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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-11-10

survive in lonely country districts,
and old despairs and fears cloud the
brain? 1t has been said that the Sa-
lem madness of witch murder was
greatly due to the slow and infre-
uuent communications between the
towns of old days. There was time
for unhealthy brooding. We don't
hate our neighbors if there is a
brisk intercourse; if we have cried
over their dead and rejoiced over
their good luck and been helped by
them in days of worries and hurrles.
We don't doubt the divine kindness
when we see it revealed in the kind
faces of men and women about us.
The loneliness and isolation OF
country places where no roads, or
worse than none, separate-not con-
nect-places, this is the secret OF
human overflow into large towns,
and when those who go are mentally
and morally uneducated, of crowded
slums and tenement houses and even
viler places. Man needs men. The
best part of education is not in ma
ture, not in books-it is in human
intercourse. The free shows of the
streets and the bulletin boards, word
flashing to meet word, the continual
presence where news are made,
where life is acted, getting knowl-
edge at first hand-this is part of
the city'y training.
But you will say truly that it is
but poor stuff many of its scholars
get-profanity, vice, all manner OF
vileness-and that they ought not
to need to come to town to get its
better elements. Well give them
then, wholesome country inter-
course, neigborly talk set in clear
air, the spectacular play of shower
and sunshine with others beside
them to look, too--a country with
roads and they will stay content.
A nation of road-makers is a, nation
of educators, of civilizers, and the
day when a hearty interest in road
making springs mp in the country,
will be the day which marks the be-
ginning of the solution OF some OF
our most serious social and political
problems,-Ellla F. Mosby in Kate
Fields Washington.
:
Social Laws for Girls.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-11-10
A Thanksgiving Idyl.

Perhaps it was a dream. don't
know. 1t seemed too vivid for aught
save intense reality.
will not say where it was, or
attempt any account of how | came
there.
The living room of workman's
cottage, furnished with few arti-
cles Of cheap furniture The plain
whitewashed walls held few com
mon pictures, and paper curtains
were hung to the windows.
In the centre stood a square pine
table, covered with white cloth,
duly set for thanksgiving dinner.
At the head sat the father, stall
wart man of forty or so, whose rug
ged face and hard, knotty hands told
plainly that he earned his bread by
persistent toll. Down the side at
his left sat three boys, while mother
with baby on her lap, and an older
girl by her side, filed up the group
to the right in readiness for dinner.
In the middle of the board rested
fairish-sized fat turkey, fanked
by heaped.up dishes of potatoes,
cabbage, cranberry sauce and celery,
to say nothing of mince and "pun-
kin" pies.
Undoubtedly fourishing spread
of substantial, luscious food for a
common workman's family. What
demagogue would dare say it was
not incontrovertible evidence of a
land where labor is favored above all
other people? What high wages it
must have taken to purchase such a
grand feastl
One moment. Just as these
thoughts crossed my mind, in stalk
ed Mckinley, brandishing a huge
knife. on whose glittering blade
were the letters: Tariff protection
to working men" With one sweep
he slashed off leg of the turkey,
and held it aloft with the solemnly-
uttered words: "Our infant indus
tries must be preserved.
Almost with the same sweep ma
tional bank president sprang forward
and carved off the other leg, imme-
diately followed by double-headed
monster, labeled above their heads:
Sugar bounty. "Ship subsidy"
They slashed away great slices of
meat from the breast.
Then came trooping in a rush OF
trust robbers. corporation and Wall
street thieves, headed by the anthra-
cite coal sharks, the Standard Oil
company and other big plunderers
of the nation, ravenous as half
starved wolves on the hunt for prey.
They fell to and tore at the turkey
till little but the skeleton remained
Scarcely was this accomplished
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-11-10
GOOD ROADS EDUCATE.
Great Problems Will be solved
When the ROad.Maktng
Era Begins.

gray SVulIIciS CidoCCi 1nu "i'i' o"'
ened hare scuds swiftly across, like
a flying shadow. The trees shoot
out long green boughs that brush of
a mans hat as he rides unwarily,
or brush him in the face with tneil
thick leaves. Here and there fall
en- tree obstructs the road, and marks
of detour up the bank and through
the broken underbrush of the adjoin-
ing wood is visible. A little stream
dashes over the road in wet seasons,
trickling sweet lullabies as it glides
away. In dry seasons there is an
ugly and inconvenient furrow left by
it's overflow. The road would seem
to have been left to such wayfarers
as gray squirrels-who after all
choose the elevated railway of tree
boughs and wild creatures of surer
foot than man.
The rains have washed deep and
rough gullies; the rocks stand up
bare and sharp of tooth on one side,
and deep mudholcs on the other en-
trap even the cautious. If two We
hiclcs meet, there is no room to
pass, although unused land on either
side stretches to the edge of vision.
If the drivers are respectively man
and woman, the man, with instinct
i've gallantry, drags his vehicle out
of the way, backing, turning and
taking all the risks himself; if two
men, they settle the matter with
much strong language.
The battered and broken vehicles
tell the story, with their long sue
cession of rude mendings, the har-
ness tied together with bits of rope,
or roughly patched, the horses thin,
and tired and melancholy with hard
pulling. Truly the gray squirrels
have the best of it.
There are few houses along the
road. A population remains sparse
and scattered where there are no
roads, and there, too, are found
those pathetic households of the old
and helpless The young men
aye, and often young women-are
gone to the tOwns-gone anywhere
there is chance for them. If they
had raised good crops, fine fruits,
how transport them to market? II
they had good horses the wear and
tear of the roads used them up. II
they were ingenious OF thrifty there
were no neighbors to give word
or two of wholesome praise, to keep
up friendly competition, to trade
the barter ideas with; there was
worn out thinking in the old grooves
as well as worn out harness. And
in the short winter days and the long
winter nights the house was dreari.
" isolated from other houses by long
stretches of muddy and rough WAYS,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-11-10

The one arm reached down the
workman's new hat from a peg, and
a comb out of the mothers hair
This many-armed beast was the
great money-loaning octopus, whose
Shylock clutch is at the throat of
every living soul in all the land.
Its hog-greedy eyes were roaming
into every nook and corner for a
last pound of flesh, when the scared
mother raised her hand above her
head, as she uttered the despairing
cry:
ooh, pa! Where will our share
be ?"
For answer came primping for
ward the statistical fend, snug and
respectable as a. bank president, pre-
pared to prove by official figures,
that "never in the history of any
people were workingmen in such
good case as in this highly-favored
land; that quart of beans properly
prepared is amply sufficient to make
meal for eight in laborer's fami-
ly; that by strict economy ,frugality,
temperance, and unremitting indus
try, an ordinary workman's family
can subsist on fifteen cents a day.
Was it dream? ..
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-11-10

DOES your boy want nice rife !?
1t will cost you no money-only a
little time. Write us about it,. -.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-11-10

.NANTED-Iooo 600 PEOPLES PARTY
w Speakers for the presidential campaign.
How to educate them in time is the problem.
The solution Is found in
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-11-10

GET your wife or daughter pair
of nice shoes without any money.
Write us if you'll get up club.
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Is YOUR boy young mechanic?
Well give him little electric motor
for a small club. Write us.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-11-10

WE'LL pay you to get up a club.
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SEND Ten CENTS for bundle of
Reform papers, for distribution
among your weakened friends.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-23

Medieval Europe knew but very little
of eastern and northeastern Asia. Many
Of the most learned cosmographer5 Of
the time taught that Asia stretched east
ward indefinitely, and no one imagined
that IL had an eastern coast washed by
the ocean. It was seriously taught that
eastern Asia was a land Of vast swamps
inhabited by monster serUsnts and
dragons. This was the opinion that still
prevailed up 10 within 200 years Of tn,
time Of Columbus.
AT this time two Venetian merchants
by the name of Polo went on a vast
trading expedition to the uttermost
parts of Asia. They were gone many
years. Upon their return the son of ont
Of them, q young man named Marco
Polo, wrote out "a fun account of ih-il
travels, described the empire Of th,
grand khan ltho Chinese emperor and
revealed the fact that Asia was bounded
on the east 10y "a vast ocean. He de
scnbed this eastern coast miuutely
with an its vast cities and its wealth of
precious stones and spices
It was from reading this book that th,
imagination of Columbus was fired, and
lac conceived the bold conception Of
reaching this eastern coast Of Asia bl
sailing toward the west around ia,
earth.
So when ho discovered Cuba he has
not a doubt that ho had landed upon th,
coast of Asia, and thar he looked upoI
the same scenes that Marco Polo had
gazed upon 200 years beforo.-Yanks'
nlala
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-23

A correspondent asks, How shall a
young man proceed who desires 10 be-
come a reporter"
Let him apply TO the city editor Of the
paper ON which he hopes TO get job. II
he can bring a short letter Of iutroduc-
tion It viii not hurt himi but no doesn't
need any great svad of recommendations.
He should know what ho can do iu the
way of reading and writing English, be
prepared 10 say how old he is, if he
speaks German or French, OF any other
foreign languages if he isin good health,
if he drinks; be doesn't want 10 be fresh,
nor does hc want 20 De a chump Hs
wants TO get rid of tho idea that the
/ paper needs him, but wants 90 impress
it on the city editor ,uot hy talking
/ however) that be is a good man, and
that if he has had no experience be viii
/ nevertheless learn. some papers prefer
/ green mem they don't have 20 unlearr
/ so much.-New York sun
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-23
PATHS woNpaous WARDROBE.


Her Collection Of i.moralds Puts 10 Shame
the Majority uf Royal Gems.
PATHS wardrobe is something that
fashion writers rave over. At every
performance she of course wears the
newest concert costume In the opera
that follows she wears the dress requi-
site for the part she plays. The concert
costumes are the productions Of the first
Partisan milliner, and one may be sure
that the willy milliner. getting an order
from Patti, would exert himself for this
queen Of song as he would forno crowned
head.
Her jewels are the most elaborate
worn by any woman outside Of royalty,
and even royalty's gems fade before her
matchless collection Of emeralds. In
some concerts Nine. Patti wears a COS
tune of pink and silver brocade, over
which is worn delicate green satin de
imperatrice. With this costume she
wears a dog collar Of emeralds set with
diamonds, a bouquet Of roses made Of
diamonds and emeralds completely COW
ering the front Of her bodice. Also
tiara, garniture and comb of emeralds
and diamonds This bit of ieweled orna-
ment is said to be worth over $50, 600. Il
is a popularity of PATHS that she will
wear nothing in the way Of decoration
but what is absolutely real.
The jewel box and jewels in Faust"
are her own, and the pearls are positively
real Her courier, whenever she sings,
is on the stage, waits for mhdame in the
wings and accompanies her from the
1Nn 60 1na 4 fn
her careful husband, Signor Nicolini, Is
not around. He is very careful Of his
precious wife, and she is never on the
stage but that he is an intent observer Of
everything that Is going ON.
PATHS passion, Of course, is her appear
ance before the public. She is one Of
those creatures who, without the excite
ment of public applause, could hardly
exist. The applause of the public is
positively meat and drink for her
There is no debutante more eager to
know whether she has done well than is
Patti at this day, She comes off the
stage smiling and pleased.
Her eyes sparkle, and the first thing
she asks her husband is; "Well, was
that good' Listen how pleased they
are. On beng reassured that she Is
the darling of the publics heart, she is
in an ecstasy Of pleasure and for the
next performance she is all the more
eager to do'her best 1t is this wonder
full desire to be at her best that upholds
her in her magnificent art.
There are few people who have
achieved the fortune, the fame and the
great notoriety that Patti has who would
deny themselves the many human priv
ileges that she docs merely to preserve
her voice and to be able to maintain the
matchless charm of her art.
At every hotel where rooms are en-
gagged for herself special stipulation is
made and rooms selected for her servants
as we'll The price is never an object.
Nine. Patti and suite generally occupy
about ten rooms and a parlor in every
city in which she sings. She gives two
concerts a week, and never travels on
the day she sings. She requires perfect
rest and refuses to speak TO any one on
the day of a concert.-Spare Moments.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-23
hut not fer Tome. 3

but not fer Tome.
By thet time wuz a-loolsin at the
patch NV sky twixt the winder shade an
the foothills ! kin see its deep purple
yit.
1t wuz dark almost inside.
"Tome" Her voice rings in nv ole
ears yit She didn't need ter say nav.
thin but his name-thet wuz hull
story
"But not the rope! she whispered
Thar wuz a quick streak through the
dusk like flash nv giant powder, Tom
an tho sheriff jumped ter ketch her
Tom kissed her afore the breath left her
Thet .Mariposy summer wuz nigh
twenty year ago, children Run along
story about Injins next time
Wonder eff I'd orter tole them kids
Tom wuz thar pap Mop. They mighter
thought their NAV wuz. a squatter on
another woman's claim-an she's a good
sort too
W'u'dn't wonder if Tom clean fnrgot
thet little gal! WAL waal eff she hednt
drawed her gun mighty quick an shot
old Diaz, Tom w'u'd NV been the dead
man stead Nv poor little Mariposy. M
S. Paden in Short Stories.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-23

In Wales tine Sunday evening services
generally last two hours. Now there
can be little doubt that service lasting
two hours ON a summer evening is con-
sidered too long by working men aud
women who have been hard at work six
days running. If our chapels are 70 re-
tain their hold especially ia English
towns, the services must be made
shorter. I have seen au advertisement
from which It appeared that IN one Non
c6ufonnist chapel the services are "brief,
bright, brotherly." But that was not in
Wales Liverpool Mercury
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You can't size up an orator 10y the
dimensions of his mouth

cholera .uiantum bias lost its terrors since the
introduction of Chamherlains Colic. Choleri
and Dlauhwa Remedy. When That remedy ~
used and the treatment as directed VITA each
bottle ls followed, O. cure is certain. Mr. A. ".
Walters, @ prominent merchant a. Waltersburg,
Ill.,, says: "li cured my baby boy OF cholera in-
iautum after several other remedies had failed.
The child was SD low that he scented almost be-
yund the aid Of human hands or reach OF any
medicine % and % cent bottles Tor sale by N.
D.. Rchcr and W. p. BieR
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-23

They slay mulltudss when they are the pro
duct Of neglect of incpient disease. A slight"
cold. hi OF Indigestion, hiliOusncss Of cOnSti-
advance in many cases with "league-destrOylng
strides" Give them a swift, early defeat with
i0steiter's Stomach Btters and avert the dan
huke 10 the man who Informed hlm that he had
"Only colds" "Only C0ld,h repeated the
doctor. "Whai would ye haye-the pleague -
rheumatism and Ia grippe are easily exiting
Unstable al the start. Why then allow them 70
get up "a iull head ol steam2 Put on the brakes
with the Bitters. The genial warmth which this
superb medicine diiiuses through the system,
the impetus 10 gives 10 the circulation Of the
blood, IT'S soothing aud strengthening egect upon
the nervous, specially recommend it TO the en-
ieeblcd and sick. III, the great specific for
malaria.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-23

We desire 70 say to our citizens, that for
years we have been selling DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, DIR. Kings
New Life Pills, Bucklep'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
lieber's Drugstore, Lehighi0n, and BlerY's
Drugstore, Welssport.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-23

A Bates county farmer saw bolt of
lightning strike iu the center of one
Of his fields, and being curious 90 see
the effects of the stroke visited thespoL
He found the subtle fluid had left its
mark In the shape of ana enormous "D'
Of am angry red color, and had no doubt
that il was the sign manual of the arch
iend himself. Kansas City Journal
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-23
CLEOPATRA

The world Is hiuercr than wine left Ices.
And saltur are my tears than snltcst seas
Wherefore? Because that Antony is dead
Great Antony, upon whose love fed
As feeds bee on roses in the June.
When all the birds sing mndly loves light
tunc'
Say, why should not follow after himg
Dark are the ways Of death. mcthinks, and
dim;
But what Of that2 'ris more disastrous fate
To live alone in Egypt's 800 starred state!
Sweet Isis, smile thy favOrsl Lot me see
First In thy realm the face OF Antony
Susie NJ. Best iu Philadelphia Ledger
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-23

We have eNposed, during the last year,
many swindiers who advertise, under The
name Of medicine, vile compounds which
only increase human suffering. To an who
need a pure medicine and blood puIiaeI,
we can honestly recommend sulphur Bit
tcrs. Editor sun.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-23

Aud here's tu the widow Of iOriyfN
lhey have each reached % period iu life wleh
most females need assistance la tidlug them
over tlc shOal which So often completely wreck
tlrlr after lives. ln producing their regularity
and hcullhl action ut the female OrRans, nf.
iieIce's fafur|ie Prescription stand without a
peer al % time when nature gives them TO-
creased burdens, 80 many young girls have their
health for lie shattered. m yOu wish YOUR
daughter 10 miss those periodical. ag0nizing
hackacies, and dizzy headaches, llugiud and
ircd irellugs accompanied With rough, ulmpE
SKIN and kiul, heavy eyes, get her q bottle Of
Dr. liurees FaNu1ie Prescription. II you have
reached tine later period OF danger and weak
ness, you Will need bottle too. See wrapper
ou loltc for urlulcd guarantee, Satisfaction
gwen Zoe every case ur money refunded
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-23
nnel,Ien,. ArnIca snIre.

The best salye in the world for Cuts, Buses,
sores, Ulcers, salt l,ieum, Fever Sores, letter,
Chapped Hands, Chllhlanls COnnes, and an skin
EuptOns, and positively cures Piles. or no pay
required. Il is guaranteed 10 give perfect salts
faction, or money refunded. Price % cents per
MClssuurl.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-23

l !. !. ]. \. . !. II. n.
As being the Greatest
Discovery OF The AYE.
Positive cure when used M
iuacculdancc 90 lu-iIuc- - Is
tons, lu diseases here N7YtEEs 4E
totorc so-cHltd Incur Ll1 HN
able. bipUlhlriJ, asth- IIti ~
ma, bronchitis, catarrh, fFlftttk--
congestion ul the htaIu, Vtftftnf -
the result ot suustrokr, @N1X -.
apuplrNy, % nd luhs a4igtFTA
paraly2od restored 90 pAT6 ~
Their natural condition. N y -
Spine, hip and bone disease cured. rheumatism
urNS, liver complaint, dysPnterV, and so-uyllrd
heart disease are entirely cured hy pure mcdl-
cluc ol my own preparing,
used iuese medicines and are living witnesses
OF lhrif worth. Will not go into practice my
iriurs only. ! have twa eminent physipians con-
uegtrd With me 90 attend tn calling W the res.
drnrr, of the sick ID required.
TESTIMONIALS
NENfuWN, Feb. a., lsll.
Dean 500 ro those .unrrng from spinal
trauule, Neuralgia, Syiitlrl, Heart Diseases ana
rheumatism, would highly recommend lroL
4 ioudluu remedies; was 70 ,uurrer Oi these
complaint lur years at times. was hardly able
I tn move; could not 5irAislheu myself The pain
auI agony was IupNprr,-lhlr uuctorrd WIN
l relief, not permanent, uulll was cured by bis
/ medicines hlH is unsurpassed; would hlFhl]
! recommend Prof BpudIou uumcut and mru-
h'sp'''mn}, yo}}rs, ,,o,,,,,,,.o
Newton, Buck, co., iA
NEWTON, Feb. o., l,m.
Dear sir-Auiow me tu write YOU % testimony
! ot Your medicine. can SAY to all those suffer
] luF with ailments ot mY description. woulr
] commend ftui Bludruu'9 medicines. hlt
I nhlr pAiu lu mY stomach iur long Time.
suffering can uIuIk Doe described hN words.
/ deprived one oi sleep unighis; would lieawa
suffering With pain lnf hours 90 % time, hoctoted
VITA several lIlf sItIuurs their medicine WuuIl
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If there were no little sins there
would never be any big ones.
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w. NJ. Rapsher,
THE CARBON HOUSE
Henry Drumbore, Prop'r,
FIRST STREET, LEHlGHToN, JENNA

The Carbon House has been renovated and
improved throughout; 10 ls electric lighted and
Well ventilated, and i- among The Best Hotels in
this scction of the State. The PATRONAGE OF the
public l8 solicited. Rest accommodations for
permanent aud transient custom Charges very
moderate. Fine Liquors, Fresh Hcrraud Porter
aud Good Clpars, for sale az the bar.
Julie O., 'g-ly.
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Are marking the prices ON all our rgoosd
at Rock Bottom Figures because we
want to have your custom. We don't
believe in Big Prices so we