The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-02-13
miscellaneous,

The first mention of silk in connec- |
tion with the worm producing it occurs
in the fifth book of Aristotle's "Histo
ry of Animals;" and the island of Cos
is there said to be the place where the
fibre was woven into cloth.
An old, experienced farmer once said
to new beginner in farming "Young
man, let me give you a little piece of
advice, will you? Never stir up your
soil deeper than you are able to manure
it," This is an axiom which it is well
to remember.
At Yankton, Dakota, on Saturday,
the court ordered the discharge of Win
termute, indicted for the murder of
General McCook, and remanded him to
the custody of the sheriff, to await furth-
er action of the Grand Jury. The pros.
pect of any punishment being inflicted
on Wintermute, is now considered very
doubtful, and his friends, we are told,
"are elated," while the friends Of his
dead victim "are correspondingly de-
pressed.''
The Smithsonian Institute has been
advised of tho discovery of new planet
at Berlin. 1t is of the 10Th magnitude,
in right ascension 90 degrees, and de-
clination 1S degrees 20 minutes north.
A young married woman in Worces-
ter dreamed twice, recently, that she
would die at midnight on the first ami.
versary of her wedding day, and so
strongly was she impressed with the
vision that she actually made prepara
tions for her funeral, and even gave
sum of money to friend to purchase
mourning. Her husband, becoming a.
larmed at her condition, consulted
medical friend, stating all the facts of
the case. The astute doctor, after a
minutes cogitation, discovered way
out of the difficulty. Telling the hus-
band to keep the patient amused as
much as possible till late in the day, he
went down to the house in the afternoon
and administered q harmless narcotic
which kept the lady asleep till the dread
ed moment had passed. She is now in
good health, and joins with her friends
in laughing at her superstitious fears.
A London paper states that Mr.. Dis.
raeli having inOne of his public speeches,
Informed his audience that it was not
his wont to "swagger or utter ambigu-
Gus words in the Streets" was reported
IN the local papers to have said that he
did not "stagger and use big words in
the streets" Another Englishman's
oratory has recently undergone a SINH
lar improvement in the hands of jour
nal. He had referred to DR.. Disraeli
rs one who covered above the rest of
the Government as a giant among pig
mies;" but he was made to say, "Mr.
Disraeli, before whom the rest of the
Government quailed like beaten hounds
pSlOlO lhSll luuSleII
A Professor in the University of Glas.
gov, as eminent for talent as for tenn
per, was ofteu annoyed by his unruly
students. One day when the sun shone
fully into the room, a wild Irish boy,
with piece of glass, contrivod to daz,
zle and confuse the worthy preceptor by
rejecting the rays of the sun full on his
face. At length the professor caught
young Ireland in the act. All the class
looked for instant expulsion. But the
venerable man gaily said, "Young man,
depend upon it, the reflection is on you,
not on me-"
While Days Menagrie was exhibiting
at Cawood, England, recently, a young
man amused himself by teasing one of
the elephants. 1t happened that heavy
sliding bar turning on pivot at one
end was accessible to the insulted api-
NAL. 1t watched its opportunity, and
at favorable moment detached the
loose end of the heavy bar, and let it
fall on the young mans head, causing
a deep wound. The animal then calm
ly walked away, satisfied with the pun.
ishment administered.