The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-02-23


in the vain hope that they will be aole
ITO beat the Stock Market" Lower
Broadway is filed with these dens, and
up town they are springing up at such a
rate as 10 show that the mafia for gamb-
ling is spreading. Several Of the former
pool rooms, where once the speculator
on horse races wasted his substance are
now devoted TO the ticker and the stock
market. Houses where they gamble on
the green cloth are closed, but these
places take tho money of the deluded
dupes with ell the more readiness and
rapidity. The way in which this nefari-
ous gambling can be stopped is by the
removal of the Stock Exchange indicat-
ors or tickers from places OF this kind.
The Gold and Stock Telegraph Company
has leased from the Exchange the priv
ilege of furnishing the quotations of the
market. 1t grants instruments 10 such
houses only as ore approved of by the
governing committee of the Exchange,
OF course many of the bucket shops get
| instruments surreptitiously,b but il is sus-
pected that many improper awards ara
couniyed at by employees. The Stock
Exchange must insist that the Telegraph
| Company discover the means of inform
alton possessed by every bucket shop,
and on discovery destroy il. Ii the tele.
graph company fail, then the governing
board eau take away the privilege Of
supplying the quotations and furnish its
own news The effect of these bucket
shops is damnable, and press and public
opinion should unite in .suppressinQ
them, for their influence is worse than
| that Of gambling houses in rs much as
the gambling in the former places have
the appearance Of legitimate business, il
speculating in securities is legitimate
business-and thus can be maintained
longer and without a sense of shame.
The funerals of Hon. Theodore Roose.
velts mother and wife on the same day.
| last Saturday, was one Of the saddest
events that stirred up society in the city
for long time. Both ladies died on
the same day, the mother from typhus,
and the wife in childbirth. The poor
infant is living. Young Roosevelt is al
most heartbr0ken, and the spirit with
which he conducted the work of the AS
sembly Investigating Committee in this.
city is lacking now. and will be subduetf'
for weeks to come. The funeral was
notable one. Legislators, judges and
prominent politicians from all parts of
the State, united with representatives OF
finance, and the best Knickerbocker So
ciety in showing their sympathy for the
promising young Assemblyman in his
awful double bereavement
Typhus, by the way, is becoming
somewhat alarmingly frequent The
Health authorities thus far have succeed
ed in detecting most cases. and taking
prompt action. They have also been
careful not to alarm the public mind.
But am told by prominent physician.
that unless the greatest care is taken. we
will have serious epidemic in few
weeks. The prolonged wet and fog has
SO permeated the ground, that when With
the advent of Spring, the suns rays
grow warmer, the miasmus TINS created
will make many victims. Plenty of
cleanliness, careful living aud great
moderation in the use of stimulants the
medical fraternity recommend as the
best preventives against the dreaded
disease which in four out of ten cases
ends fatally.
1t is understood that Mr. St. Clair
McKelway will succeed the late Mr.
Thomas Kinsella in the e6itorship of the
Brooklyn EAGLE. Mr.. McKelway is q
thorough newspaper man. an accom-
plished politician. and he understands
the politics of Kings County fully as
well as Mr.. Kinsells did. Besides he is
not SO self-willed and impetuous AZ the
dead editor was. and hence the EAGLE
will in future be Of more service to the
Democracy than it was.