The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-07-20
CRISP coapeNsArIoNs.

Human beingB are still sold in the fam
ine stricken districts of China. A child
under 10 brings from 81 to St.50. fE
An English admiral contends that all
the big guns of over thirty tons are pfic-
tically useless in action. Twenty rounds.
viii finish them.
Cows hair is now used in making car
pets. The process Is described as a cheap
one and the product as an improvement
ON the woolen article.
An immense order for corsets has been
received In Paris from Brazil. The ex-
PLANTATION is that the emancipated slave
women have taken to wearing them. &c.,. --.
A Scotchman who evidently does not
despise small things claims that he has
detected $4,000 dust notes In the thou
sandth part Of a cubic inch in the air of a
room.
The people Of Bonn have purchased the
house in which Beethoven was born, with
the intention Of converting it into mu-
scum of objects illustrating his life and
works.
Tho watchmakers of Prescott, England,
who have long been famous, finding that
their trade is declining, have decided to
build factory and work on the Ameri-
can plan.
The Union Pacific road offers 81. 900
cash to any passenger on any train who
will shoot train robber, and several par
ties are making frequent trips in hope to
get shot.
Napoleon the Greats favorite writing
table, from Mallnaison, has just been
sold in Paris. 1t is rather an unwieldy
piece Of mahogany, with choice copper
ornaments.
AT the top of the Eiffel tower, for
fee, specially prepared note paper, dated
from the summit of the tower, is pro-
vided, and the writer can have the letter
posted on the spot
The latest medical pronunciamento is
that smoking after meals Is Injurious.
Since it is already established that snnok-,
ing before meals is injurious, the only!
refuge is to stop eating.
One of the best horsemen in America
says that he who follows the advice of his
jockey will be ruined. Those who ride
horses as a profession have very poor
judgment on anything outside the actual
race. FL
An English detective, after search of
four months, has found in Sydney a
piece Of silver plate stolen from Lon
don house, and which he was instructed |
to recover at any cost 1t is a rare speci- |
men of persistently chased silver ware.
The Australian papers announce the
finding of large nugget weighing 1886 |
ounces and valued at G1 1850. It was
found near Wedderburn, Victoria. by a
young Austrian named Costa Clovich,
who has only recently arrived in thecol-
ony.
Realism In art will have an extraor-
dinary revelation In New York when a
lion, painted by Boston artist, is placed
in position. The owner of the picture. a
hotel man, viii illuminate the lion with
electricity @ad place it behind row Of
real bars.
John M, Brosius landed in Atlanta
four years ago with $3.50 In his pocket
and chest Of tools which were made in
1646. The same man today Is worth
over $500, 900. The fortune was made ON
two patents-an axle for q wagon and a
sewing machine.
In the Dutch portion of Borneo the
natives used TO adorn their huts with |!
human heads, and they were not partic-
ular whose head 1t was Over two thou
sand of them have had to be killed in
order b pus stop to this practice,
which is now obsolete.
News comes from Tounga, Burnaah,
that Koh Pal Sah, a timber merchantll
there, has founded new religion, ,whichi
Is described a. sort of mixture of Bud
dhism and Christianity. The disciples,
who number several thousands, keep the
christian Sunday and abstain from strong
irtnk.
William j. Hilton, wealthy and mi
serfy merchant of Franklyn, KY. placed
! nail keg containing $50, 900 in green-NI.
oacts and per cent. government bonds
lpon hre few days ago, and laughed
oyfSlly a. he saw the flames devour the
oaper. Family troubles and business
'ares had turned his head. s
AT a.certain continental opera house a.
lrina donna and her manager recently
lad dispute. The manager, to bring
he Lady to her senses, resolved to give.
way no deadhead tickets, and the prima =
Ionna consequently sang to an audience
4 about hundred people. The mana
1eF and the artist are now on the friend (
lest possible terms. 4