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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-05
THE DETECTIVES DREAM.


He Followed the Clue It Gave and
Caught the Man He Was After.
"Do you believe in dreams?' asked
Tom Hall Of Conductor Mitchell
81 sleep too sound to dream" was the
reply.
"Well, / never had much confidence
In them either, but had an unusual ex-
perience one time that has almost made
me a believer. A number of years ago,
when ] was in the secret service, l had
| searched the country over for mur-
| derer. His home was in Indianapolis,
| and he had relatives living here but
could never get any trace of him. One
night / came to indianapolis and re.
mained here two weeks, stopping at the
Spencer House. l tramped this town
from one end to the other and had about
given up in despair,
"Ono morning got up rather early,
and asked the clerk to take drink with
me. This he did, and then l went to
breakfast For breakfast we had bacon,
and never enjoyed anything so much
in my life. After breakfast l strolled
out, and made my way down Washing
ton street and along up the canal. There
was one house that attracted my atten-
ton. 1t was built III an unusual way,
the weatherboarding being put on per-
pendicularly. In a building next to
this house l saw the man l wanted, and
just as reached for him / awolie. 1t
had been a dream, but so natural was it
that could actually taste the cocktail l
had drunk with the clerk, and the bacon
I had eaten for breakfast.
"When l got up the clerk and l did
take a drink together, and we had bacon
for breakfast, just as it occurred in my
dream. l went down Washington street
and along the canal There l saw many
things that / dreamed about, but could
not find the house with the perpendicu-
lar Notwithstanding. l saw building
located ON the same spot where my
dreamhouse should have been, and
while l was looking at it a man came
out. l recognized him as an old ac-
quaintance, and we had quite long
chat-I Of course not explaining to him
the business 1 was on,
"In the course of the conversation l
learned that the mother of my man
lived next door to this house. In an
hour or two came back and went in to
see her. To make long story short, l
learned that her son had joined the reg
ular army and was stationed out here
at the arsenal. There l arrested him.
He was tried, convicted and was sent
over the road and is yet serving time for
his crime. The clew had secured as to
his wharea bOuts came tO ma in a
dream. indianapolis News.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-05

1t is indeed melancholy fact that
many comparatively well to do Ameri-
can families fall into the habit of pinch
ing the stomach in order that the back
may riot in purple and fine linen. 1t
was told recently of family who lived
in brownstone front and made a great
show that they invariably sat down to
half rations at their meals The family
consisted of seven, while the butchers
and grocer's bills showed that comfort
able provision was made for not more
than four persons. The consequence
Why, that they were always quarreling
and fighting of course, the result Of
haccid nerves and impoverished blood
The poor, i'll paid slave who used to
live with them and do the work of two
slaves told this tale out of school after
her happy emancipation. "Why, bless
yer heart, ma'am," she said to her new
mistress, who was helping her to make
the beds in the modest fiat, "savin yer
prisence, they used to cut the bread that
thin that you could see through it, and
then count the slices. They'd lock up
the loaf after, and yed git no more,
even if you was staryin after n hard
days washin or housecleanin. An,
wusser nor that" she continued indig-
nantly, "they was that name that they'd
sneak the bit O. butther off o the table
and put on the molasses when they see
me a-comin." Living on these lines,
who among us could not afford to live {;
in q brownstone mansion?-New York
News
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-05

The bottom Of the ocean is maguid-
cent with its starfsh and sea pad; some
in rich purple and shedding soft
golden green light, while others send
out silver flashes, and the lamp fish car
ries ON its head at night a golden light.
Another fish seems TO be decorated with
pearls, and it is evidently the fashion
there to be brilliant in some way, Even
crabs in hot climates seem TO set them
selves ON fire, aud when captured and
teased they blaze all over with indigla-
tion.
A species Of the shark, TOO, is intense
ly brilliant at night aud one that was
drawn up shone like a splendid lamp foI
some hours after it was dead. Natural,
lists have long been at work on this
curious subject, aud the source of the
Illuminating power is supposed TO be
contained in little sacks or cells in the
body of the auimal-Hmper's Young
People.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-05

The offertory occasionally yields It's
humors. l can see no fun myself in
dropping into the plate buttons or pep
permint drops or gilded farthings BuJ
these and other such like yotive offer
ings occasionally come our way. On
one occasion a mild hint was given to "a
dirty looking verger when a small coin
was carefully wrapped up in a bit of
paper inscribed, Fora bath for prom
inent church official" On another occa-
sion, when the officiating clergyman had
been somewhat bungling through n diff,
fcult litany, a similar piece Of paper was
marked, "For a singing lesson for the
curate."
After a somewhat rambling discourse
from one Of my colleagues, who shall OF
course be nameless, the church warden
told me that man at the bottom of the
church, when he offered him the plate
tool, out a sixpence and looked at it rue.
fully, and then cast il in with the re.
mark, "Well, you shall have it, old fcl
low, but lisa deal more than that sermon
was worth. '-Cornhill Magazine.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-05

Once, says a writer, l suddenly opened
the door Of my mothers room and saw
her on her knees beside her chair and
heard her speak my name in prayer. ]
quickly and quietly withdrew with a
feeling Of awe and reverence in my
heart. Soon l went away from home to
school, then TO college, then into life's
sterner duties. But never forgot that
one glimpse Of my mother ut prayer,
nor the one word-my own name-which
heard her utter Well did / know that
what / had seen that day was but a
glimpse of what was going ON every day
in that sacred closet of prayer, and the
Consciousness strengthened me thou,
sand times in duty, in danger and in
struggle. When death came at last aud
sealed those lips the sorest sense Of loss
/ felt was the knowledge that no more
would my mother be praying for me.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-05

The late Anne Reeve Aldrich was the
author Of the novel, THE Feet of Love, Of
and Of a Solume Of collected verses
which have attracted the attention Of
the public through theiT intensity, great
felicity Of expression and unaffected
simplicity and directnesa. Miss Aldrich
was one Of the youngest of the writcra
of the day. She had made an unusual
name for herself, and lived in the prom
ise Of a brilliant future. A friend re-
Gently described her appearance to be
like that of the heroine Of a success
full novel. She wac tall aud had q
beautiful figure. Her manners were
charming, her carriage graceful. The
head was statuesque and adorned with
a wealth of red brown hair. This she
wore in classical style.
Coupled with her clean cut fel,uqes
it gave her face look of distinction
and refinement which made her an Oh
ject Of ronarlr In her early death
she attained perhaps inofe ihau she
coveted IeI her writings more thau
once dwelr upon the harlship- Of %
"loveiess old ggo'--a condition from
which sLc shrauk. Current Literature.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-05

Occupations That Are Conducive Go Long
or short Lives.
"What occupation tends most TO pro-
long lifef" asked a reporter of the rhisf
mathematician for one of the great life
insurance companies.
"That is dihicult question" Inc re-
piled. - can only answer i, by rcf,r-
ring to the occupations OF persons whose
lives are and have been insured 10y u.s..
Inasmuch as they number several hun
dreds Of thousands they will afford n
pretty good basis from which 20 draw
conclusions on the subject According
to this evidence it appears that CONNER
cial travellers and agents live longer
than men la amy other kind Of business
notwithstandiug the hazards which at
lend transportation by rail and water.
Next to them come dentists, teachers
and professors, including music teach
ers."
"And who after thcm:'
Next to them in point Of longevity
are hatters, clergymen and missionaries.
The last may occasionally furnish food
for the larder of untutored savages. but
they are a first class risk nevertheless.
Next come bankers and capitalists. who
seem to live just a trihe longer than
butchers and marketmen. Lawyers and
jewellers follow, and they are succeeded
on the list by merchants, peddlers, milk
men and pawnbrokers. Thcn come
gardeners, laborers, civil engineers and
canvassers. Perhaps the treatment
which canvassers are apt TO receive in
the ordinary course of their business
shortens their lives.
Where do newspaper men come inF
ooh, they don't live as long MS any Of
the people have mentioned. Even book
keepers and baul, cashiers, as well us
artists and architects, are ahead Of them.
They come ia next. with the printers,
physicians and gentlemen who are not
engaged in any active employment.
Then follow the apothecaries aud pho
tographcrs, and after them in order bak-
ers, cigar makers, real estate agents,
army officers and soldiers, liquor deal
els, mariners aud naval officers. Shortest
lived of all seem TO he the aucliuurers.
boarding house keepers, BARRIERS and
drivers"
"Do you take into consideration the
question Of customers occupation in
granting a policy
Not unless il is more hazardous chan
any Of those | have mentioned, though
if we We're in doubt about accepting he
man as a risl; for other reasons. such Il
point might turn the scale. Washing.
ton Star.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-05

You all know of the Natural bridge
in Virginia, and perhaps have heard
how the first president of the United
States, in the athletic vigOr of his youth,
climbed up and carved his name high
on its cliff. \ very beautiful and pic
turesque spot it is, too; but many Of
them would not begin to make one of
the Natural bridge in the western edge
of the Tonton basin, Arizona, in the
same general region as Montezumas
well and castle, but it is even less
known.
The Natural bridge Of Pine creek. Ari-
zona, is TO the worlds natural bridges
what the Grand canyon of the Colorado
is TO the worlds chasms-the greatest.
the grandest, the most bewildering II
is truly entitled to rank with the great
natural wonders Of the earth-as lhe
Natural bridge in Virginia is not. No
photograph can give more than hint of
its majesty; no combination of photo.
graphs more than hint at it.-St. Nicho-
las
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-05

There must be something in garden
ing that cultiyales independence aud
obstinacy. My old gardener, with his
one helper, and not bit Of glass on the
place save modest hothouse or two,
was as great tyrant rs the swell Scotch
gardeners Of my friends
Andy" / would say, don't put those
double anemoHes in the center bed tiis
year, and please don't SOW double poppy
seed, They are such un'ide flowers"
eyes, maam.'
With spring came the memones; in
June, in a faraway corner. struggled up
the poppies.
ANDY, thought l told you / did not
want those things
did ye, ma'am: Deed an | thought
them poppies would be more beuefciuler
in the corner of the wall like"
Poor old Andy! He never realized that
| was an American, but would quash
many an argument of mine with;
That's the way they does in Ameri-
ky. Isn't that more beueicialcr:'
He had been in our country for n few
years and privately told me it was a
"bard place. Kate Ficld'sW Washington.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-05

The weather is the one topic which
never wears out. 1t is wet, it is dry, il
is hot, it is cold, it is tickle, 1t is agree.
able, it is good for the crops, 1t is trying
for invalids, it is this or it is that, and it
furnishes n never ending, unfailing r..
source for conversation. The least gifted
talker can bewail draft; the most
incessant chatterer can magnify food.
Old and young meet ON common ground
when they discuss the winds aud the
clouds. Meanwhile the skies are blue
or gray, and the sun and rain shine and
fall impartially on the good and the
evil.
The part of folly is to grid at the
occasional discomforts OF the weather.
Wisdom regards the weather not with
Indifference, but with composure, as a
background for that which is best in life
for all Of rs, our work. How shall we
accomplish that if we fret and fuss and
fume and find fault:-Harper's Bazaar.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-05
BESIDE THE STREAM.



Long I watched her, beside the river, s
Breathing the sprlngtime air;
Smiling up 20 the Holy Giver
OF a world So bright aud fair.
There she stood, whore the swirling waters
Kissed her feet with its ho8ry spray,
She, the darling Of natures daughters
And the peer Of the fairest fay.
There she wandered. from dewy morning
With the thoughts that love instills-
Till the sun, with wrcoths her brow adorn-
ing.
Sank behind the western hills.
There she loitcrod in dreamful rapture,
Alone on the sandy shore;
Oh, poet-artist, here might yo capture
A picture Of lost Lenorel
Now the maiden is lying lowly
In a mound beside the stream,
While angels visit that spot so holy
When on &c the mooH doth beam;
Now her spirit has flown forever,
But her soul deem Is blest
BY the dreams she drcamt by The cleaning
river
When she wandered gn earthly guest.
-B. II. Remington In Good Housekeeping.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-05


The diplomats are delighted with
Chicago. We look to them to make
the merits of our Worlds Fair known
abroad.
Ida Pickwick is now the crack OF The
West in the elder division. At equal
weights she can make show of any
thing out that way.
All that is gone before in the matter
Of campaign work is mere play 10 the
efforts that will be put forth from now
10 Nov. 9th.
The population of Greenland has i'm.
creased 8 per cent in the last ten years.
10 is curious fact that the women
eutnumber the men very greatly, es-
Recially in South Greenland.
Great Britain has eighty.eight war.
ships, of which twenty are battle ships
Of the first-class.
There we're 1850 houses destroyed by
the recent great fire at st. Johns, New
foundland, and 1924 people burned
out.
1t is not necessary for John !. Dayou-
port TO appear before the Congress
sional Committee. His appearance
before his fellow w-countrymen, is a
painful spectacle.
The highest lakes in the world are
In the Himalayas in Thibet, where
there are some bodies Of water as high
~ 900 feet above the level Of the s0a
Iglars in Boston suburb we're
sted while they still had only their
on bank safe. This was much
VI Ier than waiting tin they had theiI
: Chiaias on the treasure.
Through Kentucky specs IL look.
like 1900 plurality for Cleveland in
New York. Now 10 see what prophet,
those Colonels be.
! A correspondent in a Republican OF
Qan says coal is cheaper since IA,
Mckinley bill became law. n he viii
furnish the address OF his coal deale
10 will confer a boon upon thousand.
of his fellow men.
Along the coast OF Peru there Is d,
rainfall, and all agricultural operation
srs carried on by d complete system
Il irrigatioB-
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-05

Since It's first introduction. Electric Bit
ters has gained rapidly In popular favor,
until now II is clearly in the lead among
pure medicinal tonlcs and alteratives--c con.
tanning nothing which permits its use as a
beverage or intoxicant, It is recognized as
the best and purest medicine for all all
ments Of Stomach, Liyer or Kidneys. 1t
will cure Sick Headache, Indigestion, Con-
stlpatlon, and drive Malaria from the sys.
tam. Satisfaction guaranteed with each
bottle or the money will be refunded.
PIlce only SOC. per bottle. Sold at Reber' S
Drugstore, Lehighton, and Biery's Drug
store, Welssport.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-05

Thirty miles Of underground electric
railway similar TO the City and South
London line has been proposed for Ber-
lin at an estimated expense Of $4,000,
600. The plans describe two central
power stations, supplying current at 800
volts to forty-eight trains, each with its
own locomotive, carrying in all 144
carriages at one time. II is proposed to
run these trains at three minute inter
walls, a little over half mile apart, and
at a fare Of 2lS cents Il is estimated
that the trafac viii be about iive per
sons per car mile.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-05

St. Andrews. the oldest of Scotcl
universities, not only offers to womcr
the privileges Of its classes with a view
to graduation in arts, science, theology
or medicine, but generously makes pro
vision for them to share in its pecuniary
benefits. IN the year 1893 a sum OF
S150,000 will become available for bur
saries or scholarships at the university
Of which one-half is reserved for the ust
of women students exclusively. ThosC
who intend to enter the medical profes
sion will have prior claim to those bur
saries, though they are tenable while
art and science classes are being at
tended Glasgow Letter
He Thought He iGnay That Face.
II pride myself on never forgetting a
face, but as a uomenclator am far.
reaching and iridescent failure" said A.
G. Smoot as he bruised the crumbs OF
the table d'hote out Of his whiskers
"Some years ago was in Boston street
car when a lady entered whose face was
very familiar. / felt that knew hei
we'll, but to save me could not recall
her name. l shook hands with her,
asked after her health and tried to make
myself very agreeable. She treated ma
to ice water, but that Is q peculiarly OF
some women, so didn't mind. Finally
she told me frankly that she had not the
pleasure of my acquaintance.
THAT bluAed me, but handed her
my card. She read the name and shook
her head, She was quite snre that she
had never even heard Of me. sub
sided and put onm thinking cap. Was
she making game Of me or was it pos
sible that l was mistaken; / couldnt
make it ont. That night Went TO the
theater and the mystery was solved.
The woman knew so well, but who
had meyer heard Of me, was that queen
Of tragedy, Mrs. p. p. Bowers. "-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-05

An honest Swede tells his story in plain
but unmistakeable language for the bepe-
flt Of the public. lone of my children
took a severe cold and got the Group.
gave her a tcaspoonful of Chamberlain S
Cough Remedy, and in five minutes later
gave her one more. By this time she
had 10 cough up the gathering in h6r
throat. Then she went to sleep and slept
good for fifteen minutes. Then she got mp
and yomited; then she went back to bed
and slept good for the remainder of the
night. She got the Group the second nj lht
and gave her the same remedy with the
same good results. write this because
thought there might be some one in the
same need ani not know the true merits Of
this wonderful medicine" Charles A,
Thompseen, Des Moines, Iowa. 25 and SO
cent bottle for sale by n. B. Reber, Le-
hightou, and W. F. Biery. Weissport.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-05

A brilliant Belgian realizing the
growing popularity of vegetarian diet
and the desire to avoid meats as a food, 4"
patented the idea Of making soup from
water, into which should be put a tea
spoonful Of Peruvian guano This de
cocton, he said, would give strength
and possessed remarkable uourishiug
qualities, He failed TO say, however,
whether or not be was % vegetarian. 49,
New York News.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-05

Mathews and l were one day lookinl
through an album and came across q
drawing of the back of a man.
"Lafont!' cried
Mathews cried ont, "What do you
know about Lafontp
I've seen him act, l replied.
Mathews turned to me very quietly
and said, TO that man l owe all
built myself up on hint" The fact is
when was playing ut the st. james
after had finished Ilwould often drol
into the gallery of the Princess theatei
and see the end Of Il French play. From
that gallery | saw an actor, whicl
caused me 20 say inwarlly, That's my
man" He was great, That actor wa.
Lafout. That is how | recognized hin
in Mathews album,-Henry Irving il
Strand Magazine.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-05

In future Germans are 10 have the
thermometer of Celsius to tell them
how hot on cold it Is. Until now Ber
lin has used that of Reamnur. It seem,
q strange arrangement, or arrangement
that the English should use the ther
mometer Of the German Fahrenheit
while the Germans make use Of tn,
Frenchman's Reaumur, and the French
in their turn, have the Swedish Celsius
The number Of degrees corresponding
to the temperature of Fahrenheit are l'
Reaumur and 10 Celsius respectively
London Society,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-05

which win ye haveq It docs seem ns O. some
folks prefer 20 have the last condition OF the
liver rather than the hrst. They perpoiually
dose themselves with purpatlvCs totally without
stomach bitters Is the successful candidate tot
the peoples choice, and yet popular and we'll
known as Is, there are untnrtnnaies who Keep
u is to the intelligent portion OF the public that
the well known aud long tried properties of the
hest guide to our feet isthe lamp of experience, ~
said great patriot Of the early revolutionary
period, and Che exclamation Is pregnant with
truth. For over a third OF a century the Buffers
daily has met with the endorsement OF people
suffering from liver complaint, malaria cOnsti-
patton, rheumatism, debility and troubles ac-
oOmpanied by dyspepsia. Iatterly It has de-
ciared itself and been thoroughly approved as q
remedy for "la grippe
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-05
Rncl.len,a Arnlcn snIre

The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises,
Cores, Ulcers, salt Rheum, Fever Sores letter,
Dhapped Hands, Chllblains COrnes, and all Skin
krupu0ns, and positively cures Piles or no pay
required. II Is guaranteed TO give perfect salts
action, or money refunded, Price 20 cents per
WeisspOrt.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-05
Burning Glasses in store window,

A chemical journal warns pharma-
cists and all others who have occasion 10
display anything in the nature Of a lens
in their windows that, as the season
changes, the SUMS rays may fall directly
into windows which they did not reach
during the preceding season, and there
fore it would be well to bear in mind
the possibility of fire being kindled
through this agency and take preeau-
tions accordingly. That the show globes
in a druggists window are capable OF
acting as burning glasses is proved by
one case in which the woodwork of a
window was effectually charred by the
sunlight concentrated on it through a
globular show bottle.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-05

Take the belt from its pulley- and put
It In warm solution of Oh and tallow
for a few minutes, Then plunge il into
water heated 10 100 degs. Fahrenheit
and remove ut once The water win
temper the leather al the same time
that IL drives the oil aud tallow in.-
New York Telegram.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-05

The amount appropriated during 1891
for public schools by the Russian gov
ernment was g. ,s92 ,0CO. How pitifully
small this Is for q great country like
Russia is yiyidly brought ont by the
fact that for the year 1890 the amount
expended for the public schools In the
state Of New York was Sls,914,GSG5S-
New York Tribune.