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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-28
NY Diamonds,

We had been married for several
years; we Owned pretty Aouse, bad a
pleasant circle Of friends, Gnd euj 'yed
social position Gnite equal to oar nioGrr-
ate desires. NV husband was kind aud
thoughtful for my comfort. had two
sweet children There WAS everything
10 make nle hnnpY,
Ftom II chill had longei to be the
possessor Of diamonds, | never saw L
lady with handsome diamonds that
! did not cuyet them. ] resolved never
to marty uulrss my husband should be
ueh enough to give me diamnpds. That
! broke this resolution is not wonG erlul
lor whoev,r did marry exactly the EiuG
Of person they bad determined on? For n
while J forgot my longing for diamonds.
But The desire came back, lud made me
again unhappy.
At last my husband discoYered my
weakness aud tried to laugh me ont IL.
81 did not know you were SO silly.
Ellen,' he snid. "All the diamonds in
tue world would not make me lOYe yon
more"
Bat others woaid. A womnn's social
position depend, good deal on ber
dress aud jsw,l7. Eserl body looks up
10 AlrS. Hoe"
Mis- Hope is sterling woman nrarl
from her diamonds. do Eot think
Them bctullIul, Il Is barbanc taste,
IuI mast recollvct that in such dis.
turbed countries as Asia it is prudent to
have some OF yoprricues in property that
you eau hide In y sIG,lI Cumpgss.'
|rLeu Why wouliu't it be wise 70 in
vest ip II lew diamonds even her,2 You
say thst rommeTciaI panics Will always
uappsu in ibis country"
My husband laughed, "4ou arc a
>killipl ndvrc ate, hs suid. land you
shall htye sope diamonds"
"Dnmonds will always bring nearly
what they cost"
No more was said about the diamonds
on that occasion, but u few days later
my husband brought home finger.ring
aud two ear Iiugs, each u large solitaire.
| vas Delighted, had not expect d
! such Il hqudanWr gift.
For about year / wore my diamonds
on every suitable occasion. Iudeed,
wore them sometimes, / am afraid, OF
occasions which were not suitable. But
after awhile l got accustomed even tc
diamonds. did not ;hiuk half so mucl
of them as wien they fret came home,
even went ont to evening parties, noV
aud then. without lhcm.
'Why hayeu't you your diamonds to
nighl?' said my husband on one of tues,
occasions,
"oh, Pm tired Of wearing them al
way"
Meanwhile the crisis Of 81 came on
l had sren my husbands face cloudr,
for several weeks. aud knew that Ii
business was not going on feyorably, bu
had 40 idea og tbs truth till be cam
hom4 one night aud told mo that "
were ruined.
1T is hard" be said when We eoul
talk the matter p inly over more calm
! ly, "alter working fog tweny yepgg, Rn
feeling that one is getting OLD, TO have {
begin lie auev, But there is nothio
els. to be done. So nnuY of my debtor
have failed tnnt am att,rly iusolyent
| shall make an assignment and then &
ont uext."
now bsthought myself of my dir
m9nds ! cried, eSulingiy. that II
sale Of ;he them would give enougl
perhaps, to begin life anew. He smile
sadly. and said no more. But I p
solved to cure his increduli,y 10y sbns
ing him how large sum could se
them for.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-28

II you are suffering from sense OF ex
treme WEAKNESS, try one bottle Of Ayers
sarsoparllla. / will cost you bat one dol
lar, aud will dn you inealouiabla good. II
will do away With that tired feeling, and
give you uew life aud energy.
"A story Is told Of Scotch woman who
tried to wPap her husband hom the public
bopse by employing her brother {, act the
part Of ghost, and frgbien john on his
way home.
"Who uo ynuy" said John, as the AZ.
partition Toeo betpre him from behind a
bush.
u qpl AUD Eisk." was the reply.
"co'ns eva mon.' -al Johu, nolhing
daunled. "gie's shake OF your hand.
an married to sister o your."
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Like an Old Crsaky Window shutter.

That is the way mans rheumatic
joiuts snmetmes are. Hinges old, rusty
uu4 worn, and badly need oiling The
trouble is IN the blood. . man who il Of
any account is worth repairing The re-
pairing eau he done by mesus Of Browns
Iron Bllers. That enriehes aud puriAes
the blood, drives out the pains and works
complete restoration. Thousands testify to
il from happy experience. Mr. c. H..
uuutley, 9lS Nurln SiNteenth street, ST
Louis says. II used Brnwns Iron Buffers
for rhepmatisp, general debinty and pros
trat0n, With the beet results"
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-28

Mr., T. W, Atklrs, Girdrd, Kan, writes
al never hesitate Ia recommend you
Electric D!tlrrs 90 my GnslnHers lbey give
entire satisfaction aud are rapid sellers.
Electric Eitters are the purest aud besi
medrnes kuown aud will positively cure
liver ami kldney complaints. Purity th,
blood and regulate the bowels. No family
can aglrd " Ga Without them. They vii
save huVdreds of dolars III doctors bill'
every year. sold At Glty cenls bottle by
T. D. Thomss
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DO ONE THING WELL.

DO ONE THING WELL.
ny JOsEEHGNE POLLARD.
D. one thing we'll,
And 1t will tell.
II you will only wait spell;
Nor courage lose,
Nor e'er refuse
Your best endeavorS still to use,
Though at the start
You may lose heart,
Aud tear your crude designs apart
Still keep right Oh
Until you've done
Your task, and own victory wen.
The stubhorn vii!
Tolls on, until
1t meets success and proves its skill;
TIE fight maintains,
Nor e'rr complains,
And is regarded for its pains.
Tasks well begun,
II left half done,
Are not much good to any one;
VINO thus inlsspends
HIS time intends
His life To fill with odds and ends.
The master hand
Can fame cnmWaRl.
And make its Impress on the land;
Who would excel
Must doubts dispel,
And labor 10 do one thing wci.
--Gel4ea Arqo2y.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-28

William McKnew. 124 Favetto street
Baltimore MI., says, b" believe F.vorite
Remedy /. eo6i medicine. Il is doinp
me- more Copl than snythinp over triei
and have tried almost everything f,r
am a euiisrsr from, dyspepsia" Will,
"Fnvoyic Remedy" is a specific in stomach
aud bladder diseSses, it is Equally ynInobI,
in cases of bilious disorders, consultation nj
The bowels and AL class ofilis applre:.tlv in
scparable from the roretituiians of women
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RIliousness

is very prevalent NJ this ssssor, The
symptoms being bitter tus'o, breath ntlen
sivp, tongue coated. sick headache, drowsl-
ness. zziuess, hss of appetite. If this
condition is allowed ;n eon,inur, serious
consequences may folloW By promptly
taking Hoods Sarsa narilla. fover may DO
avoided or premature death preyegtsi, u
is a positive cure for biliuusness. sJld by
all druggists,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-28

back and forth all afternoon with a tin
bucket for beer They became 10 alb
sorbed finally thet they locked the front
door so that the presence of an OCCASION
al customer would not interrupt the
game. The old telegraph editor, big.
shackle jointed poker sharp psmed Al
nlunt, won all the money at ten o'clock
that night. The books Of the Office had
been placed it charge OF the former news
editor. He bad a very primitive style Of
beeping them, apd it never occurred to
him to separate the diI rent accounts.
One Of bis rages would be fog instance
like this;
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sADLY DEogNFRATED ny ouPI

hNo 1ua uuuced now Nj ny H. mas
eh y sed Ut lateP asked stately beauty,
eare,siug a dimiuutlve black aud-tau
vhoss collar was ornamented With silver
bells
What is the matter with her?' was
the qlery.
why, you knov sue was narrisd last
week, aBi her maid informs e that sue
has not fsd heT dog once since her mar.
age has ss Fcrly phtls-d him in tact
S le actually seems 70 prsieE the soessly
OF her husband
EXCLAMATION Of astonishpent,
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If not paid in advance, $l.25.
BRINGING MATTERS 10 A CnIs1s.

rich foung man was courling poor
youRg girl, but be was slow in bringing
matters to crisis.
| SO one day she complained OF the hard
ships of being poor.
"Poor! he exclaimed gallanly. "A
young lady with your wealth of mind
and Glace Of person poor2 Why, such
chaEms as you possess are worth mint
Of money"
:'WelL l wish I had the mint and
somebody else had the charms" sue said,
and the crisis came
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-Father-"l never imagined that your
studies would cost me so much money
Student YES, ard ! don't study much
either"
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The telephone may be the Cause Of
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The oA we'll drillsr is always run
ming his business to the ground.
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--"Yes," she says, II always obey my
husband; but recGgn have something to
suy ebout what his commands will
be-"
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But" sdld the serenui"d Wan,'l
must out aud piake speech. someihina
must be done 10 stop the playing oil th,
hand"
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No one can afford 10 have a friend
whose talk makes him tined. Life is too
ghoTt,
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What is that which goes up the hin and
down the hill, and yet standeth still? The
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-28
Ayers SarsaparjIDa

stimulates and regulates the RetoR Of The
digestive and assmiat!yo organs, renewl
and strengthens the vital forces and speedily
cures rheumatism, Neuralgia, Rheumh-
tie Gout, Catarrh, Genergi Debility. and
al diseases arising nom IN impoverished oS
corrupted condition of The blood, and weak
cned vitality
II Is iucompayab'y the cheapest blood medi-
cine, on account OF ils concentrated strength,
and great pqWcr over disease.
PREPARED ~
Dr.. J, G. Aver & Co. Lowell, Mass,
sold BY al Druggists pr.es 81, six bOttlst
laT ~
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For Something Very Nice in The Way a
Ladies', Gents and childyen's
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-11-14
Ague-shaken Sufferers

who resort to Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters, experience speedier and more COM
plete reliet than they can hope to do by
the Use of quinine. This well authcnti-
Gated fact is of itself sufficient to have
established a high reputation for the
Bitters. But the article is not a specific
merely for the various forms of malari-
al diseases, it endows the system with a
degree of yigor, and reforms its irregu-
laritles with a certainty that constitutes
its best defence against disorders of the
stomach, liver and bowels, specially
rife where the a;mosnhere and water
are miasma tainted. Fever and ague,
bilious remittent, dumb ague and ague
cake are rcmeiied and prevented by it,
anl it also removes dyspepsia, constipa-
ton, rheumatism, &c. Take this medi-
cine on the first indication that the sys-
TEN is out of order. and rest assured
that you will be grateful for the hint.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-11-14
0FF!CESs1,os Chestnut ST., rn,,a.
What IS DTSPEPSIA2'

Among the many SYMPHONIC
OF Dyspepsia or indigestion
tho most prominent are: Va
riable appetite; a;at,gnawing
feeling at pit CT to stomach,
with unsatisned craving for
food; heartburn, feeling OF
weight and wind il the s1om-
ach, bad breath, bad taste in
the mouth, low spirits, general
prostration, headache, and
constipation. There is no form
of disease moro prevalent than
Dyspepsia, and none SO pccul-
lar to the high-living and rap
id-eating American people.
Alcohol and tobacco produce
Dyspepsia; also, bad air, rapid
eating, etc. BURD0CK BLOOD
BITTERS will cure the worst
case, by regulating tho bowels
and toning up the digestive
organs. Sold everywhere.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-11-14

The squirrels are happy, and the little
boys and girls rejoice, for there WAS
never more abundant crop of nuts in
the forest, field and garden than there
is this year. Where live, the hickory,
walnut and chestnut trees, are bending
down with their loads of nuts. These
will no doubt be gathered, and during
the coming winter many happy hours
will be spent around the firesile, crack
ing and eating these delicacies. Last
year, nuts of all kinds were very scarce.
We saw fewer in our markets, and
throughout our Northern States there
was almost a total failure, except in
some localities there was very good
crop of chestnuts. There will now be a
good opportunity for those who want to
ests, and especially in the Western
States, to get the seeds or nuts cheaply,
and in great abundance. 1t is a very
simple matter to save nuts fresh through
the winter. All that is necessary either
with chestnuts OF hickory, is to put the
fresh nuts as gathered from the trees,
into clean, moderately moist sand, and
then bury them in dry place in the
garden, covering so that that mice can
not get at them. In early spring these
nuts will be found just as fresh, and in
as good condition for planting, as when
they came from the tree. The chestnut
sometimes sprout very early in spring,
or as soon as the frost leaves the ground,
and it is better to place these on the
north side Of the building, or in the
shade of some tree, so that they will be
kept cool or frozon until the ground has
become warm enough outside for plant
ing. Those who are fond of chestnuts,
and desire to have them fresh for the
table during the winter months, should
bury a supply in small boxes Of convent.
ent size, and in place here they car
be removed from time TO time, as needed
for use. We had fresh chestnuts as late
as the first of May last spring, which
were buried in the previous NoYember
Hickory. and butternuts may be KEPT
/ fresh enough for the table by storing in
a cool, dry room, but ii wanted fol-
planting, they should be buried in thu
ground, where they win be kept moist
"A. S. FULLER in DIN. AgricIltGr;st
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+ ARMERSrC rC0LUMN.
Pure Blood VS.. Common stock.

The question may well come home TO
cattle breeders and owners all over the
country--"Will it pay me to keep COM
mon stock when can buy full-bloods at
such slightly higher price9" The
autumn sales have averaged very low,
and many who have been deferred from
selling, are very willing to sell at low
prices at private sale. Farmers, who
have never kept full-blooded stock, can
hardly expect to get high prices for
stock which they may raise. They will
think perhaps, that /. is because they
are not in the ring, or have not innu-
ence. That is not the reason. High
priced stock have reputation, supposed
TO be based upon merit, and 1t is this
reputation which gives value to their
progeny. A few days ago, an eight
monthsbull calf sold for three thousand
dollars, not because of his. intrinsic
value, but on account of the reputation
attached to his pedigree, added to: bis
qualities. He is the son of the Jersey
COW, Princess, ID, COW credited with
having made forty-six pounds, twelve
ounces of butter in one week, and his
sire is Black Prince of Linden, bull,
combining more famous blood-elements
than any other we know of, except his
sons. Princess I'd is dead, so there will
be no more bull calves Of that breeding.
There may be many just as good 1t is
no reason why farmer should not
secure good full-bleod bull, because hC
cannot at once realize high prices fol
his calves. If he knows they. have
merit, that should satisfy him. Sup
pose in a herd of twenty fairly good
cows we introduce a good full.blOodeG
bull, at a cost of one hundred and fifty
dollars, which will secure very good
one. The twenty calves will probably
be half males, good for veal. ThereMil
probably be a gain Of fifty cents TO {
dollar head on veal calves, for half
rbloods always fatten quicker pd bette,
than scrubs, and generally grow larger
The ten heifers will be marked afte
their sire, will follow his dam in strie1,
feminine points as rule, but will ht
influenced also by their own dams IL
whatever may have been the line %
their breeding. 1t the dams have beRi
kept, and so far as they have been bte,
at all, have been raised and kept witt
reference to their goodness as, mtlcl
COWS, this trait will be increased in th
daughters, as it is fair to assume, tha
hardly less than five dollars each, o
fifty dollars for the ten head, should b
added to the value Of the calves, an,
ere lifted o the bull. Fifty-five or ski,
dollars, or more than one-third of til,
price of the bull will be returned as
clear profit of his influence on the it'll
herd at the end of the first year. Thi
is certainly an underestimate in three
cases out of four, as many know to tfei
proiit--Am. AoricUltriSt. ,4
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-11-14

The vision changed. There was the
rattle of musketry and the boom of can
non, and battle was on. lie saw
regiment after regiment advanced, halt,
oblique to the right or left. Batteries
galloped here and there, bodies of cavalry
thundered along with banners and gui-
dons hidden in the smoke. His own
regiment moved forward to the edge of
the woods, and directly there was a
blaze of fire all along its front. 1t was
advancing again, the men were cheer
ing, when darkness suddenly came to
him. He had been wounded. In his
vision he saw the hospital to which he
was borne, heard the groans of the
wounded, caught the whispered words
of surgeon:
Every seriously wounded, but 1 hope
we may save him."
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THE LIFE LESSON
Learned BY Prominent Hudson DAD
Nr.I Fetloyu sN.s

a
- -. Fellow. '"-"
:. (From The Hudson, N. Y Reqis'er)
Mr. Jslii Etting. q tait6mi.o Id Fellow
tpos, G'snd, Lindenwsld, N S'4S2l sud a
,nembernf tie Btp,is; church. says, IL
have leen, Ms must nf NV acl mtihtaures in
Hudann kuow, n sunercr from dysplsia
Tor ten years Becinning wrn ndlses-
tion. sour s'nmach and tiItu'ence, becmn e
s,w ak that my brdy became n burden
too heavy to. cariy- aud my mind was
weighed down by a gl"omy despondenry,
After eating iet rs If had a ball Of
glowing iron III my stomach my abdumt o
wo,lld blunt aud was sill cled almost con
siatnN with eirK heHdsche. A ladv learn-
slur a nav e. nd,ti II. advised u'e tn use Dr..
DAVID ENNEDY'S FAVORiIE REM
EpY, telling me what an intiniie deal nt
good it i.Hd done her aud Others whom 81 o
knew. began taking 1t IN the latter pHrt
ni August, and used altogether ouiy three
b"ttl,s, wLen It Hrhiryed IA lie the most
wonderful Improvement. have now
gained fltrh. aud ieel stronger, better and
iSrisier than | hHve ~ tpr ysars FA
VORltE REMEDY cured INV iriend, r..
+ lleinHns, at Ghrut, ui the lingering ~
mains ui melsrWl fever nnd at bili"u-uess.
Mr.. Harvey Th"mas; thp'gr' GER, on War.
rem strpet, Just b. low, tine Worth ltnusp,
sAys hat it.has had Wonderfully eond re
sul upon hun. Scotes 81 my acqusinian-
c,s say, that having once trird il hey could
never again he without IT.. have given
l. n my children aud found 1t the hest
mtdirine have eyer know Tor regulating
their h"welr, and purifying their blu"d
/ ! he know edge Of tins medicine deem
the u ealest less ri physical life"
A Battle and lie Vlct"rv.-"I carried the
burtcn Of dyspepsia about all my lite"
| SAID Mrs. Pierce, lsds eighty years odd,
residing ut Eocnsster. N Y "until a%out
three years ago began taking DR. David
K-nntdy's 'Favorite Rem dv'-'f Rnnd-
out. YOU wand it has gwen nr' more
annlt'"n snd strength than have bad
since was young"
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MISCELLANEOUS.

What is the reading of books but
converslng with the wisest men of all
counterles, who thereby communicaie
to us their most deliberate thoughts,
choicest notions, and best inventions,
couchel in good expression ana disested
in exact meiholP It supplies the room
of experience, AMI furnishes us with
prudence at the expense of others.
-"Oh, ii hal only a neck like that,
what a collar l couh -wear!' ..said the
IN lshT, while looking longing at an
ostrich. ... ....a - o..
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A Great pfsooyery.

Mr.. VIM. Thomas, of Newton, Ia,
says; "My wife has been seriously
affected with a cough for twenty-five
years, and this spring more severely
than ever before. She had used many
remedies without relief. and being urged
to try DR.. Kings New Discovery, did so,
with most gratifying results. The first
bottle FSieyed her very much, and the
second bottle has absolutely cured her
she has not had so good health for
Thirty years. -
friat-bottleS-fres at Thomas drug
9lere- skaFgss si2e- e-Slv-s--:.,-= -.
! !-z.ltllsS esdefB9 9ssSsp haSinade.iil
alq.ea IssllsG IA. seGeHal carton ttails south
et,eshs q1s = IN I'm ftsst7s,Eg,ls
'lisvs been confhsdt6Ss dtStrict- 9ily'. Z
few miles square,
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There must be an open road between
the food we eat and the substance oi
which our bodies are composed. If the
road is clogged or closed We sicken, faint
ma die. This ROAD is male up of tho
organs of digestion and assimilation
Of these the stomach AMI liver are chief
Most people have had more or less eX,
Nerience of the horrors of constipation
Prevent it AMI all its fearful sequence
by using DR.. Kennely's Favorite Rene
ly. II il the. first ste. that costs.
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The vision changed, and the roar and
crash of Antietam came to his ears. He
was corporal then. When the smoke
cleared away he looked down at his
sleeve and it bore the stripes of SER
geant. There was silence for a time,
broken only by the wind rustlmg among
the apple trees and whirling away the
dead and dying leaves. Then came a
crash and din as if the earth was broken
up. 1t was the guns on Falmouth
Heights bombarding Fredericksburg
When their roar died away he crossed
the historic river--he pushed up the
narrow streets - he facei the deadly
stone wall at the foot of Mary's Hill
Night came TO him again. Another
bullet had plowed its way into his flesh,
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There was vision of crutches-of
hone-of sympathetic words, but it was
crowded out of sight by clearer one in
which the word "PovertyW seemed to
extend from East 10 West. If he drank
If he was weak-minded-if the troub-
els of life bore him down, the world
lould remember that he had been a
soldier.
The vision Of a poor old cripple was
clear to his eyes when his ears caught
the sounds of mullled drum and the
tramp of men. From out of the dark
ness came six men bearing pail, and
they were followed by soldiers with
bowed heads and reversed muskets.
Who was the dead soldier on the pail?
Something forced him to lift the flag
and look upon the face of the dead. He
started back IN horror. He saw his own
corpse.