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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-24

N GOVERNOR GRAY. -
turned on the convention so that every
note should sound clear and distinct and
a Pennsylvania delegate standing on a
chair led the chorus, waving his straw hat
in the air. Over and over the convention
sang the refrain.
Wanted Some More of 1t.
Just as the song was finished Bourke
Cochran went across the aisle and shook
hands for goodbye with the Michigan
delegates. The California delegates had
just got bold of copies of the @Grover"
song and they demanded more of the
music. So the chair obligingly started the
band, and the song service was renewed.
Then the band played ~Dixie," while the
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-24
A STAN pede to the Illinoi..n.

Stais psde to the Iilinoisan.
The announcement was hardly made
before a rush TO got on the winning side
began. Iowa wss the first to break away.
She had voted for Watterson, bat she
withdrew the vote and ve0t for Seevosscn
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio,
followed, s,fso on down to fexes,
whose ~ did the business
-'c 1.-Saafter asle Of
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-24
THEY HAD A wATERY TIME.

A Feature of the Convention That Was
More Notable Than Pleasant.
There was one feature of the convention
Of which Jupiter Pluvius was the direc-
tor and manager that will be remembered
by all who were present as long as men,
ory lasts, and that was the storms with
which the Wigwam was dranched. The
first session was ushered in by a brief but
furious electrical storm that gave the peo-
pie in the gallery some annoyance. The
second session was made uncomfortable
and somewhat apprehensive by furious
storm that drenched every body and forced
suspension of proceedings, while the floor
was flooded and the rain came through
the roof in streams.
Disturbance Number Three.
This was repeated at the last and final
session. While the orators were nominate
ing the vice presidential candidates, about
$3.50, another storm broke over the city.
The badly constructed roof of the Wigwam
was a sieve and but little protection, and
again the water came down in cataracts.
While Bragg was nominating Mitchell the
storm reached its height. The peals Of
thunder and flashes CT lightning were con-
snuous, while the rain, falling in floods
outside, fell nearly as freely insine. The
noise of the rain beating on the roof
drowned the speakers voice, and he sus-
pended his remarks until the storm king
had completed his work.
Got Up New Song for Grover.
The band struck up the "Baby" song
from wang" Slips of paper had been
scattered among the delegates before the
contention net bearing the words:
Grover, Grover,
-Four more years for Grover.
In he goes
Ogt tley go -.
IT. :. we'll = IN clover.
AS the band struck up the air the
Pcnasy iva:::.: acI- s,atg's bc5.-I 20 . !, and
presently tac who,e convention was sing
ing "Grover, Grover" The song ended in
yell and then the whole convention
broke out in a roar of laughter Again
the band struck up, the cornets were
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-24

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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30

rushed into a newspaper Office recently,
and threatened to "clean out" the es-
tablishmeut, because they printed his
verses wrong. Said he 81 wrote, TO
dwell forever in a grot of peace and
you idiots put it a pot of grease
The mortified editor presented him
with a Vial of DR.. Picrcc's Pleasant
Pellets, q years subscription and an
apology.
The little "Pcllcts" positively cure
sick and nervous headache, biliousuess,
costiveuess, and all arrangements of the
stomach, bowels aud liver. Its a large
contract but the smallest things In the
world do the business - Dr. Picrce's
Pleasant Pellets. They're the small
est, but the most effective. They 90 to
work in the right way, They cleanse
and reuoyate the liver, stomach aud
bowels thoroughly but they do il
mildly and gently. You feel the good
they debut you don't feel them do
inc II.
They're the cheapest pin YOU can
buy, because they're guaranteed TO give
satisfaction, or your money Is returned.
You only pay for he good you get.
That's the peculiar plan all DR..
Pierces medicines are sold on, through
druggists.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30

A maiden lady once had fine talking
bird, but, being subjected to headaches,
she often put him in the kitchen. The
cook objected and said to Polly, "You
horrid thing, wish you We're dead.
Polly soon learned this, and when his
mistress got better and took him to her
own room, he said, You horrid thing,
| wish you We're dead
This shocked the delicate little lady.
One day she met her rector, and, after
he had inquired about her health, he
said, "How is Pollyy'
Then she told him how Polly had af-
fected her nerves. The rector said;
"Send him TO spend a month with my
bird, He may forget it,
She Immediately accepted his offer.
In due time Polly was sent home, and,
as soon as his mistress went to the cage,
Polly saluted her with:
"You horrid thing, l wish you were
dead. We beseech thee to hear us,
good Lordw-New York Recorder
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30

Did you ever make a calculation Of
the probable number of people that have
inhabited our globe since the beginning
Of time? No doubt you will say that
such calculations involve a loss of time,
and are after all barren Of results But
let us take a few minutes time and APP
proximate, with n certain degree Of
accuracy, the number of souls that have
been ushered into this wicked world
since the time when it was mot good for
Adam to be alone
At the present time it is believed that
there are 400, 600 human beings ON
the globe; but let us suppose that there
has been but an average of 100000, 600
living at any one time since the crea-
ton. Next, to give room for any possible
doubt, we will put the average length
Of life at fifty years Gt may have been
much longer than that 5000 years ago,
but has been much shorter for the last
1000 years) With the average length
Of life as above we have had two gen
erations Of 100000, 900 each every cen
tury for the past 5000 years.
Taking this for granted this globe has
had 6G,G21 .S+3, 23I I0i5, PCS human in.
habitants since the beginning of time
To even bury this vast number the
whole landed surface of the globe, every
inch of it, would have to be dug over l2l
times'-Philadelp Press.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30

A little lady walked into a butcher
shop and asked for two pounds Of beef
steak. When it had been weighed she
told the butcher to put it in the mincing
machine and chop 10 up SO that she could
make meat balls out of it for dinner
The meat expert, quite an ordinary
looking man, entirely unsuited TO be the
hero Of a story like this, followed the
instructions, minced the meat and hand
ed It IN a paper to the customer Chen
he turned in his matter of fact way to
attend TO man new TO housekeeping
who was inquiring if he had any nice
mutton steak, and if so how much it
was a yard.
The little lady looked at the minced
meat and asked the butcher to weigh II
again. He did so, and there was just
IA pounds.
"Therel" said the little lady indig-
nantly. Your sausage machine has
stolen a quarter of pound Of my steak
I've suspected that machine for a long
time. You've got to make it good
Il will not, retorted the butcher
"It's case of natural wear and tear
Maybe some Of the weight Of the steak
has vanished in the process to which il
has been subjected, but there's two
pounds Of ,nourishment there
"The machine either leaks or there's O
secret trap that steals my steak, the
little lady insisted. 81 won't take the
meat till it weighs two pounds"
And she didu't.-New York Herald.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30

A lake with a salt roof isn't frozen
salt, and it isn't underground. On the
contrary, this remarkable lake may be
seen at any time during the year, fully
exposed, being even at its best when the
sun is shining directly upon it. This
wonderful body of water is one Of the
safest of the salt lakes. and is situated
near Obdorsk, Siberia The lake is nine
miles wide and seventeen long, and
within the memory Of man was not en-
tirely rooted over by the salt deposit
Originally evaporation played the most
prominent part in coating the lake over
with salt, but at the present time the
salt springs which surround 1t are add
ing fast to the thickness of the crust
In the long ago rapid evaporation Of
the lakes waters left great salt crystals
floating on the surface. In course of
time these caked together Thus the
waters were finally entirely covered. In
1873 the lake found an underground out
let into the River Obi, which lowered
its surface about three feet. The salt
crust was so thick, however, that it re-
tanned its old level, and now presents
the curious spectacle of a salt rooted
lake. The salt coat increases six inches
in thickness every year. The many is
lands with which the lake is studded are
said to act as braces and to help keep
the arched salt crust in position,-St.
Louis Republic.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30

Upon a crimson cloth the chameleon
becomes almost crimson; move it upon
a gray surface and the bright tints will
quickly subside But at night, whether
disturbed or not, it invariably assumes
its palest tints. Two which caught in
the Cape Town garden, which were Of a
very brilliant metallic green, were splen.
didly decorated. On the back or sides,
sometimes saddlewise and sometimes
lengthwisc, were slashes of red The
markings vary in the individuals. The
crest and decorations on the head and
back are like fretwork, the whole body
and limbs are dotted with very fine
warts or tubercles like shagreen, and
when angry all these distinctive fea-
lures are exaggerated, the gills and
crest are swelled, and the skin Of the
chin is puffed out so as to show white
stripes, while the creature opens its
mouth wide, displaying the yellow
fleshy interior, and closing its teeth Oh
your finger should you provoke it to dc
so.-Cor. Forest and Stream.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30

When Honore de Balzac. the novelist,
stated in early life his wish Go become
literary man, his father, who had des-
tined him for the bar, was shocked and
disappointed Still he give the boy two
years in which to prove his fitness for q
literary life, and Honore was accordingly
installed in an attic near the library
where he proposed to work.
His mother believed that "a little hard
ship would soon bring him 20 his senses,
but the correspondence which he there
upon began with his sister shows that
the man who was afterward to attain
distinction in his chosen work could
afford, as a youth, TO scorn such trifes as
waiting upon himself. In the very first
letter he conhded TO his sister tfe news
that he had taken a servant He writes.
"He is named Myself And q bad
bargain he is, trulyl Myself is lazy,
clumsy, thoughtless. His master Is
hungry or thirsty, and often enough
Myself has neither bread nor water to
give him; he doesn't even know how to
shield him from the wind which whistles
through the door and window As soon
as | am awake / ring for Myself. and
he makes my bed Then he sweeps the
room, and clumsy he is at it.
'Myselfv
Yes, sir
"'Look at that cobweb with the big
fly buzzing in it till ] am half giddy with
the noise, and the fluff under the bed
and the dust under the window panesr
"The lazy beggar gazes at me and
doesn't stir, and yet, in spite Of all his
defects, can't get rid of that unintelli
gent Myself'
And the same stupid "Myself' it was
who afterward enriched French litera-
ture with a series Of wonderful works.
Youths Companion.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30

One of the meanest Of conversational
tricks is a fuvorite one with women. A
fellow has something real nice aud
clever to say. He is rounding mp nicely
TO it, when some chit of a woman takes
a gasp and says, "Oh, yes! I know what
you mean and, by jmgo, says it. OF
course she gets all the credit. lido hate a
woman like that. She is the kind of
woman who says, "Ah, yes' and then
goes off into poetic illustration Of the
fact you have announced something
nice and dreamy that she never could
have said 10y herself. | hate that sort of
woman, making herself seem so clever
and bright and poetic and all that from
your brains
She laughs before you have got your
funny story ont and says, YES, isn't it
funny 1t makes it so easy for you to
go ON, that does. Actually, sometimes
she will finish it for you. That is the
kind OF woman | hate too She is al
ways coming in with eyes, but, ," and
upsetting what you have said, or else
hauling out another side of it that you
didn't mean TO have brought up. hate
women like that. say let women learn
to cook and sew frills, not talk like
idiots.-Washington Post.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30
A
few WORDS
ON PIANOS.
l have made arrangements

| have made arrangements
with the Cable Piano Co., to
handle their Upright Pianos,
and will sell them at such
prices, that no one need do with
ont a Piano, and you will get "A
guarantee with every Piano for
> years, and the tone win com
pare with the best. Twill have
samples of these Pianos on hand
after July 25th, 1899, and some
one in the office, who will play
for you, and You can judge for
yourself.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30

Mrs. Lizzie Hill Mills, president of the
Orange county Call w. G. r. U., writes.
ave are booming suffrage. Our local
w. Q. Z. u. meets every week, and has
given this last month entirely to suffrage
and will give the coming one to the
same topic We are taking up the
United States constitution and state
laws. We send out written invitations
to those who are not members Of the
union, and people are getting aroused
and enthusiastic.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30

The effect Of gravitation in heapiug up
the sea waters upon the shores of couti-
nents is one of the most interesting, as
well as the most curious and least con
sidered, facts in connection with old
oceans history. Thus the continents
are all situated at tops Of great hills or
mountains of water, and to cross the At
lantic or any other ocean the ship has
to first 60 down the sloping sheet, cross
the valley and then climb the noun
tain of water on the other side before it
safely reaches a harbor
In this connection the interesting cal
culation has been made that in mid
ocean on the Atlantic the depression is
about three-fourths of a mile below the
level of the water at coast line, while a
ship in travelling from San Francisco to
Yokohama, Japan, must cross a valley
at least a mile in depth.-St. Louis Re
puhliC
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30

uid jules Verne ever think that Dis imaginary
rhileas Fugs would Doe erhpstd hy uu Audrean
uirl. who once made thr circuit boo less than seY-
euty-tl sr days9 But Phuras had 90 lake ''sec-
uud money 1he tame ul Dr. Piercr'a Golden
Medical Discovery ha5 gone around the world
precious boon 60 every nation lu the whole
world nf medicine, nothing equals % for lhc cure
ul srrufIlu of tht lungs (which is OOugumutionl.
Doufhs and bronchial troubles suecunih 90 thls
remedy, aud che blood is uurucd hy DO, until all
uu-llhuY skin nlufches are driven away Don
be skepucal, AS ibis medicine Dis guaranteed io
every purchaser Aou only pay luf the good
you get,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30

1t has often been noticed at the begin
ming Of January the death is announced
of number of prominent men. The
reason is probably found i'm the fact not
that great men are more prone 90 die ia
january than at any other time of the
year, but that the weather in that month
is unsettled, aud consequently hard ON
the constitution alike of great and hum
bla Great men are only human after
an. and a great man physically weak
encd by hard work or disease is just as
likely 10 die from % change Of weather
as though he were a day luhorer.
The mortality tables show that the
month of january and the first month
of exceedingly hot weather in the sum
nlgr are moro fatal than any other time
of the year and the great must take
their chances with other people.-St,
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30

Street Car Companies Not Responsible.
An incident Of special interest in con-
uection with the electric street car line
of Halle, Germany, is that the German
government stopped the running Of the
electric cars Immediately after the open
ing ceremony, because they iuterfcrod
with the proper working Of the tele-
grams and telephones. The case came
before the law courts and the judges de-
cided in favor of the railroad company,
stating that the streets OF city We're in
tended for general traffic, and that thei
course could not be altered, but that the
postal authorities could easily make any
necessary deviation in the line of the
telegraph and telephone wires so as TO
place them beyond the influence Of the
electric lines, which use the rails and
earth for the return circuit. New York
Telegram
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30

First Artist--Children don't seem TO
me to sell now as they used.
Second Artist Gn a hoarse Whisper
Well, was at Stodge's yesterday. He'd
just knocked off three little girls heads
-horrid raw things a dealer came in,
sir, bought 'em directly-took 'em away,
wet as they We're, on the stretchers and
wanted Stodge to let him have some
more next week
Old Lady quitting her head out of the
window and yelling guard,
stop the train and let me out, or I'll be
murdered. London Tit-Bits.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30

The most gorgeous creature ever
evolved in the way of an American hotel
clerk is far less pleasing TO look upon
than the petite girl in black who takes
your pounds, shillings and pence in the
office of hotel in London. New York
Sun.
Joseph Ruby, OF Columbia, Pa. suffered from
birth with scrOlula humOr, tin he WAS perfectly
cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30

We desire 10 say to our citizens, that for
years We have been selling Dr. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, DR., Kings
New Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnlca Salve
Electric BittCrs, aud HAYS never handled
remedies that sell as well, or that have
given such universal satisfaction. We do
not hesitate to guarantee them every time,
and we stand ready TO refund the purchase
price, II satisfactory results do not follow
their use. These remedies have won their
great popularity purely on their merits At
Reber's Drugstore, Lchighton, and BierY's
Drugstore, We!ssport.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30
Even vinegar has TO work in order to
be W rth anything
A Much Married woman

Mrs. Fowler, Of this city, was married
last January 90 her lsiNih husband, aud
strange as Il may seem, five OF them died
exactly two years from their marriage day,
Her present husband has been sick for the
last -four months with chronic jaudice, and
was given mp by four Of onr best physicians
as last resort he began using sulphur
Bitler, and yesterday told our reporter
that they had saved his life, smilingly say
Ing that he guessed Mr.. Fowler would be
unable 10 take seventh better half for
some time 10 come. Exchange,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30

A storage battery locomotive has been
put into operation in Wurtemberg, run
ming from some paper mills at Ravens
burg to the station on the steam
railroad, about 2lS miles away
This locomotive, which hauls pas
sengers as well as freight, weighs
eight tons and carries 100 cells of a
gelatinous storage battery which sup
ply current to the motor The cells
weigh two tons The line has no very
heavy grades. The locomotive makes
on an average four trips daily aud hauls
a load Of twenty tons between the two
points in twenty minutes. It seems to
do the Knew York Telegram
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30

Labouchere was iu Mexico during the
rebellion and he thought he mightsery,
humanity by secretly giving both bel
ligerents good advice. One night, as he
approached the tent of one of the two
generals, he heard the voices of These
rival pretenders in converse. Creeping
close 10 the canvas he listened, and dis
covered that they had agreed upon d
truce IN order 10 hang him ia the morn
ing as an example 20 10th nnies. n
tho morning. however, this misunder.
stood mutual friend had naturally dis
auleared. Cor. New York World.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30

Lawyer-Of course don't know what
his defense is, madam, but we can sue
him for breach Of promise and see how
we come out. The proof Of the pudding
is the eating, rs they say
Aggrieved Fair One pensive, but bust
nesslike)-Tho proof Of the pudding, sir
is these here love letters London Tit
Bits
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30

Do not draw a check unless You have
the money in bank or in your possession
to deposit Don't test the courage or
generosity Of your bank by presenting
or allowing TO be presented your check
for a larger sum than your balance
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30

I'm doing missionary work "a good deal OF
the tlme,' was the reply OF one OF the most
charming women ut New York, 90 ID friend, who
asked how slp busted herself "l see hy your
looks You wonder what mean by that ill toll
YOU. A few years ago life was burden Go me.
] had been q victim 90 female weakness ul the
most aggravated character for 20 long time, and
the doctors failed % help mr, Existence was %
long, steady, terrible turWre-a lingering living
death. one day / saw br Piprvr's lNOrite
Prescription advertised iu tie newspaper
Something iu the advertisement impressed me
ENurahly. ] caught ut the ghmmer of hope b.
held ON as tile drowning man rs said 90 catch 90
"a straw. Sull, did not dare 90 hope, But I
got the medicine, aud behold the result feel
so well, so strong, aud ID, So thankful, that go
about telling other women what saved me. 100
no other way can ] SD well show my gratitude 20
God, aud 90 the man who has proved such q
beueiacior 90 women, and my love for my SUI
trTluE 5IsIrrhOuu. .H
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30
Don't lose sight of an honorable en-
emy; he'll make a good friend.

A cold of unusual severity developed in
TO a difficulty decidedly catarrhal in all lis
characteristics, threatening a return OF my
Old chronic malady, catarrh. One bottle
Of Ely's Cream Balm completely eradicat-
ed every symptom Of that painful and pre-
yaling disorder-E w. Warner, Roches-
ter, n. Y.
When / began using Elys Cream Balm
my catarrh was so bad had headache the
whole time and discharged large amount
Of filthy matter. That has almost entirely
disappeared and have not had headache
since. i. II. Sommers, Stephney, Conn.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30

A Kansas City paper says that there
is a bowlder in the Ozarks which will
attract a jackknife dropped nine feet
away, and that along the line Of the
fifth principal meridian, in the counties
Of Carter, Reynolds, Iron and Washing
ton, the lines Of east and west surveys
are detected from the true course sew
eral degrees, the needle being affected
by the deposits Of loadstone.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30

A certain duration Of a luminous inn
preston is necessary 10 produce AN effect
ON the retina; hence it is that we do not
see very rapidly moving object such as
a bullet fired from a gun
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-30

Mr.. Stanford has endowed the Leland
Stanford Junior university, which is
really a sort of home school for poor
children, with property and money
amounting to about $4,000, 900