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WITHIN THE SOUL.

o, struggling heart and clouded SOUL
Whisper to me the final goal
OF all thy hopes. Is IL Just to stand
On some high point OF fame's fair landF
To look, with the pride of self-content,
On the lower plane of lives still spenI
In vain attempts to raise above
Their harder lot? Full well we love
The summit air of praise deserved.
But millions strive who arc not nerved
To lofty courage by loud applause.
Canst thou then see some righteous cause
Why thou shouldst be exempt from HIS
That Others suffer? Sorrow Kills GO
Only the weak. The brave endure, Is
And find for every woe cure
In prayerful patience and active faith: =
BE not dismayedi No power but death
Can check the onward steps of those
Who strive for heights of calm repose
Within the sOu. And we do hope ~. !.
That far beyond our earthly scope.
Lies hills of peace that Life conceais;
TRANSPORTED mounts that Death reveals.
o. learn to know the just decree r....f
of Nature and of Destiny;
And though they hold tbeelong in thrall.
Thou'lt Heavenward climb in spite of all.
Ella A. Giles, In the Erening Wisconsin
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Tho University of Heidelberg has
refused donation of TO, poo, because
~ condition was attached that women
should be admitted to the University
course. -
The late Representative, d. c. Has
kell. is honored in the naming OF Iho
Indian school at Lawrence, Nam. ~
school will be known hereafter as inc
Haskell Institute.
The Swedish Government has APP
pointed a committee to revise the Uio
Testament. The revised version OF inc
New Testament is finished, and Is USED
in families and schools,
The study of the Irish language -
becoming popular among the many
Irishmen in this country In mostQf the
large cities there are classes organized
for.the purpose.-C iicugo journal q
The little island or Atafn, in the
South Seas. is said to be the only purely
Christian country in the world. Every
adult on the island is member OF the
church on confession of faith.
The theory that boy may be
popped into a school, like corn In
mill. to come out, after time, ready
for use. has been exploded by the SAD
experience of nearly all that have tried
it.-Boston Budget. 's+-. 49,
With just as much Significance as
can be crowded into current facts, ana
with Just as much emphasis as can be
laid on providential events, God is al
tirminc that the great ends sought by
the missionaries of the Cross, here and
there and everywhere, in all the ends
of the earth, are those which are, incl
dentally at least, most helpful to the
interests of trade and commerce.
The supply of woman teachers for
the English schools under the School
Board is unequal to the demand.
| The dearth of assistants is, to some ex-
tent, due to so many giving up the
| school desk for matrimony, but an even
| greater reason is the exceedingly severe
preliminary examination which the
young girl teachers are now required
! to pass. -..f-i s.as
BY the last census there is one
/ Protestant Evangelical Church to every
SIS of the population in the South,
! while in the West the average is about
one TO every 1000, and in the great
cities of the North one to about every
| 5000. In view of this show the Nashville
1 Christian Advocate pronounces 1t
"a curious view. of the matter that in
dnces our brethren in the North to ex-
pend a large amount of money ON the
South as mission field"
| For many years the deaf mutes OF
London, have been taught in eight. OF
the board schools with the other chill
dren. They have q separate class
room, but during vacation they run
about and play with their more fortu-
nate fellows. They are taught to
speak, and to answer, and understand
speech. Attaining school of this kind
should be established in all the princi-
pal cities of the Union without delay
School Journal.
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The Young Farmers Vacation.

A'young man in the country, who is
apparently head over-heals in love with
a farmers life lin a horn), writes as
follows: yl.,5 81 saa
"You know this is my birthday, and
l have, been celebrating it.; though |
have not told any one but my mother
that it is my birthday. l have got my
work up square now and am taking a
vacation. After haying and moving
is all done with, you know, there is
quite a lull for the farmer. He can
compose himself to rest and have
good time generally.
'.Now, after getting my general
round of chores out of the way this
morning (Which is but an anthem OF
joy), Commenced my celebration. /
went and helped Mr. A. get in six
large loads of oats. don't think, be-
twixt the two, it is quite so dangerous
as baseball playing, but it beats ten
pins all out and out. There ismore life
in one forkful of oats than there is in
forty tenpins. Well, aftergetting in the
oats, | came home and thought had
celebrated almost enough, and would
take the rest of the day in quiet way
with my mother, In the meantime
took my horse and went out and ran
the cultiyator between all the rows of
my potato field, and tried to shoot a
| woodchuck, but he was too quick for
me. Then concluded to sit down and
talk with mother. So took the milk
pail latter / had gone and cut a wheel
barrow load of grass way down side OF
4 the road next to Mr.. A.. $ pasture bars,
for the horsc) and went down to
the pasture and MIXED the cows, and
/ did the rest of the little chores, and
then came back to talk with mother.
Il intend to continue my vacation fol
number of weeks, aud enjoy myself
as l have to-day When the harvest
comes, shall be in good trim, brigh
as a new dollar, and ready to settleintt
the harness again. am going visiting
tomorrow forenoon up to Mr.. BIS, Il
help him get in his, oats. !, helped Mr.
A. throw off a couple of loads early il
the morning. a.sige u.s. -
i "My goodness! how lovely it woult
be to have dear wife to, enjoy my va
cation with me; but l have no one Il
blame for that but myself, for we al
know that the farmer can have the oh
ject of his hearts alteration by asking
l-Boston Transcript
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s1f Will Blaine Withdrawn
We find the follwing twaddle in the
Tribune.

E.
The question. of the hour. in inner Demo-
cratic circles, is this: will Cleveland with
draw The organs keep up their Boosting
aud their clatter, having no character to lose.
But the shrewder men of the Democratic par
t. are considering. with long faces and bowed
heads, whether the man can be made to with
draw. and if he does, whether any good can
come of ii.
There would be no sense in the with
drswal of candidate from a canvass
which is every day improving and in
which the probabilities of success are
all in his favor, The publication of
such nonsense is proof of the utter de-
SPAR of the Blaine party. They have
not single sound and sensible argu.
ment with which. to sustain their cause,
and hence are driven to falsehoods, per-
sonal SANDERS and such balderdash as
the above. ~. .........l
Blaine's withdrawal from the unfor-
tunate canvass into which he was en-
ticed, despite his respondent predic-
tions of certain defeat in the election.
before the Chicago Convention assem-
| bled. would not certainly meet approval
in the s.inner circles of Blaineism.
What could Elkins, Brady, Dorsey,
Robson, Phelps, Jay Gould, Cyrus w.
Field, ex-senator Woodin, LO Sessions
or any of Blaine's chums hope to secure
from an upright candidate like Senator
EdmundsP What influence could the
! Tribune WELD under an honest Repub-
/ lican PRESIDENT? Better for them q
desperate and almost hopeless fight fol
plumber than the death warrant of .
clean Administration. as
Yet Blaine's fight from the canvass
| is really feared. He is known to be
| terribly depressed. He is begging fol
money to save his own Sta Q. He has
| combined with the Constitutional Pro
| hibitionists and dare not leave Main,
for a day. In Connecticut his support
ers 90 down in their State Convention
before the lances of the Independents
| In Massachusetts Blaine's only relianc'
is on Butler's buccaneering aid. Ii
New York the Republ;can money king
button up their pockets In the Yves
the clouds of political revolution gathe
| thick and fast. = ssg &. ssiii-s5
Blaine's spirit is broken. Instead Q
the Knight Of the White Plume he j
now the Knight of the White Feather
But Blaine must not he allowed 3
withdraw. A candidate ,honeycombe
with official corruption has been pm
forward by once great party for tn
highest Office in the Republic. Such
disregard of public decencys must b
rebnked.. A verdict of the peopl
l.aesinst Blaine win be verdict agains
dishonest Government 1t. viii purif
the political atmosphere 1900
No; Blaine must not withdraw. Tn
| crime of disgraceful and corrupt nom
| ination has been committed IN
| guilty parties must be made to ehdql
De punishment m 4. World
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An Appeal for Money.

The most pathetic picture of modern
times is furnished in the apfieals Of
Republican committees and newspapers
for money. It touches the hardest
heart and harrows up the most stub
born feelings. Here is the ''great
carty'' that sssaved the Union, gave
freedom to four million slaves" and
did ever SO many more good things,
with the sweat of the death agony
standing out in great drops on its fine
face and threatened, with annihilation-
all for the want of little money. And.
as the Montana cowboy said to the Bos-
ton tender-foot on the matter OF a pis-
toll, when you want it. you want it
bad''-so the Republican party wants
money worse than it ever did before.
1t wants it so bad that it isn't
ashamed to say so. In its extremity it
has lost the sense of decency. No
ragged mendicant ever went through
his recitative appeal to sympathy more
alb ectly than it does. Here is sample
from a double-haded editorial, in the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette:
"a campaign can not be carried on without
money. There are documents to be circu-
lated. The expenses Of speakers are to be
paid. IT Is not good policy TO pay men for
making speeches. and this should not be done,
but IT would not be fair to ask gentlemen, who
are worth having. to come into the State and
There are 4eO.00o. Republican voters in
Ohio sTheprice Of glass Of beer or cigar
from ash you'd 40 be sooSI s c g fInd
let ten or twenty club together. giving nyc or
| ten cents each. IL would be a good thing to
be able to say that the campaign had been
conducted upon voluntary contributions"
It is impossible, while reading this,
not to wonder why the party is so hard
pressed for money now, for the first
time. Is it because a Democratic
House has SO carefully limited the ap-
preparations that the party can not rob
the Treasury, as it has done in previ-
GUS campaigns? Is It because the Star
route ring with its SIC. 600, 900 stealings,
and the whisky ring with its 81, ZOO, 90
stealings, are little too fresh in the
public recollection to make new resort
to these methods Of getting an election
eering fund admissible at this timer Or
is it because the banks and millionaires
and money brokers of the East are hav-
ing such hard time of it in taking
care of themselves that they can moi
spare their accustomed donations to the
Ipartyp fe'f seH
Republicanism is surely in distress
I when it begs for '.the price of glass
of beer. Why does it not call on the
lordly millionaires who have made theil
l.swollen fortunes ont Of the partyP WHY
mot assess the head Of the ticket fo
$50. 600; . half-dozen Senators fo
! 100000 each; the navy contractors
the Indian ringsters and the protected
rich manufacturers for like amounts
, Why Lot call on Mr.. Hayes, of Ohio
for ten per cent on the 800. 900 whicI
!, be thrifty saved out Of the salary o
} an Office be was never entitled tog-A
/ Lswjs Repnblica,A so sG's s -
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-11-29

Innocent wife: ..What do you
mean, Charlie. by 'straddling blind!
1 should think it was so much easier to
ride rail, if that is way you have of
initiating men at the club. Chicago
Tribune.
A swarm of bees administered q
singing rebuke to train load of pas
sengers in the neigborhood of Chicago
the other day. The train went through
the swarm, and the swarm went through
the train Chicago Inter Ocean.
SO common has the expression
..painting, the town red'' got to be in a
Western settlement, that one of the
saloon keepers has put the sign
s.artists' materials in his window,
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
The popular slang words chic and
pschutt have fallen into disuse IN Paris.
and the new Anamese word tott has
taken their place. To say that thing
is tott is equivalent to saying that 1t IS
SO perfect in its way as to be beyond tho
reach of criticism.
x-wThere, nowr' exclaimed Mrss Bas-
com; '.the paper says that Professor
Henry Clum. a noted scientist. has
been Instantly killed by the explosion
of . retort." What warning to MARI
ried men not to quarrel with their
wiEes.-Bu,gipgton Free Press.
/ -Anclderly Newport maiden having
had several teeth extracted. and being
asked by female companion if it hurt
much replied; 'sWell, suppose it did,
but / was o'excited because he had his
arm right around my neck that didn't
feel but very little pain. :" Kentucky
State Journal. &c =. -
aHere are Smiths friends subscrib-
ing 1000 to send him TO Europe,p'
said Henderson, '.and l have to pass
INV life at home" Yet whom Fogg zrer
marked that he believed Fenderson's
friends would subscribe $4,000 to send
him to Europe on condition that he
pass the rest of his life there.
| Henderson seemed somewhat offended.
Boston Transcript.
.s..Do you know, Uncle John, Why
| you are ike your horsep" asked Ella,
who had been pestered by her dvuncu-
lar relative in regard TO her Young man.
Uncle John (who considers himself .
great fellow amongst the fair sex)--
'sBocause I'm q little fast, / suppose.
| Ha! ha! hal" Ella -'No,. Uncle John;
it is because you interfere"
The Umpire: s~<sA es- ,
Who is it now gets all the blame,
When the pet club has lost q game,
And from the cops protection claimes.
f5s. = The Umpire. stze =. 5.
Who is 1t stands each Gibe and jeer, -
Who gives decisions with great fear,
| srWHhm0ny missiles falling ueQrY e
The Umpire.
Who isit, whom the game IL done,
Will surely try the crowd to shin,
And thinks it time for a home run? -4---
i The Umpire.
i -7FhiladeIphia cau
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IA New York man, whose nose had
been made extremely red, by long in-
diligence in alcoholic tonics, wrote to
the Sun asking for q remedy. The.fol-
lowing was suggested: Take of vase
line one ounce, precipitated sulphur.
two .drachms. Mix well and apply to
affected part night and morning, rub
bing.in we'll. Continue the application
for one or two weeks and the rednesa
will disappear. Another. correspond
emit, with more wit than charity; adj
vised. the sufferer to keep on drinking
and the nose would turn purple. IN y
Tins<s, 8 ''s'1..sa q :;
80 20 .es4DeA
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Ten years ago there were only $50
newspapers published in Japan; now
there are 2,00t- The wonderful prog
ress of Japan is no longer a mystery.
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a41Ignorance Of reading and writing
IL so prevalent1in Mexico that the let
ter.writer Is an established IN stitntiop
Of the country. = psiesge ays~rnas' s
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---More money can be made in one
days strict attention,fo ones own bust
ness than by ten days Winding the
affairs of ones neighbour Whitesall
Tunes. rs asssi.a IS -..ltllt..sl sl.ln
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Washington Irving Steals His Own
.,l....t Apples.

s'Speaking of his liking n look at
workingmen, says an old friend of
Washington Irving, reminds me of an
other good story which he used to tell
with great enjoyment--no one can tell
this story as he used to. One day when
he was building the extension to Sun
nyside, as he strolled about watching
the carpenters, he happened to pick up
an apple that had been blown, from q
tree. The next moment he fell. his arm
tugged, and turning, saw a ragged lit
tie urchin-one OF half a dozen who had
come in to pick up the chips left by the
workmen- looking up into his face.
- Say, mister, says the little chap
siust you come with me and III show
you. where to get some good APP
pies; but mind you don't let the old
man know meaning Mr.. Irving him
self.
ssWell,' Mr.. Irving used to say, tell
ing the story. the little scamp brought
me to the very best tree in my orchard
and there we filled our pockets together
and ate our fill of my very best apples.
We got on very well together. and I
believe it's the only case l ever heard
of where man participated in the
robbery of his own orchard. - Chris
tian Union. :, h as54 s.s,
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Solutions of choral should be kept
in dark glass bottles. Sunlight de-
composes it into chloroform. The
change is not easily perceived, and has
caused number Of accidents in the
past i've years. - Indianapolis journal.
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POLAR PICTURES.

Record OF the ObservatiOns Made by
Greedy and HIS Associates I'm the
Arctic-The Midnight sun-The Drisht-
est stars and the AwfuiIy Oppressive
silence--Lieutcnant LockwOOd's jour-
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al Odpe Ddifu, tWeiFe mllcS u tuc
south. Day after day anxious men
looked off over Lady Franklin Bay, ex-
pecting the ice. to open so that they
might commence their journey toward
home.
AT last, August 10, 1888, the welcome
news that the icewas open was brought.
All had been made ready, and that very
day the party embarked in the little
steam; launch. Behind them they left
their dogs, as they could not be taken.
Four barrels of pork and some seal oil
were left for the animals. Lady Frank
lin Bay was crossed to Cape Baird. a
distance of thirteen miles, and then the
western coast of Grinnell Land was fol-
lowed south as far as Cape Hawkes..
Large quantities of heavy ice were met.
Every moment they thought the little
launch would be crushed. Several
times all the boats were nearly lost.
The suffering Of the men was great.
They were now within fifty miles OF
Cape Sabine. Striking from Cape
Hawkes. for Bates Island the party
was canght in AN iceipack and
frozen in, ten miles south of Cape
Hawkes.. In thirteen DAYS they drifted
south twenty-five miles on foes. suffer
ing terribly from the cold. so they
drifted to within eleven miles of Cape
| Sabine. and were Obliged TO abandon
the steam launch September 10. The
packs now remained motionless for
three days, aud several fines tha party
got within two or three sgi,os Of Cape
Sabine Only q br dEixsf pssS b. tbs
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-19

Pcck's Bad Boy says he can sleep with
his feet hanging out of the window the
coldest OF winter nights, if he can only be
furuishe with good supply of Jadwin's
Pine Tar Syrup. Verify, it is a balm for
the afflicted. Price, 25c. and 81 per bottle.
For sale at Thomas drug store.
Subscribe for the ADVOCATE, only
one dollar year.
Men from 81 to CO years of age may
frequently be seen playing marbles in
the streets OF Angels Camp, Gal,
Lawyers and doctors blunders have
been the cause ui more than one mans
choking To- death. Some persons have brrn
known Ia choke from coughing. These in
stances are few if JSdwin's Pine Tar Syrup
is used. Fer bottle. 25 cents ann 81. For
sale at Thomas drug slore.
--Subscribe Tor aud read the Adv ocATE
it contains all tue latest local news up to
the lime Of going to press.
-Four hundred foreign doctors have
decided to attend the August meeting Of
the International Medical Congress at
Copenhagen. and have announced their
intention Of preparing communications
on various subjects for that occasion.
Don't blow in tue gun your grand
father carried in the war OF 1912. Il Is
more dangerous nov than il was IN those
times.
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A bold burglary aud one which bore
evident marks OF expert hands was COM
mtted in the little town OF Lnzernc Bor.
nu5h, near Wilkesbarre, Saturday. The
butcher shop oi Morgan Williamson, on
the main street aud surrounded bv dwell
hug houses, WAS broken open and new
aud substantial safe, lately purchased
opened aud ransacked. A hole wasdrl d
through the dnnr ut the safe Just abuve the
continuation, aud the safe then shatterd
with powder. In order to deadpn the
noise OF the explosion, half dozan quartz :
OF Geet had been piled around the safe aud
surmrunted with several hundred pounds
Of sausage aud bologna. All the money
aud some valuable papers were taken, but
the exact amount OF cash carried oil is un-
kn"wn. Mr.. Williamson being from home
There Is no clue to the r"bbtrs.
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LEHIGHToN CARBON COUNTY Pa SATURDAY, APRIL 10, Is

In his two mighty hands. He poised it
there a moment, dallied with it, heaved
bis great heavy shoulders. arched his
long strong hack, surged to and fro in
the failing silvery moonlight. and then
with vehement force threw it forward
into the depths of the dark water With
all the tremandous power that was in
him.
The waters dashed up, cleaned like n
sunrise, closed over, and all was still
again in the Leart of the great dark wa
ters of death.
A band was lifted to MS from the near
est horstman, and we passed on over the
bill right in the face of the great round
moon now settling down to rest in the
far-off Sierras, and never saw the place
again for twenty years or more
And when 1 did return / came from
London to write up the trial of Brigham
Young, who was then being t:ied for his
life for completely in murders like this.
BY good fortune found an old friend
of mine was then Governor of the Terri
to'y. We searched this spot for the
skeletons; but, as before observed, the
lake had so filed that, while we found
the buried rock and little island, We
found nothing more
l told q Mormon elder this story, and
he earnestly assured me that all we had
seen OF the end was the mirage-a de-
lusion, that the missionary did not
drown the girl, but had taken this course
to save her from the Danites; that he
bad lett the girl in tue willows. TO fall
in with the next train that came ty.
while he had thrown only his bag Of
bread or something of that soft with tie
chain about it into he black waters OF
the great lake. Let us hope so at least
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H. V. MORTIMER, Proprietor.
VOL. XII, No %.
Railroad Guide.
Philadelphia & Reading R. R

arrangement Of passenger IralnAs
OCTOBER 29th, 1883
Trains leave Allentown as follows;
(Via PERKIoMEU RAILRoAD.)
For Philadelphia at 500, e.6o, ll.4o q. M,
and 1910 p. IN.
SUNDAYS.
For Philadelphia at $500 n. m.and $50 pm. .
(vla EAST PENN BRANoH)
For Reading and Harrisburg, COO, $40 a.
M. 1915, 49,, and e.o5 p. m.
Fer Lancaster and Columbia, eco, $40 q,
m, and 81 p. n.
SUNDAYS.
For Harrisburg, and waypolnts, s.o5 p. m.
Trains for Allentown leave as follows:
(Via PERHIoMEN RAILgoAD.)
Leave Philad'a. 49,, 7.4o q. IN. and 100,
Nl.s6, u 80, anu s.l5 p. m.
SUNDAYS.
Leave Philadelphia, 500 am, %4.20 pm.
(Via EAST PENN. BRANcH.)
Leave Reading, 7.sO, 1915 a. m, 200, $50,
Leave Harrisburg, 5.2', 7.5o, $50 n. m, Lao
and 400 p. M.
Leave Lancaster, 1880 a. M, 100 and ts.lo
pm.
Leave Columbia, $50 a. m, 1.lO and $40
y. m.
tTrom King Street Depot.
SUNDAYS.
Leave Reading, 1874. m.
Leave Harrisburg. $40 a. m.
Trains via "Perkiomen Railroad" marked
thus ~ run to and from Depot, Ninth and
Green streets, Philadelphia, other trains to
and from Broad street Depot
The 1910 and Gas u. nj. trains from Allen.
town, and the n So and s 10 p IN. train from
Philadelphia, via Perkiouen Railroad, have
through ears TO and from Philadelphia.
J. L. WOUTTEN,
General Manager.
Z. G. HANCOCK,
Gen'l Pass'r x Ticket Agent
May 27th, 1853.