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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-10-20
Mr.. Weasel Brought Into Camp,

20 Though a poultry raiser thirty years,
u ron the sea coast aud in Villages, we re-
ceived our first call from this bloodthrs;y
creature about half past three o'clock We :
nesday, July 25Ih 1888. Our forty five
Light Brahma chickens were housed in a
small out building, to prevent depredatons
in the garden. A terrible squalling among
he birds called our attention TO the attack
Immediately. The chickens turned out at
once, and IN one corner we found weasel
fastened to the thigh bone ofone ofthe birds
and he was beaten with a club before he re
leased his hold. The thigh hone was brok
en-, and the bird had to be killed. Just
week from that date, at the same hour in
the afternoon, he came again, but was driv-
en- oil without damage to the chickens. In
the meantime he had visited the neighbors'
eoops and slain'a large number. On the
Monday following, at the same hour of the
day, We found him among the floak again
Having learned the tenacity Of his grip
upon his prey, we were preplred for his
visit. He had a large chicken by the jugu.
lar vein, and was partially concealed under
her wing as she lay upon the fl Ior. With
a spade we PINNED him to the earth and
closed mis- career of blood sucking. In about
two minutes he had drained the blood from
two pound chicken. The specimen, a
male, was about an average Of adult size;
whole length, from tip 10 tip, eighteen
inches; body, twelve inches; tail, six inches
The jaws and neck are exceedingly strong
and the teeth very sharp, nice instruments
for tearing open veins. 1t is very dilliculi
to catch a weasel in a steel trap, still more
d fIicult to shoot one. But. caught in the
act OF bloolshed, with spade, you have
him.-Rsv. WM.. Cliff, in American Agri
cuitT.St for October.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-10-20
On Thirty Days Trial.

THE VoBTAIe BELT Co., Marshall, Mich
will send DR.. Dyes Celebrated Electro Vol
taic Belts and Electric Appliances on trial
tor thirty days TO men (yOung or old) who
are afflicted with nervous debility, lost vi
talily and kindred troubles, guaranteeing
speedy and complete restoration of health
and manly yigor. N B.--No risk is incur
red, as thirty days trial is allowed. sly
1t is claimed that DR.. Mary Walker is
the iather of the American dude.
JADwIN'S TAR SYRUP is manufac-
tured from Pure Pine Tar procured direct
from North Carolina for this purpose only
and is unlike nine out OF ten called Tar
Syrups which are made from the oil Of tar,
a product taken from coal tar without any
medicinal properties whatever only as II
havor. The tar is combined with some OF
the best demulcents and expectorants in
use, making a pleasant and agreeable
syrup for Coughs or Colds. It's remedial
qualities are uncxcelled. For sale at T. D
Thomas drug store.
Any coward can commit suicide-i'
takes brave man to live on and fac,
trouble.
-ELECTRICITY.-o OF all the known
Electro .Galyanic Appliances at the present
lay il is now conceded by the Medical Fra
,ernlty and Electricians generally, that the
American Galvauic. Co.'S HOWARD SHIELDS
are the best, possessing intrinsic Electriea'
merits, as ono shield or appliance can b.
titted TO any part Of the body, which is moi
true of any yo,her: See advertisement il,
another column OF thJs paper. Electric Ga
zette.
The man who receives and changes u
counterfeit bill returns good for evil.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-10-20
Absorbiue the Cattle Ranches.

One after another indiyidual cattl,
ranches of Colorado, Dakota, and Wyoming
are being absorbed by large companies
/ Vast sums have been invested by English
men in these companies. An aequain
ance who, during two trips, rode with u
through Wyoming, not long ago sold hi'
cattle and his rancho on the "Sweet Water
TO an English party for one hundred thou
sand dollars cash. This acquaintance, Tin
Foley by name, has since invested Ibis one
hundred thousand dollars in and around
Leadville, Colorado, and is now worth fv,
hundred thousand dollars.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-10-20

One can see pick chewer gallery al
most any day IN front of our public house.
Smelling salts have assisted at more
reviyals than all the ministers put togeth
'er.
If you don't feel able to harness a clam,
perhaps YOU could saddle rocks.
= Young men should be careful about
dropping remarks. They may be picked
up BY bigger mau.
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A bright beginning

A bright beginning-Sun-
r.Se. -
Pleasantries - naples and
elms.
q al roads lead to roam.
l Lovers should quarrel of.
ten, for the make up is, oh! so
yum-yum.
Those who attempt to
;.elimb a CREASED pole for a
prize seldom make ascent in
sthe operation.
An operetta has been COM
posed with the title of sin a
Dilemma" OF course the
orchestral part will have tive
.i;;horns.,
K x. The watering cart saves
''many a man f,om biting tho
dust.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-10-20

PINE TAR will kill the parasite that
ca uses consumption. JADWIN'S TAR
SYRUP contains the proper quantity and
quality. For sae at Thomas drug store.
lie who has nothing TO do has no busi-
moss nn earih
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-10-20
ng Job Printing neatly,
cheaply and promptly execut-
ed at this Office. Give us a
trial and be convinced.
DROWNED IN BEER
Concerning this Popular Beverage Two
Men Express their Minds,

men Express Inelr miuuh.
"The fact is sir, you may stick a pin there,
that the people OF this country are likely TO
be drowned in flood of lager beer" shouted
an enthusiastic tetotaller the other day
into the ear of your eornered correspondent.
''rhat German drink has struck us hard. II
is the second deluge."
Yes, and the worst of this beer drinking
business is that It gets up kidney troubles as
Il heayy wind raises the waves" added a city
physician, who had knowledge of the
times and tenduncy to metaphor. The
midnight schooner leaves behind It wake
( furred tongues, headaches, torpid llyers,
nausea. and all that, and lays the foundation
of Bright's Disease"
This melancholy fact accounts IN part foI
the Increasing sales OF BENSoN'S GAP
CINE POROUS PLASTER, which at once
mltigates these symptoms. Price 2j cents
Ask your physician about II. .,.
| ssabury & Johnson, Chemists, New York.
Oct sml,
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M1scELLANEous.

Every farmer should at least have one
coAnty paper, and that paper should be the
ADVOCATE, which contains all the latest To-
cal news. Only $500 year.
"A man who knows good deal about
the ills Of llfe-the doctor.
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BIts and Btu ngs wortl Noilae

for to attend an urgent cas-
at No. so State Street. Ilm
rying on his clothes he sc
out with breathless Last,
through the drenchiig lain
Afterprowling around awhile
inthe dark and ringing sever
al door-bells in the vain u
tempt to find out which hous,
was number 90. he discovered
that.s so was an open lot. Hi:
next discovery was that tht
iriendeon whom he had playcc
the Joke had now got ever
with him. lie was almos
mad enough to throw up tho
practice ofmcdicine and advise
all sick folks to take Brow II;
Iron Bitters.
A reporter writing about q
shipwreck and desiring tc
make his story as thrilling as
pos ible, made the statement
that ''iourteen ofthe wrctchcd
passengers bit the dust" "
Fortune knocks Cnce at
C cry mans door, eloquently
+ marked a stump speaker to
his little crowd of hearers.
"Well then," said a tattered
and seedy looking hearcr, 81
guess | must have been out.
the day he knocked at mine. p"
10 secure good fortune avoid
dyspepsia, and keep your
stomach and liver happy by
the usc Of Browns Iron Bit
tiers.
A distinguished novelist who
was asked how he managed to
keep the attention ofhis read
ers replied that he had read a
good deal, and that he always
tried to avoid what annoyed
him in the other writers. The
discreet reader will not be an
noyed to be told just here, that
Browns Iron Bitters is the
best iron-medicihe in existence
and the only reliable restorer
OF dySpeptic stomachs to pel-
feet health. Make a note OF
it.
The servant girl who put
smeGc cine into the ice-cream,
because she knew the family
would be sick after eating that
cold eonlection, meant we'll,
but practised medicine in a
clumsy manner. She nearly
killed halfa dozen OF her
patients. She says that, the
next time they get sick they
may take their medicine in
their own way. She retires
ffom the practice.
A baseball struck Pat un-
der the fifth rib, and nearly
Knocked him down. Some.
body told him it was a "foul''
ga towl!" said Pat-''shure.
Ithought l it was a mule"
At Atlantic City the sum
mcr price ofdog-carts is $1.50
an hour. This docs not in
clude a dog.
The lady whose husband
ran away with the school
marin congratulated herself
that she knew more about the
inside facts ofthc scandal than
the gossips across the way.
who had talked so loudly
about it. An "inside fact
which has no taint Of scandal
about it is that Browns Iron
Bitters will cure your dyspep-
tic husband and make a new
man of him.
Shovel, hoe, poker, tongs.
and griddle all are Of iron, the
great metal without which
the industries OF the world
come to a standstill. Iron or
the farm, iron in the carpen
ter shop, iron at the black
smiths forge and iron in thu
human blood are all the same
metal, but in wonderfully diff
ferent forms, Iron gives tn,
blood its rich, red color. Ricl
blood means health an,
strength. The preparation o
Iron in Browns Iron Bitter
is the only one which can b
taken with success and safety
Have YOU tried Browns Iro
Bitters.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-01-06
A Blessing.

The pain in all his joints became in
tense; fever, with its deteriorating eff
fects, was now added, and he became
rapidly reduced to the semblance of a
skeleton, while vitality reached its low
est possible condition, and his suffering
were Of such indescritable character
that those who most loved him some
times thought it would be better if he
were called away. At this time, phys
icians, well-known in this city Pitts
burg), informed his parents that he
was in imminent danger Of total Paral-
ysis, and directly afterward They an
nounced to his sorrowful mother that
they could give no hopes of his recovery.
At this juncture the use of Peruna was
commenced, and in six weeks VIM.
Lincoln Curtis was we'll and at work.
Read page % Of DR. Hartman's ellis Of
Life;" get it from your Druggist.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-01-06

WASHINGTON, December N.--Three
Of the regular annual appropriation
bills have now been passed by both
houses of Congress, viz, the Indian,
the consular and diplomatic and the
agricultural bills. They still require
action by the House of Representa-
tives, however, upon various Senate
amendments increasing their amounts
slightly. The House has also passed
the military academy and the postal
appropriation bills. The former has
been reported from the Senate com
mittee and placed upon the Senate
calendar in readiness for passage.
The latter remains in the hands OF
the Senate committee on appropria-
tions for further consideration. The
three bills first named, as increased
by the Senate, provide for aggregate
appropriations as follows:
Indian, $5,376,256; consular and
diplomatic, 1921, 1855; agricultural
$404,640, The postal appropriation
bill as passed by the House authorizes
a total expenditure during the next
fiscal year of $44,21S,520, (Which is
less than the estimated postal reve-
nues for the same period, and the
total of the military academy bill is
$305,657. The army bill now pend
ing in the House provides for a total
appropriation of $N,6S1 500.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-01-06
A Decision Against Political
Asscssxne nj IT,.


A decision has been rendered by
the Supreme Court of the United
States in the political assessment case
of Newton Martin Curtis affirming
the constitutionality of the law un-
der which he was convicted in the
Circuit Court for the southern dis
trict of New York, and remanding
him to the custody Of the marshal Of
that district. Gen. Curtis, although
in the employ Of the general Govern
ment. was, as will be remembered, ac
tive in exacting from his fellow Off
Gals contributions to further the
election Of Garfield. He was indicted
under the sixth section Of the act Of
August 18th, 1879, which prohibits
certain officers Of the government
from requesting, giving to, or receiv-
ing from any other officer or en-
ployce Of the government, any money
or property, or other things of value
for political purposes" Upon his
conviction he was sentenced to pay
fine and stand committed until pay
ment was made. Being taken into
custody by the marshal, on his APP
plication a writ was issued by one
of the justices Of the Supreme Court
to inquire into the validity Of his
detention. After reviewing the leg
islative acts of similar character
passed by Congress from 1889 down
to 1876, the Court pronounces the
act of the last mentioned date not
only constitutional, but for many
reasons highly expedient and proper,
and adds: of persons in public en-
ployment may be called on by those
in authority to contribute from their
personal income to the expresses of
political campaigns, and refusal
may lead to putting good men out
of the service, liberal payment may
be made the ground for keeping poor
ones in" This decision will be wei
coined by the country as one tending
to purify our public life.
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Can't H ub Ii Out.

"Don't write there, said father to
his son, who was writing with a dias
mond on the window.
"Why not?'
Because ynsl can't rub it OUT
Did it ever occur to you, my child,
that you are daily writing that
which you cannot rub ont? You
made cruel speech to your mother
the other day. 1t wrote itself upon
her loving heart and gave her pain.
1t is there and hurts her when
she thinks Of it. You cannot rub
it out.
You whispered wicked thought
one day in the ear OF your play
mate. 1t wrote itself on his mind
and caused him to do wicked act.
1t is there now. You cannot rub
it out.
All your thoughts, all your words,
all your acts, are written on the
book Of memory. BE careful, the
record is everlasting. You can't rub
it out.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-01-06

AS Burr, the principal, was not
convicted, his accomplice, Blenner-
hassctt, was released. But he was,
financially, almost ruined. The Sc
curity which Burr had given for
money advanced, failed; and from
the plenitude of wealth he found
himself reduced to comparative pow
erty. When he was released every
thing had been sold to satisfy his
creditors: the beautiful garden and
lawn, with all their gravel walks and
avenues, had been converted into a
cornfield; the gate, which stood on
the river margin and ornamented the
entrance to graveled avenue lead
ing from the river to the house, had
been thrown down, and the mansion
had been turned into a store-house,
Wealth was gone, home was gone,
calumny had assaulted him; but amid
all these vicisstudes the integrity
and rectitude Of Blcnnerhassett stood
unimpeached.
He went to Mississippi and settled
on cotton plantation. In few
years he returned to the north for the
purpose of educating his children.
He then removed to Canada, where
he entered upon the practice of his
profession as lawyer. In 1922 he
went with his family to England; and
as if to call back the memory of his
happy home on the island in the dis
tant Ohio, he settled on the Isle of
Guernsey, whose sands are forever
playfully washed by the sunlit waves
of the English Channel. There, at
the age of 50. he died, He left
his wife and three children. Mrs.
Blennerhassett came to the United
States, and preferred claims against
the government; but they were never
granted.
She died in the city Of New York,
in 1S43, where one OF her sous was
then residing.
Three quarters Of a century have
elapsed since the Blennerhassetts re-
sided on the island, and not vestige
of that once happy home remains
save the name. No doubt, in after
years, they often looked back with
fond regret to that earthly paradise
from which their own indiscretion
and the intrigues Of Aaron Burr had
expelled them.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-01-06
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
EDUCATIONAL MEETING AT
BLACKSMITH.

BLAcKsvILLE, Dec. 16, 1SS2.-Pur-
suant to short notice an educational
meeting was held in the Baptist
Church, this place, on Friday even
ing last After stating the object OF
the meeting and the benefits result
ing therefrom, Supt. B. 5. Morgan
nominated +. p Lantz as chairman.
ID. N. Gass and L. A. Lincoln were
chosen corresponding secretaries for
the county papers.
Supt. Morgan addressed tho meet.
ing, giving in clear and concise Ian
guage the philosophy Of rendering
the school house more attractive and
of beautifying the school grounds; the
relative positions Of tae educationals
systems Of Englaad, Germany and
our own country; the rise and pro-
gress Of the free schoolsin this
county; where the school house should
he built, its benches, color of the walls,
hight of ceiling, and bringing to
view many things which our trus-
tees ehave never thought of; the
stoves called frost-killcrs were also
child killers; that to have sue
cessfll school you must have n good
teacher, and the ernest cooperation
of the citizens. &
A motion that all talk on queries
be limited to five minutes to each
speaker, carried.
The Query-box was then opened.
A great many queries Of educational
interest were ably handled, among
them may be mcntioned; ''How to
make the Public School System a
Success" was answered by L. M. Cal.
vert in way that showed ha had
once been teacher and was convcls-
ant with the subject. "Shoud the
Blacksmith School be OH the Hill or
in town. A query of much local
interest, but failing to elicit the
| thorough discussion in nodded
"Should the County Papers be Intro
dnced into the School ROOM called
forth warm discussion, also is the
Study Of Higher Mathematics ali aid
to the Masses "The Compulsory
School SYSTEM was ably discussed
by Supt. Morgan and T. NJ. Calvert.
Other queries ofintrcst were answered
by Rev. Stewart, John Brock, ID. N.
Gass and others.
! Considering the latencss Of the
hour Mr.. Gass asked the chairman
to announce programme he had ar
ranged for his scholars.
Mr.. Clark, Of Ohio gave an inter-
esting parallel Of the school system Of
this state and his own, believing that
Ohio had better school houses, more
comfortably furnished but had not
as good a system construction. They
had no graduation plan DC.
Excellent music was furnished
vocally by I. NJ. Calvert.
The meeting adjourned with gen.
eral feeling that chr evening had
been proGtably and pleasantly spent.
Il. A. l..
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-01-06
Delayed Letter frem Union.
town.

UNIoNTowN, Pa, Dec. 81, 1882
paul Pry" requested me TO say to
the correspondents who have been
inquiring after him so diligently,
that he has written but that the let
ter either never reached its destina-
ton, or, more probable, was dropped
into the waste basket to "blush I'M
seen, and waste its sweetness on the
deser. air"
The cold waves have struck us sew
cral times already. We are looking
for severe winter
The Doctor in returning thanks
for copy Of Puck, disappointed
us slightly. We sent him two copies
ere that acknowledgement was made,
and one since. We have long been
'looking in vain" for his pretty face
to appear in Uniontown, and that
pretty girl is wasting her sweetness
on the desert aT."
Joseph Gidley is the happy father
of promising infant.
"Bub" and Chas. Blosser passed
through here on the Z r. NJ. train last
Saturday, enroute to Monongalia.
They have been working Mt the
Youngstown Coke Works.
/ Clell. Johnson's smiling face is
still seen IN our midst.
We presume that Chas. johnson,
il, is dead.
Don Reece is still with us. Don
is good fellow and "don't you for
get it,"
We return our thanks to Daisy
for the Locust Grove" news. We
always desire to hear the news even
If that news is sad. "ln the midst
of life, we are in DEATH
We are in Uniontown for all win
ter, probably longer, and have nc
desire To turn back to weak and
beggarly county that cannot (?) af-
ford railroad.
We would like to visit Monongalia
if we had any way to get there.
There it is again. Opposition is
the life of trade" but too much is
injurious. There is just where oul
frail bark is floundering now; but
our motto is mi desperandam.' Get
your dictionary doctor" and please
ship us one; we need it sadly when eli
we read your letters.
Letters from Clinton are still il
order.
wonder! Oh, wonder, where that
sweet "Violet" is, that budded SC
swcctly in the columns of the Post,
then dropped and passed away. Echo
nswers-Where?
Rev. Geo. McCollum, Of the M. p.
Church is having an interesting and
encouraging revival at Fairchance.
He is assisted by Rev. Jas. Robinson,
Of Pittsburgh. May the good work
go on.
Well we will cease, lest this letter
should meet the same fate as "Paul
Pry's" to the Post. ALEXIS.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-01-06

Milk contains all the elements of
food necessary for our support. The
cream is rich in carbon, both ia the
shape Of solid fat (stearinc) and
liquid fat, while butter-milk contains
casein. Skim milk has casein, potash
soda, lime, magnesia, iron, phospLor-
ic acid, sulphuric acid, silicic acid
and chlorine. 1t is really superior to
the cream for bodily nourishment.
The peculiar flavor of butter is i'm
parted by bntyrin, and it is also eff
fected by other substance not familiar
~ known, such as caprin arachin. etc.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-01-06
Twenty Years a Great Sufferer.

from Constipation. Had swallowed a
half-bushel of Pills, and drank over a
barrel of Cathartic and Laxative Stops
Had tried every Patent Medicine re.
commended in such cases, and had been
treated by all the very best physicians
in Philadelphia. and was finally ted
by her consulting physicians that she
was now too weak for Cathartic Medi-
cine, or injections, and that she must
die. She then took Manalin ard was
cured. See 31st page Of the ellis Of
Life Get the book from your Drug
gist. or address DR.. Hartman. Osborn,
O., for one.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-01-06

A German writer calculates that a
single grain of wheat producing so
grains the subsequent year, and each
year resown, would in the twelfth
season produce enough to feed all the
people in the world for generation.
The estimate of so grains from one
seed is theoretically not too much, as
it is often exceeded by single grains
carefully sown; but in practice we
find that the average sowing of one
and half or two bushels Of seed per
acre produces crop Of 10 to 40
bushels, which at the best is not much
more than % grains for each seed.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-01-06

RUMoR says that when Judge T.
d. Houston, Of Wheeling, asked fol-
his wife, his intended father-in-law
said: "Mr. Houston, what are your
prospects for supporting my daugh-
ter9 Are you worth any propertyY'
"Yes," said Mr.. H., II am worth a
100000" Said the old gentlman,
"In what does your property consist?''
Mr.. H. replied, Il have $50, 900 worth
of brains IN my head and $4,000
worth Of brass in my face" We
hardly need to add Mr.. II. got the
lady.-Sutton Mountaineey.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-01-06
A Beneicient Action.

The miserable looks and feeling Of
those confined at desks or work tables,
are caused by weak Stomach, Kidneys
or Bowels. Parker's Ginger Tonic
withou. intoxicating has such benef-
Gent action on these organs and 80
cleanses the poisonous matters from the
system, that rosy cheeks and good
health are soon brought back again
Express.