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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-19
Supreme Court Decision.

The question involved in the case Of Robb
and others against the city of Scranton,
which the Supreme Court has just decided
m n writ of error tn the Court of Common
Pleas OF Lackawanna county, is whether II
certain instrument mude in 1875 between
the deyisees of Charles Robb, deceased, aud
George S. Anderson of the one part, and
john Craiger OF the other part, was.a lease
ur a sale. The case arose over the question
as To who was to pay tho taxes. The IN
strument in question conveyed all the coal
beneath the surface OF a certain tract, with
tho right to mine the coal and remove the
same. The maximum quantity tn be min
ed and removed is unlimited, but the
minimum average quantity must be paid
(nr in each year, whether mined or not.
The dnrati N nt the interest is unlimited.
Justice Clark, who delivered the opinion of
the Supreme Court, hoids-reversing the
court beow-that this conveyance, like
many other nominal leases, IS IN reality a
sale of a portion of the land. There was
such severance OF the surface from the
underlying strata as created d dividend
ownership in the distinct portions; that the
instrument is called a lease and the price
for coal dennminaied rent is not strong
enough to prevail against these facts. The
Court holds this mineral right to be taxable
separate from the haul.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-19
New Advertisements.
Spring Without Blossoms.
Late in Life to Look for Joy-Yet Never
too Late to Mend.

Lats in Life to Look for Joy-Yet Never
too Late to Mend.
Readers Of Hawthorne's blouse of Seven
Gables" will recall the pathcs with which
poor Clifford Pyncheon, who had been un-
justly imprisontd since his early manhood,
said after his release; "My life is gone, and
where is my happiness? Oh! give me my
happiness" But that could be done only in
part, as CLEANS of warm sunshine OCCASION
ally fall across tho gloom Of u New England
autumn day.
In letter to Messrs. HiscOx s. Co, Mr. L.
II, Titus, Of Penningo on. N. j., says: Il have
suffered untold misery from childhood from
chronic disease Of the bowels ami dIarrhma.
accompanied hy great pain ! sought relief
az the hands Ofphysiciaus Of every school and
used every patent and domestic remedy under
The sun. have at last found IN PARkER'S
TONIC complete specific, prev entiye and
cure. as your invaluable medicine, which
All for mo what nothing else could do. Is en-.
titled TO the credit Ot my getting hack my
happy days, | cheeriully aud gratefully ac-
knowledge the fact"
Mr.. '. :. Wells. who needs no introduce
tion to the people OF Jersey CITY adds: The
testimonial Of Mr.. Titus Is genulue AMI vol
untHry: only he does not Adequately pOTlras
the suffering he has endured Tor many yenrs.
he is my bruther-in-aw, and know the case
well. lie Is now perfectly free from his old
troubles, and enjoys health and life, ascriO-
ing t. all TO PARK ER'S TONIC"
lnequailed as an invigOTunt; stimulates all
the organs; cures ailments Of the liver, Kid
neys, and all diseases Of the blOOu.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-19
The Weather.


De Voc, the New Jersey weather prophet,
writes to the N. Y. SIN as follows, touching
the condition OF the weather during April
and May: IA great many are predicting a
very dry April and May,as we have had the
usual amount OF rainfall for year during
the mast four months. Bnt the present
indications show that there will be an
abundance of rain all the spring, and il is
safe to rely on very large hay crop. April,
like March, will be very stnrny munth,
with thunder sh0wers,and the centre OF the
shower belt will pass oyer New York city.
Temperature will run unusually high for
April from the Sth to the 18th. II will be
followed by heavy thunder showers and
lnnds. Then the temperature will take
sudden fall, aud we will have sharp frnsls
about the goth, with very cold northwest
storms on the 24th, and cyclones along the
coast, south Of New jersey Our farmers
should not be in hurry to plant such crops
as the lross will injure, as we are quite
certain to have frosts in the month of May"
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-19
spurgeon's Life Work.

TINS famous London preacher has been
engaged inr many years on great literary
undertaking winch he calls Tue TREAsuRY
OF DAVID. II is an exceedingly valuable
commentary on the Psalms. altogether
different lrom ordinary works of this kind.
Few men Lying are as interesting writers
as is Mr.. SpurGeon. DR.. John Hall saws
of this great work that "ior instruction it
is without an equal" and DR.. Philip schaf
says THAT il is the most important work
of the age on the Psalms" II is published
by Funk d Wagnalls, New York. See
their large book advertisement on another
rage.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-19
GEORGE BLISS AND wALsH.

Chairman Springer received long letter
lrnm John A. Walsh in which he says he
has seen in public prints the testimony Of
George Bliss before Sprnger's committee,
that he (Walsh) has always been difficult
to find when he became convinced that
Bliss as prosecution had substituted for the
trenchant sword ni Justice II bade made of
ioiIed leather. lie adds. his letters to r. T.
Merrick will Iii close when aud why it be
came 'tiicultto find him. aud he prays the
committee to call for those letters.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-19

J. W. KLEINT0P, Collector, in Account
with the Borough of Lehighton, Penn, for
duplicate year, ending, 1883;
DIR.
TO amount ofSuplleats 1883, .Ss62S 60
oil additions ......... es So
-ASTIl a
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-19

III .
We, the undersigned duly elected Auditors
OF the borough of Lehighton, do certify TO
fuTexOinK acc ''unie and find J. W. klleniOp's
balance due on duplicate II 1883. t295 rs,
and 6allek
MO. TREXLER,
D; J. ,8kETNES, Auditors
AbriLsth va
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-19

:,
realIy mn Arlhur deiegatinn. Carsnn, they
saY' NAV Oe lur Logan now, but will GER
fanny oe Tor arthur at Chicago. They
chnree inc successful delegates with having
procured thrlr election by fraud aud cur
rurt'"n' Bop lngersnll. they insist, was
soiely tne oho'ce OF the politicians oi the
bsTlrt iur one nl lhe delegates, Out he was
"eic"t"" Wy or""keu WORK ~ the primaries
ana lhe convention; Another set say tnat
TITS Is true "i DR.. E A. Adams, a popular
Young doctor
lie Respectable people oi the Dietrtcl
We're amused ana instructed 10y the DIS
EtSce'ul scehss AT the primaries ana. the
convention. ne -District gets surielt oi
P"i'u's on wv" h"Ns once every hnr years.
II mas no desire To vote i"r any 1ogy else a!
any ume lhan deiegates TO the National
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-19

We, tho undersIg ned duly elected Auditors
of the Borough Of Lehis hton, do certify thai
the foregoing accounts Rrs correct to the bsst
of our knowledge and belief
\. +. {. EEESSSEE$$FtkEER ESS.FtE Auditors.
Lehighton, March 25th, 1854.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-19
A STANDING ARMY.

The machinery of the Internal Revenue
Bureau is much larger than is generally
supposed. The last report of the Commits.
inner gives the following statistics Of the
force pmployed:
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-19

s3Asl LPHILAbEiPHIA suNbAY REcoRD: The
Lshigh ore diegsrs had nothing to do
WITH framing the Allentown tariff reso-
NJ lqtious Their condition is 50 ab;, ct
that even iheinpOried H1ngOrians pass
..suyOp- -io-nere eniieing labor.
- IN the opinion, Of the.MIDEoAL PRE,s.
- SphyAiciahs are vtry decidedly in
favor of the total abolition Of corporal
n pubishmtnt in schools The editor as.
- ssrss that toe London University College
School, which is attended bv 500 boys.
hos beepoarried on from the first with.
out corporal punishment, and is tqnal to
...Apy school in England with respect to
N discipline. It
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-01-17
A Clever Adventures.

A decided sensation was created at
Washington during the Van Buren, Adj
ministration, by the appearance there
of handsome and Well-educated Italian
lady, who called herself Americas
Vespucci, and claimed descent from the
navigator who gave his name to this
continent. Ex-President Adams and
Daniel Webster became her especial
friends, and she was soon a welcome
guest in the best society. In a few
weeks after her arrival she presented a
petition to Congress, asking first, to be
admitted to the RIG hts of citizenship,
and secondly, to. be given q corner of
land out OF the public domain of the
country which bore the name of her an
cestOr. An adverse report, which was
soon made, is one of the curioSities of
Congressional literature. 1t eulogized
the petitioner as "a young, dignifed.
and graceful lady, with mind of the
brightest intellectual culture, and a
heart beating with all our own enthu-
siasm in the cause of America and hui
man liberty" The reasons why the
prayer of the petitioner could not be
granted we're given, but she was com
meGded to the generosity of the Ameri-
can people. '"The name of America
'ON4 COuuOI HtSlllC-SuOllt(l DG uOlOEGu,
respected. and cherished in the person
OF the interesting exile from whose an
cestor we derive the great and glorious
title"
a subscription was Immediately
opened by Mr.. Haight, the Sergeant-at-
Arms of the Senate, and Judges, Con-
gressmen, and citizens wed with one
another in their contributions. just
then it was whispered that Nine. Yes
Pucei had borne an uneviable reputa-
ton at Florence and at Paris, and had
been induced by pecuniary considera-
ton to break off an intimacy with the
Duke of Orleans, Louis Phillippe's oldest
son, and come to Washington. Soon
after the Dukes younger brother, Prince
de Joinville, came to this country, and
refused to recognize her, which virtually
excluded her from reputable society.
For some years subsequently she re-
sided in luxurious seclusion with
wealthy citizen of New York, in the in
terror of that State, and after his death
she returned to Paris.-Ben. Perley Poore.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-01-17
a Floating Theater PrOposed.

a startling innovation is to be intro
duced into the histrionic world in the
shape of a floating theater company. A
certificate was filed Wednesday in the
County Clerks office at New York in
cooperating the company. The capital
is placed at 81 900, 900, to be divided in
to one hundred thousand sGares. The
first boat, designed by Mr.. R. M. Fryer,
is to be built on the catamaran principle,
and the structure will be supported Oh
two stee! cylinders of twenty feet each.
The dimensions will be two hundred and
seventy-six feet in length by sixty-five
feet in width. The motive power will
be compound engine of twenty-five
hundred horse power, while the draft
will be seven and q half feet. State
room accommodation for company of
,One hundred will be provided, while the
seating capacity of the theater itself, in
GLIDING parquet and two balconies, will
be for fifteen hundred people. The par
quet is to be on the front of the vessel,
taking UP little more than One-third its
length, and the stage will be in the mid
die. The engine-roOms, state-rooms
and dining-rooms and kitchen Will Oc-
.cupy the after part The boat is to be
B built by contract in New York and will
cost $3.50, 900. It's to rejoice in the title
of the Gladiator. eve have the sympa-
thy of some very eminent theatrical peo-
ple," said one of the trustees. 81 may
say that they are enthusiastic on the
subject. Our object is simply this:
There are two million people outside of
New York and Brooklyn. distributed in
towns of from ten thousand to twenty
thousand inhabitants, who have no OPP
portunities of witnessinga good perform
ance without coming to the great cities.
eve shall visit such towns as Newport,
Albany, Newark, Patterson, StoningtOn
and Fall River, anchor alongside the
dock and give them first-class perform
ances, such as never could be heard IN
the miserably appointed theaters Of such
towns. We shall have q regular stock
company, who will live on the boat all
the year round The appointments OF
the theater will be simply sumptuOus.
All that art and modern theatrical inn
provement can suggest will be found on
board the Gladiator. We shall rival
Wallack's and the Fifth Avenue in point
of completeness, while our company
will be a second Madison Square troupe
and conducted exactly upon the same
principles as those which govern that
theater. We can move from place to
place during the summer months, but
we shall keep the company in action
three hundred and sixty-fve days in the
year. The cost of running it will not
be nearly so much as that of managing
n theater on land. There will be no
land taxes, and we can therefore afford
to build a very fine boat, and p theater
which will be one of the best in the
world. ~. Y Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-01-17
Curious Statutes.

Tt will probably be a surprising piece
of news to bakers that under the laws
of Pennsylvania they cannot collect a
bill for the sale of bread. The reason
of this is that the law provides that all
bread shall be sold by the pound. and
that scales for the purpose of weighing
shall be kept on the counter or in some
other conspicuous place in all bakeries,
The law further provides that unless
the bread be weighed the sale is illegal
and the seller liable to a fine of ten dol
lars and costs for each offense, and that
one half of this sum shall go to the in
former. The proprietor of every bak-
cry in Philadelphia is liable to arrest,
as in no case is bread sold by the pound,
but by the loaf. There is a city ordi-
nance also which directs that all oysters
arriving at Philadelphia shall be sold
blythe hundred and in no other way.
At present all oysters on the wharYes
are sold by the barrel, and it is asserted
by lawyers that no debt contracted I'M
der this method of sale is legal When
it is considered that there are not less
than 100000 worth of oysters sold
daily on the wharves and boats of PhiIa-
delphia, two-thirds Of which are taken
on credit, the Importance of the law on
this subject will be appreciated.
In both the cases of bread and oysters,
the laws are dead letter. but in civil
actions they would be sufficient to nom
suit the claimants of debts contracted
by such sales, without regard to the
justice of the claim. The fact is aptly
illustrated by an event IN the courtSlffe
of the late Lucas HirSt. Mr.. Hirst, one
of the ablest pleaders at the bar, was
also noted rs a man who took advan-
tage. of every circumstance in favor of
his client. Eight years ago he was re-
tanned to defend in an action of debt a
retail grocer who had obtained hun
dreds of dollars worth of bread from a
baker and then refused 70 pay the bill
In due time the suit.came up for trial,
The baker was represented by aconceit-
ed young lawyer who would not deign to
notice the presence of Hirst. He proved
the case completely and then rested.
Mr.. Hirst had asked the plaintiff but
one question, and that was if he had
not sold all the bread by the loaf, to
which he answered in the affirmative.
'.Have you any defense to ofer?"
asked the Judge, addressing the counsel
for the defendant.
81 need none under the law, replied
Hirst, coolly.
Il am rather impressed with the idea
that you will find yourself without one
when have charged the jury, answered
the Judge as he turned in his chair.
q 81 will ask for non-suit as soon as
your honor is acquainted with the law, -
sarcastically rejoined Hirst, as he handed
the Judge the statute headed, Bread. "
The Judge, after perusing it quietly,
handed the book to the young lawyer
for the plaintiff, with the question in a
subdued tone: Have you any answer
to that?''
He had none, of course, and Mr..
Hirst's motion was granted. P1aiIadeI-
phiG Item.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-01-17
Wonderful Falls in New South Wales.

Writing to the Baltimore San from
Sydney, N S. W.. traveller SAYS: 81
have never. seen anything in America
that compared with Wentworth Falls in
the combination OF both beauty and
grandeur. At first the water leaps a
distance, of seven hundred feet, as
though falling over the back to the seat
of a great armchair cut out OF the face
of the mountain by some giant Of nature.
Falling in spray, it gathers itself for an
other run and leap, the second time fall
ing over eight hundred feet into the
great gorge below. The fall is so far
and the foliage so dense at the foot that
the eye fails TO see the second gathering
place of the clouds of spray glittering
In the sunlight fifteen hundred feet be-
low The valley below the falls spreads
out into a great anphitheatre fifty miles
across. and hemmed mon every side but
one with the perpendicular walls of the
mountain. No human foot has ever
been known to tread this valley, as it
cannot be reached from below, by rea-
son of a second preeipiee over which
the same stream falls, and to go down
from above would be a perIlous under-
taking .
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-01-17
The Whistle.

When Bouffe favored us with his
company in the foyer of the Varieties
n rare Occurrence-he generally RECALLED
us with some good story picked in the
course of his long theatrical life; and
one of these, the last ever heard from
his lips, distinctly remember. He
was starring at Rouen, and on one of
his off nights strolled into the theatre
when Herold's Tampa" was played.
Among the actors was a new recruit, to
whom for some reason or other, the
spectators had taken a strong dislike,
and Kissed him most numerically, I'M
til at last the poor fellow came forward
and addressed the audience as follows:
Ladies and gentlemen, have a wife
and three children, and, if 1 had been
fortunate enough to please you, should
have earned q yearly salary of 1,S00f.,
which would have Sufficed for US all. I
do not dispute your right to reject me,
but although my singing has not salts
fed you, perhaps my whistliDS may. -
ThereupOn he began to whistle pOpu-
= Ian. air with such perfection that the
whole, house was, in raptures, and he
was unanimously accepted on the ex-
press condition that, whatever vocal
parts mightin future be assignedt to him,
he should whistle instead of singing
them, ongnsaa's Magazine. -
The valuation of property in New
York City is as great as that of London.
IN 7. Sun. tr
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-01-17
The Female Managing Editor.

When very mad man rushes into the
st. Louis Chronicle Office with a club, and
expresses in emotional tones an ambition
to annihilate somebody, he is politely
referred to Miss Fanny Bagby, the man
aging editor. 1t is not hard to imagine
the sensation of a person frothing at the
mouth and thirsting for human life,
upon being introduced into the presence
of shy young girl, whose fair cheeks
reek with timid bushes and in whose
startled eyes comes the look of fright
ened fawn. The murderous man col
lapses into a chair, and his hideous
weapon of death falls to the floer.s The
man thinks himself brute to have thus
boisterously thrust himself into the
presence of a shrinking woman. and he
begins to stutter out apologies, while the
beautiful young editor continues blush
ing and trembling in delirium of dis
may. Yet in reality she is no coward.
Emergencies have arisen IN which this
fair journalist mas demonstrated her
pluck and agility, 1t is to her credit
that she never goes armed, and she will
not even adopt the precaution Of keep
inga pistol in the drawer of her desk.
But she can slap and scratch with mar
velOus deXterity, and huge, hulking men
have been seen lettering out of her
presence with their eye-baIls hanging
out on their cheeks and their noses split
open like quail on toast Chicago Netos,
President Fillmore's mansion at
Buffalo, n. Y, is. to be turned into .
boarding house.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-01-17
Ball Dresses.

TulIe and gauze in colors and white,
with embroidery of gilt and silver, are
used for ball dresses. Red in scarlet
shades, pale rose, cream, or pure white
tulle is wrought in stars or dots with
fattened threads of gilt or silver. This
is made up in combination with plain
tulle Of the same shade over satin. The
fashion so prevalent last winter of hav-
ing the cOrsage of velvet or satin with
tulle or gauze skirts has not lost favor.
Bands of the satin or velvet form. the
best trimmings for tulle skirts of such
dresses, and are put on as borders be-
fore the tulle is plated, or in lengthwise
bands down the middle of the plaits.
The silver gauzes are seen in stripes
both wide and narrow, and mOdisteS
who furnish the latest novelties COM
mend stripes to their most fastidious
customers. Velvet ribbon is sometimes
effectively employed on these transpar-
ent fabrics to form stripes, and is
much used for rosettes and long-Iooped
bows for drapery, and on the corsage.
Valeneiennes and Oriental laces are
preferred to the silk Spanish laces for
trimming ball dresses. Lengthwise
plaits of tulle, made very wide, Dor
dered with satin and edged with lace, are
placed on the front of short dancing
dresses. The back and hip draPery is
bouffant and rather short, while the
lower part of the back of the skirt is
covered with two or three box plaits of
tule trimmed to match the side plaits
of the front. The low waist is pointed,
made of satin, and finished with tulIe at
the top. Very few artificial flowers are
used, as ribbons are now cut into sharp
pointed ends and made in fanciful
Tosettes for trimming, and only a single
Bouquet of natural flowers is added;
this is stiH worn high in the left side, or
else just at the waist line Grper's
Bazaar. a.sasIs ssi5s 2Eiaas sa. lis fo gsI