Advertising Rates. Wo desire It to 1 distinctly nnderstcot that no advertisements will bo Inserted In Iho columns nf Trtit Carbon Advocats IbM may 1 receive. 1 from unknown IiMlloa or onus miles aocotnpauica uy mo cauii. The following are our onir termsf nut sqtin 110 LINK), One year, each Insertion... ... 10 ct. Six months, caeli Insertion.... II cts. Three months, each Insertion. 20 cts. Less than three month, first Inwftlon t i each subsequent Insertion....... 13 cts. Local notice 10 ccnU wr Hue. II, V. MORTJIIMnR, PtiMlaher. CARDS. Attorneys. TV A Sit TDK lit ATTOIWKT AT LAW. Urwcr-CoTiwror Hunk Street fc iVtnxtvay, Sod bulUllftjritlMMrt tu Carbon Advocate Printing Ullioe. May 1, 18mi) LniiiOHTo;. TY" M. KAl'SIIKr, ATTOItNET AND COUNSEMOR AT LAW, nt?iKStiiT,Liniatnoic,Fa. ..........i rvnw4inn aimv willltaTnl Ptl R.al KKtats. Couv.j.ncing.walljdone Col- tetlnn promptly umuo. wm , , Y. ,r.. fdstita a apaelalty. May ba eoutalted In ndlUruian. Ncv.rsi Physicians and Dentists. REMOVED. lias ltemoved his tlmco nnd lteildcneo from fieoond Sl to SOUTH Street. In the building formerly occupied l.y A J IioU.knmayeii, where ho will bu pleased to ice Ills rri-il an.l natr.int. M-Or'r'lOB IliillKS! from 6 to 9 o'clock P. M. March 31, 16S3 JH. W. W. HEIIKH. PllYSKIIA.V AIU BOKOEON. MAIN STKUET. PAItltYVILLB. Pa, Nay be consults! In thi Enjll'li or Oerman Lmguage, March 21, l'.sa. A. DF.MI.lMEH, M. I)., IMIY81C1AX ANDSCnOKOX fpwlm ttrntloo psld to Chronic" Dlroasaa. nrrir: South Kast corner Iron and 2nd t., I.e hljhton.Pa. Aptl'3, 187S. 1ST, n. KrIIir.lt, SI. D. TJ. S Kxarrtlnlng Surgeon, rrtAirrtcisa tiivsioian andsutsacos. Oi:ric Hauls atroct, IIEDBB'n ULOCK, Lrhish. ten, Pn. , , Aluj be consaitci! In the derm n language. 'Nov. 3 . D It, C. IV. HOWKIl, PHYSICIAN AND SUnitEOJf. May bo consulted In the Oerman or English I., Kunire. Oirvirx ' ,n"ilio Durllug's Drug store, liAI K Jtt., Leliuililon. Pa. Jnn. U-y ' W. A. Oortright, D.D.S., OFFICE: Oppsilelhe "broad way House," Mauoh Chunk, Pa. Patients Ii tvo Mm benefit of Hie latest Ira. tiroramenti In, modi inb.il appliances mil iliu hist methiils tt ir nimml In all surgical casus. NlTitlJUH-OXlliB udmlulstend II ite.lreit. IT posil'de, pereune residing outside of Mnttab UliuuK hu4ld in .Uo'cugageinents by mail. !) ' T pIFOJIAS KI2.1I IlilKRi OONVKYANUEIl, AND GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT The ?iUolna Complains are Iiapresaotedl LKll.VN )N MUTUAL IT IUJ. iibaiinci siUruAT. nun, WYOMING ITUK. POTTSVILLIJ FUSE, . Iliu l'l flii. unit the Tin V i:rxn ,i:oiii;n r insuuanou. A Inn rnujvlv.inl-i a" StiltU'it IIor Ttlrl eli'o'iveaiiil lii-urameCiinipaiir. .. Matcj isn i ho: KKJiKitEft. QARBON HOUSE, 3V. ItAUnENIlUSH, PnOPRlETOIt, HakSt., LemniiTox, Pa. tiia n.nnnN Itn.rRK nlfors flrsi.clais neenm mo.latl'ins to Ihe TrnTolIng public lluurilliig hi- th li lv ur vVei'li mi Iteaionablo Teriim. iiiu,ii.i, Hiiirit. Wines uiiil l.louors alway on h.in.l. Until Mhaila ami atablei. lih nttei-. tlVJ ll.iitturs, attiiisliiiil. apni,iu-yi -p.Vrxr.RTDS IIOVEI... WMW.iy between Jl.ioeh Chunk ft Lehlghton LEOPOLD MEYEU, PuormfcTon, l'ackortbn, Penn'a. This well known hotel If ilmlralilT rentleJ, ml htl the hesl lli!dnullll0JAtluiis lor nvrnulll eutan.l transient, bmnlors. Eicelli-nt talile an.l the very boat lliiuora. Also HneitibU s il.ic;ie.. Seia. 10-yl J-.IVIU CUJICRT'S Livery 6s Sale Stables UANIC STUHET.tlHIlIOIlTON, Pa KAST TROTTING HOUSES, ELEGANT CAItUIAOES, Ana positively I.OWEII rltlCCS than any other Livery in tbq Coanty, , Larxeand bandtouo Canlasot for K.iner nrposes ana weuainss. uaviu wukui Nov. K. U.J. -JT"" J. W. RAUDENBUSH Ilespectlulty annmtnrx to the pnbllo that he ' has opened a, KI'.W LIVEUY Sf MILK In ronnretion wttn ms notei, ua Is frrparcd to furnish Teams for Fauerals, Weddings or Baste Trips on ihortrit notice and mot llbtfraltermi. All orders ln at the "Carbon House'1 will receive . prompt attention Stable on IS'ur.h K-rect, PATENTS. AKDCKSOM tt SMITH. Hoiteltorl or u. S. and ror ehrn I'ateuts. No. TOO 7th Street, eor of O. opp, U IS, Patent tttflee. Washington. I. tl. I'orreipnndenco lollclt. ed. 'No charge for ail vice. No fee charged Unless Patent Is allowed. Itefereneea. Lewis Jnhnsen It Co., Hankers, and Postmaster, Washington, V. U. Pamphlet or lnstruc. t tons free. lane-ife ear" vnrlTit An Minrni-:-Anv:n Would Von Ln re.lon a In SOlINIl irnh.j A I Fen I sUtud aud vou trill aret art- ffldUUUUu .' '. vice lu sealed .uvelopa, Addre, Irol. J.y. KaAN,0(etasoorsK' y. Jolylfi sail gsnrmm v a II. V. LtouTHiMEU, Prcvprietor. VOL. XL, No 35. No Patf nt No Pay. PATENTS obtnlncil lor Invrntori In tho Unltcil 3tnte Cou.nta and Knrope. nt re.luccilratpf. With our irlnctpal olUco loentcil in Washington, itlrcctly fpposltu tho United States I'ati-nL Oflicu, wo it ro able to attend to oil p-itent liudncsi r.'lth grrutir iTomptne-a nml de spntch itml at lesa cist than other putentiit- torncjB who are at a dUtnncc lioin Wneh Inton, and who hnvfl, ihort'1(irc, tn cmilov as.ucl iteattorncjs " malic prelim Itnty i-xiimlnntlonft nnd furnlfli oplutous us to tn. tentiibil.ty, lro of charge, nnd all who aro In're8'ed fn mw Invention nnd fntfntji nr m n en H Kcnn ior n irnpT 01 our 'uuiio lor j uimilnlnK I'ntt'iitr,1' whl-b Ik gent treo to Huy n ulrvf, nml contains com leto Instruc tlons how to ohtatii paicnir nnd othf r vnlua Me matter. 'Vu rekr to the (Icrmnn-Aincr lean Kntlonul Hank Witfhl Ktun, P, U. tho Hoy a I S wiMllih. rsonviiWnn and Uaiiali Lt'ira. tfotm. nt Wjililngloit : Hon. .Ins. Tntey, Into (Milel .ItiMIco U. S. (!onrt cd Clulme; to tho DIHclal of tho U. S l'atrnt DiQco, and to Sciirtlon and Members of Congress Irom rvory tuto AddrcFo: J.OTMS nXdOKli ft CO.. So. ilrltnrs "I Patcntt. nnd Attnriifya nt J.aw.Ie- Drull llullillntf, Va4iiinotoin. 1. g g CD E-- r-l CD ' oHl bp CQ m PUP- 3 r- -n ra CD 3 g e2 o Jl EH BSS cb I 43 go o CD M oi cd MissALVE'NIA GRAVER Pormorlv Mrs. Wohr & SisterJ i mi , ife . n . & !tH IP!SP1 Millinery wmmggmm & Notion STORE, from-SOUTH Streot, into the now building nc::t door to Dr. Robor's Blook, Banlc Street, Leliiglitoii, and that has Just received from tho City a large and elegant assortment bf the very Latest Styles of Spring and Summer Comprising HATS. ININNKTS, PI.I'MKS all Shade,, FI.OWEtlS, HII1IIONS AND Ni II IONS which she Is offering to the ladles at prices lully as h.w as the same art tele can b buught fur In Hit) cities, Call and cJulnlne. Nu treubU tu'thuw goods. Agent for U Bothlehem Steam Dyo Worlcs. Remember, Miss ALVENIA GRAVER, Apni si, 1883 mi Next to Rebcr's Block, Bank St. Spring AnaoniiceHLeat ! he, Ac. Our Young Ladles and Uentlemen will Sad It to their advantage to give him a call Ufore purrhaslng elsewhere, as they will find the JiLST SELKOTKD STOCK In Town AT BOTTOM I'llIOLS. Oil Post Office mmi Arrll 14, lttt-iy Eev. Father Wilds' EXPERIENCE. The Kov. Z. P. 'Wilds, well-known city missionary In Now York, anil brother of the late eminent Judge IVllda, of tho Massachusetts Supremo Court, write n follow t , 78 E. 61 St Xem 1'ort, May 10, 1682. 3ICS3IU9. J. c. A Yen i- Co., Gentlemen : Last winter I waa troubled with a most niioonifortablo Itching humor atrecthig moro especially my limbs, which Itched so Intolerably at night, mid burned to Intense ly, that I coull ecarcely bear any clothing over them. I waa also n sulTcrer from n severe catirrh mid catarrhal cough J my appetite was jioor, and my system a cooil deal run d.nvii. Knonlng the valno of Avcn's Hun.ii-.uiir.t.A. by obscnr.tion of liMny olhor cases, and from personal use In fonner yean, 1 began taking It tor the nbovu-nmieil dhordcis. Sly appetite Im-provi-d almost from tlie tlrst ilosn. After a short time tho fover and Itching ucro allayed, and all signs of Irritation of the s.ilii dlsippeared. Aly catarrh and cough wera nlso cureil by the same means, and my general health greatly lniproted, until It Is now cxccliont. 1 feel a hundred iwr cent stronger, mid I nttrlbuto these results to tho llto of tbo rtAllgAI'AUILLA, which I recommend with all conII,Hn-o na Hie best blood medicine nver devised. I took It hi small dosea three times n day, mid ntcd, In nil, lesj tlinn two bottles. I placo tiieso facts at your service, hoping thalr publication may do pooi, Yours respectfully, 2. p, WltDs." TIio above imtanco h but one of tho many constantly coming to our notice, Which prove tho perfect adaptability of AVLH'a SAItSA I'AltiLLA to the euro of nil diseases arising froni Impure, or Impoverished blood, and n weakened vllnlity. foyers Sarsaparilla :leansea, enriches, and strengthens tho blood, stimulate tho nctlou of tho stomach and bowels, and thereby enables the sj stem to resist and overcome the attacks of all Scivii hut Diteawt, Knijiltcnia' nf tic Slin, .Vini nuttim, Culmrh, Orncral MUlty, and all ji30rders resulting from jioor or corrupted blood mid n low state of tho Bjslcm. rnnrAKCD nv Dr.J.C.Aycr&Co.,Lowoll,Mas9. 3old by nil Drugglsu; prico SI, tlx bottle for S5. AYER'S CATHARTIC PILLS. Best Purgative Mcdicino jure Constipation, Indigestion, Headache, and all Bilious Disorders. Sold everywhere. Alwnys reliable A tfiirVPQ wnntcdjo pell lMlronVMuiu .'HJJj1 L ki to tl Telephone, nnd Mlron1! Instantaneous I'lnno nnd ttrvan MuflCi tn cloc stamp tor e tahiuo and ternis. KU1.SUN A1US1U CO., lhllndflh'a. Tn drc.Ut.UiO. r HAU BEEN PROVED Tho QURCQT CURII for an K5DfJGY D3SEAGER. c Soefi a lame bae!s or a dlaordered urine iilndlcato that you aro a vlcUmP THEN DO J KOTHSSlTACTi tiaeKIDlHT.WOIlTat p oncoiarucjiaiareoommenait) ana it win ?ecdlly ovcrcoms the dlMtue and restore rl B r? Tor complaints tJectdJar c t"C4 Vfll to your rex, &uclicap&in! fg Mj.jtitiuimii Aviv proapuy una M.uijr. IUUicr Grr. Incontinence, retention el jurino, brlci tlnct cr ropy dcpoelts, and dull ailia lJiUU tUi BKVUil lUl UJ ill CUT' I BOLD EY AliliDIlTrCOISTS. JMeoCl. All. lwtfjilly announces to ncr liicnds and tlie ladies generally, that she lias removed her The nnlenlgned calls the attentlen of his many friends and patrons to his Large and i'ashlonublo Stock of Spring' Goods. Consisting of BOOTS AND SHOES Of every description and Style In the Market, Including a special line of Lady's Fine Shoes Also, a full line of Umbrellas, Sun Shades, Hats, Caps, . - BAM Street, LIHIGHTOH INDEPENDENT-" LEHIGIITON, CARBON COUNTY, LIFE IS TOO S1I0KT. BV ICLLA WHKRLER, Life It tm short Air any yaln regrettinj; Let dead delight bury lis dead, I say, And let ut go upon our way forgetting Thejnjs oh.l sorrows ofenrh yesterday. Between the twllt sun's rising anil Its set ling, Wo have no time for useless tcr or fret ting. Life is ton short. Life Is lortshnrl for any bitter feellngj Time i) the beat avenger, If we wait, They years speed by, and on thrlr wings bear healing. We h ive no rnonr for anything like hate, This solemn truth the low iiiottiidi seem le velling, That thick and fast about our feet are fit-tiling. I.ilu Is too short. Life Is ton elmrt fur ought but high en deavor Too short lor spite, buthng enough for lnye. And lore lives on forever and forever, It links the words that rlrclunn above; 'Tia God's first law, the universe', lever, In His vatt realm the radiant souls sigh ever, "Life Is too short." AS OLD SAILOR'S YARN. IIn,-li Slim bail n lickely, oM-fiu.Ii iotieil Hjiy ghu-K Unit he kept in the sail loft ou the tinl of n decaying wharf, where he aloreil the rpars nml sail of hN lion's iu winter time. The loft wue warmeil by A rusty, drnm-Ehnpeil, sheet iron stove. There were no chairs lu it, only one of two beticlita. Uncle i;ener ally s.it ou th 11 or wbea he wita jiatch- i ig the oaiN. For u thimble be unod what aiilois cillupAlrg, which is n leiitheru baud, with a central piece of fcteel panctnreil like a thimlile, With thin he prcs&til the lure spilic-like needle through the heavy cmvtisi. There was always n unmber of old tea Caplnin or fishermen cr tea-lot itjp ln.U whiling away, the tituo in Uncle Si'a rail loft. UlliiiK their experience or lir tuning tn (dories of tho ben. Or tlity wuuUl tulk ubout their f.ivorite sbipH, or lojk out ol a tqiiate-sbaped window, alnipeil liko it port-hole, ut the vtsseb gliding into the harbor. They oUpu u-ed the old liukety spy gl us, which threatei ed to lall lo piecis o ery time it was taku up. but the Khun was Uncle S;'s delight. lis prized it i the apple of bis ftc. To s.iy nti.V til ng ngaiui-l thnt npy-glasa was to aturt hlnj iuto u long dlscns'lnn, which went lohowlhut Lo wusbehiuj the limes. F.irhe always iiiHlstid ti.nt all the im p'ovcmenls ol latir r-civico hail Iniled to make any imprnvimeuts in telescopes th t would eclipBe his cherished old tel. eico o. Hut uothlrp, cotihl itnluce blm to till how the gla.b cuiuo iuto li'u potnesaiou. Wo knew that ho had hud many nd- v nlurcs, like every mau who h.s ever ell lo sen, ami Kurmistd that there was somethllia ptciuiar aueuoiug uia rihtlo the old apy.glai-R, nlthonuh do one who knew Untie Si ever exptcted th it there was nuytbitig discreditable to blm iu having It. But one day.it happened that tho dentil was re orted in lie m.I lolt of a well kiowu ship niosUr, Cptuin Luce, . Is Csptniu Luce dtntl, then? ex- eljimed Ujclo St. "Well, that rimiuds me that he kmw as mlloh ubout that apy. ul.si as I do." Eviry one at once rave atlcutlon, for we tetiued on the t-vo of IcarnirjB the btory of the old teler,cope. Not that it s bo uiticu of a yarn, ottb or," bald the oiu sRipper; uui i jukv r.- member tho v'ygel took with him oui tweuty-five years nco last August. 1 shipped lefore the mast lor Calcutta lu the shin Skimmer of the Seas. Luce was tuaiti r, aud be had his wife and lit. tie girl with him. He know his blz-icm. it's a tact, but he made us tee the mark, I tell H". and wouldn't stand uo lo.ifiug uor impudenco. "We bad a eo0' "lD oul lo Calcutta, aud nelhinr! special to note, lint on the way home we met a hurricane near Mauritius;. The ship behaved well, but the gale carried away some of the light sparn. 'A few dtijs after this we sighted a wreck, and bore down to see if she had beeu abandoned. The wind was moder ate, and so a boat was sent off to hir. "We lound she was a French ship There wasn't a living eoul on boarde The crew had all le't her In the boats, you see, except one poor fillow who lay dead just iuside the companiou-waT. "We didn't dure lo stay long, for the batqne wa wallowing deep iu the sea and went down jrtal after we left her. Hut we brought nwny with us n box of tea aud this 'tre spy glass. "After this we bad culms until 'the Ur all came out of the scams of the ship and the Captain's temper gave out. The heat and the terrible long culm kinder made bim crazy, I think. You oouldu't wluk but what he'd be at yon, "Now it was the mau at the wheel he abused; tbeu he'd heave belayiu' pins at the lookout, or bed Lick the atenard. 'Twin only wbeu bis child Ella be called her Birdie was arouud that be was quiet. He loved her, and when be begin to swear and cuss, Mis. Luce would vend the little citl to him, aud he'd stop right off and take her iu bis arms nnd wlud hor curls around Lis fiugers, "One day, it was toy turn at the w'jetl. The Captain was aft looliug with the glass we'd got from the French. man. lie took it all to pieces nud wiped it clean aud talked about it to himself. " Thin is the glass to use,' said be, In a loutteriDg voice. 'I never see the like on it. Guess I can scare op u breeze with such a wespon.' weimsii ujjuanuuri'ilrf n i ii imjlHMLjujiiij.iiB1iw nvmm omiunil m.i Live and Let Live." PA., SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1883. "J list then the ship gave ft lurch. SI e was unsti ady.llkc, you dee, belu' as it Was a di ad culm nud a lump of a swtll a-heaing up from the south'ard bttng. lug it wind with It. This threw one of the leous in the glasa ou tbo deck, ntid it went a-rolllu' tntvards the bcuppf r, but It lodged iu the waterways. "The Oaplain got up and looked at im 1th face was as whitens n sheet ho was so mad. Ilis eyes glared like a demon's. He Wklked up lo me with his leelh clenched. Tbeu be up with bis fist and mule u blowut my he id, sijing: " 'Where did you 1 im to steer, you confouudcil sou of a laud-lubber?" "I jest dodged the blow, and be fetched auothcr clip al me. "O.ip.iiln Luce,' snjs I, 'I'm a-duio-tbo btbt lean. It's this snell that did it. I ciu't steer without uary a breizs.' " 'Yon, yon can, you lubber! You did it a-piirpostl I'm a Rood niiud to make shark'n meat of youl ' " 'You'd better take cart!' cays I, speaking tip smart, for there wus blood iu his eyes, and we'd stood th.s sort of bull) ing long enough. " "You dare to sats me, do you?' siid he. TH leach you to mutiny onboard pmy shij.I and he niudeii move as if he was golna to draw the revolver out ol his pocket. "I let go the whet I aud was jnst a roIu' nt him with Loth bauds I didn't waiitto draw iny knife when I heard the child scream. "We both stopped nnd locked around. Mrs. Luce was a-flyiu' up the cotnpan- on-way. a-sbritkiu' aud n-cryin'. 'My child! Oh, my childl She's overboard!' "I looktd over tho side of the ship. I saw Ihe lit' In thing nudcrlbelec quarter, .vslriiggliug nnd a-boldiug out Ler hands. We all lnved the littlo crcetnr, although she was tho child of that old sea tyr int. But I didn't think much ofherbeiu'in the water for 'twas smooth and we'd soon bate a boat down to pick her up until I bw a shark s fin not more'n a cuble'a leugth away. This settled me; 'twaVt In human nature to stand by uud see a poor inno cent creetnr liko thai eaten up by thc-m bloody monkttrj. "I just cast off the coil of tho main- brace Irom the bel.iyln'-iiiii, aud holding the end in my bund, went overboard. I dove clu&e to the child, aud caught lier by the huir jul us hho was goiu' down. lhen I took her under tho arnu, and holding on to tho brace, culled to thtm to haul iu. "The shark was mighty Digh by this time, nud as I drew my feet out of the w.iter.hcshot right tiudtr mo aud bruised .my foot with bin fin. Oaplain Luce didn't say nothiu' when we r,ot his child aboard, but bo u,i. just like one d.izsd His wife look bim Ulowt and thnt night he was liin' in his bunk with n fever and ratiu' lor bin unild. "1'bo mate look chargo of the ship, i i . ..... n. uice.iebpriuig up mm uignt. vy0 wire clo.u to Capo Town, anil we put lu for a doctor. "We lay there two weeks afore Cap tniu Lnco was Vimself again. He was like another mau the rest of the voyugi , peaceable like and merk as a Quaker. "After we'd got to Bobton nnd laid the ship up bv Loug Wharf, and I was a-go-in' ashoro, ho called me to come lift. His child was hittin' on bis knee aud plajiu' with his watch. " 'Bill,' said he, -1 ain't said nothln' to yon about how yon risked your life for my child, bnt I ain't oue of them fulks who forget such n thing as that. I want to do the right thing by you, al though I could never nay back tho great debt I owe lo you. What can I do for jou?' " 'Captain Luce,' says I, 'you don't need to worry yourself about it. I did my duty, and I'd do it agulu for such a ttim little g.il as that.' "No," fcays he. 'I ain't satisfied to leave it in that way.' " 'Well,' says I, -if it'll make yon, feel better, then I don't mind if you let me have the glass we got out of the French bark. It'll serve to make me remember little Ella.' " 'It's yonrn,' savs be. "Aud f.o, lads, that's the Way I came to have that 'ere kpy-glaks." AMERICAN OIHLS THE PHETTIEST liiiglisu women are by consent the most beautiful in tbo world, bnt Ameri- can girls are the prettiest. It is all in iho family, no doubt, aud very proun we should be of tho relatlonkhiP! but we muht acknowledge that a good many agencies haye been at work to complete tuat nioit perfect of created beings an American girl. She has iu btr veins the blood of the Celt aud the primitive Ger man; she is partlully French, Dutch bcotch, Irish, Wel.h; thero la the volnp, tuous grace of the Italiun wumau in her gliding walk, aud- always except in America you don't see such feet or nnklts out of Spain, BEN HOQAH AND HIS Wlf E. Bjii lloguu, tbu reloruitd pugiut,who was deseited by his wife a few wteks ago. has uneoimcionhly demonstrated the sincerity of his conversion by u tingle act more tbau by all the preaching Le has done iu five years. Ha has beaten alt his former record by forgiving his f eniteut wife, whom be Las Ukeu buck without a word of ridding. The Beautiful Green Melon. A beautiful thing it was, and r'ght green was young Mr. Green, who went down the cellar shout inidniiht and at. nearly hall of it. The next day young Mr. Oiern raid he didn t want any breaklast, and h thought lie would mil goto Ihe slnre. It. wished he hadn't seen that watermelon llv tht prompt adinlnstrotlou of Psaa DiVis's Pus KiLiia yriing Mr. Green". Internal economy was leduced to a state ol peace and coinfurU T . y . . i j i . , - Ti,.,.,,, ... ....... i- ,t,A . .. "'""" ..,. ... av.rl.ll tl. Cm I.. .1. !;.!- TT. vs a ua-.ur.i lining i or isrm worr. $1.00 If A THOUGHTFUL CONTRIBUTOR WIIT nu CONCLUDED MOT TO WHITE F0H THE P.trEM. "I want lo write for your paper," said a solemn looking mau, as he paused on tho threshold of the editorial sanctum, "Thai's rlghl," replied the editor, without looking up from his work, for It was publication day aud there was a stem demand for. copy that could not Le denied. "When you write for it be partic ular and give your name and post-o&lce address distinctly.' "I will," said the solemn mau,stepp!ng in and taking a chair. "Aud don't fur get to enclose the mon ey. Some folks writo fur the paper nnd forget to put in any money. Then they complain because the paper don I come." "Do yon want money when a man writes for your paper?" asked the sob mti man, as his face acquired an additional elongation. Of course. What d'yo think we priul a paper foi? Fun? Nut much. It' a man writes for tbe paper we suppose be wauls it, and if ho wants it Le must pay for it" "You don't understand," said the sol emn man; "what Iwant to do is to write for y mr paper." "That's what you said before, and I told yon how to do it," replied thi edl lor, testily, swingiug around iu his chair. "Though I can't see why yon cn't subscribe right here now, just as well's to wait until you get home nnd then write for it. Thonah maybe you haven't the necessary $2 with you. I respect your independence. You don't want to ubbcribe for a paper you are not prepar- d to pay fcr. That's right." "But if I write for it--" "If you write for it and incloo tbe money it willbx sent promptly. Nofear of that. Subscribers will confer a lavor on this office by reporting any careless ness or irregularity on tbo part of their postmaster in delivering the paper." 'I can pnt a grtnt deal into a letter," insinuated the solemn man. Needn't put more than $2 in," said the editor, "unless yon get up a club. Usual rednction toclnhs." "I fear yon don't comprehend me," said tlis man of solemn visage. "I want to wiito for your paper writo articles and correspondence, jou know, for a re muneration." Oh, that's it. Why didn't you say so before? Thought on wanted tosulmcribe Seemed sort u' curious, too, that yon couldn't write for my paper to be sent without coming in and tellbg me about it." "You will like my letters." ' 'Can't say ax to that. The most inter esting letters tbe editor gels, as a rule, aro those short, pilby ones, which sim ply say, 'Enclosed please find subscrip tion prico to your valuable paper for oue year.' That outweighs it dozen pages of It, flections on the Dying Year,' rr Thoughts ou Discovering the Tirst June ung. A great many people want to write for the papr who have nothing half so iutercsliug to nay as that they fiud their Mibscriplion hi:.i about -xpircd and here is tbe money for rcucwiug it That Is neat and to tho point, nml no editor will throw the Utter into tho wes e bisket without first taking the roomy an.l duly crediting tbe subscriber on L!m nov'ouut. Write for the iiaotr, my friend,, by all menus, but don't forget the enclosure." J no s.ilemn mau went away more I'houghlful than before. JAMES AND THE PEAKS. "JanicsP "Yes, pa," "Theie were seven Ciliforula poor in that cupboard. Six of them are gone, Da you know auything about it?" "I never took one of them." "Sur.?" "Cirlain, pa. Wish I may die, If-" "Yon wicked, bad boy; howoftenhnvc I told ymi never to use such an rxpres fciou. Hero comes ma; let us seo if she knows auything about it." Mamma says she saw James take at least five of ibein." "lou little rascall How dare you tell me yon never took one, aud here's only this little oue with the grnb-enten side left?" "Ob. pa, don't bit me. I said I didu't take oue of them aud aud And tbat'b the oue I didn't take." Pa relented. REASON TO BE TIIAUKFUL. A New York traveling man was the father of sivon pretty daughters, and be was very anxious that n ton be born to him. When Ihe eighth pledge of afftc lion arrived he was notified at once, and hii first question was: "Is it a boy or a girl?" "A girl, auia beauty," replied the nurse. "Wbat. another girl?' "Yes, another girl." Thank Heavm!" he said, fervently but aadlj J "It will never be n dude." CHOP PE0SPECTS. Tbe good looklug reporter of an At. Untio journal was rccoully heut out iulo tbe tural districts to look up material for a 'crop prospects' article. IIu was gone two weeks and wheu be finally appear ed at bis desk bo'lind a faraay look in hit eyes, like one returned from another world, The following paragraph is all tbe agricultural editor could get out of bim (is the result of his trip "Conrling In tho country 1s altogether a different Institution Irom the city article. Iu the former place yon get rosy lips, sweet cider, j ihnny-cnkes, nnd ulrls mado by nature, and in tbe latter, a collection of starch phrases, formal manners, line silk, great juwtlry, and got up secundem artem. Always take tbe rural district when yon want to get a good sUpIo of I .H 1 v Subscribe for tbe Adtccatb. a Year if Paid in-Advance. not paid in advance, $1.2n. THE DAN0ER0F 07S2.2K2RTI:!. A Stalwart Man Becomes Weaker than a Child and Then Eeccvors UU former Strength. (lKufroo,X I Oiwrtr.) In these days ol row Ing giants and athle tic heroes fine physical development Is in pro observed than over before sine tha time of tho Athenian games. A man who allows tlie elements of physical power Is luuked up to far more limn In the days of our ancestors possibly U-oauso there are lew er specimens ol well-developed rnatihoodl than then. An emissary of this paper met a magnificent specimen of physical power a few dovs sinco in tlie pprson of Dr. A. W. McNemes, of Waterloo. His nimcles, which showed unusal deyelnpment, were as hard us wood. At his request the writer sought lo pinrh him iu the arms or legs, but lound it wholly Impossible. A rcalita. linn nf what Is meant by an Iron man was lully made maulfest. "Have yon alwaja been to stalwart ts tliii-7" it.quired tlie news gatherer. "Not ly any nitons," was the reply. Vilien a young man I was always slmng and active and felt that I could aceoin plish anything. Tills tcellng 'so took k eefsiuiiof me on one occasion that I attemp led to lilt a box which four men found it iinin3sibie to move. I succeeded In placing it ou the wagon, hut in two minutes frnm that time I Was unotinsrloua anil lemalmd to lor hours and when I riiivi-ied conscious ness I vomited a Urge qunnily of blond. Foiii that day I begun to grow weak and sickly. I Iwlioved that I ha. I suffered tome intrrnnl injury and experienced a general ueoimy, which seemed aimllar to tlie erects produced by malaria. My back was very weak. I had no appetite, and at limes loathed loud. My lips were parched and cracked. My head felt as tiiuush it weie entirely open ot tlia topand it pained me on the side intenaelv. In ix tuL time I had fallen away 'from S0H pounds lo less than 170. I was In a limit wretched condition. I was enmnletelv dlsnmram..! " "What did Iho doclors say about you?" "Almost everything. I conaullo.l im In.. Iliau fix different physicians. Tliev all treated meBiid none did nm any gonif, At that lime I was suirering Intensely. I could nl sit upright but was obliged iu rest in o cramped, uneasy position. 1 winii.ini.ellrd to urinate eyeiy live minutes and I passed over three quints every day. I wai not living, i was existing. One night (how' well I remember ill) mv wile had put the children all In l,n the feeling came oyer me that I should live out n very snort nine. .My wife aud I talked matters all over and I gave the nnuteat directions a to what she fhotlld do after I was cone. I uo, n,t t a n.i,iv rniiilltion by any means lor the doctor, on leaving town the day following, bid me good bye, saying lis never expected lo tee me again, lor I was suirering with Bright", disease ol tlm kidneys in its last stage". "iiiiiu inenext lew iiays more than twenty friends mime to Ivd mo good bye. Among the number wus Dr. John r,. ril.rli. it.. aueil me what I had used in tbe way of men in ma. i nun him. II then recom mended a remedy nf whirl, I hl.,1 hnn.il much. Imt ah nit winch I was very skep lic.il. If faith were an (-lenient ol power it certainly was lacking in mv ease." Aim so you did not try ii?" On thu contrary, I did tiv it and lo my urprise it seemed tn en In 'lust il. .....i indeed. It was the most palatable thing I had taken into mv inimtli r.,r nimni,. T lelished it. 'And did it cure you?'' "Do I look as II it illdV "Yea indeed. What was It?" "tVarnei'a Safe Cure." "A proprietary tiiedfr!n!" "Of course. What ol thai? I suppo'o I once had as great a nreihdico oeainstndver. Iied meiliclnrs i.a any one could have. When I was sludvinv mnlinna at Ann Arbor, Michigan, f ueed lo vow with tlie rest id the clas, that ivo would llghtall such remedies at all times. When a man comes down In tint Iuft hour, however, and bids ins who aim iriends guoii hye, such bigoled prejinlior-s hi these till yaniili, ( can assure vou, and anv remedy that can euro is glad ly welcomed." " "Ami how have you been since that.?" I "As well or Letter, than before." "Do you Mill exert vour atreniitli?" Certainly. But I ilo not oier-exerl, as fnriiierly. My strength is Inrreasing every day, and mv health is number one I know lliatmy life was saved by Warner's Safe Cure, and 1 la-lb-ve it is the best medicine tlml was ever compounded hv any chemist nr physician. I m willing the doctors should sneer at m for such a slatenienl if Ihev clnifje, out I havo prnten its truth, an.l am prepared lo stand by It." "Tlifl nleive experience shniild be ol great value to all who are Miflering. It shows the rifrnl!va nature of Ihia terrible malady; that all symptom, are common n t and that tliern I, but oi.n way by wliich it can be absolutely avoided. SANDWICHES Adyersity is tho (rial of principle. Charity is uotnn nctiou; it is a life. Ilo that will lose his friend for a j -st deserves to die a beegar by tbe bar- galu. Fnitu builds a bridge across the. gulf of death. Tho Irnly wife man shool.l have no keeper of his secret but Limtelf. There is nothing known lo man but tbo human soul that has an intriubic value. ' Knowledge is Ihe treasure, bnt judg ment the trtuatirer of a wise man. in ue poor, ann to eem poor, Is a certain method never to rhe. Libor uever rids us of throo great evils irksomentss, vice nud poverty. .. Jill . , . . .f . . . ii ue urn unt Know now little some enjoy of the great things they posbew there would not be much envy in tbe world. Ibe vanity of loving lino clolhes and new fashions, nud valuing ourselves by them, lit one of the most childish pieces of folly that can be. A mau who owes a little can clinr it off in a very littlo time, and if be is a very prudeut man, will; whereat a tran who, by long uegligence, owes a 'great deal, despairs of ever betug able to pay, and therefore never looks iuto his ac count at ull. Our heartfelt longing is for tbe de- Tiloiimcut ,of Ibe highest uud loblest things that are iu us, but our thanks, giving limits itself too olten to comfort and plekhure that satibfy our poorest cravings. We are tbaukful to be com fortable wbeu we ought lo rejoice that Cod will not suffer ns to find comfort in any but Ibe klgbest things. The most agreeable of all companions is a simple, frauk mau without any high pretentions lo an oppressive greatness; one who loves life and underatands the nse of it; obliging; alike at all hours; above all, of a golden temper and stead- Mutes an nucuor. i or such a ono we gladly exshango the greatest geulus, Ibe most btilllani wltrftho profsuudeAl thinner. The Carbon Advocate. An Independent Family Nwipapr Published every t ATUItDAY, In Iiehightou, Carbon Cb.,P., by riAIlttY V. 3IOP.TIII3ir.lt. OtFlCB-BA.1It.WAV. short dleOuce shot tho Ltulgh Vall.y It. It. Depot. Terms: $1.00 pGrAnnimi in AflTaict Rvr.nr ceecmr-Tio or tlaIn and User J ob Printing AT VlilW LOW PRICKS. VHSE AND OTHERWISES UU ibe AnvoCAiK and read It. $1 A year. The Moimons have Ibla year sen out SCO missionaries. The man who wrote a little patnph let entitled, "How to Get On In the World," was pnt off n street earth other diy because be hadn't money enough to pay his fare. Mariscal, the new M xlcan M lb Wet to Eugland. is au original poet iu Span isb, as well as tranblator irom the Eng lish. - ' Home, schweed hornet ' said Hans; "Dot's eo;dere was no blsee like) home ven n feller ho got blm hungry mil itou'd haf uo moneys and uo bluets to schleep himself ond." That was a cool Scottish aside" of an tld denier who, wheu exhorting bin son to practise hnnes'y iu his dealings, on Ihe grouud of Its being the "best policy," quietly added, "I bae tried balth." They clilm tn have a horse In Dn 1 ti Hi which cau laugh as heartily as a man, but as they havo never taken bim out of the place we fall to see any oc casion for bis laughter. ' I don't want no rubbish, no find sentiment, if you pi uHe,"said the wid ow who wus n-ked what kind of an epl taph she desired for lurlate husband's toinbsitine. "Let it be sl.ortand blmpte, something like this; 'William Johnson, ngid tevnity.flve years. The good die jourg.'" A young lady was cnrre&sing a pret, ty spaiiii l and imirmuring: "I do love a nlca riogl" "ALP sighed the dandy, sLmditg near, "I would I were a dog." "Nevur mind," reported the young laety sharply, "you'll grow." A gentUinui whose ife was taken suddenly ill, hastened to a physician, was immediately responded. "What U the mailer with ber. doctor?" "I fear she has lockjaw." "Lockjaw! Well, doctor, yon may us well run along that way for a few hours." Iu Turia women's foreheads, which for n number of years have been fashion ably concealed beneath bangs and friz zes, ure now laid barj to the public In a word, fashion hath decreed that tbo hair bo combed back from the face. The world at large has not got be yond thinking that the three It's are the only essentials. Slowly It is coming to admit a fourth R, that means righteous ness: nutll, at length, iu Ibe sure pro gress of civllizHtion, all tbe sides of this miiiilold uuluro will ue fiually considered iu lorming the "conrso," not of "study," merely, but rather of training that is to devilope aright the young human being. As iu walking it is your great caro not 13 run your loot upon a nail or to trend awry, and simiu your leg; bo let it be in nil thi affiiirsofbnmun life, not to hurt your mind or offend your jndgment. Aud this rule if carefully observed in all your deportineni, will bo n mighty secur ity to you iu your undertakings, A belf-acting gofa, just large enough for two, hai boon Invented. If properly wound np it will begin to ring a warning bell just btfjro ten o'clook. At 10.01 It splits apart, aud while one-half carries the daughter of tho bouse np stairs tbo o'her half kioks her young man ont of doors. They will coino blah: bnt noonla must havo them. Jay Gould is credited with the re mark "that people now study advertise ments iu a newspaper as they do receipts for doing thlugs scientifically, becansa tho scienca of advertising is successful to show where tho best nud cheapest goods of all kinds can bo purchased." A Connecticut minister was ap proached recently at tho close of bis dis course by n man who thanked him for a sermon ho bnd delivered fifteen years before.bec.mse it bad made snob a "pow erful impression" upou bim. The man being pllod with questions could not ?e oall a word of the text or the snbject,and the interested pastor gave up his in quiries, when the man exclaimed. "I re member how you wound npj Yorj said, Theolopy ain't religion not by a tight.'" Thero ii but one true, real and right life for intional beings, only one life worth liyiug in this world, or in any other life, past, present, or to come, Aud that is the eternal life wbiob was bjforeull worlds, nnd will bo after all lnvo passed away aud that is neither more nor Irs than n good life; a life of good thoughts, good words, good deeds iho life of Christ and of God. Kinch- LEY. SIX DOLLARS A WEEK. A Cir.cluni.li worklngman says. "I re ceive SO a week, lama fireman in a large factory. I hring all my money boms on Mondy ulghf. That is tbe day we are paid on, for fear of tbe men getting drunk on a Snuday with no work, I giva my wife the money. She saves $1 first for the landlord. Three bushels of coal goes nil tbe week, and costs ns CO cents; one poaud of ooffee goes a week that's twenty or twenty-five cents, and a pound of sngnr for eight cents, or sweetening (meaning coarse molasses) for ten cents a qnartrslale bread.you get two 1-mvea for four onils-lhnt eottann about filly cents n week. If ruy wifn goes to tbo maiket she goes late, r,d bays Ibe refuse vegetablai a id potatoes. Thin we have two meals a day. I am np aud off beforo 6 o'clock, aa I hart, to start all tbe firei, und I have a cap of coffee nnd a piece ol bread, and mj wife puts up a cold snack and any meat that 1. left over from tha day befora for my dinner. Tbe children get aiong most auyUow during tbe day. At nigbt I have a warm .upper a stew acd soup generally; and aa for clothes, I wear 3 cheyiot abirts a year, and my boss baa given tno un old coat, which keeps ma warm, for an odd job I did for bim, Th children go barefooted iu summer, and in wiuler we sav enough lo get tbeni nbot. Thank God, lines mv bun died of small pox I've bad do ickne.ln m faiUly."
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