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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06
TIE EVENING PRIMROSE.

Sad Evening Primrose, with your silken utola
Hung delicately sunward, what a soul
Looks from your patient eyel How frail and
pale
You stand among the foweretsl and your bowl
Shows like vanishing phantom Of the grail.
Young buds that point finger to the blue
Crowd on your stem, and youth and hope are
now,
While the sap runs yet scarcely has the sun
Warmed twice upon your petals ere their hue
Falls into pallidness Of death begun.
And strewn about the grass the blossoms hide
The poor discolored fragments Of their pride,
Or hang disoonsolate with draggled vest,
And oliuging, sodden cerements, to abide
The gradual workings OF the Alkahest.
Was 1t for this you struggled into light7
That one brief day should crown tedious
nght2
Was Il for this you felt your way along
The paths Of natural growth, that from their
height
songY
II may be 20. There are who say the bliss
Requites the pain; yet could it be for this
God knowsl you opened your sweet, patient
eyes
To see the suns face once and die In his kiss7
For me-you bloom again in Paradise.
Nina Layard In Longman's Magazine.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

Since solutions Of aniline dyes possess
the property Of imparting to genuine
jewels as well as glass paste deep,
rich color if left long enough immersed
in them, and since they possess also the
property of imparting precisely the char
acterstic color of a genuine jewel, the
swindler has it not only in his power to
dye cut glass paste, but also inferior cut
gems, of the color Of a ruby, an emerald
OF a sapphire, since fuchsine is the hand
soonest ruby red shade, while bleu de
Paris initiates absolutely that of the
sapphire, and aniline green that of the
emerald.
Such a fraud, however, can be made
still more complicated by using genuine
off colored rubies, sapphires or emeralds
and dyeing them with the correspond
ingly aniline dyes, thereby raising their
value tenfeld. 1t is exceedingly diff
cult to recognize this fraud, because the
color of such a well corroded jewel can
no longer be washed off, even with hot
water. Only the bleaching power of
sunlight might after a time assist in re-
vealing the swindle.-Jewelers Circu-
lar
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

If asked what l would place of high
est Importance in family diet l would
answer without hesitation abundance Of
fruit. The apple is far more invaluable
than we have yet estimated 1t should
be eaten before meals, and not after.
Not a member of my family, myself in
cluded, but. eats one, two or more before
breakfast so long as they are obtainable,
and as many before dinner about half
an hour before the meal. As soon as the
fruit is begun we stop all study or work,
and spend the half hour in sport or
walking or conversation.
After meals we rest in the same man
ner for one hour. No child is allowed
to study during this time. Nothing is
lost, for the head is thus kept out of
conflict with the stomach. Cereals, next
to fruit, are of prime Importance. !
recommend highly such preparations as
parched farinose--any food where the
cooking is done before the grinding.
Gofla and granules are of this sort. AS
for meat, it must be at each ones option
to be sure, but let us be sparing in our
carnivorous tastes.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

The original process of curing skins
was probably the simple one of cleaning
and drying them. Removal of the hair
by maceration in water seems to have
been common among the very early
tribes, and one writer has suggested
that the idea was obtained from the
natural process of depilation. They
must certainly have been familiar with
it in the case Of drowned animals, where
maceration can be plainly observed
Following this, smoke, sour milk, oil,
and the brains of the animals themselves
were found efficacious. Many of these
primitive methods are employed at the
present time, thus bringing into novel
conjunction the days of the rowing Mas
saget@ and those of the thrifty Ameri-
can.-George A. Rich in Popular Science
Monthly.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

The pictorial sign is but little seen in
this country. Among the few that we
find are the District Telegraph com
pany's pictures, showing deceptive rep
resentations' of fast speeding messenger
boys, and the colored signboards used
by nearly all costumers, some East
Broadway modistes and a few Bowery
tailors. Oneclothing establishment had
the rather original idea Of placing por-
traits Of all the members of the firm be-
tween the windows of the building, and
the same plan was later ON followed by
an electrical belt' doctor ON Broadway.
The back view Of gentleman with a
very high collar is a familiar sign ON
one Of the city's launderies, and Steve
Brodie has had the scene of his first ex-
ploit reproduced in color, AT Eighth
avenue and One Hundred and Thirty
fifth street a shoemaker has for many
years hung out a sigub0ard showing a
cobbler with a kit ON his back mounting
a horse and the inscription, Won't you
help me up3' New York Times.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06
A
few WORDS
ON PIANOS.
1 have made arrangements

1 have made arrangements
with the Cable Piano Co., to
handle their Upright Pianos,
and will sell them at such
prices, that no one need do with
out a Piano, and you will get a
guarantee with every Piano for
) years, and the tone will COM
pare with the best. Twill have
samples of these Pianos on hand
after July 25th, 1892, and some
one in the office, who will play
for you, and you can judge for
yourself.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06
No Title for whittier.

! notice that You refer TO the poet
Whittier as "Mr. Whittier" This,
take it, Is in bad taste. Call him Whit
tier, John G., John Greenleaf or Friend
Whittier, but never "Mr." Whittier.
He belongs TO that pure democracy of
Quakerism that permits no prefxes or
titles TO proper names-nO "Mr,, no
''Rev.," no "Hon., >" no Esq % but plain
John, james, Charles, Dora, Rebecca,
etc. 1t does not accord with the gen
orally accepted feeling toward him. The
good Quaker poet is nearer TO the hearts
et our American readers than any other
living poet, and those readers are sensi-
lively exacting in the particular Of the
treatment accorded him by others
Cor. Chicago News-Record.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06
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satisfactory results, or in case Of failure a
return of purchase price On this safe
plan you can buy from our advertised
druggist a bottle Of DR.. Kings New Dis
coverY for Consumption. Il is guaranteed
10 bring relief In every case, when used
for any affection of Throat, Lung or Chest,
such as Consumption, Inflammation OF
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aOle to taste, perfectly safe, and can al
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at Reber's Drugstore, Lehighton, and
biery's Drugstore, Weisspon.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

On Sacramento street, near Keany,
on any sunshiny afternoon one can see
hanging in front Of a Chinese store a
large cage containing a green parrot
which bird is a most distinguished lin
guiSt. He possesses the faculty, so rare
among foreigners, Of speaking Chinese
He also speaks Spanish and English. To
. singsong question addressed to him
in Chinese by his owner the parrot
grayely replied, Pretty Polly, goodby, 80
while in answer to the stereotyped query,
'Polly want a cracker" he burst into a
food Of Chinese. He evidently scorned
to reply to the time honored query, there
being no cracker in sight.-San Fran
cisco Examiner.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

LaFOntaine, In one OF his fables, Tells OF "a
fowl that scratched upa gem, while
scrrtching for corn. Not knowing lis value, he
gave Il 10 a st0ne-cutter for barley corn. Thus
do many persons throw away the priceless
pearl OF health. "trihiug' cough is neglected,
then comes Consumption, then death. Stay the
cough, or look out Tor "a CONN. Dr. Pierce Col
den Medical Discovery Will cure catarTh la the
head, bronchial or throat affections, or lung
scroiula Commonly known as the consumption
OF the lungsl II taken In time. aud given fair
lrlal, u VIII cure, or the money paid for 10 Will
be refunded. 10 is the only guaranteed cure.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

According to a telephone authority,
the easiest language for telephoning is
Chinese. Itis principally monosyllables,
and is made up of simple rising and fall
ing infections. German, it seems, Is
not as bad language for telephoning as
might be thought. French is not bad,
but it is almost as sibilant as English
Yankee Blade.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06
Worn and wan and ,ysn. nnh wenr,.

hol ye women, worn and weary, with wan
faces ana SO iudescThablv weak. Those distress
sing, dTagging-doWn pains, and that constant
MeaAutes ana Muluuess auu Wrarlness can be
cured. For an such sufferers. Dr. Plerces Fa-
value. As AN mWg0ru.ne tonic. it imparts
strength 20 the whole system. For "oYerWurk-
rdt. WORKOUT" uebllitatrd teachers, dress
makers, seamstrrsses, ''shup-plrls,H hOustkeeu-
ers, nursing mothers, and feeble Women gener-
ally. Dr. Plerce's faNOrlte Prescription Is the
greatest earthly boon, being unequaled as an
appeuling cordial and restorative tonic. AS a
soothing ana strengthening nerylne, "fayOute
Prescription is nnepualrd and invaluable in al
laying ahu suhduluB nervous eNciIahiliiy, eN-
huustiOn, piustatlOn, hystrrla, spasms and
other distressing, nervous symptoms, commonly
attendant upon functional and organic disease.
lt Induces refreshing sleep and relieves mental
anxiety and dependency.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

The doublet is the imitation of jewel,
the lower part of which, the culet, is an
appropriately colored paste, while the
upper part, the table, is an inferior gen
uine gem, both being fastened upon the
culet with water clear cement. These
doublets can readily be distinguished by
the expert. Circular.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

During the epidemic OF huN in this county, 10
lsss, had hard work 10 Keep supply OF Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and niarrhua Remedy
on hand People often came ten on twelve
miles in the night 90 get "a bottle OF the remedy.
have been selling patent medicines for the
past ten years and ind that it has given better
satisfaction m cases OF diarrhUa and nuX Than
amy other medicine have ever handled. n.
Benham, Druggist, Golconda, Pope Co., IN.
over 1--WE hundred bottles OF this remedy were
sold IN that county during the epidemic referred
90. Il was perfect success and was the only
remedy that did cure the woist eases. Dozens
OF persons there viii certify that il saved their
lives la four other epidemles OF bowel com
plalni this remedy has been equally successful.
% and 30 cent bottles for sale by n. b. Reber
and W. l.. BierY.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

Professor-To contract is TO make
smaller to expand is TO enlarge. Cold
contracts, heat expands The operations
cannot go on at the same time in the
same thing. f.
Pupil-Beg pardon, professor, there
are some things the more you contract
The more they enlarge,
''Ah, indeed. Name some Of them"
"Debss, sir. Exchange.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

Wade Hampton never smoked cigars
in rational way like the rest of man
kind. Instead, he took the cigars as he
bought them and crushed them to pow
der between the palms of his hands and
made use of the fragments as the old
regime use snuff. The coarse bits were
thrown away, and in the military COM
mittee room, of which he was so long
an occupant, there was always a pile of
cigar shavings ON the floor beside his
chair. The finest cigars in the market
We're none too good to be treated this
way, and more than one genuine cigar
smoker has been moved to expostulation
as he has seen Hampton dispose Of fine
weed in such an unceremonious way
Kate Fields Washington.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

It IS calculated that it would take a
person over 800 years 10 read ali the
standard works that are published, and
yet we seldom come across a man who
viii acknowledge that he has not read
every one.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

The COlOred lights In Roman Candles.
In making Roman candles a cylin.
drical case is taken and packed with
lot of stars. AT the bottom of the case
they put some of the composition they
put in rockets, and on top of each star
is some more Of it. BY mixing certain
chemicals green and red lights are
produced. Green lights like those used
in death scenes ON the stage at the the
ater are made by mixing great guam
tity of nitrate of barytes with small
quantities of sulphur, chlorate of pot
ash, charcoal pulverized and arsenic
New York Evening Sun.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

Major Allatt warns rs against some
stories regarding long flights by trained
pigeons which have been put forth on
high authority. It was at his sugges-
ton that an apocryphal tale Of pigeons
sent out to and returning from the arctic
regions, which has even been imposed
upon Yarrell, was expunged from the
last edition Of that writer's British
Birds" An equally false account Of a
pigeon flying 1900 miles in America is
also extant,
Major Allatt believes the greatest dis
tance pigeons have flown of which We
have any accurate record is in the races
which have taken place two or three
times from Rome TO Belgium, distance
Of between 500 and 900 miles. But in
every one Of these cases a very large
proportion of birds have been lost
London News.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

The hest salve In the world Ton Cuts, Bruises,
sores, Ulcers, salt Rheum, Fever Sores, letter,
Chapped Hands, Ghilblains COrnes, and all Skin
EruptiOns, and positively cures Piles. or no pay
required. 1t Is guaranteed 10 give perfect salts
faction, or money refunded Price 25 cents per
MrlsspOTt
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

and save money, and perhaps your life
Send thrOe 2 cent stamps to pay postage to
A. p, Ordway & Co., Boston, Mass and
receive a copy of Dr. Kauiman's great
Medical Work, 100 pages, elegant colored
plates.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

When you send your check out Of the
city to pay bills, write the name and
residence of your payee thus. PAY to
John Smith g. Co. Of Boston" This
win put your bank on it's guard if pre-
Gented at the counter,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

Swift footed animals that have been
tanned, with abundant facilities for max
ing living of their own, are apt to take
French leave in spite Of kind treatment,
although in moments of danger such
renegades will sometimes remember an
old protector an3 volunteer to renounce
their habits Of truancy. The post trader
Of the Forbin de San Pablo, near MAJ
allan, raised young ocelot, which hung
about the house, or rather the ranch, for
a couple of years, bat at last ceased 10
recognize the authority Of its landlord.
Juanita would absent herself foEeyeeks
together and visit the post only as a
guest or a privileged member Of an in
specting committee, for she rummages
the premises, appears and disappears
without asking anybody's leave, and re-
sents every attempt at familiarity ON
the part Of her former owner. But one
evening she had just entered the store
when a troop of horsemen alighted al
the gate, and a minute later a govern
ment scout with a big wolf dog stepped
up to the counter, while his companions
deposited their saddlebags near the open
door.
Juanita cast an uneasy glance at the
blockaded door and in the next instant
caught sight Of the dog and he of her
when the attitude of both parties be-
came so disagreeably suggestive Of an
impending set-to that the scout reached
for a stick to chase the dog out, But
7 Juanita either miseonstrued his motive
or had already made up her mind to Sc
cure a vantage ground, for just when h'
/ faced about she leaped upon the countel
and with the next jump upon the shoul
der Of her old master, and there pro
oeeded TO ''get her back up" growing
yiciously and hristling up to twice hel
natural size, like a cat.-San Francisco
/ Chronicle.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

Cyrus Thompson claims 10 have dis
covered the key which Will unlock the
mystery Of the Maya codices aud proha-
by Of the Central American inscrip-
tions.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

The first wheat raised in the New
World was soWn ON the Island Of lsa-
bella ia January, 1894, and ON March 80
the ears We're gathered.-St Louis Re
public
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Subscribe for the CARBON
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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

Gone mad
the person with bad blood who's not
taking DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. You are bereft of judg-
ment and good sense if you allow
your blood to get out of order, your
liver sluggish-life dull, everything
blue, for You may soon find out that
you're in the grave-Or next TO it
because you did not procure the
G.. M. d. soon enough, and some
dread disease, may be influenza
or consumption, may be typhoid
or malarial fever, has taken you.
Consumption is Lung Scrofula. For
Scrofula in its myriad forms, and
for all Liver, Blood and Lung dis
eases, the Discovery" is an un-
equaled remedy. Everybody, now
and then, feels rundown " played
out,"-with no power TO generate
vitality, in fact, Just too sick TO be
well. That's where the right kind
of medicine comes in, and the eds
covery" does for a dollar what the
doctor wouldn't do for less than five
or ten.
We claim that nothing like it has
been discovered for a blood-purifer.
It's guaranteed by the makers. Your
money is returned if it dosen't bene-
ft or cure you.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

The rapid progress of photography in
the discovery ON the one hand Of new
wonders in the heavens, and the reyela-
ton ON the other hand of many hitherto
hidden facts concerning familiar objects
upon the earth, is one Of the most nota-
BILE phenomena of this distinctively sci
entilic age
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

There isvery little use in talking about
an American national flower, We are
not a nation, no matter how many big
Ms we may put to the word, in the sense
that Enghshmen and Frenchmen consti-
tute a nation. What is typical in one
section of our continental republic Is
not typical in another, and an emblem
which might mean a great deal in New
England or New York would have but
an artificial significance in Louisiana or
California. State flowers we might
have, and TO some extent we do have
them. California has formally adopted
the Eschscholtzia, or California poppy,
as its emblem. Maine men wear a pine
branch when they want TO indicate what
state they have come from.
Our Massachusetts, flower is naturally
the trailing arbutus, and that ought 10
be formally adopted as our emblem. At
the Grand Army encampment nearly
every state delegation wore something
which was Characteristic of the state.
We comprehend ourselves better If we
divide ourselves up by forty-four, and
there are enough plants and flowers to
go around.-Boston Transcript.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06
Respect the rights of your feet.

As an afierdinner plll, 10 strengthen the
stomach, assist digestion, aud correct any
bilious Tendencies, Ayers Pnls are con-
sidered the best. Being sugarcoated, they
are as agreeable as any confectiou, and
may be taken by the most delicate.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

do you like the dinner, JohnT anx-
iously inquired his wife, ~ cooked it
all by myself"
"Ye-es," said John, trying to be kind
and truthful at once, but I'm afraid,
dear, that there must be some misprints
in the cookbook You use Free Baptist.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

Lake Erie, it is said, produces more
hsh to the square mile than any body Of
water in the world. This is because OF
the result Of the good work done by the
hsh commissioners.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06
BEHOLD THE PRICESl
The $50 grade in Walnut for $3.50
The GOO grade in Walnut for sl6O
The 5 $50 grade in Walnut for sl70
The $50 grade in Walnut for $3.50
The 800 grade in Walnut for 500

The last named Piano must
compare with any $500 and
$3.50 dollars ever sold in this
town or vicinity.
The reason | can sell these
Pianos at such price, 1 buy for
spot cash, have no rents to pay,
and am satisfied with a small
margin. The public has been
imposed upon long enough,
high prices must come down.
Call at the store any time after
next week, and | will be in
shape to show you a beautiful
$500 Piano for 5000.
Come and see me before buying else
where. | remain
Yours respectfully,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06
". WF..HunSiCkef'S
Cor. 9th and Hamilton,
ALLENTOWN.

RUPTURE t:l E; e aqS'a ssf:Is3is :: 4sPiaI.
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ST. Reading, Pa; Mm. DIX, ls2d MontIose ST.
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Pa; George and fh. burEart iae Locust ST.
Reading Pa. Send for circular.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

The number of postage stamps used
in year is something enormous. For
instance, the ordinary postal revenue for
the year ending June 80, 1891, exclusive
of the money order business, was $685.
065, ,993.s7, OF this 81 ,432, 129.50 came
from letter postage. The bulk of this
is of course in two cent stamps, and it
is safe to put the whole number of this
denomination used at more than two
billions per annum.-Kate Fields Wash
ington.
The Temptation
To go out of doors in rough weather is not
strong, but we are. many OF us, compelled to
race rough weather frequently, Diseases which
ARISE from chill are peculiar to no season OF
the year. This is true therefore there should
be IN the closet OF every household what? Not
an unmedicated stimulant, absolutely devoid OF
ANYTHING but an eXcitlye action, but a tonic com.
binlng, M the effective form OF an myigorani
ana ah Alternative, the quality Of defence against
changes of weather HostetierS stomach Bit
teIS mas three or four properties that ne Other
article OF ITS class possesses. Not only does i
relieve the complaints which II eventually
cures, 1t fOrtihes the system against the bad
effects of changes of temperature. fatally and
too often shown in The deadly form Of "la
grippe;" II produces a radical change In the
weakened condition OF a system peculiarly liable
To be attacked by It., and II tends TO provide
against the danger resulting from an inpuver
ished cOudinOn OF the blood and disOIdeTed
stale OF the llNer or bowels.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

Have a pair or two of fresh gloves in |
reserve
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-06

The brilliant daughter makes
brittle wife.