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Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
A Plea for NhI,. ninnA....

Plenty of soft fieecy blankets arc the ideal" bed covering light. warm and soft. What mure couid we ask1 A pure white quilt loolps dainty and seems most suitable for an outside covering. Let ur do away with the old time heavy quilts and comfortables. A patchwork quilt be it ever 70 elaborate. or rilk ov satin in the ''craziest desagn. win never compare with . pure whits quilt Good Housekeeping
 Something of . we-pa..
 Police Captain Cox exhibits a mur derous weapon in the city jail. the like of which hnz never been aeen in this city. It k a folding sword that can be used either ss a club or a sword. and when opened r about two feet and half in length Its blade made of heavy steel taperr to a point at the end. and both odgc~ are sharpcncd,
 The weapon is heavy enough se take on a head at sungle blow lt -. = -,s.-...l. =. =: =. =: ..-. ..-...-.-. .... ing a small spring st the end of the hilt. which leb- a heavier 1Irtng throw out the blade Captain Gox says the weapon is lsn hirtu11s44i ru Aa. having been found on the es.l If the Custer mas@at1e. but tradition and Jailor Hudson say that if wnz once tisc property If Turkish hs-gznda. -- Roxflard Ois~vonisn.
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
coLoRs OF THE GERMAN FLAo

Controversy That Attracted the At.es-
 tion of Several shoppers
 Two well dn,sSsed women sto,d among the thnong at the rhlsn counter in one of the large dry gosir stores in Sixth avenue few dayr ago, and having at length obtaiued the services of clerk one of them said "l want to buy som~ narrow ribbons for favoJs, but l must have the colors of the German flag, and strangely enough neither my friend nor can recall them. Do you rc member what they arei"
 "l do not. said the girl politely impressed apparently by the inter nationpd character of her customers but the other young lady at thH counter may know. The other young lady" said she thought the colors were black and yellow.
 Il am sure that isn't right re marked an old customer who wips sitting on the third stool down the counter. .-.
 Possibly the floorwalker would know. suggested the clerk Gas hi Ask Mir. Fitzhugh to tome here That functionary having arrived the matter was duly rserred to him
 There are three ,Olols." he de clared. black. red and yellow"
 Are you suref" asked the two shoppers earnestly. We cannot make a mistake. .
 "I am almost surp that tx wrong Interpoeed s young woman neai by who had overheard the controversy. My husband tx & German. aud l never hearri of yellow in the German flag" s
 "H might be buif. " conceded, the hoorwalker
 "I usssl to teach school in Indiana, remarked tall woman with a ,St skin muff. and can settle thE | question The colors m the German flag are red. white and yellow,
 This seemed authoritative. brt somehow the varrbus conteetlnu didn't appear satisfied. s.., There's Schwartz. the fioorwalke< | in the cotton department. suggt~tsd the stately Ftzhugh; hes tier man himself. he'll know Cash. go and ask Mr. Schwartz to write the colors o1 the German flag ou thus card"
 | The Indiana School teacher uA ... look pleased. but the matter hay1ns gone to the court of appeals she rsst ed Der case, and the cash glrl waa back in minute with the ,arl t,u 1t were written the words 'sslask, red and white"
 That settles it. Thank you 70 much. said the two feminine Ahup pers gratefully. looking appr~han sively at the listening throng.
 How much ls this nsaI1uw ribbon. plea-eT'
 Twenty two cents piece of ten yards. ma'am. answered the g1rl CT pectantly.
 Well, we need only little. Givw me yard of each color. How mnA will that bef"
 Seven cents" murmured the clerk, staggered for a moment hy the magnitude of the order after the trouble in obtaining it.
 The other young lady" and tba Indiana school teacher Uttered audi ply. but there was no sign of s smile on the clerks face as she drawlsi. Shall have the package sent up to your house. ma'amT" New York Tribune.
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
Food for Starving PeaAaa.A.

A well known ichthyologl<t. O A. Grimm. of Moscow. proposed some time ago as an article of food for the famished peasants the hamza. nu tritious sort of anchovy whH,h abounds in the Black sea. Al pre@ ent the hamza is utilized only by oas firm of Titiis, winch transports il ta Constantinople at great profit rss Society of the Red Crots har ap pointed commission to inquire into the methods of fishing and drying the hamza. If the commission finds that the preparation of the fish fo~ shipment and healthy fnd can be had at low cost. measurcs wih forthwith be taken to follow the ssg gestion of NJ. Grimm. New York Enn
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04

over the temptations of the stock sx change, victor over professional al. lurements, victor over domestic in. feliciues, victorover mechanicashop, victor over the storehouse, victor over home worriments, victor over physical distresses, victor over herSsd- ltary depressions, victor over sin and death and hell. Take the hadge that celebrates those victories through our Lord Jesus Christ. Take it in the presence of all the galleries-saintly. angelic and divinel
 Thy saints in all this gloriows war
 Shall conquer though they diss
 They see the triumph from aIAr
 And seize il with their eye .
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04

on nm. There were no valuables except the mail bags.
 But the thrce strangers had passed him mile Jack, evidently in a hurry to get someyhere; hence his visit to the "HX."
 Fleming turned to get ready to go-h' w1s not the man to send somebody else into danger-but was met at the door by Billy, ''heeled" with two revolvers and Winchester.
 "Hullo, manr calculated Fleming Didn't you hear me say was going?
 Don't care ef ye did," answered Billy curtly. "Th's plenty work t do, an my laigs is too stiff t straddie any blame broncho." And he climbed painfully uI on to the drivers seat, and the stag rolled away, leaving us staringrat eacl other. unable to believe our eyes.
 The stage did not reach the Five Mile nor did it reach Parkers. At place two miles west of the "HX," where tho road traversed the edge of bluff over hanging deep ravine, there were three shots fired, and brave Walt Dyer and his two team leaders fell into the road Then there were more shots-a rattling fusilade for two or three minutes-then silence.
 When we got to the scene we saw Billy Brag lying across the body of tn, driver. supporting himself on one elbow and-keeping ''the drop" on a man who stood holding up one arm the other was shattered and hung limp. Two dead men besides Dyer lay in the road. The wheelers were quiet now, but their hoof> had cruelty mangled the bodies of their prostrate comrades in front.
 Il knowed ye'd come, boys" said Billy, "else I'd he'd t kill this 'un, stead O savin i'm fer leetle necktie party. They got Dyer fust lick, but wen they run up agin Phin Ellsworth, they ketched CT h-l ov CT feller. Guess kin die of real peaceful now"
 But he did not die. With ball in his leg, another traveling around some where on his inside and wound in his throat which causes his voice to break in a ludicrous way he still lives and brags of this very exploit.-R. L. Ketch- am in Argonaut.
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
CANAAN ACADEMY,

. t'RN NNN, VfT$N
 The school offe superior advantages to pare nts Seeking a place t, educate their chIl dren. he day department ls open to both b ,ys and girls on equal terms. Bows o"N recei we'd as b,ard-rs. Pupils carefully pre- pared for Coliey. Sci-ntit,. school. 'he S. 4ilitx.y or Naval academy, or business fife. Pupils admitted at any time aod charged iron the time of ad-missi n. I he school occ, ipi.s the Ward estat- just south of the vila Te. No extra charge for languages. Th'. n-xit term begins December Is For admls sion either as boarding or day pup is call oh or esddress
 The REV. F. THOMPSON.
 Principal,
 Canaan. Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
WITH ViOlETS.

The violets that send to you
 Will close their blue eyes on your breast; shall not be there, sweet, to see, Yet do know my flowers will rest Within that chaSte. white nest. Oh, little flowers, she'll welcome you So tenderly, so warmly Goi Iknow where you will die tonight, But you can never, never know The bliss of dying so! If you could speak. Yet she win knew What made your faces wet, although fain would follow you and tell her. There go, and die. yet never know To what Il heaven you go!
 Kate Vannah.
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
A Remarkable Animal.

A mythical dragon of the Japanese has the head of a camel. the horns of a deer, the eyes of demon. the ears of an OK. the body of serpent, the scales of a fish and the claws and wings of an eagle. St Louis Repub Ha
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04

But how will you spend the first half hour of your heavenly citizen ship after yuu have gone in to stayi After your pros1ation before the throne in worship of him who made it possible for you to get there at all, l think the rest of your first half hour in heaven will be passed in re ceiving your reward if you have been faithful. have a strangely beauti- ful book containing the pirtuNs of the medals struck hy the English government in honor of great hat ties; these medals pinned over the heart of the returned hprncS of the army on great OCya-ions the royal family present-thc Cr1mean medal. t,ie Victoria t'rssS. ;ha wa.n-'r~ medal.
 In your first half hour in heaven in some way you will be honurtd for the earthly strugglcs m winch you won the day Stand up lpforr all the royal house .f heaven and re ceive the insignia while you are an nounctd sS victor over tho drrniyhts and fra~hat. of ths tatna tisld vsctor
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-29
RAILROAD NOTES.
Short Paragraphs That Will be of Intere,
to the Railroad Boys

Short Paragraphs That Will be of Interest
to the Railroad Boys.
I lIazleton business men met on
Thursday evening to protest against
the reported removal of the Lehigh
Valley shops from that place. A com
mittee was appointed TO see President
Mcleod and obtain from him a definite
answer regarding the rumor.
I The six-wheel connected freight
engine, No. 405, broke rod strap near
Packerton on Sunday and tore off
nearly all the machinery on the fire
mans side. The disabled engine was
taken to the South Easton shops for
repairs,
I George Horn, the we'll known Le-
high and Susquehanna locomotive en-
gineer, was stricken with paralysis
while signing his name to his check at
the pay car at Mauch Chunk, on Mon
day, His condition was noticed, but
before he could be assisted he fell
from the car and severely injured him
self. His entire left side if affected,
but it is hoped only temporarily.
I The September passenger business
of the Reading was unpredently heavy
and that of October promises to be
Ntll AuA BNs 4 AAN AAbAAEAA buoluN9N w
the Poughkeepsie bridge system has
been growing steadily, as has that by
the new line to Buffalo. The opening
of the terminal in Philadelphia will of
| course, add greatly to the company's
| business. and require many additional
/ trains. The new schedule will probably
go into effect about Nov. !,
I Since the Valley Road has come
I = -
company tailors are rushed with work.
as the following will show; 1t was re-
ported this week that all conductors.
| baggagemasters and brakemen would
| don their winter uniforms about the
/ first of December. This will be the
second one that the employees have
been compelled to buy under the Read.
\ ing company, and it is safe to say il
1 this thing continues they will have Ia
buy at least four each year.
IA Grievance Committee represent,
ing the Brotherhood of Railway Engi,
neers, visited IL. Stanley Goodwin at
his South Bethlehem office on last
Thursday relative to the reinstatement
of Harry Blank, of town, and james
Canter, of Easton. II is claimed that
the above men were discharged for in
AeAAAaN anu AAAeAA NAA1 AbAAAlluhN
took the recent collision as a means o
getting rid of the men, both of whom
were ON the committee of grievance be
fore DespOt Mcleod some weeks age
at Philadelphia. In official circles it il
the opinion that neither of the mel
will be reinstated
! A costly coal train wreck occurre,
on the Lehigh Valley Monday nigh
below Laury's. a coal train drawn b,
, engine 100 broke above the station
The split wasn't noticed. The engin
, and attached cars stopped at lay OF
siding to allow the passage of a passen
ger train. The loose cars banged int
the standing train. -Four gondolas an
about a half dozen coal cars were pile
d up and ruined. Mr.. Harleman super
! intended the Bethlehem wreckin
crew, which cleared it away in severf
hours. Both sections of the Buffal
Express were run over the Centra
= The passengers on the Accommodate
trains we're traugfprppd
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-29
LITTLE GAP.

The services, which were held in
the Ashland school house on Sunday,
by Rev. s. b. Stupp, we're largely at
tended.
Willie Berger, of Smith Gap, was
visiting in this section, the guest of
Levi George and wife on Sunday last.
Stephen Henry, of Danielsville,
Northampton county, transacted bust
ness at this place on Sunday last.
-Rumor has 1t that there is going
to be Democratic meeting at the
public house of John Eckhart, Of this
place, in the near future,
Daniel George, who for the last
five weeks being on the sick list, is
convalescing. His sickness is due by
falling from wagon which affected
the internal organs.
B. j. Kuntz, of Lehighton. Repub.
lican candidate for the Legislature, ac-
companied by Levi Horn, circulated
through this section ON Thursday last.
George NJ. Henry, of this place
transacted business at Bath, North.
ampton county, on Thursday last.
Miss Lizzie Bond, an estimable
young lady of Brodheadsville, Monroe
county, was visiting friends and rela.
tives in this place during last week.
George NJ Henry, of this place
transacted business at the county seal
on Tuesday
George NJ. Stroll, of Aquashicola
/ (Millportl, did business at this plac,
on Tuesday,
Lewis Kuns, alias pow WOW doctor
had a racket the other evening whicl
caused a terrible blue eye. However
the defendant is under arrest.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-29
MAUCH CHUNK.

The excursion season has closed.
Friday the Glen pee-wee was discon-
tluued and the famous Switchback will
run no more cars until next year.
William Baiubridge. of Mosque
honing, is in Jail here charged with
committing an assault and battery on
Mrs. Emily White, of the same place.
Mrs. Weiss, of Mauch Chunk, fell
down the flight of stairs at the Lehigh
Valley depot on Saturday evening. She
vas picked up by her husband and as.
sisted to the train. Mondays Allen
town Critic,
--"Irish Loyalty" sterling drama,
deep, thrilling and intensely interest
ing, will be the attraction at Concert
Hall on Monday evening next. A late
Lehigh Valley train will take Lehigh-
ton and Weissport people home.
The County Commissioners of
Carbon have made arrangements to
hire men in every election district in
the county to take care of the voting
paraphenalia to be used November
Sth. The booths are TO be put up and
taken down by responsible parties.
who will receive as compensation 50
cents each for the first three and 25
cents for each additional one.
The report of the first years busi.
ness of the Equitable Building and
Loan Association shows that 13l
shares we're sold at an average prem
ium of S29.22 per share-the highest
premium being S37 and the lowest be-
ing SIG The expense for the year we're
s52S.86. The gain of each share was
S2.7519, making the value of each
Sl4.571s, The following are the officers:
John Nichol, president; j. M. Dreis-
bach, treasurer; j. j. Bevan. vice pres.
ident, E. o. Nothstein, secretary:
Freyman q Heydt, solicitors.
Mrs. W. L. Yeager died very sud.
denly Friday evening at her home
here. Death resulted from heart fail.
ure, During the day she had been to
Allentown attending the funeral of a
relative and she also visited friends al
Bethlehem. Her death is a shock tc
her many friends Mrs. Yeager was
born in Allentown ON October 13, 1888
She was the daughter Of the late John
and Hannah Esser. When she was but
child her parents removed to Maucl
Chunk and she resided there until hel
death. She leaves a husband and 81,
children to mourn her untimely death
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-29

The genial II. L. Work, of the spicy
slatington News, is a royal entertainer
For the Columbus Day celebration at
Slatington on last Friday he had press
headquarters established in a cozy
room in Armory Hall, where he enter
tained members of the press from all
over the country in such style only as
press men can be entertained In the
evening the jovial Fred Horlacher
came up to the scratch by escorting
the members of the press to his elegant
home and "doing the thing up brown
with very tempting supper, of which
all partook, heartily. The event will
he long remembered by the press men
present as very enjoyable one in
every particular. Slatington can we'll
feel proud of these men, they have the
spirit to do thing right and both
should be heartily supported by the
people of that town.
The parade in the afternoon was the
largest civic demonstration ever wit
nes sed in the Valley and attracted
thousands ofpeople to that town which
wore beautiful holiday appearance
Major Klotz Commandry No. % anC
Gnaden Huetten Castle, 3l6 K q. +.
of this city, participated in the parade
and about 100 of our people ATTENDED
as witnesses of this big outburst o.
patriotism
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-29
EAST WEISSPORT.

Mrs Francis seip is visiting at
Danielsville.
Joel Won't, after a pleasant visit
TO Weatherly, has returned homo.
Ben. r. Kuhns has placed large
street lamp in front of his residence.
Ii Is q big Improvement.
Frank Mertz, who has been quite
i'll for long time, is slowly recovering.
He at times suffers much pain.
A young son ofTimothy Ditterliue
continues quite seriously i'll with but
small chances for bis recovery.
Pop Zimmerman, the coachman,
sports a dandy badge which tells peo-
pie that his coach runs TO ali parts of
town.
John Ross, of Summit Hill, for
some time with Nathan Snyder as
salesman in hi7 large general store,
has resigned.
Ed. J. Solt, of Union Hill, was at
Catasauqua Monday in the interest of
his patent water strip, guaranteed to
keep out cold, dust or sleet. Ed has
many orders on hand.
The personal property of the late
William Millheim, deceased, will be
sold mt public sale on the 18th of next
month on the premises. Squire Austin
Boyer is the attorney for NJ, A. Mill
helm, the executrix.
Oscar j. Saeger intends to sell
some apples, leastwise he is preparing
for the rush. He has just put in 1900
bushels of choice fruit, including bald
wins, spys and greetings, and he eX
poets roo bushels more before long.
Oscar is a genuine hustler and don't
you forget it.
On Friday evening the Union Hill
Literary Society will denote: Resolved,
"That a man gains more information
by reading than he does by teaching"
The exercises of the society are always
of a very interesting aud instructive
character and the people are cordially
invited to attend
The Columbus Day services at the
Union Hill school house were very in
terestinR and instructive. The stars
and stripes we're flung TO the breeze
and the children sang patriotic songs.
Bev. Reitz, of the Evangelical church,
offered prayer and Capt Sol. Yeakel,
veteran Of the late war, delivered an
address that touched the hearts of all.
At the new brick school house there
were also interesting exercises aud the
occasion will long be remembered
by all.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-29
SOMETHING TO BE GLAD ron
The Early Day Punishments Much Greater
Than Those of To-Day.


Than Those OF To-Day.
The unhappy people who we're sent
to jail, or had costs to pay at the county
court last week, can thank their stars
that they did not live in the early days
of the colony of Pennsylvania.
The Assembly that convened at
Chester, December ., 1852, enacted a
code of laws that made the people of
the new colony live up to the mark
and while many of the severe penalties
of the Duke of York's code were soften
ed, yet the unfortunates deemed them
harsh enough, The man or woman
who used profane language was punish
ed by fine or Imprisonment and more
than one person had reason for regret
for expressing their feelings in public
with too much emphasis.
The severest punishment was meted
out for licentious conduct. A
public whipping and one years i'm
prisonment was the penalty for the
graver degree of this crime, while a
second offense was punishable by inn
prisonment for life. This law was
amended in 1905, the first offense being
punished by the infliction of twenty
one lashes and Imprisonment for one
year, or fine of fifty pounds; a second
conviction subjected the culprit to
seven years Imprisonment and the
letter "An was branded on his fore
head
In felonious assault the aggrieved
party received half the estate of the
aggressor and the convict was publicly
whipped and had to 90 to Jail for a
year. For the second 'offense he was
imprisoned for life.
The man that had more than one
wife, instead of being an object of com
n iseration, was liable to be sent to iail
for life, while the man who broke into
a house and stole was sent to Jail for
! four months. He had to work like a
beaver, however, and unless he restored
fourfold to the party the court sent
him up for seven years to give him
time for reflection.
Murder was punished with death and
the forfeiture Of half the estate of the
/ felon.
/ Theft was punished with public
whipping and various terms of i'm
prisonment, while restitution had to be
made from three TO four fold.
The minor regulations prohibited
all persons from taking part in stage
plays, reyels, Mosques and kindred
worldly pursuits, so that any troupe
| that has chosen to drop into Pennsyl.
vania with the ta-ra-ra-b boom -de-aye
would have been sent higher than Gil
deroy's kite.
Drinking of health was punishable
by fine of five shillings or five days
Imprisonment, and horse racing, shoot.
ing matches and sports of like charac.
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