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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1874-01-31

The Feburuary number of Woods
Household Magazine is really marvel
of what can be furnished for only one
dollar a year; considering the cost and
the quality this is the cheapest magazine
which comes to our table. Its articles
have chasteness about them which is
not always found in periodical litereture,
which adap:s it to fill place now
too largely occupied by cheap publica-
cations that are positively injurious to
the young without being exastly i'm
moral. We have not room to specify
the articles which fill the pages before
us-but they are many and excellent.
The magazine contains three engrav.
ing "a pretty house design-also the
New York Fashions (ilustrated) pre-
pared expressly fer the Household by
Nine. Demorest. The publisher an
nounces that hereafter The magazine will
always be illustrated. Subscriptions
may begin with any number. Only
one dollar year, or with Chrome
Yosemite, $3.50. Address Woods
Household Magazine. Newburgh, n. Y.
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GEN. ALBRIGAT IN CONGRESS. Says
the correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Press: "The Army Appropriation bill
was considered in the House in Com
mittee of the Whole and in general de-
bate Gen. Charles Albright, of Penn
sylvania, a member of the Committee
OF Military Aiiars, delivered his maiden
etfcrt in the House this session, which
was very elaborate speech against the
proposed reduction OF tile army. Gen.
ALBRIGHT took the ground that the tes-
timony # the Secretary of War. the
General of the army, Lieutenant Gem
eral, and several other officers who had
been examined before the Committee
on Military Affairs, all agreed that a
reduction of the army would be detrt-
mental to the public rvice, would ex-
pose the frontier settlements to depre-
dations from the Indians, might give
rise to trouble in some of the Southern
States as well as in Utah. The speech
abounded III facts and figures in sup
port of the position taken by Gen. A J.
bright, and was altogether very able
effort. At its close he was cOngratu-
lated by some of the leading members
of the House. Gen. Albright promises
TO be one of the most useful as we'll as
able men of the Pennsylvania delega-
tiOn.
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Death OF ex-Chief Justice
ThnllnNOn.

A telegraphic dispatch, dated Phila-
delphia, January %, says ex-Chief Jus.
tice James Thompson of the Supreme
Court of PennsS ivania fell d, ad in the
Supr,ne Court room this morning. lie
vas arguing before the Court in
lane in case Of tax titles, and had
jrst closed his speech. He had spoken
but about five minutes. The opposing
lawyer had said that Judge Ewell was
better Judge on tax titles than he.
Judge Thompson said it was amusing
that the opposite counsel should remark
this, and then went on to refer to the
fact that tha! decision was not made
by hiwself. lie was going ON with his
argument, and was leaning over the
table, when he dropped down and died
in FIVE minutes. The Court Immediate
ly adjourned.
James Thompson was born in Mid
dleseX, Berks county, Pa, Oct. /, 1906.
H. received good education, and after
leaving school entered printing Office.
lie aiterward began to study law, and
in 1928 was admitted to the bar. His
talent and energy speedily gained hin.
n good practice, and, turning hi, atten-
tion TO politics, lie was three times
elected TO the Legislature in 1S32-34.
During his last term he was Speaker of
the Ilonse, and made an exelent impress
sion by his knowledge of parliamentary
rules and his tirmness and impal tialty.
In 1886 he was Il Presidential Elector,
and for six years he sat in the District
Court as presiding Judge. In 1S45 lie
was elected to Congress, and served
until 1851. He was elected Judge OF
the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania fJr
fifteen years in 1857, and was the
Democratic candidate for reelection in
October, 1879, but was defeated, Dur
ing the latter part Of his term he was
Chief Justice.
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name, having been appointed Consul to
that place with sort of rowing com
mission. He subsequently penetrated
to Lake Nyassa in Steamboat with a
party of scientific men. In 1864 he paid
hi last visit to England, and in 1865
returned to the scene of his labors in
Africa, after which time lie was rarely
seen by white men.
DR.. Livingstone leaves one son who
lives in Scotland. His only brother,
DR. John Livingstone, is in business in
Canada. At the time of his death the
explorer was in all probability clntem-
plating a return to England to give to
the world connected account of his
travels and discoveries.
A London despatch says the death of
DIR. Livings one took place in August last.
He had been travelling over partially
submerged country, and after wading
four days through water was seized by
the illness of which he died.
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CORR ESPONDENCE
70 the Editor of THE CARBON ADVOCATE.

To the Editor Of THE CARBON ADVOCATE;
SIR: Ishall be glad to have the Di-
rectors look after my school, that they
may know in what direction it is NOV
ing. Those persons who aie inclined
to believe that our school is not what
it should be, would also do well to visit
us, in order that they may know where
of they write. Although it is the duty
of the teacher to teach his pupils
morally and intellectually, he is not re-
sponsible for the falsehoods which may
be spoken; yet, because somebody has
said what is not true, you denounce
the school. That little member, the
tongue, cannot be controlled by its
owner; 'how, then, can you expect 9TH
ers to govern it? If pupil wishes to
whisper in such way that the teacher
may not hear him, he can do so; but
the statement upon which the remarks
in your paper are founded is false.
Our schools have now been open l.
months; the schools are crowded and
the rooms inconvenient; though the
teachers believe that they have taught
successfully, not a word ia their favor
has yet appeared in your columns; but
some one has now been kind enough to
notice us by bestowing unjust censuIe
on at least one school. TEACHER.
Jan. 81. 1874.
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81 e34 eAsh'Girss, amounting to s22s5oC
ONE CHANCE IN EVERY NINE =
AS FOLLOW

The distribution win be iit public,
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ami regulations as the San Bfanoisco
and Louisville library Gilt Concerts,
under she Supervision Of a. eominittee OF
prOuiineat citizens selected by the ticket
holders.
RrfrIraSe as tO'the integrity of this.
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made to the following, wen known cit!-
ZeDs:
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Malsh, }. W. GerSish-M Members OF
City Coumcip.
Judge T. D. Black, asst u. S. as
SCISSOR; Malsh Il Gieelwald; proprie--
tors Metropolitan lLOtrl; Eugene Moore.
City Marshal, w. W. Ilalh ASchitect;.
j. KehOr, Constable; u Kupfer, jew
elrr; Capt. S. Howe, Contractor. o. D..
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prietors Pacific Stables; 5. n. Hitch,.
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son, Helena, Montana.
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The undersigned will also cNntinue the Dry
Goods, Grocery aud Provision business at his cid
staud, on the corner Of the Fort Allen ROllins
Mill, aud will give his customers The beneht t. lie
derived from his large cash purchases Al goods
are warranted fresh. A. OSWALD.
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AUCTIoNEER,
Esst wsissport, Pa.

N.B.-sAles OF every description attended 10 at
Reasonable charges. Tue patronage OF the public
IL respectfully solicited Jan, ~, IA
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store. The patronage OF the Public is solicited
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How to make a slow horse fast
Don't feed him.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-12-19
The Housewives Table.

The following Is a very valuable
housewives table, by which persons not
having scales and weights at hand
may readily measure the article wanted
to form any recipe without the trouble
of weighing, allowance to be made for
an extraordinary dryness or moisture of
the article weighed or measured:
Wheat flour, pound is l quart.
Indian meal, pound ounces are l
quart.
Butter, when soft, l pound is l quart.
Loaf sugar. broken, l pound is
quart.
White sugar, powdered, l pound l
ounce are quart.
Best brown sugar, l pound ounces
are l quart.
Ten eggs are one pound.
Flour, pecks are | bushel.
Sixteen large teaspoonfuls are l pint.
Eight large teanspoonfuls are l gill.
Four large teaspoonfuls are ! gill.
Two gills are ! pint.
Two plnts are l quart.
Four quarts are l gallon.
4 common sized tumbler hold q
pint.
i common-sized wine-glass is ] a gill.
\ teacUp Is | gill.
A large wine-glass is l gill.
\ tablespoonful is J ounce.
Forty drops are equal to teaspoonful
-Four teaspoonfuls are equal to l ia
blespoonful.
THE shirt which buttons behind has
reached Japan.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-12-19
THE MEXICAN EARTHQUAKE.
People Killed and Churches Thrown Down
Loss of Property OH the Coast.

-Ioss Oh properly me Coast.
From the New Orleans Picayune.
Through Mr.. George H. Gardner, of
Puebla, and Mr.. A. X. Coney, prrser of
the steamship Cuba, direct from
the Mexican ports, we have further par
tlculars of the earthquake which visited
the coast on the morning of November
IL, by which it appears quite number
OF lives were lost, and the destruction
OF property much more severe than was
at first reported. Mr.. George H. Gard
ner, who was in Puehla at the time and
IN bed, was awakened by a shock
which threw him out of his bed. He
jumped to his feet and was again
thrown down, but he, there be-
ing no more shocks, Immediately after
gained the street, where was an immense
crowd of people. Fearing another
shock, no one, however, entered their
houses until morning, when the majority
OF the buildings were found to be safe,
though some dwelling houses were much
shaken. In Guanaiuato, Puebla, Tux
pan, Oaxaca, Tehuacan, San Andres,
IuXtla, Cosamuloapan, Cuernavaoca
and Mlchoacan the shock was also
severely felt, showing that it extended
along the sea coast and not any distance
into the interior, though slight shock
was felt at the City of Mexico At
Aberrade the church and the convent
were much shattered, and portion of
the tower fell, burying, it is supposed,
several priests who were preparing for
mathis. In Tuxtla the shock was very
great, prostrating several houses and
killing and wounding a number of peo-
pie. In Vera Cruz, however, it appears
the principal damage was done to
houses. Mr.. Coney, of the Cuba, re-
ports that hew asleep in the hacienda,
and was awakened by the first shock !;
rushing to the street, he was again
Frustrated. The first shock was a wave
and the second oscillating. Immedi-
ately alter his reaching the street there
was terrible crash, and the cry was
raised that the old church, now used as
a library. and where the niece of Her.
nando Cortez is buried, was falling; but
fortunately only portion Of the tower
gave way. About the same time the
walls Of the old cathedral, which are
very solid, cracked open, striking a
panic into the people who had sought
shelter near the sanctuary. The light
house was also much cracked, and the
keeper was thrown down the steps,
bruising him severely. About a third
of the buildings in Vera Cruzwere in the
same way cracked or broken, and there
was also considerable damage in the
suburbs.
The course of the earthquake was
from northeast to southwest, and it
lasted ten seconds. The change in the
thermometer and barometer were barely
perceptible. 1t was not felt, singular
to say, in the harbor, though there was
a large number of ships at anchor
there
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-12-19
Comparative Reorganization
Death of Dickens "LaScar SAL"

There have been many women for
whom stanza of poet has been a
brevet OF perpetual fame, and some
times, as IN the case of Mrs. Black, of
Athens, a provision Of a more substan-
tial kind from the pockets of the poets
admirers. The same can hardly be said
of the persOnages who sat for their pic
lures to our great novelist, Dickens,
who often thought fit to reverse the
principle of "nihit tetigit quod non,
OrnaUu," and "touched nothing" with
out making it more grotesque. Among
the characters whom he appears to
have drawn truly enough, albeit in
most repulsive colors, was the wretched
creature called g Lascar Sal" described
in edwin brood" as the female pur-
veyor of opium, and herself smoker of
the drug. This miserable woman, it
appears, died recently of scarlet fever,
in frightful condition of neglect and
restitution, III a court in Bluegate
Fields, III ST. GeOrge's-in the-East.
Naturally the vice to which she had adj
| dicted herself, and the effects of which,
the Lancet remarks, are frequently
/ seen IL Il their hideousness by medical
practitioners IN the East End, left her
in a state of low vitality unfit to con-
tend with the disease to which she I'M
mediately succumbed. In her filthy
and miserable room we are informed
that white mice were found running
about to the number of "severaI hun
bred. " Making allowance for exagger-
alton, and supposing the poor woman
/ to have fed some dozens Of the little an
imals in her extreme poverty, we have
a curious and not unatfecting picture of
a human being ruined by soul-and-
Notwithstanding propensity, yet retain
| ing so much of gentleness in her isola-
ton and degradation as to care for these
minute friends-possibly the only crea-
lures in the world who did not shrink
from +" Lascar Sal.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-12-19
THE GREAT LAKES.
4 Complete List of the Disasters During the
Past Year, together with the Loss of Life,
and Other Information.

4 Complete List of the Disasters During the
Past Year, together with the Loss of Life,
and Other Information.
From the columns Of the Milwaukee
Evening Wisconsin, which payer fur
nishes annually a resume of the disas-
ters occurring on the great inland lakes,
we condense the following valuable in
formation:
The record shows ,251 disasters of
all kinds, major and minor, against
1913 last year The estimated damage
to property foots mp s., OBJ, 700, against
S3,976,O0O in 1873, a falling off of
1914, 300. This, in view of the fact that
the tonnage afoat in 1874 was greater
than III 1873, might appear surprising
were it not for the fact that the past
season was one of the dullest ever ex-
perlenced III the history Of lake naviga-
ton, and that III consequence a large
amount of tonnage was laid up during
the two most disastrous months, Octo-
Der and November. Last year the losses
IN October footed up nearly twice the
amount of any other month of the sea
son, viz: 81, 4O7, 900. This year Novem-
Der makes the largest showing, viz:
1868, 900, and had it not been
that 50 many vessels We're in winter
ter quarters, there is no telling what
point the figures would have reached
In the estimation the marine editor of
the Wisconsin, no more boisterOus
month has been experienced since the
memorable November of 1869, when
the shores of Lakes Huron and Michi-
gan were fairly lined with vessels and
valuable cargoes, and insurance COM
panies staggered to the verge of ruin
under the burden of their losses.
An enumeration of the loss of life dur
ing the year shows the number to have
have been 243; against 221 in 1873, and
219 in 1872. In this respect the record,
very unfortunately, is against 1874.
The number of vessels of all descrip-
tions, steam and sail, that have gone
out of existence during the year is 50,
or two less than III 1878. The tonnage
of these vessels fOots up 5,915, against
1894 tons in 1S73-a difference OF
nearly 4, 200 tons III favor of 1878. AS
the number lost in both seasons is near
ly equal, it will be seen that the vessels
which have gone out OF existence this
year were chiefly of small and inferior
class, although several of the larges
and finest vessels on the lakes are m
braced in the list
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-12-19
4 Man of Few Words.

w AFTER
Sir, replied the waiter
"Waiter, [ am man of few words,
and / don't like to be continually ring
ing the bell and disturbing the house
| thank you to pay attention to what
say, and to remember that, although
there are three ways of doing things,
only like one way in those who have
subordinate stations and minds. In
the first place, bring me a glass OF
brandy and (cold) water, little sugar,
and also a teaspoon; wipe down this
table, throw some Goals on the fire, and
sweep down the HEARTH bring me III a
couple of candles, pen, ink and paper,
some waters and little sealing wax:
tell the hostler to take care of my
horse, dress him well, stop his feet,
and let me know when he is ready to
feed; order the chambermaid TO pre-
pare me good bed, take care that the
sheets are well aired, and glass OF
water in the room; send the boots with
pair of slippers that [ can walk to the
stable in; tell him | must have my
boots cleaned and brought into the
room tonight, and that / shall want to
be called at five o'clock in the morning
ask your mistress what | can have for
supper; tell her [ should like roast
duck or something of that desire
your master to step in; Wa at to ask
him few questions; send me the di-
rectory; change this five dollars worth
of stamps into bills, none of them
worn; when does the mail arrive with
the letters, and what time it is by the
clock on the landing, and leave the
room" This portrait is from life.
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A Yagrant.
BY JOSEPHINE POLLARD.

BY JOSEPHINE POLLARD.
cannot check my thought these days,
When incense fingers in the air,
But with unwearied wing it strays
know not how or where.
know not where the blossoms hide
That throw their lures across its flight;
How stars can fling their gates so wide.
To give my thought delight.
There is no door close barred and sealed
Where covers suffering or sin,
But will to touch or whisper yield,
And let this yagrant III.
1t bears no passport, no parole,
But free, and careless as the air.
NY thought despises all control,
And wanders everywhere.
It's warrant from the throne of thrones:
Its duty to the King of kings;
Through heights, and depths. and circling
zones,
1t scars ON seraph wings.
Whas canst thou bring from yon fair height,
What bring me from the deepening sea ?
What gather fer my own delight
That is not wealth to me-
-Scribner's for DECEMBER
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-12-19
African and Scottish Cruelty.
From the Pail Mall Gazette

Among the unpleasant facts observed
by Sir Samuel Baker in his wanderings
on the shores of the White Nile was one
similar to that recorded by the African
traveller Bruce, who declared to an un-
believing public that the Abyssinians
cut beefsteaks from living cattle He
found that it is the practice in certain
district to remove the humps of the
native buffaloes while the animals are
alive, and that, the meat thus obtained
being much valued, this horrible opera
ton IS repeated several times during
the lives of the miserable creatures.
This is disgusting enough, and the peo-
pie guilty of such methods of increas-
ing the meat supply are, no doubt,
stepped IN cruelty and bloodshed; but a
traveller from Unyoro might, had he
been III Glasgow the other day, have
turned the tables on white critics, and
pointed to as ugly a sight in Christian
and civilized England. Here charge
was lately proved against an engineer
of having cruelty tortured dog by put
ting it into pot over the fire, filled or
partly filled with boiling water, and al
lowing the animal to remain there howl
ing and barking until the hair, skin,
and flesh We're about to separate from
its bones, when it died. It was also
stated by witnesses that they found the
defendant standing looking on at the
poor brute struggling in the pot, and
asking it to give an account of itself
now. We could wish III the case of its
trial that the venue had been changed to
Africa, where, if the law had taken cog
nlzance Of the otfense at all, its majesty
would have been vindicated with a hip
popotamus whip instead of twenty-one
shillings or fourteen days imprison-