The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-09-18
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"A London lady had $4,000 worth Of
flowers at ii party. rr
The French oyster is ready 10 be eaten
when it is three years old,
The Nova Scotia gold mines are said To-
have produced more than $6,O00,O0O in
eighteen years.
-BiskSb Elder of Cincinnati has declared
that no banged or lrizzed hair will be allow
ed among the women of his congregation.
The Massachusetts Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals recommends
that ell kittens that cannot be provided for
be killed at birth. irJ -. .,,i-,.+,,,. In
The London medical journals report the
case Of the daughter of the Mayor Of Gramb~
ke, near Bremen, who has slept almost un.
interrIptedly for six. months.
"a Commercial Travellers Car Company,
will be organized in Detroit 10 build cars
with restaurantand sleeping accomodatinnss
and spueious compartments for the display
Of samples. ,u no, 49,.
"A robin built her nest on RAILROAD
switch near depot in New Hampshire, din
rectly under the signal light, and although.
about twenty-five trains daily passed by,
she remained and raised a family. rs 4.
Within a circle drawn with a radius Of
sixteen miles. with the public buildings Of
Philadelphia as a CENTRE, there are over a.
of New York would show a population OF
two million, ,n,
The ancient Greeks and Romans con-
sidered the moon to be protection against
the evil eye, and they hung small moons
made Of metal round their necks as amulets.
Even the wives and horses OF the Humans
wore them. The custom mas not yet disap-
peared in Italy and the East.
The pneqmatictube system Of letter tele :
grams in Paris now operates fiftY miles Of
piping, from six central stations, whore MOS
tive power is supplied by steam engines Of
1853 horse power. About 1000 dispatches
are sent per month, the average charge be-
ing less than ten cents. a
IA convention of quack doctors were dis
cussipg the question Of stomach pads whom,
the janitor Of the hall broke out with the
exclamation: "The best stomach pad is
fine, light buckwheat cake saturated with
maple syrup" at.,> q, .f 5
In California a man named Anse was
appointed hangman, and the boys at ouce
named him moose Anse.
What is the difference betweensa ciVili-
zed diner and person who subssts at the
North Pole2 One has bill Of fare, aud the
other his fill of bear. .,-s..
"A puzzled law student asked his teach
or, "What should a person do when he don't,
think what he knows" was the reply
you can't get me-" said an old Della.
ware county farmer, ITO Try any Of them.
juggler tricks, sYsllerin' ,sickles, and knves.
No, sir l think too much Of my old jug'lsr
vein."
The Sultan of Zanzibar, weary Of The
mere work Of reigning prince, has becnme q
business man. He has bought British
steamship, and is running il at cheap rates
for passengers and cargo between Zanzibar
and Bombay. mn
"A Mobile AcOideDt Insdrapcs Company
have policies for casualties resulting on an
average from the following causes Out Of
hfteen claims recently presented one man
was killed by a fall, two by railroad accid-
ents, one by drowning, one by lynching and
ten by bullet wounds. CO.,, ~
English military critics believe that IL
the Chinese learn how 10 fight they will
make very dangerous people, because they
are robust, temperate, obedient, aud have
no fear for death. n a Chinaman should De
in the field for a considerable length Of time
he would learn 10 shoot we'll. d. =
-In the BEAUTIFUL church Of 81. Mary, at
Bury ST. Edmunds, England, is an altar
tUrnb surrmounted bg a recumbent figpTe If
a starved man, the details Of wbjah ave well
executed aud ghastly enough. II WAS erect
ed To the memnry oi john Baret, who died
Of starvation in 563, while attempting to
fact Forty days aud forty nights.
-R'cenily Young mal la Dublin, Go
awoke irom a refreshing siuuher both deaf
and dumb. uor hal tr rnf-B Wod since
Nor aeum ai a.l Before lriug fe could
talk ami heIf H Tef. ls ever h- ctuid lie.
remeaioerea 40 uAp.easaut feeling during
hs slesp, sDd Is not affected 10 sny otbs9
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