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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-09-30

DIR. RIEGEL.
THELEADING SPECIAL
IST in CATARRH and all
CHRONIC DISEASES will be
at the Valley House, Lehighton,
Pa, next TUESDAY AnD EVERY
TUESDAY AFTER THATIN ILL FUR
TIER NOTICE.
All who apply in person dur
ing the month of September
will be examined and given
first treatment free Of charge.
Remember this offer will
afford all skeptical and dis
couraged patients a chance to
Judge for themselves, free Of all
costs, DIR. Riegel offers this test
as the fairest and surest way Of
convincing the public that his
method of treating his special
ties is the best know to the world
He believes that anything
that will not stand the scrutiny
of everyone is not the best that
can be offered to them and lacks
effectiveness, therefore he sub.
mits himself to the severest test
any physician can be subjected
too and awaits the verdict OF the
people without the least fear o
failure.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-09-30

Ma Paner has bee accepted at the Iehighlon
Posi- Onice as Second Glass Matter
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-09-30

81 trust you will gather from these let
ters and interviews that instead Of there
being any contract that Mr.. Van Allen
should have the Italian mission the presi-
dent was distinctly, in terms, informed by
met There is no obligation upon you to
appoint him to any office Mr.. Van Allen
had the support Of his state for this ap-
pointment, was personally known to the
president, and was selected as a gentle
man deemed competent and fit for the
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-09-30

10 Trouble to Show Goods.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-11
ANOTHER DOUBLE LIFE.
Female Jekyli and Hyde In PhiIadel
phia.


phia.
West Philadelphia has been the home for
long time of woman who has led a
double life as remarkable as any of
those that have become famous in the
realms OF fiction and quite as romantic as
any of the numerous cases that have been
recorded IN the domain of absolute fact
On one side of the Schuylkill this woman
moved in good society, was an active church
member, Sunday school teacher and pres
iueht OF young peoples church guild. On
the other Side OF the river she was a pro
lesslonal thief, the associate of dissolute
men and women, and led life so entirely at
variance with that of her home circle as to
make it seem impossible hat the two ca.
reers could be united in the life of one wo-
man.
A Philadelphia jewelry house emploved
detective to trace a mysterious thief who
had been robbng them since the beginning
OF December last. There was but one clew
and that was month old A clerk gave as
good description as he could of a respect
aoie looking woman whom he remembered
TO nave shown some watches about the
eiihe valuable timepiece was missed. A
woman answering the clerks description
was caught pawning watch, and the de
tectives found owners for several other
watches and number of rings pawned by
the same woman. They had all been stolen
from Philadelphia jewelers..
The detectives kept close watch and
final caught her in the act of stealing two
handkerchiefs from dry goods store
Where she was arrested. The day previous
she had attended church twice and taught
her class in Sunday school, She had many
aliases and had been elected from several
hotels because of the number and character
OF her visitors, Her mother and sister
with whom she lived and who are of un
questioned responsibility, believe she must
ee insane and express their determination
To redeem her.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-11


Now, in summer Is the storage time for
health, and girls need to be looked after
kindly to make the most Of their vaca.
tions for strength and beauty. Strange
we never think Of strength as n factor of
beauty, when it is the main one. Force
OF the heart sends the blood freely
through all the fine capillaries of the
skin, so that waste and repair are carried
briskly on, with the result of clear,
brilliant complexion. skin in good
working order throws OF the hundred
frets and ails of duller systems. and Its
reaction fees it from frecble, blotch and
pimple. The strong digestion uses what
is sent it TO good purpose, and does
not make obstruction of its cereals or go
acrid over new potatoes and brown
gravy.
A girl with a rich complexion will be
able to ride, walk, dance or work far bet
ter than a pasty faced creature who has
hardly vitality enough to carry on her
internal economy. Tho beauty may not
be used 10 work, but the ability ia there
TO be developed, aud all the better for
the preservation of her looks If she trains
1t 10 use. Strength and nerve are the
foundations Of beauty. Shirley DARE.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-11

The lecturer at household clnl
talked 10 her audience the other day
about the moral side of good cookery,
and told her hearers that she believed
the Immoral side to be found in bt'.ers'
pies, bread and cake. in canned meats,
vegetables and preserves.
The woman who, 10 Gein time for
what she calls the higher needs OF her
family or for her own culture, habitu-
ally shifts her cooking to tho shoulders
Of the grocer or caterer. is robbing her
husband and children Of health and
strength, and using her money for honse-
hold expenses IN the most extrayagant
way, One may belong TO dozen clubs
and be bright and shining light therein,
may paint china, sing divinely aud feed
and elothe the heather, but the duty
that lies nearest her, and the foundation
OF all true advancement, begins with
nutritious and suitable food daintily
served. New York Post.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-11

"Some persons" said promenader,
seem inclined 10 make sport OF the young
man who carries his cane by the middle
with the head downward My own impress
sion Is that IL Is a reasonable and sensible
practice Some people carry canes and UNI
bfeilas horizontally under their arms, and
some swing them about thoughtlessly to
the danger aud discomfort OF others There
are many, however, who carry their canes
carefully IN a vertical position by their
sides. and next TO these 30 far as the public
safety is concerned, should certainly class
the young man who carries his cane by the
middle There is little TO fear from cane
80 carried, for usually its head or crook Is
heavy eaough to bring the cane on line
that Is nearer vertical than horizontal and
ii is almost certain 10 be carried steadily In
one position and not hourished about
New York sun.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-11

For refusing to plead, as some men did
to save their estates from confiscation, they
were bound down and pressed to death by
weights successfully added and placed on
their chests. The only instance in America
was that OF Giles Cory, the husband Of a
reputed witch, in Massachusetts in 1863,
who, aware that he had no chance of life
before the tribunal organized to convict
him, determined to save his property for
his children and so refused to plead Al
though so years Of age, he stood the torture
for several days, and by his heroic example
stopped the Salem witchcraft madness.
Burning to death was for ages the com
mon legal punishment for witchcraft, and
so frequently was it applied that Barring
ton says that in England alone during the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries not less
than 5000 persons were burned to death for
wtchcraft alone, tosay nothing of those who
suffered the same punishment for unnat
ural crimes. There were epidemics of witch
finding. One broke out at Geneva in 1915,
and in less than three months over 800 un
fortunate men and women were burned to
death in the great public square
1t is impossible for the riotous fancy to
conceive of any prolonged torture that has
not been inflicted, and in many cases skilled
physicians were employed to see that the
accused did not die till the laws vengeance
was complete. OF many cases recorded two
have horrible preeminence One is that
of Francis Ravaillac, who killed Henry "
of France on May IA, 1910 His teeth were
drawn, his hair pulled ont by handiuls; his
ears were cropped; his nose sliced away, his
lips cut off; his finger and toe nails were
torn out; his flesh punched away with red
hot nippers; he was racked; thumbscrews
were put on his hands, and "French boots"
mechanical devices by which the flesh of
the legs was crushed toa pulp-were placed
on his lower limbs. His eyes were cut out.
his tongue torn out by the roots; his whole
body was scared with redhot irons, and salt
ana poisonous acids were applied to the
raw and bleeding flesh.
Then four horses were attached to his
limbs and he was torn asunder. Damiens.
who tried to kill Louis XIV in 1857, was so
knit that the horses could not pull
him asunder till as an ''act of grace" his
muscles were severed with knife. After
every limb was torn off the body showed
signs of life for several seconds.
The other case was that of Titus Oates
the famous perjurer in 1855. He received
], 700 blows from whip in the hands of a
strong man. Skin and flesh from his neck
to his heels were cut in fine strips to the
very BONE and yet this bad man recovered
He was released ut the revolution of 1858
and lived till l705. 1t is not well to think
much on such things. Yet it is well to oc-
casionally show that the world has ad.
vanced IN humanity quite as fast as in the
arts and sciences.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-11

The elevated stations are a constant
source Of turning about TO ai,seniminded
folk. Those at crowded thoroughfares,
whore there are stairs not only on both
sides Of the avenue. but also of the cross
street, prove particularly confusing to
''transicntsN
The other day a young woman not often
in New York stopped at one OF these to ask
the gnssd question;
"iou're on the up town track be an
swerei; go down stairs and cross the
strset"
Down stairs she went, crossed Twenty
third street and appeared again.
II told you," repeated the man on seeing
her, 10 go down and cross the street"
Thoroughly bewildered, she went down,
recrossed and once more presented herself
before the same guard
What ails your" be cried II said 90
down aud cross the street,
Down she crept. abashed, crossed the
street and climbed the stairs for the fourth
time. As she reached the top she peered
cautiously over There stood that man.
She gathered mp her skirts, and turning on
tiptoe raced down again at the top OF her
speed.
A little reflection on the curbstone sent
her finally rejoicing across the avenue to
the other trscA- New York Times
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-11
Ask About the Well.

In selecting Il boarding place in a vii
lage or on a farm where water is not
Drought from common supplying
source, says a physician, "try to get a
place where driven rather than sunk
en- well is used, The latter in times of
frequent and abundant rain is apt to get
some surface drainage: the former never,
If driven deep enough as it's bore goes
uoWh through several strata of filters
cay, gravel, sand-getting its water
nnaliy from a source that cannot be sur
race polluted. People have only to show
a little interest and intelligence about
these things to secure them. Anybody
VINO wants 10 take boarders should be
alert on the question of sanitation at
least and inquiry ought to amount to
suggestion."-New York Times.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-11
TIE ctlILpagNs LAND.

know n land, beautiful land
Tairer than isles of tho cast,
Where the farthest hills are rainbow spanned
And mirth holds an endless feast:
Where tears are dried like the morning dow,
And Joys are many and grsefs are few;
Where the old each day grows glad and new,
And life rings CLEAR u bell.
Oh, the land where the chimes speak sweet and
true
Is the land where the children DWELL
There are beautiful lands where the yiyers flow
Through valleys of riponed grain;
There Hre lands where armies OF worshIpers
know
No God but the god of gain.
The chink of gold II the song they sing,
And all their lifetime harvesting
Are the glittering Joys that gold may bring,
In measures they buy and sell,
But the land where love is the coin and king
IL the land whore tho children DWELL
They romp in troops through this beautiful land
From morning till set of sun.
And the druwsy fairies have sweet dreams
planned rem
When the little tasks are done
Here arc no strivsngs for power and place.
The last are first In the mimic race.
All hearts are trusted. all life Is grace,
And peace sings "Ali goes wellf--
For Gcd walks daily with unveiled face
In the land where the children DWELL
John Jerome Rooney.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-11

An army surgeon in the late civil war
had occasion To lance an abscess for a
poor fellow at Camp Douglas, and as the
sore was obstinate it became necessary
to use the knife twice. The operation
was not very painful one, but the pa
tient declared that it had nearly killed
him, and when third resort to the Ian.
Get was proposed he protested that he
could never go through the operation
alive.
The surgeon promised to make 1t easy
for him, and calling up few of the
loungers ordered one of them to hold his
hands close over the patients eyes and
two others to grasp his hands firmly.
This arrangement" explained the
doctor, lis said TO prevent pain in such
an operation. Now lie perfectly quiet,
and when say 'Nowr prepare your
self"
The surgeon at once began quietly
with his work, and in "A short time had
completed the operation without the
least trouble, the patient lying as quiet
as though in sleep.
When all was done, the surgeon laid
aside the knife and said ''Nowl" Such
roar came from the lips of the sick
man as is seldom heard from any human
being, He struggled to free himself,
yelling, "Oh, doctor, you're killing mer'
Shouts Of laughter soon drowned his
cries, and he was told the operation had
been all over before the signal was
given. 1t was good joke; but it is
doubtful if the poor fellow could ever be
made to believe that he did not feel &C
tual pain Immediately after that fatal
"Now"-Medical News.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-11

The grasp Of the human understand
ing expands every day. 1t is only Il few
years since Humboldt conceived the
mighty truth that Cosmos--the universal
organization of things-was one system,
however many uniyerses il may contain,
each atom In it depending upon and hav,
ing relation to all u the others Next
came Lamarck. who showed that all ami
mails are kin, Then followed the great
inventor OF the spectroscope. who proved
that all of the stars are composed of the
same sorts Of materials as those which
make up the earth. Finally came the
discoveries who learned thar the invisi.
bic powers Of nature-heat. light, sound,
electricity. magnetism. etc. are all forms
OF motion All these propositions have
been demonstrated. What the most ad-
yanced scientists are striving now to
prove is that mind and matter are one
and the same. That proposition repre-
sents the highest intellectual effort Of
the age. interview in Washington Star.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-11

Once upon time an editor fell into q
PIT ana one of his would be contributors
came along and offered to help him out.
i VIII accept your assistance" said
the editor.
Thank heaven" said the contributor.
Il nave at last found something you are
willing to acceptl"
Hold on" shrieked the editor. "Will
you Try to sell me that joke when get
out?"
Yes, said the contributor.
men leave he to my fate. "-Harper's
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-11

An excellent remedy for sunburn fol-
lowing yachting trip or any excursion
is hot water The application should
last tally twenty minutes. and is made
by means Of wringing out soft cloths in
water az hot as can be borne and bath
Ing the face vita them, wipiug gently
downward and pressing and holding the
clotb against the face. 1t is remarkable
how much of the heat and burn put
there by tbe sun win leave the skin after
such treatment. Exchange.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-11
Patient Waiting No Loss.

Mrs, Acres-There's boy up in that
apple tree.
Farmer Acres Wall, eff | start fer
mm hell wait till I've clum bout half
way up tn tree after him, an then he'll
urop down an run away. Could never
eaten MN In the world. III wait.
"What fer?"
~" IN, wait till he's eat few apples.'
What good IL that do?"
They'll double him up so he CAM
run. Good News.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-11
Buying Choice Books.

a woman was buying some books. She
seemed TO have choice governed by hand
some bindings. She picked up Charles and
mary Lambs Tales of Shakespeare" She
opened IT, and IN minute turned to her
companion and said: See herel Wen get
our our Weth cheated out Of our heads next
ms DOCK says shakespeare on the out
sue ana on the inside it says, Written by
Lamb" ~
one would have none of it. She would
not even listen to the salesman's explana
tlon---Ieresa Dean in Chicago Tribune.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-11
FOLKLORE or THE PUEBLO INDIANS.



How the Old Inhabitants of New Mexic,
Hand Down Their Traditions.
Despite all their progress in civiliza
tion, despite their mental and physica
ncuteness and their excellent moral quail
ties, the Teewahn are in some things
but overgrown children. Their religion
Is one of the most complicated systems
on earth. Besides the highest deities
all the forces OF nature, all animals, rs
well rs many things that are inanimate,
are invested by them with supernatural
powers. They do not worship idols, but
images and tokens of unseen powers are
revered They do nothing without some
reason, generally a religious one, and
whatever they observe they can explain
in their own snperstitious way.
Every custom they have and every be-
lief they own has reason which to
them is all sufficient, and for each they
have a story. There Ia no duty to which
n Pueblo child is trained in which he
has TO be content with the bare COM
mand, "Do thus" for each he learns
fairy tale designed to explain how peo-
pie first came to know that II was right
to do thus, and detailing the sad results
which befell those who did otherwise.
II is from this wonderful folklore of
the Teewahn that have learned
long study of the people, their language,
customs and myths--and taken, I'M
changed and unembellished, this series
of Indian fairy tales.
The use Of books is not only to tell.
but to preserve; not only for today, but
for ever. What an Indian wishes TO
perpetuate must be saved by tongue and
ear, by telling down." as were the
worlds first histories and poems. This
oral transmission from father to son is
OF sacred importance with natives. Upon
il depends the preservation of the amnse-
ments, the history. the beliefs, the Gus
toms, and the laws of their race. A
people less ohservant, less accurate of
speech and of memory, would make a
sad failure of this sort of record; but
with them ii is a wonderful success.
The story goes down from generation
to generation, almost without the change
of word.
Here in lsleta, the quaint pueblo OF
the Teewahn where / am living, have
become deeply interested not only in the
folk stories themselves, but also in the
manner of handing them down. Win
ter is the season for story telling. Then
the thirsty fields no longer cry for water,
the irrigating bitches have ceased to
gnaw at their banks and the men are
often at leisure
Then of an evening If go out to visit
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-11

Little Florence, two years old-her
si'I'a was trying to expkain to her in.
iant mind reply to her question W.
Is dod!-iistened very attentival,, ~
ne; sne explanation, and, with sigh of sat.
, ,Siactlon' said; 81 love God; don't Won
mammal He's a good old man" w.
ana after listening to the story 81
Jesus she said; Wasn't he nice whan
ne was little babyl Were Won h;a
mamma%-NewY York Trih,,no ''' uAs
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-11

sta y Georgia ,;g man dreamed that Soma ono
stoie nis watch from his trunk ma one
.ne roboer in his dream On a,,.a ,ie saw
ne ,ouhd his watch gone. He want t tn
h,,i soon saw and recognized the tsi .S 'u"n
i he nad seen in the dream, whose s rre, mat
person. was found on his
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-11

Mrs, de Fad-That old clock is very hand
some, and I'd like to have it, but I'm afraid
IL u, Is not such genuine antique as Mrs. de
Sore Boy-Does hers gof
Mrs, de Fad--Oh, yes.
store Boy triumphantly)-This one
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-11

1t takes sand to run Hn enSh'e' '''
does to run woman.
There is usually a great ouS'ie a.
an engine; so there is about a wolns "a, II,
1t makes a fellow mad 10 set lei' y
an engine: so it does by woilah' i,
An engine is an object OF mucn W. We !,
and admiration to men and OF feal y
horses; so is IA woman. ID, n
When an engine goes off the uAgs ,;,n
usually takes man or more alops
it; so does ii woman. orv.
An engine is known by us eoH'i
so is woman. 49,. III.
An engine will sometimes pio" ,',,re;
low up if he puts on too much /, li rTsy,Ia.
SO will some women.-New 1oiA -
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-11
IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS.


When we read of the extreme care now
taken to put murlerers to death without
pain, il is hard to believe that only 200 years
ago criminals were whipped to death,
racked to death, torn in pieces by horses
hitched to their separate limbs, boiled to
death, pressed to death by heavy weights
bucked, sawed, minced or roasted to death
according to the courts judgment as TO the
enormity OF their crimes. To make them
confess or implicate Others, even uncon
victed men were tortured till they unfeign
eddy prayed for death to end their misery
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-11

10 you know what the average weigh,
OF premiere danseuse's wardrobe isy"
asked Slgnor Marchetti, the famous ballet
master This is it: Onepair of silk tights
meisnihg ounces; ballet skirts, includ-
ing tucks, ounces; | pair of slippers, 4
ounces bodice, ounces, the entire outfit
Melshins % ounces. That isn't much of a
" as lar as weight is concerned, but
4. can cost great deal more than some that
''sAs 10 every bit Of SPACE in Saratoga
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-11
III. Way of Show ing nls Love.

"You wrong him, papa He does not love
me for my money He SCOTS at the worlds
sordid eageruess for wealth"
What proof have you, child"
why, only last night he told me he
didn't care II he never was able TO make a
penny in his life il he only had meP'-Ex-
changa