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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-16

That is a piece of advice very
muchslike the doctors, when he
advised the poor man to take a
sea voyage; or the poor woman
to take good nourishing food
and a glass Of port wine. We
don't need to be told to get rich
but we do need to be told how
to do it. -' 80 '..'''.. .'..,
There are many ways to get
money, Speculation is one way
You can buy stocks, bonds,
shares, ETC., but all this re-
quires capital to start with, and
you have none, we will sup
pose. Then you must begin
saving money, but this only
shifts the shoe that pinches to
the other foot. How to save
money is nearly, as great a prob
lem as how to get rich - 1t is
very well to say, "save mon
ey.'' That is what we started
out to tell you and everybody
how money saved on.'your nee
essary expensesEmay lay the
foundation for fortune for you;
and you can save money every
time you;trade by buying cheap,
That's no news, you will
probably say. Of course you
can save bybuying cheap. You
could also fly if you had wings
You can do. anything it you
know how. You are quite
willing to save on your buying
if you know where to go
That's what we are getting st.
We would not waste your time
by offering all this advice with
out havingl a practical end in
view. If you want to buy
goods at prices which will save
you much money don't fail to
visit the, large drug and book
house Of Saur & Balsley.' You
can not only save big money
on the necessary medicines
viii ch your family need at this
especial season of the year, but
also ION wall and window vi = pa.
pers, paints, oils. varnishes and
brushes. While the season is
drawing near when it becomes
necessarylto laylin anew news stock
of these goods, our stock on
hand isscoinposed. Of Of the p very
latest patterns and. best e' goods
in the market,..but will be sold
at a great sacrifice IN order to 9
make room for our spring stock
Our book trade was never more
aourishing, now that books
are 40 cheap, and nd those in need
Of good reading, material for
the home should not fail to look
q, over ssufl e , Balsley'a display
of all manner Of books and pc;
riodicals. " a "A \. si5 NM. 1a II Il, a
A call onsSaur & Balsley will
never comesamiss. 1t lis money
in your pocket It, every ! tune. me = !:
Now is the time to lay in your
supply Of Wall Paper and
Paints.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-16

There is q district school in Vermont
which has only five pupils. They all
come from one family, whose father is
the school committee and whose moth
5er is the teacher. GeIas9 80 1882
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-16

For charity Ohio stands without 3
peer among the States of the Union.
Not the least important item in her
work of benevolence is the establ lish-
mert of Childfen's Homes. Already
there are in Ohio, thirty-five Children's
Homes valued at 81 ,043, 1928. They have
accommodations for ,847 children, and
during the past year z, ,675 children were
admitted. The total number cared for
since the establishment of the homes
is 9.8O7.-:EI. e6En at3 yf'8 N'o8I N.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-16

Lawyer--s''Your opponent will have
to pay the entire amount, but you will
have to stand the COSTS" Client-"Will
you please tell me If / have won or
lost?"-Texas SItings. oga3
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-16
COMPLETE CONFESSION.
of the Twelve-year-old Boy Who
Murdered His Father and Step
mOtheP

mother. ;.,f. (;
Elk ADER, Iowa, January 13.-Wes-
ley Elkins, the 12-year-old boy who o
week ago murdered his father and step
mother in Elk township, this county,
and made complete confession of the
crime, pleaded guilty before the District
Court, now in session here, to murder
in the first degree, and was yesterday
sentenced by Judge Hoyt. to imprison.
ment for life at hard labor. Young
Elkins manifested no feeling when the
sentence was pronounced. He is un.
doubtedly the youngest life criminal
ever sentenced in this state. The Judge
has ordered that the confession shall
not be given to the public, owing to its
sensational character. % .5 7.g -a
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-16

} An oil combine to rival the Standard,
and starting with $10,000,000 worth of
wells, is the latest Eastern .'rulnor.p
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-16

When the grip gets complicated with
suicide 1t generally proves fatal Bos-
ton Herald. nv
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-16

After diphtheria, scarlet fever, or
Hoods Sarsaparilla will
give strength to the system, and expel
all poison from the blood.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-16

+. W-It now seems likely that Wyoming,
Idaho and possibly New Mexico will b g ad-
mitted to statehood at this session of Con-
gress. r..,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-16

There is one thing every "budu must
have, and that's blow out.--Boston
Herald.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-16

Kind words are like bald heads, they
can never dye. Texas Sytings.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-10-11
Origin of the Harlennin.

John Rich, theson of Christopher Rich,
the manager of the theatre in Lincoln's
Inn Fields, London, was very illiterate
man, with strong dramatic instincts.
From his inability to speak upon the
stage he originated the silent harlequin,
and by mere dumb action could rival the
power and pathos of the most accom-
plished tragedian.
Previous to this, and, indeed, for some
time afterward, harlequin was a speak
ing part, and David Garrick played him
as such in the theatre at Goodman Fields.
1t was in the year 1717 that Rich ap-
peared in a apantomine called Harlequin
Executed"
jackson, in speaking of Rich's wonder
ful abilities as pantomimist, says: "On
his last revival of The Sorcerer' saw
him practice the Matching of harlequin
by the heat Of the sun, in order to point
1t out to Miles, who, though excellent
in the line of dumb significance, found
1t no easy matter 10 retain the lesson
Rich had taught him. This certainly
was a masterpiece in dumb show. From
the first chipping of the egg, his receiv-
ing of motion his feeling Of the GROUND,
his standing upright to his quick harle-
quin trip round the empty shell, through
the whole progression, every limb had
its tongue and every motion a voice,
which spoke with most miraculous organ
to the understanding and sensation OF
the observers.
The tight fitting spangled dres es which
are now worn by all harlequins were not
adopted until the present century Scot
tish Stage.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-10-11

The truth is, our ideas of literature
are stepped in the colors of our trades.
Our interpretations of Shakespeare re-
feet our daily lives and callings. The
merchant measures him as his cotton.
The judge tries him in his courts of law.
The oration Of Mark Antony, for exam
pie, is to the clergyman only funeral
discourse over departed member of his
hock; the politician views it merely as a
fine example of political artifce; the
rhetorician delights in the richness of its
figures; the logician scans its conclusion
in the light of its premises; the historian
notes it as marking an epoch in the an
nails of Rome, and the actor, not to say
it profanely, beholds it as a rack on
which to hang his effects of attitude and
gesture. We thus read Shakespeare in
the light of our vocations. We cannot
get away from the mental habits of our
trade or our profession. Much harder
still is it to break away from the spirit
of the age in which we live. InYolunta4
rily we invest other ages with the Gus
toms of our own.--James e. Murdoch in
Forum.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-10-11

The base of the nails presents a not
less important field for the exercise Of
care and attention than the tips. No
nail can be handsome one which is
Overgrown and smothered at the lower
portion by a clinging mass Of skin, often
dry, split and ragged from neglect. If
this condition has been allowed to con-
tinue from childhood the adult person
who has come to feel something Of pride
in his personal appearance viii confront
quite task in the attempt to correct
the evil; but there is nothing of this
sort impossible to the persistent, careful
worker
The skin should be patiently pressed
back, by degrees, till the beauty of the
well proportioned nail, with its charm
ing, pearly white crescent at the base,
stands out as an adequate reward for all
the effort. If a manicure set be not at
hand, gentle pressure from the thumb
nail of the opposite hand makes very
acceptable substitute, the field of opera
tions being kept in good condition by
frequent bathing and rubbing, especial
pains being taken to remove chang
nails" or any fragments Of dry skin ad-
herring to the nails themselves. Good
Housekeeping.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-10-11


Ugliness as a disqualifying cause seems
Ineligible in a candidate for matrimony,
but is certainly less so when the question
is one of fitness for military service.
This, however, is one ON the list of dis
qualifications laid down by the head of
the medical department in a manual just
issued ON "Conscription in France" Lat
terly the French authorities seem to be
much more liberal in admitting the
claims of men who do not wish to serve.
The reflections are 8 per cent, more nu-
merous than at the previous conscrip-
ton. The French are looking more to
the quality of their army than to the
number of recruits. Excessive ugliness,
says this military doctor, makes "a man
ridiculous, prevents him from having
authority over his comrades, and leaves
him morbid and sensitive. If the ugH-
ness be adequate the claim must be al
lowed. male hysteria" is another valid
plea. The army doctors say it exists
among French conscripts, and it is the
more Objectionable as it is contagious
Cor. London telegraph.
An Ancient Image Discovered.
A valuable archaeological find was
made recently by a poor woman, by name
Jane Honeylow, living short distance
down the coast from Tuxpan, Mexico.
She was engaged in enlarging her little
garden spot, and with grubbing hoe was
digging up a growth of weeds and vines,
when coming in contact with something
hard, which she found impossible to re-
move, she dug around it and found that
object to be an iron boiler such as is used
in ships. It was filled up with earth to
the depth of foot and more, and this
being taken out large stone was found
tightly wedged in, forming a sort Of lid
OF stopper
This was removed with great difficulty,
but beneath was found what was evi-
IDENTIFY once book, -as heavy leather
covers, fixed with rusty gold clasp,
showed, though the contents had been
reduced to mere pulpy mass, which
fell to pieces when taken out. There
were also nearly $500 in Spanish doub-
looms of the date of 1897, but the great
est archaeological treasure was small
image of the virgin and child in solid
silver, which, when cleaned of the mold
and tarnish of time and soil, was found
to be inscribed with a Latin dedication
to one Pietro, with the brotherly love OF
Benvenuto.
That it was the work of the great
italian can well be believed, for the
statue is one of extraordinary beauty It
is about nine inches in height and repre-.
sents the mother bending over the child
in an attitude of prayer, How it came
to be hidden here ON the Mexican coast
is not easily solved, implying variety
of adventures, but it is probable that it
was buried there by some of the Spanish
marauders who visited the coast fire.
qusntly during the Eighteenth century
and who had probably stolen it from
some church or museum in Europe. The
woman who found it has already been
offered 81 600 for the image. Cor, Phil
adelphia Times
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-10-11
Fnnd nf DC and nIi1lr.

A medium sized, stout, dark complex
ioned man, neatly attired and evidently
foreigner, appears regularly every
evening at an eating house at Washing
ton, and as regularly asks the waiter
who serves him, "What kind of pie have
You got today" The waiter names the
different kinds of pie, including peach,
lemon, cranberry, apple and custard.
The customer requests the waiter to
bring a piece of the pie first mentioned
and also glass of buttermilk. AS soon
as he has devoured this course he calls
for another piece of pie of different
kind and glass of buttermilk He then
continues to order pie until he has final
ly eaten five pieces of pie of different
kinds and drunk five glassfuls of but
terlnilk. The waiter who always attends
this pie eater says that he has been pat
ronizing the house for some time, and
that he has never changed his order, but
always eats this strange combination of
food. w Washington Letter.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-10-11
Russell Harrison's wedding.

The ceremony was performed at Oma-
ha in the handsome Trinity cathedral by
Dean Millspaugh before brilliant gath.
ering Of prominent society people. Just
as the last solemn words were being
spoken which were to bind the beauti-
ful Miss Saunders TO Mr.. Harrison a
well known lawyer of Omaha one Of the
guests and an intimate friend of the
HaTIisons without a moments warning
dropped dead where he stood. The eff -ct
of such a sad affair may be imagined.
The scene Of happiness was changed in a
moment to one Of mourning, The bridal
wreaths and roses were trampled under
foot in the wild rush for assistance, and,
where but few minutes before the
strains Of the wedding march were re-
sounding, now the screams Of women
aud the weeping of friends We're heard.
Pale and frightened the bridal couple
left the cathedral, and many were the
solemn and grewsome prophecies that
their married life would not be q happy
one.-Chicago News.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-10-11

Mr.. Andrews came pretty near selling
the queen a sample of his marble-that
would have been a great thing for him.
He was telling me all about it the other
day.
20. R. johnson, the vice consul, said
he, 'got me a card to the queens draw
ing room in May, and went to it at
tired in court dress which hired at a
shop in Bond street. There was an aw-
ful crush, but | contrived to get pretty
near the head of the procession by tip
ping a sixpence to the lord chancellor of
the privy chamber. l bowed and kissed
the queens hand in great shape; told her
had always admired and sympathized
with her-that particularly revered
her for her devotion to the memory of
the departed, My words seemed to touch
her deeply. She answered that it was
her determination to keep that memory
forever green. In that case, said |, let
me give you pointer-buy fifty foot
slab Of my verd-antique marbler"
"What did she say TO that?' l asked
"She didn't say anything" replied Mr.
Andrews, "but rude fat man in gilt
lace and a cooked hat told me to keep
moving on around to the left. I'd have
closed a sale if it hadn't been for him. {"
Eugene Field in Chicago News.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-10-11
Infant Foods.

At meeting of the American Associ-
alton for the Advancement of Science
DIR. Frederick Hoffman spoke about the
food preparations now so largely used
for infants and children as substitutes
for mothers milk and other food. Ac-
cording to reliable estimates the guam
THY of such artificial food annually con-
snmed in the United States amounts in
money value from about $1,000, 900 to
$4,000, 900. The problem of artificial
food for the rising generation, and par.
ticularly during the first period of its
struggle for life and survival, is a very
important one, not only to the state, the
commonwealth and the family, but also
to the sanitarian and the chemist. These
artificial foods mostly claim TO be per
feet; few have been analysed by indie
pendent chemists, often with question
able accuracy or results, while many
are Of unknown position. -Hali'a
Journal of Health.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-10-11

The late Hon. David Dudley, of Presque
Isle, was a great tobacco hater. He
would not sell the weed in his store and
would not allow any one to smoke on his
premises. While Hon. Hannibal Ham
lin was vice president he visited Presque
Isle, and being well acquainted with Mr.
Dudley called on him. The honorable
vice president was smoking a cigar when
he entered the shop. Mr.. Dudley, glad
to see him, shook him by the hand and
then said, "Mr. Hamlin, the boys and
men all know that don't allow smoking
IN my store, and to be consistent must
ask sou to either throw away your cigar
orstep out ON the platform, All present,
Mr.. Hamlin included, respected him the
more for his manly courage Lewiston
Journal
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-10-11
LOBSTER ANo COB CULTURE.
A New Departure IN the Propagation Of
the sho1ldsh.

n new departure in the propagation OF
the shoildsh.
It is very probable that ureaas we have
resort 70 artificial culture " replenish
our lobster fisheries there will be o
marked decline in Nova Scotia's output
during the next few years. Already
Newfoundland is ahead Of us in this
branch Of fish culture, for under the
management of Adolph Nielsen, a Nor
wegian expert, "the ancient colony" has
taken new departure in the propaga-
ton Of cod and Holsters. In a recent
article Rev. Moses Harvey writes that
the fish hatchery on the shore of Trinity
bay is the largest in the world for the
propagation Of Goldfish and HOLSTERS, and
capable Of Matching 800, ,000,0 900 of cod
and 200 600 900 Holsters in single sea-
son.
A single mother lobster can stow away
no less than 10000 eggs, and she carries
these about with her until they are ri
pened and Matched. The lobster trapper
takes these mother fish and carries them
to the factory, where they are thrown
into boiling water, and Of course the eggs
are destroyed. The quantity of lobster
ova that perish in this way is beyond
all calculation, and is one great cause Of
depleted fisheries.
Mr.. Harvey thus describes Mr.. Mel
sens ingenious methods: He gets the fe-
male lobster at the factories before they
are boiled, and with a sort of spoon CON
structed for the purpose he strips the
eggs from the fibrils and returns the lob
uf44 ,fr.fa 4a1r,
which are not nearly so delicate as those
Of the cod and places them in the incu-
bators, where the water is kept in con-
stant motion.
After a time, longer or shorter ac-
cording to the degree of ripeness they
have reached before being removed from
the mother, these ova are hatched. With
some of them only two days are required;
in the case of others less advanced a
month or even two months may be
needed to hatch them. Unlike the cod
the young lobster must be fed, for it has
no yolk sac to feed on when it breaks
from the shell. Mussels chopped fine,
with occasionally a few yollzs of eggs,
furnish food ON which they grow rapid
Iy, and in five or six days they have gone
through their first shelling and are fit to
be set free in the water to pick up their
own living.
Mr.. Nielsen has invented floating in
cubators to be placed in the water near
the lobster factories which are scattered
around the shores. In these incubators
the eggs are placed and attended to by
men properly instructed. He has 432 of
these floating incubators distributed this
year at thirteen different stations
thirty-six at each. They are reported to
be working admirably There would be
no serious difficulty, ,involved in making
similar experiments upon our own coast,
and we understand that the energetic
minister of marine already has the prof
ect under consideration. Halifax Her
aid.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-10-11

Very few of those who watched the
torpedo boat Cushing as she took her
spins around the harbor, or as she APP
peared in her cradle in the dry dock, re-
allied how trying is service on board the
little vessel, even in time of peace
When the Cushing is under way the
temperature in the little engine room
gets up to anywhere from 1870 to 100
degs., and in the narrow quarters where
in the twenty-three officers and men are
slowed the thermometer for hours at a
time will register 100. But such things
must be when you put 1 ZOO horse power
machinery into a boat of only ninety
tons displacement and the safety valves
are set to blow off at 250. The fire room
of the Gushing when she is making her
highest speed, 81.4 miles an hour, must
give the unfortunate men in it vivid
idea of how salamapders feel. Boston
Transcript.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-10-11

The most of the Jerusalem Jews are
poor, and nine-tenths Of them are sur
rounded by dirt and squalor I took a
little Greek boy for a guide one day and
made a tour through the Jewish quar-
ters. My Greek could talk half dozen
different languages, and we went
through section after section of the city
in which thousands of these Jews lived
Their houses were of stone, and they
looked as though they had been dug out
of a rock like cave. Whole families
were living in one room Of the size Of a
hall bedroom, and few of these rooms
had any windows. Many of them
opened out on little courts, and found
up two flights of stairs six families liv-
ing in rs many cave like rooms around
a dirty little close square.
Outside of each room was little pen
in which there was a rude stove for the
burning of charcoal and in these little
box like pens, only large enough for a
woman to turn around in, all the cook
ing of the family was done. Through
the center of the court ran well which
was the property of the whole COM
munity. There were no sanitary ar
rangements of any kind, and the smell
of filth was disgusting. On the door
posts Of each of these rooms was tackled
strip of parchment six inches long, on
which were Hebrew characters. asked
what these meant, and was told that
they represented the name of Jehovah
and the ten commandments. These
Jews have great faith, and they believe
this parchment protects them from in
jury. They wear the ten command
ments tied around tSeir arms, under
their clothes, and at times of worship
they bind philaoteries about their fore
heads.--Franls q. Carpenter in National
Tribune
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-10-11
Making Use Of wrecks.

In Chatham it win be noticed that
there are on many barns and many out
buildings signs which, to the uninitlat-
ed, are, Of themselves, meaningless.
They have fantastic names carved upon
them, such as "Flying Cloud" MAR
guerite," etc They are all that are left
of once gallant ships that have been
wrecked ON the bars and shoals off Chat
ham, Many there are Of these.-ProY-
incetowp Beacon.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-10-11
Great Diseoverers.

What Bell and Edison are 10 the tele-
phone and electricity, says the Pittsburg
News, DR.. franklin Miles, the well-kuown
specialist in nervous diseases, is 10 the
nervous system aud nerve fluid. Among
his numerous discoveries the Restorative
Neryine is undoubtedly one of the greatest.
It is unsurpassed in nervousness, dyspepsia,
headache, epilepsy, neuralgia, backache,
melancholy, sleeplessness, change of life,
etc. Free trial bottles of it may be had Of
I. D. Thomas and W, F. Biery, Druggists.
All should read hls "New and Startling
Facts of the Afflicted very able, inter
esting and finely illustrated book, Free to
ali.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-10-11
LAC Tommy sometIme..

Mr.. Dashboard Poore the other even
ing invited few friends to dinner.
During the repast Howells, one of the
guests, while roaring over one Of Poure's
bon mots, accidentally knocked one OF
those fashionable hook glasses off the
table, and it smashed upon the floor
No one seemed to take notice of the in
cident except Tommy, the precocious
pride of his mothers heart, who Ga
claimed; "Oh, mamma, it's one of those
glasses we borrowed from Mr. Robin
son, next door. n-Jewelers' Circular.