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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-01-31

Acc riding to the latest report of the
international Bureau of Telegraph Ad-
niinistration., the submarine tel graph
system Of che ord consists of 120 40
nautical miles of cable Government
administrations own 10 5o4 miles, while
107 546 are the property of private com.
panies The total cost of thes olbles is
in the neis ishbnhood of S200. 600 000
The largest owner Of submarine bles
is the Eastern Telegraph Company, whose
| system covers the ground from England
to India and comprises 21 $50 miles OF
cable. The Eas ern Extension which
exploits the fas East has 1858 miles
more. Enrly in last year the system of
West African cables. which started from
Cad only six years ago, was completed
to Cape Town, 30 that tile dark conti-
nent is no completely Y encircled by sub
marine telegraph, touching at numerous
points along the coast More than
II 900 miles of cable have been required
TO do this, and several companies, with
more or less aid from the British, French,
Spanish, and Portuguese governments,
have participated in carrying out the
work.
The north Atlantic is spanned by no
less than eleven cables, all laid since
1870 though think not all are working
at the present time; five companies are
engaged in forwarding telegrams be-
tween North America and Europe, and
the total length Of the cables owned BY
them, including coast connections, is
over 10000 nautical miles -! Herbert
Laws Webb, in Scribner.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-01-31
The Manual TrnInInp SchooIa.

1t must be very gratifying to the
many advocates Of manual training to
note the remarkable success which has
resulted in most of the exi erimen.s in
their favorite department of educat. on.
The mammal training school which was
started as a part of the public school
system of Baltimore has amply vindi-
clted the Judgment Of it's promoters.
Every one of its graduates last year
vent from school into profitable po-
sition, and there have been more de.
mands for their services than can
possibly be supplied. The same story
IS told Of the Manual Training School in
Philadellh which has gained such
an instant popularity among the youth
of that city that it has been found nee
essary to reject more than one-half Of
the applicants for admission. All these
are good and wholesome indications
When we have larger schools of this
kind and more of them the labor or.
ganizations in this country which try to
prevent American boys from learning
useful trades will be outwitted, and the
best paid positions in the mechanical
arts will no longer be so largely mo-
nopoli2ed by foreigners. America has
now and has had for years surplus Of
clerks, bookkeepers, and salesmen, a
great many Of whom struggle along
from year to year on wages that would
appall the average mechanic What the
country wants is fewer men In the
ranks of these soft Landed occupations
and more and better native craftsmen.
The wonderful success which L. attpnl-
ing the manual training experiments
demonstrates how keenly this need is
realized. - Boston Journal
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Ar LAST


when on my day Of life the night is falling,
And, IN the Winds from unsunned spaces
blown.
fhear far voices ont Of darkness calling
My feet to paths unknown.
Thou who hast made my home Of life so pleas
ant,
Leave not It's tenant when its walls decays
o love divine, o Helper ever present,
Be thou my strength and stayl
Be near me when all elso IS from me drifting,
Earth sky homes picture. days If Shade
and shine
And kindly faces to my own uplifting
The love which answers mine.
1have but Thee, Father Let Thy Spirit
Be with me then TO comfort end uphold
No gate Of pearl, no branch Of palm l merit
Nor street Of shining gold.
Suffice Il If, my good and III unreokoned,
And both forgiven through Thy bounding
grace
Innd myself by hands familiar bookoned
Unto my fitting place.
Some humble door among Thy many man.
sions,
Some sheltering shade where sin and strlv-
ing cease,
And flows forever through heavens green ex-
pansions
The river Of Thy peace.
There, from the music round about me steal
ing,
I 1fain would learn the new and holy song,
And find at last beneath Thy trees Of heal.
The life for which long.
-fwhittier.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-01-31

The following story is published by q
correspondent of the Philadelphia Press
did you ever hear how 'Suwanee
River was writtenp"
"Don't think ever did
"Well, Steph. Foster - Stephen c
Foster, was his full name-was in the
zenith of his popularity when he wro g
tile words, said my friend to me. "lle
had written the song in the frame house
on Sandusky street, in Allegheny, but
he couldn't find tile name of river that
suited him. Finally, he went over to
the office of his brother, Morrison Foster,
sat down on his desk, and said:
Morrison, I've got new darky song
here, and it's complete except the
name Of the river. want Southern
river with only two or three syllables.
Give me one, won't your"
Morrison suggested several, but they
didn't suit. Then he took down an
atlas. ran his eye over a map of the
Southern States for few minutes, and
finally saidi Here's a river in Florida
by the name of Suwanee, how will that
doP
"'Thats it, that's it, exclaimed the
song writer, jumping from the desk. It's
just what want and picking up a pen
he inserted the name of the river that
has since become the title Of one of the
sweetest and most pathetic of melodies.
l believe that Stephen G. Foster never
thought very much Of the piece himself
until after it had taken its place among
the popular songs of the century"
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-01-31

Silent and almost m0tionles8, quite
hidden in the darkness stood the huge
form OF an old bull elephant. one Of
whose tusks had been damaged in his
youth, and had become totally decayed.
His head was bent forward, in order to
rest his one monster tusk upon the
ground; his trunk, loosely coiled between
his foreegs was also resting on the
ground and his great ragged ears fapped
srasmodicallyin y in vain endeayors to shake
of the myriads of mosquitoes that per-
sistently hovered around his head. Sud.
denly the forest was lit up by most
vivid flash of lightning, followed an in
slant afterward by crashing peal Of
thunder. The elephant raised his head
with a startled jerk, his huge limbs
shaking with fear.
Almost before the rumbling echoes Of
the thunder had died away, the rain,
that had been threatening for so many
hours, fell in torrents. Flashes Of light
ming succeeded each other so rapid Y
that the attendant peals of thunder were
converted into one continuous roar, and
the violence of the wind soon increas d
TO veritable tornado-a tropical hurri-
cane.
Trees were blown down and uprooted
on all sides. The terrified elephant re-
manned for some time motionless with
fear, but as the tempest continued the
monster became suddenly panic stricken,
and charged madly through the dense
forest, stumbling and falling over the
trunks Of uprooted trees in his endeavors
to gain some open patch where there
would he no danger of being crushed by
the falling timber.
Suddenly, in the midst of mad rush,
the elephant sank to the ground with a
sharp squeal of pain. The poor brute
had severed the vines that supported one
of the traps that had been arranged the
previous day, and a heavily weighted
spear as plunged between his shoulders.
For some moments he remained motion.
less then the great body rolled slowly
from side to side in vain endeavor to free
himself from the spear, but the weapon
was harbed, and the points had pene-
trated too deeply to be shaken off. Here
he remained exhausted until day break,
his hide covered with patches Of mud
aud deep red smears Of blood -[Scrib-
per's
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The star MIuar.

Every observer Of the heavens, who
knows by name some of the brightest
stars. is familiar with the constellation
called the Great Dipper, visible in the
northern sky through the whole night
and throughout the year. Il consists Of
seven stars. four ia the bowl aud three
in the handle. An interesting discov-
cry has recently been made by Professor
Pickering, Of the Harvard University
Observatory, concerning one Of the stars
Of this beautiful group Mizar is the
, name Of the star 1t is the middle star
In the handle, is Of the second magni-
tude, and has attracted much attention
ever since men began to study the stars.
because even to the naked eye It is
double 1t has a companion, Alcor,
plainly visible to observers endowed
with good visual power. Alcor Is of
the fifth magnitude, and Is about IL
minutes distant from MizaE The tiny
star seems to be growing brighter for
the Arabians considered it a severe
naked eye test, and it is now compare
lively easy to deteot The telescope
shows plainly that Mizar is a double
star, its components being of the third
and fifth magnitudes, the one a brilliant
white, the other a pale emerald. TIE
marvellous discovery is now male that
the larger star Of the pair is also double,
the two stars that compose 1t being 30
close together that the telescope oan not
separate them. The spectrum Of a star,
like the solar spectrum, consists Of the
seven primary colors, crossed by dark
lines These lines form a kind Of as
stronomioal alphabst II the star is
coming toward us, they shift toward the
violet end Of the spectrum If the star
is receding, they shift toward the red
end. Two stars very near together, hav.
ing the same spectrum, can not be dis.
tinguished from a single star as long rs
they are at rest Il they rsvolve round
each other in a plane inclined to tile line
Of sight, the lines Of their spectra will
be single when the stars are Ia conhlne-
ton, and double when they are at elonga.
ton. This is the case with Alzar, and
the doubling occurs at intervals Of a.
days Professor Pickering therefore in
fers that these two stars are immense
suns revolving round each other He
estimates that the period Of revolution
OF each sun about the common center Of
gravity Is l04 days, and that the maxi.
mum velocity e 100 miles q second
These conclusions are the rssult Of meas.
uremepts Of ALMOST fnoonreiysblo dsIl-
.sse1 Qqt'i qomra1a
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-01-31

In November or December Of 1910,
says General John Bidwell, in the Nov
ember Century, while still teaching
school in Platte county, came across a
Frenchman named Roubideaux, who
said he had been to California His de-
scription was in the superlative degree
favorable, SO much so that resolved il
possible to see that wonderful land, and
with others helped to get up meeting
at Weston, and invited him to make a
statement before it In regard to the
country.
At that time when man moved out
West, as soon as he was fairly settled lie
wanted to move a rain, and naturally
every question imaginable was asked
in regard to this wonderful country.
Roubideaux described it as one of per-
ennial spring and boundless fertility,
and laid stress on the countless thou
sands of wild horses and cattle He
told about oranges, and hence must
have been at Los Angeles, or the mis-
sion of San Gabriel, few miles from it
Every conceivable question that we
could ask him was answered favorably.
Generally the. first question which a
Missourian asked about country was
whether there was any fever and ague.
remember his answer distinctly. He
said there was but one man in California
tlat had ever had a chill there, and it
was matter of so much wonderment
to the people of Monterey that they
went 1S miles into the country to see
him shake. Nothing could have been
more satisfactory on the score of health.
He said that the Spanish authorities
were most friendly, and that the people
were the most hospitable on the globa;
that you could travel all over California
and it would cost you nothing for horses
or food. Even the Indians were
friendly. His description of the country
made it seem like Paradise.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-01-31

Pearls, as most readers know, are
small bodies found either in the mother
OF pearl shells or in those with a nacre-
ous lining. They are formed either by
q disease, by the presence of a parasite,
or by an effort on the part Of the mol
lusk to rid itself of some foreign sub
stance which has found its way into the
shell. Pearls are composed Of many
layers Of carbonate Of lime with organic
matter between, are not alW ays entirely
pearly throughout, and invariably have
some small central core or nucleus.
Round pearls Of fine luster and color are
very valuable, and their value increases
rapidly with their size. The finest white
pearls are from India, the Persian Gulf,
and Panama. the finest black and gray
pearls from the coast of Lower Cali
fornia Beautiful pink tinted pearls
are often seoreted by the common brook
mussels One valued at over Sc 600 was
found near Paterson, NJ J., in 1856. and
quite a number have been met with in
Ohio, Tennessee, kentucky. and Texas,
end als0 in-Hasland. Scotland. and Gsrs
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"Birds of Feather rIooE rose,hsr.v


Children who have been in g. Louis,
Mo-, know how smoky aud sooty it is,
and are sure to remember how many
times day they had to be washed
know Of one mother there who said she
could not keep her children clean with
out using sapolio on them. think
this was rather rough on the children.
Some people say st. Louis tries to be
as dingy as it can because it wants TO
initiate Lon Ion, but ] do not believe
thisi think it is because the coal burned
there has 50 much SCOT and tar in it
Well, once a lady who lived a little
way out of the city, whore it is nice and
clean, moved into St Louis and brought
among other things some Of the d yes
from the farm, and after she had stayed
in the city awhile she moved back again,
taking her doves home with her But,
poor things, they were so dirty and
draggled looking the other doves would
not associate with them.
Either the white ones did not know
their old friends in suoh dingy clothes
and mistook them for bird tramps. or
they wished them to understand the
contempt they had for any feathered
creature that would appear in this con-
dition when water was plenty, THEY
would not fight nor quarrel with them,
for their temper is too good for that, but
when the shabby ones came near they
would move away as II afraid they
might get dirty too. They refused 10
sat with them, even. and ia a quiet and
we'll bred way Stunned them on all
occasions
The poor outcasts Qhough outeasts
through no faults Of their own must
have felt slighted, but they bore their
troubles in meek and dove like manner,
and after awhile they shed their black
feathers and got new white ones, and 10
their great joy were taken beck into
cood society. IN Il Barnard
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Il dosa no good TO weep over the mistakes
that We have made, and yet most of us do u
when We have meant to take mouthiul oi
Delato aud discover that We have taken d
nouthful Of horSeradish instead.
A Chicago man disappeared and several
astsotiVes couldn't aud him Ia nine weeks.
Bat shrsWd poliuoian got the Mayor to
appoint tho man to once. and two hours
lalsl be came 10 on the run 10 be sworn in.
TUs ladies ars suolllng out Of down
toWh ohuFoh-'I didn't sss you at the fuuer-
81, says one. "thsre was lovely sineingr
"Eo, I didh't 90 !" said the other spstracted.
~ ~ think its wicked 10 enjoy yourself
30 mueb."
A HrSnoh writer says that the as pused BY
BsFnhaFAt In OlsopaiTa is 90 proud Of bis
psIiorIlAnee IN the role that be has Q.
naafsd his uama IN. Viper, Of Egypt, y
pat apes tho play billg
BlOsnsFi (which do you prefer, beer
q Ch.lpagnsi" Blossoms N al dOpo lds.
sonsIl soa Whaas plossn. eWhs
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Condensed milk is made as follows /:
The milk, as soon as drawn, is taken
by the farmers to the dairies, which are
established in each village or group of
villages. The dairies are run by a
syndicate with which the manufactur-
ers deal, and establish the fixed prices.
Here the milk is cooled. On reaching
the factory, the milk is warmed for
the first time in water bath, and a
second time in copper vessels, where
the temperature reaches eighty de-
grees centigl ade. It is then sweet
ened by adding the best quality Of
sugar in TIE proportion Of tliiltepn 10
one hundred in WEIGHT, the sugar being
forced into vacuum pans by means Of
pump. These vacuum pans are for
condensing the milk, and are similar to
these for condensing the beet root
having a double bottom and spiral
pans, in which the steam circulates
The water contained in the milk is re-
moved in the form of vapor by means
of jet, which is connected with the
top of the vacuum pan, and which is
operated by means of a pneumatic
pump. When the milk has been suf-
ticiently condensed, It is removed from
the vacuum pans and cooled in YES
sells placed in reservoirs of running
cold water. It is only necessary to
rack the milk into tin boxes, cylindri-
cal in shape and hermetically sealed
the box and contents weighing one
English pound, and being in condition
for shipment to any part of the world
In the preparation Of the condensed
milk. it may be observed that the milk.
as taken directly from the cow, has on
the one hand simply been deprived of
the water it contained. while on tbe
other hand, the only addition consisted
Of pure sugar, which is designed to
preserve the milk better. 1t contains
which has practically undergone no
modification, the boiling of the milk
under slight pressure having never
passed eighty degrees cendgrade. Il
can be affirmed, therefore, that the
condensed milk possesses all the nu-
tritive qualities Of fresh milk.-La
Nature
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-01-31

A correspondent notices tuat tue ma .n.
Of literary ladies seem 20 Effect ceriaI
Golora for their gowns. is also though
that they mostly work in brown studi p
and prefer their books 60 be read A sup
srsiitiou likewise exists that they affect blu
stockings.
The woman who sweetly tells old bach
oiors that they ought to get married, TIM
they may have some Qua to keep theii
clothes in order aad l,ok after taeir oomfor
generally, ia tho samA woman who lies i,
the hammook, wrapped In lace shtwl anc
anovel, while har husband struggles with
button, a needle and desire for proianil,
up 10 the bathroom.
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PI0f. ALEXANDER BOUDROU

Tam now n yeras OF age, Was q student o
Medicine and Surgery for seven years under th,
famous Dr. Nelson, and alter ten years hare
study and IN consultation with seven Of the mos
eminent physicians In the city Of Pmlodelphii
since is7i. have discovered the cure OF nianl
sO-called neurahle disease,
It can no longer be douuted that the spine car
be cured that parayzed limbs can be restored
TO their natural use and general debility cured
Congestion Of the brain. apOple1y, results Ofsun
stroke an d the worst cases OF rheumatism, sci
atica, NEURALGIA, liver cOmplaint, Brights' dis
ease OF the kidneys, hip and bone disease, ca
tarrh, bronchitis, chronic dysentery, aud so
called heart disease aud dlphteria, an entirely
cured with pure medicines Of my own prepara
rlOn, II used properly as directed.
During nine years over ibNDO persons IN thii
city alone have used these medicines and are
living witnesses OF their worth. All their namel
can be obtained by calling M the Olilce and lab
OratOry OF Professor BOudrOu, No. 1T27 NOul
Tenth Street, Philadelphia. / was myself IN
jmed IN the spine and paralyzedtor seven year,
and pronounced ncurahle by seven or the mos
able physicians and SUI geons OF this al y an
now well and healthy, having cured myself witt
my own medicines
DO moi listen to those prsiudiced against i'm
pfOvement in medicine and die, when you Cal
win not 60 into practice myself. being ove
90 years OF age, but VIII sell nay medicines.
have two eminent physicians connected Nili
me 70 attend to calling at the residences Of thl
sick II required.
10 health, cured bY these pure medicines nni
thus see experience and believe for Yourselves.
once and Laboratory open daily from A. NJ.
/ b. 200 p. M. Call or write ALEXANDER bOU
DRol, ll2f y. ioih a. thadolnhia, "a.
oct,ai9le3l'
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To show the care and interest That
General Sheridan took in the welfare of
his command, and his attention to The
little details which few general officers
would take the trouble to bother them
selves with, Mr. Evans made note o.
the following; Il was riding along about
the middle OF the column one day, after
we had started from Camp Supply, on
the way to Fort Cobb, when soldier,
as l supposed Of the regulars, came
alongside Of me and entered into q con-
yersation was a mere boy, and tnat
fact perhaps enlisted his sympathies.
We chatied quite a long time, and
finally noticing the manner in which
my saddle blanket was folded, he sug-
gested that it would injure my horse
that he would sooh have a a sore back
that might be difficult 10 cure under the
circumstances we were compelled to
meet continued to ride with it folded
that way, saying rather indifferentlv,
that knew there was proper way to
fold it. He then said that if 1 would
dismount he would show me that
"proper way" Accordingly, at the
kind suggestion, I dismounted. he get.
ting off his horse at the same time, aud
/ stood by and watched him uusaddle
my animal, take the blanket and fold
It in the regulation manner, then place
the saddle back on the horse Then we
mounted and rode on. arriving at head
quarters in short time There dis
covered, to my amazement, that my
whilom groom of an hour before was tl.e
lieutenant general of the army, the
famous General Sheri Ian. had never
seen him before we met in this cordial
way, and I guess my astonishment was
plainly visible on my youthful features,
as I gazed with wonder and admiration
upon him when heard the officers call
him General Sheridan, and saw them
salute him with the utmost respect -
kansas City Star. N 9e
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nrnr rhanlL n.r atnra.

The narrow escape of Mrs. B. NJ Searle
cf Elkhart, Ind, from prematuredeath &
Wsu&erful. She states that "lor twen
YeaFs ny heart troubled me greatly. l bi
eane worse. Had smothering spells, shor
breath, hutterin-; could not sic, p on my lei
side, had much Pain in Brest, shoulder am
stomach. Ankles swellsd. Had much head
uehs and dizziness. Treatment did me n
gsod, uhtil tried DR. Miles New Hear
OuTe and Restorative Nerve The FIRST bol
tie helped me, and VAS soon virtually cure,
For sale At I. d. Thomas and w. f. Bier
drug store, A fine book on the Heart an
Nerves free.
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Aah Yonr $1,000. A.nat It.

Ysur distressing cough can be cured. W.
know il because Kemp'e Balsam within th'
past few years has cured SO many coughi
end colds in this community. It's remarka
AIs sale has been won entirely 10y its genu
inc merit. Ask some friend who has use'
II what he thinks Of Kemp's Balsam. Their
h no medicine so pure, none 50 effective
Large bottles soc and Sl.0O at all druggists
Rswple bottle free
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ALLOW NE 10 add nv tribute TO the eff
oaey Of ElVs Cream Balm. was suffer
ing from a severe attack Of influenza aRo
GAtrrah and was induced to try your remedy
The result was marve Gus. l could hardly
articulate, and IN less than twenty-foui
keurs the catarrhal symptoms and nN
AOarseness disappeared and was able tC
dng 3 heavy role 10 Grand Opera will
VOiee Wnimpoired. l strongly recommen,
II 70 all singera. William H. Hamilton
Leading Basso Of the G. d, Hess GranC
Opera Company.