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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-04-15
Now is Your Time!
30
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prised at the view they afford
and the price will be sure to
please you. No trouble 10 show
you around. Call on either
A. n. SNYDER,
or r. j. HONGEN,
East WeissportPa
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-04-15

EAsroN, April lS.-There is bitter war
existing between Easton and Bethlehem
and the Easton Transit company, both cor
porations claiming right OF way through
certain streets In the city and roads in the
country. The climax was reached when
force of 100 men began laying single
track for the Easton aud Bethlehem COM
pany through the main street of Oden.
Weldertown, near here. The result will be
watched with considerable interest.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-09-29

II all laws were submitted to the
people to ratify or reject, you would
never have any paid Hobbies in state
or national capitols trying to bride
your law makers. They know that
would do no good, as the people would
veto it. That is self-government.
That is pure democracy. genuine re-
publicanism. The thousands of
private, selfish and silly laws would
not be submitted for the people
would not stand it. That would give
this nation genuine majority rule
not monopoly rule is as now. Direct
legislation will soon solve the labor
and all other questions, for the people
will read the laws they will be called
to vote on and they will soon become
interested in law-making and good
laws will result. Coming Nation.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-09-29

y will be a great comfort to tho
farm team to remove the shoes which
may have been worn for several
months, and have become painful by
COMPRISING the growing hoofs.
This will Tighten the feet. cause the
dry horn to crack off. and bring 4
new and tough crust on the hoofs
The frog will be encouraged to grow.
and the whole foot Will be greatly
eased and strengthened. If this is
not thought advisable, because soma
work on stony roads may be required,
the shoes should be removed and a
light set put on. There is nothing
better for dry, cracking feet than a
run in a moist pasture, or if the
horse must be kept in the stable the
forefeet should be made to stand in
puddle of clay. One OF the worst
things that can be done to a horse is
to apply tar or grease to the feet
This drives the moisture out of the
horn, which in a healthful condition
has a large proportion of it, forty
i've per cent, to which its elasticity
and toughness are due. When the
water is decreased considerably, the
horn becomes brittle and granular,
falling into powder at times, and
crumbling so that the sole of the
foot is unable to perform its proper
functions.
The horses foot is the cause OF
much trouble to a neglectful owner,
and probably the most injury to it is
done by unskillful shoeing. The
next prolific source of trouble is to
permit the animal to stand on fer
menting manure, by which the water
of the horn is driven out, and the
crust becomes dry and breaks down
easily. The sole of the hoof is the
most injured by this mistake, and the
frequent result is the Inflammation of
the interior by which that very COM
mon trouble, navicular disease, is in
duced. Doubtless the average work
ing life Of the horse is shortened
one-third. il not a half, by mere neg
lect of the condition of the feet
Colman's Rural World.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-09-29

Horses are cheap. Get a good
team. Poor teams decrease the
profits.
Thinning grapes promotes the size
and quality and conduces to early
rIpeniug.
Litter or brush allowed to lie
around the bodies of trees furnishes
harbor for insects.
The market for good saddle horses
is not fully supplied. VINO will help
supply the demand?
Select a COW that gives a good
quality of milk and assist her in the
quantity by proper care.
II is little to do for an animal that
loves cleanliness. to keep the water
ing trough clean for horses.
The quantity Of milk a COW gives is
less a criterion of its value than the
amount of butter fat it contains.
Do you raise buckwheat? If you
do not you ought to. The grain pays
and the straw makes good fodder.
Children viii take much more in
terest in the orchard or garden work
if made partners in the work and
profit
In teaching the boys to milk, see
that they have clean hands, and man
age so as to keep the milk perfectly
clean.
People who live a considerable
distance from the city or shipping
point are at disadvantage in fruit
growing for the market
The objection to the common COW
is not so much that she does not pro-
duce good butter as that it is not
rich enough in butter fat
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-09-29

In number of counties in Kansas
there has been fusion OF Democrats
and Republicans against the Populists
and joint conventions are called in
which old time party divisions are
ignored in the common purpose to
keep the Populists from obtaining
control. In one of these counties the
published call declares that it is time
for all lawabiding people in Kansas
to come together and oppose a solid
front against the march of anarchy
and disorder that threatens to destroy
the credit and good name of Kansas
and hold her people up to the ridicule
and derision of the world. Memphis
Commercial
There is not in all this country, a
more extreme or bitter partisan Dem
ocratic sheet published than the Mem
phis Tenn Commercial. But watch
the Populists down the unnatural and
unholy alliance.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-09-29

A Baptist deacon down in Maine
thinks that he owns the most know
ing horse in the world. 1t is quite n
Young animal He tells that one day
not long ago he drove. with his wife,
out to his farm in the country. and,
tying the horse to hitching post,
walked with her to look at the condi-
ton of the fields. The horse stood
quietly for awhile, but finally growing
FESTIVE, he broke the hitching strap
and started for home. He had not
gone very far, however. when he con-
cluded that it would not be fair to
leave the deacon and his wife to walk
home, so he turned around, retraced
his steps, as the buggy tracks plainly
showed, and quickly followed them
into the field. Coming up beside his
mistress he looked at her and then at
the buggy with a whinny as much as
to say. If you are going my way you
had better get in" This story, of
course, cannot be doubted, as dea-
con told it.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-09-29
a SPECIES OF GAMBLING.
About Trials by Jury and = Chapter On
Lawyers In General.

~AhoAS AAAAAs ~ OuAy anu NAAFNNA vi
Lawyers In General.
at is a species Of gambling. this
trial by Jury" said lawyer the other
day, as he sat in court awaiting a
verdict "Of course I don't mean
that all our work is of such a nature
But take the majority of damage
cases-and the calendars are crowded
with them-they are taken on specu-
lation. We either get hold of the
case or the case comes to US. In
mast instances the injured person is
in humble circumstances and the ex-
acting of a retainer would virtually
mean that the case would never get
into court. So the lawyer takes up
the matter with the understanding
that he is to have a certain percent
age of what moneys are recovered.
Sort of gambling, is it not? All the
expenses of preparation come out Of
the lawyers pocket. He takes his
chances on a verdict. If it comes,
he wins; if not. he loses Gambling,
amt it,"
The nonchalant way in which the
lawyer accepts a judgment of the
court or the verdict of a jury is
often interesting to watch. Take a
case, for instance, where a large
amount is involved and where the
attorneys fee depends so largely
upon the outcome. Perhaps he has
been preparing the case for many
months and engaged in the actual
trial for days Then he has summed
it up and sat down while the jury is
out deciding upon a verdict Is it
not natural that he should be some-
what nervous when the twelve men
return to their places in the court
roOm-the foreman with his ultima
tum, either pro or con? But one
never sees the experienced lawyer
exhibit nervousness
The foreman may get up and in
few words shatter the attorneys OF
fee of almost any amount Yet the
lawyer does not show his disappoint-
ment He is, perhaps, chatting
pleasantly with some fellow-prae-
titioner as though an entirely disin-
terested party. When the verdict,
adverse and fee-shattering, has been
returned, he goes forward to the bar
in the most matter-of-fact way and
makes the usual and formal motion
for new trial That is all Then
ne gathers up his papers and goes
out with the air of man upon whom
disappointment finds no resting
place.
While the old lawyer, by his long
experience, has learned to cover any
feelings of disappointment so eff
fectuany, the young practitioner is
less fortunate. Cases are fewer in
his Office, too, and the loss of one is
not an easy matter to bear. So,
while the jury is out he Is pretty apt
to be pacing up AMI down the cor
ridor or displaying his anxiety and
nervousness in some other way.
Every noise and hustle in the hall
gives him 4 start and when the Jury
does at last come in one may almost
see him shake with the beating of
his heart. The verdict is against
him. He stands confused and crest
fallen. Some one at his elbow wills
pers about motion for a new trial
He takes the hint and bungles
through it. Then he hurries from
the courtroom feeling that the
whole world is pointing its finger at
him and crying. He lost his case.n
But how different 1t is when the case
is won.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-09-29

Australia having found that the
gold basis would not give them the
money they needed to set the wheels
of industry in motion. the govern
ments of Victoria and New South
Wales have very sensibly concluded
to try the greenback theory. 1t is to
be legal tender for a number of years.
Now If the bankers do not succeed in
placing and exception clause on
them as they did on our greenbacks
after the first issue, the people will
have an object lesson and will discOv-
err that the fiat of the people on
piece of paper will do all that the fat
of the people on piece of gold can
do" 1t will be hard times for old
Rothschilds and his Jew friends who
own all of the gold and have it out on
interest all over the world, but it will
be peace and prosperity to the people.
The cause is moving on.-Brockton
Diamond
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-09-29

Mend the torn pages of books with
n bifa +i=e,ra r,opar and crOod rae4a

Mend the torn pages of books with
white tissue paper and good paste.
A sack of the best salt standing
where there is a smell of fish or any
Objectionable odor will absorb the
flavor.
In the fashionably furnished bed
room favorite place for the couch
is just in front of and across the foot
Of the bedstead-
Add little salt to stove polish
and it will not rub OFF so easily; a
teaspoonful Of pulverized alum mixed
in it gives fine luster.
No hamper or any other receptacle
of soiled clothing, no matter how
handsomely decorated. should be
kept in a sleeping apartment.
Cane-seat chair bottoms that have
sagged, but are not broken, can be
made as taut as when new if washed
thoroughly with a soft, wet cloth in
soapsuds Let them dry in the air.
Sulphate of iron (copperas) and
chloride OF lime, two of the best dis
infecfants. are cheap, and a plentiful
use of either in sinks and open drains
during the summer and autumn may
prevent serious disease.
Insects may be destroyed with hot
alum. Put it in hot water and let it
boil until tho alum is dissolved.
Apply hot, with a brush, and all
creeping things are Instantly de-
stroyed without danger to human life
or injury to property.
White sailor hats may be cleaned
and whitened by rubbing them with
lemon juice. Cut the lemon in halves
and rub vigorously, first laying the
hat on clean cloth. on fat sur
face. so that it will not get out of
shape After using the lemon. brush
the hat thoroughly with tepid water
containing half a teaspoonful of
borax. Remove the band in clean
ing, SO that II will not be discolored
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-09-29

The pine tree shilling was named
after the pine tree it bore as its de-
vice. It was coined In Massachusetts
In the latter half Of the seventeenth
century and was only one of series
ot coins all called pine tree money.
The shilling was sometimes called ths
Boston shilling or the Bay shilling.
This was the first coin issued in Amer
lea and the dies were cut at the Lynn
iron works, established in 1647 Dy
Joseph Jenckes.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-09-29
A BASQUE BALL GAME.
Played with the Aid of Baskets and a
High Wall.

Played With the Aid of Baskets and a
High Wall.
There is in use among the Basque'
a sort OF basket, often circular. but
often, also, narrowly oblong. in
shape, in which women, generally,
AMI also men. carry small burdens
"a of fish-on their heads. These
baskets. it may fairly Be con .ectured,
suggested to the Basques and to their
Spanish neighbors across the Pyren-
ees the game of pelote-the '.long
game" or the basket game, as it is
commonly called. Or it may be that
some innovator suggested the use of
basket work instead Of the stiff
leather used in trinquet. says Black
woods Magazine
Be shat as it may, the basket
game is played with a long curved
thing of wicker attached to the glove
in the same manner of attachment as
the leather The basket is not IN
like the wicker protection which in
England is fitted over the wheel OF a
dog cart to keep a lady's dress from
contact with the mud on the tire.
This pelote is quite a different game
from trinquet. 1t Is played in the
open air. There is a front wall on
which the ball has to be served and
returned, but there are no side
walls
The court is $50 yards or so in
length. and its lines are marked as
are the touch lines of a football
ground. The server serves the ball
as in blaid, bouncing it on a slab of
marble, which can be set at the angle
most agreeable to the server and
striking it with his bare hand against
the wall It is received either on the
volley or the first bound by one of the
striking-out side in his basket, and
returned against the wall. By this
time the server will have resumed
his glove-his basket-and is ready
to take his part in the game.
Four or five a side are common
numbers and villages compete with
such keenness against one another
that it is usual for each village to
have one man who has been trained
from childhood in the art of serving.
Large sums are bet upon the games,
ard if a stranger desires to get up
match between the best players Of
the French and Spanish Basques he
viii probably have to offer as an in
duceluent no less a sum than f15 or
go
There is no line on the wall above
which The ball must strike. but they
have a system of chases. The ball
is sent swiftly along the ground
from the wall toward the chase
mark, and II the side defending the
chase can field it before it reaches
the mark the chase is off; if the de-
Tending side fail, the chase is won.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-09-29

It is an old belief OF native Hawai-
ians that the spirits of their warrior
ch.efs inhabit after death the bodies
of their favorite horses. There is
even now fine white stallion in Hon.
olula in which. it IS popularity believed.
lived the spirit Of Boki. who lead a
rebellion in Tahiti some years ago.
At various times this horse. splendidly
caparisoned. is led riderless in state
through the principal streets OF hono-
lula.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-09-29

At Dauphine, on January II, 1918,
at a place known as the giants field,
a brick tomb 80 feet long, y feet
wide and feet high was discovered.
When opened it was found to contain
i human skeleton entire, 254 feet
long, 10 feet wide across the Shout
ders and feet thick from the breast
bone to the back His teeth were
about the size OF an ox's foot and his
shin bones each measured feet in
length.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-09-29

The immigrant authorities OF Ellis
island, New York. are enforcing the
laws with great strictEess and sever
ity, and very large number Of paupers
and contract laborers are being re-
turned to Europe. a few days ago,
among a great many others, an Italian
was informed that he would have TO
return to his native land He quietly
turned his back, drew a sharp knife
and cut his throat from ear to ear.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-09-29
EDITORIAL OPINIONS.

A person without an education is
like a ship without rudder- they
never reach their destination without
encountering some disasters Rock
port New Era.
If you are not fair minded enough
to listen to an opponents argument,
your opinion is not worth a roy OF
pins. -Brownsville Herald.
1.-The pie-counter'' won the fight in
the house, and the indications are
that it will carry the senate. Castro
vile Anvil.
Popular loans by the government
will pulverise the usurer who is now
rapidly enslaving the balance of man
kind. -Comanche Exponent.
Don't wait until 1896 to make an
other grand charge on the enemy.
We may just as well capture congress
in 1894.-West Union Gazette.
If the people of this country are to
be dependency OF Great Britain, let
that country whip US into subsection
not submit like cowardly ours
Logansport Advance.
One of the staunchest supporters OF
the administration is John Sherman.
Thus is fulfilled the prophecy. The
wolf and the fox shall lap IRON the
same dish. Temple Forum.
Have a small package sent you by
mail, and another the same size for
warded by freight or express on the
same train. When you come to foot
the bill you will l. in favor of gov
ernment control of trans portation.-
Texas Reveille.
Investigation has brought to light
the fact that there is not gold enough
in the world to pay one years inter-
est on contracted debts. Still the
statesmen (P) of the east tell US that
gold should should be the sole stand,
ard of values.-Cloud City News.
The fellow who knew the Populisbs
were right last year, but would MOI
vote with them for fear of losing hta
vote, can now enjoy what he got b.
saving MS vote another SuCu saw
ing and if he has berth in the poor
house he viii be in luck.-Ottumw
World.
Uncle Sam pays the railroads over
$50. 900 each year to carry the
mail. The railroads pay their attor-
neys over $4,000, 900 annually. II
the government owned the railroads.
here is over $S4,O00,0OO that would
be saved the people each year.-Lit-
tie Rock Farmer.
Ex-Secretary Whitney speaks Of the
Clover classes That term was not
used 100 years ago. If there is any
low class in the United States it is
the beneficiaries of the great monop-
olies who gained their big fortunes,
not by producing anything, but by
absorbing the productions of others
through a species of iegalized robber-
les. Take from them their special
privileges, purchased by bribery Of
Legislatures. and they would soon
sink to their proper level.-Brockton
Diamond.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-09-29

An attempt is being made in Eng
land to utilize the power absorbed in
the application Of the brakes q tram
cars so as to render aid in restarting
the car. A spring is charged, which
can be released and viii start the car
without the aid Of the horses. A for
ward and not a recon movement is at
once given to the wheels, but its ac-
ton can be reversed in case of need
such as TO overrunning points, at
functions. a trial OF several months
has been given to the apparatus with
satisfactory results.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-09-29

OF the condition OF bilious stomach and slug
sish liver is the human oountenance. Not only
the skin, but the eyebailsi are tinged with the
yellow hue when the bile gets into the blood.
Besides this. sick headaches ensue, the tongue
becomes furred pains are felt in the liver and
through the right shoulder blade, and dizzi-
ness Is Experienced upon rising from sitting
orrecumhent posture hyt bilious invalid. For
these and other indications OF biliousness, Hos.
letters Stomach Bittsrs is a sovereign remedy.
It is also enicacious in chills and fever, dumb
Ague, ague cake. inactivity Of the kidneys and
bladder, rheumatism and Nervousness. It
stimulates, restores digestion and sleep, and
tends greatly to mitigate the iufrmities OF age.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-09-29

A curious relic is at the mercy o
public sale by the death of a waiter il
Paris. He had served at a table il
the cafe where Gambetta, Floquet
Casimir- Perier, Jules Ferry. ct al fire.
quently dined. The table is marble,
and the famous men covered it with
signed epigraphs. An American
offered the waiter 10, 900 frances for
the table, but he refused it.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-09-29

Extraordinary stories are told of
the healing properties OF a new oil
which is easily made rom the yolk Of
hens eggs. The eggs are first boiled
hard and the vol a,.a the.'------.ss,.lg
crushed and place. over a fire. where
they are carefully stirred until the
substance is on the point Of catching
IRE, when the oil separates and then
may be poured OF. One yolk will
yield nearly two teaspoonfuls OF oil.
It is in general use among the colo
nists OF south Russia as means OF
curing cuts. bruises. etc.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-09-29
VIII Produce Explosion.

There is a common belief that alco-
hol gives new strength and energy
after fatigue sets in. The senation OF
fatigue is one OF the safety valves OF
the human machine; TO stihe the feel
ing Of fatigue in order TO do more
work Is like closing the safety valve
so that the boiler may be overheated
and explosion result.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-09-29

After all there is some truth in the
cry of the old party press that lit is
loss of confluence that confronts
us Confidence in the ability Of the
old parties to meet the emergency OF
the hour, and there is good cause for
it. And it will continue. for mis-
placed confidence always begets lack
of confidence. -DesMoines Tribune.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-09-29
German
Syrup

William McKeekan, Druggist at
Bloomingdale, Mich. have had
the Asthma badly ever since I came
out Of the army and though I have
been in the drug business for fifteen
years, and have tried nearly every
thing on the market, nothing has
given me the slightest relief until a
few months ago, when used Bo-
schee's German Syrup. am now
glad to acknowledge the great good
it has done me. lam greatly reliev-
ed during the day and at nightgo to
sleep without the least trouble" O
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-09-29

On clear day an object raised one
foot above & level plain can be seen
1.Sl miles, one 10 feet high, 4.15
niles one 20 feet high, $50 miles;
one leo feet high. 1871 miles, and one
mile high las the top OF mountain)
almost 96 miles.