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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-17

THE DECISION OF THE COURT IN THE
cases Of the several corporations appealing
from the assessments made this year by
assessors In the several districts will be
important insomuch that an affirmative
decision would necessarily change the en-
tire assessment levied last spring. The re-
suit Of this can well be understood when
It is remembered that in almost every bor-
ough or township lands that were held for
speculative purposes were assessed as near
value as careful judgment could determine.
In this borough 1t was the case; building
lots on the back streets heretofore assessed
way below actual value were raised in pro.
portion to what they would bring at a
forced sale, consequently decision against
the last assessment would change the good
work done by :he Commissioners order OF
full valuation on all property and require
the levying of new assessment in the dis.
tricts and boroughs Of the county.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-17
To Whom it May Concern.

All persons are hereby forbid trusting OF
harbOring one, CHARLES BERTHE BOWERS,
about sixteen years of age, who was bound out
to the Undersigned under the pauper lndenture
system by the Northampton county Poor Ofli-
cials, as | will pay no debts of his contraction,
he having left my bed and board without just
cause or pr0vOcaton. Further notice is also
given that persons found haTboring him will be
dealt with according to law IN such cases, as he
is by right my property until the end OF his 18th
year. All OF which you hereby have notice.
GEORGE JOHNSON,
Big Creek August 3, 1SSg-w3%
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-17

TIE CATAsAUoUA Record ENTERS ON
Its twentieth vear,-strong, healthy, vigor-
GUS and Democratic,-with bright hopes
and fairer prospects than ever before. The
Record is good paper and its large circu-
lation proves that it is appreciated. To
Br'er Bartholomew we wish continued Sic
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-17

HENRY X. BOYER, FOR SEVERAL TERMS
speaker Of the House, and a strong, deter
mined Republican leader, with wide
knowledge of political affairs in the state
and out, has been nominated for State
Treasurer by his party, according to the
understanding existing between Quay and
Boyer for services rendered in the late
campaipn
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-17
sMitchhaol Schedule,

During the season trains willleaYe the Upper
Mauch Chunk and Summit Hill stations as
follows:
Leave Upper Mauch Chunk station at s 80
1910 and ;37 A. NJ, and 22O, 3:45, and ;35
PM.
Leave Summit Hill station at 9:lO, Ii 10 A. NJ,
and 10 20, 8 20, 4 :35 and 615 p. M.
ON SUNDAY
Leave Upper Mauch Chunkl 1 80 and 21t
m.
Leave Summit Hill at 800 and 4:OOP. NJ.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-17
RaceiHed Tn-fInY

from New York City the prettiest lot of
gold watches eyer displayed in this section
don't fail to look at this, really desirable Sc
lections, they are pronounced by complete
judges as being perfect in art and mechan-
ism one glance will prove that E. IL, Hohl
keeps the finest stock you eyer looked at.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-17
Two-story Frame House,

20X30 feet with Cellar Kitchen under the same,
Frame Stable l2Xl4 feet and a never failing
spring OF water on the premises.
TERMS OF SALE-The property viii be sold
Tor cash, subject TO mortgage of the Enterprise
Building Loan Association of 5000 on which
there is credit of monthly payments for 4 years
and II months. The purchaser having the priv
llege OF paying on the balance of said mortgage
IN monthly payments OF SO each, after paying up
said shares, in full, TO date of purchase. One
half of the cash bid TO be paid on day of sale the
balance on confirmation of sale and execution
OF Deed. The deed and all necessary papers to
be prepared at the expense of the purchaser.
LEWIS WALCK, Administrator.
t. A. SNYDER, Attorney.
jy2GM3
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-17

HoLMEs-TRAINER.- Aug. s.
1889, at the residence of the brides
parents, by Rev. j. A. Reber, Wm. T,
Holmes, of Nesquehoning, to Miss Mary
Trainer, of Lehighton.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-17
WANTED HEhEAsEE. EEA 9s sEEHsMHEl EEEHGET1c

Truthful men,-No liars wanted. New blood
no old scaly agents, that can't maintain place
We can make good salesman of any pushing
active man. Salary and expenses, (or commits
siOn). Stock guaranteed true.
4 VI F0NTER Rn0 NURsERYMEN, Box C.
liz w. UplhIl q Uu' GENEVA, New York
july26-w3*
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-17
PARENT

BY purchasing of us this amount will be saved pro-
pose to sell goods at the lowest margin of profit consistent
aud give present. the Book Bag We have stock most
everything needu to fit out boys from top oe and prices
that will bear comparison Come and the BOOB Bag
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-17
Orphans Court Sale
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE y!
Pursuant to an order Of the Orphans Court OF
Carbon County, Pa, there WILDE exposed to
Wednesday, August 2lst. 1889.

at TWO O'Clock, on the premises, ,on Fire Line ST.,
In the Burough of ParryVille Carbon county pa
the following described Real Estate, late of Geo.
w. Walek, deceased. to-wit: All that certain
of PaTryville, County OF Carbon and State of
Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows,
to@wlt; Beginning in public road leading from
ParryYille TO Betzville, thence North twenty
elghtdegrees, East six perehes and twelve inches
10 a post; thence by land of Maria Hoyland
South SiXty-three degrees. East sixteen perches
10 a stone; thence by land of Catharne and
Peter Schaefer South fourteen degrees, West six
perches and twelve inches TO a stone: thence BY
land late OF John Bauman, now Jacob Sheckler
70 the place OF beginning, containing NINETY
SIX PERCHES, be the same more or less. It
being the same premises which +. j. Kster and
wife by deed dated August IS, 1885 granted and
conveyed unto George Walck, now deceased.
The improvements thereon are a
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-17
TnE DECISION or zee couRr IN TnE

Bona Eide Circulation Larger than that OF
any Weekly Newspaper in the County.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-17
1 Q 2 az G 7 s {

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Lehighten en...............I o 2 3 l 30 l x----s
Slatington ......"."."..1 0 0 o 0 1 0---2
The Lewiston base ball club has at last
been given an opportunity bv the Freeland
club to show their abilities as ball tossers.
The Leviston's went to Freeland on Sun
day and were defeated bYa score of 10 to 4.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-17
BOYS
GIRLS

will need SHOES besdts other necessary arces Both boys
and girls will need BOOKBAG, and propose give to
each purchaser One Dollars Worth of Goods or over
a Handsome Book-Bag. This is an item of expense to
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-17
Kuhn'S Special Announcement.
Roofing Spouting and General Job Work

Receives special attention this time and in connection
we are prepared to Repair Wash Ringers matter how
far gone We can supply ubbe and cog wheels and
make your washer good at very small Our line
of House Furnishing Goods includes everything prices exceed
ly low while stock of Stoves and Ranges can't be be at in
this town. perhaps elsewhere in the valley Don't fail to call
and see you need anything in line Respectfully
W. S. KUHNS, North Bank Street
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-17

KNIlRRD AT THE LKH1GHroN PosT-OFFICE AS
SECOND GLASS MAIL MATTER.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04

Mrs. WalwOrtny II declare.
Henry, your eternal talk, talk, talk OF
how good a cook your mother used TO
be will drive me wild some day! MY
most fervent wish is that little Johnny
will never worry his wife that way
when he grows up and has a home.
Mr.. Walworthy-''There's no danger
of that. "-Terre Hause Express.
Mrs. Nibbs-'rm shocked, Willie
Jones. to hear you use such awful IAN
guage, positively shocked. l thlnk
it's high time your mother to,k you Id
hand Willie-"Yes'm, she has. one
told me this morning l must stop 'soci-
ating with your little boy, cause ne
was maxim me as bad as hisself. -
Philadelphia Record.
Wife (reading from paper)-
paper says that peanuts are injurious
to the voice." Husband-'Is that so!
never thought there was so mucn
virtue in a peanut. wonder wha'
they cost hundredweight?" VIE
.I'm sure don't know. Why?" Hus-
band-l was thinking OF laying IN
stock of them. Do you like peanu's'
nv dearP'-Yankee Blade.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04
SoIubility Of Carbonic Acid.

The solubility of carbonic acid in
water is of great Importance in the
chemistry of nature. for this acid,
brought down from the atmosphere
dissolved in rain is able to act chem
ically upon rocks. such as granite
which contains alkalies-the carbonic
acid slowly disintegrating or crum-
bling down the rock. an effect much
assisted by the mechanical action OF
the expansion of freezing water in the
interstices of the rock. 1t appears
that soils are thus formed by the slow
degradation of rocks, and when these
soils are capable of supporting plants,
the solution of carboLA acid is again
of service, not only as a direct food'
by providing the plant with carbon
through it's roots. but as a solvent Tor
certain portions of the mineral food OF
the plant (such as phosphate of llme)
which pure water could not dissolve
and which the plant can not take up
except in the dissolved state =
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04
!: p ace one penny in the box and OBJ
a: tain the use OF ahymn-book.

1t is quite a scientific arrangement
aud works easily. When the penny is
paced in the box it acts on spring
which throws open the slide lid. dis
closing the hymnbook. The penny
drops down a secret slit in the lid and
is hidden from view and secured from
removal. 1t seems almost like a re-
Election on the worshippers, for tn e au-
tomato beauty OF the workmanship is
that the door or lid can not be shut
until the verger himself takes the coin
out, when the hymn-boOk is replaced
and the door is fastened. There is
also An indicator inside the box which
shows how many coins have been put
in, so that even the verger has to be
honest.
What the future of the '.sIot" and
''slide" may be, who can tell? Per-
haps when pneumatic tubes become as
popular as telephones. and are at
tached to our houses and stores, shop
ping will be done by developments of
the slot and slide.
drop dollar in the slot and re.
ceive your groceries for the day. may
some day be as common as ice cards.
An English Church has already or
dered five hundred automatic slide
hymn-boo'1 boxes for it's free seats
Who will be the man to start pneu.
matte slot or slide delivery company?
Boston Globe.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04
A Portrait Painters Fortune.

To-day Drexel & Co. can raise more
money in twenty-four hours than any
financial institution in the United
States. Yet it is not a great while ago
that old Francis Drexel was poor por-
trait painter Somehow or other the
old man about fifty years ago got an or
der to paint g picture for a Brazilian
grandee and went down to that coun-
tIy to do the work. The Brazilian took
q fancy to the poor portrait painter
and not only paid him good price for
the picture but let him in on some
money-mahing scheme, out OF which
Drexel realized quite q sum. He re-
turned to Philadelphia and went into
the money-lending business. By care
full investment he amassed a big for
tune and his three boys. Francis.
Anthony and Joseph, increased it.
When the old man died he was worth
about $5.OoO,OO0. When Francis, the
oldest boy, died he left $25, 900, 900.
Joseph left about IS, 900, 900, being less
of a money maker than the others. and
Anthony, the only one left, is estimated
to be worth anywhere from $40, 900. 600
to $4,000, OOO.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04
THE F<jGRESS or MAN.

lard the lot OF our fathers, the men OF tho
early world
Bens,-ke scratching the earth for a niggard-
ly dole of her fruit,
w. dyed in the clefts of the hills, in the hollows
of tree-trunks cu-led
Cropping in the glooms of the cave, starving
on berry and root.
Shelteress weaponless, weak, haggard and
wandering brood
Scared by the brand Of the sun, by the whir-
wind scattered and tossed,
Buried in drifts of the snow, whelmed by the
rivers in flood,
Played by the scourge OF the storm. SCARED
by the dagger OF frost.
wretched and barbarous race, unskilled, at
the mercy OF all,
In haste TO escape from its foes to the hiding
place OF the dead:
Hunted of hunger and lean, whose life was a
piteous crawl
From the dark Of the womb to the dark Of
the grave through the shadow of dread.
But we! we are cunning and strong, we have
made all wisdom our own;
We have mastered all arts, we have tools and
raiment and roof overhead,
We laugh at the Shrek OF the winds, we dance
on the brute overthrow,
With his skin we have clothed us about,
with his flesh we have filed us and fed.
Our fathers, the covering men of the caves,
were the cave-bear prey;
They fed him. we seek him; the SHOWS with
his blood not ours, shall be dyed.
We follow his tracks through the drift, ha i! ha!
We spear him and Stay,
We feast on the fat Of his ribs, we comfort
our lOins with his hide.
o marvellous progress of man! o race of un.
speakable craft?
strikers Of fire from the heart of the rock
in a fortunate hour!
Who have fitted the sharpened flint to the won
derful pine-wOod haft;
In the day of your weakness and want who
dreamt of the day of your power?
H. d. Trail. in Boston Transcript
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04
A ROMAN ANTIQUE.

One of Julius Caesars Body Servants Dis
covered i'm New York.
It was warm day in summer, and l
seated myself for a moment on one of
the benches in Washington Square.
A few minutes later an old, white
haired negro came hobbling along with
the aid of stick, and seated himself
at the other end of the bench, lifting
his battered hat to me deferentially as
he did so.
was both surprised and f1attered at
such manifestation of politeness in
New York, and remarked to the old
man in a friendly tone:
"a fine day, Uncle"
'.Yas, sub, it is a fine day, boss, sho'
huff. Dish year weathah min S me er
le kim er weathah we lister hab in
Rome"
so you have lived in Rome. have
you? ! came from Rome myself"
"Lawd, boss, you doan' look ne.
ak lack no Roman. Any body 'ud
Jake yer ter ben bawn en- raise in dis
country"
''Certainly 1 was" l replied. 81
was born in Rome, New York"
The old man made no rejoinder, and
struck by his apparent great age. l
asked:
How old are you. Uncle?'
"Lawd, chile" he answered with a
silent chuckle, which exposed his
tOOthless gums, 81 dOan' KNOW done
los track I'm it. I wuz fifteen year ole
wen de wah broke OUT
That impossible, " l replied; that
wouldn't make you over forty, and you
can't be less than seventy-fve.
II reckon Is bout nineteen hun
died." said the old man reAectively,
after short pause. II useter be Mars
Julius Caesars fav'rite body-sarven',
en- reckon you knows bout how long
he's ben dead. wuz fifteen years ole
wen de las wah wild Gaul broke out.
kin member de battle OBJ Alesia des
ez we'll ez eff It wuz yistiday. De arrers
wuz flying throo de aiah thick ez flies
'roun' p merlasses jug, de jaw Inns wuz
W. zzin', en- wuz lOokin' on FUN de rare,
wen l seed archer aim a arrer at
Mars Julius. l grab up shiel', en-
rush inter de thick err de fight, en- wuz
des in time ter ketch i'm ez he fell FUN
his boss. | got arrer throo my side
ez wuz totin' i'm off, en- wuz laid up
fer two or zee mOnts atterwuds.
Wen got we'll, Mars Julius gun me a
quartah, en- wen he died. he lef' direc-
tons in his will fer me ter be gradu' lily
'mancipated, so l 'ud be free wen
wuz a bundled years ole. All, but dem
wuz good ole times!'' he added, with a
sigh of regret.
as done spent de quartah Mars
Julius gun me-" he remarked. giving
me a sidelong look, Zen I needs ernud-
der fer ter git some liniment fer my
rheumatic. Is yer got any small change
bout yo' clos, boss?"
A vision of imperial Rome rose up
before me, with all its glory and mag
nificence and power. In fit of ab-
stractiOn handed the old man twenty
dollar gold piece, and when I started
from my reverie. he had disappeared
behind a clump of shrubbery in the
direction of Sixth avenue.-Puck.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04
NATURE OF CLOUD-BURSTS.
They Are Lakes of Water Actually Sus.
pended in Mid-Air.

They Are Lakes of Water Actually Sus-
pended in Mid-Air.
The phenomena of a clOud-burst,
which can only occur in tornado OF
whirlwind, are not generally under
stood The whirl in which it forms
is not a very broad and shallow disk,
but tall, cOlumnar mass of rotating
air, similar to that in which the At
lantic waterspOut or the famous pillar
like dust storm of India is generated.
While this I aveling aerial pillar, per-
haps few hundred yards in diameter
is rapidly gyra ting, the centrifugal
force, as Prof. Ferrel has shown, acts
as barrier to prevent the flow of ex-
ternal air from all sides into it's in
terror, except at and near the base OF
the pilla". There friction with the
earth retards the gyrations and allows
the air to rush in below and escape
upward through the fue-like interior
as powerful ascending currents.
The phenomenon, however, will not
be attended by terrific floods unless the
atmosphere is densely stored with
water vapor. as it was on May 81 in
the Conemaugh valley. When such is
the case, the violently ascending cur.
rents suddenly lift the vapor-laden
clouds several thousand feet above the
level at which they were previously
floating, and hurl them aloft into rari.
fed and cold regions of the atmos-
phere where their vapor is instantly
condensed into many tons of water.
Could the water fall as fast as con-
densed it would be compa ratively
harmless. But the continuous up.
rushing currents support this mass of
water at the high level, and as their
own vast volumes of vapor rising ar
condensed they add to the water al
ready accumulated thousands of feet
above the earth's surface-making, sc
to speak, lake in high air.
AS the whirlwind weakens or passes
from beneath this vast body of water,
which it's ascending currents have
generated and upheld in the upper
story of the atmosphere, the aqueous
mass, no longer supported, drops with
ever increasing gravitational force to
the earth. In severe cloud-bursts the
water does not fall as rain, but in
sheets and streams, sometimes un-
broken for many seconds. The cloud
burst of 1888 at Holidaysburg, Pa, ex-
cavated many holes in the ground,
varying from twenty-five to thirty feet
in diameter, and from three to six
feet deep. In similar but milder
storm, which visited Boulo gne last
May, assures were cut in the streets
eight feet deep and openings made
large enough to engulf a horse and
cart. IN. Y. Herald.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04
His Opinion InfaIIible.

DR.. Bolus (ata consultation Well,
gentlemen. my opinion is that the pa
tient can not live week.
DR.. Sawbones, DR.. Squills, DR.. o.
ciput and DR.. Pancreas coincide
DR.. Single Ca recent accession to
the local medical talent) -Gentlemen.
l beg leave to differ. The patient will
recover. His ailment is imaginary.
There is nothing really the matter
with him.
DIR. Bolus (arrogantly)-You GER
tainly do not expect to convince us OF
the correctness of your opinion. sir!
DIR. Shingle-No, sir, probably not.
Yet you will pardon me for saying that
/ was a pension agent for twenty years
before l became doctor, and -
DR.. Bolus with deep conviction)-
Gentlemen, if he can't see any disease
in the patient it isn't there!
DR.. Sawbones. DR.. Squills. DR.. o.
cipnt and DR.. Pancreas again coin
eide. chicago iritsne.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04
A Philosophical View of It.

SWELL" said Uncle Hiram, who used
to belong to singing club in his early
days, 81 never heard a woman play
like that woman we heard in Boston
that night. 1t was just awful. NV
ears ache even now.
Yes" replied his nephew, "she was
ratner loud, that's fact. But, then,
her execution 10y
"George, exclaimed the old gentle
man, as he seized his nephew by the
arm, "you don't mean to say that they
went so far as thatp Well, 'tisn't for
me to judge them. only heard her
once. 1t seems terrible-a woman.
too. But then they had to listen to
her every night. Aud they won't have
TO hear her again. Perhaps it's all for
the best Boston Transor;o.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04
Irrigation in Wyoming.

Irrigation is carried out on an extern
sive scale in Wyoming Territory.
Something like 100000 acres of land
have recently been reclaimed and rem
dered fit for cultivation by means of
ordinary bitches, and official reports
estimate that not less than 1000, 900
acres more can be reclaimed in the
same way. 1t is also shown that not
less than 100000 acres in addition
can be redeemed by extraordinary
means-that is, by a system of storage.
This would give Wyoming about H.
100000 acres that might be devoted to
agriculture. aside from the much
larger body of grazing land. There
are also supposed to be Is, ZOO, 900 acres
of coal lands. Congress at it's last
session appropriated $3.50, 900 to defray
the cost of surveys for storage reser-
voirs. Times.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04

"A number of young women in
Cuthbert, Ga, have organized an anti
kissing society. Those who have seen
the members say that such precau-
ton was not necessary. -Norristown
Herald.
Mr.. Jinks-"I don't know how you
will feel about it. sir, but the fact is
thatmy wife, your daughter, is dread
fully hard woman to live with Mr..
Blinks-"I can sympathize with you,
sir. married her mother. IN. Y.
Weekly.
The minister with severity
'.And so you do not believe every thing
you learn at Sunday-school, Richards '
Richard-"No. sir; not every thing y
The minister-''My little hoy does. -
Richard-'Yes. sir. Isuppose your lit
tie boy has Life.