The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-06-23
BRIEFLETS.

lands in ArOOstO0k county, Me-, are
being rapidly taken up by immigrants.
Fig culture in Florida, which has
been greatly neglected since the war,
is now attracting the attention of capi-
talists.
BY tie vote in the council and a
deciding vote by the mayor, cows are
now allowed to swarm the streets of
Augusta, Ga.
"A quart of peaches for every man,
woman and child in the country is the
estimated crop from Delaware alone
this season.
NORTH Carolina has paid for fertil-
izers within the last twelve months So,
100000: Georgia, $4,000, 900; Virginia
probably more.
.l.-It takes an Ohio man twice as long
TO brush his hair and adjust his shirt
collar as it did before the era of "fraud
first triumphed in American history"
Coal mining is becoming quite an
important interest in Alabama. From
yield of 1000 tons in 1873, the pro-
duct of her mines grew to 90, 900 tons
in 1876.
Mr.. Thompson, Secretary of the
Navy, is going to reply TO the criticisms
on his book against the Catholic Church
after he gets through with the investi-
cations of Secor Robeson' 5 transactions.
The colony of Fiji is in anything but
a prosperous condition.. Valuable
plantations can be bought for So an
acre, aud, dissatisfied as the settlers are,
there is no complaint about the fertility
of the soil. The absence of labor and
the insecure tenure of land are the
chief troubles of the Fijian planter.
Unusual interest is being taken in
the volunteer military organizations
springing up all over South Carolina.
The Hampton Rilsmen, of Charleston,
have fatigue or summer uniform cOu-
sisting of black trousers, linen jackets
with palmetto buttons and green trim
mings, black felt hat with green cord
and tassel and green feather.
"A few days ago there passed
through Rockport. Ind, a man and his
wife, each wheeling a wheelbarrow
heavily laden with household goods.
They had started from Ohio year be-
fore, and had travelled in that manner
through Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and
Missouri, and were on their way back
home? During all their journey they
had not slept in house.
Miss Florence Nightingale has been
writing letter to Mr.. Gladstone, in
which she says; II hope in this heart
rending war-a war for cause as in>
tensely interesting as the cause of most
wars are uninteresting-it will please
God at last to bring about freedom,
safety and the blessings of home, and
industry, and progress, and all that
English men English women and Eng
lish children prize"
1t is very rem arkable fact that
the two sons of the famous Circassian
chief, Schamyl, are serving in different
armies, these armies at war. The elder
was sent to the Caucasus to inclte an
insurrection, and the younger is al
officer in the Imperial Guard of Russia,
and was sent into the same region tC
pacify the rebels through the influence
which his fathers name gave him.
"A paper in Gainesville, Ca, has
curious advertisement. evidently Of
Yankee conception. The author offer,
to filter the water used by the citizen:
at the small cost of ten cents per gal
Ion, and with the sediment, which b,
proposes to use as substitute for Vene
tian red and Spanish brown, he will
contract to paint every fence and out
building in the city at about one fourtl
the cost of usual paint.
"A ditcher on the estate OF Mr.. Al
Ian Gilmour. few miles from Cupa
Fife, Scotland, recently struck his spad
against what seemed boulder. Whel
unearthed it proved to be deep bronz
vessel. A stone was wedged in it
mouth. There were 5000 silver coin
in the vessel, They appear to be of tn
twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth cen
turtles. 1t is supposed that they ar
coinage of the relgns of Robert Ii an
III aud David ii.
-Parisian omnibuses date back t.
1886, when the Marquis Of SOutche
and the Duke de Roamnes obtained
concession 10 run them. They too
immensely at first, but somehow 10:
popularity, and passed out of eXisteuc
until 1928, when they reappeared wit
the new and excellent name-a Teall
nhppy lnOuBul-Ol Omulbuo. Ab Hls
there were 100, which was deemed a
enormous number, but it soon increa'
ed. In 1855 there were 347; in 1866
when the various companies were col
solidated, nearly 700.
Last month a physician was ser
for in Rome to visit patient. On g
ing to the address indicated. he wa
told by lady at the door that the sic
man was not there, but at anotht
house in a different street; whereupor
proceeding to this second locality, h
surprise become great on learning thi
the patient was waiting for him up o
hill (San Petra in MontoriO) in quit
another section of the city. FINAL!
he found out that practical joke ha
been pla ed at his expense, and carrie
the matter into court, where the Judl
sentenced the frOlcsome lady to pa
for three medical visits and the costs
the suit.
WI en- Governor Vance was cal
Vassing the North Carolina mOuhtaI
district for Congress in 80 he four
at one of his appointments an immen,
audience, and one ingenious mountain
eer. who had taken advantage of u