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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

Below l give five theories Of the origin
Of the dollar mark o. they being select.
ed from about 20 seemingly plausible
solutions:
That it is a combination Of the ~. s., p
the initials of United States.
That it is modification Of the figure
6, the dollar being formerly called a
"piece of eight"
That it is derived from representa-
ton Of the Pillars Of Hercules, consisting
Of two needleIke towers or pillars con.
nected with a SCROLL The old Spanish
coins marked with the pillar device
were frequently referred to as "pillaI
dollars"
That it is a combination Of "H. s., -
the ancient Roman mark Of money unit.
That it is a combination of p. and S.
from peso duro, siguifying "hard dol
lar" In Spanish accounts peso is con,
tracted by writing the S, over the p,
and placing it over the sum.
According TO one writer the symbol OF
the dollar is a monogram of the letters
"V" rs" and -, the dollar being
originally a "thuler" coined in the val
ley Of SAINT Joachim, Bohemia, and
known as joachim thaler," and the
monogram the initials of the words.
valley SAINT Joachim. st. Louis Re
uuhlia
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

THERE is no time like the present for
the good and intelligent people of Car
bon county aud the 43rd district to ad
minister just and deserved chastise-
ment to the dishonest poiit al bosses
and corrupt jobbers who ndve made
possible much, If not all,ot the william
Gus plans and plots which for a score
of years have disgraced the politics of
this county aud district to such an eX-
tent that some of the INSCRIPTIONS
hirelings of these tricksters are now
under Indictment for ballot box stuff
ing and fraudulent practices at the late
delegate election held at LansfOrd and
the probabilities are that others who
were interested will be brought before
the bar OF justice and be made to suffer
for their participation in this diabol-
cal crime. 1t is this very same gang
who have conspired TO defeat Hon.
Allen Craig for President Judge. IL
is this gang who are stopping at moth
ing in their mad efforts to elect John
Storm. Clearly defined it is contest
between clean politics aud dirty poll
tics; whether Harrity and Pattison can
dictate who shall be judge or whether
that great privilege belongs TO the
pGOBAHs ~ - a hAAl NAtAllNA lnt Iu-
dietary shall be maintained in its full
est integrity and almost holy sancity
or whether the ermine shall be drag
ged into the dirt. 1t is "a contest for
decency and purity; "a ii hit by the good
people against all kinds of tricks and
questionable practices; il is a fight for
the perpetuation of ability, purity aud
morality; it is a fight for a non partisan
judiciary. On one side are the people
on the other side We see Mister Moike
Cassidy, the champion political bum;
Jimmy Maloy, the celebrated board
jumper; Bob Klotz, Mluch Chunks
fat boy. aud one OF two lesser lights
who are supporting that political trick
ster, John Storm. Let gll the good
people vote tor Craig aud thus repudi-
ate the tricksters Craig is honest and
will make a good judge.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28


There elldes through tho barns mammoth
door
A sweet scented hilltop Of hay;
An athlete, with strength bubhlng DER
Now filings it In forkfuls away.
Another is slowing it back,
with white pearls of toll on hls brow,
And, treading the hay I'm his track,
Looms family the boy In the NOW.
Through orevioes often can he
View, past tho old barn wall Of .rown,
A river that leads to the sea,
a railway thntrlrives to the town.
"Oh, when shall my fortune make hay
In yon iel3s Of splendor, and how7
Twill wait for full many day;
I'm only a boy In a now"
A cloud like a nag from tho sky
Is splendidly spread and unrolled;
Tho sun reaches down from on high
To fringe &c with silver and gold
"Oh, when will heavens mercy my noma
As bright as those colors allow2
But earth has no glory or fame
To waste on a boy In the mow."
A cloud in the west, like pail,
Creeps upward and hangs In the light;
Il carries a gloom over all,
II looks like a part Of the night.
with clamor the thunderbolts swarm,
And trees bend On agony now;
"'1is thus, too, that poverty's storm
Would conquer the boy In the mowl"
The clouds have flown into a dream,
The birds are disCoursing In glee,
The smile OF the sun is agleam
On river and hilltop and tree.
Look up to the heavens, little lad,
And then to your earth duties bow,
And some day both worlds may be glad
To honor the boy from the mowl
VIII Carleton in Youths Companion.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

Some Of the English towns and cities
have introduced a device for ventilatinq
sewers-a Bunsen gas burner operating
to heat to a high temperature a series OF
cast iron cones over the surfaces Of
which the sewer gases have to pass on
their way ont TO the atmosphere, which
by such contact are entirely destroyed.
In order to Obviate an danger of explo-
sion caused by leakage this new safety
furnace consists of o series Of cylndric-
al rings or segments, each mechanical
ly fitted. An intermediate ring divides
the combustion chamber from the verti-
cal air passages formed between the in
ner and outer ring Of the furnace. The
heat Of the furnace is conveyed 10 the
outer ring by means Of thick cast iron
webs that form tiers Of air channels
through which the uprising sewer air
passes, and the burner is supplied with
air taken from the outside Of the "de-
.ructor column. New York sun.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

In window on Fulton street there is
hung up for the inspection of the passer-
by q bicycle. 1t is suspended from a set
Of scales and the indicator registers the
weight of the wheel as 13t pounds. This
is by far the lightest bicycle which has
been put on the market, and it marks
another step in the evolution of
the old velocipede toward the per-
feet bicycle. 1t is made Of alumni
ium, the metal which has so late
ly become quite general in its use.
The cost of the wheel is considerably
more than that Of the steel ones now in
use. but after the novelty has worn of
the price will probably be reduced to
that of the high grade wheels of today.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

A great many people have what they
call blue Monday-that is, they do not
fell so well then as on other days of the
week. The cause is found in overeating
on Sunday. A good dinner is provided
and eaten, and then, instead of taking
the customary exercise, the man sits
about the house and reads or sleeps. OF
course he feels badly the next day. If
the same amount Of exercise and kind of
diet were taken on Sunday as all other
days, there would be no such thing as a
blue Monday.-Philadelphia Record.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

Some one at the hotel told the fat man,
who had a weeks holiday, that horse
back riding was the finest exercise in
the world for reducing the flesh, so the
gentleman with the surplus tissue rented
a horse for a week-a tough, wiry buck
skin broncho-and started in.
Every morning at o'clock precisely
he mounted his steed in front Of the no
tel, but no one ever saw him come back.
lie was never at midday dinner, but he
appeared at the supper table, always
looking worn out and detected.
"How are you making outy" askedlhis
adviser one night.
"Oh, pretty fair. Lost 20 pounds"
"Ihats good. Keep it up and you'll
have a shape like the Apollo Belvidere." "
Cant keep it up. That's the trouble.
| never was much at walking, or rum
ming either, for that matter
"Walkingf You don't need to walk
when you go riding"
Then the storm burst.
"Walhngl guess You never rode a
bronco, did you? Well, you want to try
that one, and you'll learn something. The
first day / went out ON him he carried
me as far as the bridge in the woods.
Then he dumped me of in the mud. !
chased him two miles, then / gave it up
and walked home. The next day he took
me half a mile further before he set me
down. / went TO the stable and kicked
about it. The man asked me If / went
riding for my health. l told him yes.
lie said that was just the horse Iwanted
and that be kept him specially for that
| purpose. Seventeen fat men had offered
to buy him, but he wanted to be gener-
GUS and give every one a chance.
He leaned his head on his hand wea-
/ rily
I'm hsvs TO give It up, I guess. Here
I've been crawling IN the bacl, door Of
this hotel for -four days It has cost me
| 81 day to have my clothes cleaned, and
itA take me year TO recuparate. It's
no use. I'm willing TO stay tat if then
uhsters on my feet viii only let up
Come inside and let me spend my last
night in wild hilarity. York Her.
aid
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

For the privilege Of wearing trousers
the French government charges women
a tax Of from $40 10 Sl2 year This by
no means gives every woman who i
willing to pay the tax a right TO wear
trousers. The government instead con-
fer5 the right as a tribute to great
merit. Trousers are, in fact, a sort of
decoration given TO women as the ribbon
Of the Legion of Holor is given to men.
The only women 10 whom has been
granted the right TO wear trousers are
George Sand, Rosa Bonheur, Nine
Dieulafoy, tho Partisan archmologist;
Mime. FoucaulL the bearded woman
and two feminine stonacutters, Mime.
Fourreau and La JeanuGtts. New York
Evening sun.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

It has now been ascertained beyond a
doubt that there are ants which not only
have regular military organizations, but
that they wage systematic warfare, keen
slaves and carry on agricultural pursuits.
Nineteen species with these habits have
80 far been discovered Among the
slayeholding ants there are individuals
which act as oyerseer7 and % second class
which work a part of the timeOuly.-St.
Louis Republic.
Among the exhibits W the show win
dow Of a New York dental establish
ment is a fancy border around the other
objects displayed that is made Of nearly
5000 teeth, which have been pulled from
patrons jaws.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

A French scientific journal gives par
tculars Of silt race course d'echas-
siers) at Bordeaux, in which Aime Mar
tin, young man under 20, beat the rec
ord by covering 440 ldlometers about
275 miles) in 70 hours and 80 minutes.
His stills were about feet long and
weighed over 10 pounds. His bare feet
were not injured by the friction, and he
suffered no oinconvenience. Another race
Of portanieres-that is, women who car
ry burdens on their heads-was won by
Margaret Pujol, SO years of age. Her
burden consisted Of a basket laden with
40 pounds, and the course was 0 kilome-
ters about O. miIes), which she covered
In hour and o minutes.-Ex
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

The Swedes are a quiet, taciturn peo-
pie. There is no jostling even among
the lowest classes When a train leaves
a platform or steamboat a pier, the
lockers on lift their hats to the depart
ing passengers and bow to them, COM
pliment which is returned by the pas
seugers. You are expected to lift your
hat to the shabbiest person you meet in
the street, and to enter a shop, Office or
bank with the hat on is considered bad
breach of good manners. In retiring
from a restaurant you are expected to
bow to the occupants. Bowling and hat
lifting is so common that the people
seem to move around more slowly than
elsewhere, in order to observe the cour-
tesy.-F H. Stauifer in Kate Fields
Washington.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

RULE 3 or the Democratic party Of
Carbon reads: "rhe credentials of
the delegates shall be sent OF delivered
to the Chairman of the County Com
mitteo as soon after the election as
practicable, who shall make a return
TO the Convention list of delegates to-
gether with the credentials received bv
him. This chairman Cassidy did not
do In the Lansford ballot-boX stuffed
wards. Where aIe they Moike Why
are they L OF with the credentials OF
other districts The District Attor-
neV wants to know
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28
PAINTING
AND
PAPER HANGING,
Owen Rehrig Q,

We have severed our connec-
tion with Mr.. o. F. Acker, and
will hereafter do all kinds OF
house painting, decorating and
paper hanging OurselG We will
make prices on all work in our
line as low as possible, while at
the same time we will do only
the best kind of work. We will
be pleased to figure On any
work that you may need and we
also hope for a fair share ofyo,u
patronage. We will continue
on our headquarters for wall
papers, Borders, Curtains, Paints
and Supplies, all kinds OF
Stationery &c, and viii kindly
solicit your patronage.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

Professor Hermann has succeeded il
photographing thevowel sounds byEpeak
ing them into phonograph, which re.
produced them slowly. The vibrations
were recorded by a microtelephone
which had a small mirror in the vibrat
ing drum. A ray Of light reflected from
the mirror recorded its vibrations-that
is to say, the vibrations Of the vowel
sounds--on a travelling band Of sensitized
paper.-Chicago Herald.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28
vorr for Allen Craig for rJudso

THE MEN whom the Hon. Michael
Cassidy appointed to hold the Lans-
ford delegate elections for the Demo
cratic Convention are now under in
dictmeut for ballot-boX stuifing. One
of their election officers is a convicted
felou. Did the Hol. Michael kno
this when he made the appointment
Step up Mickey aud tell us.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

We offer One Hundred Dollars Rewa d
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured By Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. J, CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo,
o., We the urdeIs Isigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last 10 wears, and believe
sim perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale druggists.
Toledo. o. WALDIEG, KINNAN Il MAR
WIN, wholesale druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cures is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucou-
surfaces OF the system. Price, Toe per
per bottle. sold by all druggists. Testi-
uonials free.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

The report has been put in circula-
tion by the friends of John b. Storm
that Hon. Allen Craig had withdrawn
from the judiciary contest. Don't you
believe anything of the kind. Hon.
ALEU- Craig's name viii be printed on
the official ballot under the head, "by
nomination papers" Put cross in
the square opposite his name. Vote
for Craig and save the good name of
the,iudiciarY.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

SrORM's friends are not circulating
the report that he was a member of
the Knights of the Golden Circle, an
organization whose members worked
against the Union cause during the
war. tie can't expect a big vote from
lovers Of liberty.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

NJ de Semonyille was a political utili-
tartan who neglected nothing and knew
aow TO make capital Of everything.
When he died, Talleyrand fell into deep
thought and then said, Il cannot divine
what advantage semonville gained in
doing this
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

every poison and impurity Of f5Your>
blood, by DR. Picrce's Golden Med
ical Discovery. Then there's a clear
skin and a clear system. letter,
Salt rheum, Eczema, Erysipelas,
Boils, Carbuncles, Enlarged Glands,
Tumors and Swclliugs, and all
Blood, Skin, and Scalp Diseases,
from a common blotch or eruption
to the worst scrofula - these are
perfectly and permanently cured
by it.
In building up needed flesh and
strength of pale, puny, scrofulous
children, nothing can equal it.
Unlike the ordinary spring medi-
cines or sarsaparillas, the "Discov-
cry" works equally well at all
seasons. All the year round, and
in all cases, it is guaranteed, as no
other blood medicine is. II it ever
fails to benefit or cure, you have
your money back. It's not only the
best blood purifier, but it's the
cheapest. You pay only for the
good you get.
Buy of reliable dealers. With
any others, something ,!ae that pays
them better will probably be urged
as "just as good"
Perhaps it is, fo- Hjeil; but it
can't be, for yOU.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

IFit is true that Storm has said that
ne would rather have his children fol
low circus Il an a Memorial dav pa
rade no patriotic citizen should vote
for him. A man who is without patriot
ism is unfit to be a Judge.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

CONE, COME, "Bushy" Tell us what
you know about Ltnsford Ballot box
stuHing ? Where are the credentials
which the Grand Jury wanted and the
District Attorney wants now ?
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

The HARRIsBUBG Patriot speaking of
John b. Storm says: Judge storm, OF
Carbon Monroe district, has been
guilty of a trick that ought to compel
his defeat.
"Judge Storm trumpei up technical
objections to the certificate of u0mma.
tion Of his competitor, eN. Senator
Allen Craig, aud served notice
of these at the latest possible hour OF
the last day permitted ly law for fling
objee' ions This was uu, enough OF d
trick, Prior TO seryiuguuuce upon Mr.
Craig, Judge Storm lett The Bench al
Mauch Chunk and took train foI
Stroudsburg in order TO prevent Mr.
Craig, from serving similar papers upon
him although Storms certificate OF
nomination Is open 10 lat same obiec
tlons that are raised aga - Mr.. Craig's
An objection, under the Baker law, %
obtain standing i'm cUull must be ac
oompauied by proof of service ufnotict
Of the proposed objection upon the
candidate named ia the certificate Oh
1ected TO, when there Is % single caudi
date. Judge Storm So timed the mat
ter that he could have his objections
filed at Harrisburg and at the same
time arrange to sueak away from
Mauch Chunk and avoid counter ac
tionson the part of his competitor.
ANY man guilty OF such pettifog
gerry as shown in this act and with the
purpose as shown IN the article appear
ing elsewhere is not tit TO be "a Judge
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

"Alister, he said to a restaurant man
on Randolph street. "rve lost mo wallet
through your front grating. Kin / 60
down after its'
"Boy, don't bother NO."
"But / want me wallet"
"lu bet You didn't have l0centsmit.~ Do
81 know didn't, but it's do private
papers-of NO use TO any one but the
oWuer-dat / want 90 recover"
He was permitted 20 Yer.-Dstroit
Free Pusa=
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

TEE RULING of the Dauphin county
court on Monday decides that neither
the name of Hon. Allen Craig or of J.
B. Storm, Democratic aspirants for
President Judge shall be printed on
the regular ticket in their counties.
Horace Heydt, the Republican can
didate, and Emmett d. Nicholas, the
Prohibition candidate, will head their
regular and respective tickets. This
being so, the contemplate effort OF
John b. Storm TO show the small side
of his character availeth him nothing.
Let those people who want pure
elenn indiciarY vote for Alen Craig.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

secretary Of state Harrity Receives a Pro-
test Against Placing storms Name
on the Ticket.
Hon. Allen Craig has filed this pro
test with Secretary of State Harrity:
To the Honorable Secretary of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania.
The Court of Common Pleas of
Dauphin county having decided the
certificate of Allen Craig, as candi-
date to the office of Law Judge Of the
AID Judicial District Of pennsylvania,in
the County of Carbon, TO beinva,id on
the ground that it was not a nomina-
ton made by the entire electoral dis
trict composed of the Counties of Mon.
roe and Carbon it appearing from the
evidence taken upon the hearing of the
objections to the said certificate, as well
as from the certificate itself, that the
nomination OF John B. Storm as a
candidate for the said Office was made
by the Democratic party ofthe County
Of Monroe alone, and that no nomina-
ton whatever had been made Of "A
candidate for the said Office for the en-
tire district under the party usages
and customs and it thus appearing
that the principle decided 10y the court
as herein before referred to, applies al
so to the certificates of nomination of
the said John b. Storm, "a protest is
hereby entered against the placing of
the name of the said John Is. Sto m
upon any official ballot within the said
Judicial District as a candidate for the
Office of Law Judge of the 43rd. Judi
cial District by virtue of any certill-
cate of nomination filed in said Office.
The principle decided by the Court,
it is submitted will apply to all certiii-
Gates of nomination which upon their
face do not appear to have been made
by the party representing the entire
electoral district, and that in making
up his official ballots the Secretary
will be governed by the ruling of the
Court in similar cases whether formal
objection have been made to the certi-
ficate or not and inasmugb as the same
principle as thus deoide4, will apply to
the certificate of noml.ation of the
said John b. Storm, it is assumed that
it is only necessary to c..l- the attention
of the Secretary to it in order to apply
such principle to the Ger llicate of the
said John B. Storm, although no for
NAL objections have been made there
to. ALLEN CRAIG.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

4 tourist had visited a small historic
town. lie was shown TIE massive wall
that surrounded it and tho immense
town gates.
You need to beyery careful" he ID
gravely to the official who was his es-
COrt.
"Why so;"
Sometime when these gates are open
the village may get lost. Youths Com
pauion.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

LET EVERY DENoCRAT do his duty
Loyalty and the whole ticket will be
gloriously elected.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

The mobiles of Spain claim the right cf
appearing In tho presence of the king
with their hats on 10 show that they are
not 90 much subject to him as other
spaniards are.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

MICKEY CASSIDY aud John B. Storm
seeing an emphatic defeat staring them
ia the face after all their dirty little
tricks, have had 10 call ON the state
administration TO help them out of the
muddle. "Boss" Harrity has therefore
put his finger in the pie aud declares
that the illegal nomination of Storm
for Judge entities him 10 have his
name printed on the regular ticket
Was there ever anything more dishon-
est OF unworthy of "a state Officially Let
the good people of the district who de
sire honesty in AN things rebuke these
trlcksters who would disgrace rhe f.ir
namo Of the judiciary. Elect hon.
Allen Craig President Judge OF the
l3rd judicial district
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

Toni can't understand why you ap-
plaud such miserable actingl
Diok-I do it to keep myself awake
Texas Siftings.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28

THECARBoNADvOCATE pierced through
the rhiuOscerous hide of the board
jumping editor of the Lansgord Record
last week and now this ugly little
jumping jack shows his teeth and
suarls and snaps not unlike a bull dog
All Jimmy, but you are "a bad 'uu, but
with all your lying aud dark aud tricky
ways, we can't help but turn on the
light. Come now, me boy. give us the
full history OF how you got your dele
gates for the legislature some years
ago; tell US of the foot race deals and
cock fighting, the skin games, &c. We
know Governor Pattisou would like IL
peruse this history of Mister Jimmy
Maloy, notary public, for 1t is mighty
interesting reading, you know.