The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-01-18
THnES AND THAT,

hood
That laughter costs too much which
is purchased by the sacrifice of decen-
cy.
Colorado, Kentucky, West Virginia,
Delaware and Wisconsin have no State
debts
The Egyptian Pyramid may be
classed under the head of ''old mades. I"
lie is richest, who is content with
the least; for content is the wealth Of
nature. Socrates.
1t does not follow that a black
smith has no virtues because he is al.
ways to be found at his wise.
The light of lightning, and its re-
Elections, will penetrate through a dis
tance of from $50 to 200 miles.
Out ofsiXteen establishments which
were started for the manufacturing of
oleomorgarine, thirteen have gone to
the wall
~ ords tail to express the feelings
of man who is fastening up stairs
when he gets to the top thinks thereiis
still another step.
Bad habits are thistles of the heart
and every indulgence of them is a seed
/ from which will come forth a new crop
| of rank weeds.
Turn the knob gently, there's
paint on the door.-New York News.
Walk along softly, we've just washed
| the floor.
"A young man without money is
like steamboat without fuel, he can't
90 ahead. Among the ladies' he is like
the moon on a cloudy night-he can't
shine.
-"Suppose should work myself up
to the interrogation pont?" said q
beau to his Sweetheart, 81 should re-
spond with an exclamation" was the
prompt reply.
More than one half the letters
mailed in the world are proved to be in
English. The l00, 200, 600 who speak
the English language have far more
books and newspapers than all the H.
200, 600, 600 of the earth.
-Parson; "Sorry to see you sleep
so much in church. Mrs. Darkins."
Mrs. b; "Sleep sir? No, SIR" Par
son: II am sure you cannot tell Eie
what my last sermon was about"
Mrs b: "About sir? Yes, sir; about
half an hour too long"
Blood Jewelry. The anuf cture
from pure blood of the OK is I ourishing
in Germany. The blood is red, r,
duced to powder, and then NJ, ulded
and polished. The ornaments /. US
produced are capable at high polish
Paper collars were first patpntedin
1854, but till 1863 met with little favor.
In that year 10000 were manufac.
tured. lii 1877, 100000 900 were made
AN average Of more than one box for
every man, woman and child In the
country.
When placed under a microscope
the sting of bee presents polish of
dazzling beauty, but when paceL in the
end of mans nose it takes on the
semblance of rat-tdil file dipped in
vitrol, and filings out words as rough
as grind stone.
II am glad" said an illitirabIe
preacher "that the Lord has opened
my mouth to speak" "And well you
may be- was the reioiner, 'for hs
never did such thing but once ba-
fore" "And when was that?" asked
the peacher. "In Baalam's time" was
the conclusive answer.
The entire amount of gold at pres
ent is estimated at $1,000, 900, 600 in
value in the Unsted States coinage,
This immense sum is hardly compre,
henaible to the mind but If it were put
in solid mass it would measure only
seventeen feet high, twenty-eight feet
wide and tilty-siX feet long.
When the Sultan loses his temper
the ladies ofthe household speak OF him
as a harem- scare. 'em fellow.
-SwaItzmeyer to his wife; "Nnw'
see here, mine lOf, besser as you had
Juhnny let leetle Op Won dat candy
eaten, obber der furst sing you don't
know, he haf some toOthache In his
teeth, und haf been skwallin' around
al night nit der cholera moTbus In his
jaw-dOn't il?"
The value Of the land and COWS In
the United States, employed in Furnish
ing milk, butter and cheese, is estimat.
ed to be not less than "ole billion
three hundred million dollars, "(Sl ,300,-
000) and the combined value of butter
and cheese produced annually, "three
hundred and ffty million dollars"
(S350, COO 000) or fifty million dollars,
($50 600, 000) more than the wheat
crop OF the country.
Rev. Samuel Scoville, of Norwich,
has probably been the innocent agent
of causing more happiness aud more
uuhappiness than any man in seven
counties. During a residence of seven.
teen years in that town he has per,
Fnrvrnl 4ba t,No rrfo va. OEn
couples; and now he proposes to haVea
friendly chat with them through the
Norwich papers. His head is level
Though the papers are at as afe distance.
The superintendent OF the Hartford
(COnn } Literary association says that,
as !ule, boys and girls 'read too
much. Our account shows that one
hoy had taken l09 story books in six
months, and one girl 112 novels in the
same time" The books taken between
September and November 80 show the
average reading of Young America,
They were in the following proportion:
Fiction, seventy five percent arts and
science, FIVE and a half biography,
five; history, four and half; travel,
four, poetry and drama, two; theology,
one; miscellaneous, seven.
-NorristoWn Herald; A London
physician says that smoking cigars
cause various disorders of the ciIeula-
tion ard digestion, pGlpitation of the
heart, taste for strong drink, bleeding
of the nose, and liberation of the mu.
Gus membrane OF the mouth This is
had enough, but if the English doctor
had examined a little more closely into
the effect the habit Of smoking had upon
the constitution, he would have discOv-
cred that it also leads to bank defalea-
tions, OsSi6cation of the heart, dlspO-
sitOn TO run for Congress, body snatch.
ing, hay fever, highway robbery, sta
bsmus, bunions and croquet.
RmuEpy FOR HARD TINEs.-stop spending
50 much on fine clothes, rich food and style,
Buy good healthy food, cheaper and better
clothing; get more real and substantial
things of life everyway, and especially stop
the foolish habit Of running AFTER expensive
and uuacll doctors or using SO much Of the