 SIS

~NN~A ~ ~ iA"iOAO oliili la,<Oi,pto
1t must be noted that the Roman Cath
lies do not report the number of com.
municants, but the aggregate Catholic
population. The same is true, though
for different reason, of the Friends and
the Sohwenkfelders, who have no sacra-
menta Deducting these three depomin-
ations, We have communieant member
ship of TO- 33S, 224 iu all the Protestant
churches, each Of these standing for
three or four perons affiliated with the
churches bat not COMMITMENTS. Mr..
Carroll estimates the non Christian ele.
ment (Jews. MoTmous, Free Thinkers,
sto.) n about million. which we think
below the mark,
The theological complexion of Europe
10 very dissimilar. A high Austrian au.
thority elassifes the denominations as
follows.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26

The tra6e.dollar retirement bill was
before the Senate Committee on Tues
day, and after about half an hours dis.
cussion was laid over for one week.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26

The Alabama State Mineral Exposi-
ton was opened at Birmingham on Tues
day last.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26
STOCK MARKETS.

Reported up 10 ] 2 o'clock, by De Haven A
Townsend Bankers, No. SO Third Street,
Philadelphia. Stocks bought ahd sold
either for cash or on marGin.
pbif19e1nbso Anil % fool
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26

The FRANcAIs says the Emperor Will
liam, of Germany, shows continued
signs of somnolence and other gave
symptoms, which nre causing Serious
alarm,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26

For the whole world we haye the esti-
mates OF G. F. Kolb, an eminent German
stAtist. He estimates
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26
THE BANKRUPTCY BILL.

The Senate continued the considera-
ton Of the Bankruptcy bill, and consid-
cradle progress was made. A section
agreed to provides among other things
that any person owing provabls debts
exceeding $500 may voluntarily petition
to be adjucated bankrupt, Any trader
owing debts in excess of $1,000 who
leaves his State to avoid his creditors or
conceals himself to avoid arrest OF the
service of legal process or makes fraud
ulent transfer of his property oreoneeals
or removes the sale to avoid process or
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26
WILL MR.. AGrHuE WITHDRAW?

In view of the divisions in New York, ,
the intimate friends of the President
now advise him to withdraw his name
from the list of candids tes for the nomi-
nation at Chicago.
Two reasons are given for this change
of policy, First, if there should be, as
now appears probable, large majority Y
Ogains; him, Gen. Arthur would be sav-
Cd the humiliation of crushing defeat.
Secondly, these advisers believe that
immediate withdrawal would relieve the
President from harsh criticism, would
coneiliate the good will of his present
rivals, and might, If the Convention got
into a wrangle, fiualIy lead to his nomi-
as compromise candidate.
This advice may or may not be Judi
cious, but it is not easy to persuade a
candidate for President, however dubi.
Gus the prospect may be for him, that
he is not to be the chosen leader of his
party. Tyler, Fillmore, and johnson
were all smitten with this delusion. and
they all came to grief by cherishing it.
Gen. Arthur has had much to do with
politics and politicians. He ought to
be as free from self-deeeption as anybody
in public life, on account OF his long
personal experience with the machinery
of political organization. But the pos
session of power and the hattery which
it always brings, blind men to facts
which are visible to all the world. The
President is likely to adhere to bis pre-
sent course of action as an ayowsd can
didate.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-25
Christmas.

A Merry Christmas to all the readers of
the PREssl Again the universal holiday OF
the Christian world has coma, and all mem s
hearts turn to sentiments of good will and
kindly affection. The anniversary of the
best gift of God to bis human creatures has
become the occasion for general giving of
tokens of that love which strengthens and
blesses our relations with each other and
helps to make this world like that from
which He who so loved us came and to
which he has returned.
However hard the fortune, however griev-
ous the burden of sorrow, that men bear,
they can hardly fail to be cheered by the
pervadng joyfulness of the season. If there
are homes where no outward manifestation
of the sentiment Of the day is made, there
can be none where it has not penetrated and
where it is not influential for good. 1t is
pre- -eminently the chldren's day, and sad in
deed is the lot of that child who does not
feel that the world smiles upon him to-day,
or at least that there are kind hearts whose
regard he may hope to win by deserving,
that humanity does not always wear frown
for the needy, the weak and the enduring
sons of men. The babe of Bethlehem is the
worlds child, and there are none so meanly
born that they may not catch a ray of COM
fort and hope when they remember what he
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-25

The Savings banks OF Massachusetts re-
port this year that they hold on deposit an
aggregate of $262, 72O,o 900, an increase of
more than ten million dollars during the
year; but the increase of deposits below
$500 is only $515,eo0 These figures indi-
cate that the people who make the Savings
banks treasurers of their resources, that is
the working people Of the State, have not
yet been forced to draw upon their reserve
capital by the depression of the labor mark
ct. The increase of the smaller deposits
however was only one-third of the amount
of the increase in the preceding year which
shows that the working people have not
been able to save as much money. The
number of these banks in Massachusetts is
1913 and the total expense of their manage
ment was $685. 800; or quarter of cent
for each dollar deposited The average divi-
dend was 415 per cent.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-25

was and what he is in the estimation of
mankind.
While not forgetting that the precious
Gospel Of the coming of the Lord to dwell
among men has not yet had its perfect work,
that wrong and woe are still prevalent, and
that men are far from being as little chill
dren in guilelessness; it is possible to be-
lieve that the world grows better, and that
righteousness makes progress against the
selfshness which is the cause of most of the
unhappiness of existence. 1t is something
that for one day in the year so many are
willing to devote themselves to making 9TH
ers glad. In anticipation of enjoyment the
satisfaction of doing good extends far before
and after the occasion which prompts
the benevolence, and if it could only reach
entirely around the toilsome, fretful year,
making each day festival of jey-giving and
gratitude.
But we do not intend to preach homily.
There are others, perhaps enough, who can
do that better. II is day for dong and en-
joying rather than for exhortation. Almost
as much as the Thanksgiving which was Gel
ebrated month ago it is day of home
coming and of renewal oil the dearest asso-
Citations Of life, although it ia not SO distinct
lively such day as in lands where there is
no national Thanksgiving Day appointed.
Until within few years in New England
Thanksgiving Day in this respect was much
like Christmas in England, but now we OBJ
serve two days or make choice between
them. But for the children no day is or can
be like Christmas. For them it is holiday
indeed and to them and to all in every home
to which the PRESS comes, we say again A
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.