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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10
Danger I'm Glasses.

BY wearing too strong near sighted
glasses continuously the nearsightedness
may be very greatly increased and dis
eased condition of the interior of the eye
caused, which may lead to very great
loss of sight and even total blindness.
Then, in other cases, wearing an eye
glass may do very much harm, because
we frequently notice people with their
eyeglasses tipped at various angles. In
these cases that glass is acting as prism,
and is not doing the work it should, but
is causing a strain upon the accommoda-
tion, which may be the starting point OF
a long series of nervous disorders. Again,
the wearing of either eyeglasses or spec
tacles without rims may in some cases
cause very annoying and injurious symp-
toms from the colors due to the pris.
matlc action of the edge of the glass. -
Medical Classics.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10
Mhers He,d Go.

The popular captain of Company G.,
Twelfth Vermont regiment, was stroll
ing in the woods just out of camp one
day during the war, when he came upon
a member of his company sitting on the
stump of tree and looking as though
he had fought his last fight. "What's
the matter, Bill2'' said the captain. "Oh
nothing" was the reply; "Iamall right
"You look as though you had fit Of
homesickness." "No, sir" said Bill, with
some resentment, 'nothing of the sort.
"Well, what are you thinking about?
asked his questioner. 81 was thinking,
said the Vermonter, "that l wished
was in my fathers barn" "In YOU
fathers barnl What on earth woul(
you do if you were in your father
barn?' The poor fellow uttered Ions
drawn sigh and said: "Pd go into tn,
house mighty quick. salem Witch.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10

At a meeting Of the Chemists Assist
ants association some rather disquieting
specimens were exhibited. demonstrate
ing the existence of insects and germs"
In sundry pharmaceutical preparations
and drugs. The first was fair looking
sample of crushed linseed, recently OBJ
tanned from a large wholesale firm, and
kept in a wooden cask with a wooden
cover. The exhibitor gravely asked what
would be the effect Of applying poul-
tice containing thousands of insects"
to an open wound, especially if the poul-
tice be made from hot instead Of boiling
water2-London Lancet.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10
CsntsnAriAns RArs.

1t is a significant fact that twelve OF
the largest and oldest London life Assur.
ance companies, which had, OF course
issued policies only TO the most carefully
selected, could produce from their list
but a single case Of centenArianism. The
instances alleged Of persons reaching
their 19Oth, or even their 1l9th year, etc.
may be set down as without exception
not authentic. The three TO five year
over a hundred, which science indicate.
as the natural term Of human life, 4
found to.be the period beyond (which post
csntenarians, even under the best oondi
lions of attendance. nursing, ETC., fai
TO go.-Boston Herald.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10
nuttered ronst for potntoen.

NJ. Taine, the eminent French litera-
teur, was recently at Oxford and he or
dered plain roast beef and potatoes for
dinner. The waiter brought NJ. Taine
roast beef and buttered toast. NJ. Taine
exclaims, Waiter, some potatoes" The
waiter brought more buttered toast. M.
Taine, in pronouncing potatoes" laid
stress on the last syllable of potatoes
and gave the IS" more sibilation than
was necessary, so to the walters English
ear he was asking with tolerable clear
ness for buttered toast. When fresh lots
of buttered toast began to appear, NJ
Taine blandly demanded "some pota-
toes, with the result that his table was
literally covered with plates of buttered
toast; however, a well known Oxford
professor happened to enter the room al
this juncture and succeeded in clearing
up matters London Cor. of New Or
leans Picayune.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10
A nor WIN show nis nent.

Schoolmasters Of experience could, no
doubt, tell of numerous cases Of boys
who have been distinguished at school
for nothing at all, except possibly gen
eral all round laziness, aud who yet de-
Veloped In later life into successful war
riors, lawyers, clergymen, or authors.
The usual rule, however, seems to be that,
If boy is going to turn into a great man,
he shows some signs of his future in his
early career. 1t is not necessary for these
indications to be intellectual; youth en-
dowed with the exceptional physical
vigor which is destined TO carry him to
the front when he attains mans estate
may be prominent at school simply for
his athletic prowess.-London Telegraph.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10
Horace creelsr,a ravorlts Gut.

Hall, the chief messenger at the Gus
tom house, cultivated his suave manner
when he was the head waiter at the
Astor house. Nothing pleases him more
than to recall the days when he served
Horace Greeley, who dined foryears at
the Astor house. Dinner there at that
time was served on the American plan
and was from 10 IN. until p. m. 81
used to carve" said Hall, "and when l
had reached the twenty-fourth ortwenty-
fifth cut in rib of roast beef knew that
it was time for Mr.. Greeley to come in.
He liked the twenty-fourth or twenty
fifth cut because, suppose, the meat in
that part of the roast was done exactly
to suit his taste. When had got to Mr..
Greeley's cut 1 used to run my knife
around the rim of it and remove all the
oyerdOne edge or fat, which he did not
like. We heaped up the plate with pota.
toes, green peas and beans-Mr. Greeley
was a great hand for green peas-and
sent it in to him. New York Tribune
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10

r The use of wind power for producing
the electric light possesses the recon-
mendation that it is cheap. A wind
motor has been in successful operation
for some time at the northernmost light
house at Cape de la Hague, where it
drives two dynamos supplying accumu-
lators. The windmill rests upon timber
framing, and transmits motion by means
of vertical shaft and two pairs of CON
ical cog wheels to a horizontal shaft.
Pulleys are fixed to the latter, which
drive the dynamos by means Of betting
The windmill works automatically, both
during light winds and gales. .-Electri.
clan,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10


CHESTNUT burs, like milliners, have
fall openings.
"A FEW stiff horns will make MANY a
umid man pugnacious bull.
-MEN are apt TO worship what they can
not understand-women for example.
"Young man." said the baker, ''Pye
decided that It's about time for me TO put
a check to your aspirations toward the
hand OF my daughter" "Oh thank YOU sir.
But wouldn't it be better to wait tiu after
we're married, then the check could come
as wedding-present. II would save my
feelings a great deal"
-1HE small boy semarked that he would
like his teacher better II her ruling passion
was not so striking.
EXTREMES easily meet in infancy. II
is no work at all for the baby to suck his
toes,
THESE are trying times for me, wa,
what the cook said as sue stood oyer N,
Hard keg.
10, Lordl how You make me jumpP
as a grasshopper remarked when he wal
first created.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10
A rest fnr svmmntrr.

The best test for symmetry is simply
turning a man with his face to the wall.
If he be perfectly nodded and symmetri-
cally made his chest will just touch the
wall, his nose will be four inches away,
thighs five inches and the ends of his toes
three inches. The development of a mans
physical qualities is a most important
matter, and is one that is overlooked the
world over, and seldom is it that you will
find man who can stand the test
Philadelphia Record.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10

An Italian engineer recently announced
the discovery that sugar is an efficient
means of preventing boiler incrustations.
This brought out an additional discovery
by American engineers-that, by the use
Of sugar, boiler tubes can be kept per-
feotly olsan, but its corrosive action Is so
great that after short time there would
Be- but little boiler left Christian at
Work.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10

Government statistics show that $780,
100000 are required to represent the an
nual expenditure for the chicken crop of
the United States, and that 10000, 600
dozen Of eggs, worth 50, ,677 900, are inn
ported TO this country per year. Show
me a wheat crop result that can touch
those figures.
The expenditure in this country each
year for poultry and eggs viii amount 10
a much larger sum than that which
comes 10 the credit Of either the wheat
crop, the cotton crop Or the dairy pro-
duct.-lnterFiew in New York Star.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10

Actors are always ON good terms with
themselves professionally. They may be
miserable performers, not only beneath
criticism, but beneath censure; but they
never suspect it and could not be con-
vinoed of it. They may be conscious
that they are not liked on the stage, but
this, to their biased mind, IL only be-
cause they are not appreciated. The
number of wretched, irremediable actors
is incalculable, though not one of them
but in his own estimation is endowed
with something akin to genius. New
York Commercial Advertiser.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10

There is no period of life that deter
mines old maidhood; the habit of each
individual is to move the figure along
the scale Of years as time goes ON 30 that
a girl Of 10, who considers % a cold and
hopeless age for Q spinster, is certain to
change her mind and fix upon ~ as the
year of desolation when 20 has been
reached. Thus, 10y degrees, 80 is come
upon with some color OF complacency
and hope.-Chatter
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10

A Waldo county farmer, on going TO
his hen house the other morning, saw
one of his favorite hens lying on her
back, legs in the air and mouth wide
open, with all the appearance Of being
dead, but ON examination found half a
clam shell stuck in her throat. He took
the hen into the house, got pair OF pin
GERS, pulled out the shell, and the hen
came back to life and laid an unusually
big egg that day to show her gratitude,
Belfast Age.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10

Not long ago l heard one lady say to
another; "If ever you buy hat OF a
bonnet at any of these London shops be
sure to carry it away with you, for If
you leave it TO be sent the tradespeople
win steal off some of the plumes or other
ornaments and keep them for sale to
other customers. All the tradesmen in
London will do that, Eugene Field in
Chicago News.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10

Particularly on long journey. Be fully pre-
pared. You cannot be. permit us to say, unless
you are accompanied with the travellers and
TOURISTS wade meeum, Hostetter's Stomach Bit
teIh, most Benihi OF hppetlHers. .acelmatiEers and
promoters ofdisgestiOn. Against sea sickness
malaria, cramps and colics degotten of badly
cooked or unwholesome food and bracklsh water
nervousness, increased by travel eeronIc billions
ness and constipation, the Bitters Is sovereign
preventive. II imparts relish for food moi
altogether TO your taste, and prevents II from
disagreelng With you. Never was there such q
capital thing for the unfortunate dyspeptic who
stands In dread of the best cooked meal stomach
lc trouble caused by Ill prepared viands aboard
snip, on steamboats,, and rations hastily bOlted
AZ railway restaurants is soon remedied by the
bltters, which gives aquietus also to rheumatism
kidney troubles and insOmnia
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10

"It is very singular about my dog" /"
remarked clerk in the electric light
works to a friend.
"What about your dogS haven't
heard"
"Why, l took him 10 the works with
me and he was galvanized 80 badly
nearly lost him."
That's strange, remarked the friend
Il thought Il was only watches thAi
were galvanized BY oleotrioity."
"Wen, be was watch dog. Detpoii
Free Press.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10

Queer accidents will happen in Con.
nectlcut. A citizen of Norwich, stroll
ing along, accidentally hit his pipe with
his handi piece burning tobacco few
and hit him in the eye. 1t burned a deli
cate round hole In the eyeball, but care
ful treatment saved the sight Of it.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10
The oomInr AmsrIean ID.

The prediction is freely yentured that
as a result Of the cosmopolitan mixing
Of races In this country the American
girl of the future will be a brown haired,
than tbs girl Of today. but plumper aud
less angular Halls Journal Of Health.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10
Don't Feel We'll.

And yet you are not sick enough so consnlt
a doctor, or You refrain from so doing for
fear you will alarm yourself and friends-we
will tell you just what you need, Ii is Hoods
Sarsaparilla, which will lift You out of that
uncertain, uncomfortable, dangerous condi.
tion, into a state of soob health, confidence
and cheerfulness. You've no idea how
potent this peculiar medicine is in case like
yours.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10
Food and Rating.

If the food taken by the average man
were of better quality, and eaten with
Less haste, he would probably be strong
er than he is now. II the average wom-
an learns 70 cook better, ths average
man OF the next generation viii be bet
ter physically and mentally than the AZ
erage man of today.-D. B. st. John
Pom
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10

Over 60 people were forced TO leave theil
homes yesterday to call for a free trial pack
age Of Lanes Family Medicine. IL youi
blood Is bad, your liyes and kidneys out o
ORDER if you are constipated and haye head
ache and an unsightly complexion, don't fai
TO call on any druggist to-day for a Jre'
sample Of this grand remedy. The ladiei
praise it. Everyone likes il. Large sizeC
package so cents.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10

This is beyond question the most success
full Cough Medicine we have ever sold, q
few doses invariably cure the worst cases
of cough, Group, and Bronchitis, while it's
wonderful success in the cure of Consump
tion is without parallel in the history OF
medicine. Since it's first discovery it has
been sold on a guarantee, test which nC
other medicine can stand. If you have Q
cough we earnestly ask you to try It,
Price 10 cents, 30 cents, and SI.0O. Il
your lungs are sore, chest or back lame
use Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Sold al
Biery's or Thomas drug stores.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10

Another wonderful discovery has been made
and that too by a lady of this county. Disease
fastened its clutches upon her and for seven
years she stood Its severest tests, but her vital
organs were undermined and death seemed inn
minent For three months she cOughed incess-
antly and could not sleep. She bought OF us a
bottle of Dr. Kings New Discovery for con
sumption and was so much relieved on taking
first dose that she slept all night and with one
bottle has been miracnl0usly cured. Her name
is Mrs. Luther Lutz." Thus write W. G. Ham
rick Co, of Shelby, N. @. Get trial bottle a
REBER'S Drug Store.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10

Your distressing cough can be cured. We
know il because Kemp's Balsam within the
past few years has cured so many coughi
and colds in this community. lis remarka
hle sale has been won entirely by its genu
me merit Ask some friend who has useC
1t what he thinks of Kemp's Balsam. There
is no medicine so pure, none so effective
Large bottles SOC aud Sl.00 at all druggists
Sample bottle free
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10

Why do so many people we see around
us seem to prefer to suffer and be made
miserable by indigestion, constipation,
dizziness, loss of appetite, coming up OF
the food, yellow skin, when for 70 cents
we will sell them Shiloh's System Vitalizer,
guaranteed to cure them. Sold at Biery's
or Thomas drug stores.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10
A New Discovery.

To the liver and bowels, bnt give no
strength. The more you take the more
you need. Miles Pills positively strength
en-. The longer taken, the less required
Samples free at Biery's or Thomas Drug
Store
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10

The BEST Salve In the world for cuts, bruises
sores. ulcers, salt rheuin, fever sOres tetter,
chapped hands, Chllblalus eorns and all skin
rubtiOns, and positively cures piles, or no pay
eQulred. ills guaranteed TO give perfect salts
faction, or money refunded. Price % cents per
box For sale By REBER druggist.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10
Dropped Dead.

Psychologists estimate that the heart does
100000 pounds of work each day Nc
wonder people drop dead with worn out
hearts. This could be prevented by Dr.Miles
new and great discovery, the New Cure
Always commence when you first begin tC
be short ofbreath, have weak, or smotherinl
spells, pain or tenderness in side etc
Sold at Bierys or Thomas drug store.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10

A well-kno Fn sheriff who lives In Maine, had
cen given up to die with what his physicians
called consumption, friald advised the
sherif to try Puritan Cough and Consumption
naure, recovery soon followed, much to the sur.
prise Of the doctor, who now rrescri bes It for
r. ID, Thomas
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10

MAMMA Ito her little boy. "Now, Bennie. 4
you'll be good and 30 to sleep, mammam Civ,
you one Of DR.. Ayers nice sugar-ooated Uathari,
Pills, next time you need medicine" Bennle
smiling sWeetly, dropped on TO sleep a
once
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10

1t hurts a man just about as much TO
burn him in cffigy as to have his shadow
on the wall butted by goat.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10

There has not been a death among
the white population of Elbert County,
Ga, In two years.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10
SOME EDIBLE PLANTS,


The nasturtium makes a most delight
full salad, the leaves being selected for
the purpose as the most delicious portion.
The peppery, peculiar taste tickles the
taste of the epicure with its charms, and
the nasturtium salad is a favorite dish
on the buffet of the fastidious epicure.
The seed of this flower makes a most
tempting pickle, and invites by its quail
tiles an appetite to the most jaded palate
and stomach.
The cactus is a plant that has been
used with effect by the Indians, When
the Sioux so long defied the government
and were left without food or liquid,
they converted the cactus into nourish.
ing vegetable. Besides this, the liquid
coming from them served in the place oi
water.
Roses have always played an import
ant feature in the high art of cooking
Under Charlemagne's reign the devices
for cooking into which flowers were In
serted were several, while In the Seven
teenth century the women of the gentlest
birth, greatest wealth and highest posi-
tion in court took the greatest persona
interest in their kitchen and its results
A favorite method of giving fish tbs
taste of flowers at this time was TO boi
them in rose water. The flavor was sC
thoroughly impregnating that you woulC
imagine the fish was g rose ITSELF Th'
mode of dining in this century was one
of great magniticence. The rose as al
article of food has q history which gee
away back. 1t was well known to tn,
ancient Greeks and RomAns.-St Loui
Post Dispatch.
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What we Owe the BOYS.

Anything new and attractive In Boys 4 Youths
Suits you are sure to lnd by looking over Our
new large Spring Stock. Confirmation Suits a
great specially, made in the latest styles and OF
the newest fabrics, such as fine COrkscrew, Wide
Vale, Worsteds and neat Mixtures in aIl grades
and at Special Prices.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10

An unmixed evi.-whskeY straight
"A BAR-GAIN-When the drinks arr
paid for.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10

Merchants may differ in politics, hut
when IL comes down to business all alike
want prosperity,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10

And my money paid for it, After having
Liver Complaint fonr years, and spending
money on nostrums and doctors who did n
help me, tried Sulphur Bitters. 81,
bottles cured me. | shall always use them
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-10
GanstipatiOn;

If not remedied in season, is liable to
become habitual and chronic. Dras-
tic purgatives, by weakening the bowels,
confirm, rather than cure, the evil.
Ayers Pills, being mild, effective, and
strengthening in their action, are gener-
ally recommended by the faculty as the
best Of aperients.
"Having been subject, for years, to
constipation, without being able to find
much relief, at last tried Ayers Pills.
i deem it both duty and q pleasure
60 testify that have derived great BEN
eft from their use. For over two years
past / have taken one OF these pills
every night before retiring. Iwould not
willingly be without them" &c. w.
Bowman, 26 East Main st., Carlisle, Pa.
at have been taking Ayers Pills and
using them in my family since 1857, and
cheerfully recommend them to all in
need of safe but effectual cathartic."
John M. Boggs, Louisville, KY. g.
"For eight years I was afflicted with
constipation, which at last became so
bad that the doctors could do no more
for me. Then began to take Ayers
Pills, and soon the bowels recovered
their natural and regular action, 80 that
now am in excellent health. l..
Loughbridge, Bryan, Texas.
Having used Ayers Pills, with good
results, 1 fully indorse them for the pur-
poses for which they are recommended"
IT. COnners, NJ. D., Centre Bridge, Pa.
Ayers Pills.
= PAnRAnzD Bx .
Or. J. G. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold Sy all Druggists and Dealers In Noaisins.
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rnrcell tnI.enre Hn1no.

"A man welded TO his own ideas is a
difficult chap todivorce.