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Wichita eagle., 1889-03-12

The street car lines of Wichita are prob
ably run on faster scale than any mule
lines in the west. And except in very bad
weather can be relied on almost 10 the
minute. The time from Mr. Aldrich's
home on College Hill TO the corner of
Main and Douglas is twenty-five minutes
which is just six miles an hour. Pretty
good travelling considering the stopages.
BY the way the vest pocket time cards of
all the street cars and motor lines of
the city, which Hyde & Humble dis
tributed, are very handy thing to cary
If you are invited TO spend the evening up
at Carey Park or College Hill, over at
Garfield, Riverside, or Fairmount, you
can tell just when to go and the last car
on which you can return.
Wichita eagle., 1889-03-12

seaf ~ al erS<x.. O. ssr,wH Ps-zsr,z -
~ c. L Hooc& Co. Ls..lL x2-a
100 Doses One Dollar.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-19
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ONE DIES EVERY SECOND,

Here are some interesting facts about
the people who compose the population Of
the world
Theie are 1904 languages in the world,
aud Its inhabitants profess more than 1000
religions.
The number Of men 10 about equal 10 The
number OF women. The average of life Is
about SO years. One quarter die previous
to the ago of II. To every 1000 persons
only one reaches 100 years. To every 100
only six reach the age of IS, and not more
than one in 800 lives to 20 Years of age.
There are on the earth 1000, 900 In
habitantS. OF these, SS, S,o33,o35 die every
year; 9l, 1924 every day, 3,730 every hour
60 every minute, or every second.
The married are longer lived than the
single, and above all those who observe a
sober and dustrous conduct, Tall men
live longer than short ones. Women have
more chances Of life in their favor previous
TO fifty years OF age than men have. but
fewer afterNard
The number of marriages is in the pro
portion of seyenty-tiYe to every thousand
individuals Marriages are more frequent
after equinoxes-thatiS Is, during the months
of June aud December.
Those born in Spring are generally Of a
more robust constitution than others.
Births are more frequent by night than by
day, also deaths.
The number of men capable Of hearing
arms Ia calculated at one-fonrth of the
population.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-19
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PECULIAR DUTCH CUSTOMS.

Many peculiar customs still prevail In
Holland which amuse the tourist, but
vhich are quite sensible after ALL In many
Dutch towns bulletins are affixed to the
doors of houses IN which persons are sick
in order that their friends mas he appraised
OF the state OF their health without knock
ing or ringing, and in Harlem the birth Of
child is announced by means Of a small
placard adorned with red silk and lace. So
the traveller on the lookout for the peculiar
may see-a notice on the door as he passes
by that "blr. Van Diependeck is better to-
day: pulse. 95; temperature, normal" or
Mrs. Van Wellbult was delivered Of sOn
this morning; weight, ten and one-half
pounds; notice Of christening hereafter" +"
A painted Turks bead is the customary
sign of Druggists s shop, while large crown
decorated with gliding, suspended beneath
the Dutch flag, indicate that fresh herring
have arrived in the shops thus adorned.
Foot-warmers are universally employed by
the female members OF the community and
are seen in great numbers in the churches,
recalling the "scaldinos,'' with which the
devout women or Italy try to warm them.
selves when IN cold churches.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-19

Fortunes are made by taking oppnr.
tunlies, charactar is made by making
them,
--Frusality does not imply parsimony
any more than eXtrayagcnce crnprrhends
generosity.
What men want Of reason for their
opinions they usually supply and make up
In rage,
yellow, cinnamon aud puk-liutec
diamonds are much sought after just now.
1--we made of wood ashes will soften
hard putty in few minutes
The fur collareltes with square tabs,
which were won, last year, are still very
popular,
A member of the Newark n. j., base
ball club has died OF olood poisoning
following q wound Inflicted by the spikes
on the shoes OF another base bali player.
Nebraska has It's Paradise Valley,
Mlk River, Houey Greek, Thunder Car
yon, Lightning Fork, Doughnut Prairie,
Bakers Reef and axe Basket Precinct,
: Twenty i've years after the burial OF
$1,000 by Virginiaa. a Baltimore wcmou
lo-a el the SPOT in drelm, aud nrNt day
,ook two ailnessss VIII, her md Jug ur
toe coir.
"A North Carolina Justice oi the pcace
filed citizen IS for cOnieupt Of court IN
not hriAging out pail ui water for the jus
tees horses while he was travelling.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-19

I'VE haven't time for that. We would
have to go down TO the dynamo office and
get them to turn off all city lights and
then make connections. II would take toe
long aud would burn out every switch
board on the circuit. But ] can give you
all the cell currents we have here, aud that
will paralyze any rough from .Zama aud
perhaps kill him. Anyhow, you could get
his gun before be recovered. When you're
ready call the office. Ground your current
and I'll send Il along on the bic wire"
'Seems to take lot of telegrapbing "a
stop train said the desperado uneasllv.
SIT does. You see the train is behind
time and they don't want to stop her.
told them that there was special that
would pass here, They want to know
all particulars. Now | must move about
bit. must cut of the wire to Centre
CITY. If don't they may telegraph Ia
the dlspatcher's office and then it would
be all up with ps.
THAT'S right; 60 ahead"
"Well don't let that revolver go OIL"
at meyer goes off until tell Il to and
it's sure death, AS long as you act square
it won't 90 off,"
The teleprapher went to a drawer aud
took out a piece of wire and to one end at
tached pair of scissors. The other end
he connected with the big wire from
Bloomville. He fused around the switch
beard and then took pail of water, and
said:
Look out for your feet. must damp
down the floor, so that there will be no
dust to interfere with the Instruments,
water won't hurt anything outside of
me-" "'d hate to try It inside, though"
Having wet the floor, the operator sat
down to the table again Klck -a-lck, "
went the instrument. Next instant there
was binding aash of greenish light In the
room. The man started to his feet,
"Thunder" he cried. whats that r.
''You struck 1t the first time. Thunder
somewheres. I'm afraid II will interfere
with us. But can fix it. Hand me the
screw-dfiyer, quick"
The screw-drive was banded, but all the
time the pistol covered him. The visitor
was not man to be taken off his guard.
Warner worked with the screw.driyer a
moment and then said sharply: Gimme
them scissors, Hurry up"
The outlaw reached tor the scissors aud
. h. s,,ot xr-tl 4, ali ~
ward the ceiling and fell in heap on the
floor.
"Throw up your hands, you villians"
cried Warner, pointing his own pistol at
him.
The whole gang We're induced to return
to Bloomyille with the sheriff shortly
after.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-19
A SPIDER THAT WAS A SPIDER.

A correspondent Of the Calcutta English
man sends a description of big spider
which was killed in house. The creature
was found clinging to the door curtain,
and when alarmed omitted = grating sound,
but whether with its maudibles or ith Its
feet could not be ascertaiued 1t showed
no disposition 70 run away, or even to
moye from the spot whep il was till it was
thrown down, when il Was killed with .
blow OF a stick. II was quite two inches
in length aud half an Inch in breadth, and
the two segments of the body we're equal 10
size. 1t is distinctly short-legged for a
spider, but the eight leg' are very strong
and heavy. The body, too, is covered with
ine short hair, and is all Of dark brown
color. The two fangs are like sparrow s
claws, and exceedingly sharp, aud II
stretched oat straight would, with the
tleshy part, measure hall an inch each
find II diflicult 10 convey an adequate con-
ceplion Of the terrible and formidable APP
pearanco OF the monster, The common
large running spider, 10 be i0nud in every
house in Calcutta, unhesitatipgly attack
and destroys the largest cockroach. Judged
by this standard the spider ough; to make
It's prey of a small bird or mouse.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-19
AeY,t wins.

We desire N say 70 our citizents, that
for years we have been selling Dr. KiRTs
New Discovery for Consumption. Dr. Kings
Kings New Life Pills, Bnlckleu's Araica
Sslve and Electric Bitter. aud have neveg
handled remidies than sell as veil, or thss
have given such universal satisfaction,
We do not hesitate 70 guarantee them every
time and we stand ready TO refund the ouF-
chase priee, il satisfactory results DO MT
follow their use. These remedies bare wns
their great popularity purely on their merit
T. D. Thomas Druggist
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-19
shilohIa catarrh Randy.

>Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy, = nlasvehsrr
cure for catarrh, diphtheTia canker saotiih,
and headache. With each bottle there il
an ingenious nasal injector for the ns8t
successful treatment sfa those cHnplsizss
without extra charge, Price so {. Sold ~
7, d. Thomas Lehishteu, W. Biery, Weiss
port.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-19

A beautiful young lady became 50 sadly Dis
figured with piupples aud blo,ches that II
was feared she wonld die of griei. A
friend recommended Ayers sanapsriiia.
which the took, aud was completely cured.
She is now one of the fairest OF the fair.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-19
Don't give up. my poor. .ick friend,

Don't give up, my poor, sick friend;
While there's ifethere's hope. It's said:
Sucker persons often mend;
Time to give up when you're dead.
PureF, richer blood yoF,r need;
Strength and tone your system give;
This advice be wise and heed
Take the g. NJ. y. and live.
Those letters stand for Golden Medical
Discovery" (Dr. Pierce's,, the great build
ing.np, purifying, aud diseasefIpeili pg
remedy of the age.
Don't hawk, blow, spit, and disgust every
body with your offensive breath, bpt .nse
DR.. sage's Catarrh Remedy and end it.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-19
Ip.srsstsd People.

Advertising a patent msdiciUs 10 tbs
peculiar way 10 which the proprietor cf
Kemp's Balssm Cor coughs aud colds dees.
il Is inderd wouderftIi. lie authorizes ap
druggists TO give those who call for i =
sample hottie free, that they may Try il heT
fore purchasing. The Large Bottles are
50c aud 500. We certsinly would sdyiss
y trial. II nsy save You froia oonsainip
ton.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-19

--Cloibier-'Yos. we want few uOs6eR
TO sew ir the pants department. HaF4
you ever had any experience In bassiRs
pants?" pplieast--"Weli, ! eiould Fe-
mark. I taught in primary school tDF
four years"
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-19

Have you any Whistlors in yoaF gal
lsy?" asked the connoIssenr Of the rich
art patren. "WhIstlersP" said the IRaa OF
wealth. Net II | can help II. whist
ling is a nuisance. and shall not en-
courage II in my gallery"
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-19

--SharP--"What Is the strongest day OF
the week, Kotchsmp?'' Ke!chum twho Ia
not on the eve OF bankruptcy )--'F Friday. 4.
suppose" Sharp..-No. Sunday. all s,~
others are week DAYS. See?'
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-19

We have speedy aud positive cure fer
catarrh, diphtheria, canker mouth, and
headache, Shiloh's catarrh remedy. A
Nasal injector free With each bottle. les
II IL you desire health and sweet breath.
Price 80 cents Sold by +. n. Thamss,
Lehighton, W. Bicry Weissrort 4.A'
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-19

--ailkman--"Do you wish to settle tor
your last months milk2" Housewife -
''Sot to-day; l guess you'll have to chalk II.
as you usually do 's4 ~
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-19

CUSTOMER What yo' charge FOR ge,:ia
fotegrafs took9 observation-disclosures
ais, s6 per dozen" CustomcF--.'' Wall.4nI
guess Ple ies hsb half dozen dupllestss
tookau"
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-19

Rupture cure guaranteed nv DR.. j. k. Aayer
s3i Arch Street, l'hiia. Ease at once, no opera
ton orhnSlness delay. Thousands cured Bend
for circulars. io-S
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-19

Merchants may differ in politics, but
when Il comes down TO business all alike
want prosperity.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-19

Catarrh originates in scroiulens tsiast@
Hoods Sareapsrils purfes the blnod, and
thus permanently cures caiafrb.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-19

When corn pops, il gete ghastlT white.
It is much the slms way With hashitl
young men,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-19

There is Massachusetts msiden ss
modest that she would not hook at a salad
dressing.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-19

-JoukIns writes 10 bis gir, in u.e apart
ment house as bis suit heart.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-19

Goes round on tick.-Tbe clock.
The cobbler's molio-"Never too lats
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1889-08-20

bic Resisruns babe nidt bic abRdt, Dons
COLA ober Berger au bsisssu, iie' bebarre
BET ibrer 9OIitit, nur bic bermaIisen 9rsn'
3eu @spptens gu pertbeibiseu.
9is Seiuiten gnti d d b t.
suussbtII 1T tn GanaSa iest unans
fedtbarss 9sIes. Eros aller 5essrsien
bsr anti'tatboIiidem Sanatiter bat ndmIid
bsr General 9ouusrneur tsiusn 9runb sss
ieben, udbrenb ber ssfesIid uorseisbsuen
5riit, bic nit benz s. b. Mts. au gnbe
sins bic Blu nit benz gsto su bsIesen.
Darob nun 8ta9ssei9rei unb witbsnbs
Drobunsen bsr ,Sranssmsn" In Ontario.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1889-08-20
preiie oer 2lnseieen.

Prelle oer A1l3eI9eH.
SsO'r 3Oa her spaIte per Sabr.. .s1a.oo
Sir iebe Belle grepier, ober beren Raum, bas
eritemal 10 Gents. bic na9feumaIe 5 @ents.
Seiratbs= unb Sobesau3eissn nit Spri8
$3.50, obne Spru9 $1.0O.
anaudrtise aujsissn mHHsu porausbs,ablt uerSsn.
an;sisen fir Picnics, 9otterien, gliidsipieIt
&C., bic benz Settle Der tatb. Rir1e ;urpiber, fin
ben feline gufnabme.
Hnset9en fenSe man SpdtefaenS
Wonta8 Wfor8en etn.
Job.1rbeiten alIer 2lrt prompt uno
billi9 aus9efibrt.
cffiee osr asett",
Gfe Der 6. uno Jopa.StraBe.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-28

dark and expressive, were shaded by pair
of exquisitely-penc eyebrows. The nose
was Grecian and the mouth small, but to
reader of faces in all its sweetness lurked
the CHARACTERISTICS of treachery and deceit
The dark hair was coiled high and was
wavy in front.
''Wellr' said the sergeant, as he gazed
ong upon the beautiful face.
Yes, she's the cause, but won't speak
i'll of her now. She's dead. May be YOU
don't wantto hear the story. It's not new.
She was my wife. 1 was young, happy and
prosperous when 1 met and won her We
had hardly lived together two years when /
found she was getting cooler to me- Iwor.
ried good deal, and one night when got
home l found the house dark and deserted
/ learned from the neighbors that she had
gone away with a strange man in a coupe
A year went by. One night there was a
knock at the door. [ opened it. There
stood the woman who had deserted me for
another.
Frank she said, putting out her
hands.
wild with passion, thrust her from the
step, and told her to go to her lover. Then
l shut the COR and went to bed But l
couldn't sleep. The next day read in the
papers that the dead body Of a woman had
been found IN the river. 1t was Annie.
That's why drink"
The sergeant sighed and tossed the tramp
quarter, and then handed back the pict
ure. A shuttle Of feet and the poor fellow
was out on the street again.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-28

AUBURN (Me.J gazette, sne denDerateIy De-
gan to eat the pencils. Yes, eat them-not
Just chipping the ends with her teeth, as do
school-chiIdren, but biting of substantial
quarter-1nch pieces and crushing and swal-
ing them with infinite relish. This was
quite remarkable achievement for staid,
matronly person, such as she appeared to
be, and naturally she was questioned con-
corning this strange propensity. From
what she said IN reply it seems that this I'M
usual system Of diet was by no means con-
fined to slate-pencils. Gravel is a staple
article of food with her, properly strained
and assorted; oyster and clam shells and
friable sandstone she masticates as a, man
eats a soda cracker, and asks for more. She
experiences an unexplainable craving for
such matter and feels compelled to eat it.
The odor of the dust raised in the streets by
passing vehicles arouses in her much the
same sensation of unGppeasable desire as
affects the senses of the inebriate when as
sailed by the fumes of dram-shop. There
is nothing she likes better than to discover
a nice retired gravel-pit and revel in the
consumption Of its products. 'Oh, how
should like to go to the sea-shore where
there Is lots of clean, white sand" sighed
she. This extraordinary parsonage is a
woman Of about forty years Of age, appar-
entity, and is easily described as a down-easJ
Yankee mother Of family The only pc
culisr thing about her looks is her COM
plexion, which is curiously pale-almost
corpse-hke in its pallor. She says she has
been accustomed to eat gravel and such like
substances ever since she can remember.
She lives in Lewiston.
''The only thing 1 can't eat," observed
this remarkable woman as she turned to
leave the store, SIS paving-stones. They
break nv teeth
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-28
RHETORICAL RUBBISH.
How Real Poets and Genuine Literary
Men Do Not Krita.

How Real Poets and Genuine Literary
Men Do Not Write.
Some Of our would-be literary people Of
both sexes misuse the dictionary most
abominably, says the New York Ledger.
Even the reporters of some of our daily pa
pers have adopted the grandiose style of
writing, and pretty mess they make of it.
When shall we get back to the well of En-
Rlish undehled, and be relieved from the
muddy mixture of homogeneous words with
which the simplest facts are beplasteredl
AS to our fugitive poetry, much of it is
absolutely incomprehensible to ordinary
minds. 1t seems to have been written by
individuals in Mysteries. One Sine writer"
of the feminine gender tells us that when
woman "girds on her genius-armor," and
plunges into the ''world wide arena of in
tellect," she does so at Fearful sacrifice"
w Q wish she wouldn't, for the sacrifice in
these cases is the time of the reader An
other lady informs us that the bosom of a
poetess "heaves with exulting joy, and her
eye burns with heavenly fire." This is q
mistake. Persons who write such poetry
as rational beings can read without q SEN
sation of nausea, sit quietly at their desks
or tables while they do it.
We know this to be the case, for we have
seen several real poets in the very act.
They did not ruffle their hair, their eyes
looked perfectly natural, and they exhibited
no symptoms of violent palpitatlon of the
heart. Depend upon it that real poets never
roll their eyes like automaton clocks, or cut
any other extraordinary capers under what
Amos Kendall called "the excitement OF
composition" Byron said: 'Confound the
moon 1T always gives me rheumatism; but
l write well of It," No doubt many young
and romantic persons suppose that his lord
ship eulogized the moon by moonlight, with
his shirt collar thrown back, and nothing o,
his eyes visible except the whites; whereas
in reality, he wrote about the planet in &
snug study, with the shutters closed, the
lamps lighted, and glass of gin and water
and some Stilton cheese and crackers be
side him.
A true poet or good prose author mus
have sound, vigorous brain; and people
with sound, strong intellects neither acf
like lunatics while they are writing. mol
jam pretty words into inappropriate juxta
position to the confusion of common sense
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-28
How Society Inter1oper Was Disciplined
by a washington Club Man.


Washington has long been notorious for a
small class of hard-faced, persistent people,
who make the rounds Of fashionable enter
tainments and receptions without either in
vitations or the acquaintance of the people
upon whom they intrude. They are of both
sexes, and are alike marked for brazen au-
dacity. One, says the Washington Post,
was well done up last season, and taught a
lesson he will be slow in forgetting.
A certain club in the West End is noted
for its exclusiveness. At dance given by
it this bold intruder put in an appearance
faultlessly attired and complacent in pros
pect of a pleasant evening, topped of with
fine collation.. Several of the floor man
ayers happened together and attention was
called to the conspicuous stranger, whom
none of them knew. By comparison of
notes it was quickly discovered that none of
the authorized persons had issued him an
invitation and only one even knew his name.
That one approached him and asked:
"Will You inform me whose guest you are
this EVENING"
The intruder hemmed and hawed, but did
not afford the desired information
'sYou viii have to pardon me,n continued
the gentleman, "but it is necessary to know
the name of the friend who has invited you
here''
Not receiving any satisfactory response,
the floor manager continued:
'fYou fail to see what am trying TO make
plain TO you, sir You are one Of a class in
this city who force themselves into the So
ciety of people with whom they are not ac-
quainted, and who come TO exclusive enter
tainments without the formality of an invi-
tation. Now, il you Will take my arm
viii conduct you to the cloak-room. If you
should 20 alone it would cause comment,
but if you will take my arm people will thin K
you are an acquaintance"
The Interioper took the preferred arm and
vanished from the room.