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Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1885-05-16

ssbrass tack level of sober serious
ness, We will say that the road Off
Gas and proprietors OF the various
restaurants. etc, at the junction, are
clever and polite gentlemen. But
there is too much delay at this point.
Good heavens, just think OF it, two
solid hours, 4 Job, minus The boils.
couldn't brook such al aggrava ion
and preserve his temper unvuilied!
The want OF close connection com
planned Of is attributable to an OBJ
vious cause and can be easily ccTec-
ted. OF course it is not expected
that the trains from New Orleans
and Shreveport should meet at the
junction, but if, upon arrival at the
junction, Of the New Orleans train,
the Baton Rouge train would make
a trip, allowing passengers 10 or 70
minutes for refreshments, they
would be enabled to make all con-
nections at Baton Rouge and those
destineed for points along the river,
between Baton Rouge and
BAYOU Sara, together with
the mails, would have ample time,
even leisure, to get on the Morning
Star and be speedily delivered at their
respective destinations. The train
could then return and make close
connection at the junction for assem-
gers on the Shreveport train The
distance from West Baton Rouge to
the junction is but eight miles.
Why cannot the railroad officials be
induced to make this much needed
schedule, doubtless they will.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1885-05-16

II seems 10 he a las 3D.. with poo
Pie T. ha lumaurgA We read not
long ago Of q .u4a VII. .eund him
self strapped aad away from home
thrown upon his Ingenuity 10 raise
money. lie soon devised the means:
he bought q lot II common soap al
five cents . bar, cut each har into
sixteen small piece; wrapped ;hom'
with some attractive wrappers and
the public bongL: the little pack
ages rapidly al twenty Eve cents
each, believing tie soap poasessed
great curative powers. The people
Of our parish are no exception II the
rule. They, like others, have q fas
cination for nostrums q 80 worth
when offered by persuasive taikc.s
and attractive advertisements Tae
fact is forcibly brought TO our mind
~ the knowledge that number of
orr citizens are buying at fancy
price about fifteen dollars for au
eight ounce preparaGoD} detection
known rs "ComDouud Oxygen"
That the preparation is perfect
fraud viii be shown by the following
analysis Of tho compound found III
The Druggists Circular and Chemi-
cal Gazette for May: Compound
oxygen contains alcohol, chloriform,
bitter almond Gil, balsam Of tolu and
red coloring matter 1t should be
remembered" says the analytical
chemist that this solution is to be
used by inhalation, ateaspoonful be-
ing added to n small quantity OF
warm water, through which air is
drawn by means of a small glass
tube Neither of the substances
in the solution is volatile !
at the Temperature at which the solU
ton is used, so it is impossible for
any medicinal property whatever to
De impaired by this boosted remedy !
except what comes from the warm
water. Prof Prescott |
also tested the vapor given off from
the pure solution when it was boiled
but found nothing more than the va
Dor of pure water" Nearly two
dollars an ounce for the privilege of
inhaling the steam OF pure water, we |
take it, is a very dear price.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-09-26

n. Y. EXAMINER: When the year
opened the price Of silver in the English
market Was 80 Sid. per ounce, to which
level it had been slowly falling for some
time. Since then the decline has gone
on more rapidly, and or the 10th Inst., ,
the cable announced that il had sudden
ly dropped to 47d.--the lowest point,
with one exception, which it is known
to have ever reached--a decline which
brings the actual value OF our silver dol
lar down to a fraction less than eighty
cents. It is computed that the decline
in silver since the passage Of the Bland
Bill has involved loss Of $1,000 900
on the entire amount coined under its
provisions, and loss of si,O0O,000 on
the portion now in possession of the
Government, if it could be seld-though
OF course any such attempt weuld cause
the price to drop like the mercury when
a Thermometer is dipped in ice-water.
The vaSaries Of silver as a standard, and
the additional Inconvenience of a vast
accumulation Of il in coin which can be
neither used nor sold without heavy
loss, will, we bope. lead our legislators
20 take vigorous measures to remedy the
present evil.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-09-26
PHE AUTUMN TRAnR

The N. Y. SIN of the 22nd inst, thus
sums up the outlook for the autumn
trade: The seaside hotels are closing up,
and chilly mornings in the mountains
have driven home all except few of the
visitors from town. As a rule, people
are glad Of an excuse to get back, for
after week or two country life is mon.
0tonous and wearisome 10 the great part
of them, though they do not dare to so
express il even TO themselves.
With the return of these wanderers,
and the general reopening of residences,
family tr,-le is rapidly quickening, and
the merchants are in better spirits look
ins forward hopefully TO good business
during the rest Of the year. And It is
altogether probable that the general re-
TAIL trade will be brisk, especially in the
OrdihGry articles Of family consumption,
although there Is nothing yet 20 indicate
that the demand for costly luxpEies will
be greater than for gear past.
The evidences Improvements in the
general business situation arc not by any
means 50 str ing as they are repl Csented
70 be by many ssngIine observers, but
she prices u articles Cf lccessa!! e.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-09-26

TIE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIsT for
October presents large number of full
page and smaller engravings. d. d. T.
Moore, discusses Civil Service on the
Farm. Chester p. Dewey, gives us his
experiences among the thrifty farmers
along the Canada border. Joseph Har-
rls discusses the Farm Supply of Nitro
gen and Hitrates. DR.. Thurber gives
a variety uf seasonRble articles having a
horticultural bearing. 4. w. Thornton,
of Washington Territory, compares the
feeding valuc of English beans and
Indian corn. Henry Stewart discourses
upon Southern Grasses. ID. w. King
furnishes plan for Village School
House, with details OF cost and con-
struction. Col. Weld has an article on
the Guernsey Cow, at home. The
Household, Children and other Depart
ments present an unusual variety Of
matter, while the Humbug Exposures
arc enlivencd by 4 short article from
Anthony Comstock. Price, 81 80 a year.
Single numbers, Is cts. Address Pub
fishers american AgricuItwist, 75l
Broadway, New York.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-09-26
Questions Before Marriage.

The young men and women who get
married in this State after the first of
next month will have to deliberate little
before answering the following nineteen
questions. which the Clerk of the Courts,
in fear of fine, must ask before he can
grant license. If the parties answer
incorrectly they may be held for perjury
/. Full name of man. 2. Full name
of woman. 8. Relationship of the
parties, either by blood or marriage. 4.
Age of the man. 8. Age of the woman.
8. Residence of the man. Z. Residence
of the woman. 8. Parents name
man. 0. Parents name-woman. 10.
Guardians name--man. II. Guardians
name-woman. ~. Consent of parents
or guardian. 13. Date of death of
mans former wife, If any. ID. Date Of
death OF woman's former husband, if
any. 10. Date of divorce OF imam at any
time. 10. Date Of divorce of woman at
any time. II. Color of parties. 1S.
Occupation of man. 10. Occupation of
woman,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-09-26

THE new Immediate Delivery System
of the Post Office Department is to go
into effect October lst. Under the pro-
visions Of the law, senders of letters who
desire their immediate delivery must at
tacl a special ten cent stamp, in ad.
dition TO the postage. Such letters may
be fpailed from any Office in the country
but the quick delivery system will only
be in operation in places having popu-
lation of 1000 or over, of which, accord
ing to the circular Of the Postmaster
General, just issued, there appear to be
about $50. The system gives every
promise of being most useful and pop
ular one, especially to business men.
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New Advertisements.
CHERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue Of a writ Of VenGitioai Erponas
No. 10, October Term, 1855, to me directed
| will expose IN public sale, at the Court
House, in the Borough OF Mauch Chunk,
Carbon County, Pu., on
MONDAY, OCTOBER 18th, 1885,
at o'clock p. m, the following described
property, namely.
All that certain farm, tenement and piece
Of land situated in TOwamensing Towuship,
Carbon County aud State of PeDnsylvabia,
bounded aud described as follows: Begin
ming nj a sLuns by land Of Juseph Exert,
Norh twenty three aud Que quarter (2S4J
degrees, East seventy pvrches to a slunr,
thence North thirteen degrees, East one hum
dred aud seventy perches and quarter l.,
= stnne, thence by lhnd OF David YounkIn,
North eighty four degrees aud quarters,
West iorly -four perchrs aud three quarters
TO q stone, thence by luud OF Franklin
Smith, South seVenly.One degrees and fif
" thIFe perches and three quarters to
stone, thence 10y land Of Susan JONES, South
eghty one degrees and quarter, West one
Lundred and seventy one perches to the
place of beginning, containing stYentY
Hcres and twenty six perches more or less
IL being the lsnd which Ww. NJ. Jones aud
SussnBa Jones, his vile, decided To Alvin
Is Jones aud Alex Jones, July lIIh, 1871.
Recorded 10 deed book No. Is, Page SO7 ana
who conveyed it to Edward Jones, March
18th, 1871, aud recorded in deed book No
20, Page 697, and which was decided by
Francis NJ. Jones, aud Lydia, his wife. 10
Romantis Miller, April TN. 1877, aud 70
corded in deed book No. "a, Page 1876. The
improvements thereon are a twu story
frame house, 25xSO ieet, with 3 lwo-story
sddition, 2OxSO feet, frame barn, 3Ox5O
iest.
Seized aud taken in;o execution as the
properly Uf Reuben LeIbenguih, aud to DO
sold by Z. W. LENTZ, SHERIFF,
SHIRiFF's OFUoE, Msueh ChunE, Pa, Sep
Ienbsr %, 1885.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-09-26

sumption are low, and stocks remaining
In the hands Of country merchants were
extraordinarily small at the opening Of
the autumn trade. As o consequence.
there las been a comparatively active
movement, especially in dry goods.
The circumstance that the grocery trade
has as yet received little impulse is not
an encouraging indication for those who
make the wish father TO the thought and
say that tha-eyil- -.dayls over--and the
happy time of prosperity has already
come. Such general improvement as
there is, aud undoubtedly there is i'm
provement TO moderate degree, may
be only temporary. When people have
once supplied their deficiencies because
of long abstinence from buying, the
market is not unlikely to drop into its
old hand-to-mouth dullness.
Yet even the most conservative mer-
chants are beginning to indulge hopes
that the revived activity In certain de-
partments of trade has come to stay, and
will before long extend to business gem
orally. Let us trust that they are not
deceiving themselves; but every wise
man will continue TO trim sail carefully,
for at present Europe does not seem to
want our wheat, and depression there
may prevent us from selling our mag
nificent cotton crop, the greatest ever
raised IN the United States, at satisfac-
tory prices. Our manufacturing indus
tries, too, are still stagnant in very great
part, or at least giving employment to
much fewer hands.
On the other hand, the prices of the
necessaries Of life are low. Bread and
coal and clothing are cheap, and will re-
main so during the winter. The wages
of the mechanic and laborer buy far
more than heretofore, and the tendency
ofthe enormous accumulation of capital
to seek Investment in building, in de-
fault of opportunities for its safe em-
ployment elsewhere, results to the great
advantage Of thousands of mechanics
and other workmen in this city. who get
good wages at time when what they
most need is extraordinarily cheap.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-09-26

employed under the Legislative, judiciary
or executive department of this State or
the United States, or of anv City or in.
corpcratod district, and also that every
member Of Congress and the Legislature
and the select and common council OF
any. city, commissioner of any incorpor-
ated district. is by law incapable of hold
ing or exercising at the same time the
office nr appointment of Judge, inspector
or clerk of any election of this Com
monwealth, and that no inspector or
judge, or any other officer of said election.
shall be eligible to any Office then to be
voted for.
I'm case the person who shall have
received the second highest number of
votes for inspector shall not attend on
the day of the election, then the person
who shall have received the next highest
number Of votes at the last spring cleo
tion shall act as inspector in his place.
And In case the person who shall have
received the hi hest number of votes for
inspector shall not attend, the person
elected judge shall appoint an inspector
IN his place, or If any vacancy continue
an hour after the time fixed by law for
the opening Of the election, the qualihed
voters Of the township or ward or dis
trict, for which said officer shall have
been elected, present at the place of cleo
ton, shall select one of their number to
fill such vacancy.
at shall be the duty of the several
assessors respectively, to attend at the
place of holding every general or special
or township election during the time
said election is kept open, for the pur-
pose of giving information to the inspec-
tors and judges when called on in rela-
ton to the right of any person assessed
by them to vote at such elections or such
other matters in relation to the assess-
ment of voters as the inspectors, or
either of them shall from time to time
require.
Tact Of 10Th June, 1874.
Sec. 5. At all elections hereafter held
under the laws of this Commonwealth,
the polls shall be open at seven o'clock
q. M, and closed at seven o'clock p. m.
Given under my hand at Mauch
Chunk the 22nd day of September, A..
D., one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-iive, and of the independence of
the United States the one hundred and
eleventh.
CHAS. w. LENTZ, Sheriff,
SHERIFF's OFFICE, Mauch Chunk, Pa,
September 26, 1885.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-09-26

at neighboring saloon one Saturday
night, and, watching their opportunity,
placed a package Of dynamite under one
OF the windows. The explosion was
terrific, blowing out the immense glass
windows not only of the McGarrys, but
also destroying some thousands of dol.
lars for Mf. Ridley on the other side
of the street, and nearly killing the dy-
namiters themselves, one of whom was
knocked down by the explosion. and
barely escaped with his life. He was
arrested on suspicion, and discharged
for want of proof. A reward Of $1,000
was offered, and the best detectives put
upon the job. One who was unknown
to the police turned dry goods clerk, and
after months of hard trying got right
into the cOunsels of the conspirators.
The three would-be assassins were at
last located, and, strangely enough, one
OF them, quite unsuspected, was occupy
ing confidential position in McGarrys
own store. The arrest and conviction
of these Williams will go far towards pre-
venting a repetition OF such cowardly
crimes. II the police have the right
parties, and of IL there is little doubt,
there is every probability that the entire
gang will end their days inside the walls
of States Prison.
Long before you get this you will
have known that the great agony is over
and the Yankee sloop has proved herself
the better boat in every kind Of weather.
To say that New York let itself loose is
drawing 1t very mild; but it was gener-
ally conceded that no ordinary boat had
any business fooling with the Genesta.
She is racer from the word go, and she
was sailed for all she was worth. In
rough weather she can never be pleas
ant boat to sail in, aside from being on
fast sailer. On the last day of the race
she was buried under the water half the
time. The long straight bowsprlt
plunged into waves and cut them like a
plowshare. Sir Richard Sutton, the
owner of the Genesta, has conducted
himself in such a truly sportsmanlike
manner that he has won golden opinions
from all sorts of people, and if he does
not carry back the cup it is not his fault.
Yours truly,
BROADBRIM.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-09-26

In the Common Pleas Court at Cleve-
land, Ohio, Monday, judgment for near
ly S3,000000 was rendered by Judge
Heisley against the New York, Chicago
and st. Louis Railway Company. The
claim against the railroad was presented
in the shape of three cognovit notes, the
highest of which, for S2,000,000, was
executed December /, 1881, to William
II. Vanderbilt, President of the road.
The second note, for SS73,O0o, was made
payable to the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern Railroad note, The third note
was for S250,0oO, and was drawn in
favor of II. b. Hollins, bearing date
March "a, 1856.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-09-26
Woman and Her Mission.

The poet, in apostrophizing woman,
says: "When pain and sickness rend the
brow, a ministering angel thou" No
one will deny that woman's soft touch
can sooth pain, especially when she
anoints the sufferer with st. Jacobs Oil.
Headache, earache, toothache, rheu-
matism and neuralgia, all vanish before
this conqueror of pain. There is virtue
in its touch, it heals burns and bruises.
and the people of four continents are
ready to testify to the magical way in
which it acts in the most stubborn cases.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-09-26

Tue Governor of Georgia has signed
the State Local Option hill. Under it
any county can have an election on the
question on petition Of of nine-tentbs Of
the voters. 1t is said there are 100 Pro-
hibltion counties in Georgia, but none
Of them includes any of the five large
cities, Atlanta, Macon, Savannah, Au-
gusta and Columbus, The Prohibition
lists say they will carry all these and pro-
cure the enactment of State Prohibit
tlon law by the next Legislature.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-09-26

OUR townsman, Jesse L. Gabel, has
been nominated by the Republicans for
Prothonoiary Mr.. Gabel has been a
resident OF this borough since 1877,
engaged IN the hardware, lumber and
coal business, and is highly respected
by our citizens as an honest and upright
citizen. He did not seek the nomina-
tion, and pending election will continue
TO supply our citizens of all sects, crecds
and politics, with first-class articles in
bis line at lowest prices for cash or
approved credit.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-09-26

The New York Republican State
Convention Wednesday nominated Ira
Davenport for Governor on the third
ballot, and completed the ticket as
follows: Lieutenant Governor. Joseph
j. Carr; Comptroller, James w. Wads-
worth; Secretary Of State, Anson S.
Wood; State Treasurer, Charles Ulrich
Attorney General, Edward b. Thomas !;
State Engineer, William p. Van Rens-
selaer. The platform adopted is quite
long. Among other things it insists
upon the enforcement of the Civil Ser
vice laws in letter and spirit.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-09-26
GEO. w. KSSER.
Chairman Dem. Co. Committee.

Chairman Dem. Co. Committee.
At the last meeting of the Democratic
County Committee, Mr.. George w.
Esser was reelected Chairman OF the
Committee with the privilege of select
ing his own officers. He has since
appointed Il. r. Siewers Esq, of Mauch
Chunk, his Secretary and Treasurer,
upon whom will devolve the duties of
the Craftsmanship of this falls cam
paign, owing to Mr.. Esser being a
candidate for Prothonotary. All com
munications relating to the campaign
should be addressed to Mr.. E. r. Siewers,
Mauch Chunk, Pa.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-09-26
A pEspArcu dated pbiladelnhia. y

A DESPATCH dated Philadelphia, ed
inst, says: The directors of the Phila-
delplia and Reading Railroad Company
have passed resolutions directing the
President. to meet the President of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company iu con-
ference upon a policy of harmony be-
tween the two companies. The inaug-
uration Of peace between Reading and
Pen 1sylvanis breaks hostility that has
lasted for nearly twenty years.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-09-26
TO ADVERTIsERS

An advertiser who spends upwards Of
$4,000 year, aud who invested less than
$3.50 oi it in our Select List Of Local News
papers. writes: Your Select Local List
pad i.,e last year better than all the other
advertising did"
The List will he sent free, with specimen
sheet of advertisements. nn application.
GEO. r. R0WELL 4 co.,
10 Spruce Street. Now York.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-09-26
Farm at Private Sale.

The undersigned will sall his FARM of
81 ACRES, Is ACRES CLEARED. with q
Two-Story Dwelling House,
Barn. and other nut buildings. Stuat-d
IN Beaver Valley, Mahnnng Township,
uprn which there are about 100 Choice
Fruit Tiee'-Apples, grated Cherry, &c ,
in full beuring Will be sold at a reason.
able price Ior cash. Apply nn the premi,
aes to EPHRIAM REHRIG
Sept. 26, ls85-w3s
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EStray Sheep.

C'me to the premises of the subscriber. in
Msh"ning Valley, Carbnn County, Pa .,
near Wallace Seipe's, TWO SHEEP. The
owner is requested to come forward, prove
pr"lerty, pay cnsts and take them away.
or they will be spld for expenses
DENNIS HONTZ.
MahoniDg Valley, Sept. IL, 's5-3ws
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ATTENTION. DEMOCRATS I

Remember that Saturday, October Bird,
1885, is the day set apart by the Court
for Naturalization of all those who are
entitled thereto, and on the same day is
the last day for paying either county or
state taxes that have not been paid with
in two years. Do not fail to attend to
this Immediately.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-09-26

Entered at the I.ehighton poet-ofiice as
Second Class Mail Matter.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-09-26
Election Proclamation.

Pursuant TO an act of General Assem-
bly, of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania, entitled Gan act relating to the
Elections in this Commonwealth" ap-
proved the 2nd day of July, Ammo DOM
I'M one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-nine, and further supplement to
that Act, approved January Both, 1874,
|, Charles w. Lentz, Sheriff of the
County of Carbon, Pennsylvania, do here
by make known and give notice to the
electors of the county aforesaid that on
the FIRST TUESDAY AFTER THE
FIRST MONDAY OF NOVEMBER
being the
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-09-26
LADIES (!

With HaLover's Tailor system you can cut
drsSses to ht, without oral Instructions.
Dressmskers proaounee il periset. Price
Tor System Book and Double Tracing
Wheel. sc so.
TO INTRODUCE
A System, Book and Wheel will be sent on
receipt Of ~ 90. Address
JOHN c. HANOVER, ciReipnA., Ohio.
Sept. rs 10.
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LRuIaHTON, PA

SATURDAY, sErTIM8Eu 2e, 1885.