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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-12-24

Edward Bellamy, the author Of
Looking Backward" has just writ
ten fanoiful sketch entitled, "With
the Eyes Shut, In which he de-
scribes an approaching phonograph'
ic age. The uses which are found
for the phonograph are novel and
amusing. Passengers on the rail-
way trains are supplied with phono-
graphic literature, SO that their eyes
are not injured by reading in a jot-
ting-coach. The names of the sta
tions are announced by phonograph
In clear tones, which form q strik-
Ing contrast to the incomprehensi-
BILE gibberish Of the ordinary brake
man. Mr.. Beliamy describes q
nights experience In hotel. He
was startled from his dreams by the
sound Of o voice. He continues:
what had startled me was the
voice Of q young woman who could
n"t have been stan ding more than
Ten feet from my bed. II the tones
OF her voice were any guide, she
was not only . young woman, but =
very charming one. MY dear sir
she had said. you may possibly be
Interested In knowi0g that u now
wants Just quarter OF three" His
Terror vanished when he discovered
That the voice Issued from . clock
which WAS equipped with . phono'
graphic announcing apparatus.
Editor childs. ~ tbs PhiladslphiA
ledger, has been made president
" the fsnnsyIyanIs Horticultural
society, probably on aeeouni of bIs
extensive espsrIsness with beats
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-12-24

Le Richau's Golden Bal.ar. NJ,
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Syr.nntic Catarrh, diseased Scalp, and ali
primary forms Of the disease known A.
syRn,ns. Price, s5 90 per Bottle,
Cures-Tertiary Mercurial Svpbilitic ph.v
matism, Pains in the Bones. Pains IN ~.
Head, back Of the Neck, liberated sors
Inroat, Syphilitic Rash, Lumps and CON.
sracted Cords, Stiffness Of the Limbs. Ana
eradicates all disease from the system
wnesher caused by indiscretion or abuse
OF mercury, leaving tho blood pure And
healthy. Price SIS 90 per Tottle.
Le ktchau's Golden S.,anish Ait
qote Tor the cure Of Gonorrhna. Cyjeet
irritation Gravel, and all Urinary or Gen;'
tal ldisarrangements.. Price % SO per
l.. Richau's Golden Spanish In.
1ection, for severe cases Of Gonorrhea.
elnnna,mmatofy en elect. Strictures,&c. Price
VI % per Bottle.
lie Richau's Golden O,ntu.
for the eff ctive healing Of Svnhlit;c Soros
and eruptions. Price 81 90 nor RoI
lie iitchnu's Golden Phi -Nerve
and Brain treatment; loss Of physical pow.
er. excess or Over-work, Prostration. etc.
Price &3 90 per Box.
Toutc eI.d Nervine,
sent everywhere, c. O. D., securely packed
G. F. RICHARDS & CO. Agents.
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CIRCULAR MAILED FREE.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-12-24
CITY Tax Notice,

The Salem city taxes are now due and
payable at my office with Williams & En-
gland. Taxpayers will please govern
themselves accordingly.
Z. ]. SwOFFoRD,
City Tax Collector.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-12-24
School Tax Notice.

The school taxes of District No. "a, In
Marion county, are now due and payable
Opera House block, Salem. The same will
be deemed delinquent unless paid within
sixty days from date.
DAVID SIMPSON, School clerk.
October Is, 1889.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-05-11
SATURDAY, MAY II, 1889.

nNTnnRD AT THR IEHIGHTON POsT-OFF1CK As
SECOND CLASS NAIL MATTER
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-05-11

EDIToRCALLY, THE ASHLAND Telegram
recognizes the rare abilities CT one Of Car
bon counties leading Democratic citizens.
In the following terse manner: Tine DIS
trict ATTORNEY of Carbon COUNT, Hon
William M. Rapsher. of March Chunk. is
q gentleman Of great intellectual ability and
rare literary endowments He recently
contributed q number Of valuable articles To-
the North American and other equally
prominent periodicals. He is olso the auth
or of an able article. "Title Deeds foi
Land" which appeared In the March
number OF the Legal Miscellany of the
american Law Register" of Philadelphia
Ths production is deserving of the highest
praise, 1t being OF much service 10 the
legal fraternity. In politics he is a prom
inent democrat and has frequently beei
mentioned in connection with the nomina
tion for Judge Of the Supreme Court
The article in question appeared In The
ADVOCATE of last week ard was read will
much interest by our eleven hundred sub
kcribers.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-05-11

The ASHLAND ADVOCATE ALLUDEs
thus In complimentary terms TO the new
president of the Miners hospital at that
place, wao happens to be- one of Can bon :
leading Republicans and millionaire
"Gen. William Lilly, Is one of Mauch
Chunks most prominent citizens. whose
acquaintance extends throughout the entire
State. He Is member of the finn nj
Lill,, Lentz & Co.. who are the owners nj
some OF the most extensive min NJ opera
tions in this ocnu, kill region. man oi
wealth, with a big heart, he lives Ia east
and comfort. and quietly dispenses charit
In the vicinity of his home. as man un
foriunates can testify. He is man OF
intelligence and integrity and his friends
are legion. General Lilly has held man
positions of honor and trust during his
long residence at the capitol Of Carbon
county, he at present being largely inter
ested in several of the industries and bank
ing institutions in that ccmmunitv H.
was one of the original members Of til,
board and for the past three years held the
position of President"
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-05-11

The Thomas Iron COMPANY, one OF the
largest and oldest makers Of pig iron IN the
State, Monda announced reduction OF
81 in the price Of No / and 50 pig iron.
The prices heretofore have been S1S for No.
/. SIT for 2 and Sl5 for No 3. The new
prices are SIT for No. 1, SIC for 2 and Sl5
for No. 8 These are the lowest official
prices made for pig iron OIL the Atlantic
coast since 1879 The reduction has been
brought about by a variety ot causes, the
chief of which is the competition of South
ern and Western iron In Eastern cities.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-05-11

ARTICLE XIX.

There shall be an additional article to SAID
Constitution to be designated as article XIX, as
foIows.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-05-11
ODGraHOQSGStOrG
Is HEADQUARTERS FOR
Doors, SHoEs,H Cars,
CLOTHING,
Gents Furnishings.

We are receiving and placing in stock
our Spring purchases of seasonable goods in
the lines above mentioned. The selection
of Goods has had our careful and close at
tentlon and the stock is more complete and
varied than. ever before. We have taken
particular pains toplease the taste and purses
of the people in the selection of Spring pur-
chases, while at the same time it was a
'point " with us to secure bargains beyond
the reach of competition. Happily to say,
we have succeeded in every particular, and
feel confident in asking the people of Le-
highton and the community surrounding
g to call and inspect our stock " that we can
more than please you in Quality, Style and
Prce, whether you want high or low
priced article.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-05-11
soannrv oi Pnret Sound

The scenery OF Puget sound, that great inland
arm OF the sea IN the extreme northwest corner
OF the United states, Is becoming more famous
for its beauty yearly rs the number oil tourists
through the region iucTeases Placid waters,
verant Wales, timOered mountains and SNOW
crowned peaks cOlbine 10 make landscapes OF
marvellous beauty. That body OF water Is also
OF special interest 10 our people because OF the
selection OF a site therefore huge navy yard
for the better defence 0f our couutTy on the Pa
cine coast. one OF the grandesI views IN that
region Is that OF Meant Baker, rs seen acl oss
the still waters Of Admiralty inlet, as the nlain
arm OF the sound Is called. This Is the subject
Of beaut. iul tinted engraving l7x20 inches IN
size, Issued as a supplement- 70 the April num-
Der OF The Wesi Shore AagastRe. Any one seek
ing information anUut 'fegVn, Washington, Ida
no. MOnlanne pr British Columbia, Will mud 1As
West Skore MagastRe the best source from which
70 obtain IT, oenu 70 cents iOr copy (subgcril
liou, ea.5o)t TO /. samuel, publisher, Portland
oEeHon.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-05-11

THE SOONER LEHIGHToN MoNIED MEN
realize that this town cannot go ahead II II
depends entirely on the Packeron car
shops the better 1t will be for everybody
concerned. We need more industries tc
give employment 10 our laboring people a.
WAGES IN the common pale OF decercv
Lightly mt ands1 day for fiye DAYS worh
eacn week Is barely sufficient to keep body
and soul together, let alone paying So ol
$40 rent per month. Let the spirit ofpro
gress move cur people.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-05-11

TEE SINGLE TAX ISSUE HAS MORE TRAN
one argument in its favor. the primary one
being, however, that IL will prevent the
holding of land for mere speculative pui
poses. Lehighton people have cerlalnl
felt the injustice of speculation In land.
prices fuctua.ing far in advance of real
values, while the assessed valuation IN
r,any Instances have been far below the
70 mer IN, re nal one--third ass, ed value
A melangt W II come when taxation made
In accord with justice and common decencY
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-05-11

THE CHICAGO, Rock ISLAND AND
Pacific Railway Company, announce the
following appointments, taking effect from
May /: Assistant General ticket agent.
, Geo. H. Lurch, Chicago; assistant general
passenger agent, George l.. Rhoads.
Chicago; asst, general ticket and passen-
ger agent. Samuel Boyd, Topeka, Kan.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-05-11

A wRrrERIN THE PHILADELPHIA Times.
Of Monday, accuses Governor Beaver, Of
catering TO the state treasury ring In the
disposition Of the sinking fund surplus and
the sale Of United States bonds. The charge
is a grave. one and in rebuttal needs the
Governors immediate and emphatic denial.
II not true, Humes charge Of malfesance
amounts 70 nothing; should Il prove other.
wise, however, the Governor should resign
as incapable of serving the people OF the
keystone stAte.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-05-11

"TRUsTs OR CoBINATIoNs' WAS THE
title Of a terse article from the pen Of Dis
trlct Attorney ". NJ. Rapsher. Of Mauch
Chunk, In the Philadelphia Record. of a
recent date. Scarcity OF space prevents
our publishing the article in I Is issue
though for the benefit of our large number
Of readers we will do so in later publica
ffnn
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-02-22
CHAPTER v.

Jonathan admires all that glitters even
that which is not gold In his eyes the sue
cess of thing answers for its quality, and
the charlatanism that succeeds is superior to
the merit that vegetables. The dollar is not
only the unit of the monetary system; it is
also the unit of the metrical system.
was chatting one day with an American
about the famous Col Robert Ingersoll.
''He is your greatest orator, am told,
said.
eyes" he replied, "Ingersoll can fill the
Metropolitan opera house any day, and have
five thousand dollars in the house."
Certainly that is a curious way to speak
of great orator, great writer and great
thinker.
need not say that am now speaking of
the average American, not the litterateur or
the man of good society.
1t would be quite possible for an actress to
attract large audiences all through q tour
from New York to San Francisco, not be-
cause of incontestable talent, but because she
travelled in a magnificent palace car of her
own.
saw, in an American paper, the appear
ance of Miss Minnie Palmer spoken of in the
following terms:
''Minnie Palmer will wear all her diamonds
in the third act"
The booking office was besieged all day,
and, in tho evening, money was refused. An
amusing detail was the arrival of good
fourth of the audience at 10 o'clock, to see
the diamonds in the third act.
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would not take the trouble to resent It. He
would pity the person, and the matter would
go no further.
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CHAPTER vi.

Man has been perpetuated to expiate the
transgression of his first parent by hard labor
Jonathan is proof of it. He labors, he tolls,
and the sweat of his brow crystallizes upon the
arms and neck of his beloved womankind in
the form of diamonds.
To the American woman the diamond is
not an object of luxury, it is an object of
primo necessity. An English old maid would
do without her tea before an American
woman would go without diamonds.
If good style consists in not doing what the
vulgar do, good style in America ought to
consist for one thing in wearing no diamonds
unless democracy should demand this sign
of equality.
When you see diamonds in the ears of shop
girls and factory girls, they are sham gems
bought with well earned money, or real ones
bought with badly earned money
Love of woman, innate in the American, is
not enough in itself to explain the luxury
that man lavishes on her in the United
States. America is not the only country
where man is devoted to woman and ready to
satisfy all her caprices The Frenchman is
as keenly alive to her influence as the Ameri-
can, if not more
The luxury of the American women must
be explained in another way.
Money is easily earned in the United States,
and is freely spent. Business savors more of
gambling than of commerce in the proper
sense of the word.
Jonathan, then, is In position much like
that of a man whom saw give a hundred
franc note to beggar one day in the streets
of Monte Carlo. IF win at trente-et-qua-
rante," said he to some one who asked him
how he could do such a foolish thing, ''what
are hundred francs to me! can afford to
be generous to poor fellow creature out of
it; If lose, it is so much that the croupiers
win not get" When Jonathan covers his
wife with diamonds, he says to himself, ''If
win, can indulge my wife without incon-
veniencing myself; IL l lose, it is so much
saved from the fray"
This is not all
If the American thirsts after money, it Is
not for the love of money, as q rule, but
for the love of that which money can buy.
In other words, avarice is vice almost un-
known In America Jonathan does not
amass gold for the pleasure Of adding pile to
pile and counting it. He pursues wealth to
improve his position in life and to surround
those dependent upon him with advantages
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RALTIMORE g OHIO
- z. q. PHILADELPHIA DIV
TIME CARD sPASSENGER TRAINS
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CHAPTER TT


When man of average intelligence re-
turns home after having made q voyage to a
foreign land, he cannot help having formed
certain number of impressions, and he has
q right to communicate them to his friends
They are but impressions, notes taken by the
wayside, and, if there IS an error committed
by any one, it is by the critic or the reader,
when either of these looks for a perfect pict-
ure of the manners and institutions of the
people the author has visited, instead of
simple impressions de voyage. Certainly, if
there is a country in the world that it would
be impossible to judge in six months, that
country is America, and the author who, in
such little space of time, allowed himself to
fall into tho error Of sitting in Judgment
upon her would write himself down an ass.
To form really exact idea of America one
would need to live twenty years in the coun-
try, nay, to be an American, for may add
that, in my opinion, the best books that exist
upon the different countries of the world
have been written by natives of those coun-
tries. Never has an author written of the
English like Thackeray; never have the
Scotch been painted with such fidelity as by
Ramsay; and to describe Tartarin it needed
not only Frenchman but Provencal, al
most Tarasconnais
1t must be allowed that Jonathan has good
reason to mistrust his critics. Most books on
America have been written by Englishmen
Now the English are, of all people, those
who can the least easily get rid of their preju-
dices in speaking of America They are
Obliged to admit that the Americans have
made their way pretty well since they have
been their own masters; but John Bull has
always ranking remembrance, when he
looks at America, of the day that the Ameri-
cans sent him about his business, and his look
seems to say to Jonathan: eyes, yes, you
have not done at all badly-for you, but just
think what tho country would have been by
this time if it had remained in my hands,"
Ehe Englishman, on his side, has no antip-
athy whatever to the Americans For that
matter tho Englishman has no antipathy for
any one. He despises, but he does not hate,
q fact which is irritating to the last degree
to the objects of his attention. When man
feels that he has some worth, he likes to be
loved or hated; to be treated with indiffer-
ence is CALLING. John Bull looks on tho Ameri-
can as a parvenu, and smiles with incredulity
when you say That American society is not
only brilliant and witty. but quite as polished
as the best European society.
1t is this naughty disdain which exasperates
Americans
Jonathan has forgotten that the English
were once his oppressors; hs forgives them
Tor the war Of 1879; without forgetting it,
he fosglyes them for having, during the civil
war, sided with the slave owners but he cam
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CHAPTER ".

The American men are generally thin
Their faces glow with intelligence and
energy, and in this mainly consists their
handsomeness. The features are bony, the
forehead straight, the nose sharp and often
pinched looking in its tI,inness. At times one
seems to recognize in the faces something Of
the Indian type, the temples indented, the
cheek bones prominent, the eyes small, keen
and deep SET
AS for the women, do not hesitate to say
that in the east, in New York especially,
they might perfectly wen be taken for
French women. It is the same type, the same
gait, the same viyacity, the same petulance,
the same amplitude of proportions
The beauty of the American women, like
that of the men, is due much more to the ami
nation of the face than to form or coloring.
The average of good looks is very high, in
deed. do not remember to have seen one
hopelessly plain woman during my six
months ramble through the states
American women generally enjoy that
numbers of French women. At 40 they
bloom out into more majestic beauty. The
eyes retain their fire and luster, the skin does
not wrinkle, the hands, neck and arms re-
main firm and white It is true that in
America hair turns gray early, but, so far
from detracting from the woman's charms, it
gives her an air Of distinction, and is often
positively an attraction.
The New Workers and Bostonians will have
it to be that Chicago women have enormous
feet and hands. l was willing to believe this
up to the day I went to Chicago found
the Chicago women, and those of the west
generally, pretty, with more color than their
eastern sisters, only, as rule, quite slight, not
to say thin.
That which is lacking in the pretty Ameri-
can faces of the east is color and freshness.
The complexion is pale, and it is only their
plumpness which comes to their rescue after
s. and prevents them from looking faded.
Those who remain thin generally fade quickly;
the complexion becomes the color of Witty
brown paper, and wrinkles freely.
If American women went in for more out
door exercise; if they let the outer air pene-
trate constantly into their rooms; if they
gave up living in lighthouses, they would have
some color, and their beauty need perhaps
fear no competition in Europe.
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itoi, the government buildings, the museums,
built in the midst of handsome gardens, all
arrest the eye of the visitor.
The Capitol, 751 feet long, built of white
marble, with a superb dome and majestic
flights of steps, is one Of the grandest, most
imposing looking ediices in the world. The
souvenirs attached to IL and the treasures
which it contains render 1t dear to the Ameri-
cans; it is a monument which recalls to their
minds the glories of the past, and keeps alight
the flame of patriotism.
A general, who served through the great
civil war, told me he had seen strong men,
soldiers brought up in remote states, sit down
and weep with strong emotion at seeing the
Capitol for the first time.
Washington Is wholly given over to poll
tics. When congress is not sitting, it is dead;
when congress Is sitting, it is delirious
Little or no commerce is DONE
Philadelphia, formerly the capital of the
United States, is city of eight or nine hun
dred thousand inhabitants, and is built, like
New York, in parallelograms. Its town hall
is next to the Capitol at Washington, the
finest edifice in America. l do not know
anything to compare to its splendid park,
Unless it be the Bots de Boulogne in Paris.
The alleys of this park, if put together, would
cover about sixty miles in length Seen after
New York or the busy western cities, Phila-
delphia strikes one as slow, even monotonous
except on the Clover club annual banquet
evening.
This Quaker city of quiet streets and sober
people is, however, full of all kinds of manu-
factories
On the shores of Lake Michigan there stood
a town, built Of wood, and peopled by some
hundred thousand inhabitants This was
called Chicago.
On the evening of Oct. s, 1871, a COW that
an old woman was milking in barn kicked
over lamp and set fire to tho structure. The
flames spread, and on the morrow of that ter
rible night the whole city was level with the
ground. The Chicago people of today show,
as curiosity to the visitor, the only wooden
house which escaped the flames
At the present time this city, the living and
gigantic emblem of the phoenix, stands re-
built in hewn stone, and holding 10000 in
habitants. H
Such is America.
TO be continued.
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and luxuries. He spends his money as gayly
as he pockets it, especially when it is a ques-
ton Of gratifying. his wife or daughters, who
are the objects of his most assiduous atten-
ton. Hc Is the first to admit that their love
for diamonds is as absurd as it is costly, but
he is good humored, and says: ''Since they
like them, why should they not have themg'
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not forgive an Englishman for coming to his
dinner table in tweed suit.
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Every Home Should Have It.

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Having Red Flag Oil in the house
you have physician always at hand
it kills Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
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There are few things in this life o.
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one of them, Puritan Cough and Con
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Coughs. Colds and Consumption
Price 25 Cents.
At Gurdon G. SilPs Drug Store.