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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17

A women living in fat on Gates
avenue near Stuyvesant is the owner Of
a dog that is worth having. It is a
mongrel cur as devoid Of pedigree as
paving stone is Of hair Exactly how
she came in possession Of the dog she
cannot say. He happened around one
day in q forlorn and hungry condition,
and being fond Of animals she took pity
on him, fed him and at once the dog
located on the premises. He is a good
deal in appearance like Smiley's frog,
that is to say, there are no points about
this dog to indicate that he is better than
any other dog But, as the sequel will
show, he proved to be an animal of sin
gular Judgment and good sense. The
other day while roaming in the vicinity
he found a five dollar bill. Now by
what process of reasoning or by previous
observation that dog had learned that
money had a value or that five dollar
bills were worth having, is impossible
to say.
The fact remains, however, that this
intelligent mongrel dog took the bill in
his mouth and, in spite Of the efforts Of
a number of street boys who saw the
performance and tried TO get the money
away from him, scooted with it to the
Gates avenue fat and deposited it safely
at the feet Of his mistress with wag Of
his tail, as il to say, "You see, I'm able
TO pay for my board" The woman
would not part with that dog now for a
good many five dollar bills This singu-
lar story Of an animals sagacity may
look doubtful, but it is absolutely true
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17

Among the main reasons which BIZ
cycle riders give for their choice of loco
motion are the following:
Bicycling is a popular, clean, health
full sport, and a wheel is good company,
The wheel is a time saving machine,
and in this busy age time is money.
Exercise ON the wheel is better than
walking, because the weight of the body
is principally supported by the saddle.
Strength is economized and the exertiou
Of force distributed more generally
throughout the muscles of the legs
arms and body, and equal results in
progress reached by far less exertion, OF
proportionately greater results by the
same exertion. In other words, the
wheelman rides ten miles in an houl
with less fatigue than he would wall
four in the same time, because in walk
ing almost all the muscular exertion i,
thrown ON the legs.
Few people breathe properly. ThS5
use only the upper portion of the lung.
and leave large residuum Of impure ak
Bicycle riding causes thorough respira
ton and tones up the general circula
tion. It is particularly beneficial tC
men and women Of sedentary habits
and gives them such exhilarating pleas
ure that they do not feel the labor in
volved.-New York Ledger,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17

"To catch a boa constructor is a diff
cult and dangerous task" says a man
who makes il his business TO capture
wild animals aud reptiles for menagerie
purposes. ut is accomplished by a laby-
rinthian tangle, embracing sixty square
feet of ground. The labyrinth is made
by joining together, end ON end, pieces
of mating. This web is eight feet high
usually, and placed so that the opposing
walls will be two feet apart All sorts
of crisscross and diverging combinations
are made with the matting-it is sup
ported here and there by ystakes-making,
when it is set, geometrical puzzle that
might well challenge the ingenuity Of
man.
1.-THE trap is baited with a live pig,
which is placed in pen in the corner of
the labyrinth. By and by along comes
the boa constructor. 1t is easy enough
TO get in. He scents the prey; he is
very hungry; the pig is devoured. and
here the boa comes TO grief. For hours
he tries to release himself, but finally
he grows tired aud stretches himself out
for nap. Then is our time. We open
the labyrinth and catch him. Golden
Days.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17

A farmer shaving is one Of the most
painful sights ever witnessed outside
downright butchery For some reason
beyond the present depth of knowledge
the man who "beards' in the country
always has a beard like new hair
brush, and he can never learn how to
sharpen a razor. He gets on the back
porch with his shaving utensils, and
after rubbing the razor over the strop in
an awkward fashion until whatever
trace Of edge it may have had has been
destroyed he hangs up his broken glass,
and. takes a position alongside the
kitchen door, where the old lady will be
sure to jostle his arm when she goes ont
to empty her dishwater.
With brush that has but little handle
remaining he manages to stir up lot of
lather from soap that would raise blis-
ter ON the bottom of a boys foot. and
with this he coats his face till nothing
but his eyes and the back of his head are
visible. With his thumb dipped in
warm water he goes over the stubble
again with vigor that makes his flesh
creep until he feels that all reasonable
precautions for comfort in the subse-
quent operations have been taken.
Taking the razor and looking at it sus-
piciously over the top of his glasses, he
runs his thumb along the edge, fails to
draw blood as he had hoped, and then
with sob grabs himself by the nose,
shuts hisNeyes and gives a scrape that
makes his hair stand ON end, as a bunch
of bristles seems to come out by the roots.
But, once at it, terrible desperation
seems to nerve him, and, with his teeth
set, he goes right on with a determine
tion to get the agony over as soon as
| possible.
Howls of woe break from him now
and then as an expression that poisons
life steals over his face and stops there
till the last nerve has been pulled out
Of the socket by that terrible razor and
the last bit of stubble has been laid
| low.
Then, and only then, with a sigh of
relief, he strikes up a hymn of thanks
giving and joyfully throws his shaving
paper into the ash pit near by.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17

Some Of my most intimate acquaint-
ances have been the mockingbirds in
the California groves. 1t seems almost
unnecessary to cage them, they are so
happy among the ever blooming trees,
but cages hang in balconies, at doors
and windows, all about the courts and
under the caves, and passing down the
streets one hears at all hours gushes of
melody from the wonderful mimickers
in their prisons. 1t is a cheerful sound,
yet like better to listen to them as they
fit at will where the red pomegranates
flower, where the wild figs rear their
massive canopies, where they may hide
their young as they choose in the fra
grant orange trees tops.
One splendid fellow has his perch on
a windmill fan opposite my door, where
all day long he pours out trills raptur-
Gus with glee. Some mornings he is in
such ecstasy that he bubbles down his
notes in snatches, wasting no time in
weaving them together, whenever l ap-
pear on the doorstep. Iknow he watches
for my coming, for he apparently boards
his musical quiver full of gay darts.
keeping silence for intervals when l am
unseen, letting them fly in an arrowy
shower, as if he would transport me
when Ireappear. He is the saucy tyrant
who pecks at my hat, my hair, my
gown, when / venture too near the rose
vine ON the lattice where his newly
Matched babies are.-San Diego Cor.
Christian Union.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17

In an old tower in Nuremburg there
is a room set apart especially for the
preservation Of the curious instruments
Of torture used during the uncertain
period historically referred 10 as the
Middle Ages. In that room you can
see thumbscrews of the most approved
pattern closely arranged along shelves
filed with "liar helmets" and "bridles'
for gossiping women. One horrid relic
called the spike wheel" is a heavy
cylinder, ON one side Of which stand out
two or more score Of sharp iron spikes.
In days of old, when an offender had
been sentenced 10 undergo a "rolling'
he was stripped naked and firmly bound
on plank, face down. In this position
the spike wheel was slowly dragged
up and down his back, the number Of
times depending upon the gravity of the
crime and the wording of the sentence.
In several instances the poor victims
We're prodded so full Of holes that they
died before they could be removed from
the plank When death was intended
the number of rolls was not speci-
fed, but double length spikes, heated
red hot, We're put in the surface of the
cylinder This mode of carrying out
capital punishment was hardly as expe-
ditious as the guillotine, but it was
equally as certain.-St Louis Republic.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17
wAY cHNgse' Nt0ra SAVE ufe.
They Regard II as Interfering with the
Intention of the Creator.


Intention Of the Creator.
Much has been written of the peculi-
arities and eccsntricities Of the Chinese,
but it is not generally known that the
people Of the Celestial empire will not
rescue one another from accidental
death.
At fire in San Francisco several
years ago six Chinese were imprisoned
in a room by three half inch iron bars,
which could easily have been broken
away. There were two or three ladders
in the neighborhood which could have
been placed at the windows and the un-
fortunates easily rescued from horri-
BILE death. There were hundreds Of
their counirymen looking ON at their
frantic efforts to escape. Yet they Of
fered no assistance and gave no evidence
Of sorrow.
A man who has saved many lives, in
speaking with Chinese once said they
were very heartless and cited this San
Francisco fire as an example, where
upon the Celestial exclaimed;
~ tell You. You sabee Jossl Col
/ Almighty, allie samee. Chinaman call
him joss; Mclean call him God. Call
him anything. ALE samee. Now you
say Col Almighty make ebletingf'
"Yes, everything"
"Make ALE menr
yes"
"Know ebleting"
"Yes.n
"Now, do you think you know more
/ than Col Almightvgn
"No, do not"
"He makee alice men. He see one
man. He think him no good. He say,
You no use; go die You think you
know bette Col Almighty. You go
swim; you no let man die Col Al
mighty he say; He yolly smart He
catchee man | tell go die. Velly well,
that man begin new. He cally that
mans life all him sins, all him troubles,
all him bad luck You hab heap good
thingsY"
"No"
"No hab much houses, much money,
much landy'
"No; not much"
Gan light, you nebbe hab much luck.
How many you saver
about fifty"
"Oh, you nebber get out. You cally
all fifty life. Ebleting you do, no fin.
ish, work alice time heap trouble You
nebbe get old; you live long time. SabeC
fifty life. You live bundled years-had
bad luck alice time. Col Almighty he
sabee est."-Fire and Water.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17

The clergyman was a guest at dinner
one day. Cream was offered him with
his dessert, but he declined, gallantly
saying "that would be painting the
lily" A few days later Hattie's aunt,
who had artistic tastes, sent the child to
pick for her n brilliant lily which she
wished 20 copy. The little four-year-
old started ON the errand, but as she
reached the foot of the piazza steps she
turned, looked up at her aunt and said,
"Would you paint the lily?'-New York
Tribune.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17

A very beautiful and impressive ad-
junct to an aristocratic official Partisan
funeral is the presence in the procession
of the coupe of the deceased, the horse
or horses, led by grooms in mourning
liveries, and the lanterns lighted and
veiled in long streamers of semitrans
parent Grape. The effect is at once
somber and picturesque, and is espe
cially striking at the obsequies of somt
great parsonage, such as NJ. Theirs
Gambetta or Victor Hugo. Nobody
not even the nearest relative of the de
funct, spermitted to occupy the vehicle
Paris Letter.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17

In a small town not many miles from
Erie, Pa, there was a case before the
justice Of the peace that was settled very
summarily.
Il appears that a Mr.. Jones had beaten
Mr. Browns dog with a club for chasing
his chickens. They met az the office OF
the justice, each accompanied by a law
yer, aud bound 10 see the thing through,
no matter what It cost As Jones and
Brown We're prominent citizens Of the
town large crowd assembled at the
trial, expecting 10 hear some great
oratory from the lawyers.
The justice was very pompoua and
ignorant old fellow, who was great on
big words, no matter whether appropri
ate OF not. The case was called, the
witnesses who had seen the clubbing
gave their testimony, aud Jones lawyer
arose % open for his client, when the
justice said;
"Hold ON, Mr.. Lawyer, there is nc
use argiiying or oondisputing about this
matter as there Is no case of assossity
tQEit it--AiF-l ZONES was highly unwronl
irowu's dog, so I iul
cruelty 10 dumb an
an there 8 about a.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17
KEPosE.

The clouds have thrown long golden anchors
out
10 reach the fastnessos among the hills
That purple rise and hem the blue sea in;
Upon It's azure tablets has the sun
Writ his last message Birds forget their
quest,
And hearts their trouble; flowers cease TO fadei
Fear has been lost and the keen sense Of hope
Been dulled little through whnt promises
10 bo the eve OF a fulhllment sweet;
SLEEP draws the curtains Of that other land,
Then works a charm 20 blind the vision there
While, like ghost Of the departed sun,
The moon steals splritllke upon the world,
And Just as silently the azure sea
10 silver turns, aud the tired earth forgeta
II ever was, or It must be again.
Mary A. Mason IN Boston Transcript
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17

Litue Girls Experience In a Lighthouse.
We desire 10 say 10 our citizens, that for
years we have been selling DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, DR.. Kings
New Life Pills, Bucken's Arnlca Salye
Electric Bltters, and hays never handled
remedies that sell as we'll, or that have
given such uniYorsal satisfaction We do
not hesitate 10 guarantee them every time,
and We stand ready 10 refund the purchase
price, ii satisfactory results DO not follow
their use, These remedies have won their
great popularity purely ON their meri.s at
liehers Drugstore, l.rhighion, and BlerY's
Drugstore, Wcssport
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17

So far as the salubrity Of the natural
as compared with the artificial ice is
concerned, we may rest assured that as
regards bacteria one is just as whole
some as the other, provided the water
used Is pure. If tho water is impure
from sewage OF other unwhuaesome
thing, then the natural ice is never fit
for domestic use. II water is impure
the processes Of artificial icemakng, II
carefully performed, are capable Of fur
nishing even from it product which ID
harmless and wholesome, whether Il bo
absolutely germ free on not, for Also
lutte freedom from germs-if these are
not disease producing forms-is neither
necessary nor especially desirable. IL Is
not hacteria, but disease producing bac-
terra, which make OF practical Hignih-
cance the invisible fora OF either Wator
or ice.--r Mitchell Prudden 10 Har-
arrla
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17

o. is tn see a beautiful clud's face dlsdg-
ured with tIIn humaIs. bursting through
the skin Iu uImulrs. hInichcs. and sores.
aud saldeT sillI, when Che Young and i'm
nnceut are laughed af aud tWIliod lu all
such eases. Parents thnuli give them that
good aud une remedy, sulphur nIiiers,
which Will search and drive oui of the
l'ood eYeW particle oi Health
Gazette.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17

The men that have been affecting the
scarfpins with the madeup bows, and
also with tho cravats and Windsors that
need no holding in place and disclose
the shirt button or stud beneath, are Of
the genus dude that typify the most Of
fensive phase Of OVERRIDING in their aping
of the fashions Of the day.-Clothier and
Furnisher.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17

Jack Gdly swinging)-Engaged YETI
Jerry (sadly)-No.
Jack-Your fair one is like your ham
mock.
Jerry-How?
Jaok-She keeps you in suspense
Pittsburg Bulletin.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17

Dashaway-Why don't you wear your
diamond pin in your Ascot tie; It's
proper, isn't it?
Travers--It may be proper, but it isn't
Always convenient.-C Clothier and Fur
lisher.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17

lu view of what Hoods Sarsaparlla has done
for others, Is IL not reasonable 10 suppose that
% will De OF benefit % yOn2 For ScrOiua, SAT-
hheun, and an other diseases Of the blood, tOI
Dyspepsia. Indigestion, Sick Headache. Loss OF
Appetite. That Tired Feeling, Catarrh, Malaria,
rheumatism, Hoods Sagsaputllla is au un'
equaled remedy.
Hoods PINS cure Sick Headache.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17

How about Sewing Machines
/ am after those War Frice
Agents, and they must come
down, unless people find pleas
ure in paying high prices. 1t
will You well to come and see
my variety of 500, Sewing
Machines, l can sell you any
style. Round or Square Wash.
ing Machines at Sc. [ must be
cheaper or don't want you to buy
from me.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17

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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17

had boys
Mother-Why don't you play with
that little Peterkin boy any more?
Small Son--Cause he swOre.
"Horrorsl Did heY'
"Yes'm. He swore / stole his knife,
and teacher made me give it back and
licked me besides. Good News.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17
NEWS FOR ALL

@-blAA9 VI AiAt AhlAt mum -
lactuers don't make any scales
but merely tho-case, THE SCALES
THEY BUY.
One firm in New York claims
to make one-third ofthose actions
pet you allow agents to swell
your heads with such noncence,
that because an article is cheap
it cannot be good | can sell
you fifteen different makes of
Pianos and none will go over
5000, and ! can show you that
Gable Pianos are sold by IA
dealers in Philadelphia, and
from one to one hundred and
fifty dollars above what | ask for
them. Think Of it $150, for a
good upright Piano, sold every.
where at $3.50. Come and see
for yourself, Good Organs
from $25 to $50, the very best,
a guarantee goes with every one
and you know whoyou are buy
ing from People haye been
deceived right along: You can
have six months Or year TO pay
for them. Come and see me.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17

Come aud sec me before buying else
where 1 remain
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17
THE POLICEGAZETTE

ls the only Illustrated paper in ihe world
containing am the. latest sensational ana sport
Jog ueWa- No saloon keeper barber ur club
rnom can aInrd 10 be- without lf, DO always
makes friends wherever n goes.
Mailed % any address in lhe laiied states
securely wrapped. Is weeks loI slI
send lfe cents for sample copy.
Richard II. FOX
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-11
The PULPIT and the Stage.

Rev. f. NJ. Sbrout, Pastor United
Brethren Church, Blue Mound, Kan.
says 81 feel it nay duty to tell what
wonders DR.. Kings New Discovery
has done for me. NV lungs were
badly diseased, and my parishioners
thought could live only few weeks
] took FIVE bottles of Or. Kings New
Discovery and am sound and we'll,
gaining 26 lbs. in wight"
Arthur Love, Manager Loves
Funny Folks Combination, writes:
"After thorough trial and convinc-
ing evidence, am confident DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, beats 'em all, and cures when
everything else fails. The greatest
Kindness | can do my many thousand
friends is to urge them to try it."
Free trial bottles at w. B. Morrison
& Cos. drug store. Regular size SOC.
and S1.00.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-11
Specimen Cases.

S. II. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis,
was troubled with Neuralgia and
Rheumatism, his Stomach was dis
ordered, lis Liver was affected to an
alarming degree, appetite fell away,
and he was terribly reduced in flesh
and strength. Three bottles of Elec-
trio B!tters cures him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, H.,
bad running sore on his leg of eight
years standing. Used three bottles
of Electric Bitters and seven boxes OF
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his leg
is sound and well. John Speaker,
Catawba, O., had five large fever sores
on his leg, doctors said he was incur
able. One bottle Electric Bitters and
one box Bucklen's Arnica Salve cur
ed him entirely. Sold by w. B.
Morrison & Co, drug store.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-11
The World is Better For II.

The world is better because of
such remedy as Billiards. Snow Liui,
ment, because this article relieves 1t
of much pain and misery, and we are
thus enabled to see its brighter side. 1t
positively cures all forms of Rheuma.
tism, Neuralgia, Headache, Sick
Headache, Lame Back, all Sores and
Wounds, Cuts, Sprains, Bruises, Stiff
Joints, Contracted Muscles, poison,
Eruptions, Corns, Weak Back, and all
pain and all inflammation on man OF
beast. Its the best because its the
most penetrating. Beware of all white
linlments which may be palmed off
on you for Billiards. Snow Liniment.
There is none like 1t. Sold by
H. G. Fisher & Co.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-11
Sudden Deaths.

Heart disease is by far the most
frequent cause of sudden death, which
in three out of four cases is unsus-
pected. The symptoms are not gen
orally understood. These are: a
habit of living on the right side, short
breath, pain or distress in side, back
or shoulder, irregular pulse, asthma,
weak and hungry spells, wind in
stomach, swelling of ankles or dropsy,
oppression, dry cough and smothering.
DR.. Miles illustrated book on Heart
Diseases, free at H. c. Fisher & Co.,
who sell and guarantee DR.. Miles I'M
equaled New Heart Cure, and his
Restorative Nervine, which cure ner-
vousness, headache, sleeplessness, eff
fects of drinking, etc. 1t contains no
opiates.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-11
Do You Know III

A common cough is the most dan
gerous thing in the world to neglect;
a slight hacking cough is also very
dangerous, as it always leads to Bron-
chitis aud Consumption. Don't neg
lect them. In selecting a remedy
for Coughs, Colds and Bronchitis,
be sure and get one that is not full
of Opium, and one that will not pro-
duce Constipation. Billiards. Hore-
hound Syrup does not constipate, re-
member this. 1t is perfectly harmless
for children, and its the most soothing
and healing Throat and Lung medi-
cines in the world. 1t cures Con-
sumption, Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat,
Asthma, Whooping Cough, Group,
Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Sore Lungs,
tickling in the throat aud greatly
strengthens the Lungs after Pueumo-
MIA Sold by H. G. FISHER & Co.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-11
Real Estate

Those hunting bargains in dirt will
make money by calling on me, as l.have
good city, farm and ranch property.
| have one ranch of 1000 acres divided
into four pastures, so acres in cultiva-
ton, at So per acre. | have good place
in thecity, worth $4,000, to trade for
good farm.
| want to buy small place within 8
miles of Waco, 10, Is or 20 acres,
sandy land.
F. B. (FENNY) WILLIAMS,
Real Estate and Notary Public.
SoS Ia Austin Street, Waco, Tex.