a surrnsTiTious struggle. A writer nn "Superstitions" In the. Chicago Trilmne. sayd! "If . lleht coca out unexpectedly or you extinguish It ncclik'n tally you nnisi speak no word until you have rrllirliled it. If tlicio tiro no matches In tlio house emulate Hsrpo crates until some nre found mid utilized, or fire nnd fear I til troubles nil! follow. An Incldcat of this kind occurred not long ago. A well-known Hticletil maiden lady, well up in all supei-iclleious com niRQilmentK nnd articles of fattli, nuridm ly put out. her odorous kerosene Illumina tor. Not a mulch was scun, not h spark of Are, us' from parlor to kitchen sho wended. "What should she dor A mile to the nearest ftoro and a quarter of a mllo tolier ncsreft neighbors. She had iust lighted her lump to see about rinding ler sun-bonnet, that she might carry the news that the bad just learned from a neighbor ol n little unpleasantness be tween two other neighbors, nhtn a gust of wind blew it out. Sho dared not speak; for who knew what might be the i can it i icmi. uraiping a pencil, sue i rutdicd to the neighbor's, and on n huge piece of browu paper wrote in Brobillug- i naglan 'characters the word 'mulches.' I Her face worked convulsively; her tongue protruded; she clasped one hand , over her mouth. They implored her to l speak, and the convulsions of her features weie frightful to witness. She waved j her hand hysterically. She wrote , 'matches' in characters of all sizes; and, at last, in letters which, had they been the sounds they represented, would have been.Ftcntoiiun, '1 want matches!' They brought them to her and she rushed back. The good friends were alarmed. Was sheiusanc? Hail she Rny unformed pur pose of cremation? They followed her. The first match was damp and refused to ignite. A gronn, a gasp, an invisible convulsion. The second lighted and went out before the wick was reached. The third broke off at the top. The fourth was a fraud and had no igniting principles. But the filth burned steadily; and the strugglo which had evidently been going on in darkness, the fearful spasm which might be hydrophobia, perhaps, passed off as the wick flamed up, and she hoarsely gasped out to her terrified and sympathetic neighbors who had followed her home, ' They say Dea con Jones and 3Irs, Jonca are goin' to get a divorce.' Could any deity demand greater saennre 01 a aevuieo man in is good lady's offering at the shrine of the occult f" BULLS NOT HUSH. It was a Scotch woman who said that tho butcher ot her town only killed half a beast at a time; it was a Dutchman who said that a. pig bad no mark on hit ears except a.shurt tail ;,atid it was a British magistrate, .who,, being told by a vaga bond that he was not married, responded, "That a a good thing for your wife." It was an English' icporter who stated, at a meitlng bT the Ethnological Society there was exhibited "casts of the skull of an Individual at different periods of adult life, to show the changes produced in ten years," though Dean Swift certainly men tions two skulls preserved in Ireland, one of a person whou he was a boy, and the other of tho came person when he grew to be a man. It was a Portuguese mayor who enumerated among the marks by which the body ot a drowned man might be identified when found, "a marked im pediment in his speech." It was a Ft ench man, the famous Carllno, who, content edly laving his head upon a large stone jar for a pillow, replied to ouo who In quired If it was not rather hard, "Not at all, for I've stuffed it with hay." It Was an American lecturer who solemnly said one evening, "Parents, you may have children,' or if not, your daughters may have.'1 And it was a German orator, who, warming with his subject, exclaimed, "There is no man, woman or child in the house, who has arrived at tho ago of fifty years, but what has felt this truth thun dering through their minds for. centu ries." THE IMPOSSIBLE WOMAN. Ideal wives, according to an Irisu writer, nro nf lnw Rtatura and nxtremelv fair. They are soft and gentle in man ner and slow of motion. They havo blue eyes,golden hair, ricli mezzo-soprano , voices. an,d wear moderate dress-improv ers. Their hair and its color aro (heir own; and they fear strong men, but like to look at them from windows, balconies, carriages, and other places of security. They are a trifle huppy,and have not been married to their first love. They rannot sew over-well, but they have a positively maddening way of leaning oyer the bucks of chairs while they are asking their hus bands if they shall wear pi no or pink ribbons. They have no mother living. They core little for going into society. They never desire to obtain the good wishes of other men, save when their husband's interest is to that effect. They are not painfully clever musicians, but they know some sweet simple airs, And siug thoso at ovenlng by the open window. They are liable tobedetrauded by the servants, and aie imposed upon by tradespeople. They regard their husbands as supreme arbiters in all mat ters. They would stay as they are or fly to New Zealand with him, as he desired. A GYPSY DIYOIICE. i A camp of gypsies near Washington Iwere visited by a reporter of the liejniblu fan and talked with Gltana, a- gypsy naiden, wo quote : I " We suppose you are human beings, tand have to get divorced J" it iiil-buiui iiiing wllh us to get divorced, it causes grief u uJUlulugt auu oioou nas 10 ue snea. i vii, ijiuv icu us uow you gel at rorrod 1" "I knnwT nm 'tnlMn inn It ...I ho Gltana trcmWed as she spoke, but inlf A flnZim llHtlllf oIltrni nn.-l... .1 Jnto her Upscemed togivo her assurance. a ftuun a mil luiKingioo UlW'Il, UIH 1 II pll mil ft Ifl tl.U .. . --.,. Mnn inn his wifo urn to h- nrptiralud it is doue 1iV till cnnrnHna rf a linrcn H I " One is picked out vihlcli Is entirely kminil Atl.l frft from ft limlcn it- n Hcratch, and he is led out to the spot where the divorce Is to take place, and fixactly nt 12 o'clock. The men cast lots or Ihu one who shall kill the horse, nnd lor this occasion ho is the priest. The riest takes u Ion-,' pole in his hand and walks around thu hnrso several times, and in a loud voice praises his good qualities ind names all the persons who have jwned it." "The horse is then led Into the tent of the woman who is to be divorced. If he kicks round and jumps about, tho woman has been very bad ; if he keeps' quiet she has not been so bad. The priest then lakes a large kulfoatid stabs the hone to the heart, aud when it Is stretched out on tho ground tho husband tattcs his placo on ono side of it and tup wifo on the other. They join hands ncross I he horse, nnd repeat somo sentencov In Ihu gVpsy language. They then Walk three, times around the horse in opposlto directions." "The lost time, when at the head of the hoisc, they face each other and speak, and do tho snine thing at the tail. They again shako hands and separate, one going noith aud the other south. Sho never marries again, and has to wear a mourning veil, and big shoes on her feet. The heart of the horso is then taken out, roasted, sprinkled with brandy, and eaten by the husband aud his friends, Tho horse is then buried on the spot. The husband can marry again. A LITTLE MISHAP IN CHUKCH. Tho following is Max Adder's : One Sunday night, during tho sermon in our ihurcb, the gas suddenly went out, and there was sudden darkness. The minister tcqucstod the congregation to remain perfectly quiet until tho cause of tho trouble could bo ascertained nnd other lights procured. Old Mrs. Smiley, it appears, was sound asleep when thu ncci. dent occurred, but just after the minister had finished speaking to the congrega. tion sho awoke. At first she thought sho had become blind, but as sho sat by the window she immediately saw the light in tho street, and then sho knew that tho congregation had gone home, aud that iho had accidentally been looked In by the sexton. Dreadfully frightened at tho loneliness and horror of her situation, she picked up a hymn.book, and, dashing It through ' a pane of glass In tho window, sho put her head out and began to scream for help. Her shriek impressed passers by with the idea that the church was on fire, end in an Instant lh alarm was given. A moment Inter the engines nr rived, and just' as the sexton bcnan to light the gas again, ono gang of the llie. men began playing through the broker) window on Mrs. Smiley's spiing bonnet, while another gang poured a three-inch stream up the middle aisle with such force as to wash tho Rev, Dr. Hopkins, the minister, out of the pulpit nnd down among tho high hats which were float lng around by the pew doors. Eventu ally tho matter was explained, und tho tire uepartmept shut oil the water ana went home. ' But the deacons want to know how, if Mr. Smiley retuses to pay the bill for repairs to the chinch, he can ever look a fellow-worshiper in tho face again. A LESSON IN MANNERS Harry sat at his father's sido at a friend's tablo. Somebody passed him the bread. Harry touched a pieco that was dry, so ho droppod It aud took a softer one. "My son,"saldthefathor, reprovingly, "never touch a piece of bread or cako that you don't mean to take." "Harry ate' his bread and remembered. After a while the cakes was pnsscd round. Whenit came to Harry, thelittlo fingers made n quick, adioit movement and hauled off three largo slices. Why. Harry I " cried the father. "Well, papa," said the boy, bravely, "you told mo to toko all tho pieces I touched, and l'touche'd all these." "No, no, ray son; Isnld to touch only what you meant to Like." "And that's just what I did, papa. I meant to take every one, and I tried for that other big slice with tho pile of Riienr on it, but I didn't quilo got it. Every body laughed, and the latlicr wisely concluded to glvo Harry ids nox't lesson in table ptlquctto at homo. In order to close qut present stock, tho undersigned respectfully announces to tho clllzeiw ot Lehlghton and'vlclul ty that ho has Marked Down, Prices of nil kinds of G001I1 to nbout cost and ulll Sell For CksSa Oauly He has Itl'Ktock n largo assortment of Dry GootlH, Groceries, Provisions, tjiit'cnswai'o, tin i-cHvurc, and ,n variety of other articles too num erous to enumerate. If you.deslrq to secure Now Is jour' Time A Small Sum of Mbtit-y will Buy n Largo Quantity of Goods I Store,. Opposite L. & S. "Depot, BANK-strect, Lehighton, Penna. '.. II. LONG, Igent. TlLanMAS' AltNEIt, Assignee. Match 28, 1874. TJT It. IlirsillIlT, -Opposlto L. & Si Depot, On tho East WeisBport Canal Sank, Respectfully Informs llie citizens of this vicinity thnt lie keeps constantly on hand, nnd Is selling at tho very lowest Markot Prlces,,the very best brands of ALSO, DCALElt IN For .Building nnd other purposes, which ho guarantees to be Thoroughly Seasoned And to Sell at' the VERY LOWEST KATES, Wholesale and Rqall nt tho very Low est Cash Priced. .no has also a number of very eligibly located In BICKEBTSTOWN, Franklin Twp., which lie will sell on very Easy Terms, aug, 0, '73-y.l J. K, KICKEUT. A SOLITARY TWIN. The "Fat Contributor" furnishes the Utica Observer tho lollowing strange itory of a twin:" " There was a woman out West who gave birth to one twin just one, that's an mere was 01 nun, ono never unu another solitary twin so long as she lived. lie was a melancholy child from tho first,- and worp such a lonesome look. Ho always seemed to bo watch ing and listening for somebody who never came. . Ho appeared to realfzo that ho wasn't nil together that ho was d kind of human' parenthesis with one bracket gone animated dumb-bells, nnd one dumb-bell missing a 'pair' that couldn't beat deuces aud hardly worth drawing to. He used to moan in his sleep aud paw around on his pillow for the missing brother. When that boy crew up he was Different from any boy I ever knew rthat is to say any ono boy. Ho secmod more llko two boys- at least ho was altogether two boys, terous for ono, It he had a fight it was with a boy twlco as big as he was, for he seemed to feel, somehow, as though there wero two of him, or ought to bo He Always managed to get two pieces of pie at the table, just as if one was for the other of him who wasn't there, and there was a thin pretenso of taking care of it for him, but he nhvajs took cate to cat it, I noticed. He only half-learned his lc3soiis, and doublc-entiy book-ltccp-ing nigh about set him crazy, because as I told you, there wasn't but half ot him there, ana ho couldn't double entry. He wouldn't sleep with any other boy because, ho said, it crowded 'em. Ha grew up, but he never got married. Once or twlco bo attempted to court a girl, but left her when it was half done, as though that Other twin ot his would be along and court tho other half, I heard that he died front sheer loneliness, but I only believe half I h"ar about that boy, anyhow. If he bo dead, you can uei uu is oniy unu ucau." MAI'S BY TELEGRAPH. , A member of tho Parisian Academy ui pcience uas uoviscu n mcuiou wucre by exact mups and dia.'iains may be transmitted by telegraph. A numer ally graduated scml-clrcular plato of glass is laid by the tplegrnpher over the map to be transmitted, and a pencil of mica, attached to a pivptcd strip of metal, also divided into numbers, al lowed to move over the plate, Looking through a fixed eje-picce, the operator, traces out his map 011 the glass with the adjustable mica pencil, and, noticing tho numbers successively touched ou the plate nnd on the moving metal arm, tcli-graphs them to his correspondent, who, by means of au exactly similar ap paratus, is llicreliy enabled to truce out an c-iactly slmllhr map. What is love, Nannlet" asked a mln. Ister of ono ot liiB pailshioncrs, alluding, of course, to the word in its spiritual icum.-. iioui, jyo sirr answered JN'an nle, blushing to the eVnholcs, t'dlnna ask mo sic a daft-like question; I'm sure yo kon as weel as mo that love's just next to cholera. Love U just tho worst tmMf. nnmt.l.ilnl fn. n I.. I , i. . Uave. ,j l ILLIAM KEMERER, Corner of Bank & South Sts., Lehighton, Pa Keeps a full line of Wry Crnls9 Comprising Ladles' Dress Goods, Black and Colored Alpacas, Ginghams, Prints, Shirtings Sheetings, &e, of every grade and price. C4RrETS a: j cloths, In great varie y Teas, Coffees, Suga -a, Spices, Fruits, Hams, Shoulders, Slda-Moat, &n, 6c fAnr Bought, Sold or Exchauged H ARDWAR E For Building aud other purpose? In great variety of thu best quality, All goods warranted as represented and prices fully as low as elsuwhoro. April 5, 1873-yl F. KLCl'I'JXGBB IT Save .20 Per Cent. , By getting jour . .. , ..... J'P:B PRINTING A New Idea! 1 ' . 1 1 -i ' Done at tho Office of the Carbon Advocate, IN nEINTZELMAN'S 'building. Ilt. this P, 0. and U Y. R. n, Dejxt; .. . '' V! '. ' ' J'Clilghton, Cnriion ..Co., m Wo have Just received.n large.,nnd ele gant assortment of WMW IT!, Of tho latest style's ; together , with , supeiior stock of CARDS, BILLHEADS)" 1 . ' . 1 t . ENVELOPES, NOTE'PAPEB, ui. .' And a variety 'of other PRINTING MATERIAL, 4 nd can now give our, patrons first class work at pi ices nt least 20 Per Cent Lower Than any other, Office. In his section. 1 it- . . . ,M .' - ..I ' lli ' 1 l ' ,1. . i i . J. .. I ' 1 i . . if. -. :i t 1 ' Give Us ft Trial, and be Convinced, 1 -I, tSTThe patronage of the public is respectfully solicited. THE CAlillOIV ADVOCATE, Would respectful, ly announce tot Ids friends and tho public In general, that he has open ed a first-class Liyery & Sale Stable, and that he can furnish Horses, Buggle and Carriages of tho best description, ior rieasure, justness or Funeral pur poses, int very Beasonable Charges, nnd on short notice. HAULINd done at short notice nnd ou short notice. In connection he will also continue bis Carriage, Manufactory wnere me peoplecan gut their larrlages .Buggies, Wagons, etc., tnauo to order, or ltKPAIUED 'on short notion nnd at rcasoiiauie prices. The undersigned respectfully an nounccs that he has been appointed Agent for tho Universal Wringer AND Doty'sClothesWasher. Theso are undoubtedly the best Wash' ers and Wringers In the market, and our ladles aro invited to call and see them, L. P. Kleppinger, 6'or. ZMNK ami WON Streets, Feb. 23, 1873. Lehlghton, Pa. 1 A 2-Ucolumn Local Paper, and thecnly , newspaper ISnUrelyPrlnteil'ln til County, Is published qvery. Saturday morn In a $1 a Year in Advance, Or $1.80 if not paid In advance. The, Advocate, with' its largo aud in- creasing circulation, Is one of tho very 1 net Medium! for Advertising In this Section. Rates furnished on application, , n. V. MORTniMEB, Lehlghton, Carbon County, Pa. .A. WILSON SHUTTLE Sewing Maclie FOR 50 Dollars ! ! FARMERS, MERCHANTS, MECHANICS, AND EVERYBODY Buy the World-Renowned WWBMQIS 1 THE BEST IN THE WORLD! SrTIio Highest Prominm was awarded to It at 'VIEIJST'asrA.; Ohio State Fair Northern Ohio Fair Amcr. Institute, N. Y.J Cincinnati Exposition; Indianapolis Exposition ; St. Louis Fair; . Louisiana gtato Fair;1 ., Mississippi State Fair j and Georgia Stato Fair FOR BEING THE BEST SEWING MACHINES, and doing; tho largest nnd best rango of, work. All other Machines In tho Market wero in direct COMPETITION ! ! VWFor Hemming, Fell ing, Stitching, Cording, Binding, Braiding, Embroidering, Quilt ing and Stitching fine or heavy goods it is unsurpassed. Whore wo havo no Agents wo will deliver, a Machine 'for the price namod above, at the nearest Hail Road Station of Purchasers. Needles for all Sewing Ma chines for Sale. Old Machines taken In Exchange. Send for Circulars, Price List, &c, and Copy of tho "Wilson Befleotor, one of the - best Periodicals of tho day, dovoted to Sowing Ma chines, Fashions, General News and Miscellany. Agents iWanted Wilson Sewing Machine Co. CLEVELAND, OHIO. QUDSCIIIDE FOil i' The Carbon Advocatu, T4e CluPit FFr In tt UMb Vtlloj Oulr On DoUr Yr. i 3? I'ai.'iinii a:iinim ffll,.V.71J'''"J . Dr. J. Walker's California Vinegar Ditters aro n purely Veg etable preparation, mado chioilj' from tho native herlis fomld on tho lower ranges of tho Sierra Novada moun tains of California, tho medicinal properties of which .aro extracted thorofrOm without tlronso of 'Alcohol, Tho question is almost daily. ,a5l0!dr " What is .tho causo of tbd unpar alleled success of ViNEOA.nJ&.x teks ?" Our answer is,, that ;thoy romovo th'o caii&o 6f Ciscaso.ond tho patient recovers his health. They nro tho great blood purifier and a. "lifcgiving principle, ft porfet-.lUoo-Vator and Iuvigprator of thpjjjtEm. .Never befbro in tho history of IbW-world ha3 a medicino boon compounded pos sessing tho remarkable qualities of :VlN' eoar Bitters in hcallug itho nick of every diseasomauiis heir to, Thoj-,ro a pontlo Purgative as we)l,as,,ft, Tpnic, relioving Congestion or Inflammation, oE tho Liver and Visceral Orgqu9in Bilious Diseases. ' '. 1 Tho properties of DR.WilK- er's Y'-fliO A" IIittbus aro Apcriont, Dia phoretic, Carminative Nutritib'uS,Taxa tivo, Diuretic, So'datiVo.'CouDtbr.Irritant, Sudorific, Alterative, aild AutUfiil(bir3. U - Grateful Thousands proclaim Vinegar Bitters tho most wonder ful Invigwant that over siistainod tho sinking system. ' r No Person can take the"so Bit- , tors according to directions; aritTro main long unwell,' providedUJlh"eir bones aro not destroyed bv" mineral poison or other means, and vital or- 1 gans wasted hoydiid repair. ,J '- Bilious, lteniiucnt,i'hnfl'1In tcrmittent Foyers, 'whlclr arH'to prevalent in tho valleys of our "groat rivers inrouguouij mo .unitou siatQS, especially thoso of tlio Mississippi, Ohio, Miss9uri, Illinois; Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkansas, Ued. Colo rado, Brazos, Kio Grando, ,'Pe'a"rl, .Alabama, Mobilo, 'Bayannah, .'Rp. anoke, James, and niahy 'others, with their vast tributaries, through out our entiro country during" ,tho Summer nnd, Autumn, and -remarkably bo during seasons, of; unusual cnt and dryness, aro invariably,.nc companicd by estensivo Uoraugo. mcuts of tho stomach nnd liver,. and other abdominal, viscora. ln.'tl)Qir troatmont, a purgative, oxortjng.'a powerful inlluonco upon thoso, vari ous organs, cssontially 'necessary. Thoro.is no cathartic for tho purpoo equal to Dr. J. Walker's Vinegar Hitters, n they will spcedijy remo'vo tho dark-colored visoid matter ylh yhich tlio bowels aro loaded, at tho faino time etlmulating tho secretions of the liver, and gonerally restoring tho bcolthy func tions of tho Ulgestivo organs' ' Fortify tho body against) dis ease by purifying all its fluids wftU ViseoAii Hitters. No epidemic can tnko hold of a system tkus'furp-arrned.; Dyspepsia orlndlgestion, Uoad- ncho, ram in tho Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness Of tho Chest, Dizzinnss, Sqar Kructations of tho Stomach, Dad Taste in ,tho llvuth, Dilious Attacks, Palpita tion of tho 'Ilfart,,, Inflammation nf tbo Lungs, Tain iu tho region of tho Kidneys, nnd a hundred other painful 'sympt6ms, nro tbo offsprings of Dy 8pcpsiai One bot tlo will provo n better gnamnUoToC it3 merits than a lengthy advertisement. " Scroi'uln. 6r King's Evilr Whito Swellings. Ulftofs, Erysipelas, 'Swelled Neck, Goitre, Scrofulous Influrnrdations, Indolent Inflammations,. Mercurial affec tions, Old Sores, Eruptions of, Jhokin, Soro Eyes, oto. In thoso, 'aa'ii,nll,othor constitutional Diseases, "VyAlKER's, X'" KoarDitters bavo phown their great cur ativo powers in tho most obstinate 'and intractablo cases. ... 1 For Inilammatory and Chrpnic and Intermittoqt Kovcfs, T)lseasos of tho Wood; Diver, Kidneys W Bladder, theso Ditters havo no equal.'; Such Dis eases aro caused by Vitiated. Dloofl. Mcclinnlcal Diseases. Iors6na ongngeil in I'aluts and iIlnorols,.such 'm Plumbers, Typo-?etters, Gold-beaters ond Minors, as they advance in life, are sub ject to paralysis of tho Dowels. To guard ngainsf this, tukq a doto of "AtKEu's vrNEOAR Ditters occasionally. -For SkIu.Diseases,ii;rupti6ns, Tetter,- Sal t-Khoum, Dlptches, SpoWs Pim ples, Pustulos, Doila, CafbiincTos, JUog- whatover namo or natitro, ato literally dng up and carried put of tno feysteni tn a short timo by tho uso of these Ditters. 1 Tin, Tapo, nnd ofhcrrWorns, mrkiug in tho system of sd'mariy1 thou sands,' aro effectually destroyed! and re moved. No system of medicine, na;vbr inlfugcs, no antbelralnltics will.frco, tho system from worms liko, thps Bltfers. ForFoninloCortiplainisiinRoapg or old, married or sing!ohat the dawn of womanhood, ortho turn 'of lifts. tuesa'Ton io'Dittors display so decided an' influence that improvement is soon perceptible. ClQimso iho VUiat'c'IJldbd whenever ynu lind its iiatmrltleSbursting through tho slin in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sores) cleariso it when you find it bb rtructed aud sluggish in tho relnsjCleAnso it wjioo it is foul j yopr fepllngs will tell you when. Keep, tap, blood vure orjd p'o It. II. IrUONAL,I)'iOn.,- Druirgltti i Oca. AicUfian mfit ixq, Cdlfo Bio, it cot, ot Wajhluetan nd Cliarhuu Hold by ull liruirclita aud Ulcn. TT OOK BEAUTIFUL L 0 Q K -ItOSTI-Ariottlo of DUBLING'S nOSE GLYCERINE for1 nobenfiess of tie Skin, Chapped Hand, iri, bnly 25 cfnta a bottle. inhj V,