The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-06-20

the fact that OH pleasant Sunday af-
ternoon, as he starts out for walk
through streets where policeman can
be met every few blocks, he puts his
bulldog pistol in his pocket and sees
that every chamber is loaded. Peace
able people don't do that sort of thing
none but murderous Thugs and ruiiians
carry knives and pistols in The streets of
a crowded city, and it was the fact of
his having pistol in his pocket and the
knowledge that the Chinaman was UNI
armed, that made this rutlian Quinn so
brave in his attack. New York and
Brooklyn are cursed with organized
gangs of thieves and ruffians who fire.
qucntly terrorize the neighborhood in
which they live. Most of them have
done service in the Penitentiary or States
Prison-all of them deserve it.
A change is demanded in the admin
istration of our police; they are too
closely allied to the criminal classes.
The retirement of Superintendent Wal
ling is step in the right direction, and
let us hope that some radical changes in
the force may follow.
The assassination of. this poor China
man has awakened general feeling of
illulSudllOn dIlOlS an Ilaooto vi Oui
people. If an Americsn citizen had
been shot down at Marking or Pekin in
such brural and unprovoked manner,
! the United States would have been all
! ablaze, and our own self-respect, our
sense of justice, of honor and of right
must make us see to 1t that the murder
of All Mon shall not be unavenged.
A new river racer has appeared on oul
waters, and the same principles applied
to the construction of ocean steamers
that now distinguish tie Stilleto, vii
make it possible to make the trip tC
Europe in five days. For several year,
the Mary Powell has been the acknowl
edged queen of the river. No steamer
attempted to run with her. Occasion
ally she would take a spurt with tht
trains on the Hudson River Road, anC
frequently the engineer would have L
give an extra twist on the throttle valvt
in order to shake her off. But she me
her match on Wednesday last, and W,
have a craft that is good for more thai
twenty-five miles an hour. The Mar,
Powell bowled off her twenty-five mile
an hour as regular as the clock, but OF
Wednesday last that was not fas
enough-the new flyer, little cockl
shell of a thing, left her behind as thougl
she had been tied to the dock. If thi
model should be adopted by oceal
steamers should not be surprised to Sc
them make regularly six hundred mile
every twenty-four hours.
Within the last two weeks we hav
had the regattas of he Atlantic and NeN
York Yacht Clubs. These meeting
bring together the very best society i
the metropolis, who are the supporter
of one of the noblest and healthies
sports in the world. Great interes. o
course centres on new and improve
models for these ocean flyers. One G
the ocean yachts now receiving consid
cradle attention Is the Republic, owne
Wright Duryea, Esq, very enthusia,
tic yachtsman, dwhose earnest desir
! seems to be to own the fastest yach
afoat. Since the last season the Re
tpublic, which was then one of the fines
yachts in the fleet, was completely re
built from main truck to keelson, an
the alterations have made her one of tn
!, finest yachts that floats i'll America
waters, In the race the other day, jus
at the critical moment when she wa
turning the lightship after a run c
: twenty miles, her flying iiboom snappe
Off like pipc-stem, and lost her tn
race. The full capabilities of this beat
tiful yacht are yet to be tested, but
/; shall not be at all surprised to learn be
fore the racing season is over that Nj
Duryea has got the greyhound of th
sea. BROADBRIM.