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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-05-26
Raising asess and pueka.

Geese are not profitable unless one has a
suitable place for keeping them. A strip
OF low, moist land affording green grass all
summer and adjacent to a pond, or with
a small brook running through it, will just
suit them. When raised on the bank OF a
river or a smaller stream subject to sudden
freshsts they need watching, else they may
take a ride and go so far as meyer to come
back. Many persons are quite fond of fat
young geese, and when marketed in that
condition they usually bring good price,
but tough, old geese are hard to sell at any
price. They may commonly be picked
twice year, and the feathers will about
pay for their keeping. Ducks are more
profitable than geese, as they mature earlier,
lay more eggs and sell better in market.
They are the greatest scaYengers of the
feathered' tribe, and Of all Others have the
best faculty of making their own living.
Neither geese nor ducks should be allowed
on the grass plot around the house. Pekin.
Rouen and Aylesbury ducks and Embden
and Toulouse geese are large and favorite
varieties.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-05-26
Corn fOr Breedipg cOwa.

Most authorities say, and truly, that
grain, and especially corn meal, should not
be fed to.eows with calf 1t is too fatten-
ing. and increases the danger from milk
fever or other diseases at farrowing time.
Bntan old farmer tells US that he has al
ways practised giving few ears Of corn
daily to cows for week or two before
calvlng. His cows always do well, drop
their calves without difficulty, and he re-
CARDS this feed as one of the causes Of their
easy parturition. The corn Is not enough
in amount, or continued long enough 10
fatten, and probably its beneficial effect
is due to Its influence in keeping the
bowels open. Corn Is laxative food,
especially If fed In the ear, and where roots
cannot be had, It may In such cases Be
substituted for them.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-05-26
Farm and Household.

All meat should be cooked before be-
ing fed to fowls. They need 1t every day,
if eggs are expected.
-lVater, green food and meat, fowls
must have to prosper during the win
ter.
There is one part Of the farm that is
not benefited by the drainage; the manure
heap.
-Politeness pays in the constable. A
gentle man gets more milk than a harsh
man.
Straw and corn-fodder are best worked
into manure by putting them through
good animals.
The best preventive of trouble a. lamb
ing time is daily exercise for tho ewes dur
ing winter.
Take the brides with you when you
90 to breakfast, and put them near the
stove while YOU eat
Separate the weaker animals; they
need extra feed, whereas with the stronger
Ihey get scant feed.
Profit in farming comes from the
maximum crops, tine products Of winter
thought and summer work.
Harness hung in the stable is damaged
as much by the gases and dsmpness there
as it is worn by use.
When green wood is used for fuel part
Of the heat is absorbed to convert the wat
er into the fuel into vapor.
| do ;aI, lIu
ground in the spring keep the cattle of
he fields when the soil is soft.
| "A fire burns better in hot than in a
cold furnace; it is equally true that an
animal we'll wintered is half sum-
mered.
| If you place an AK near the stove foi
fifteen minutes it will cut better and
will not be so apt TO break along the
edge.
The flavor of the fuel used for smok-
ing meat is somewhat impaired to the
meat; hence the fuel should be selected
carefully.
Straw alone is poor feed, but mixed
with cotton or linseed cake, wheat bran
and oats and clover hay, II makes excellent
food.
"A good fence cannot be made of rail;
that are different lengths. Mark two feet
on your ax-handle, and measure each raj
cut.
Egg shell crushed and shaken i'll glas;
bottles half filled with water will clear
them quickly.
Sorting fruits and vegetable accom-
plishes two things; 1t protects the sound
and It rids the cellar of the sources OF un
wholesome exhalations.
boots and shoes oiled as often as tn,
leather loses its pliancy are more comfort
able, afford better protection against colC
or wet, and usually will last twice as Ions
as those not oiled.
Make compost heap upon which L
place the refuse of the farm, such as top
of vegetables that are not fed to stock, tn,
rakings and leaves, and add a proportion o
manure occasionally. Upon the heal
throw soapsuds. urine and other liquids
care being taken to hsye all material Gu
fine. Dry dirt may also be added as al
absorbent. 1t will prove excellent for tn
garden in spring, as its fine condition will
permit of its being spread evenly.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-05-26
A areat Battle

Is continually going ON in the human system.
The demon ofimpure blood strives TO gain
victory over the constitution, to ruin health,
to drag victims to the grave. A good rell-
able medicine like Hoods Sarsaparilla is
the weapon with which to defend ones sell,
drive the desperate enemy from the field,
and restore peace and bodily health for
many years. Try this peculiar medicine.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-05-26
or INTEREST TO FARMERS.
That Highway Of Nations,

The broad Atlantic, is ever a stormy
throughfare. Yet blow the winds ever so
fercely, and ride the waves eyer SO loftily,
seamen must man the good ships, tourists
will brave the passage, and commercial
travellers and buyers must visit the centres
of foreign trade and manufacture. That
atrocious malady, seasickness, together with
colicky pains and much inward uneasiness
is often endured when Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters would have fortified the voyagers
against them. Sea captains, and in fact all
salts and veteran travellers are acquainted
with the protective value Of this estimable
preventive and remedy, and are rarely
unprovided with it. Emigrants to the faI
West should use it as a safeguard against
malaria. Seek the aid of the Bitters foi
dyspepsia, constipation, liver complaint
kidney troubles and all ailments that impair
the harmonious and vigorous action of the
vital powers.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-05-26

Sunday school teacher--TomnY, do
you know what the meaning of ''amen" isP
TommY--Yes'm; it's what the people say
when they think it's time for the minister
to stop,
-Minnie--Papa, what is Volapuk2
Papa-Why, it's the universal language.
Mnnie-But who speaks itS
Papa-Nobody.
-She-Do you love me, darlinga
He-What in blazes do you want 10 in
tUrruPt me for when / am. just adding up
column Of fguresP OF course l love you'll
Confound It all! Now PVe got to add that
whole column up over again.
The new style. Scene, hotel dining
room. @
Guest Raiterl s..-
Waiter-Well, what itS
Gsst-Thls steak is Ovordohe. 1 ordered
1t rare.
Waiter-'Ths you say.
Brains him with caraffe and takes the
next man 8 order.
An ordinary steel trap set on almos-
any street corner in Chicago Just now will
catch an AlderuauIc candidate. In ninh
cases our Of tan he Will be found not wOret
catching.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-05-26
As VIZ CLIP HUMOROSITIES.

--ChawlesP
"Ya-as. Aw ihaw."
81 heah that Lionel is ar awful fellaw 10
work. Don't cher know"
"Ya-as. He is right to lose no time. Be-
cause laziness produces habits Of idleness
that sometimes prevent fellah from doing
anything, old chapple."
bridget, did you get the flowers that l
am TO wear tonight in my hair?' Yes,
mum, but But whatp I've misaid
the hair
Anybody lose dollarr he called at
the rear door of the street car as he heidup
a new bill. Yes, sir; did, replied three
different men In chorus. oh, you dds
sorry for you, but this is 50 bill, and I've
had II for week; beats all how careles
some folks are of their dollarsP
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-05-26
-Hlgh rent-one in the ceiling.

High license-Run O. the kithen.
The latest wrinkle--MY lady's eye.
"A man of ups and .downs-Thc one in
the elevator.
"A rubber band-The minipulators in a
Turkish bath.
Ono must have something up sleeve
II 1t be merely fellow feeling.
Politics makes strange bedfellows, bul
they don. get much sleep.
"A contemporary has an article or
"wildcats Insurance Companies" Who
for mercY's sake wants to insure wildcats.
The FIRST thing needed in candidate
for public Office is availability, and ther
the next thing is veil O. charity.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-05-26

One of my children, girl about nine
years old had very bad discharge from he-
head and nose offs thick, yellowish matter.
We had two physicians prescribe for her,
but without benefit. We tried Ely's Cream
Balm, and much to our surprise, there >>as
a marked imp ovement. We continued us
ing the Balm and ina short time the dis
charge was apparently cured. A. Cary,
Corning, n. Y.
Ely Bros, have been afflicted with Ca
tarrh. purchased bottle of your Cream
Balm. 1t has effected q complete cure
H. G. Abbott, 97 Grand Ave, Allegheny
CITY, Pa.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-05-26
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Greatly excited.

Not few of the citizens of Lehighton
have recently become greatly excited over
the astounding facts, that several OF their
friends who had been pronounced by their
physicians as incurable and beyond all
hope-sufering with that dreaded monster
Consnmption-haye been completely cured
by DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consum-
ption, the only remedy thetdoes positively
cure all throat and lung diseases, Coughs,
Colds, A slhma and Bronchitis. Trial bot
ties ice at T. d. Thomas Drug Store
arge bottles 50c. and 81.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-05-26
GrDatReduCtiOn.
WALL Paper! /!

WHITE BLANKS,
From Sc. TO 12c. per roll.
ELEGANT GOLD PAPER
From 12c. to SOC. per roll.
Fine Gilt Embossed PaperS
from 20c, to 81 per roll.
COlored Borders at one-third
tAe regular price.
Gilt Borders and Decorations
- half the usual price.
Window Shades, complete
aith spring roller, 38c. and up.
A full and complete line OF
Rsinges from IA to 75c. per yd
Curtain Poles, complete at
zoe. and upward.
Paints, Oils. varnish, Brushes and Paint
~ supplies . specially. Paper hang
ne, Plain and Decorative House
cad Sign Painting, Graining.
ALL WoRK GUARANTEED
A. Bayer,
~n-SAn, BANK ST, LEHIGHreN.
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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-05-26

Minister'S wife whose husband is
short of sermon) Here is an old one,
dear, that you preached several years ago,
before you accepted your present call; why
not use thatp
Minister-What is the text2
Minister'S wife 1t is about the camel
and the eye Of the needle.
Minister-That would't do at all. Don't
you know that preach to two-hundred
million dollars congregation every Sunday
morning?
May queens will be ripe next week.
The last rose of summer-The hoop
skirt on the ash heap.
"A prevailing fancy in ladies' rings
Pretty fingers.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-05-26
We Tell Yos rlaninly

that Simmons Liver Regulator will rid you
of Dyspepsia, Headache, Constipation, and
Biliousness. 1t will break up chills and
fever and prevent their return. and is a
complete antidote for all malarial poison
yet entirely free from quinine or calomel.
Try it, and you will be astonished at the
good results of Simmons LIVER Regulator.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-05-26

Dyspepsia causes depraved plood, which
in timo affects every organ and function
the body. As remedy for those troubles,
nothing can approach Ayers Sarsaparilla.
1t vitalizes the blood, strengthens the
stomach, and corrects all disorders Of the
liver and kidneys.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-05-26
A Racine man saId .,white horse, whel

"A Racine man said ''white horse"when
he met a red-beaded girl the other day.
She fell on TO him Justify, knocking him
into the gutter with her umbrella.
"A citizen Of Blakely. Ga, has novel
method of hunting wild turkeys. He takes
a tame gobbler along, tetchers 1t to tree,
then hides and waits for the wild birds to
came up and make its acquaintance.
"A man bearing the remarkable name
of Bloomer Blizzard died recently in New
burg, N. Y.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-25
Food for the Young.

After a childS first teeth come try him
with bread and milk. then cautiously, oat-
meal, rice, wheat and similar grain foods,
one at q time as you find them able to digest
them There should be no great change of
food attempted in July or August What
ever agrees with year old child in Juno
should be continued the following two or
three months. A lady who believed this,
carried her plump, rosy, but teething baby
through the second summer III city board
ing house on three meals a day, of bread and
milk alone, without an idle day. But her
hard heartedness afforded a constant topic to
her fellow boarders.
1t is possible, in winter, to feed child who
is more than year old, some fruit, but this
should be suspended for the hot season In
ease of an elder child, a little of one kind of
fruit, when eaten in the morning, rarely
sickens. But fruit should never be given
after 8 O'Clock in the afternoon. Many
sick night follows too hearty or too varied
supper, and the palmer the last meal Of the
day, the better.
This diet may seem needlessly plain, but
we must remember that little babies have
not our cultivated appetites, and do not
crave variety as much as we do. No child
needs the stimulus of meats until he is 5 or
years old, unless in the form of weak broths.
Vegetables, except potatoes, and not toe
much of that and never fried, are wholly un-
suited to young child's stomach. So are
pastry, shortened cakes and rich cookies.
1t is true some children do live through all
kinds Of meals, at all hours, but in regular
hours and plain diet is the only safety for
many. That the few live only proves how
long suffering is nature.-Hall's Journal Of
Health
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-25
Atchisen, Topeka & Santa Fe r. R............. "
BChicaco Grain and Produce.


CHICAGO, Jan. A.-The markets on
change opened dull and dragging this
morning, with the bears in possession of
the pits. All of the active articles opened
lower in spite of the light receipts. May
wheat.started &c off at SIC. The temper
of the market, however, soon changed
from bearish to bullish. May wheat which
had sold off to size, was picked up rather
freely by the short interest, and soon ad-
vanced to S21lc. After the first buying by
the shorts had stopped, May wheat again
declined and closed at S1A % q.
Corn was traded in quite active today.
There was contingent of provision men
in the corn crowd, and they were generally
buyers, while a number of prominent
brokers were liberal sellers. May corn
opened 11,c off at 52szc, advanced to 50 "a
541Sc, reacted to and closed at 525sc.
Provisions were fairly active and the
market in general way exhibited little
more steadiness. The impression prevailed
that the free selling of the past few days
created an .'oversolG market" and there
was undoubtedly considerable purchasing
today on behalf of shorts. Offerings of all
the leading articles were fair, but the de-
mand was sufficiently active to check any
decline in prices-in fact, prices average a
trife higher. May pork opened EXC
off at SLABS, advanced to $14.30, was
pounded to 4.22Y, reacted to Sl4.35, and
closed at s14. 251S. May lard sold at S7.559
z 51IL and closed at 81 52i%G11 30 Nav
short ribs sold at S765@7.721l and closed
at the former figure.
The leading futures RANGED as follows:
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-25
The Fall of Man.


Mercifully for the world very few women
can in the least understand that side of mems
nature in which the senses predominant over
or are perpetually fighting with the soul, so
that an originally noble human being can
sink down to the level of Calypso's swine l
question if even an ordinary woman-being
a good wOman-can realize the state of mind
which results in a mans making some
wretched mesalliance, or sinking under the
unlawful thralldom of a Cleopatra an
Aspasia, or a Phryne. Such things are, but
most of us women can hardly comprehend
them. We may, under some extraordinary
self delusion, fall in love with bad man and
cling to him from duty or tenderness long
after love has departed, but we seldom
plunge as a man does, open eyed into the
nets spread by a bad woman, whom be knows
to be bad woman, and yet cannot help
himself
The story of Samson and Delilah, repeated
age after age among men, is not often told of
us women Nor is this common in lesser
forms of folly or guilt. If we sin it is
generally through self deception; but men do
it with their eyes open. remember once at
a dinner party hearing my host piteously
iamenting over his govt, because OF which
his doctor had prohibited wine Immedi-
ately afterward saw him toss off bumper
of champagne "Why do you do that7'
asked ooh. because" he hesitated, s'because
I can't help it." He is dead now, but before
his death his splendid fortune had all melted
away, and his wife and children werc earn
ing their daily bread. And whys Because
of that miserable, contemplate ''can't help
it." Now, if there is one thing in which the
average woman is superior to the average
man it is because she generally can 'help it."
-Cornhill Magazine.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-25
New Conception Of the Chinese.

l had many agreeable conversations with
Mrs. Arson Burlingame in Bermuda last
winter and have since formed an entirely
new conception OF the Chinese character.
She says that the American people only see
the refuse of the Chinese nation. Among all
the people she has met, and certainly Mrs.
Burlingame is sufficiently travelled, she thinks
the Chinese most exquisitely hospitable. The
cultured classes are agreeable and courteous
IN the extreme, extending to travellers and
guests all the distinguished attention which
is often rarely to be found here When living
in China it was, Of course, necessary for
themselves to preserve some degree of state
and ceremony, and she depended almost alb
solutely upon her Chinese major domo. who,
although servant, was nevertheless invalu-
able in assisting her to maintain the proper
etiquette and position required DESTROYS of
living in the American style as much as POS
sible and Of presenting the people with Amer
lean dishes as we'll as customs she often
found it very difficult in that strange climate
and country to procure the material for q
truly American dinner. But this priceless
head butler of hers was always capable of
ransacking the whole country to set forth the
banquet tables
ne care TAKEN OF herself ana chlIdFeN also
was sufficient to stir her heart with gratitude
even now. Many times Mr. Buriingame
would have occasion TO make some journey
by land or trip on the rivers, while she would
follow with the children and servants at a
slower pace. Then, when danger of any
kind was threatened, when annoyances were
to be overcome and varied troubles to be
avoided, all was done with strict reference
to her best welfare and wishes with q spon-
taneous good nature and solicitous painstak-
ing which gained her affectionate respect for
the polite and philosophical nation 'You do
not, you cannot know the Chinese" she once
exclaimed. ANY more than a stranger can
know and judge u Americans by hoodiums
and loSfers, Bowery boys and tramps
know it is unreasonable in me TO feel 50. for
l am aware Of the ignorance Of the best Chr
nese character prevailing; but when see ia
dignities put upon them, either OF the streets
or in the newspapers, am at once touched
with Just anger and q loyalty to the class
knew. which is actually painful Ger.
Linn Daniels in New York Graphic
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-25
A Philosonhical Yiaw.

Young people, when in the halcyon days
of their courtship, are prone to invest each
other with the attributes of angels, and the
closer intimacy Of married life reveals the
fact that they are simply human, after all,
having faults and failings that fall in q
measure even to the best Of US While this
discovery may cause surprise and regret, it
need not result in unhappisess, particularly
if one IS OF the philosophical turn of mind of
the old lady mentioned in the following Incl
dent:
when my Josiah and me was first mar
ried, she said, ssTd an idee that he hadn't
a fault in the world wouldn't hear to
anything but that he was perfect; and he
thought the same of me.
"He just thought, Josiah did, that he'd
drawn one of them impossible prizes in the
lottery OF matrimony-a woman without
fault.
''Well, by the time we'd gone through two
or three housekeeping scrapes, ataking up
and putting down carpets and setting up
and tearing down stoves and all that sort Of
thing, to say nothing of blue Monday wash
day and toothaches that lasted three days at
time-time we'd gone through all that.
Josiah had found out that want quite an
angel, and I'd discovered that he could do
and say things the saints would skeersely do
and say.
"And one day, in one of my penitent
spells, l says to Josiah, says L: 4 amt the
person you thought was, am l, Josiah9
amt half as good and sweet as thought
I'd be-
"We was at the dinner table when said
it. and there was big dish of beautiful
honey in the comb on the table, Josiah
picked it up. and he says, says he: Mir
andy. like honey as well as any man living
likes it, and you like it, too, but if We had to
eat it three times day for even six months
we'd get so despritly sick Of it we'd never
want to her the word ''boney" again. Va
riety,' says he, is the spice of life, sure
enough
"And most married folks, 1 take notice,
don't eat honey three times day, and
they've variety enough to make life inter
estin, youths Companion.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-25
Mistress and Helper.

admit that there are some empty headed,
unchristian women who prefer to have
menials about them, and to whom the words
"ray servants have a very pleasant and arts
tocratic sound; but am glad to say believe
they. are in the minority.
| have in mind lady who had several
servants who were ignorant, and content 70
be so: insoIens, in many cases; fond of low
company, and who thought they had done
smart thing when they had in any way over
reached their mistress These girls the lady
treated as servants pure ana simple They
ate and received their company IN the
kitchen. and the words exchanged with them
were about their work, and nothing more
But it happened that one fortunate day
this lady secured as helper An nseuisent,
well read, honest girl, who thought every
thing that was done should be we'll done and
after that there was no servant-or what Is
generally meant by that term-in that house.
Mistress and helper discussed the latest maya
zine articles, or talked OF Howeiis or aTs
whitney's latest book while the baking and
brewing went on, and If the mistress some
times corrected the maid on point q house
work. the maid returned the favor BY cor
receinS the mistress on . Quoeasloa from
Shakespeare, or recalled TO her mind some
name in novel By Scott O. Ihackeray
And when the kitchen work was done, the
two sat together in the parior over BOOKS OF
sewing. or rode or walked together. They
made calls and received callers together Ia
brief they were companions; and wesn, after
few years Of this happy relationship, the
mistress died, the girl who had been en-
Moved by her incurred for her - for dear
friend---Iida a. Chmchin in Dsmoresss
NonfAly-
I.anoiady TO iser star boarsiar, whom she
is anxious to pleasel-Xay l send you some
Of the turkey Mrs lie Hosr~ons
Star .b0ef..e--Ye., taanks, seg, if you
please
Landlsdy-wiu you have tie right or
me left les, Mrs. De Hotsca TIE Efoea