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DGcB Su RI, the dyuami er, who cut
fnd slashed Capt PhclOn tlsven times in
O'Donovan Bossn's Office. New York, a
few weeks ngo, has been admitted 10 bail
in So, 600.
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WILLIAM IIAuHNaruS died at lis resi-
derce in Vermilliou Parish, La, on the
h instant, rt the age Of lO9 years, He
was born in Alahamn.
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Entered at the Lchiehton poat-ollico a
Second Class Mail Matter.
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TIRE Democratic National Committee
will meet in Washington, d. O., on
March Q.
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Boiler Explosion.

About halfpast eleven o'clock Friday
night terrific explosion occurred in Il e
boiler house of the collIery of Lindermt n
Skcer & Co., at Humboldt, few miles
from Hazleton. The fireman, William
Culp, was in the .house where there are
eight large boilers and had just walked
away from the one that exploded. The
first intlmatIon he had Of anything Of the
kind was the terrible shock and the noise
Of the explosion. The boiler house was
con, pletely demolished and bricks, large
pieces of iron, timber and other debris were
were thrown hundreds of feet away. So
great was the force of the explosion that a
piece of the boiler weighing ton aud a
half was hurled distance of two hundred
yards when it crashed through dwelling
house occsped by the families Of James
Carpenter aud William Leonard. The
whole lower part Of the front of the house
was broken in and all the furniture in the
lower rooms was badly demolished. The
occupants were sleeping in the house, but
none OF them were injured. The escape OF
Culp, the fireman, from serious irjury was
almost miraculous. lie was completely
covered by the debris, out was only slightly
injured. Patrick Boyle, the engineer, was
in the engine house and was seriously
scalded, besides sustaining other injuries.
For hundred yards in every direction
the debris was scattered about on the
ground. No one seems to know the cause
OF the explosion, butit is to be inycst gated.
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STOCK MARKETS.

Raported up to 2 o'clock, by De Haven 4
Townsend Bankers, No. 80 S Third Street,
Philadelphia. Stocks bought aud sold
either for cash or on marSin.
philadelphia, Feb, llh 1855
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-02-14

Freddie Foulk, 10 years old, the slat =
picker boy that was crushed IN the rolls at
breaker No. 6, Summit Hill, on Saturday,
died about an hour alter being Ia ken homo .
lie was buried Monday afternoon at two
o'clock.
DIR. Z. II. Kstler, for a long time a
resident OF Summit Hill, moved to Lans-
ford boror e. last week, where he will
permanently lJca te aud make his home.
bring IN your election tickets early.
Printed while you wait.
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0ht carbon AdrDGAtG,
LElIGGUTON. PA

sATURbAYsrEBRUAHY "A, 1885.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-06-17

Every one knows that scarlet fever
is infectious, but it is not often one Is
able to trace the progress of tho disease
through simple carelessness so easily
as in case which has just come under
the notice of the Sanitary World. The
story is told as follows: A young Scot
fish lassie, in domestic service not far
from the town of Elgin, died from
scarlet fever in her "place." Her
clothes were carefully packed up. and
her exist" containing them was con-
scientiously sent home to ner native
village On its arrival at the station
there was the usual difficulty of get
ting it conveyed over the hills to the
place of its destination, so there it had
to remain awaiting friendly lift.
Meanwhile the infected bist formed a
happy hunting ground for the station
masters children, who, in due time, all
fell i'll with scarlet fever. At last the
friendly lift came, and the box "a large
wooden one) was carried home, and
the contents generously distributed
among the neighbors. Needless to say
that an outbreak of scarlet fever in
the village was the result; and as tc
the station, where people do congre
gate and often have long to wait, il
would simply be a center from which
many a fever track would radiate, ex
citing the usual wonder whence ant
how the fever came.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-06-17
Women in China.

Wong Chin Foo writes as follows in
The Brooklyn Eagle: From a iinan-
cial standpoint, raising daughters in
China is far more profitable than rails
ing sons. There is almost sure return
for every dollar invested and frequent
ly heavy interest in the former, while
the latter are often accompanied with
loss. Wives are not bought in China.
The young husband simply makes a
sort of genteel redemption in presents
to the good mother in-law for the
trouble incurred in bringing up her
daughter. These innumerable courte-
sizes and frequent redemptions often
cost the unfortunate husband 100 per
cent. more than the wife would bring
if put up at auction. Even then
there are many who would pay double
the amount expended to return their
wives without comment on the bar
gain. Most American writers labor
under the erroneous impression as tc
Chinese social life, sugges ed in the
trite remark "the Chinese are partia
to male infants and that the females are
not much thought Of" These l quote
from Gutzcaff. There, is,perhaps,no ma
ton except Turkey in which the females
are less seen aud less known thar
China. Their absolute scclusion frCu
public gaze, both in the street and a
home, makes them strangers to thel
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-06-17

FOotmen in livery were stationed
on the porch and assisted Madame--as
| find she is always called here-and
her five guests to alight. There was
a marked absence Of ceremony, and
every one was made to feel at home at
once. Wood fires burned in the great
open freplaces, and there were maids
and men servants in every room while
the unpacking was going on. At din
ner, over which Patti presided with
wonderful grace and tact, there were
fireworks and music by q band from
Swansea, the festivities continuing
until mi might. At Q o'clock the next
morning Breakfast was served in the
conser vatory. Madame looked as
fresh and happy asa child. No sooner
was breakfast begun than the footman
brought in the letter-bag and gave it
to Madam, who unlocked it and dis /.
buted the mail. No excuse is needed
for reading letters here-sensible fash.
lon-and so for a while every one was
busy. Every one, to-, would read out
whatever he or she thought would be
lnteres ing to tie Others, so that it
was more like a family party than
anything else. The morning was
chiefly devoted to correspondence and
lounging around. After lunch the
ladies changed their wrappers for
warmer dresses and the gentlemen
donned coats, hats and gloves, while
the horses were being brought around
for all to take drive. Patti started
off in her high T-cart, driving and
handling the lines like coachman,
Wherever we made our appearance,
no matter what they were doing, the
people would stop their work and
"drop a courtesy As we drove along
Tho old people would flock
to the doors and dip and
drop, while even the babies play
ng in the road would scurry away
and then bob up and down with the
,ulemnlty of marionettes. The lands
Of Craig-y-Nos must be almost de-
main, for in all our drive that day we
did not 60 outside of the courtesyinl
of the Patti tenantry.-Philadelphic
| Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-06-17
Kidney Diseases.

Few people arc aware OF tho alarming prevalence
Of kidney diseases, especially among those who
have arrived at. or arc past middle age. 1t Is de-
olared on good authority that fully one.half the
deaths in this country are either directly or indl-
rectly the result of kidney disease OF some sort
great majority OF men above forty years Of ago,
are afflicted with sort Of affection Of tho kid
noys Or bladder and these diseases are on he IN
crease. Persons are often seriously affected before
they know OF Themselves and thus these nsidious
disorders get good foCthold before anything Is
done to dislodge them
Dropsy. Gravel Diabetes, Bright's Disease, Incon!
tinoncsi Debility, Cstsrh of the Bladder Abumenu-
ria, etc. are among the many forms Of these diseases
Nest OF these very difficult 10 euro, defyng the
powers oftentmos of the best physicians obteuable,
aud are ronounced by many to be incurable.
Physicai1S state that many forms Of Kidney Dis
ease are very difficult to detect, as in diseases Of
this form, oftentlmos there are no symptoms of q
marked nature. This is one Of the reasons why they
arc 80 difficult to cure.
HUNTS kidney and Hverl REMEDY is specific
for Kidney and Liver troubles, Bladder and Urinary
Diseases. Dropsy, Gravel Diabetes and all Of that
class Of disorders.
Itcures Biousnoss Headache, Jlundice, Liver and
Stomach troubles, Dyspepsia, Constipation and Piles,
II cures Intemperanca, Nervous Diseases, General
Debility, Female Weaknesses and EHcosses.
1t lie thoroughly reliable, highly rccommended
works promptly, relieves at once, and was never
known to fail. USE 1T AT ONCE.
Bold by all druggists Price s1,25. -
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-06-17

A recent bulletin Of the New York
experiment station, in discussing this
point, says; Oftentimes corn that is
planted early is put in the ground
while the land is in lumpy condition,
and no pressure brought TO bear to
bring the soil in close contact with the
corn. The open spaces thus left about
the seed tend to retard, and under the
varying conditions of heat and moist
ure often destroy, the germinative pro-
cess. So marked is its influence that
the per cent. Of termination by actual
trial, as observed between two plats,
both of which were planted at the
same time, but upon one the soil was
firmly pressed upon the seed with the
foot, and upon the other the seed care
fully covered by means of hoe, in the
ordinary method, was largely in favor
Of the trodden plat. This trial was in
accordance with practical experience
in farming, whereby it was found that
the gain in crop through the use of a
western corn-planter, whose wheel
compressed the soil over the seed, as
planted, compensated largely for the
additional first expense of the machine,
30 much so that even it may be said
that, under conditions of the locality
noted, farmer could better afford to
himself plant his corn crop with a
machine than to accept the gift Of the
planting with hoe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-06-17
own race. This Is SO true that l can

own race. This Is SO true that can
safely say that married men in China
do not know the opposite sex, except
through their own wives Woman
hood is so sacred that it Is shut in and
begirt by prejudlces and customs more
completely than by Chinese wall. A
wife, daughter and mother in the Mid.
die Kingdom are like the Lares and
Penates Of the early Roman house
hold.
Women associate with women
and men with men upon all occa.
sions and under all circumstances
This is stringently carried out in
all well regulated Chinese fami.
lies Even brothers and sisters are
not allowed to eat at the same table,
but have their separate servants and
meals. In China private dwellings
are built in such manner as to pre-
vent visitors of the opposite sex from
meeting or even seeing the women of
a family. Under these circumstances
1t might seem difficult to describe the
condition of the Chinese women and
their treatment. But this condition
and treatment are formulated by the
common law of China. They have
been taught, generation after genera.
ton, at school and fireside, and have
become the public and private law Of
the land. Exceptions are treated as
misdemeanors and are punished &C
cordingly. The girl of Pc Chi Ii il
brought up on the same basis as he'
sisters in Shanghai. OF course, thi.
training is widely, if not Numerically
different from that followed in chris
tian countries. Yet the enforced SO
clusion is no greater than that which
prevails in France. Spain and Italy,
and the fashionable compression o,
girls feet is not to be mentioned
in the same breath with the voluntary
compression of the waist and vitals 81
noticablein America.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-06-17
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
NIotrimOny In Japan.

Marriages are arranged by the re-
spective parents, assisted by a man
and his wife (mutual friends Of the
familles), as an Intermediary. The
statement sometimes made that the
wife in Japan is n mere
chattel, to be lightly acquired or dis
posed off, is absolutely false. Divorces
among the better classes are scarcely
moro frequent or more frequently
sought for than in many parts of
America. The tricky divorce lawyer
would starvo in Japan. If a divorce
is demanded. the matter must be laid
before the families of the couple, with
the intermediary spoken of, rs arbitra-
tors, and neither the man nor the
woman can be released from the mar
riage VOW without their concur
rence.--Dr. D. B. SommorS.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-06-17
The overskirt is moribund.

The overskirt is moribund.
Coiffures grow higher and higher.
Dress bodices are cut to produce
square shoulders.
The popular craze in Washington is
mandolin playing.
Stringless bonnets are worn by
youthful women only.
The fine cmbroideries on fine bon
nets are marvels Of artistic work.
Corsage bouquets are very larse,and
worn in the centre of tho bosom.
Sleeves with a sagging puff at OF
above the elbow are coming in vogue
Full belted waists grow in favor fol
wash dresses, both white and colored.
Fans of large and unique forms are
the only ones that should be used fol
wall decorations.
Large bows of wide ribbon or of
piece goods. generally soft silk, adcrL
many summer frocks.
Chartreuse is color that embraces
many shades of green, from old bottle
to pale cress green.
The latest version of the gable roof
bonnet is the Jude poke, small but
pronounced and very chic.
Absintho and pale coral Is French
colony combination much in favor on
the other side at present.
Embroidery, flowers, feathers, and
tinsel are the combinations found in
dressy summer bonnets.
Egyptian and Arabian fancies in
furnishing and decorating rooms arr
the caprice of the moment.
Velvet bonnet strings are being laid
aside for those of lace and gauzy stuffs,
especially gauze ribbons.
A cluster of water green feathers
looks well as the only trimming of a
fine black straw bonnet. the lining and
strings being of black velvet.
Dresses composed entirely of black
lace, real Chantilly, Llama, yak, or
wooden lace, piece lace or laize and robe
dresses, are all the rage in Paris,
Wooden net or tulle-de- lame is a
novel fabric and is made in all colors;
but being loose, transparent material,
it requires to be laid over silk, which
shows through.
A pretty novelty in jackets, likely
to prove favorite with young ladies,
} is made of stockinette, which is en-
broidered by anew patent process af-
ter the jacket is made mp.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-06-17
Spanish Beauties.

The dress of the Sevilleans-.especl-
ally of the women-if somewhat less
picturesque than is found among their
cousins of the Orient, is far better
adapted for the exhibition of beauty
of form and feature. The ungraceful
wells with which the Mohammedan
Mauresque conceals all her beauty but
that Of the dark, lustrous eyes, in the
Andalusian Mauresque has been
etherealized to a scarf of soft, clinging
lace, which encircling the face and
falling in graceful folds about the
throat and shoulders, only heightens
the beauty it may have once been in
tended to conceal. The plainest of
countenances is softened and idealized
by this sort of veil; the beautiful be-
come bewitching. No shapeless jacket
and baggy trousers and clumsy slip
pers hide or dlstort the exquisite
beauty of the 1.-THE and slender forms,
the graceful droop of the shoulders,
the high-arched instep of the little
foot, or the supple grace of the carri-
age. The small feet of the Andalu-
sian, so much be-snug, are no Pigment
of the poets brain. 1t is one of the
first things a stranger observes, and is
particularly observablein tho children,
whose dainty little feet seem scarcely
stanch enough to support the plump
little legs above them; and the shops
where children's shoes are sold one
might easily take for emporiums for
dolls outfits. Nor has the romancist
very much exceeded the limits of truth
in his rhapsodes on Andalusian
beauty. Plainness of feature, except
among the old and hard worked, is the
exception. The beauty of the women,
if not of the highest type, is of a
very gratifying quality; but the beauty
Of the children seems something a.
most miraculous.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-06-17
should be kept on q level, or lower than

should be kept on level, orlower than
the center. There is no objection to a
water-trough, If it is lowered, so as to
leave the stone dry when not in USE
Water is u solvent of the stone, and the
part left in the water becomes soft,
and wears away faster than the other
parts, and the stone loses its perfect
circular form. 1t is a matter of con-
siderable Importance that the tools
should be clean before grinding. The
efficiency of the stone depends upon
having the clear grit presented to the
face of the steel. Grease lessons fric-
tion-use it upon the axles, but not
upon the stone, -Ame,ican Agricul-
taTiSt.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-06-17
HUNTS REMEDY CO.. Providence, RI.
C. n. CRlTTEHT0N. General AGENT. lew York.
AGreat Beueractor Of Women.

Lydia E. Pinkham Of Lynn, Mass, is often
spoken Of as tho great benefactor Of women
and frequently receives letters like the one
we quote from, written by lady in San
Francisco. She says: clam taking your Veg
etable Compound and find great benefit from
it Nhas done me more good than all the
Doctors" Mrs. 7. of Vincennes, Ind writes:
Having taken Il bottles Of your Vegetable
Compound and cured by Its use, l feel very
anxious that every woman afflicted with
Womb Disease should make use of it. An
other lady In Birmingham, Mich, was snf-
fering from weakness and displacement She
says: 81 began taking your Compound and
it helped me SO SOON, feel like proclaiming
to the World its great virtues as healing
agent for womepW
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-06-17
Eating IL n Tortured

And sleep often mere tlavcsty Of repose, to
tho dIspeptic. Appetite is corrospondngly
impaired by this most prevalent of ma,adics,
and headaches, biliousness, constipation, poy.
crty OF tho blood, loss of flesh and Of vitality,
and Il thousand annoying and Undesirable
sensations are its coacomitants 1t IL, more.
over, the progcnitor of numerous and formid.
able bodily disorders. Obstinate Ms it Is, how
ever, its complete eradication may be effected
by the persistent use oil liostctter's Stomach
Bittcis, medicine which communicates DO h
vigor and regularity to the organs of digestion
and secretion, relnxes the bowels gently but
thoroughly, cnrlches and purfes the blood,
promotes appetite, and gives tranquility to
The nervous system. Persons Of weakly con-
'titution and physique, who use this superb
ionic miallibly derive from 1t the staininh Of
which they stand so much in need, and it 10
invariably successful in rcmedying and pre-.
venting mNlarial diseases.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-06-17
Mint they Mnnli iict.

Teacher: 80 you can't do simple
sum in arithmetic. Now let me ex.
plain it to you. Suppose eight of ycr
nave together 4S apples, 80 peaches
and 16 melons, what will each one OF
Sou get?"
"Cholora morbus," replied Johnny
Fizzletop. an Austin boy. who Is I'd
Acted 10 that NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-06-17

Bees do not sting except in self
defence, writes correspondent of The
NeU England Farmer. The beekeeper
goes from hive to hive removes the
covers, admits the light, very unwel-
come to the bees, takes apart the brood
nest, finds the queen, takes her in his
hand and carries her away, and not q
sting is received, and he wears neither
veil nor gloves. If he be q farmer, he
may run in from the field to hive a
swarm with his arms bare to the ell
bow, and be not stung, and yet thou
sands Of bees fly around him, and many
alight on his person. But every bee
keeper is stung more or less, and the
stings, for the greater part, are the
result of the keepers carelessness. In
handling frame, he does not sec the
bee beneath the top bar, and places q
finger on him. A sting follows, as a
matter of course. 1t sometimes hap
pens, however, that two or three bees of.
ten only one, are determined to sting.
In opening hive, a single bee may
take bee line for the Cace,and this bee
must be struck down and killed. The bee
ill ec ,Nlnp oil enrc,on, IJo ,,,olyoc al =, ~,
Roadway crawling in the grass where
the blades twist and turn and anger
him. Hence while crawling upon the
back of hairy hand, the bee is in
cited to sting The beginner in bee
culture should learn at once what eff
feet the bee sting has upon him. Up
on some persons the bee poison, and
poison it is of the most virulent kind,
has very little effect. Tho swelling
about the place stung may DO covered
with Scent piece. Upon others the
effect is different. A beekeeper known
to the writer, if stung on finger, will
be inflicted with an uncomfortable
swelling to the shoulder. The arm is
twice its natural size, and the swelling
does not subsde for six or seven days.
1t is not exactly painful, but certainly
uncomfortable Hence this beekeeper
must wear gloves and veil. When a
single sting doubles the size Of an arm
it is best to be protected. Some bee.
keepers who suffered from one sting
when they began agriculture are not
affected now seriously by a dozen. A
physician says that if marked swell
ing follow a bee sting the persons
blood is impure or weak, but this Ia
not the solution probably.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-06-17
Phenomenon Explained.

Westerncr-"Yes, stree; it's true
too. The grounds on which Virgins
City stands mas moved thirty inche.
since rs"
Stranger--"Well, l suppose It's al
right, but it doesn't seem possible"
"Of course it's all right. I've go
the measurements to prove it."
GLOW do you account for the pheno
menon?"
"Well, I don't know. Railways wa
a go-ahead place" .-Phtladephia CAL