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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-05-24
Cheap and Perpetual Asparagus.

Unnecessarily elaborate directions for
making things after an expensive fashion
often deter busy people from having them.
This is especially true in the matter of as
paragus. The fuss of the fanciful amateur
discoruages farmers, and therefore very
many of them go without this delicious
"early green's" Our bed at Kirby Home
stead is dozen years old and cost for the
roots 81, and each year it helps to make
spring more welcome by its abundant yield.
The plants are set a foot apart in a spot of
ground out of the way and dry and warm.
1t was made rich with manure, and every
fall load of horse manure is spread on the
bed, and when a weed makes its appearance
it is pulled out. The manure in the fall
protects the crown Of the plants from the
cold and makes a mulch for the plants TO
come up through, and at the same time is
an annual fertilizer. Fifty cents each year
will cover all of the expenses our asparagus
bed is to us, and it is good for a cutting every
other day for a month or longer. The variety
is Conover's Colossal, hardy and excellent,
but it should not be set closely if mammoth
stems are te be expected two feet apart is
near enough for big specimens, and sixteen
inches is better than foot, The bed should
not be cut the first year after setting. A bed
can be raised from the seed which will be
ready to cut the third year. The seed should
be planted in hills sixteen inches apart, and
the young plants kept clear from weeds, and
the ground kept mellow.
We raised bed once from the seed, bu
had to dig itup, owing to changing tn,
grounds; and this reminds me that a spo
for an asparagus bed should always be Sc
lected which will not be likely to be dis
turbed, and the bed with the care we Civ,
ours, will last through great many gener
ations. 1t is a nice legacy for ones children
and grandchildren. have known of bed
in hourishing condition hundred years ole
surely a pleasant reminder of the thought
fulness oil ancestOrs,-Er.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-05-24
The wheat Crop of 1879.

Already speculation is ripe as to the COM
ing crop and with the customary pleasing as
pect of the horn of plenty. Spectators will
please take notice that the farmers Of the
west say in advance that they expect large
wheat crop the present season, and arrange
prices accordingly.
Drouth has prevailed and been protratced
10 an unusual length Of time in the spring
wheat region which is in the north west
Apprehension was felt for the safety Of the
winter wheat during the dry, cold, windy
weather which prevailed in March for sew
eral weeks, but warm eopious showers,
showed that the roots Of the greater part Of
the crop were uninjured, and the favorable
turn in the weather gave new life and prom
ise to winter wheat fields.
From Illinois and Indiana we receive IA
vorable reports of the crop. The prospects
in Iowa is reported favorable and encour-
aging also. In Michigan wheat has with
stood the drouth, and an increased acreage
and fine appearance of the young plants, be-
speak an exceedingly fine crop.
In Nebraska the rainfall is sufficient for
agricultural purposes, and the farmers have
got in their spring wheat in a most satisfac-
tory manner. the outlook being more favor
able than at this time last year. The farm
ers of the wheat districts in Ohio are in good
heart and say their wheat prospects could
not be better the wheat is strong and heal
thy and growing vigorously. In Minnesota
the great spring wheat State, the increased
breadth sown over last year is reported to
be 300 900 acres. In the southern part of
the State the grain has been got in the
ground in good condition, but in the south
ern part rainy weather threatens to interfere
disastrously with getting the seed into the
ground, and with its termination and
growth afterwards, In Wisconsin the same
complaint of dry weather prevails, and the
crops ofall that northwestern region depends
largely upon the rainfall in a short period.
If rain is withheld the spring wheat crop
will be short, and "new process" flour cor
respondingly high.-KansaS Farmer.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-05-24
SULPHUR SOAP,
It renders the Cuticle Healthfully
Clear ard Smooth, and is the Best Pos
sible Substitute for Expensive Sulphur
Baths.

tits Incomparabe Remedy for BRUISES. UL-
GERS, CUTS and every irritable or unhealthy
condition of the SKIN, and ls . most selvlceable
remedial agent and source Of speedy relief in
cases OF GoUT and KHEUMATISM.
It's most desirable DISINFECTANT OF
CLOTHING OR BED III MEN, WON and u ed
TAGIoUs DISEASES. ana is a Capital Remedy aud
Preventative Of them. when used as an iujec.
tiOn Persons employing n have no need 10
take sulphur Baths, or TO resort to Sulphur
springs for bathing purpOses.
AS an adjunct of the TOILET it Is far more
desirable than any COsme ic sirce Il DOES NOT,
like a tcles OF that nature, conceal Complex
iOual Blem shes but removes them.
TAN ,FRkCKLES, ,PIMPLES, BLOTCHES.
and the like, speedily yielu To lis clarifying In
tluence' ana 1t IL the rery best Soap to shave
with, because It leaves the SKIN smooth and free
rom he irritation prod duCed or sensitive Gu.
iiCle. 10y the application of the razor. 1t also
completely Grad dlcates DANDRUFF.
Housewives declare II TO be EXCELLENT for
wasning OOLEN. LIN EN, LACE, and other
fabrics and ladies moving in the hest tlrcles OF
metropolitan and rural society speak OF IL in
the hie hest terms.
Testimonials pour IN from al quarters of the
Union upon its Proprietor. many OF win h have
been published in the form OF a neat pamphlet
prOcurahle OF Druggi~ts and Fancy Goods Deaf.
ers, the originals being Upen to public inspec
ton at his MEDICINAL WAHEHl USE, No. SIXTH
AVENUE, NEW YORK. The aruc is moreover
indorsed bv the Medical fraternity.
LIKE MOST OTHER FAMOUS REMEDIES
GlENN'S SULPHUR SOAP has b en- lmltat
ed. SOAPS without the smallest fraction Of re
. medial efficacy have lCon and are fOlsted upon
the uususpecting and uno5servunt. us genuine
sulphur soaps pusseSsing properties identical
with or equal to the Great specific, which theiI
! vendors sees TO rival by underhand compeu
] uon. The public should therefore he careful e
| inquiTe for GLENN'S sulphur soap bY its tull
name, and see that they ger the real article.
! Az respectable Drug glsts, Fancy Goods Deal
/ ars and GIocprs Keep GLENN'S SULPHUH
SOAP aud Will Op demand for it, supply th6
GENUINE THING to their Gu toners.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-05-24

Why SUBMIT TO THE Discomfort, and
humiliation entailed by local disease Of
the skin, when GLENN's SULPHUR SOAR will
rid you Of it with certainty and dispatch :?
II is a remedy which never fails 10 release
cutaneous disease, and, as a means of ban
ishing defects Of the complexion, it is equal
ly reliable. The benefits arising from the
use of Sulphur Baths, in cases Of skin di-
sease, and Of rheumatism and gout, are well
known, but the cost is too heavy to be in
CURED by many persons who would other
wise take advantage of them. Glenn's Sui
phur Soap answers the same purpose, and is
| both inexpensive and convenient. No one
need stir abroad in search of sulphur bath
/ who has this admirable means of providing
I one in doors. Il is incomparably the best
/ deodorzer and disinieetant Of clothing and
bed linen in use, and prevents diseases of
/ an obnoxious nature caused by contact.
sores, ulcers, bruises, scalds, cuts and spTains
are promptly remedied by il; and its clean
/ ly, healing and soothing properties consti-
/ tnte 10 a iar more desirable remedy for scor-
/ butte ailments than ointments Of any de-
/ scription, since such greasy compounds soil
| the clothing, often aggrayate, and very rare
/ ly indeed do any permanent good.
! Sold by druggists. Price 25 cents pei
cake. ! Box g cakes) 75c., sent by mail
! prepaid, on receipt Of price. c. N. Critteu.
ton, Prop'r 7 Sixth Avenue, New York
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, Black ol
Brown, so cents. 326
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Ever secbing-but in vain,
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Safe add potent Liver Pills.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-05-24
The Fort Allen House,
WEISSPORT, PA.
BBHLBR & KRBSGB, PTODriGtOrS.

This House is located In the Borough OF
w eiSsport, Carbon County, Pn., and is built
on the ste Of Fort Allen, an old stockade fort
ihcatipn, erected here over q century ago to
protect the early settlers against the hostile
tncurSiOns Of the Indians. The house is n sub
stantial brick, and was named Fort Allen
House " by the late Edward Weiss It contains
Thirty-twO Rooms and handsome Restau-
rant, and the present PrOprCtOrs have newly
and thoroughly reiittcd the establishment
II has all tile appointments Of a FIRsT-CLAss
COUNTRY llOTEB, adapted for the com
fort Of its patrons In close proximity to the
Hotel, in perfect preservation, Is the Historic
OLD FRANKLIN WELL,
which was dNg by order Of Benjamin Frank
lin 10 supply the garrison of Fort Allen with
water. Its walls of stone, which Will defy the
ravagcs of ages, are as perfect to-day as when
put there, and the well now contains about
six feet OF crystal water. The well is now
being fitted upas historic relic, to the water
of which the patrons of the House will have
free access.
SUNNI Err BOARDERS
will he accommodated at Reasonable Prices.
The Bar is supplied with the best Wines,
Liquors and Cigars. Good Stabling attached.
April 10 VI BLHLER & KRESGE.
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Its soothing influence upon the irTitated lin.
Ing of The air passages, is due to the iact that
IT'S ingredients are the most eHlcaciOus pulmOn.
iC simples Known to medical botany. the basis
Of the article Deinp the HONEY OF The HORE-
HOUND PLANT, chemically united with the
medicinal principleof the ABIES BALSAMlsA
or Balm OF GIead There are besides five other
botanic elements which give additional efficacy
to the titst named two.
HONEY OF FOREGROUND d AND TAR is not
only wonderfully remedial in alt cases where
the oraau, OF respiration are affected, but also
tnat It's action is unusually rapid. few doses
frequently serve, TO relieve very obstinate
J cough. IL contains nothing tnnt can disorder
the stomach, a fact that can be alleged with
| truth Of but lew COugh remedies; IL Inns an ex-
| tremelv agreeable flavor, and is sold at figure
which enables those Of tile most limited means
| to avail themselves of ITS virtues
1t IL simple madness to trihG with Cough,
| Irritation of the Throat, Ghost and Lungs trav
| els RAPIDLY aud what IS u trhing and easily
| cOnquorabe difficulty IN those organs to-day,
| NAV in Il few weeks uevelOp into Brouehitis or
! COnsumpt on, two diseases which carry more
/ victims to early graves, than any other In the
/ long list Of bodily disorders.
| A Cough may be fifty termed tho Pre iminary
IfAIo HAIE's IS 4oSEYP 40oGSqEYP OF "ToREHoUNb AND
/ TAI is the surest known preventive. Those
| therefore, who would arrest the progress o: the
! DESTROYER SHOULD delay not moment 10 lake
CHILDREN, derive great benefit from its
| soothing properties. when suffering with the
| paroxysms Of Group and WhoOp ng COugh. The
| frsu named disease Is especially destructive
/ among Young children ana this rrlin ole remedy
| should be Kept on hand in all hon ehOds Buy
| the large Packages and EcouOurize.
/ PRICES, so cts. and 81, PER BOTTLE.
| Sold by all Druggists.
G. N. CrittentOn PrOp'r,
No SEVEN sIXTB AVENUE NY.
LehightOn, Pa.
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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-05-24
FARMERS COLUMN.

Now the blossoms flake the orchard,
And the clover lightly blows,
While sings the merry robin
Where the lisplng brooklet flows
And while the placid lakelet
Doth seem looklng-glassi
The man comes to to the window,
And asks to cut the grass
For five cents.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-02-12
A Night in a Vault.

Not long ago the widow OF a gentle.
man who had recently died desired the
vault wherein the remains had been
temporarily placed to be watched, so
that body-snatchers could have no op-
portunity to ply their nefarious calling.
Thinking that the vault wonld be watch
ed better by the sexton than any Que
else, Mr.. Radbone was hired to keep q
close lookout. At dark he took Ian.
tern and blanket and made bed in
front of the vault, so that any one ap-
preaching it would have to step over his
body. But after lying there there some
time 1t grew quite cold, and he thought
he could watch the corpse just as well
If he went inside the vault, out of the
cold. 80 he unlocked the vault and
went in, but found that he could not
lock the vault from the inside. That
would never do, and yet he was deter
mined not to stay outside.
Finally he went back to the house and
aroused his hired man, and the two went
back to the vault. Mr.. r. then took his
lantern and blanket and went inside.
made bed on the floor, and laid down
for the night, having for companions to
while away the tedious hours six corpses.
The attendant locked the door from the
outside and went back to the house and
his warm bed, leaving the sexton alone
in the vault with his silent companions.
There was nothing to disturb his tran
guilty during the early part of the
night. About one o'clock there was a
gentle noise, as though some one were
tampering with the vault lock. Mr.. r.
took up his lantern, and the noise stop
ped for few moments, only to begin
again when he laid down on his blanket.
This time it appeared to be in an oppo-
site corner of the vault. He could see
nothing, and could only hear that steady
scratch, scratch, which became more
and more distinct every instal {. Mr.. r.
is brave man, but he confesses that
when one is locked in a vault with six
dead men, with no living soul within
half mile, and at an unearthly hour to
have such an unexplainable noise as
that, it was more than men with ordinary
nerves could stand. At any rate his hair
began to rise, and just as he was think
of the best way to defend himself against
his spiritual foes a little chipmunk DASH
ed from dark corner, ran past him and
darted out between the bars in the vault
door. From that time on nothing OCCUR
red to mar his quite watch, but in the
morning he was rather glad to be releas-
ed from his dull quarters. - Toledo
(Ohfo) Blade.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-02-12
AstOnished Bears,

Passengers on the Erie railway morn.
ing express train for New York enjoyed
novel scene one morning recently
while passing over the Delaware division
near Pond Eddy. The Sullivan county
mountains rise in that vicinity five hun
dred feet above the road. On one of the
highest of the rocky peaks overlooking
the Delaware river large black bear
aud two half-grown cubs appeared in
full view of the train. They remained
as long as the train was in sight. After
the train swept by the old bear hurried
ly climbed tree on the edge of the
mountain. AS long as the peak was in
view of the train the bear could be seen,
apparently watching it from her eyrie.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-02-12

them appear like the better qualities.
For instance, San Domingo, Mexican,
Maracaibo and Rio are made TO resemble
Java by kind of sweating. AS Java
sells about twenty three cents q pound
Wholesale, and the others at about az
teen cents a pound, the profit will be
seen to be enormous.
DIR. Mott says in his report: Out of
nineteen samples Of ground coffee,
seven packages were found adulterated.
All seven contained chiccory, and two
contained in addition roasted cereals.
The addition of chiccory to coffee must
be considered fraud, unless the pur-
chaser particularly asks the grocer to
put it in. Because some people like
the flavor of chiccory in their coffee is
no reason that people who dislike it,
preferring q perfectly pure, unadulter
ated article, should be imposed upon.
BY the following simple test any house,
wife can easily ascertain with perfect
certainty if chiccory has been added to
her roasted coffee: On the surface of
glass of water put pinch of the coffee
to be examined--not more than half
teaspoonful; stir the coffee in with the
water rapidly for one-quarter to one
half minute; if the water becomes i'm
mediately colored, and several grains
sink TO the bottom, it is q sure indica-
tion that the sample is not pure. Pure
coffee only gives the slightest tint to the
water, and rarely, if ever, any OF its
grains sink to the bottom, unless left to
stand for several hours.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-02-12
The NntIonnI Complain.

Dyspepsia is the national complaint. Al
most every other man or woman you meet has
it, and the result is that the number OF pseudo
remedies for it is as numerous as PhRTaoh's
host. They are for the most part worthless.
There is, however, a searching eradicant OF
this distressing and obdurate maady one
whose genuine merits long since raised it to a
foremost place among the staple medicines of
America. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters extir-
pates dyspepsia with greater certainty and
pvomptitude than any known remedy, and is
a most genial invigorant appetizer and aid to
secretion. These are not empty assertions, as
thousands Of our oountrymen and women who
have experienced its effects are aware, but are
backed up by irrefragable proofs repeatedly
laid before the public. The Bitters also pro-
mote q regular habit OF body and give a
healthful stimulus to the urinary organs.
Terribly exhaustng are the night sweats
which accompany consumption. But they, as
we'll as the paroxysms OF coughing, are inva-
riably broken up by DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam for
the Lungs, which conquers the deadly malady,
as well as bronchitis, pneumonia, pleurisy,
asthma, diphtheria, and all other affections OF
the throat, lungs and chest II saves thousands
from unimely graves, and is invaluable in res
cuing children from the Group, WhOOping cough
and quinzy. 1t is sold by all druggists,
Chew Jsoksons Best Sweet Navy Tobacco
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-02-12

Y = N7NlIl.lINIH 2 IlIlNl = NJ p VII
VIRGINIA FARM FOR Sf'
aly plantation, sag aoros, Sussex 90, f1iI.
Wavorly, good market. on Norfolk & Pelcr.I
r. " miles from Petersburg, 40 IRON hictns
cultivated. Adapted 10 Cereals, Grasses n
Cotton, Peanuts, 40. PArt highly improved
Apple Orchard in good bearing. Pears y
Grapes, 40. Mari and Muck abundant Ef
OAK, Ash, Cyprus and Pine. Well Wat6gati. n1'
dwelling commodious, nearly new; outhuli4
tenant houses, corn and wheat mi 1 good H4I IL
Very desirable hone. Can he.diYidad a
a. N. HAHLALM. Ealnl.-- ~
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-02-12

Little English. the most popular
bootblack in Detroit, having observed
the annual statements of the police su-
perintendent, insurance companies and
10 on, determined TO give the public
some statistics relating to his own af-
fairs. Whereupon he has compiled the
following Paid-up capital, thirty
four cents; surplus, six cents; number
of "blacks during 1878, 1,461; cash
lost on street, $l20; number of fights,
twenty eight; number of victories,
twenty-seven; present liabilities, two
cents; dividend to stockholders, 600.
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New York. Boston, and Chicago
Some OF the new styles Of Mason & Hamlm
Cabinet Organs introduce style OF finish
with embossed gold bronze ornamentation, by
new process at once the most elegant and
chaste flush yet employed ON such Instruments.
Prices are very low fot auch workmanship.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-02-12

Some people can even Jest with mis-
fortune, as was evidenced by a man
who, when thrown out of his sleigh into
q heap Of snow by the roadside, said
that be had lost his balance in the bank.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-02-12


Lack Of judgment causes fully City per cent
Of AIl business men to fail, earlier or later. Do
not an equal proportion OF physioRns fail to
cure from the same cause2 At the Grand In-
vaids' and Tourists Holei Buffalo, n e. DR..
Pierce, through the skill attained by bis rev
eral specialists each having devoted years to
npooial department OF medical science, is
able to cure large per cent. OF cases hitherto
considered inourAble. Many physicians, In
view OF the superior advantages of ibis model
sanitarium, bring there stubborn, obscure.
complicated and surgical oases for ekamina-
ton, operation and treatment. Full parlicu-
lars given in the Peoples Common Sense Med
ical Adviser en- illustrated work Of over 900
pages. Price, postpaid, S150. Address the
author, q. V. Pierce, NJ d., Buffalo. NJ
Sore throat, cough, colo, and similar troubles,
il suffered to progress, result In serious pull
monary affections, oftentimes incurable.
" Browns Bronchial Troches reach directly
the seat Of the disease, and give almost in
slant relief.
Forupwarde OF thirty years Mrs. WINSLOW's
SOOTHING SYRUP has been used for children
with never falling succe 4 correctg acidity
Of the stomach, relieves Wald collie, regulates
the bowels curee dy0entery and diarrhma,
whether arising from teething or other causes.
An old and weli-tried remedy, % OTIS. bottle.
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- ~ A DAY TO Agsnts oslggsssing Ior tne hsssslu
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eQp0 MONTH Agents WanLed-3ti bcs
b00U SO ling articles in the world; sample free
Address JAY BRONSON, Detroit Mioh,