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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-10-31

to rinse them herself, her father per-
forms this duty for her with the aid of
a volunteer assistant, who is young
man who looks as if he might be very
romantic under advantageous circum-
stances. Whatever in the world the
rlnslng out of that little scarlet merino
stocking did to him 1 do not even pre-
tend to know, but the next night he
begged to wash them both, but the pru-
dent papa refused, and handed them to
a guide. Now, here is where the solemn
part of the service comes in. The guide
for a consideration, of course-psr-
Units the infatuated hose-refreshing
young person to borrow these stockings
after papa's head is busted in issuing
tremendous snores from his couch of
hemlock, and he washes them out in a
combination of water and moonlight
and hangs them upon an arbor rit@
bough to dry! Whatever the young
man discovers that is delightful in this
queer devotion only the locality and the
atmosphere can account for, and these
two mute things refuse to surrender
their secret
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-10-31
The Theatres of Paris.
Galignani's Messenger

bdltS udlL heSSeiStT-
Of these establishments the French
capital possesses As. The Chatelet
holds the largest number, having $500
seats; then comes the Theatre His
torique with $500; the Opera, 200; the
Chateau d'Eau, 1000; the Ambigu
ComiQue, 1900; the Gate and the
Porte st. Martin, each 1890; the Opera
Comique, 1900; Odeon, 1,467; the
Theatre Francois, 1880, &c. As to the
people employed, mutually the Opera
has the largest staff. 1t comprises %
musicians, 26 male singers, Is female,
Z men dancers, ~ women, 90 choristers
or fgurants, 81 ballet assistants, 155
machinists or special workmen, 40
female box-openers, 81 money takers,
accountants, &C.. in all a total of 500
persons. The most important of the
other houses, as regards the persons
occupied in them, are the Porte st.
Martin, with $50 men and women; the
Chatelet, over 800; the Opera ComiQue,
239; the Theatre Francois, 220, &c. In
short, 3,210 men aud 1859 women are
at this moment employed in twenty-six
of the larger Partisan theatres. These
totals include LIT actors, 1, 102 actress
es, 428 employees, 568 machinists, GIL
box-openers and 613 special workmen.
The theatre which possesses the most
extended repertory is unquestionably
the Coincide Franchise, which, during
the last year, played rs pieces, of which
% were old, ~ modern and 4 new
Then comes the Gymnase, with IS
plays; the Palais-Royal, 46; the Odeon,
40, Of which 80 were old and new.
As to the musical theatres, the Opera
played 10 pieces-12 operas and 8 bal
lets; the Opera Comique, q, of which
"a were old and new Besides the As
theatres, Paris possesses Sc cafes-con-
certs, without counting the hippo
dromes, circuses, halls and other estab-
lishments for amusement whose name
is legion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-10-31
| Lady in the Chicago Times.

At night a fresh sprinkling of balsam
boughs freshen our couches, our blank
cts are taken in from their sun-baths,
a big fire sparkles and crackles at our
feet as we retire without crimping our
front locks and we lie down as five were
mummies, five in row, but we are
within screaming distance OF eight gen.
tlemen, who are. similarly arranged with
another blazing fire before their camp.
One guide spends the night in keeping
the blaze brilliant. We 60 to bed with
out the usual but quite absurd custom,
Ill the world below us, of undressing
ourselves, consequently our labors of
the toilet are quite simple in the morn
ing. We rise shake back our hair, and
upon grand occasions we add fresh
collar and a bit of ribbon. We wash
our faces and hands in the clear springs
of very cold water, and then we sit
down upon the stones to eat a luxurious
breakfast from tin plate and pine
board. We have trout, broiled wood
cock, roasted potatoes, coffee and pan
cakes and maple sugar. Then we
loaf and loaf, and fish and fish, and
again We sleep and sleep, and then din
ner is ready. One little lassie, who cried
at parting with her trunks, was not
aware how much she was weeping for
until she discovered that all the stock
1ngs that she had fetched along with
her were upon her feet, and that owing
to an excessive amount of rain
in this region her boots must be
filled with muddy water at least once a
day, provided she refused to be perched
from morning until night upon a log, or
be pumped into a hammock. The
consequence Of her stockingless con-
dition has led to many hearty laugh,
as well as to many an unconventional
and, indeed, might as well admit, hor-
rible performance That is, this per-
Torrance will sound horrible to ears
which are walled in by frescoes and
draperies, but up here nothing that is
necessary is unrefned. This little
nightly episode is the washing off of the
mud from Dimple's little hosiery. As
she cannot SO stockingless to the pond
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-10-31
The Ladies' FaYOrite.

Among the many thousands of ladies
who have used DIR. Prices Fayorite
Prescription and pronounced it their
favorite remedy, because SO efficient Ill
the diseases and weaknesses peculiar to
woman, are many who are well and
favorably known in the world of letters,
as well as artists, musicians, and a
whole host of names from the brilliant
ranks of wealth and fashion. It is pre-
eminently the Ladies' Favorite Pre-
scription, its use, while being far more
safe and efficient, exempting them
from those painful, caustic operations,
and the wearing Of those mechanical
contrivances made like Peter Pndar's
razor-seller's razors-to sell, rather than
to cure.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-10-31
New Suspension Bridge at Niagara.
Niagara Falls Gazette

Mr.. Benjamin Rhodes, superinten-
dent of the new suspension bridge, is
preparing drawings for two new cable
suspension bridges to connect the Clark
Hill Islands with the main Canadian
shore. Each of the proposed bridges
will be $50 feet in length, and will be
supported by wire cables resting on iron
towers. The style Of the work will be
very similar to that followed in the
erection Of the new suspension bridge.
With the completion of these bridges,
and the laying out of the desired roads
around the Clark Hill Islands. a con-
tinuous roadway will be secured along
the bank of the river, including Cedar
Island, with the Clark Hill Islands.
This scheme of connecting these islands
with the main shore by means Of two
new bridges, in addition to the present
suspension foot-bridge, is the project OF
Mr.. Sutherland Macklem, the owner OF
the property.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-10-31
though Shaking Like an Aspen Leaf

With the chills and fever, the victim Of Mala-
ria may still recover by using the celebrated
specific, Hostetter's Stomach Bltters, which not
only breaks up the most aggravated attacks, but
prevents their recurrence. II is infinitely prefer
able to quinine, not only because it does the
business far more thoroughly, but also ON account
of its perfect wholesomeness and invigorati lg ac
ton upon the entire system. Testimony is con-
current, positive and ample showing the decisive
of its effects and that it is mere palli-
alive. Physicians concede its excellence. and
there is a com tant influx of communications from
persons in every class of society aVouching its
merits, and bearing witness to it's superiority
other remedies for malarial disease. 1t is
pecially popular throughout the West, wherever
fairest and most fertile ortions Of that vast re.
giOD.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-10-31

ANYTHING FOR ESCAPE.-The lessons
just now taught in our Sunday-school
"cut to the quick" wherever there is in
the pupil a tender conscience and a
sense of sin. A bright little fellow in a
New York school, who felt the applica-
ton Of their truths to be too close for
his personal comfort, burst out with
the exclamation, 81 wish had died
when [ was baby and got rid Of all
this" After his teacher had kindly
shown him how much he would have
missed by pointing out the folly of his
wish, the boy, in no measure relieved
from the uncomfortable sense ofrespon-
sibility resting upon him, tried to wrig-
gle out of it in this fashion: "Well, [
wish was an Indian, anyway, for they
don't have to know about these things"
Philadelphia Snaday-Sckoot Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-10-31

4 NORWICH tenant has been impor-
tuned SO frequently for his rent that in
climax of evaporation, the other day
he turned on the landlord with the CO
gent and conclusive retort: Now you
needn't put on so many airs, old man
Why, / owe enough in this town TO buy
up all your old houses"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-10-31
" Lies! Big IieSi"

Not so fast my friend for if you would
see the strong, healthy, blooming men,
women and children that have been
raised from beds of sickness, suffering
and almost death, by the use of Hop
Bitters, you would say, "Truth, glori-
Gus truth" See Truths" in another
column.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-10-31

THE FdnuNa tells an interesting story
of an impresario who recently set sail
from Italy for New Orleans with an
opera troupe. On the voyage three
men discovered that they had been en-
gagged as tenors-only and absolute
tenors. A tremendous row was the re
suit, at the conclusion of which they
went to hunt for the manager and up
braid him for his treachery. He re-
piled: "My children, 1 know that peo-
pie wholly unworthy of regard have
lowered the profession Of impresario in
the public eyes. I, however, am an
honest man, and you can depend upon
my loyal performance of my obligations.
In each of your contracts it is provided
that there shall be but one leading
tenor. There are three Of you. How
ever, no sooner shall we arrive at New
Orleans than one of yon will in all
probability die of yellow fever; the
death Of another may be confidently ex-
pected during the period of rehearsal,
and so when we really begin business
there will be but one of you left. He
will be the sole and leading tenor of the
COMPANY"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-10-31

WORTH CoNsIDERNG-Good dict
makes healthy children and healthy
adults. Good Saleratus helps to make
nutritious, healthy diet-Hence use
D. B. DeLand & Co.'s Best Chemical Sal.
eratus, as it is perfectly pure and better
than Soda, and much better and cheap
er than Baking Powder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-10-31

The Mason & HamIin Organ Co.
have taken the highest honors at IL
worlds exhibitions for more than
twelve years-viz., at Paris, 1867; Wen
ma, 1873; Santiago, 1875; Philadelphia,
1876, and Paris, 1878; and they are the
only American makers who have taken
such at any.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-10-31

A LITTLE Rock man, who for some
time has been expecting an attack of
the JIM jams, met mule as he went
home the other night whats the
use," he argued, stopping in front of
the mule, "ofgetting frightened atroth-
ing? This is no mule. It's nothing!
I've found a cure for jimjams. The
idea Is not to pay any attention to such
photographs, showed out from the cam
era of hallucination! He advanced
and remarked, "Get away, shadow"
The mule turned round. lifted himself
UP and struck the man on the top Of
the head, cutting a hole through his
hat and removing portion of his scalp.
A physician attended him yesterday
and cleaned from him the information
that he never intends to stop in the
street and dispute with mules, whether
they be real or imaginary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-10-31
Nevada Obituary.
Virginia, New. Enterprise

At a dead fall:
"Hello, Jim !"
GLOW are you, Jerry-talle suthin' ?''
Heard from your brother lately
Arsenic Bill, old plzen?"
"Well, yes, not directly You know
he was in the boss and cattle business
in Texas. His operations extended
over large territory and didn't require
much capital. One night they took
him in. There were eight of 'em at
one end of the rope and Arsenic Bill
at the other. He couldn't keep his feet
on the ground. When they raised him
he passed out. Here, barkeep'r, two
Whiskey sours."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-10-31

NoRWALK, Conn, reelected Mr.. Eli
B. Bennett its treasurer last week. for
the fiftieth time. The town has never
lost a penny of the funds in his charge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-10-31

KNIGHT OF THE HERD.-Mr. George
Green, of Pleasant Valley farm, oppo-
site Ashland, killed the largest buck
that was ever seen on the south-shore
of Lake Superior. 1t weighed over
four hundred pounds before it was
dressed, and three hundred and twenty
dressed. George has the antlers over
his door, where any hunter can have
them by producing larger pair.-Ash-
land wis. Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-10-31

:" PRISONER, do you wish to say any
thing in your defense?" Nothing,
your Honor, except this-Iemme off
light; this is the eighth time I've been
up before you. We're old copartners,
as it were"
"IF it takes one hog to make ham,
how many hogs will it take to make a
hammer ?"-EIr. He, he, he! Here's
another one: If it takes one egg to make
an nogg, how many eggs Will it take to
make an anger ?-St Louis Dispatch.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-22
Points In Politics.

Wilkes Barre (Pa.) Record: "The Bed
ford county republicans favor the renomina-
tion of Congressman Campbell
Springfield Republican (Iad); Good
people have got to be dragged into politics if
the best things are to be reached.
-Hartranft, Mcpherson and Grow are
mentioned as possible candidates for the
Pennsylvania senatorship in the next Con-
gress.
The Inter Ocean exposes the profession
al jurors of Chicago, who manage to make
respectable incomes off legal fees and Illegal
perquisites, not to say bribes. A kindred
evil in all large cities invites investigation.
Washington Republican (rep.): at il
intimated that before Anderson was put OF
the stand by the conspirators he was special
.ly advised that a lie well stuck to was jus
as good as the truth for their use, and he ha
acted upon that hypothesis with great fdel
ity"
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-22

N. Y. Sun, Tuesday: Over $780, 100000
of the peoples money has been spent ON our
navy since the war, and only few worth
less vessels are left to show for it. OF this
immense sum Secor Robson spent fully
$lS2 900, 900. The enormous frauds through
which much of this $ls2,OOO,OOO was con-
verted to the benefit of private spectators !;
the frequent and gross violations of law; the
shameless manner in which the chief of the
department and certain of his subordinates
abused the high trusts confded in them,
were Monday made plain in the startling re-
port which a committee of Congress made TO
to that body. The evidence was taken al
most entirely from the records of the depart
ment, and upon it the committee recom-
mends the indictment of the parties con-
cerned. Secor Robeson, W. W. Wood,
Isaiah Hanscom, and Jas. II. Watmough-
the ex-secretary of the navy and his ehiei
subordinates-are the persons indicated
But, although the evidence was official, and
although secor Robeson's successor oorrobor
ates the committees findings in important
particulars, the Republican members OF the
committee refuse to sign Mr.. Whitthornei
report.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-22

The Philadelphia Record says that a
letter was some time ago received by the
German Ambassador at Washington from
Berlin, Prussia, postmarked "Fort Lincoln
Dakota Territory, Dec. 1871" purporting to
be signed by Max Hoehne, whose alleged
murderer, Wahlen recently committed sui
eide in jail. The letter has given rise, say:
the Record to a suspicion that the body
found at Elm Station was not that of Man
Hugo Hoehne, and that he had gone West
as he stated was his intention in a letter t.
his father some time previous to his mys
terious disappearance.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-22

"A correspondent in Paris Of the New
York World has been interviewing General
Grant on the subject of Communism in the
United States, and the result of the CONVEX
saton is thus given; ...........
General Grant thinks that there is no
cause for very serious alarm-just because
the vigilant inquietude of the public mind
in the States is in itself q sufficient security
against the danger of revolutionary, or, as
most people prefer to put it, Communistic
excesses. If the General could be guilty of
an epigram, he might say that you have no
ground of uneasiness because you are very
i'll at ease, and this, in Hibernian fashion,
would be the expression of q profound
truth. The American people, he says, have
evidently opened their eyes in time TO the
proceedings of knot of agitators in the
Union who would like to make capital out
of the present distress in trade-though
they seem to be opposed to capital in every
other form. These men will be looked after
and they will be prevented from doing ser-
Gus mischief. Their treachery to one an
other will tend to supply the defects of pub
lie watchfulness; they may be relied on not
TO keep their own secret if they have any
motive of vanity or greed for divulging it.
The General finds much comfort in the re-
| Election that most of them are foreigners
they will be the more easily traced on that
account-and that the few Americans who
have joined them are pure demagogues oi
no standing whatever in the country. Still
he would by no means leave them to pub.
lie contempt, and he thinks that every State
should pass a law making secret organza-
ton ielony-under certain conditions
which it would be easy to define"
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-22

"A New York Herald Washington cor
respondent has been interviewing DIR. Daniel
B. Sturgeon, of Toledo, o., chairman Of the
Executive Committee of National Green
back-Labor) Party, now in Washington.
The Doctor is evidently man ofgood sense,
and he supplements this with a courteous,
practical manner. lie is exceedingly cauti-
Gus in talking of the new party, carefully
weighing every word he utters about it, and
quite emphatically checking an untoward
curiosity that would draw from him more
than its welfare would require. He is i'm
pressed with the Importance of his position
as the head ofwhat he somewhat enthusiast
cally denominates the party Of the future,
and is thus governed in his conversation
upon the subject ofo and new party lines
by the utmost circumspection. To the cor
respondents question, "What do you think
will be the result upon the distressed classes
Of the country if Congress fails to take some
positive action upon the subject Of finance
for their relief?"
He (the Dr. replied: "This is the subject
upon which must be very careful what
say. twill not do to say anything from
which these people may take the hint that
their best chance is in an uprising. But
they will be reduced to a most pitiable con-
dtion Of suffering, and each member of Con-
gress would assume very grave response
blity in bringing the masses into that con-
dition of suffering which borders closely up
on anarchy. / do not think, however, that
this can result in any very serious uprising
in any section of the country, unless the
people are exasperated beyond endurance
There is limit, you know, beyond which
men will not submit to oppression. But thC
people know too well that their surest hope
of victory and relief is in the ballot alone"
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-22

In the U. S. Senate on Thursday of last
week. on motion of Mr.. Voorhees,, the bill to
repeal the resumption act was taken up and
finally passed by vote of As to 10, being
amended in such manner as to provide
simply, "That from and after the passage Of
this act United States notes shall be receiv-
able the same as coin in payment of the four
per centum bonds now authorized by law to
be issued, and on and after October 1878,
said notes shall be receivable for duties on
imports"
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-22

in the National Conncil of the Junior
Order of American Mechanics, at Baltimore,
Wednesday, the following officers were elect
ed for theensuing year; National Councillor,
]. Adam Sohl, of Baltimore; National Vice
Councillor, II. W. Lewis, of Dayton, Ohio
National Secretary, Edward S. Deimer, OF
Philadelphia, Pa; National Treasurer, VIM.
P. Hayes, of Trenton, N. j., National Con-
duetor, Sanford McKeeley, of Port Jarvis,
n. VI National Warden, ]. NJ. Baker, Of H.
dianapolis, Ind; National Sentinel, George
p. Monck, of Wilmington, Del. New Bruins
wick, N. j.; was chosen as the next place OF
meeting. The Council adjourned sine die.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-22

The increase in immigration for the
five months of the current year over the
corresponding period of 1877 is marked.
Up to the lst inst 2s,l4O Immigrants had
landed at Castle Garden; the alien steerage
passage for all last year was 46,267. The
immigrants are mainly of the farming elias.
and nearly all go West,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-22

The lOSd anniversary of the Battle of
Bunker Hill was celebrated Monday in Bos-
ton. The day was observed as a holiday,
business being suspended and the public
buildings closed, Bells were rung, salutes
fired and concerts given, and there was a
military parade and review The day was
also celebrated in other New England cities
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-22

Saturday morning, while mine car
containing A. J. Williams and Matz Beck
was descending into the Maize collery, near
Shenandoah, it broke from its fastening and
fell to the bottom. Williams was instantly
killed and Beck seriously and probably fatal
ly injured.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-22

The Greenback- Labor Convention Of
Luzene County met in Pittston Tuesday,
and nominated Hendrick B. Wright for re-
election to Congress by acclamation.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-22

This years wheat crop, though not in
proportion TO the area sown, is estimated at
4OO,OOOo,O 900 bushels, the largest ever gather
ed in this country.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-22
THE THIRD ANNUAL .a-.
Financial Statement

of the Town Council of the BOROUGH of
LEHIGHTON for the Fiscal Year ending
the Second Monday of April, A. D. 1873,
as required by the 9th Section of an Act
Of the General Assembly, approved April
20, 1874, and Supplements thereto.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-22

Congress adjourned Wednesday night.
The best act Of the session.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-22
W. Aut AaA II ? n - w.
Secretary.
WILLIAM MILLER,
Wfraaaurar

The above statement having been submitted
to said Town Council for examination ano ap.
Secretary be instructed 20 have the came
printed IN The CARBON ADVOCATE.
". NJ. RAPsHER
Junee e, TS-3w Secretary.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-22

The assessed valuation OF taxable property
real ano personal, Ia the borough Tor 1871, US
per Assessors return, is s269, 80. .s
we, the undersiRned, having been Instructed
10 prepare the above statement by the SAID
Town Council, do hereby certify thai the same
ID correct aud in accordance with the require
ments Of the said Act Of Assembly, to the best
OF our knowledge aud belief