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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17


Plato was called the "Athenian Bee"
on account of the sweetness and purity
of his style.
"A bee in your bonnet" is a phrase
meant to imply that your head swarms
with dreamy theories. This connection
between bees and the head is derived
from the belief of the qpcients, who
called the moon bee, and the word
lunatic or Ip6epstfuck still means one
who has bees in his head.
Mahemet admitted bees to Paradise on
account of the belief that they were
wandering souls.
Bee raisers have numerous proverbs re-
garding bees which they regard with
veneration, such as this:
"A swarm Of Bess in May
Is worth lead Of hay
But a SWARM IN July
Is not worth 4 Ay."
An allusion to the custom of telling
the bees is found in histories and is one
of the traditions of the past which is so
remote that its origin can not be traced
On the death Of a member Of the family
it was customary to drape the hives with
mourning. IL tins was neglected IL was
believed that the bees would leave the
hives and seek new homes,
The custom is observed in rural New
England and many other parts of
America and is quite general in the old
world.
Our own Whittier has embodied the
quaint superstition in beautiful poem /:
Before them under the garden wall,
Forward and back,
Went drearily singing the chore-girl small
Draping each hive with shred Of black.
Trembling, listen the summer sun
Had the chill Of snow.
For knew she was telling the bees of one
Gone on the journey we all must go.
And the song she was singing, ever since
In my eur sounds on
Stay at home, pretty bees, fly not hencel
Mistress Mary is dead and gone!'H
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Single Copies S Cents
womAy's sun11mn unuoIs,I.
The Mother who Went 10 nurope
WIN Nine Small ChiIaren.

The Mother who Went to Europe
with Nine Small children.
Women, writes a New York corrc-
spondent Of the Detroit Free Press "are
certainly entitled to the blue ribbon for
heroism, a remarkable instance Of which
] have just seen.
"A lady, young, self possessed good
looking, eXquisitely dressed, and obvi-
ously in the keenest enjoyment of every
moments life, reached here a few DAYS
ago on herway to Europe. THERE'S Moth
ing remarkable in that, l acknowledge
But wait "Thisyount, happy, beautiful,
and well dressed woman did not comc to
New York alone-not quite, Ia fact she
had maid with her Besides that maid
(who seemed very jewel of an unob-
trusive and serviceable servant) were nine
children, the eldest of which, I viii so
upon oath, is not more than 0 years old.
Seven of them are boys. If you are
good arithmetician, you may easily fig
ure out that two are girls, All Of them
are towheads. The girls are demure, the
boys are turbulent And when you have
seven healthy, happy boys, with the ira
ditional boy appetite under their jackets
all at one table and with a New York no.
tel menu in reach, -on may lay modest
wager chat the mother who makes a CON
scientious effort TO keep them within the
bounds Of dccorum has formidable con.
tract on hand.
Il kept q furtive eye on the group for
three days, and the more ] observed the
greater grew my admiration for that
mother, whose generalship was such that
the champion crank Of our hotcl-even
the man who has no appetite and wants
the dining room windows kept shut all
summer-joined the rest of us in APPROX
ing smiles whenever she and her Nine
filed in for meal.
To-day she left us, and the whole es-
Enlistment went down to the steamer to
give her good luck send off. On board
she kept those impulsive lads of hers un-
der steady subsection without in the least
calling their bounding spirits. When the
big ship backed out into the stream they
swung their hats and hurrahed their
goodbyes, and the two demme little girls
tossed their finger tips to us in token that
we had not made ourselves disagreeable
to them during their occupancy OF the
big family table in the center of our din
ing room.
Now, what do you think of a woman
who calmly goes to Europe in the capac-
ity Of mother, pilot, and courier general
of such a company? Heroic Nothing
short Of the sublimest heroism, say I.
Name for me a man among the $780,
900, 900 men on the earth who would ven
ture upon her undertaking, and will en-
gage Homer to immortalize him in an
| epic
We're it not for being personal would
state that my heroine's name is Grandon
and that she comes from Cincinnati.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17

When the sky is blue and the wild
morning glories bloom and the trumpet
moses and trailing ivy cover the ground,
then on the edge of the hazels and under
the frs it occurs to the woman who is out
of the city for a month or day or an
hour to wonder how she can take home
some maiden hairs It would be better,
of course, not to disturb the shy beauties
except early in the spring and late in the
fall, but when she viii she will, and so let
her dig very carefully, not wrenching the
roots from the soil.
Wrap each fern with a bit Of damp
moss and roll it in stout brown paper,
letting the fronds project well. Leave
three or four fronds on a fern of average
size, six or seven on one that is quite
large. Look for gold thread and Solo
mons seal apd partridge vines TO dig also,
and put all into boxes covered with birch
bark, if you can find it on reaching home.
If they don't get too much dust or too
much gas the ferns will live indoors over
summer, and in the autumn you should
put them out to be well cooled and rested
in the snow.-New York Recorder.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17

The Canada census shows a total popula-
tion OF {, 100000 in the Dominion,
A movement is on foot IN Texas 10 raise
osmonument 10 General sam Houston.
When the balloon collapses IN mid air
the best Of friends often fan Gus together
A man named Sledge was arrested recent
ly fer swindling. lie struck hard luck.
Ofqualnt proportions is silver match
box disguised as a huge pea pod.
The moonstone is said TO be the appro-
pirate geIl for the August born
Admired for its simplicity is queen
charm fashioned as a lima bean In gold.
A single woman runs Beaumont PAL
livery aud boarding stable.
Between GO, ,OOO,O 100000 and 10G,0OO,0OO,
600 Goldfish are taken from the sea around
the shore Of Newfoundland every year.
Love levels an rank" but not the rank
odor OF an onion; that is too much fol it
sometimes.
A western farmer recently thrashed lizOO
bushels Of wheat and two lramps In one
day.
Butter Is made from cocOanuls.
Cleveland has 25, 600 Bohemians,
Boyne Falls. Mich. bias no doctor
San Francisco has Chinese cOoperss
Vermont leads in maple sugar production
Assyrians live on six cents a day.
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THE HIGHER pANrInIsDI.


Tho mn, the moon, the stars, the seas, the hills,
and tic plains
Aint c.e, O Soul, the vision OF Him who
rcisns2
pr vision He? tho lie be not that which
.cems2
lEra.ls are true while they last, and do we not
live In dreamsY
Earth theee solid stars, this weight of body
aud limb,
Are they net sign and symbol of thy division
from Uim2
Dark sihe world to thee; thyself art the rea-
son why;
Iorl tie not all but thou that hast power to
feel Il am I?H
Glory about thee without thee; and thou full
fllest thy doom,
Making Himbrokcn gleams and stihed splen-
dor and gloom
Speak to Him thou for He hears, and Spirit
with Spirit can meet
Closer is He than breathing and nearer than
hands and feet.
God s law, say the wisei Soul, and let US re-
joice.
For if He thunder by law the thunder is yet
His voice.
Law is God, say some; no God at all, says tho
fool;
For all we have power to see is q straight staff
bent in the pool.
And the ear Of man can not hear and the eye
of man can not see;
But if he could not see and hear, this Vision
were 1t not Hep -Tennyson.
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she eavs Him a CENT. nInt.

One of the late matrimonial engage
iu'HfS is said to be the outcome of aar
ing Ii,tle piece Of repartee on the part Of
thc Young woman, who has enjoyed tho
reputation of being not only e wit, but a
beauty ana 1elle as well, Although quite
young, she was known to have declined
the honor Of matrimonial alliance with
several Of the best so called catches of
tic season, and it began at last to be ru-
a.otad that her mind and heart were set
ON one If her admirers who had not, as
vet, the temerity to come to the point
However ihat may be, the young man in
question was her partner in one of tho
Harvard assemblies during last winter,
and during the intermission for supper
WAS seated with her in a sequestered nook
far from the madding crowd. Apro.
pos Of something that had been said, he
asked her laughingly If the report were
true chat she had refused all the eligible
men in her set. She blushed vividly for
a moment, then suddenly raised he's
head, looked him full in the face, and
said pointedly; "Yes, it is true present
company accepted" 1t is, perhaps, need
less to state that they remained in the
"sequestarcl nook during the rest of tho
german, and that the young lady wore a
sparkling solitaire on her finland within
a few days Rumor also has it that the
above conversation was overheard by one
of the discarded suitors, who forthwith
"gave ii away. Boston Gazette.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17

We aulhorze.our ADVERTISED druggist to
tiou, Coughs and Colds, upon this condi-
tion. If you are afflicted with a Cough,
Cold or any Lung. Throat or Chest trouble,
and will use this remedy as directed, giving
Il fair trial, and experience no benefit,
YOU may return the bottle and have your
money refunded j'e could not make this
offer did we not know that DR.. Kings New
Discovery could be relied on it,. 1t never
disappoiuts. Trial bottles free at the drug
stores Of Reber Lehighton; and BierY,
MCisspOTt.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17
sERIous DANGER.

How the human system ever RECEIVERS from the
bad effects Of the nauseOus medicines often lit
orally poured into il for the suppOstiye relief of
dyspepsia, liver complaint, constipation, rheu-
matlsm and other ailments, is a mystery. The
mischief done hy bad medicines Is scarcely less
than elat caused by disease. II they who are
weak, bilious, dyspeptc, cOnstpated or Theu
matic would oltener be guided by the expert
ence Of invalds who have thoroughly tested
HOstetter' S Stomach Bitters, they would In ey-
cry Instance obtain the speedlest aid derivable
searching ana at the same time a thoroughly
safe remedy, derived from vegetable sources
and possessing, In consequence OF its basis of
pure spirits, properties as a medicinal stimu-
liant not TO be found in tie fiery local bltters and
stimulants often resorted to by the debiiitated,
dyspeptiC and languid.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17

An aluminium boat, propelled by cleo
tricity from an aluminium battery, is
being constructed By the inventor, D. j.
Gable, of Pittsburg, Pa. The battery,
Mr.. Gable says, will weigh but a couple
of pounds. and viii be sufficient to pro-
duce the power necessary for running a
pleasure boat of good size A boat Of
this metal capable of carrying from four
to six persons can be made Of a weight
not exceeding 90 or 20 pounds, aud
would be very easily handled. Mr.
Cable states that he has found means Of
overcoming the great difficulty alumin-
ium presents 10 soldering,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17

Thomas LehightOn; and Biery Weissport drug
gists, believe that the secret Of success is perse
Yeranee Therefore they persist in keeping the
finest limo of perfumeries, toilet articles cosme-
ties drugs and chemicals on the market. They
especially invite all persons who have palpata-
t0n, short breath, weak or hungry spells, pain In
side or shoulder, oppression, nightmare, dry
cough, smothering, DR. opsy or heart disease TRY
Dr. Miles unoqualed New Heart Cure, before 1t
is 10 late. 1t has the largest sale OF any similar
remedy. Fine book OF testimonials tree. DR..
Miles Restorative Neryine is unsurpassed for
sleeplessnoss, headache fits, etc. and It contains
no Opiates.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17
THE hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rocks the world y

Is the hand that rocks the world.n
The mother, sitting beside and rocking the
cradle, often singing her sad lullaby may be
thus shaping, as II were, the destinies Ofnations
But If diseases, consequent on motherhood, have
borne her down, and Slapped her life, how mourn
full will be her song. TO cheer the mother,
brighten her lie, and brighten her song, DR..
Pierce Of Buffalo, has, after long experience,
compounded q remedy which he has called his
"FaVorte Prescription because ladies pre-
ferred It to all others. He guarantees 1t to cure
nervousness, neuralgia paine, bearing-down
pains, irregularities, weakness, or pr0lapsus,
headache, baekaehe, or any of the ailments OF the
female organs. What he asks is, that the ladies
shall give It fair trial, and satisfaction is as
sured. Money refunded, iii doesn't give salts
faction
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17
some FnnIlsh Pennie

Allow Il cough to run until it gets beyond
the reach Of medicine. They often say,
Oh, it will wear away, but in most cases
il wears them away. Could they be in
duced TO try the successful medicine called
Kemp's Balsanl, which is sold on positive
guarantee to cure, they would Immediately
see the excellent effect after taking the first
dose Price SOC and $100. Trial size free
At all druggists
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17

A Missouri preacher drives a street car
on week days. He is conscientious man,
but it has been remarked that he seems to
be near-sighted and lard of hearing when
cose.fsteG members of his congregation
hail his car.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17

Coughs and Colds will try Pan-Tiua Cough and
Consumption Cure, they will find quick relief
and permanent benefit. The medical profession
declare it a remedy of the highest value. Try
1t. Price - and so cents. Trial bottles free.
A large proportion Of the diseases which cause
human suffering result from arrangement OF the
stomach, bowels and liver DR.. Lees Liver
Regulator removes all these troubles. Trial
bottles free at Thomas Drug Store.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17

And how much suffered it is hard to
describe That lesthsome disease, catarrh.
cauied the above, and the doctors said they
could not relieve me. paid hundreds of
dollars, for which received no benefit. l
got more good from two bottles of Sulphur
Bitlers than from all the money paid to
doctors. / shall continue the Sulphur Bit
tiers, as haye great faith that they will
cure me, S, NJ. Day, Al Hanover St.. Bos-
ton
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17

The man who tells you conndenlially just
what viii cure your cold is prescribing Kemps
Balsam this year In the preparation OF this
expense Is spared TO combine only the best and
purest ingredients. Hold . bottle of Kemp's
the bright, clear look; then compare with other
remedies Large bottles at ali druggists so
cents and 81. sample bottle free.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17

"Saye who cam" was the frantic cry of
Napoleon 10 his army at Waterloo. Save
health and strength while you can, by the
use of Ayers Sarsaparilla, is advice that
applies to all, both young and old, Don't
wait until disease fastens on you; begin at
once.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17

IL is not always convenient TO call u physician
for every little ailment Having Red Flag OH
in the house you have q Physician always at
hand it kills Rheumatism Neuralgia, Burns,
Bruises and all Aches and Pains. Price % cts.
There are few things In life Of which we may
be certain but this is one Of them, Pan-Iina
Cough and Consumption Crre has no equal for
Colds, Coughs and Consumption. Price 25 and
so cents at Thomas Drug Store.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17

lie Gn distross)-Dearest, why do you
turn from mes
Shc- Harold, II have been eating
onions. indianapolis Journal
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17
s Is 8 8

sB- II yoW rant q paper that opns
itseB and isn't afraid to tell the
nei0s; that believes IN public
morality, and the enforcement Of
the id'0s against malefactors; that
has opinions, and isn't afraid to
erpress them, get THE CARBON
ADVOCATE.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17
OF Course It's n Woman.

Fat Offices inspires patriots with conf
dents in this country,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17

Worlds Fair bdildings employ i5,OOO
hands
Texas sawmiils are embarrassed by
over production,
Some New York horse car men get 50
for 18 hours.
Drummers in Brooklyn must wear
license badge.
New York machine Wo0dworkers
have the hour day.
a New York jockey has been offered
$1s, 900 for 1892.
Only one person in four in London
earns over a 81 a week.
The Order Of RAiiS ay Conductor has
1900 memhssA
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17

Christine Nilsson entertained at dinner
not long ago the two divas, Patti and Al
bani, and the three queens Of song were
attired in the sumptuous simplicity Of
the Valois or Tudorperiod, They hummed
a few snatches of song together, as they
did long ago before titles troubled them.
and were charmingly sweet TO each
other, but they did not appear together
in public
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IN lena We Fnirly Rotten,

You kin fairly hear this CRATE and glory
ious Republic ofours sproutin, and CROWN
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17

Some men have heep site moro inlrust
in polllicks than prinsip.e.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17

Uncle Sam iist aint afeared of nobody,
that's what
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17
Every Home should lave It.

Pensions is powerful argument in favor
of patriotism
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17

A man that's got good offs Is plum
fool that won't fife fer 1t tooth and toe nail.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-17

The Amerikin Eagle kin live on glory,
but patriots amt able to.
The McCook tribune., 1891-01-23
agricultural and fruit

forestry, agricultural and fruit
growers. associations are giving
their influence Systematically to
the development of irrigation in all
directions, and are guarding it from
every standpoint, from the preser-
vation of the water supply on the
mountain tops to the fertilization
of the farthest acre on the edge of
the arid belt.
1t was by means of this deep and
earnest conviction of the value of
irrigation that the work has been
brought to its present stage in
Colorado. tits by similar methods
in cooperation with private capital
and local enterprise, that a great
empire west of the Tooth meridian
in Nebraska can be made prosper
Gus.
Colorado ranks high among the
mining states. 1t abounds in silver,
gold, iron, coal and other minerals.
But, without a single foot of nat
urally arabic land, it's agricultural
product i'll the year of 1890 ex-
ceeded in value the output of all its
mines. Could there be a more
eloquent tribute to irrigation?
In closing this sketch of the
progress i'll Colorado | leave I'M
touched a mass Of material on the
subject for lack Of space. But
enough has been said to prove the
truth of an old proverb, which, re-
vised for the occasion, would read:
"What Colorado has done, Neb-
raska can do"
Next weeks article will deal with
the irrigation laws of Nebraska
and the urgent demands for their
revision and enlargement,a subject
rendered timely by the approach
ing convention at McCook.
WILLIAM E. SMMTHE.
The McCook tribune., 1891-01-23
ALL HOME PRINT.
IRRIGATION IN NEBRASKA.

west and south. On both sides of
this imaginary line the soil, the
climate and all natural conditions
are the same. But on one side
there is agricultural prosperity of
a high and growing order. On the
other side there is poverty and dis
tress. On one side lies the garden,
on the other side the desert. Dur
ing the past season the farmers
living in the valley of the South
Platte in Colorado raised train
loads of potatoes and sold them for
fabulous prices. In the same per-
iod the farmers living in the valley
of the South Platte in Nebraska
raised scarcely anything, and many
Of them are now receiving food and
clothing from the state, and they
must look to the same source for
the seed of future crops.
Nebraska had the advantage of
earlier settlement. She has larg-
er population and more wealth in
the aggregate, but in the matter of
irrigation she is but an infant to a
man when compared with Color
ado. And irrigation in Colorado
has only begun.
These facts, however, are not
as discreditable to Nebraska as at
first appears. Nobody ever pre-
tended that Colorado could depend
on rainfall. Western Nebraska.
with the aid of unscrupulous land
agents, was persuaded that she
could. Experience is a hard mas
ter, but we are learning the lesson
at last, and the late severe drouth
may turn out to be a blessing in
disguise.
AS the best possible means of
Illustrating how irrigation can be
accomplished here, this paper will
undertake to trace how it has been
accomplished in Colorado under
similar difficulties.
I.-BEGINNINGs OF THE WORK IN
COLORADO.
The total area of Colorado is &C.,
100000 acres. Of this vast domain
26,56O,000 acres is mountain land,
hopeless for agriculture, but rich
in minerals and timber. The bal
ance, of 100000 acres, is COM
posed of plateau, plain and valley,
and has a soil fit to grow any crops
that will thrive in this latitude and
altitude. But it is perfectly arid.
When the first pioneer settler
pushed his way across the plains
and into Colorado. over thirty years
ago, he found only few thousand
of these millions of acres under
cultivation, and these only by the
means of rude bitches constructed
by unskillful Mexican farmers.
Now, according to the latest sta
tistics available, Colorado has A.
004,409 acres under ditch, for
which she has paid, through the
investment of private capital, S11,-
10000. Better than this, she has
organized all the public and priv
ate forces, enacted comprehensive
laws, and done various other things
to secure the further development
of irrigation on the grandest scale.
How has all this been done? It is
story of persistent energy and
untiring efforts directed against
difficulties, but aiming at great
and certain results.
The first attempt to build large
ditch in Colorado was undertaken
in 1860 by few citizens of Den
yer. The spent $4,000 and man
aged to make complete failure of
it. owing to lack of experience and
the unfortunate fact that their YER
dant engineer had omitted to give
any fall to his grade line. Both
the citizens and the engineer re-
tired from the business, but the
c,,;,-;t of enternrise kent IN Tuo