The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1874-11-14
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The Secretary of the Treasury will
sell $500, 900 in gold on each Thursday
in November, or total of $4,000, 900
during the month.
An impertinent fellow was met by
gentleman whom he had insulted, who
observed that he owed him a good drub.
bing. "Never mind, SIR" said the fel-
low; "I'll forgive you the debit"
IL want you to understand that
there is TO be no levity on the stage to
night" said the manager of city thea
tire to the supernumerarles as the curtain
was rung up. "What's levity, BilI?"
asked one supernumerary Of another.
"Oh," said the other, 81 don't know;
suppose it's q cross tween a farce and
q comedyl"
AT Pittsburg, early Sunday morn.
ing, burglars entered the house of Jacob
Tell, and after carrying of the silver
ware and other articles, set fire to the
house. Mr.. Tell awoke his family, and
all escaped by jumping from the win"
dows, excepting his son Joseph and the
servant girl, Margaret Lynch. Joseph
rushed down stairs through the flames.
and was dangerously burned; the girl,
who slept In the third story, persisted,
and her disfigured remains were found
after the fire was extinguished.
The fire at Selinsgrove, Pa, on Fri
day night, began in the stable of Geo
Schnure, and is supposed to have been
the work of an incendiary. 1t destroy
ed about sixty buildings, comprising
over two squares in the centre of the
town. A high wind prevailed during
the fire. Among the buildings destroy
ed were the Keystone and National Ho-
tells, the Central School House, the
Methodist Church and the Times print
ing office. The total loss is estimated
at ts120,000.
Recently, on the train between Mt.
Pleasant and Burlington, Louisiana, a
little girl travelling with her parents at.
tracted the attention of the passengers
by her brightness. A gentleman went
to her seat and asked her If she would
not go home with him, adding that he
had nice little boy that she could play
with. The little girls eyes sparkled
and her cherry lips rounded up when
she said. II am going to have little
brother of my own the first of Decem-
ber." Some of them laughed, and some
didn't, but they all looked pleasant.
"A man who had missed his way
overlook boy going with pot of tar
to mark his masters sheep. He asked
him the road to Banff, but was directed
by so many turnings that he agreed to
.rtake the boy behind him on the horse.
, Finding the boy pert and dOcile, he
gave him some wholesome advice, add
ing occasionally, "Mark me well, my
boy" "Yes, sir, do" He repeated
the injunction so often that the boy at
last cried out, ~ cannot mark ye any
mair, as the tar have gi'en out"
The new safety catch for collieries,
invented by NJ. Libotte, is said to have
lately proved its peculiar value at col
liery near Montaur- Marchienne, where
the pit rope broke when drawing up
the cage loaded with four tubs of coal
the catch or parachute acting instantly;
1t forced its claws in the gliding beams
1-5 centimeter deep, and, alter only
sliding down one-half meter, brought
the cage to a stand still, and KEEP: sus-
pended mass Weighing not less than
five and one-half tons, including the
cage, the tubs of coal, and the wire
rope.
We'll Answered one occasion
the Rev. John Martin was examining a
class in hydrostatics, and asked not
very popular student "Mr. Spencer,
what would be the consequence If
thrust you into pOnd?" the examiners s
object being to test the students knowl-
edge of the law that water rises in pro
portion to the weight of the body i'm
mersed. The student not being able t.
give a solution, 1t was put to his neigh
Dor, Mr.. Plunket. "What would be thu
consequence If thrust Mr.. Spencer in
to pond?" 'Pon my word, sir" wa
the reply, ~ think is would be of yer!
little consequence.
1t is now proposed to tunnel the Alp
at anolher point, namely, at the ia
nous Mont ST. Bernard, the piercemen
to be about 9, 1880 yards long, the tuu
mel to be constructed In four section
BY means of side galleries, so that tn
work may be completed in three G
four years, these galleries to renal
open afterward for ventilation and othf
uses. A peculiar feature in this wor
is the contemplated establishment of