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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1892-05-08
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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-15

Il was chased once by % box car,
said Harry G., Moore, an ex-railroad
man. 1T was out in Colorado, the land
Of steep grades and sharp curves. We
were sliding down the mountains one
day with a baggage car and two coaches.
/ was ON the rear platform boxing at
the road when 1 deserted a box car
coming down the grade at rate Of
speed that was appalling, If it struck
us we were gone sure, for It would
smash the entire train into kindling
wood and pile it mp ia ono of the gorges.
Our only hope was either 10 outrun OF
wreck il. The engineer caught sight Of
Il at thu same instant that ] did and put
the lever down among the tallow pots.
It appeared impossible that we could
hold the track on the sharp curves while
moving more than n mile o minute, but
we did, and the box car continued 10
saw wood.
'If we could once get 70 the foot Of
the grade we would he safe. but that
was soon seen TO be impossible. Rapidly
as we were going the box car continued
10 gain upon us. and now we could see
that It was loaded with iron. Some
thing must ho done and that quickly.
All the passengers had fed into the for
ward coach and were hanging on 10 the
seats. / signaled the engineer 10 shut
OF, set a hrako bard ON the rear coach,
pulled ihe pin aud the engineer opened
the throttle. Wohpd not gone 100 yards
before the bpz ear ran into tho coach
and sent apliuisr hying o quarter of a
mile high Both went plmgiug over into
q chaam. Isl. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-15

Possibly it is the lingering influence
of the Puritan maxim that whatever is
pleasurable is wrong, and that rest is
Incidence, that impels the American to
make his vacation n change of occupa-
ton, and to seek to Improve every
moment Of his time. Certainly in no
other way can we account for the deter
minaiion with which the man or woman
who ought to bathe his or her tired
mind in rest irritates it with lectures,
and plunyes into summer schools as if
they were summer pools. The tired
school teacher, who ought to bend all
his energies to doing nothing, will sit
for hours on bench in a grove to listen
to a college professor, who ought to be
idle, too, lecture on Plato's self efface-
ment or Socrates's synthesis.
We have not the slightest desire TO
disparago the excellence Of such sum
mer schools; we only point to their sue
cess as indicating a development of the
national temperament and the national
desire for Improvement. Possibly at
tendance on them is only a compromise
between this temperament and the
human craving for rest, and that the
man who sits apparently wrapt in adj
miration OF Professor Strawthrasher's an
alysis Of Plato's self eifacement is send
ing his thoughts far distant and is really
resting them in way very uncomrli-
mentaly TO that learned lecturer Let
us hope he is.-Boston Transcript
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-15

There was once "a little girl and the
only reason there is none such now Is
that she has grown big girl--who
talked Of everything in the plural.
Especially was she likely, at the table,
to ask for "forlSs, ""spoons" or potatoes,
when it was but one Of the articles she
really desired.
One day her papa said to her at
dl1Ger, "Kitty, don't ask for biscuits
Say, Please give me biscuit You
don't want more than one at time"
"No, papa" was the dutiful answer;
but presently came the request:
"Please may have some rollss"
"a roll" corrected her father, aud
she repeated the words carefully.
Then all went well until the cheese
was handed round, aud this Kitty was
not usually allowed 10 eat. Yet she de-
lighted in il, and realized that her
success in obtaining "a bit might be
determined by her manner Of asking
for it, Leaning forward, she said;
Papa, will You please give me a
cheeYN
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-15
EMINENT SUICIDES.
Give aud Castlereagh Killed Themselves
and Napoleon Attempted To.

Give aud CastlereRgh Killed Themselves
and Napoleon Attempted To.
The history of suicides presents a long
array Of eminent victims. The suicides
of antiquity are not considered, for men
were educated in those days TO embrace
suicide when all was lost We do not
find many conspicuous instances of sui
eide in the Middle Ages. Outdoor ac-
tivity and an intensely practical life was
the rule with men Of sensibility outside
Of convent walls, and suicide was not
common until the Eighteenth century,
when men Of ssdentaIy lives began to
multiply. The Nineteenth century is
conspicuous for suicides compared with
the Eighteenth, and the most studious
nation in the world, Germany, furnishes
the largest list Of suicides.
Next to Germany, France furnishes
the largest list Of suicides among civil
lied peoples. The English are not prone
to suicide. Their love Of outdoor sports
keeps them free from dyspepsia and dis
orders Of tho liver, and their native
courage and endurance prompts them
| to cling 10 live even when life is but one
| long, ceaseless round of pain. Three
eminent Englishmen committed suicide,
Lord Give, the founder Of England's
Indian empire; Sir Samuel Romilly, a
| great iurist and philanthropist, and
/ Lord Castlereagh, famous statesman,
/ Englands representative in the congress
/ Of Vienna after the fall Of Napoleon.
Give was a hypochrondriac from
/ youth, and used opium IN his last years;
Romilly was despoudent over the death
Of his wife, and bitterly repented his act
with his dying breath. The self de-
suuction of Cssilereagh was never
clearly explained. Napoleon attempted
suicide. Frederick the Great prepared
for it by carrying poison in his clothes
during his dreadful fight for his crown.
No eminent American has ever commit
ted suicide, although suicide is more
common in America than in England,
owing doubtless 10 the intensity Of our
struggle fol wealth and fame
Insane men are frequently suicides,
but it can hardly be said that all sui
cides are insane The paralysis Of the
instinct Of self preservation may result
from severe mental and bodily suffer
ing, and the deliberaiion rnd seeming
sanity of the suicides preparation for
death, the c0lmno.5 Of his last words,
would often reem to forbid the theory
Of insanity. The hopeless consumptivei
the victim Of cancer, not seldom com
mits suicide 10 secure that sudden stoI
to suffering that we call humanity when
extended 90 vIctchel brute Suicide
is raro among savage tribes, probably
because they are 20 occupied with pure
ly material matters that they have nc
time for spiritual agony or severe men
tai strain, or "a costly round of vuriou'
vices. .-Kunsas City journal
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-15

asundor. 1t was the work OF q minute
to load his gun with one of the pieces
The crow was still within guushot. He
took deliberate aim and fired. Wounded
in the leg, it 1uttered downward in
lessening circles and apparently fell in
some bushes close by. But careful and
prolonged search failed TO discover il.
For some days the woodmen who
passed Peg Wesson's hut morning and
night on their way 10 and from their
work in the forest noticed that there was
no smoke in the chimney.
Pegs off on her broomstick." said
one,
"There's i'll luck for somebody some
where, said another.
II was n mild and sunny Nav after
noon and they were busily hewing in
the woods when they heard a faint moan
ing. They heard it repeatedly, and at
length, following the sound, they came
upon Peg Wesson lying on the ground
and unable to get up.
How cams She there. They could
have sworn that she had not passed
them on the path, and who could have
made her way through the impenetrahle
jungle beyond:
Though loath to touch her they helped
her to her feet, She was unable to take
a step. Her leg was broken. A rude
litter was made and she was taken
home, uttering maledictions all the way.
A doctor was called. When he ex-
amined the fracture he extracted there
from a small piece of silver which he
carefully preserved.
When the soldiers returned from
Louisburg, victorious and iuhilant at
having destroyed the hornets nest that
had long been a torment to Gloucester.
they heard with amazement what had
befallen Peg Wesson, for in comparing
dates they found that she had fallen
with the broken leg at the very time
that the crow had been shot.
Sanders produced his part OF the
sleeve buttons. The doctor produced
his They were precisely alike.
They We're linked together again and
carefully preserved by Martin Sanders
and his descendants. Indeed they are
kept to this day in the family for aught
l know to the contrary. They were
brought ont and exhibited whenever
this remarkable story was told and it
was very often told.
Peg Wesson never recovered from her
injury. She died soon after and received
decent burial, but there is no stone bear.
ing her name in the old graveyard
Poor maligned, prosecuted Peggyl For
thee and such as thou there should in
deed he, there must be, some happier
sphere where the shadows Of earth may
be forgotten in the glad sunshine Of hap
piness unknown before.
Peggy's cot, untenanted after her
death, long the sport of the elements,
has fallen TO decay. But il one cares to
know where it stood, its sito near the
old garrison can be pointed out by any
Of the older inhabitants, for this is no
tale Of the imagination, but one in which
our forefathers aud foremothers implic-
lilly believed. Sarah G.. Duley in Bos-
ton Transcript
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-15

A conscientious painter sent to the
"Salon" u canvas representing view IN
Newfoundland.
what a queer smell there is about
this picture" exclaimed one Of themem
bers Of the hanging committee as he eS-
amined il.
"The fact Is, remarked one OF his
colleagues, "the scene has been painted
IN cod liver oil"-Chronique.
why Rats Are Dangerous Passengers.
A most remarkable instance Of the
mischief which the rat is capable Of do
ing came to light during the proceedings
Of a naval court Of inquiry held in Au-
gust, 1915, for the purpose Of investigot-
ing the cause Of tho loss Of the bark
Commodore Of HartlepooL The vessel,
which was burned at sea, had been
loaded with a cargo Of timber, and the
fire broke out in the hold in q most Inys-
terious manner. It was eventually
proved, ON the evidence of the entire
crew, that beyond a shadow of doubt
the outbreak was originated by "a rat
carrying OF a lighted candlefwhich had
stood in the foIecastle and was presently
missed by the sailors, and dropping it
among the dry and resinous pine slowed
below.
The Shipping Gazette, in commenting
upon this extraordinary case at the time
and speaking Of the danger generally Of
rats on shiphoard said that 'they have
caused the foundering of many ships by
gnawing holes in the planking or so eat
ing away the inner sides of the wood a.
70 leave very little for the straining Of
the hull 20 do in completing the aper
ture; they have been known 20 nibbls
the timber at the waterways until The
wood was so thin as 10 admit rainwatei
through it; they viii attack the bungs
Of casks and create leakage, find out th,
soft parts of the knees or lining, and
make a passage for themselves from on,
part 10 another So fully has the dan
ger Of this now come 90 be recognizes
that such contingencies are generally
provided for in the insurance of woodci
built sh.ps Chambers Journal
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-15

Calls foot jelly, tripo and rice are the
articles Of food most easily digested, the
time required for the first being only
thirty minutes, and for the other two
one hour each Among the fish the
short fiber of the whiting, the chicken
of the sen" makes it easily digestible.
But the foods that are most easily
digested are not always the most
nutritious. Thus rice, which is more
extensively used as an article Of food
than anything else, forming as it does
the principal diet of third of the
human race, is not nearly so nutritious
as wheat or some other grains, though
1t is far more easily digested than they /;
more than nine-tenths of its substance
consists Of starch and water, and it con-
sequently forms more fat than muscle.
Digestion is rather hindered by care and
worry or i'll health. The process usually
occupies from two to three hours
Brooklyn Eagle
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-15

Louis Napoleon, who believed himself,
even amid exile and poverty, destined TO
that throne which the prestige of his
name and his cunning coup d'etat en-
sbled him TO reach, was not without his
suporstitions. In his will he says, "With
regard to my son, let him keepas a tails
man the seal ! used to wear attached to
my watch" This talisman had no opower
to turn aside the fatal spears of the
zulus, and the young Napoleon met
sadder fate than his fathers worst fears
could have imagined for him.-Detroit
Free Press
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-15

Among the latest fancies in photogra-
ply is the cane camera, which consists
of a walking stick with ebonized handle
in which the camera is surrounded by a
wide silver band and accompanied by
all the necessary apparatus for making
photographs The handle is fitted in
side with neat metal drop shutter
which connects with a spring and pin
underneath, and is operated noiselessly
with one finger,
Even smaller than this is the pocket
book camera, which makes a picture Of
about ! inches square, and when not
in use folds up in an ordinary lady's
purse about . inches long, ~ inches
wide and inch thick. The lens is an
excellent quick working medium, and
it may be used either with plate or cut
films Besides IT'S special characteristic
the purse is supplied with sections fox
containing silver, postage stamps and
cards. New York Telegram.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-15
BOILED


Or How the Peachy Checked Lady Did
the Real EHtatc Agent.
The real estate agost experienced a
feeling Of exultation when the Walnut
Hills young lady, with paachy cheeks,
admitted that house renting was % new
experience for her The agents CON
science had become hardened, and with
the Thought of his wife and children
there took possession of his mind "A fell
determination to show the peichy
checked young lady absolutolyno mercy.
Il have" he pleasantly remarked. "a
splendid house right here.
The agent stuck a pin ina His map to
indicate tina location
"ls tier
The young lady's peachy checks werc
suffused with blushes.
Adapted 10 housekecpiagy
"Oh, perfectly"
The agent had never seen "a domicilc,
to be confidential, that was better
adapted to housekeeping.
Really declared the young Lads
deprecatingly, ''you must excuse my
ignorance
The agent bowed and begged her not
to mention it,
ia like to ask you one or two quc~-
tions about the house, if may"
The agent was delighted he was sure.
"Thani you Does it saco the north
and have woodshed with three sepa-
rate bins for coal, and room for re-
frigerator in the corner farthost from
the SUM"
The agent remembered ufterward that
she looked very sweet and unsophisti-
Gated as she propounded the inquiry.
with an expression Of the most bewitch-
ing anxiety.
"Y-ye-yes that is, believe so.
And 1 hope you can assure me that
the window frames are tight, and that the
doors have not sagged until they won't
shut. suppose, of course -
The agent drew copiously from u
draft Of fresh air that chanced to wander
his way.
"The walls are not cracked, the floors
are not shrunk, the varnish is still on
the woodwork, the chimneys are clean
and safe, The cellar does not flood.
and 49,
Madam 49,
We should certainly want at least
six latch keys for the front door,
Madam ''--
"Hey2"
The agent pressed handkerchief 20
his brow
Il think, perhaps, er-rd-a-better
call your attention to this house"
The agents voice was q triAe faint,
and as he stuck the pin into anotherpart
of the map he felt that he had overesti-
mated his ability to read character az
first sight Cincinnati Commercial Ga-
zette.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-15
A Minute Only.

Nineteenth century methods
of trading allow no old foggyism
OF loggardism. They are relics
of the last decade. New ideas,
original methods, push, pluck
and enterprise are tine cxigen-
cies of the present age.
We admit no dull season.
Everything must be kept on
a constant move. Trade
must be stirred up with the
same activity at the end of
the season, as in the be-
ginning
Uc think we have struck the
right chord when we started our
present Low Water Mark
Prices. Warm weather doesn't
stop it Old Soils burning rays
cannot clog our wheel of COM
morCc.
Now is the time and We noIe
the fact that we are head
quarterslor all kinds of school
supplies and carry Fifty
different styles or Tablets al
fifty difereut prices. Fine
Stationery, BOOKS and Mag
a2iucs of all kinds, Pocket
looks, l'rer ch Tissue, Toys
Games and Novelties.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-15

In the hierarchy Of the affections,
women place love before friendship; men
place friendship before love, as did ihe
man Of whom AlphoHse Karr told, who.
on being refused by lady who offered
TO remain his friend, replied; "Thanka,
madam, but / do not know you wen
enough. l love you. desire 10 marry
you, but my friend-no. Friendship ina.
plies knowledge, respect, congeniality
Of tastes. would have 10 know you
better before accepting you as a friend. %
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-15
JOB PRINTING
To pelinuuents.

You get the CARBON ADVOCATE by
mail, just look at the direction tab on
your paper, and you will see just how
much you nre indebted Tor the paper;
remit the same by Postal Note, Money
Order or Greenbacks without delay.
We need the money dollar or two TO
each is not much, the aggregate TO us
amounts to hundreds of dollars. Come,
gents, pony mp. Address.
". V. MORTHIMER, Prop.
Lehighton, Pa
Delinquents living in this 'neighbor-
hood will please caH and settle, and
save % cents for collection.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-15

Small sins cause great sorrows.
II you want people TO repent preach
repentance.
Largest circulation aud lowest rates
for advertising.
Plant your fall advertisements in
the ADVOCATE and reap your reward in
abig trade.
The best thing to do when we eau
not see in any other direction is to
look STRAIGHT UP.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-15
\ flower will smell good no matter
where you put il.

\ reported outbreak Of cholera at Hell
meta. N. j., created much excitement IN
that vicinity. Investigation showed that
the disease was not cholera but a violent
dysentely which almost as severe and dan
gerous as cholera. Mr.'Walter Willard, q
prominent merchant Of Jamesburg, two
miles from llelmetta, says Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrh9a Remedy has
given great satisfaction in The most severe
cases of dysentery. Il is certainly one Of
the best Things ever made.n1 For sale by
n. +. Reber, Lehighton, and W, F, Bery.
Weissport
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-15

We authorize our advertised druggist 10
sell Dr. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds, upon this
condition II YOU are afflicted with a
Cough, Cold or any Lung, Throat and
Chest trouble, and will use this remedy as
directed, giving II a fair trial, and export
ence, you may return the bottle and have
your money refunded. We could not make
this offer did we not know that DR. Kings
New Discovery could be relied on. II
never disappoinls. Trial bottles free at
Beber's Drugstore, Lehighton. and Biery's
Drugstore, WeisspOrt. Large size soc.
and Sl.00
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-15

There arenineteen general hospitals in
London, eleven Of which have medical
schools attached, and three are endowed.
st. Bartholomew is the wealthiest and
Oldest, having been founded in 1922. 1t
has revenue Of about $35O,000. The
London hospital in Whitechapel road is
the largest. The total number of beds
in the London hospitals is $500. Pitts
burg DispntCh.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-15

1t is not unusual for colds contracted in
the fall TO hang on all winter In such
cases catarh or chronic bronchitis are al.
most sure 10 result. A fifty cent bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will cure
any cold. Can you afford to risk so much
Tor so small an amount? This remedy is
intended especially for bad colds and Group
and can always be depended upon. For
sale by n. b. Reber, Lehlghton, and W.
Z. Biery. Welssport.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-15


Mrs. Carrie Bouton. FayOrite Remedy
was performing, and tried it, The first
bottle produced marked improvement.
After taking five bottles. / wos almost a
well women and weighed 1913 lbs.
"JtST THINK OFIT NY SUFFER-
ING SISTERS" such a gain in weight
and better in health than / ever was
IL is my desire to tell every woman in
the world who suffers from any Of the
complaints common to our sex, Of the
benefit and cure to be derived from the
use Of Or. Kennedy's FayOrite Rem.
edy. Mrs. CARRIE BoUTON.
~ YOU have chronic weakness bearing down,
uterine catawh, suppressed or painful periods,
suspicious rroWths dNposedto Wmor or cancer,
or hemorIhape, suffer from painful or irregular
mcustruetion. lucorrhpa or irregular monthly
sickness, falling of the womb or change Of life,
Dr. David htuuCuys iavorita Remedy "a the
oalY h.lp fcrAuu it has cured thousands when
ali q I. Has failed, Ladies. don't be discouraged
and rtoup in csspair, good health and long life
eau ho GAINED lf1ising De. kennedy's Favorite
Remedy lrlD, q @ bottle,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-15

The combined forces Of the weather
during the winter season are exerted 10
destroy health. Coughs and Colds attack
ms. which, If neglected. result IN Pneu-
monla and Consumption; these diseases
usually result seriously. Send for Pan
Tina, the great Cough and Consumption
cure, aud save doctor bills. Trial bottles
Of Pan-TIna free AZ T. D. Thomas Drng
Store
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-15

With people for croaning when they sui-
fer with Rheumatish OF Neuralgia the
pain Is simply terrible; 10 ancient torture
was more painful; but people ought 10 be
blamed IL having rheumatism OF Neural
gia and won't use Red Flag OIL; Il has
cured hundreds Of sufferers and costs only
% cents at r. ID. Thomas Drug Store.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-15

All day She hurried 90 get through.
The Same as lots of wimmin do;
Sometimes at night her huehan said.
Ma, amt you g0Iu 10 come TO bedYr
An then she'd kinder give hitch,
An pause half way between n stitch,
An sorter sigh, an say HAT She
Was ready aa she'd ever be-,
She rcckoncd
an go lIe years went, Que hy one.
An somehow she was never done;
An when The angel said as how,
" Mis- smith. it's time you rested now, r
She sorter raised her eyes 20 look
A second, as O stitch she took.
"All right, I'm comm now" says she,
"l'm ready as I'M ever be,
I reckon"
Albert S. Paine en- Kansas City Journal.