The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-12-23
VARIETIES.


an attempt to swim eight miles down
the River Po, In Italy.
"A Calusa (Cal }, farmer sold his
wheat crop the other day for 1858. 600,
realizing thereby a profit Of $500, 1000.
A cranberry marsh, near Appleton,
Wisconsin, returned its owner the nice
little sum of SIS, 1000 last season. -
1.-THE Brooklyn One. Legged Club
will give its annual ball shortly. - Ex.
Its annual hop, we presume, is meant.
lowing TO the hard times. the New
York Dollar Stores have all resolved
themselves into "Ninety-nine Cent
Stores.'
The State debt of Virginia Is $93,~
600, 1850 rs. This is less than one tenth
of the assessed valuation of property
IN the State.
1t is said there are hats in seventy
five diff rent shapes for ladies to choose
from this season. There Is no excuse
for the wearing of an unbecoming one.
Two railroad companies in Missouri
pay their hands with checks, for fear of
having their pay cars waylaid and rob-
bed whilst running from point to point.
The deposit of rock salt is found to
be enormous in Nevada. In recently
opened quarries it is sawed out like
marble, is almost pure, and Is just the
kind of salt the cattle like.
"A cool proceeding was that Of the
President of the State of Panama, who
has given to private corporation a
monopoly of the importation and manu-
facture OF ice for the next sixteen
years.
"A North Carolina farmer, to catch
the thieves who had been stealing his
meat, put some strychLine on one of
the hams in his smoke. house. He has
forgotten which one, and the whole
family dare not touch one of $50 hams.
During the past summer an Eng
lish mission yacht, called the Evange-
list, traversed the southern coast of Eng
land and distributed Bibles and Testa-
ments in various languages, and other
religious reading, to all the vessels 1t
met.
1t has been decided by q United
States Court at Indianapolis that seat
in smoking car rendered by railroad
company to a passenger. is not seat
in q first-class car such as the passenger
was entitled to by the terms of the
ticket.
An Atlanta (Ga.) milkman rides
into that city every morning in cart
drawn by fine COW. When he gets in
front of customers door he steps out
of his conveyance, milks the desired
quantity from the animal, and leaves
for the next house.
Practical idea against intem perauce
has been started in Nottingham, where
the magistrates have determined To as
certain from drunkards brought before
them the name of the publican who last
supplied them with liquor.
One Of the customers in barber's
shop sees dog of ungainly aspect sit
ting opposite intently watching him.
"Why does that dog look at me 80 ?"
why, sir, occasionally my hand slips,
and l am so unfortunate as to sDip of
a Uit OF ear" "Ehl and what then 2"
"Why, then he eats it,"
Atlanta, Ca, congratulates herself
on the enjoyment of unexampled pros
peritY in commerce and agriculture.
"A new State, to be formed NJ east
srn Oregon and portions of Idaho and
Washington Territories, is talked of.
The number of cotton gins burned
in Georgia this season Is placed at about
sixty, with but one conviction of an in-
cendiary.
"A recently-deceased Brooklyn pea
nut aud fruit vendor has just turned
out to have been an italian Count and
heir to rich estates in Palermo.
-Bayard Taylor says ut is with
ering commentary upon our modern
costume that no sculptor has dared, or
ever will dare. to model statue wear
ing stove-pipe hat"
Turkey is afflicted with nepotism
and disregard OF civil service regula-
tiOns. The Governor of Cyprus can
neither read nor write, his sole qualifi-
cation for office being his near reIation-
ship to Midhat Pasha.
Two rural constituents were talk
ing OF the new member Of the Legisla-
ture from their district. One of them
asked. Is he talented 2" Well,"
said the other, " should say he might
set house afire by rubbing his nose
against the door post -
"A jury declared that a maa had
come to his death "by nm unknown
wagon" About on par with this is
the Milwaukee verdict respecting man
who had been crushed to death In y
mill, when the jury remarked 4. No
blame can be- attached to the machin-
cry"
Frank Van Barrager, the young
lunatic who tortured small boy after
the Jesse Pomeroy style at Great bend,
Susq,, ehanna county, was convicted
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