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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-09-23
PARAGRAPH,

A catafalque is very much like a
mouscoleum. Both Imply demice.
" BE content with what you have"
as the rat said to the trap when lie left
his tail in it.
A 81. Louis man ran six blocks after
his nose, thinking he was going to fire.
Why was the first of September like
the transgression OF Adam Because it
was the beginning of the Fall.
Awkward Ornaments. - A we'll
mounted arm is pretter without braces
let's besides, they are liable to scratch
a fellows ear.
a brewer having been drowned in
one OF his own yats, Alas poor fel-
low" said Jekyll, floating on his own
watery bier p
Nearly all the post-ofIices in Texas
are in charge of females" 1t works
so well that the males now arrive and
depart every hour in the day.
London policemen are to have cork
helmets. The cork is supposed to pre- =
serve their fzz ique and to increase
their popularity.
Mrs. Stowe says we never know how
much we love until we try to unlove.
To man who has tried to quit smOk.
ing this needs no argument.
Nearly every man tells his wife there
is another man in tOwl who closely re =
sembles him, and who is frequently
seen coming out of saloons,
George L. Fox, the clown, il recover.
ing, When he got hold of bad egg
the other morning he made up one OF
those old faces just as easily and natur.
ally as ever.
''lt is easier for camel to go through
the knee of an idol than for rich mar
to enter heaven" is the Interpretation
which colored preacher gave to the
Scriptures.
The Louisville Courier. Journal mar
has been sworn in as member of Con
gress, and now Kentucky feels big a.
she reflects over Waterson she has.
A Wisconsin editor blows about The
La Crosse hotels, and the Sun ha
city asks him what he could tell ahou
an hotel bill of fare by licking sal
barrel out on the sidewalk.
Hope is said to be brightest when i
dawos from fears. This is a very beauti
ful thought but it seldom occurs to
man who has just got up Off his wife,
new hat,
Much has been said of the enormous
consumption of tobacco, and yet yol
will be surprised to tn1 out how few
men use IL when your supply gives ou
and you ask for a chew.
A tramp was recently met by a hos
+ pitable farmer in Westchester, VIII,
: asked him 1t he wanted work. " No,
: replied the tramp what | want is
bloody shirt and plenty OF money"
2 A Connecticut school marin, who wa
2 recently kissed in the dark by mistake
Z explained her omission To use any lipb
0 for nearly two weeks afterwards, O.
> the ground of hard tunes.
t The British Government allows II
e soldiers a regular ration of ale. Man
OF our soldiers wisp that our Govern
r ment too could be brought to conside
o the ration ale of such proceeding.
9 The first wire for the East Rive
= bridge Is up. And now people o
:, around asking, Wire the two tnVaI
4 ike the first aud last official days of
: New York officeholdrr 2" And III
I party asked always answer at one,
A = Because there is nothing but ste,
from one to the other"
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-09-23
A. SEYMOUR, M. D.,

WANTED the business men TO know that they
can get JOB PRINTING done cheaper st
CARBON ADVOCATE Office than at any other
place in the county. Try us.
WANTED, everybody 10 know that 81 90 cash
will pay years subscription fol the CAR
BON ADVOCATE
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-09-23

lob PRINTING at the very lowest prices
THE CARBON ADVoCAr OFFICE.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-07-08
Selecting a Mouse rs 4 COmprO.
mise.
Fable in the Now York World.

dDie III ine view lOIh OiIu
The beasts having 10 choose mon
arch, met in convention to canvass
the claims of the respective candi-
dates. The courage Of the lion, the
strength of the tiger, the cunning OF
the fox, and sagacity of the elephant,
were all dwell upon, and upon the
seventh ballot the mouse was nomi-
mated as compromise candidate.
"Thougb," said the party organ next
morning, "our candidate may not be
as strong as the lion or tiger. his rec
ord cannot be impeached on the
grounds that be had ravaged the
h,cks of the herdsman or stained his
claws with human gore. AS parli-
amentarian be is probably inferior to
The fox, but bis relations to the ben
roost have never challenged investigs-
tigation. and though be cannot pull
down the strongest trees, like Asia's
favorite son, the elephant, it takes
much less to feed him." This an-
nouncement filled the elephant with
such enthusiasm that he resolved to
take the stump for the mouse, and
waving bis trunk about his head. he
trumpeted, "hurrah for the mouse "
Unhappily, in his excitement, be in-
advertantly stepped on the mouse,
killing him instantly.
The moral of the above is obvious
to the meanest capacity.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-07-08

DR.. z. B. FOO tx,
VI 100 ] nvincLon Ave-. N. d
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-07-08
Democratic Organization in
Ouachita.

The organization Of the Democracy
Of Ouacbita is progressing with unex-
amplrd vigor and enthusiasm. The
fact that this has been for years a
Radical parish, controlled by design
ing Radical leaders. has given impetus
to The feeling, which actuates all anti.
Radicals, that stern determined discip-
line and work is necessary. The peo-
pie are awakening from their long
sleep, and do not propose to be inpos-
ed upon by Radical rule any longer.
Organizations have been perfected
in this city, Trenton, Logtown, Island
Colony aud Lower Hills. Meetings
are to be held at Antioch Church and
louisville, thus completing The thor
ougb organization of the parish
These organizations are ali upon g
firm and solid basis. They are ia
thorough accord, are uniform 10 theil
discipline, aad have one determined
purpose-to carry this parish.-Oua
chita Telegraph.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-07-08
performing ITSELF"

The foil, of the Republican party
attempting to reform itself was very
happily shown up in Mr.. Schell's
opening speech before the convention.
Never was there greater humbug
lhan is contained in the idea that tic
lcadr g Republicans have any inter-
ton of ordering general house clean
Ing in event of a triumph in Noyen-
Der. Why should they wait for an
extension of their lease of power be-
fore beginning work 50 Imperative
~ needed? Why have ihcy waived
until now before even talking about
it? A Republican administration
has held the reins Of government du-
ring four years Of war and eleven
years of peace. and in all that period
there has not been single act look
ing toward reform-exccpt Bristow's
attack upon the whisky ring, for
which he was beaten at Cincinnati
Never has party lad more or better
opportunities to execute its good in-
icn,ions. The trouble is it has hone
The Republican policy. boiled down,
is simply this: "Get all you can and
keep all you get deceive the people
by false pledges in order that You
n,ay the more easily plumber them
Did not the Republican platform Of
1872 solemnly guarantee civil service
reform? Did not the Republican ca, .
didale nominated on that platform
distinctly and cmphatically indorse
this reform? What did it all amour,
to after the election? Ask Mr.. Geo
William Curtis, the ex-cbairman o
The civil-servire commission AL
Avery and Mcdonald in the peniten
tiary, Belknap and Babcock. waning
trial for high crimes and misdemcan
ors, and the rest of the convicted and
unconvicted official thieves who have
bled the public purse since Grant en-
tered upon his second term. JohI
Logan, renegade and demagogue a.
he is, knows The party for which hi
does the dirty work better thar
any decent man can know it, and b.
says: "The man who talks about re
form has no business in the Repub
lican party" When tborns produ'
grapes aud thistles figs, then and no
before may we loo for rotten Repub
lcanism to deodorize itself-Sdin
Louis Times.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-07-08
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
A RICULT r AL.
Planting Corn in Cotton.

Editor SoUihrrn CuNirnior: In
the April No OF your Cultiva,or, G.
l.. S., of Lat;range, Ga, asks what
is the best corn to plant with COTTON
the proper distance and time OF
plan:irg-number Of stalks in a place
&c? have been surprised in read
ing the discussions of this subject
recently in the public prints, that ii
is regarded as an innovation or new
discovery by some writer's. ] saw 1t
practised by the ovcrsccrs CD my
plantation 10 or 90 years ago, and
long before | became citizen Of Ala
bama. ! have followed the custom
for Q wears that have resided here
and am prepared to give it my IN
qualified approval. The custom Is
almost universal here. upon rich lands.
Some planters run SCOOTER furrow
at right angles across the cotton beds
I2,ol5 feet apart, and drop the corn
in the drill with the cotton, after 1t l.
I'D. Others plant the corn at the
same time with the cotton, as fol-
lows: a hand follows the plow open
ing the drill, and drops the corn III II
Mt regular intervals Gas near as posi-
hIeO which is covered with the cot
ton. have tried both plans, and
prefcr the latter. The cora will not
lie in straight aud regular rows, as by
the first plan, but this | regard as an
advantage, not shading the cotton a.
much as the other plan. My Girec,
tions to the droppcr are to drop from
2to 5 grains, according TO quality OF
land, every 8 steps on uplands, and
every 5 or 6 steps on bottoms
There will, Of course, be more or less
irregularily in carving cut the order
Sometimes only orc grain will come
up and at other times none, while
or 5 will rise in some places. l an
not particular about thinning it-gen
orally leave all that comes up, as no
Icing crowded, each stalk will heal
one or two good ears. | have per
ceivcd no disadvantage to the cotton
| have heard the custom objected tt
on two grounds, besides It's shading
the cotton: lst, that it is troublesome
to gather; Cd that the stalks art
sometimes blown down by the wint
and get in the way oil ploughing The
cotton. | have felt the force of boil
of these objections, but consider then
far ou,weighed by the advantages o
the plan. Cotton has been such oil
uncertain crop here since the war
and the ravaye of the caterpillar s
incessant, that the importance OF mix
ing some other crop with it has bee
enhanced. The corn may be ga'herc'
Immediately after a picking, withou
injury to the cotton, and when blow
across the rows by wind, may b
Strengthened up by hands with hoe:
or the plow may be lifted around O
over it without serious damage, b
careful hands. iplant the commo
white corn; tried the yellow wcster
last year, thinking that on account
smaller stalk, less foliage and Garlic
maturity. it would be the very cor
to plant in cotton. l was disal
pointed in the result, and have gou
back to the old white variety
j. II. NoRwooD.
Fl. Deposit, Ala May Is, 1876.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-07-08
NOTICE.

Canued Fruits and Vegetables,
k0n CASES Numsen & Son. packing
eWO consisting of Corn, Peas, Toma'
toes, Lima Beans, Succotash, Peaches, Pine
Apples, Gooscberries, Strawberries, Blne
Plums, Rhubarb, WhortlebeIres and Black
berries; also assorted Pie Fruits, put NJ
specially for Hotels, Steamboats, and Families
If LAMKIN & ECGLEsTON.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-07-08

and pulverizing any or ,inary land deep and
well, lay CH III rows three feet apsT, open
these " Idle aud deep, and drill! ~ or nil viii
manure. My favoric i compo>'ct co'ioh
seed with commercial fertilizer. BED ana
harrow OF the beds well. and dfii a.
ihr seed with one of the simple, hs"inl sreh
>owrr. 81 generally advefiIscd. %" save
seed and .,i Them 20 uniformity planted a, I"
make ;hc cultivation afterwards easy. WI
Ivu he ciu"s and ,he u nf the sweep once
nr twice afterwards, your crop Is lrft IN iine
! rouiion To- crow and remain good the en'r'
wiuter,f particularly in this latitude. zee
| that are produced with Us Tins far south are
worthless lhry must be bought annually
/ from the uor 'hcin seed growers, VII" often
! themselves. import seed when improved
| varieties are produced, and the greatest per
| lection of the plant Is secured.
W. 3. JONES,
/ Eirdsv ale Ga Nav 1876
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-07-08

OST-ABL BLACK FILLY ABOUT FOUR
IL years old, has lump on the side of the
head, rides WELL When last seen was COM
ing by J. II. Rhymes place. Any informa.
ton of said mare will be literally rewarded
by Uf) WILEY P. MANGHAM.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-07-08
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Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-07-08

A VALUABLE tract of wood land, co, .
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ticulars, apply to Wiley P. Mangharn, Ray:
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Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-07-08
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The New York herald., 1876-08-16
The Elevated Railroad.

In the fight of the street railroads against
elevated railroads, or against any other form
of rapid transit that may relieve the people
from the miseries of transit by street cars, it
seems safe to score one for rapid transit in
the decision just given by Judge Van Hoesen
in the Special Term of the Court of Common
Pleas 1t appears to be the opinion of this
Judge that the people want rapid transit
and that is safe induction from all the
facts. 1t is further evidently his opinion
that the will of the people being known on
that point, and formally declared in the laws,
it is not the province of the courts to assist
any interested parties in obstructing any
enterprises likely to secure the desired
object, unless their rights are SO clear in the
matter that to refuse to concede their de-
mands might clearly be called denial OF
justice. In the multiplicity of laws, COM
mon and particular, and legal principles
more or less general that bear or may be
made to bear on the rights and wrongs of
railways in cities decisions may be given,
and are gieen great many ways, and it is
refreshing to find that now and then they
are given in the way likely to relieve and
help the people.
The New York herald., 1876-08-16

jority in the House has been impelled by
mere party motives in its successful efforts
to reduce public expenses. But party zeal
always deserves applause when it takes SO
wise direction. 1t is the proper business
of political parties to ascertain the public
will and conform to it, and the demo-
cratic majority Of the House has hit
the true tone of public feeling in
its strenuous battle for economy. 1t may
have erred in minor details, but its main
purpose was right,land public sentiment
will indorse it. A saving of thirty millions
in the public expenses of the year against
the opposition of the Senate entities the
House to public gratitude. We cannot deny
that this economy has proceeded from party
motives; but party action is always whole
some when it conforms to the popular will.
The New York herald., 1876-08-16

old member of Congress to coarsely give the
lie to another member and approach him
with threatening gestures as if he were about
to make personal assault. We are glad
that Mr. Cox was at last brought to acknowl-
edge his error and make an apology, but 1t
would have been great deal better for his
reputation if-he had not given way to such
en- unseemly gust of passion. If this were
his first deviation from parliamentary
propriety it might be overlooked, but
he has repeatedly descended from his
favorite role of light buffoon to that OF a
malignant blackguard during this session,
and he should be made to understand that
such exhibitions excite the shame and dis
gust of his constituents. Mr.. Kasson's
assault on Tilden was no doubt unfair and
unjust. but Mr.. Cox might have exposed it
without degrading himself from q par
liamentary wit to parliamentary bully.
Mr. Hewitt, who never violates propriety,
subsequently demolished Mr.. Kasson's
charges in decorous speech, and Mr.. Cox
might have replied with equal courtesy and
effect if he had not foolishly lost his temper.
A few more such exhibitions would ruin Mr..
Cox in public estimation
The New York herald., 1876-08-16
Shorn of Their Glory.

Four full fedged Ministers, nearly all of
them plenipotentiary and otherwise magnifi-
cent are now sailing in the upper atmos-
phere of European diplomacy, like birds of
Paradise, with their long tail feathers pulled
out. The ruthless hand of democratic
economy has irreparably spoiled their splen-
dor. There is the magnificent Read in
Athens-one of Aristophanes' fellows. But
few days since he held up his head in the
land of the Achains with the consciousness
that if there were brave men before Aga
memnon there had been few since also
that ought not to be altogether disregarded
by the historic muse and the other muses..
And now that Minister is only Charge
d 'Affaires; in fact, Uncle Sans man of busi-
ness Business in Greece! He will
come home, of course. Cramer, in
Denmark, is also reduced to the
moderate dimensions OF Charge, but
he will not come home, for he is one of the
family, and toward the end of his diplomatic
career cannot afford to look down even on
small things. Moran would just rs lief
be Charge as Minister in Lisbon, for his re-
moval from London was such blow as made
it impossible for any future change to hurt
him. Sympathy would therefore be lost.
Rublee at Berne will be standing evidence
to the Swiss that in this centennial year the
great Republic is returning to the ways Of
honest republican parsimony. His salary
before was about equal to the whole Swiss
budget, except when they put the army on
war footing; but now that it is cut down so
as not to be more than five times as large as
the salary of the Swiss President the fact
may re-establish us in the eyes of that
economical nation.
The New York herald., 1876-08-16
How tho News Repeats Itself.

The singular manner in which the news OF
this little world repeats itself, not only
from day to day, but from generation to
generation, is illustrated by John G. Saxe's
poem on "The Press, which he read before
Brown University in 1855. Speaking of the
HERALD, the Tribune and the Times of that
year Mr.. SAKE said -
Letters describing many rural scenes;
Ship news and often news for the marines;
Fortunes bright favors and misfortune's shocks,
The fall of Hungary, the fall Of stocks;
The important page that tells the thrilling tale,
How empires rise and red republics fail;
How England's lion, lettering in his lair,
Essays In vain TO fright the Russian bear;
How France, bemoaning the expensive war,
Would give her .sLouis'' to her louis dor;
While the poor Turk, whom hapIess luck attends,
Cries, "Gracious Allah! save me from my friendsi~
The last. lines are almost an exact picture
of Europe to-day. England is still afraid Of
Russia, France is just getting rid of her debt
to Germany, and< Turk trembles far more
at the thought of what Russia, Austria and
Germany may do than at the insurrection OF
Montenegro and Servia. If Mr.. SAKE had oc-
casion to write on the news of ''The Press"
to-day he would have little change to make
in the poem written twenty-one years ago.