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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-21
OUR HARRISBURG LETTER.
Special to the CARBON ADV, CATE.

HARRI BURG. Pa, March II, 'S5.
The snlons have again been at work
for little over week and haye Goue
considerable work. They came back
from the Inauguration seemingly de
termined to do lots of work ard do it IN
short time too. Those little disturb
nnces that they have bad in the past sucl
as the Inauguration and electing Unit
ed States Senator, are out Of their way
The coast is clear and they have nothing
to ID but to get down to work aud show
the dear people of tue State that they 10
can do work when there is nothing dis.
turbiug them. They have begun to show
little rs if they Intended reform. In.
stead of two hours for a session they
made it three.
The under ground telegraph bill has
raised a storm, during the latter part OF
las. week aud the beginning of this,
1t was killed some time ago in the cou.
mittee to which it was refs rred, ana now
the advocates of the bill are trying to
get it on the calendar. They succeed, d
on Monday night after having been in
session until II O'Clock. There is good
reason to believe that there is more cor
ruption existing about this bill than any
that has been here. 1t will very likely
become law and then the cities will be
rid of the unsightly polls and wires.
And still the new bills are pouring III
and " III continue TO do so until after the
23rd of March when none dare be read
in the House without its consent. Iu
the House on Tuesday OF last and Tues
day of this week the lawyer members
bad hot debate oyer the question OF
allowing lawyers who are admitted to
practice at the Supreme Court. to prac-
tice at any county bar in the common
wealth. MI. Green, of Berks, opposed
this bill gu the ground that if it should
become law poor practitioners would
by this means be permitted to practice
at the bars that have safeguards thrown
around them. MIR. Green seems very
anxious to protect the Berks county bar,
which does not extend the common eour.
tesies that exist at most bars. Mr.. Col.
born in this case took mp the resolution
and opposed Mr., Green in q vigorous
speech, and when the bill was called for
final passage it went through without
any trouble. It has several good advo.
Gates in the Senate aud will very likely
go through there without much oPposi-
lion.
The New Orleans men are not dis.
eouraged yet. TheY are trying to put
another bill through, this time sppTopri-
ating Sc 600 to pay for tue fixing Cf
things ut the exhibition. Several con.
missiOners Of olkeT States have tels-
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-21

They msy trayel on the lorl side u they
please, but then If they are met by person
driving in an opposite direclion, they
must turn out. The obligation is not 10
keep to any PARTICULAR part the highway,
but simply TO turn to the right when others
meet them"
Alter citing The refusal Of Chief Justice
Gibson to allow the established law of the
road TO be modified by any parole evidence
OF local rules and customs, the judge con
tinues. ain the present case the defendant
was on the left hand side Of the highway,
with room between hun and the curb for a
carriage in the opposite direction to pass
him, had a right of way on the railway
track, he strattled one Of the rails, having
thus but one wheel on the track, it was his
duty to follow tho claw Of tho road,''
which regulated the conduct uf those not
driving on the track. Instead of keeping
to the right of the carriage approaching
him, he kept to the left, snd his right
wheel come in contact with the defendants
right wheel. lie was thus Violating him.
eelt the claw Of tho road " The jury hav-
ing under these instructions as to the law
Of the case found the defendant guilty of
no negligence, gave a verdict in his favor
This verdc. we see no reason to disturb
The motion for a new trial is dismissed"
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-21
RnR IEnFRsn1l.

Col. Bob Inser, oil stood on the stage
OF the Bjcu Theatre, N. Y, Sunday eve
ming, and talked TO crowded house
about Orthodoxy Here are a few Of
the thugs be said
"Wheu young man is pale and thin,
with narrow chest and feeble eonsli.
tuition, his friends imagine he is fit for
nothing but the ministry. The minis
ters say they love their enemies. This
may be true, but never saw one who
thought great deal of me, and so !
shouldn't wonder is they considered me
in the light of friend. A few weeks
ago lightning struck the building of the
Y. NJ. G. A., in Washington. My Office
is iu the same block. Ii this was special
Providence think it was mighty poor
Workmanship.
"Churchmen say this is an age of civil
ization, yet there is not corner in the
wide world where it is safe for an uupro.
tected woman TO walk after nightfall.
II would like to have the power that
God is credited with. IL l had, the frat
man who raised his arm against the poor.
shrinking woman. whom be swears to
love, protect, and cherish-well, 1t would
be n case Of paralysis. I'd wipe the
practice out Of existence in six weeks.
God can't forgive you if you ohent
Jones or Smith II you don't square
matters with them in this world and
should meet one of them in heaven,
think you'd miss noto ou your harp
even if God had forgiven you.
Il think il Is better for man to love
his wife than TO love God. An infinite
God, by practising a reasonable amount
OF economy. can worry along very com,
fortably without your love-
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-21

grapbed to men here urging them to
compensate Commissioner Thomas.
There is too much opposition to this
question to even entertain a hope that 1t
will go through.
The forests are TO be protected from
the woodman's AK by passing law e1-
empting from taxation certain per cent
of all the forests Of the State. A bill to
this effect was read on last Wednesday in
tho Senate. Iu the House the same day
two very important bills were read in
place. Gao is to provide penalties for
minors who make false representations
to persons authorized to perform the
marriage ceremony. The other is TO
prohibit the selling, furnishing or giving
tobacco to minors under 15 years Of age.
The time in which these bills are read is
very much against them. It Is too late
The House has been granted to the
State Teachers Association 10 hold their
meetings in OIL July 7, 8, o. On Friday
the appropriation committee was to visit
the Home for Feeble-Minded Children.
This is another one OF those grand insti-
tutions that are doing SO much good for
our State. $50 persons from this and
other States are now taken care of in the
Home. Most Of those from other States
are children from rich parents and they
pay much more than is required for their
maintenance, all of which is used to nav
for the care of the poor of our State.
The Members and Senators are begin
ming to realizs that their hundred days
are soon past. They really mean work
and they will be very likely to run
through q considerable number of bills
On Tuesday evening Mrs. Mary S.
Hunt. Secretary Of tNational Scientific
Instructors. delivered lecture before
the House in favor of the Scientific Edu-
cation Bills, she made n strong argument
in favor Of the bills, aud put to shame
those msmberS who denounced the bill
as book scheme, She showed couclus.
lively that the Law is practical and that
it would be blessing to the State.
Michigan and New York have the same
law and it is blessing. the same she
thiuks will be good for us. Mrs Hunts
remarks acted like fire brand and will
stir up The drowsy members to a sense of
their duty. II the bill becomes a law we
will follow in the line of in diligence. If
the bill is voted down. generations will
be voted down. Ii we save the children
We save the State.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-21
TIE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

TEE Oongre' o lal apporiio Iment that
will pas the Pennsylvania Senate was
agreed upcn by the caucus OF Republican
SsrAtots Tuesday night. All differences
were rsconciled and 20 amendments will
be proposed on the floor The bill
diff RS in many respects fEom The one
agreed upon by the House caucus.
the latter gives Philadelphia Eve distric S,
while the bill OF Tuesday night gives tho
city six. 1t was argued in support OF
giving Philadelphia 1ik districts that
while the census of 1880 entities the city
to only Ave aud half there has been a
more than sufficient growth curing the
last Eve years to make mp the difference.
The bill apporlions the State as follows:
FIRsTDisTRIoTtBlngha 's)-Philadslphi
First. Twenty sixth, Thirtieth and SeYenth
warde.
SECOND .tRandolrs) - Second, Third,
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eleventh, Twelfth and
Sixteenth wards
THIRD O'Neil's)-Eighth, Ninth, Tenth,
Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Twentieth wards
FoURTH { Kelly's } - Twenty. seventh,
Twenty fourth, Fifteenth, Twenty.elghth
end Twenty-ninth wards.
FITTH tnew)-Scycn,centh. Eighteenth,
Nineteenth and Thirty FIRST wards
SIKH (H0rmor's 's>-Twenty-iirst Twenty
second, Twenty third and Twenty.hfth wards.
SRvRETH-Bucks and Montgomery coun.
ties,
EIsRTu-Chester and Delaware.
NIETH-Lancastor.
TXHTn-Car bon, Wayne, Pike, Monroe and
Northampton.
ELEvENTH-Be and Lehlgh.
MISUNDERSTANDING and Lackawanua.
Observation-Disclosures.
FOURTEENTH - Lebanon, Dsuphn and
Perry.
FirrBENTu-S Schuylkill.
SIxrErNTn-Tioga Bradford Sullivan and
Wyoming.
sEvsSTErSrH-Cumbe beriand, Adams and
York.
EIGHTEENTH Miflin, Juniata. Union,
Snyder, Fulton, Franklin and Huntington.
NlSETEgNTA-Cambrla Blair, Bedford and
Somt trset.
1WESTiETH-Elk, CeulTo, OlenTuelu' EoT-
est aud Clarion.
TwBNTY.FIRsT-Fayette Westmoreland
and Republican segment OF Allegheny.
TwESTV.sEcoYD-Part OF Allegheny.
TwBNTY.TarRp-Part of Allegheny.
TwENrY.FouRrR Armstrong, Butler,
Jefferson and Indiana.
TwESTY.FIFTH-COlumb Clinton, Ly-
coming, Montour and Northumberland.
TwBNTY.5IxTH-Venan Warren, Me-
Kean, Mercer, Potter and Cameron.
TwENTY.sEvEETH-Cra ford and Erie.
TwENTY.EIGHTH-B Beaver, q reen, Lawrence
And Washington.
The bill would mako nineteen Republican
to nIno Democratic districts.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-21
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"An elghl.page l"rly, column weekly a
whole year for only 50 cents" This is the
otieI made by the publishers Of tho AMRII.
CAN RURAL Hons, of Rochester, N Y, to
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nails that are at present being extensively
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for fifteen years. Many oi the ALlrst A IL
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eight large pages are always brimiuI"i tract
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lAny ui tho highest character. L. Is,,G short,
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and publishers AMI cheerlully recommend
il To our readers Us II irst-class agricultural
journal worth twice the muney asked for il,
The regular price is ono dollar year, in
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tut g'nuIne, bona fda proposition tu
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page ,inrly column agricultural werkiy ever
offered at that price. Address, Rural Home
Co., Rochester, n. Y.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-21

The Mauch Chunk merchants have
combined for the purpose of driving the
immense thropg of trampIug peddlers
from the county. 1t Is laudable pur.
pose, and one in Which they should be
joined by the merchants and dealers OF
Lehighton and every other borough. town
and village in the county. In further.
auce of this NOV, ment, our esteemed CO.
temporary, the Mauch Chunk DEMOCRAT
gives the following sensible advice ito
the wives of our citizens throughout the
country We wonld say, don't encourage
the tramp peddler. II he comes to your
house and proposes just to show you the
contents of his pack, tell him You don't
want to see it, and if be persists iu try.
ing to forcs his trash upon you, and if
you have a faithful bulldog on the
premises with good teeth. set him on IL o
swindler and thus get rid of him." By
adopting this plan our citizens will most
ably second the efforts OF honest trades
men to rid the county of the peddler
pests
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-21

The Brown Chemical CO.. Baltimore Md,
the owners of tho celebrated Browns Iron
Bilters, haYe just issued beautiful Hand
Book aud Almanac for ladies', and eom
plsto and useful Memorandum Book Tor
men. These publications are attractive,
containing great many valuable and in
teresting things. They are furnished free
Of charged by druggists aud country store
keepers, but should they not haYe them the
Brown Chemical Co will send either book
ON receipt OF a two ceut stamp to psy post
age. g.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-21
THE DECLINE IN WAGES SINCE 1852

The last humber of Brads,reet's gives
some highly interesting results Of ill.,
guiries made concerning the present
wages received by the working people of
the United St,tes a. compared with
thosc received by them in 1889. The in
vestigation embraced GU cities, from
which $50 separate reports were obtaiu-
ed. In zach case the value Of the goods
produced was at least $50, 600 per year,
and the aggregate represented classes
embracing three'qnarters OF tho total
manufacturers OF the country. The con.
ousions arrived at are thus summed up:
rooD pnoDuCTs
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-21

TIE current number of the British
Medical JOURNAL denies the possibility
of smoking having caused the oapcer
with which Gen. Grant is afflicted. Tue
JOURNAL says that the risk Of cancer in
throat incurred by smokers is iufinites-
simal, and it denouuces the anti-tobac-
conists for seeking to mako capital for
their particular fad out OF the sufferipgs
OF great man.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-21

business is not rushing, and tho weather
would take the bnck bone out OF
rhinoceros. Would could sing, "Hail,
gentle Spriug" but while we've bad the
hail, we've had no gentle Spring yet.
Yours truly,
BROADBRIM
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-21

Hon. W. NJ. Rapshcr Is renovating The
dwelling purchased by him from Mr..
shick, at Mauch Chunk, and will moye to
that borough on or about April lst.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-21

1t will bs seen from this table that. tx.
cept in The case OF workers in the plo-
duction Of cotton and woo!len goods,
and OF coal, iron and steel, the decline in
wages since 1882 has been, when com
pared with the decline in the prices OF
food and clothing, little or nothing. In
fact, all the Industries, outside of coal
mines, iron and steel works, aud cotton
AID woollen factories, are now really paw
ing higher wages, when measured in
staple commodities, than they ever did
before.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-21


stats Of PenRSyieantd, County Of Carbon, SIS:
I, W. W BOwmtn, Cashier at the RbuNr-ramed
bhnk ii" solemuly swear that the ahOve statement
Is true to the best OF my kuuwl DE and Geii-f
". W. BOWMAN, Cashier.
Snhscrhcdand sworn before me this l4th day OF
March. 1875.
IL. V. MURTHIMER SR., Not. Public.
turrr,L - AiI--I: ThUs. kelnereT, Il. 4.
HoftJrd, J q. Zern, Directors
March u, 1855,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-21
THE FAMOUS ALBERT LEA ROUTE.

Best Material and Work, at
Honest Pricesl
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-21
Executors Sale
OF Valuable Real Estate.

At public sale, to be held at tho MAN.
SION UUSE. A. =. Clauss', in the BOKU'
uF LEHIGHrON, Carton County Pa, ON
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-20
Dug Up a Fortune.

A short time ago, a handsomely
dressed man, having the dash and
savoir faire of a thoroughgoing young
man of the world, appeared in Ball
win. He was exceedingly taciturn, and
remained around the place only a few
hours, leaving in company with one Of
the residents of the town, who is said
to be hardworking laboring man.
The pair purchased a camping outfit,
with picks, shovels and spades, and
proceeded without further delay to
Pond Postofiice. After apparently
thoroughly satisfying themselves as
to the exact locality they desired to
reach, they left the settlement and
walked i'll E. northwesterly direc-
ton about three quarters Of q mile,
and there they pitched their camp.
They once more consulted theig plans
and then commenced q igging ravine.
They were untiring in their exertions,
and dug for nearly a week before they
met with any reward.
At last, when digging about fourteen
feet below the surface Of the earth,
their picks struck some hard substance
which was soon discovered by them
to be stone crock, and little f,,rth-
er digging discovered to the delighted
men another crock ofexactly the same
size. This was what they were look
ing for-the long buried treasure for
which they were searching. They did
not have the patience to open these
receptacles in the ordinary way, but
broke them with their spades, when
out rolled the golden treasure. They
did nothing in the neighborhood, but
quietly departed, the one living
in Baldwin returning to his home at
that place and the other to some
place in the east from whence he
came. Mr.. FRAZIER g. reputable mer-
chant near Pond Postoffce, thinks
that there was no less than $35 900
$40, 900 recovered 1t is firmly and
positively believed by the people of
chat neighborhood that it. was the
treasure: of some wealthy farmer
buried for safe keeping during the
war
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-20
Gen. Hoods Orphans.

II WONDER" said q gentleman recent
.ly to an Atlanta (Ga.} Constitution
representative, chow many of the
contributors to the fund for the op-
phans OF General Hood know what
has become of either the money or the
children" Interest being expressed,
he said: II happen to know all about
them. Anna and Ethel, the oldest
twins, have q home with Mr. and Mrs.
John $. Morris, of New Orleans, with
whom Duncan, the 6-year-old, also
lives. John the S-year-old boy, lives
with Mr.. and Mrs. D. NJ, Russell, at
Cohoma, Miss. Lillian and Marion.
the 5-year-old twins, are with Mr.. and
Mrs: r. NJ. Adams, of New York.
Odille and Ida, the 3-year-olds, live
with Mr.. and Mrs. s. F. McGehee,
Woodville, Miss. Oswald, the l-year-
old, lives with G.. NJ. B.. Scarsdale,
Westchester county, n. Y, while the
baby girl died in Columbus, Ga, and
has gone to live with its father
What did the fund amount tor, 1T
was raised, you remember, by q COM
mittee of General Hoods old COM
rades. The first subscription, was q
$500 United States bond, sent in by
Margaret the woman philanthro-
phist of New Orleans, the last by Gem
eral Herbert, of Baltimore, just two
years later. BY States, Louisiana
gave $5,282.15 and Georgia came
next with So, 58O.97, OF which 81 1890
came through the Constitutions, be-
sides q purse Of $500 sent by Atlanta,
Ga, for Immediate use. The NEXT
highest State was Texas with 81, ITO.
OF foreign countries Poland sent $l88
and France $40. The total amount
received WAS $24,8o1. What vas
done with thisf" e It was invested
q per cent. bonds, which have already:
increased IS, 600 ii value. The chill
sdren are being provided with homes
education, etc, the interest on the
bonds is capitalized annually. BY The
time they are grown the fund ought to
be enough to give each one Of the chill
sdrsn about q 900 snug little ln
70 start life With
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-20
ROtat lion at Faro. I
From the Denver News. 4.

From the Denver News. 5s55s
hat does q Faro dealer maker
He gets SIS q day, six days III the
the week, A pretty good salary, you
see, and he could manage to lay up a
little on that, but he never does.
When he commences work Monday he
is generally strapped. having spent it
all Saturday and Sunday. Z" s. /. Z
But these men buck the game them
selyes?" ID. s. z5 r l5 u.s.. "
Often, and sometimes make q win
ming. Some spend it on wine. Others
buy jewelry, and a very few save it. 1t
finds it's way back into the bank You
know it is an old saying that bank
never considers itself loser, no matter
what is drawn out, but simply loan
ing the money to the lucky individual,
to be paid back TO him. A short time
ago there was a dealer who tackled the
game from the opposite side of the
table from where he is used to sitting
and cashed in $500 off a fiye-dollar
bill. E :ss5s' I'D
""He went out with the boys that
night and blowed it in. The next
night the fellow who runs the house
dropped into the gambling house
where the fellow who blowed in Che
money was dealing and dropped 5000.
The house got good percentage for
the loan OF that $500 for one night"
"What sort ofpeople frequent gam
bling houses?" .@5
."All sorts. Ihave seen people in
every business, trade or profession
carried on in Denver in gambling
houses, except preachers. / have
never seen q preacher in them, though
they may visit them, for all / know"
Glow is it with men who play every
dayr" -, :,
':They aremostly gamblers. I'll tell
you how they manage to keep up.
thirds OF them are always dead broke.
The other third OF them may have a
little money, and stake the others eth
er with a meal or q dollar or two to try
their luck again. By that means they
manage to keep up. III bet that Icould
60 around now and strike two-thirds
OF those that depend Oh gambling for
g. living for aloan and find them broke.
Another thing: There are a number
of persons here, as elsewhere, who are
in the habit OF stalking gamblers, who,
as rule, never pay them back, even
if they win. They will pay back one
OF their own class, but hardly ever an
outsider.
"You see, although there are some
gamblers who are honorable, the ma
jority of them are not. Let them
smooth it over as they will, most men
who depend upon gambling for a liy-
ing are rather low down in the scale of
morality: As rule, they think that
dress makes the man, and act accord
ingly."