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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-10-16
Only a Matter Of Time.
From New York star,

t TVTTI NV lVTN NUN
Thousands Of Christians continue to
he massacred in heothen countries. Yet
the denominations keep forwarding sup
plies Of missionaries. It's getting to be
a question Of who will hold out the
longer, the converts or the missionaries.
Something like the Andover Hypothe-
ris
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-10-16

BETWEEN the strike of the pork
packers and the fatality of the hog
cholera it may be policy for the Ameri-
can people to become vegetarians.
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In s1ght Of the Whlte House.

From Mahanoy City Local.
President Cleveland has a long head.
After his present term has expired, he
may not be permitted TO occupy the
White House, but he can live in Wash
ington anyhow.
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THE seductive complimentary vote"
will play conspicuous role at the COM
ing election.
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EVEN amongst the Knights of Labor
can be found men who hesitate about
obliterating the color line.
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q Crank Who Still Flies the Bloody Shirt.

FrOm MOnrOe JelicrsOnian.
Democrats assert that "this soldier
business is played out" 1t does not look
that way when you look over the list of
rebel soldiers appointed by the present
administration. But then, the fought
on the Democratic side and hence their
reward by their party. They cannot
draw pensions but they can fill offices.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-10-16

THE oleomorgarine bill has left grease
spots upon the reputation of more than
one public servant.
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CuAUNCY f. BLACKS declaration of
toetotalism may please temperance
Democrats but how is it with the other
felloWs2
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-10-16

TIME in its flight has landed the.
Philadelphia "coppers" in the political
assessment season.
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An Unlimited Supply.

From Mauch Chunk Times.
The number of weddings this fall will
only be limited by the number of mar
riagoable couples who are readp to join
hearts and hands for life.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-10-16

THE whirlgig of politics swallows up
many promising individuals.
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Bad for the Poor Mankarel.

From Allentown Democrat
One of Beavers five cent coupons will
buy a three cent mackerel at Beavers
store.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-10-16
Unsound Politically and Philosophically.
EIOm Now York Snn

We are informed upon the highest
authority that the Catholics generally do
not favor the canvass of Mr. Henry
George. The authorities of the Church
regard his principles as unsound politi-
cally and philosophically, and are op-
posed to his candidacv.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-10-16

From Philadelphia Times.
The Alaska expedition seems to have
conquered everything in Alaska except
the climate.
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Saturday, October 16, 1886.
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England Should Danish the Pig.

From Philadelphia Record.
Rome was saved by the cackling of a
goose; England may yet lose India
through the squealing of pig.
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Repairing Promptly Attended TO.
FOR REF-T.

A House with four rooms, garrct and cellar
one mile from Wpisspor aId one mile from
fhokrIton. VIII De rented cheau ] will
give tenant portion ufa Held iu which TO plant
potatoes next spring Call aud see
REV. }. =. FREEMAN,
Ot. lest MELsFPORT, Pa.
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THE campaign slip and the liar card"
should become inseperable companions.
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ENTERED AT THE rEHIGHToN PosT-oFF1cE
AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER.
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House and Lot for Sale.

A.zA Onc-half Lot, 80 X iS9 feet, situate on
gE4aI Lchigh Street, near the New Round
49, Houses, upon which is erected good
TMO-SiOry Frame House, l6N 22 feet. A never
falling Wen of Pure Water, and number of
choice Fruit Trees and Vines on the Lot. A
nice home for "A small family. FortCrms, &c.
call at the CARBON ADVOCATE Office, Bank
street. June 2G-tf
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LEHIGHTON. PA:

SATURDAY. OCTOBER lG, 1886.
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AFntnre for Home Rnla.

FROM fnlladelpna Times.
Gladstone may die, but home rule will
not.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-22


sion of the platform. Let any printing
presses that have been captured by the
enemy be recapured for God: and the
reporters, and the type-s.tters,
and the editors, and the publishers
swear allegiance to the CID of truth.
Alb, my friend, that day must come.
and il the great body OF Christian men
have not the fsith, or the courage, or tn.
conservation to do it, then let some iona.
than On his busy hands and on his pray.
ing knees climb up on the Rock Of Hin.
france, and IN the name Of the Lord God
Of Israel slash to pieces those literary
serted to God, then they must be OVER
thrown.
Again, I learn from this subject what
Q large amount Of the Church's resources
Is actually hidden, and buried, and unde-
vsloped. The Bible intimates that tina
was a very rich lani, this land Of Israel
1t says,
The stones are iron, and out OF the hills
thou shalt dig brass.
Aud yet hundreds and thousands of dol
lars Of this metal was kept Inder the
hills. Well, that is the difficulty with the
Church Of God at this day. Its talent is
not developed. II one-half Of its energy
could be brought out it might take the
public iniqu tiles Of the day by the throat
and make them bite the dust. If human
eloquence were consecrated to the Lord
Jesus Chriat il would in q few years per.
suade tbs whole earth to surrender to
God. There is enough unheveloped energy
in this one church to bring al Brooklyn
to Christ-enough undeveloped Christian
energy in the city Of Brooklyn to
bring all the United States to Christ
enough of undeveloped Christian
energy in the United States to bring the
whole world to Christ; but it is buried un-
der . strata Of indifference. and under
whole mountains Of sloth. Now, 10 it not
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-22
CiCEROS LETTERS.


FrAnkness and OutspokenRess.
There are nearly eight hundred letters
of Cicero now extant, besides at least
ninety letters addressed to him; and VIC
know that this Large collection is mere
fragment of the immense correspond.
ence that he left behind him. 1t extends
over a period of less than twenty-five
years.. e., it gives us on the average
a letter for about every eleven days OF
the last twenty-five years of his life.
The letters are written to all sorts OF
people and are of all varieties of style.
Only in a very few instances does the
writer seem to have had any thought
of their being published. Their charm
is their naturalneSs, their frankncss,
their outspokenness. 1t is difficult to
imagine what our notion of Roman life
and manners, of Roman history, would
be without this unique correspondence;
and all this astonishing letter writing
went on in the midst of every kind OF
engagement, and of such claims upon
the writer's time and thoughts as few
men that have ever lived are exposed
to. Cicero was deeply immersed in pol
itics. in lawsuits, in foreign alta RS, in
building houses, in writing books and
making collections of art treasures, in
travelling, in actual warfare, vet in the
midst of it all he was writing letters,
long and short, at a rate which only a
professional journalist nowadays could
think Of turning off. Sometimes pedan.ic
and sometimes affected in his other writ
ings, Cicero is never SO in his letters.
There he is always natural, and there
you have the best side of the man shown
us. The letters were written from his
heart-I mean the familiar letters He
writes because he had a longing to COM
municate his thoughts to his fr.ends-in
other words, because he had a craving
for the sympathy of those he loved.
believe that will be found to be the real
secret of all good letter writing. II a
woman sits down to write as Nine. de
Sevigne did. or as Pope did, with view
to an outside public. and only half a
thought for the friend or relative ad-
dressed, you will never get really nat
ural letters. There will always be false
ring aboat them. More than one book
has been published during the last few
years the author of which has been ex-
tremely careful to tell us in his preface
that it was never intended for publ,ca-
ton; that he was very much surprised
indeed when it was urged upon him
that he should actually print his letters.
Nothing had been further from his in
tention. The letters were written in the
first instance to Y, or Y, Or 4. etc. Yet
We can hardly read a rage without feel
ing quite certain that X. or Y, or L was
only a peg to hang the letter on. which
were most surely addressed to larger
outside public, whom the author never
lost sight of from the moment he took
his pen in hand till the moment he laid
it down.-Nineteenth Century.
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Transforming a Desert.

Some years ago Colonel Roudaire
brought forward proposal to transform
some of the deserts in Africa into inland
seas, the level of the soil being at pres
ent about 80 feet below that of the Med
iterranean. An alternative proposal
was made by Colonel Landas. who pre-
fers to keep the sea cut and to irrigate
the desert, and so transform it into q
fertile district. Colonel Landas has
actually commenced to work on these
lines. and he has just presented to the
French Academy of Science report, in
which he states that he has driven an
artesian well in the desert to the depth
of 800 feet, which is now discharging
fresh water at the rate of 1000 gallons
a minute, which suf1ices for the irriga-
ton of 500 hectares. This area was q
desert a year ago, and is now fertile
and well-stocked district. A second
artesian well is now being driven, to ex-
tend this work of fertilizatiOn.-N T.
Post.
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THE REAPERs.

when the tired reapers, with fragrant
Come out of the corn. as the sun goes down,
And the sky is rich as the falling leaves
! sit in the mellow aud marvellous ewes
And watch. as the loom of the sunset weave,
Its cloth of gold over country and town.
And think how the summers have come and
Since we saw the shuttle across the blue
That wove the colors of dusk and dawn
when the musk of the sleeping roses flew
On the wings OF the south wind over the
And the evening shadows were longer drawn.
And the sun was low, and the stars were
few;
When Love was sweet in the lives we led
As the leaven that lives In the latter spring
TO grow in the flowers, the books we read.
The romp and rush of the grapevine swing,
In word and work, to he filled and fed
On brooks OF honey and wasted bread,
And sung in the songs that We used to sing.
And out of the shadows they come to me,
The lovers We had when to love was free,
The stars were few and the skies were
clear.
And We knew it was happiness just to be.
Through the sheaves of the cloud-iand fair to
While the weary reapers are drawing near.
Though the red and white roses have lost
In the ashes OF summers of long ago.
They come through the mellow and marvel
GUS ewes,
With the harvest of love that we used to
BOW,
As rich as the garlands the sunset weaves
When the tired reepers with fragrant sheaves
n Come out of the corn and the sun is low.
Z Wtu Wallace Hasrev. in Hdspcrs Magazine
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nsued. and in the end all six birds few

1
| away
In the New Guinea rivers the croco.
dies are pretty numerous. and some Of
the stories about them are particularly
thrilling. A native went to the beach
at break of day. In the twilight he OBJ
served what he took to be a log of wood
living on the black sand. To his horror,
the log became animated and rushed
upon him, being in reality hungry
crocodile watching for prey. A. smart
blow on the neck from the serrated tail
laid him on the sand. He was then
grabbed by the right thigh and carried
into the sea. The paws. with their
sharp claws, were used, not the Jaws OF
the reptile. The poor man had nothing
| in his hand to defend himself with. He,
however furiously beat its paws with
his clenched fist, and so much alarmed
it that it relaxed its hold for q second
and retired to little distance, still in
tent upon its prey.
Fortunately, heard the screams OF
the man at the first. and happily arrived
| at his side just as the reptile loosed its
grip. My loud cries SO alarmed the
crocodile that it made off into deep
water. As soon as the native was safe
on shore, ran for my rifle, rammed
two bullets into it. and wadcd into the
shallow water in 3arch of the scaly foe
1t rose just where it had previously dis
appeared and received both bullets in
the eye; but it was not until the follow
ing day that the body was secured.
The slugs testified to its identity.
On another occasion, famous war
rior, fishing in this river alone one day
he unwisely stood in the stream-was
clutched on both sides of his body by
the claws OF q crocodile. The brave
fellow instantaneously grasped the sep
arate claws of either paw and forced
them back with tremendous violence,
dislocating them. The brute, not liking
this unexpected reception. made off; but
the man carried the marks to his grave.
We are often followed and annoyed
by crowds Of natives. One day man
with large. round club persisted in
walking behind me, and uncomfortably
near. Had l that club in my hand 1
should feel little more easy. When
on the beach we saw the canoes had
left the vessel and were hurrying
ashore. Our boat was soon atloat.
Still, we had some distance to 60. 1
must have that club, or l fear that club
will have me. ] had large piece Of
hoop-iron, such as is highly priced by
the natives, in my satcheL Taking it,
l wheeled quickly round, presented it
to the savage, whose eyes were dszzled,
as with bar of gold. With my left
hand caught the club, and before he
became conscious of what was done. l
was heading the procession, armed Is a
savage. and good deal more comfort
able. We got safely away.
The people of New Guinea are all
good swimmers, and it is pleasure to
see them diving, turning somersaults
and ducking one another in the W ater.
They are also fond of games, especially
foot races, in which both boys and girls
take an active part. Beads and look
Eyeglasses are given rs prizes, and
when others carry off the palm no bad
spirit is shown.-Golden Days.
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WIT AND WISDOM.

1t isn't so much what man has
that makes him happy. as it is what he
doesn't want.-Ihe Century Magazine.
Base all your actions upon a princi-
pie of justice. preserve your integrity of
character, and in doing this never
reckon the cost.-M Y. Tribune.
-"Why don't you mind what /
say?" said an Irish mother to her child.
''YOu pay no more attention to what l
say than if was dumb haste talking
to ye."
"A young Vermont fisherman has
just landed speckled beauty, so he
writes us. We imagine from the tone
of his letter that he has married .
freckled COLLABORATION Free Press.
Woman is society's balance wheel,
and the man who does not cOnfide in
his wife leads a life which can not adj
NIT of the light of day being turned
on it Washington Post.
Old gent-Here, waiter. how the
deuce do these buttons and things come
to be in this soup? Fresh waiter-We
make our soup from Chicago dressed
beef, sir.-Lo,Oey Citizen.
1t may be possible to form an alliance
with the devil and realize upon the in
vestment but it is more probable that
you will get swindled without regard to
decency.-Ier0s Siftings.
-Schoolteacher-N Master Kirby,
suppose should say, II didn't have no
fun at the picnic" How would you
90 to work to correct me? Master
kirby sh'd say you'd better study
grammar, teacher.-Ticago Tribune.
They were speaking of a Buffalo
brides rousseau: "Were her robes
made in Paris9' one asked. 20, no."
another one said: .'they were all made
in Buffalo. She takes pride in wearing
nothing but Buffalo robes. IN 7. Sun.
"A countryman and his son put
up" at CITY hotel. Son out seeing the
town. Old gent comes down from his
room at midnight and says to the night
clerk: HAS my son come in yet?"
Night clerk-Guess not Haven't seen
him. Old gent-Well, you needn't sit
up for him any longer.-Cticaqo Aal.
-Dumley-Why, Robinson. I'm glad
to see you out again. You don't look
the same man you did two months ago.
Robinson-O. I'm all right again. BY
the way, Dumley, have you got a couple
of dollars about you? Dumley (hand-
ing him the money)-As said, Robin
SON, you don't look the same man, but,
by peanut, you are the same man.
Life.
My dear" said Mrs Snaggs to her
husband, ''what is q canard?" '.Don't
You know what . canard is?" queried
Mr. Snaggs. sneeringly; 'why the word
itself conveys its own meaning" '.DOea
it? Well, really. can't see it. What
does it mean. dear?' 'Why, . canard
is something one canardly believe. Of
course" 20. to be sure! Why couldn't
1 think of that?''
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THE SEA MONSTER.
Comprehensive History Of the Best Advor
tised Saa1ian on Record.

Comprehensive History Of the Best Advcr-
tised Saa4ian on Record.
More than one hundred years ago,
Rev. Paul Egede. who read three hour
sermons in 1884, went on a mission to
Greenland, and while there saw the sea-
serpent. The parson said that it had a
'.long sharp snout, uneven wrinkled
skin, formed like q snake and turned its
tail up above the surface" This was
rather mild sea-serpent, and as it was
seen on the 9th Of July, we may reason
ably conclude that the parson had been
celebrating the 4th and was just getting
over it. 1t is true, the 4th of July was
not invented until fOrty-two years after
this, but it is common thing, even in
this day. for some men to begin cele-
brating several days in advance.
Captain Laurence de Ferry, probably
the ancestor of Fulton Ferry, next saw
the S. S. in 1746. The captain was >
sailor and saw the serpent through nine
or ten glasses darby. His sea-serpent
had feet, ''twO of which it held above
the WATER" it had "a head like horse"
and the folds of the snake which showed
above water were '.fathom apart"
No mention is made of the head which
the gallant captain had on himself the
next morning, but it is likely that he
would have been glad to give one hun
dred dollars to boot and trade heads
with the sea-serpent
Bishop Pontoppidan. member Of the
Copenhagen Academy of Sciences. and
inventor of the game of that name so
dear to rustic belle and beau, tinted the
village himself one night, and at late
hour the following morning had a dis
solving view Of a sea-serpent that
claimed the cake. 1t had bright eyes
..like a couple of pewter plates" its
body was ''as big around as two hogs
heads" and didn't taper off at the tail
but terminated abruptly like q club or
water main. From the description of
his sea serpent, it is easy to regard the
Bishop as an authority on the evils of
stopping too abruptly. like the sea-ser-
penis tail, and the great advantage Of
tapcring of gradually, like the cock
tail.
intemperance flowed on in widening
channels. until everybody that went
near a creek got glimpse Of the sea-
serpent. It assumed its most hideous
form and aspect, however, when re-
Gently it revealed its awful visage to a
party of scientific gentlemen from Bos-
ton. standing before them a confessed
'.sea saurian possessing close afinities
with the fossil enaliasauria of the las"
This dreadful revelation is enough to
make Bishop Pontoppidan or enaliasan-
rianough that he wasn't one Of the las
to whom this revelation was made
Burdette, in Brookayn Eagle.
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master in his day. Henot only got nll the
learning he could get of DR.. G amaliel, but
afterward, standing on Mars Hill, and in
crowded thorouchfar quoted their poetry.
and graspei their logic, and welded their
eloqscnce, and employed their my thology,
un til Dionysius, the Areopagite, learned
in the schools of Athens and Heliopolis,
went down under his tremendou.
powers. That was what gave
Thomas Chalmers his power
in his day. He conquered the worlds as.
tronomy and compelled it to ring out the
wisdom nd greatness Of the Lord, until
for the second time the morning stars
sang together, and all the sons of God
shouted for joy. That was what gave to
Jonathan Edwards his influence in his
day. He conquered the worlds meta.
physics, and forced it into the service Of
God, until not only the old meeting house
at Northampton, Mass, but all Caristan.
dom, felt thrilled by his Christian power.
Well, now, my friends, we all have tools
OF Christian power. Do not let them loss
their edges. We want no rusty blades in
this fight. We want no coulter that can
not rip up the glebe. We want no axe that
can not fell the trees. We want NO goad
that can not start the lazy team. Let US
get the very best grindstones We can find.
though they be in possession Of the Philis-
tines, compelling them to turn the crank
while we bear down with all our might on
the swift-revolving wheel, until all our
energies and faculties shall be brought
up to a bright, keen, sharp, glittering
edge.
Again my subject teaches rs on what
. small allowance Philistine iniquity puts
. man. Yes, these Philistines shut mp the
mines, then they took the blacksmiths,
then they took the grindstones, and they
took every thing but . ale. Oh, that 10 the
way sin works; 1t grabs every thing! It
begins with robbery, and ends with rob-
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The principal land Office in Van-
couver, British Columbia, is situated in
a hollow 6ee forty-four feet in circum-
ference. In one section there is table
twenty-seven feet long and four feet
wide, made out of solid board taken
from the tree.