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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10

1t is not easy TO predict what is to be
the future of this great boating interest,
We have over twenty thousand miles OF
steam navigation, we have original and
enterprising boat builders, and an enor-
nous travelling public. We have had
in the past phenomenal fleet of steam
boats, particularly on our western rivers,
and yet the business has been greatly de-
pressed, and there are fewer boats afoat
today than twenty years ago Moreover
and this is the most serious matter of
all-ouu canals are being abandoned year
by year. While Europe spends millions
on canals and waterways, while France
is trying to make every little stream
navigable, and England is trying to turn
her interior cities into seaports, we per-
init our canals to fill up or foolishly give
them away to impecunious railroads for
roadbeds. Is it wiser Are we safe in
trusting all our freight business to rail-
road corporations2 Today we can, if the
need come, send gunboats inland from
the Delaware to New York bay. If we
permit the railroads to destroy the bust
ness of the canal between our ship yards
and our navy yards, we may be sure
that in every European war office the
fact of our folly is carefully noted for
future reference. Once Great Britain
fought great battle to destroy the
water route that connects the port of New
York with the back door of New Eng
land. Saratoga was fought to destroy
a vital water route. Fortunately, the
English generals who planned in London
thus TO cut the country In two failed, and
yet today we are abandoning our canals
and see our great internal steam naviga-
tion system decay without thought of
the consequences.
On the other hand-for there is
brighter side to every picture-there is
disposition among the travelling public
to demand larger, finer, and safer boats
everywhere. We are being taught by
English tourists who visit us how to see
our own country. We may complacent-
ly talk of our limited trains and all that.
Every foreigner who visits us asks first
of all for our steamboat routes, because
our lake, river, and sound boats are
known of all the world.-Charles Ber-
nard in Century.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10

1t is great mistake to suppose that
the best work of the world is done by
people of great strength and great oppor-
tunities. 1t is unquestionably an advan-
tage to have both these things, but
neither of them is a necessity to the man
who has the spirit and the pluck to
achieve great results. Some of the
greatest work of our time has been done
by men of physical feebleness. No man
has left more distinct impression of
himself on this generation than Charles
Darwin, and there have been few men
who have had to struggle against such
prostrating Ill health.
Darwin was rarely able to work long
at time. He accomplished his great
work by having single aim, and putting
every ounce OF his force and every hour
of his time into the task which he had
set before him. He never scattered his
energy, he never wasted am hour, and
by steadily keeping at it, in spite of con-
tinual ill health and of long intervals of
semi-invalidisn, be did a great work,
and has left the impression upon the
world Of man of extraordinary energy
and working capacity. Success is rarely
a matter of accident, always IA matter of
character. The reason why so many
men fail is that so few are willing to pay
the price of self denial and hard work
which success xacts,-Christian Union.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10

A sunburnt Philadelphian who has just
got back from a flying trip to Paris
amused a party of friends yesterday by
telling stories of his visit. He said al
Boulogne a fisherman whom he saw had
five lines cast in the water. A bell was
attached TO each line, SO that when there
was nibble the bell would ring and the
Frenchman would haul in his catch In
the time when none Of the bells were
ringing this follower of Walton walked
up and down the bank, not the least con
cerned about the lines. The bells worked
like a charm, giving out low but clear
tinklng sound that could be heard q
hundred yards away.-Philadelphia In.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10
10OILadies Wanted.

And 100 men to call at druggists or
free package of Lanes Family Medician
the great root and herb remedy, discover
by DIR Silas Lane while in the Rocky mapu
tanins. For diseases of the blood, liver acd
kidneys it is positive cure. For constipat
tion and clearing up the complexion it does
wonders. Children like il. Everyone
praises it. Large-size package, so cents.
At all druggists.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10
A Fish Mass Meeting.

Last Sunday morning burst of laugh
ter disturbed the peaceful atmosphere of
the Henuepin Avenue Methodist church.
Brother Longfellow was telling the CON
gregation about the picnic TO Lake Mime
tonka that was being arranged for. He
waxed quite eloquent on the subject, and
in the course of his remarks worked ia a
fish story which is said to be a cake
taker. lie was telling how good the
fishing d at ihe lake nowadays. "Why,
said Ia, "only the other day I my self
saw h'udreds Of Tish standing on the
wharf out there. st. Paul Pioneer
Press.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10
BLOOD POISON

Is very liable to follow contact of the hands
or face with what is known as poison ivy es-
pecially in hot weather or if the body is per-
spring freely. The trouble may subside for
tine only to appearin aggravated from
when opportunity offers. The great purify
ing power ofHood's Sarsaparilla thoroughly
eradicate every trace of poison from the
blood, as the cures il has accomplished con-
clusively show. 1t also cured scroftlla, salt
rrheum and all other affections arising from
impure or poison blood.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10
Thomas Mattison, London coach
maker, has written treatise on the coach
ing ,f apprentices.
BLOOD vs.. NEvREs.

Great mistakes have been made in the
world, by supposing many nervous troubles
were due to bad blood. Thus headache fits,
dizziness; sleeplessness, etc, are always due
TO weakness or irritation of the nerves of
the BRAIN dyspepsia, pain, wind, etc. of
the stomach: weak lungs is caused by weak
ness ofthe parts: billiousuess. constipation,
tc. to weakness of the Nerves of the liver of
owels: pains, irregularity, sterility to de-
erhgement Of the outerinenerves. For all
weakness, Dr. Miles Great nerve and brain
food surpasses all other remedies. Trial
bottles free at Biery 4 Thomas's drugstore.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10
Nobody was ever as much attached to
the old farm as the mortgage.
FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS.

| want to make known the fact thar |
suffered from Bladder and Kidney trouble,
and that Twas curedby DR.. David Kennedy's
Fayorte Remedy-made at Rondout, N. Y,
and look forward to spending the balance
of my life free from torture and with heart
grateful for the medicine which affords me
so pleasant prospect. s. @. Chandler,
Lebanon Springs, N. Y.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10
is ooNsUMPr1oN INoUKABLr

Read the following; Mr.. G. H. Morris Ne,v
ark, Ark, says: WAS down with abscess ~
Lungs, and friends and physicians prononneed
me an lncurahle Consumptive. Began takins
DIR. King New Discovery for COnsuInption- aio
work on my farm. II isthe finest medicine ever Yer
q. Jesse MlddleMan; Decatur, Ohio, SAYS; .'Had
consumption l would have died OF LING
Troubles. Was given up by DOCTORS Am neas
al kkbkk'S Drugstore. "-s
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10

-Wood-carvers are enjoying good times.
The strike of the Berlin bakers has col
lapsed.
The Federation of Labor has issued an
eight hour primer.
The custom Of providing sick relief
funds is on the Increase with trades unions.
--Bricklayers in different parts of Eng
land have lately received an advance in
wages of one to two cents per hour.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10
Look before you leap.
Think twice before you speak once.


How loving they are; this is elways
sure sign. After the first year sometimes it
don't always hold good. When Charles
comes home TO you grouty and cross, snap
ping and snarling, unable TO relish the nice
dinner you have cooked, and feels as if
there was ton of pig iron on his stomach,
he is troubled with dyspepsia, and Sulphur
Bltters is the only medicine that will cure
him.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10
A Wire with a History.

A bit of wire was introduced into our
conversation at the club. 1t was a silent,
uncommunicative bit of copper, about
sixteenth of an inch thick and four
inches long. Most any hardware mer-
chant would give you similar bit of
wire, because its value would be so little
he could not reckon price for it. But
this particular piece, Mr.. Vail (whose
father co-operated with Morse in invent
ing the telegraph carries in his pocket
book as carefully as if it were gold,
many times more weighty. 1t is a
passive, plant substance-an inanimate
bit of copper, but it gave the first cleo
trio thrill that has brought the inhabit-
ants of the world close together, con.
quered time, and annihilated distance.
1t is bit of the first three miles of wire
ever used for telegraphy. 1t is piece
from the experimental line constructed
by Morse and Vail, Sr., when they were
testing their inventions. Only little of
this wire, Mr.. Vail, Jr., informed me,
has been preserved. After it was taken
down from the experimental line. his
father used part of it as trellis for vines
on his front porch. Part of it may have
been used in the construction of the line
between the capital and Baltimore, but
il so it was lost track of. 1t was from
the trellis that the mementoes were re-
covered. II think I got less than six
feet of it," said Mr. Vail. after teleg-
raphy became a wonder of the world
we began to appreciate the value of such
a memento, and we saved what we could
of the original three mile wire. / have
given pieces to a few persons who have
been especially interested in it, and some
was arranged on card, with photo
graph of the original instrument, now at
the National museum, that was sent to
the Paris exposition. Washington Cor,
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10
ton, Carbon County, Penna. August 10, 1880
JUST eLooMED.

Come, Marie, take your feathered hat,
And shoulder cape, and piquant muff,
Some repartees, laugh, a glance,
And In your sleeve n sly rebuff
Come, Marie, come
Come dancing down the stairs and call
Some trite remark that sounds divine.
Be saucy AZ yo9r mothers care
About your wrxps; my aid decline
About your glove.
know not why foolish girl
Should seem 80 wlse-to be so sweet;
Nor why, without a glimpse Of soul,
You are creature quite complete,
And somewhat rare.
Let me but gaze upon your cheek,
And catch the fervcr of your eye,
And note the dimple at your lip
When declare that shan die
Without your lovol
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop In The Century.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10
"A new gun factory is to be started in
Florence, Mass, to employ 400 men.
SUDDEN DEATH.

The papers are full of sudden death. II
you have eholing sensations, flutteriug, pain
or tenderness !u chest faint epsily, take DIR.
Miles New Cure for the Heart. and so es-
cape death as did Henry Brown, druggist of
Glevelan, Ohio. Sold by Biery 4 Thomas,
druggist.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10
Single Copies S Cents
THE PEOPLE OF THE PLAY.


Who IS the youth who, when all dangers past,
Exclaims in act the fifth; Aha, at lasti
And makes the villain quail ard look aghastf
The hero.
Who is the damsel cast in virtues mold.
Who sweetly simple TO her parent old,
Rejects the villain says: scorn thy golll
The heroine.
Who knows not conscience, law, nor ctiquctte;
Says OF the heroine: She shall be mine yet
And generally smokes a cigaretteY
The villain.
Who is the aged peasant short of breath,
Turned out Of doors by what the villain saith;
Who always seems just at the point Of deaths
The heroine's father.
Who is 1t pays the cash. the theatre nlls,
Who longs 20 sympathiIe with other MS
Than children stolen, birth marks and forged
willsg
The audience
Eugene Field IN America
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10

In China one cen always borrow money on
the strength Of having a son, but nobody
would advance him cent If be had a dozen
daughters. The former is responsible for the
debt Of his father for three generations. The
latter is only responsible for the debts of her
own husband
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10

Rupture cure guaranteed by Dr. j. Il, ,erroay
S3l Arch Street, Phila. Ease at once, no Mepa
tlon or business delay. Thousands cured. Send
for circulars. 42-1v
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10

John Bright used to say that in one
important respect dog is superior to a
man. When man is utterly out Of
everything, he gives up; but dog simply
curls up and so continues to make both
ends meet.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10

Strikes Of one kind and another are
epidemic in England and Scotland on both
large and small scale.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10

There are $4,000 persons engaged in
the manufacture of cotton goods in this
country.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10

-"Those who use our goods are very
much attached to them," is what porous
plaster company advertises.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10

Street Loafer-Hello, bov! what's
rev in the paper to-day? Smart Newsboy
The date.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10
NEWS ABOUT TOWN,

1t is the current report about town that
Kemp's Balsam for the throat and lungs is
making some remarkable cures with people
who are troubled with coughs, sore throat,
Asthma Bronchitis and Consumption. Any
druggist will give YOU trial bottle free OF
cost. 1t is guaranteed to relieve and cure.
The large bottles are b0e and 81.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10
SHOEMAKER'S
Horse and Cattle ROWdGr.
Joshua Shoemaker, Proprietor

or three times week; when Sick, table
spoonsiul a day For a Cow, I teaspOonful
twice week when Sick twice day. The
same for Hogs. For Poultry mix with iced.
go Iuis powder Is prepared after the recipe
of the late Df. II. o. Wilson. and Is the genuine
article. owners OF above named animals should
welt lfiaal. apr, sch
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-10
SOMETHING new Sssf" SssE king 5%s sss. ssis..

ola CLOTHES LINE that requires NO CLOTHES |
Piss. Every housekeeper, laundress and store |
KEEPER wants H. sample sent by mail, 6 feet for |
cts, " Ieet Tor 90 cts, fIRsTCLAss AGENTS
WANTED FoR THIS COUNTY. Address NOR. |
AM X. BOND 4 co, Manufacturing Aqen
y iladelphia, Pa, u-ock Box $751; jy2l'
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-10-17
JOLLY GOOD TIME.
MI. Higgins Takes His Little Cherubs on
Picnic Excursion.

Mr.. Higgins Takes His Little Cherubs on
Picnic Excursion.
Say, Mollie." said Mr.. Higgins,
checrily, to his wife, on the first of
his Saturday half-holidays, "suppos-
ing we get the children ready and all
go for boat ride down tho harbor
this afternoon. They'd enjoy it huge
ly and we'd all have jolly, pleasant
time Of it on the boat"
And from the moment THEY boarded
the boat until they left it six frightful
hours later, Higgins had his sjolly
time of it, racing from the engine
room to the deck after one or more of
the five littlo Higginses and saying:
Tommy, you Tommy, come herc"
'Watch Matte there, or she'll be
overheard sure as gunsI''
where's SamryP''
"Where's TillyP'
where is HaroldP"
"Mattic! You'll go head over heels
over that railing if you're not cure
ful!''
"For heavens sake! Look at Tom
my-climbing outside the raiiingr'
-N''S' "htI W you WCUHE Sug!
You'll stay ut homo next timei'
Nov, Halls off again. He'll De food
for the fishes before night if he doesn't
look out!"
'Hore. mamma, you keep your eye
On the others while look Hal up"
Sammy, what e0tI you do nexL?''
"HarcM! IT 1 catch you.
'"Tilly! You set yourself down on
that stool and stay there until
Tommy! The aert time we go any
place young man of about your size
will stay az homev'
':LoOk at lilly! Come h re- What
in or diSon do you mean by
"Harold, run and catch Matte and
bring her back herer'
''Now Sammy's off. and rip
'See here, Hal, you plant yourself
down on that bench and if you qnoue
again TIP
There goes Tommy's hat. told
him-now. young man, you can 40
wsthoM any hat the rest Of the sum-
mer! You needn' think''-
''Tilly and Mattie--baclc here with
you! If ever get You Youngsters
homo again we'll all &ty tle?o for
awhile. Now 1 can tell you Ma. ~
Time.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-10-17
The Shermanites Of Alabama.

In Leeds valley. in the vicinity OF
Birmingham. Ala, there is IL colony
composed Of q religious sect known as
the Shermanites. There arc about one
hundred families, and happier. moro
contepted people can not be found in
the world. Their religious rites and
ceremonies are peculiar Who founded
the society none Of them seem to know,
but it is old, as tho fathers and grand
fathers of the present generation wero
Shermanites. They claim TO follow
the teachings OF the New Testament
in spirit and letter, and they believe
that only Shermamites will inherit the
Kingdom OF Heaven. They have
churches and preachers and worship
in a manner similar to many other
sects. One Of their peculiar rites is
the washing Of feet A foot washing
service is held cnce every month. at
which the preacher washes tho feet OF
every member OF the church. The
members then in turn wash the feet
of the preacher and Of each other.
They are Industrious and scrupuou
honest. Divorce and drunkenness are
unknown among them. The men
never cut their hair or boards. Gin.
cinnati Commercial-G Gazette.
Maud (wbo has answered the
door-bell herselO-" George, you must
not come into this house tonight II
you love me, darling, fly at once, and
do not let my father discover your
presence" George (tragically)--"Oh,
Maud. my darling! What serpent has
entered our Eden to W eek our happl-
ncssp Speak, girl, speak," Maud
(tearfully) -" Father has just come
home with the gas bill. ."--LoweN Ciii.
zen,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-10-17
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S I'VE Y 0 r
AND -
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keep fully posted as TO all lands taken up and
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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-12-28
Christmas Thoughts.

Christmas is upon US. It is the festi-
val Of the home and the season when the
hearts of the fathers are turned to the
children and the feet of the children
turn back to the homes whence they went
out. Little ones hail it's coming with
exuberant gladness. and older people en-
ter into its festivities with subdued pleas
ure, in which memories of home behind
and hopes of the home ahead are strange
ly mingled with present joys. What q
time it is for cultivating domestic affec-
tions and invigorating the virtues which
root themselves in these loves! Whence
came our Christian honest They are
not found in pagan lands dwelling
places are there, but not homes. Nor
are they found in lands where Christian
influences are feeble and Christian insti-
tutions are formal-there are lodgings
and eating houses. The idea of home
comes from him who, though homeless
upon the earth, hath set The solitary in
families-from him of whom the whole
family in heaven and earth are named.
Accordingly, at this season our doors
should be wide open to his coming in.
and nothing else admitted which would
shut him out. He knows how to enter in
festive occasion. and sympathizes with
human JOY as really as with human sor-
row. His presence at our feasts will not
diminish their gladness, but exalt their
satisfaction. And now, while merriment
relgns in all our homes. let US invite him
in to sup with us. Let the children play
with the babe of Bethlehem among them,
while the angels of Bethlehem sing over
them. Let the youthful keep company
with the earnest, obedient boy of Naza-
reth. Let them who come into the Christ
mas season out of life's busy cares come
apart with himto rest awhile and be fed
by his hand.