The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-01-19

mhiho VI aho ohNto AhlhAly win PNOphDly
never contain the body of the last scion
Of race Of resiaurateurs, men who bave
had al much genius in raising the science
of providing the delicacies Of the table
to fine art, as the Rothsohilds haye in
accommodating money.
attended the celebration Of the Oar
dinals Golden Jubilee at the Cathedral
in Fifth Avenue, last Saturday. II was
a a.magnihcent religious ceremony, in fact
as grand a one as has eyer occurred in
the marble temple. Nearly ave hundred
priests and bishops filled the seats near
the seAetsary, aud the mellow strains Of
the chancel choir, accompanying the
quartette in the organ loft, irresistibly
carried one away from the consideration
Of mere worldly matters. The Cardinal
himself is a wonderfully changed man.
He Is so thin as to be almost transparent.
His tender, delicate, almost feminine
face was of ideal wbiteness. which wss
intensified by the snowiness Of his hair.
He appeared so weak that be bad TO be
supported, and his voice was so thin and
weak that his words we're scarcely audi.
BILE. ! can remember his predecessor,
the late Archbishop Hughes. What q
contrast between the two men. The ,ne
vigorous, commanding, aggressive and
consumed with the burning energy Of an
Alexander or Napoleon, the other weak,
yielding, gentle and studious. The two
men in their outward appearance aud
character represent the two epochs in
the history Of the CTholic Church in
this country. Hughes the church mill.
tant, fighting for recognition and the
right to carry on her services and insti-
tntions without molestation, the other
the church triumphant, in full enjoy
m mt of everything that she fought for
under Hughes leadership.
Retail wine dealers are in great clover
at present over the manner in which a, II
not the leading, frm of importers of
champagne are compelled TO meet them.
Some time last spring. this firm issued a
circular TO the trade that owing TO the
poor grape crop Of the previous season.
they were compelled to advance the price
Of wine 81 50a basket by June lst. or
course every dealer sent in orders for as
many baskets as he could possill ly
han lie, to be delivered before June LIST,
TIE result was that the orders in France
q cumulated to such an extent that they
could scarcely handle them in the fac.
tory. Another unfoi seen circumstance
now occurred. 1t seems that for cham.
payne corks only the best and most vel
vety part of the slabs of cork of com
merce can be used. Cracks or large
holes in the body of cork render it not
strong enough to repress the spirit OF the
wine. Hence it frequently forces the
cork out, or if it fails in that, the carhonic
acid escapes, the wine leaks into the cork.
and the residum when the bottle is open.
ed is fiat and tastes corkey. When ord
ers came in at such amusing rates, the
bottiers We're compelled to use an interior
cork.
The anxiety Of stockholders and spec
ulators in North River Construction
Company Stock is ended. by the knowl.
edge of the worst. Tie concern is in
the hands of receiver. and the manag.
ers hope thus to be able to keep their
heads above water. So many inquiries
as TO tue value of this stock for invest
ment or speculative purposes have reach
ed us that last Saturday morning. tie
day on which application for a receiver
was made, l called on one of the best
writers on financial affairs in the city.
Said he: 1.-THE whole thing in nutshell
is this. The North River Construct on
Company Attempted to build for the
West Saore Company q railroad for fifty
Central Now when you consider that
the New York Central is the work of
years, and cost one hundred and filty
millions, You will see the folly OF the
undertaking The men who attempted
- do this, were not sharpers; they were
honest and experienced railroad mep;
this is shown very clearly by the fact
that they themselves took the stock at
par. and asked their friends to go in at
that figure, as the stock was bound TO
rise to $50.
Oue hears very little of the libel suit
for $4,000 damages, which Gerald Mas
s-Y has commenced against the New
York, TINES for ridicaling one of his
transcendental lectures. and the impres
sion prevails that Mr. NJ ,,sev will see
the folly of his ways and le. the matter
drop.