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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-07-28


There are those who would
scorn to commit theft in the
Common acceptation of the word
who yet do not hesitate to evade
paying their just dues to the
city or state whose privileges
they enjoy. Yet the latter is
only theft on a broader scale.
The money which they thus dis
honestly retain must be paid by
others, and the injury done is no
less certain because they cannot
trace it.
To appreciate a difficulty is
an important step toward over
coming it; and that is a far more
hopeful condition of mind which
admits the duty and fathoms the
difficulty than that which rushes
in unprepared and unaware Of
the need of preparation.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-07-28

--''Lizzle, did the doctor propose to you
to-day:" mo, mamma; he only asked If
you would live with me after got mar
ried."
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-07-28

"A young lady who has no time to spare
in making garments for the poor has been
engaged three weeks embroidering a blank
ct for her poodle dog.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-07-28
Recommended

above all others, we used it with mar
velons results. The sore healed and
health and strength rapidly returned"
ID. j. Armstrong, Weimar, Texas.
~ find Ayers Sarsaparilla to be an
admirable remedy for the cure of blood
diseases. I prescribe it, and it does the
Manhattan, Kansas.
"We have sold Ayers Sarsaparilla
here Tor over thirty years and always
recommend 1t when asked to name the
Dest blood-purifer. wv. T. Mclean,
Druggist, Augusta, Ohio.
"Ayer's medicines continue to be the
standard remedies in spite of all COM
petition" I. w. Richmond, Bear
Lake, Mich.
Ayers SarsapariIIa,
- FRRPARED by
Or. :. @. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
FHss d; six bottles, s5. Worth $5 bottle.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-07-28

Weissport.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26

WORKERS IN MINES.
The Two Great Dangers to Which Coal
Miners Are Exposed.

|
Miners Are Exposed.
This mine, while one of the largest,
was also one of the most dangerous in
the valley. In order to keep the work
ings supplied with pure air. in quantity
sufficient TO render harmless the explo-
sive gases released by opening the
coal-seams. an immense fan had been
constructed which, during every min
ute that it was in action. drew forth
from the mine over two hundred thou
sand cubic feet of impure air. Even
with this great air-current there were
still very dangerous parts of the mine,
requiring the utmost vigilance from
the miners. To hear of some miner
or laborer firing the gas in his cham
Der and being burned thereby was
matter of almost weekly occurrence.
In pits of this character, where there
is a plentiful air-current, it is often n
custom with miners to "fire" the
gas in their working-places before n
quantity sufficient to render its ccm-
bustion dangerous accumulates When
TINS is done, the gas Will take
fire with a noise not unlike that made
in lighting n common gas-jet- There
is such an excess of air that the ex-
plosion of the gas is very weak and
harmless. The flame. often three or
four feet deep, will travel along the
uneven roof. showing beautiful colors
varying from deep, dark blue to n
brilliant crimson; and in it shine stars
of dazzling white light, showing that
fine particles of coal-dust suspended in
the air are burning in the great heat of
the gas. Sometimes this flame will
travel clear up against the roof. slowly
to and fro, several times, until all the
gas has been burned away.
When the flame dies out, the burnt
gases (the ''blackn or "after-damp'),
being heavier than the air, fall TO the
floor So the coal miner is ever ex-
posed to two great dangers the first.
that of being burned; the second. that
of being suifocated after he has es-
capped the fire. Roy Mc7dvish, in ST.
Nicholas
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26
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No you fool dun. languld. low-aprllcd, NE
lest and Theoretically miserable, uoth pnSssS
eallv and mentally; experience srnso ~
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inc tonatle cutfd. bitter or bad taste "a
,nse,,,,th irrcqtlln appetite, dizziness. frcqucnt
hssdaehes. blurred oversight, floating specks-
hefore me eyes nervous pruetrntlon or ~
hatistion, irritaMlity of tompcr. ~. h,...r
alternating Nth chilly sensationA shnrpt
Hislrr. irni,ecnt palms here and there, eola
feot droweinsss after meals, wnkeiulnces. ~
distl,rbed nnd llifrufroshlng sleep, ,cgnnlan.s
Understandable feeling OF dread or OF 'nnI'n"-
nv yol1 have ALL or any considerable number
n, ,Rsse svmptoms. you are suffering from
that most common OF American ninlhulen
niiio,ls Dyspotsla, or Torpid Liver, assoclntou
with Dyspepsia. or Indigestion. Inn m ~.
coinplIcafcd your disease has become. ZIG
greater the number ana aNe.s' r. rcsehed.
Dr. Picrce,s Golden Mcdicni Disconory
will snhdua H. II taken according 70 utc..
tons for reasonable length OF time ~ noe
cured. complications multiply and Nonsunp-
tion OF the Lungs Skin DISEASES heaI. ..,
rheumatism, Kidney Disease, or other kraye
maiadleg arc quite Liable 20 set 10 and, sooner
or later induce fatal Termination. -
mr.. Rierce,s Golden Medtcni Dis
covery acts powerfully upon tho lAscr. anu
through that great blood NV oih a,,,.
n,,TIfles from whatever cause arising. ~ -
equally ciiicaelous Ia acting upon mo hia-
nexa and other cNCrctory organs. clrhuaiuky
etrcnEthennk, and healing their diseases. As
an appctlIng. restorative tonic. Rsp.n .s ~.
digestion and nutrition, thereby hnndlnE up
both icsh and strength In malnrial districts,
This wonderful medicine has gained grcas
celebrity In curing Fever and AEuc, Nniti9 anu
Fever, Dumb AEuo, and kindred discascA
DIR. Pierce's Golden Mcdieh Dis-
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26
THE ouNBoAT YORKTOWN.

Description OF the New Dynamite Cruiser
to be Launched in Few Days-A Terri
BILE Engine of War.
PHILADELPHIA, April 49, The William
Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building
Company have nearly completed dynamite
cruiser gunboat called the Yorktown, de-
signed for the United States navy. II will
be launched on Saturday, April IS, in the
presence of Secretary Whitney. 1t carries
four pneumatic guns for the hurting of
dynamite projectiles, each with q range of
at least mile The training of the guns is
accomplished by steering the vessel and the
loading is all done by steam. The guns are
of fifteen-inch caliber, and the shells, which
can be fired with great accuracy twice
minute, will contain 600 pounds of explosive
galatine, equivalent to $50 pounds of dyna-
mite or 943 pounds of gun cotton.
1t is claimed that this gun, properly han
died, will be the most destructive engine of
war yet invented, for the heaviest armored
shipsi n the world will 60 all to pieces from
the explosion Of a shell much smaller than
those thrown by the guns on the Yorktown.
These guns are designed primarialy to work
on the under water portion of the bulls of
vessels, but If any inacuracy in aim should
be developed on account of the pitching of
the ship, great damage can be inflicted upon
the portion Of the hull above water. A
dynamite gun made by the same concern
has just been made for the Italians, and will
be tested at Fort Lafayette in few days
by Lieutenant Zalinski.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26
Mad Over vegesarlanism.

A man mad over vegetarianism was
curious inmate of Pennsylvania
hospital. The sight of any animal.
bird, insect or reptile. slain at the hand
of man, would send him into par
oxysms of hysteric rage. He Would
wear no shoes, in order to kill the
fewer animalcul@ as he walked. Every
shoe or wooden article of clothing that
came in his reach he would destroy; a
funeral would fill him with frenzy, for
he held that the dead should be carried
into the woods and covered with leaves;
while his vegetarian ideas as to food
were equally pronounced. On every
occasion possible he would slip of to
cat grass, each blade Of which he would
carefully wipe in order to preclude the
destruction of an insect. -Boston Bud
act
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26
PARTISAN ETIQUETTE.
baroness de RothschIld Teaches Her
Guests to Depart Early.

baroness de RothschIld Teaches Her
Guests to Depart Early.
At the recent dinner given by Bar
oness Gus.ave dc Rothschild in Paris it
was demonstrated how completely the
time has passed when those Of her race
were abused and snubbed all round,
The Baroness. desiring to 90 TO par
ty which was to take place on the same
evening as her dinner, and wishing to
get rid of her distinguished body of
guests, adopted for SO doing very
simple measure. about which all per-
sons not at the dinner have laughed
ever since. Before any one had
thought of going home the entire party
was affectionately shown the door by
the Baroness, who did what she could
to soften their modification by express
ing her gratitude to them for having
taken the trouble to come and see her
for such short time.
This has called to memory what hap
pened to Lord Lyons, the recently de-
ceased ambassador of England in
Paris. The last time lie went to dine
at Adolphe dc Rothschild's, servants.
hearing him order his carriage for ten
O'Clock, politely requested him TO or
der it for $50, as Madame was going
out at that time. Lord Lyons. who
had keen sense of the dignity of an
English ambassador, promptly recalled
the coachman and ordered him to come
at eleven instead of ten, and remained
until the former hour, keeping unhap-
py Mime. de Rothschild a prisoner.
London telegraph.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26
c0NKLING is DEAD.
The Ex-senator Passed Away at
loo This Morning.
After An Unequnied Struggle for Life the
New York Statesman succumbs 20
the Effects OF His Exposure In
the Late Storm.


q. ~-'~N- -
New YoRK, April 1s-Dr Fordyce Bar
ker seemed quite overcome as he stood on
the steps OF No. 0 West Twenty-fourth
street yesterday afternoon and told the
reporters Of the impending dissolution Of
Roscoe Conkling His eyes were suffused
with tears and his voice was husky with
emotion. He made no effort to conceal the
fact that the death of the ex-senator was
expected at any moment A feeling of sad
ness seemed to have spread among the
guests of the Hoffman House, and there
was an oppressive quietness and solemnity
among the crowds in the corridors. Voices
were hushed, and all were talking in low
tones Of the last sad news about the ex-Sen-
ntor. The friends who came late to the
house went away with sorrowful expires
sions, but said very little. The hopes that
the doctors had had OF Mr.. Conxling's re-
covery were based upon the splendid phys
lque Of the patient; and that was, perhaps
the very cause Of his last sickness, which
dates from The day Of the great blizzard,
March II, when Mr.. Conkling walked to his
home In West Twenty-fourth street from
his ofiice at No. Wall street.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26
nlh GOD Wa rRusT..



A Scrap OF History Furnished by Chief
brooks OF the Secret Service.
When Salmon p. Chase was Secre-
tary Of the Treasury. an honest God
fearing old farmer Of the State OF
Maryland wrote him suggesting that
as we claimed to be a Christian peo-
pie. we should make suitable recogni-
ton Of that fact upon our coinage.
The letter was properly referred to
the Director of the Mint, James Pol
lock. Of Pennsylvania, p robust Chris
tian, verging on the Puritan type, who,
in his report for 1862, discusses the
question, claiming that in the admins
tration of our political system our
highest obligation is the distinct and
unequivocal recognition of Divine sover
eighty, and that our National coinage,
in its devices and legends should in
dictate the Christian character OF our
nation, and declare its trust in God.
He expr sses his qualification that
the proposition TO introduce n motto
upon our coins expressing National
reliance on Divine support has been
favorably considered by the Secretary,
and does not doubt its approval by an
intelligent public sentiment
The suggestion receiving no atten-
ton in Congress, in his next annual
report Mr. Pollock returns to the
subject in sound theological form and
adds:
"The motto suggested God our
Trust. is taken from our national hymn
The Star Spangled Banner. The sem
timent is familiar to every citizen of
our country, it has thrilled the hearts
and fallen in song from the lips of mil
lions of American freeman. The time
is propitious. tits an hour Of national
peril and danger; an hour when mans
strength is weakness, when our strength
and salvation must DO of God. Let us
reverently acknowledge His sovereign
ty and letour coinage declare our trust
in God"
In the following year, April p, 1864.
Congress authorized the coinage Of a
two-cent bronze piece, and upon this
was first stamped the motto 'In God
we Trust
In his report for that year. Director
Of the Mint James Pollock approves
heartily the act and asks why this re-
cognition Of Trust in the Divine should
be confined to the bronze coinage,
since the silver and the gold are His,
aud urges with all the fervor Of an
earnest Christian spirit further legsla-
ton in the same direction.
In his annual report for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1865. as Director
of the Mint, James Pollock announces
the success that crowned his efforts
thus:
"By the fifth section of the act OF
Congress of March 8. 1865, the Direct
or of the Mint, with the approval Of
the Secretary of Treasury, was author
lied to place upon all the gold and sill
yer coins Of the United States. sus-
ceptible of such additions. thereafter
to be issued, the motto In God we
Trust The necessary dies are being
and it is confidently expect
ed that before the close of the calendar
year the gold and silver coins Of the
Mint of the United States viii have inn
pressed upon them, by National author
ity, the recognition of the sovereignty
of God and our Nations trust in Him.
- Golden DduS.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26
corbIn Makes Conditions for strikers.

PHILADELPHIA, April 1S.-President Cor
bin, of the Reading railroad, has issued
circular letter addressed to General Man
ager Mcleod In it he says that if upon
careful examination of the various letters
received from former employees of the road
applying for positions, it can be shown that
their cases are not covered by the order of
December "A, last-''that the men should re-
turn TO work on the 21th or be debarred
thereafter from entering the service of the
company"--it is his desire that they be per
mitted to return when vacancies occur, on
condition that they win not become mem
beers OF the Knights Of Labor or any other
like organizations.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26
THE WESTERN FREsAETs.


tinues to Rise-FamiIies Compelled to
Flee from their Homes and Great DAM
age to Property Reported.
LA CROSSE, Wis, April 1s-The water
stands fourteen feet two inches by the
gauge. Severallumber yards are inundated
and the -four mills have been obliged to shut
down. The residents in the eastern portion
of North La Crosse have been obliged to
move out The Black River is falling and
danger to loggers is over
PORTAGE, Wis, April 1s.-The Wisconsin
river is still rising and the ST. Paul tracks
are threatened Men have been set to work
building levee to protect the Portage
branch Of the st. Paul railway.
MINNEAPOLIS, April 1s.-The Journals
Lake City, Mimi, special says: There is
the highest water here ever known in April.
Some damage was done Monday night to
the warehouse Of the Diamond Joe steam
boat line and to Gilletts foundry and
Sprague's stable by ice The Diamond Joe
warehouse in Pepin, which is full of grain,
is threatened The water is still rising
slightly, and general break of the ice is
expected soon.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26

Wichita. Kan, resorted to unique
measure to reduce its tramp popula-
ton, which previously seemed incapa-
BILE of diminution. Two freight cars
were hired and, after filing them with
the stern opponents of work, they were
attached to an east-bound train. sew
eral guards going along to prevent the
tramps escaping on The route. The
charges on the living load of freight
were paid for fifty miles.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26
ReguIators a. work IN MI.sl..IpDI.

CHICAGO, April 1s.-A special from Mag
nolia, Miss, says that there is great excite
ment in the southeastern portion of Pike
County, on account of the actions OF a
band of regulators who are flogging ne
groes on any pretext. Sunday night they
fiogged Frank Warner, negro boy about
fifteen years old They then arrested two
brothers named Kaigler who were accused
of rohbing store, and whipped them in
brutal manner, leaving them fo dead. Sew.
aral o. the party have been arrested.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26

-" Willie, !" said the good pastor.
who was taking dinner with the fam
lily, II suppose you will be a literary
man. like your father, when you grow
up" Nope" said the little boy adj
dressed. as he looked at the somewhat
meager array of delicacies on the
table with lofty scorn, literary nuth-
inr I'm goin' to be a $40. 900 cookr
Chicago Tribune.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26

Mr.. u. A. Frost artist and photographer,
accompanied Mr. KEENAN,, and the results OF
his work will form a wonderfully interesting
series of pictures Of Russian and Siberian
life and scenery.
The articles begin in the May Century,
which is great issue in many other re-
spects, containing also an interesting illus
Of 1.-THE LIAR novelette, by Henry James;
the exciting narrative, "a Locomotive Chase
in Georgian a suggestive paper on "The
Chances of Being Hit in Battle;n an essay
on Milton by Matthew Arnold; "a Love
Story Reversed by Edward Bethany, etc.,
etc. Our local bookseller will have the num-
Der after the first of May.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26

The man or woman who seeks relief from
constipation in i'll advised remedies, jumps
"from the frying pan into the fire" Vio-
lent cathartics drench and weaken tho in
testincs. Not so Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers, which relieves without pain and per-
manently. For disorders Of the liver, fever
and ague, nervousness and debility II IL also
siguaily efficacious, aud its remedial utility
in kidney affections is well ascertained.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26
Women are curious creatures.

Women are curious creatures. A
wife who will insist that her husband
shall not go out of the house without
two andershirts, a liver pad and a
muller on--in addition. of course, to
his other clothes-will rush out of n
hot kitchen on Monday morning.
bareheaded and barcarmed, and pad
die around half an hour hanging out
clothes. trying to get ahead Of the wo-
man next door.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26

Tent Life in Siberia, etc, had spent four
years in Russia and Siberia, was thorough
Nv conyersant with the people and the Lam
guage, and had reached the conclusion that
the Russian Government had been misrep-
resented, and that the exile system OF Sibe-
ria was not so terrible as was supposed.
Knowing that Mr.. KEENAN, held these
views, the Russian Government gave him
every facility for a thorough
INSPECTION OF MINES AND PRISONS :.
of Siberia-the most thorough that had
ever been made by traveller. Armed with
letters from the Russian Minister OF the
Interior and other high officials, Mr.. KEN
nan went everywhere, inspecting mines ana
prisons, convict barges and hospitals, and
travelling with chained exiles along the
great Siberian road. He made the Intimate
personal acquaintance of more than three
hundred exiied "liberalsn and Hihilists,
many of whom wrote out their histories for
his use. The actual facts, as revealed by
this searching investigation, were far re-
moved from Mr.. Remnants preconceiyed
ideas, as this thrilling narrative OF fifteen
months privation and adventure viii show.
AS is already known, the publication OF
Mr.. Remnants preliminary papers has re-
suited in his being placed
on THE BLACK LIST
by the Russian Government, and copies or
1he Century containing them have the OBJ
jectionable article torn out by the custom
officials before being allowed 10 enter the
Cars dominions.
"Iexpected, of course" says Mr., Ken
nan, in recent interview, "to be put on
the Russian black list. The stable-door is
locked, but the horse has been sto!ea-~and
Eve got him.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26
An infant was CRYING fretfully II

AN infant was crying fretfully in
his mothers arms in a street-car the
other day. when she turned to man
at her side with the request: "lYud
yu PLACE to LUX cross at him. sor; he'll
think it's hts father and kape still -
az X Tribune.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26

Durang's Rheumatic Remedy will cure
any case Of rheumatism on earth. It Is
taken internally. Write for FREQ pam-
phlet TO II. X. HELpnESsTISE, Druggist,
Washington, d. c., or ask your druggist
for it.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26
Half Ratio Excursions TO Kansas and Ne
braaLa

The Missouri Pacific Railway will run low
rate Excursions TO all points in Kansas and
Nebraska, forty miles west and south Of
Missouri River points, at ono fare for the
round trip, on tho following dates, viz
May Sth, 9th, 22nd and sd, June 9th, 9th,
18th and Goth These tickets are good for
30 days and ample stop over privileges are
allowed. N. r. WARWICK, 1871 Vine St,
Cincinnati. O.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26

For Cough or Sore Throat the best medi-
cine Is Hale's Honey OF Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothacho Drops Cure in one minute.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26

AT oil events-tho prominent citizen
IFaskblQtoH Critic
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26

FREE A 3-foot French Glass, Oval
Front, Nickel or Cherry Cigar Case. MGR
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26

Half Rate Ex, ursions % Texas and ArlsAn-
naA.
The Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron
Mountain Route will run series OF kScur-
eions at the above low rate 10 Texas and AT
kansas on the following dates: May ptn
and ga, and June 9th. Tickets for these
excursions will be good for sixty days TO re-
turn and ample stop over priyiiegcs aro
allowed going and returning. N. H. WAR
WICK, ID, r. A., 1871 Vine ST., Cincinnati, U.
The pIckpooket Is no respecter Of purse
unA
MADE out Of whole closh-porOus plHs-
terA Pack
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26

The rising generation in cities Is chiefly
made up Of miIkmen and hired girls. Bur
Hnqfoa FIRE. Press
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26

The canned article that goes the quickest
is dog tail --ROSton Bulletin
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26

PLAY on words; betting and promising
TO pay II you lose.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-26

An actor knows his lines when they are
ctst in pleasant places u Pfcavune
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SEND FOR FREE PAPER, Homeopathy and its
Remedy. Dir. GEPPERT, 305 Race, Cln'ti., 0.
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From tho Frying Pan Into tho FIre,

WITH regard 10 sparkling over the front
gate, good deal can be said on both sideR
- SlfffrqG
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SIBERIA.
ITS Secrets observation-disclosures Remnants
Wonderful Journey.

MOST interesting contri-
button 10 secret history
will be the illustrated pa
pers on Siberia and tho
Exile System" by George
KEENAN,, which are TO begin
in the May Century maya
zine. They will embody the
results Of what is be-
lieved TO be the first sue
cessful attempt by a COM
petent investigator 10 make
q thorough study OF tho
Russian exile system. Be-
fore undertaking his ardu-
Gus journey Of -, 900 miles,
in the interest Of The CeHts.
~, Mr.. KEENAN,, author OF