The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1874-05-23
Current Items.

"on'"u Wy lle tongue, is sure 10 COM
off empty-handed.
The last place in which to look for th,
milk of human kindness Is in the pal,
of civilization.
A FTenchman intending to compli
ment young lady by calling her n
gentle lamb, said-"She is one mutton
AS is small"
Men who are hungry for damage.
should take warning from the luck OF
Cincinnati man. He was called a
dead beat and the jury says that il
hurt him just ten cents worth.
A crusaders picket in Tifin, Ohio,
recently did some active service. Two
young men in a saloon had pi iogresse d
from angry words to blows, and had
Just drawn their revulvers. All the
lnascullnes present evaporated through
the front door, but the crusading picket
entered the saloon, separated the CON-
Datants, and gave them such an empha-
TIC talking to that they retired abashed.
Rome, May 13.-The Pope to-day
received number of Cardinals, Bish-
ops, and other eminent dignitaries of
the CHURCH. In reply to one of the
visitors from Anne ici, he animadvert,
edseVercly onthe Governments of Mexi-
co ana Guatemala for permitting the
Ditter prosecutions of the Church in
those countries. Tie Pope appeared to
be fatigued, and was unable to give
audience to all the delegations which
waited upon him.
The wheat crop in the San Joaquin
valley, Cal, Is already three or four
feet higl, and in one locality field of
4,OOO acres is covered with waving
grain breast high.
A Savannah dancing master has
entered suit again-t the Savannah and
Skidaway Railroad for 500 damages
from the failure of the train to take him
to his dancing class on time.
Crematory age--"O, mai ma! john
hy's got the urn and is spilling pas
ashes over the floor!'' 80, what a
haughtyJohnny! Get the feather duster,
ana sweep your poor father right up!"
A Yale student has written twelve,
verse poem, entitled, "We kissed each
other by the sea-" 'Well what of it?'
asks Western journalist; "the seaside
Is no better for such practice than any
e" o'moi .osaity' III lact, we have put in
sTn 80. Wy sweet WorK or that Kind on
JiS Nv W" pa'n vi cahai IN our time, but
u "'oN' ~ ~ piin''
a correspondent of Newburgh
paper writes: owe were reminded
few days since while digging about the
yard that this is to be locu st year. In
mense numbers of these little fellows,
nearly 1uil grown, are now making their
way upward, and are within eight to
Tbev wilI ~rohah1'" @ u, iatu y, ,,i 'he ground
ance soma timn T., r. I', ~ mn ,r, "ppe"i-
evary ya,,a,tn,,, 80 ou,'o' "a AneS colhe
-,
Beginning of Judges charge in
Iowa: Gentleman of the Jury, YOU
must now quit eating peanuts and at
tend TO tie caSe.'
A Southern paper saws that General
Forrest. "ibr brilliant Tnnfadora,a u,"i oa"
arly leader" is now engaged in hauling
wood to Memphis. driving the team
himself. ..... ........
Ouaker Citv otiorot,o. H.
III
men stonped in tha straat :, Suuus
with n cnnnls nf nounr' go. 'ad, ~ 'onvelse ,v
thew senaratad ;ha 's pa ,"u'vS' a., Wnen
thai one of the mi"Ses eInS' haS ,9' unso9v1ieu
coat.taiIs togather "'u ''"eu '''e'r
,., ~
ovai,h iuoh'ess undergraduate on being |
eAaliiileu ior MS degree, and falling in |
every suoJect upon whi.h he was tried,
.,oihp,"lheu that he mad not been ques-
., a,"iea on the things he knew. TIE ex-
"un,nei ,ore on ABOUT an inch OF paper,
anu pushing IL toward him desiied him
" "ii'e upon IL all he knew.
At the last grand hall a Wvomirc
Miss was attired in butf grns
grained buckskin dress with srnr
blanket oyerskirt. bottom Iooned nm uitb
b.ckskin strings cut bias Hair nra".ed
a la Red Cloud, in which was twined a
few sprigs of SAGE brush the nId,a
secured behind in a bnnch wit,, a bond
some pin made with a nine snIin,rr and
q buffalo's ear. ai -
In certain town of Massachusetts
was an old. fashioned country tavern
kept by an inveterate wag named Davis
On a cold wintrv doy "a ,,ool ,I'