davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-02-15
To th. Yoter. of LehIghton,

The undersigned announce himself to
the voters Of the borough of Lehighton for
the Office Of tax collector for the ensuing
year. Respectfully
WILLIAM SCHADEL.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-02-15


The Importance Of purifying the blood can
not be oVerestimated, for without pure bloOa
you cannot enjoy good health.
At this season nearly every one needs o
good medicine to purify, vitalize, and enrich
the blood, aud We ask you to try HOSd's
Roo,,Iio. .. sarsapariIla. Itstrengthens
FOCuIlcli and builds up the system,
creates an appetite, and tones the digestion,
while Il eradicates disease. The peculiar
combination, proportion, and preparation
Of the vegetable remedies used give TO
IaG hpOSa Su,atTs s1TsaPoTn PoTeps p'1S So To Itself
other medicine has such arecOrd of wonderful
cures. If you hSYe made up your mind 10
buy Hoods sarsaparilla do not be induced to
take any other instead. It is Peculiar
Medicine, and is worthy your confidence.
Hoods saTsaparilla is sold by all druggists.
Prepared by G. !. Hood s. Co., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-02-15
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Notice.

Estate of JOHN SCHWARTZ, Deceased.
Letters of administration on the estate of John
Schwartz, late of the Borough of LehightOn, Car
granted to Horace Heydt, residing in said BOr-
ough, whom all persons indebted to said es-
tate are requested to make payment. and those
having claims or demands, 10 make known the
same without delay. HORACE HEYDT,
Frevman & Heydt, Attorneys. Adms.
12-14-S9
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-02-15
Eagle Cash Store. {"
Down they go to make room for
NEW SPRING GOODS.
The stock includes bargains in
Blankets, Boots, &c.

Agent for the Styrol Combina-
ton Fencing for Poultry and
farming Purposes. Its Cheap.
Come aud look at samples.
ROBERT WALP.
err L. Y. KsuEd usS, NoEthBAnkGA
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-02-15
omeers to be Elected.

agCheap election tickets at this office.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-02-15

bank Street, between South Street and Plum
Alley, Lehighton, a.
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-08

. *: Industry which is springing up
u. oathcrn California is mackerel fish
IL &nd is thus described by Tho Los
angeles tCa!.) Times. Last year w. II.
Maurice. Il produce jobber of this city,
started some mon to catching mackcrel
off Catalina Island and sailing them.
About twenty barrels were put up, and
these, utilized as samples, made such a
favorable impression that it was deter
mined to put up a supply for the trade
this year. The seasons pack already has
commenced at Catalina, and it promises
to be very successful. The only trouble
| with the fishes is an embarrassment of
riches.
The schools of fish encountered IRE so
vast that it is impossible to draw q net
around one, and us only a portion is in
cluded in the sweep they get started on
a run like Il flock of sheep, and the ma
jor portion escape. When u small school
is encountered the seining is more sue
ccssful. This seasons pack will be.fron
500 to 1000 barrels of fish, and Mr..
Maurice expects to supply orders as far
east as Denver, and possibly Kansas
City. The fish are said to be very
fine, ranking with the imported brand
''bloater mess" and averaging one and
three-quarter pounds each, dressed.
Very few of that choice brand reach
this coast through the dealers, and those
which do are sold at a fancy price
about twenty-five cents u pound. The
average supply of this coast is rated as
No. 3, and commands ut Wholesale from
sci to $a5 n barrel.
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-08
Electricity Rampant,

DR.. F. p. Blodgett and wife, of Anso-
mia, Conn.,, had an odd experience with
electricity the other day. After a heavy
downpour of rain, during which there
was only II flash of lightning, Mrs.
Blodgett went into the kitchen to get q
knife, which was placed over the sink
between the water pipe and the wall.
AS her fingers touched it she was sent
staggering away by a severe shock Of
electricity. She called her husband from
his Office and asked him to get the knife
for her. He had all he could do to keep
from falling to the floor.
In attempting to draw water from the
pipe DIR. Blodgett received severe shock,
though a pipe in his Office on the same
floor was not affected in tho least. I'm
der the sink were kept the iron pots and
kettles used in the kitchen. On opening
the door of the sink sparks We're seen
jumping from n point to another with
a loud noise. The utensils We're removed
with difficulty for fear of fire.
During the display DR.. Blodgett took
up a cake of soap from an iron soap dish.
He did not touch the iron, but he re-
ceived a shock from tho soap that made
every nerve ting]e, and the shock con-
tinued as long as he held the SOAP
Ansonia Sentinel,
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-08
Millions of Stray Letters.

The postoffice department ut Washing
ton has issued u notice calling public at
tention to tho fact that over six million
pieces Of mail matter were SEA to the
dead letter office in the past year by
reason of incorrect. illegible or deficient
address, insufficient postage and insecure
cumming. This is u daily average of
over 10000 pieces, the loss of which
naturally must often aus great incon-
venience to persons using tho mails.
The greater portion of the matter re-
ferred to is not called for and is sent to the
dead letter office unless the address Of
the sender is on the inclosurc, or some
clew to his whereabouts. Letters con.
tanning any inclosurc of value are re-
corded aud filed and are delivered upon
proper Identification. If they are not
called for within two years they are sold
at auction and the proceeds paid into the
treasury.
Of the unclaimed and undelivered
mail matter received ut the dead letter
Office in the past year $4,000 contained
money, amounting in all to $4S,0 42; 1900
had Enclosures of postal notes in small
sums under s., aggregating $500;
$1,000 wero found to contain drafts,
checks, notes, commercial paper, ETC.,
in the sum Of $1,471,s71, while $4,000
contained paid and Cancelled obligations,
receipts evidencing payments Of money,
deeds, mortgages and general miscella-
neous papers.
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-08
Keep tho Nails In Trim.

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 a handsome one which is
overgrown and smothered at the lower
portion by u clinging mass of skin, often
dry, split and ragged from neglect. IF
this condition has been allowed to con-
tinue from childhood tho adult person
who has come to feel something of pride
in his personal appearance will confront
quite a 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 proportional 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 q very
acceptable substitute, tho field of opera
tons 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 Dickinson press., 1890-11-08
Lost to Sight.

Gen. Sheridan was not q tall man,
though he had a commanding presence.
While he was an under officer he was
IL day drilling a company, and was
annoyed by the unsoldierly appearance
of q tall, round shouldered Irish recruit.
"Don't stand in that way" Sheridan
finally exclaimed. "You look like a
Chinaman doubled over a washtub.
Strengthen up-form erect, chest out and
chin elevated. Like this"
Then the officer gave the man a SD
perb example of the perfect soldier in
parade movement, his eyes fixed unal-
terably away from earthly things.
can its straight ahid I'll he afther
lookin' all the ~toi1nc?" asked the recruit,
glancing down at his superior officer.
with a twinkle in his eye. ..
eyes; if you mean to be a respectable
soldier, certainly"
The Irishman pulled himself out like
a pigeon, and stepping off to the meas
ured "Right" "Left!" he exclaimed,
"Well, good-boi to ye, lefteDant; I'll
niver see We agin. Youths Companion.
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-08
Excessive uS1incss in so,aisrs

Ugliness as q disqualifying cause seems
Ineligible Gina candidate for matri1nony,
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 Oh Transcription 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 5 per cent. moro nu-
merous than at the previous conscrip-
ton. The French are looking moro to
the quality Of their army than to the
number of recruits. Excessive ugliness,
says this military doctor, makes a mar
ridiculous, prevents him from having
authority over his comrades, and leaves
him morbid and sensitive. If the ugli-
ness be adequate the claim must be al
lowed. male hysteria" is anothcr valid
plea. The army doctors say it exists
among French conscripts, and it is the
moro Objectionable as tits contagious
Cor. London Telegraph.
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-08
Not Eager to snxe Inc.

Every season regularly some event
happens on the Norman or Breton coast
which brings into relief the apathy and
Indifference of the bathing box owners
when any of their customers have the
misfortune to DO in danger whilo swim
ming. This time the perilous adventure
of NJ. Edmond Haraucourt. poet and
dramatist, is ease in point. Nj. Harau-
court, while swimming lately, was car
ried a long distance away from tho shore
by the current.
The wave were running high at the
time, and everybody gave the swimmer
up as lost. His mother and friends who
were watching him battling for life with
the surge begged and implored the
wner of the bathing boxes to send out
a boat to tho rescue. This the man re-
fused to do steadfastly, alleging that, as
there was no chance of saving M. Harau-
courts life, it was useless to run the risk
Of having the boat dashed against the
rocks. In the meantime, thanks to his
strength and skill us Il swimmer, NJ.
Haraucourt was enabled to get near the
foot of the cliff, where he was thrown
by tho surge on tho shore, which he had
not hoped to reach again alive.-Pall
Mall Gazette.
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-08
Gaming for n N1an,s Life.

Before the war a man was on trial in
Lauderdale county for murder. The
circumstantial evidence against the man
was very strong, and when the jury re-
tired and tooka ballot the result was six
for conviction and six for acquittal. 1t
remained this way for two days and
nights, neither side showing any DISPOSE
ton to change their minds. At last one
Of the jury, named S~ilvertooth, proposed
a game of seven up between the oppos-
ing sides, n man to be selected from
each side, and whoever won the losing
side was to stand by the result.
This was agreed to, and Silvertooth,
who was in favor Of acquitting the pris-
oner, and another juror, who was strong
ly in favor of conviction, commenced the
game. 1t was a holly contested game,
and each juror had scored six points
when it am Silvertooth's time to deal.
He shufled the cards carefully and
dealt off the right number to each and
then turned a jack, which made him win
the game and which saved the prisoners
life. The six who were for conviction
voted with the other six for acquittal
and the prisoner was discharged from
custody.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-08

A singular story, which tho genius Of
. Hoffman or a Poe might make ex-
tremely effective, is that of a man in In
diana who seems to have been haunted
by an evil spirit in the form of a rat-or
at least that is the form the idea would
probably take in the story.
Some twenty years since he was feed
ing grain in a threshing machine, when
q rat ran across the floor of the barn
where he was at work. He turned to
watch it, and allowed his hand to be
drawn into the machine in his absent
mindedness. His hand was torn off, and
he has since been forced to make shift
with tho remaining hand. which fortu-
nately was tho right.
A few days since, go the story goes, he
was feeding a threshing machine in the
same place. when again a rat ran across
the floor. Remembering the old acct
dent he vented his indignation in a VIC
lent kick ut the animal, when his foot
slipped, he lost his balance, and in re-
covering himself he let his right hand DO
drawn into the machine, and it was in
turn pulled off rs the other had been.
The story is a curious one, and full of
possibilities in the way of development
of its marvellous side. It could be car
ried q little farther, and the browning in
cident be made the death of the victim
of the malevolent haunting rat.-Boston
Courier.
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-08

81 must STAY three or four foot SOL
dicrs!" exclaimed a cuirassier named
Lefranc, as with some of his comrades
in the same regiment he stopped Croi-
son, an i%noffensive fantassin, in the
streets of Anglers, in which their respect
i've corps were quartered on the evening
of tho national fete. Suiting the action
to the word Lefranc drew his saber and
proceeded to attack the infantryman,
who, parrying his thrusts with his bay
onet as best he could, drove nearly the
whole of the weapon into his adversary's
side. The cuirassier reeled and then
fell down dead. Croison returned quiet
ly to his barracks, where he was put I'M
der arrest in the course of, the night,
He has been tried by court martial.
His officers gave him an excellent
character, and he himself declared that
he much regretted what he had done,
but added that his life was at stake. 1t
was ascertained that the cuirassier had
already thrashed q foot soldier belonging
to another regiment on that same even
ing, and Croison was acquitted, the
court arriving at the conclusion that he
had simply acted in self defense and had
had no intention of killing his opponent
outright. French soldiers always go out
with their sidearms, and their conduct
is, as a rule, so steady and orderly that
only on rare and exceptional occasions
like tho n just cited do they make a
bad, or rather any, use of their weapons.
London Telegraph.
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-08
PLAYED pocahontas. Racket.

All Wing, a Chinese cook on a wllaler,
recently arrived here from Sitka with his
Indian wife. The story of how he came
to wed his Alaskan bride reads like the
romance of Pocahontas and John Smith.
The whaler on which Wing cooked was
wrecked on the Alaskan coast and Wing
escaped to the ice, where he was found
by Indians. They treated him kindly
and fed him SO carefully his suspicious
We're aroused, and he learned from the
chiefs daughter that he was to be bar
becued for a big feast.
He made love to the damsel, and on
the fatal day when he was brought out
to be killed the daughter pleaded for his
life, which her father granted. They
We're married and lived some time with
the tribe, but Wing grew tired of walrus
meat and escaped with his wife in u
whaler. He is now tailoringin this city,
his wife helping him, as she has become
an adept with the needle. She shows
signs of consumption, however, due to
indoor life, as she can not he induced to
venture on the street, being afraid of the
noise and bustle.-Cor. st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-08
Surface Traffic in l,i.. cities

Trustworthy figures, recently coin
piled, show the mileage of street car
track in the United States and Canada
to be nearly $1,000. Horse railways oc-
cupy 5000, electric railways 1853, dunn
my lines $50 and cable lines AL. The
number of electric roads now in opera
ton is 2o4 against a cable roads. Some
idea of the enormous proportions to
which the street railroad traffic has at
tanned can be gained from the fact that
in one city, st. Louis, the whole popula-
ton is carried 10 times q year by the
street cars, and in the state of New York
the statistics of the surface railways 70,
the year ending September, 1880, show
that the whole population of tho state
was carried nearly sixty times. If tc
the surface lines were added tho ele.
waited roads, the number of trips per in
dividual would be over eighty.-New
York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-08
The Loyc of Novcl,v and Cbonoc

~ " NOsSAsS NiAN SitOuSC.
The residents Of old Athens gained an
enduring fame from their never ending
search for "some new thing" In this
respect Athens of old does not seem to
have differed very widely from the NV.
erage community of today.
People tire Of life's dull monotony,
and the fellow who comes along and
gives them something to talk and think
about is hailed with delight, even though
he may sometimes be laughed ut.
If you a both interest and amuse
people, you can make money out OF
them. This is IL calculating way of put.
ting the case, but it's a fact.
If you're a merchant, mako your adj
vertisement different, in some respect
from that Of any other merchant who
uses the same medium. And chunG.
your advertisement frequently-the
oftener the better. The merchant who
never allowst the same ad. to appear twic,
in succession will find that the labor o.
getting up new copy" is splendidly re
warded by the results.
Throw variety into your stock, too
Don't buy q certain line of goods Thu
year just because you did last. Perhaps
you a do better this year. Shift YOU
stock about. Bright colors, new good.
and a new nd. every day OF week viii
make things go.
Lot the other fellow get into the rut
you keep ouh
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-08
Disadvantages of Rank.

Rank has its disadvantages if "the
claims of long descent" incumbcr its
possessor with such baptismal heritage
as Lyona Decima Veronica Esyth Un-
dine Cyssa Hylda Rowena Adela Thy1a
Ursula Ysabel Blanche Lelias Dysart
Plantagenet, which is the name Of Il
pretty 1~2-year-old cousin of the volatile
Earl of Dysart, all the other Dysart
Plantagenets being endowed with equal
iberality as to prenomen and agnomen,
as witness for example Mabel Helming-
ham Ethel Huntingtower Beatrice Bla-
zonberrie E%vangeline Wise de Lou de
Orellana Toedmag Saxon Dysart Plan
tagenet, or Lyneph Ydwallo Odin hester
Egbert Lyonel Toedmag Hugh Erchen-
wyne Saxon Esa Cromwell Orma Nevill
Dysart Plantagenet.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-08
An Enginccr,s :iuperstition.

Elias A. Sullivan, nicknamed by
friends 'Yank" Sullivan, who bravely
met death in the Baltimore and Ohio
wreck at Osceola, was one of the best
known engineers on the road. "Yank"
firmly believed in all the peculiar super
stitions to which railroaders as a class
pin faith. Two months before his fatal
wreck he took his engine, No. ATS, the
largest on the road, out of the repair
shops. On his first trip a wreck occurred
on the eastern division. This cemented
his half hearted faith in an unlucky Fri
day. His engine needed repairs shortly
afterward, and was ready for the road
again on the Friday previous to the
night of his death ride. This time
"Yank" positively refused to go out,
saying an accident was sure to follow.
His fears were laughed to scorn by the
men collected in the round house, and
Sullivan took the engine. That his
words were prophetic proved too true,
and it would be impossible now to get
an engineer to take his engine out of the
Glenwood shops on Friday.-Pittsburg
! Times.
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-08
This Old Man keens Score

AL Tx -fxNl 1ASShS CSuESs
A familiar figure in a down town
oeanery, where one finds no more elab-
orate menu than is comprised in such
u%tterances as Ham and" ''Dlaw one!!'
and "Threc sinkers!" is an old maj with
white hair and a certain something
about him that suggests better days.
This person generally makes his ap-
pearanco in his favorite haunt about
noon and sits there until 6 o'clock i'll the
afternoon. He always has q pencil i'll
his hand and Il piece of paper before
him OF the table, OH which he occasion
ally jots down Il memorandum. Every
now and then he chatters earnestly to
himself. Many a customer has had his
curiosity so far aroused that he has ap-
pealed to the proprietor for an cxplana-
ton of the old fellows mysterious con-
duct.
He learns that the mysterious habitue
is an old Bostonian whose children live
in New York and support their father.
Tho old nan used to be wealthy, but lost
his fortune and his mind together some
years ago.
His favorite amusement is to sit all
day, as described, noting tho orders as
they are given by the patrons of the res
taurant. Every time ''pork and Bos-
ton" is the order lie scores one for his
native town, and when the topthsome
bean is ordered New York style he also
reluctantly jots down the fact.
The proprietor says that he can always
tell how the orders have run during the
day, because when orders for 'pork and
Boston" have been in the majority the
old mar goes home with a satisfied air
and a pleasant word at the desk, while
when the cast is reversed he goes out
with a troubled face and muttering an
grily to himself.-New York Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-08
A Wonder Worker.

Mr.. Frank Huffman, a young man of
Burlington, Ohio, states that he has
been under the care of two prominent
physicians, and used their treatment
until he was not able to get around.
They pronounced his case to be Con-
sumption and incurable. he was per-
suaded to try DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and. Colds.
and at that time was not able to walk
across the street without resting. ia
found, before he had used half Of q dol
lar bottle, that he was much better; he
continued to use it and is to-day enjoy
ing good health. If you have any Throat,
Lung OF Chest Trouble try it. w
guarantee satisfaction. Trial bottle
free at j. ]. Freeman's Drug store.
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-08
IIoseriag Tickets TO Montana Union
RaiSay Points, either via. Logan or
Garrison, Mont.

IioHeriag Tickets 10 Montana Union
Rui,iay No.its, either via. Logan or
Garrison, Mont.
@.:OwiMg to the completion Of our new
Short lia2 10 Bate. and our increased
train service, We are now in: condi-
ton to make II special feature of bust
ness to Butte, Mont, and points west
thereof. VI e nnw oift; 10 the travel.
ing unl'lig ;Iie r:!oire nt two routes
OH all c~lt.5sv:; III !~ti;in.ss to Butte
and other M"n,sa.! Union Railway
points a4'i :uii T. On uur main line
west 81 Gyyri, 81.
We Will ,umGpi ~'.r!.vts of any class
to Mu:ta&a tli0lt Railway points,
either Via Logan "lUi ORR new short
line OF VIA G;,r;:," ,:;ui the Montana
Cniun ii".iN;...H =; ~" option of the
pls:s"iiM". wi..i1t.i extra Charge.
Ticket; 10 il.: IS ar o:,r main lines
we. ~ G.;i.i*.a VII .:iso he honored
Via l."M"N:. Il"tr "a. Montana Union
Raiiias :.lru. Iii Garrison, on via our
ln;}in liz" direct. rs the passenger
nf y ~s'us:Yv.
.:".~ VII" 81, tt visit both Butte
a:iti iIeleHA, a!l w,in hold tickets per
ln,tti:g sop a..'. Il have tickets
hmn":ta va: i.n.,':i 10 Butte and make
siAu ,rii; 4. il i"'& ''y payment o;
,e!l iaf". i;atts u lie e..a, anno aIting
To -, tM:i:,: %'.r:i fen is. can continue
Journey az ori:git;.ii Wicket f!on Helena
Oh iuajn li:!@ t~!.t.t.S; y. can so to Hell
emf first. thrM tu Butte. paying local
care, ;uil have his ticket lonored
from i,':tt. via Garrison, thus giving
;hc passenger : chance 10 see both OF
;h@5e wonderful: yani!s cities at Il
very Slight n>t:a cost.
al arrangements provided for here
II. ",;,ly .ni cast bound business lis
well rs Wvs.. !pu#Ml.
rri;la No aud 1 .::mm via Logan
md Hnitr: t:Mi.:4 i ru.l . via Helena
IL, :".m.;iy
Y""Is .ra;l$.
l.!.ts. :. FEE.
uumiti I',sa"a -"r I'D Ticket Agent.