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MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO., PA., JULY 27, 1893.
NO. 2'.)
3 of LOCAL INTEREST
xe badly in need of rain.
J will bo abundant this fall.
nw brick yard is under roof
'neighbor, David Ocker is con
ic tbo houso from a severe
aronow somo eighty Htiiil
A attomluuco at tho Suyiloi
f Normal.
Bi t Ki'arioh and Win. Komi
9inmenceil cxctivationn for tlio
ition of a now bakery in Mid
jgh.
mt many Snyder County ,inr
'visitinu Sumiuohanns Hoisfltl
f the encampment of the Na
, -
!Jnard. i 'J
(Mister Runklo lm placed a
itter-box in front of tho court
which is a great convenience
people.
ummer goods and especially
goods at and below cont to
room for fall and winter
t Quntzberger'.
ill piiy you to attend the spo
1 of Dress Goods at tho Con
ry Ooods Store, Selinsprrovo,
urday July 20th.
Vn festival will bo held at Pax
il on Saturday evening Aug
i. It promises to be an en
) event AU are invited.
ans in noed of a carriage, bug
wagon should attund J. P.
1 closing-out sale at Beaver-
I Saturday Aug 5. See adver
was ouly one "Matrimonial
L" this wenk Mr. John I.
i of Lowell a'nd Miss Laura
i of Crosgrove, and as they ro-
)d tho Prohouotary not to iub
,wo won't.
,.' war clouds aro thicking in
e. Tho United States are
much in tho same position
Id woman was when her old
fas fighting with a bear we
'i caro much which licks,
Twenty-ninth Annual Cou
(ioii of tho Pennsylvania
j Subbath-School Association
held in tho East Liberty
yteriau Church, Pittsburg,
lay, Wednesday and Thursday,
Dr 10, 11 and 12,
xt to a stout heart," said a
jopher, "tho best possession is
?crful countenance. Nobody
jlum pooplo, and the man who
i employment is less likely to
Ik if ho present a wof ul faco than
, nVks it with a brave front."
Iners o Snyder Co., before
K your phosphate for fall soed
jend for my prices aud cou
8. I am selling Wultou &
nCo's. pure bone fertilizers
t and cheapest ever Hold
: Jacod CitAMEii, Middleburgh.
re are few belter razor straps
an bo made from a remnant
". leather belting that has re
c'.. . I long boneath tho dripping of
:i from machinery. A razor first
ire -d on such a strip of leather
tn.' then upon a pieeo of calfskin is
tas! i;ept in good ordor.
i
Mr st S. S. Schoch, of whoso sori
iuh illness wo made mention from
imoto time, i utill with us; and
'though sho has loug sinco been re
IU'd to deutli she clings to lifo with
"jrful tenacity, She has boon
t sufferer and the whole com
'jr wuld rtjoico over one ray
for her recovery.
i hot wouther causes tho namo
onundrum : "Whoro in tho
do all tho ilios como from T"
Is an easy ouo to answer. Tho
Jiakos the blue bottlo fly, the
'athor makes the gad fly, tho
makes the house lly, the
tnith makes tho iiro fly, the
,ter makes tho saw fly, tho
mukes the sand fly, the board
:c tho butterfly, the cobbler
the shoo fly, and tho adver
lakes the goods fly.
Talk about the World s Fair be
ing open on Sunday t We are cred
itably informed that on two farms
in Snyder county, not more than fi
or 7 miles from Mifllinburg, they wore
cutting grain on Sunday, July i).
And wo could give the names too.
This boats Chicago easy. Jfijjlhi
bur; Time.
Tho sixth annual Snyder county
Choit Convention will bo held on
tho Lutheran church grounds one
mile north of Freeburg on Saturday,
August Hth. Choirs, Musical or
ganizations, Hands and Soloists nro
cordially invited. Exercises will be
gin at 111 a. in. Wm. Moveii, Pres.
Wm, Fhevmax, Sec. At.
Editor Tom Hartcr, of tho Middle
burgh Post, is to havo his namo ns
an author bunded down to posterity.
His popular Pennsylvania Dutch
letters aro to bo published in book
form by a York publishing houso,
Tom is a hard worker, and wo are
gla l to know his efforts are apprec
iatol by a largo constituency.
IIuntii;loH AViii- Tl'i'i I'll JVefti.
BiTCKNKM. Univkksity. Tho best
school is tho cheapest. Nearly a
million dollars havo been invested
in lixed and working capital in tho
five schools of Uucknell University,
John Howard Harris, President.
For catalogue, illustrations and
other information, address the
Registrar. Wm. C. Gretzinger, Lew-
isburg, Pa.
Quarterly Conference. Quart
erlv Conference will be hehl on Snt
urday July 23d., in the U. B. Church
Middleburgh. Ptesiding Elder, Rov.
W, ILUhler will preach. EngUh
preaching on Saturday at 7.30 P. M.
On Sunduv at 10 A. M. Herman
preachiug and celebration of tho
LiOMb suppor. At 7.30 Children 8
day services. All aro cordially invit
ed to attend. Fkeu List, Pastor.
When flies become troublesome in
a houso they can always bo expelled
by a very simple mixture. A half
teaspoonful of black pepper finely
ground should bo mixed with double
thoquauity of brown sugar, and tho
compound bo moistened with cream.
Tho llieB will generally eat greedily
of this mixture if placed whoro they
can get it, but it will bo their last
meal, for tho least tasto it is to n fly
rank jroison.
"Address no stranger and allow no
stranger to address you," is tho ad
vice of the chief of tho Chicago de
tective force to all visitors. " If
you want to know anythiug wait till
you see a policeman." Tho chief
adds : "Tho price of safety in this
city is to keep your mouth Jshut in
the presonco of those you do not
know. Tho smartest confldenco
men in tho world havo como to tho
World's Fair. They aro sharn onouirh
to deceive even tho Chicagoan."
A cirl recently found i Int. nf
letters written by her father to "her
mother many years boforn thev worn
married. The daughter read tlmt
her mother, pretending they wore of
reconi unto, ami substituted herown
name for that of her mothor's and
tho namo of a young man well known
to both of them for her futlmi-V
The mother was very much disgusted
atnl has forbidden hor daughter to
have anything to do with u vomif
v r
man that will write such nonsense
and sicking stuff.
State Superintendent
Instruction N. C. Schaofl'or says that
tho now Froo Text-book law ioen
into effect at onco. Ho has render
ed a decision that it is the duty of
tho directors to mako provisions for
furnishing and equipping tho schools
with tho text-books and supplins
generally needed by pupils for daily
use in tlio schools, such as sluto mm.
cils, paper, pons, ink, tablets, etc.
that whilo it is no doubt wiso to
urgo pupils to USD tho boolirt in tlmir
possession for the nuriiosn nf Warm.
ing the immodiato outlay of money,
tuoy cannot bo compelled to uso
their own books, and that in all tho
required branches of study, books
are to bo provided by the directors,
ana lor all trades of th nnl.lin
schools, including the high school.
Every Town Has
A liar.
A sponger.
A smart Alex.
Its richest man.
Somo pretty girls.
A weather prophet.
A girl that giggles.
A woman that tattles.
Half a dozen lunatics.
A neighborhood feud.
A justice of tho peace.
A man who knows it nil.
Ono Jacksouian Democrat.
More loafers than it needs.
Men who see every dog fight.
A boy that cuts up in church.
A few mnddlcsoiuo old women.
A stock l.iv that is not enforced.
A widower that is too gay for his
ago.
Some men that make remarks
about women.
A grown young man who laughs
every time ho says anythiug.
A girl that goes to tho postollice
every time tho mail comes in.
Scores of men with tho caboose of
their trousers worn smooth ns glass.
A man who grins when you talk
and laughs out loud after ho has
said something.
PrR. R. Half Rates to the
World's Fair.
. In order to afford nn opportunity
to the public to visit tho World's
Fair, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company has decided to run a se
rif's of popular excursions from
Washington and Baltimore and other
w-.utern cities to Chicago. - The
round trip from Washington and
Baltimore will bo 17.00, and pro
portionate rates, i singlo far for the
round trip, will prevail from other
stations.
This arrangement applies to all
principal stations on the (.Baltimore
aud Potomac Railroad, tho North
ern Central Railway between Balti
more and Ehuira, Philadelphia and
Erie Railroad between Willianisport
and Renovo, aud principal stations
on tho main lino and branches be
tween Ilarrinburg and Pittsburg.
Tho parties will be carried on spec
ial trains composed of tlio newest
ami best standard passenger coach
es containing all modern convenien
ces. Tho special trains will leave Wash
ington 10.13, Baltimore 11.20 A. M.,
York 1.15 P. M., Harrisburg :i.23 P.
M., Altooua 7.40 p. M., and stopping
at principal intermediate stations,
arrive in Chicago 5.20 the next afternoon.
The first excursion is fixed for
July 20th, other are fixed for Au
ugust 2d, 12th, aud 2:d. Tho return
coupons of theso tickets will bo good
within ten days, and will bo accept
ed for passage only on trains leaving
Chicago 3.15 P. M. and ll.IJO P. M.
Tho Supreme Court has reversed
Judgo McCluro's decision in the
Northumborland-Uuiou bridge uuos-
tion and Union couutv has now noth
ing left to do but help build tho
bndgo across tho Susquehanna.
Sunday School Cki.euuation am
Festival. On August 5th. nf !
Zions U. B. Church, Ico Cream and
other refreshments will bo served.
Instrumental and Vocal Music will
enliven tho festivities. All aro cord
ially invited to spend a fow pleasant
hours with us. Committee.
Sinco the World's Fair cd 1 it) vr
been closed on Sunday tho Christ
ian peoplo all over tho country aro
propairiufr to attend th tmo,ut
show on earth. In Pittsburg about
u.uuo locul church mumlm.
had resolved not to visit Chicago,
win now go. and one branch nf i
Y. M. C. A., 300 strong, will attend
in a body. It comos from Cincin
nati that tho religious papers, fully
bw in number, scattered all nv.r H
Uuited State", now propose to boom
tho Fair. Heretofore these papers
have boon doing all in their power
to further Suuday closing, and have
favored the plan of uou-attendanco
oi iunsiian8 at the Exposition.
Letter From Tennessee.
Ciiattaxoooa, July 17, ISM.
Iu reading over your interesting
paper which reaches me every Sat
urday morning, I frequently find
letters from former Snyder county
residents who havo emigrated to
other section of our glorious re
public, and in reading over letters it
hasocciiriedt.tmeth.it a few lines
from Tennessee might not be out of
place.
I have been reading the article on
Chattanooga which was reproduced
in some of your county papers, nnd
can trace a few of the principal
points mentioned therein, even at
this period ; although wonderful
ehanges have elapsed in the past
thirty years. At the present writ
ing Chattanooga has a population of
fortv-uino thousand people, thir
teen thousand of which belong to
the colored or negro race. While I
mention colored race I do not wish
to convey tho idea that above thir
teen thousauil aro all of the lamp
black hue, as there are a great many
who are called negroes whose com
plexion equals tho white race. Still
t hey aro called darkies. Tho name
Chattanooga is derived from the
Cherokee Indians who inhabited
this section as late ns lsii. As to
tho actual meaning of tho name
there "eenis considerable specula
tion ;)'t'io general belief however, is
that it means Hawk's Nest. The
city is situated on the south bank
of tho Tennessee river which starts
in the mountains of Yiri-ini,i nn.1
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empties into the Ohio at Paducuh,
Ohio and Mississippi steamers find
their way to this city. The length
of time required to make tho trip
from St. Louis Mo., to Chattanooga
being ten days. When tho river is
very low these largo boats ciiKt
anchor at Musxcl Shoals, about
ninety miles west of Chattanooga
aud transfer their load so as to al
low them to pass through an arti
ficial canal which the U. S. govern
ment is trying to make a success of.
You can imagine what an undertak
ing this is when I nay that work first
commenced on theso shoals in 1n;."
and still continues. With water
trunsportions to rely upon, the citi
zens of Chattanooga feel that com
binations formed by railroads can
do very little if any damage, in the
way of charging exorbitant rates
Tho river is spanned by an iron
bridge at this point which was erect
ed by tho county of Hamilton, of
which Chattanooga is tho county
seat. It is an imposing structure,
costing two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars. Tho bridge is
free to all vehicles as well as pedes
trians. Tho river after leaving Chat
tanooga forms what is called Moc
casin bend : tho water Hows through
such a channel as to outline a foot
which could uot bo imitated by the
finest landscape, artist. Of the
piscatorial pleasures ono may enjoy
along tins stream will bo written iu
tho future. Tho city proper is not
very well protected in time of over
flows, as the water finds its way on
our principlo business streets at
times to the depth of four and five
feet. I am glad to say that such oc
currences aro not frequent tho last
flood being iu IHSti. The Kanitarv
condition of Chattnoo'M is verv
good. This can very easily bo ex
plainod by showing the condition of
streets and sewers aud tho purity of
tho water Bupply furnished tho peo-
pie. Tho pavements on tho principle
streets consist of sheet asphaltum
which you know makes one of Mm
cleanest as well as tho easiest of
streets to both man and beast. The
city has expended in tho last four
yours tho sum of seven hundred and
fifty thousand dollars on (streets and
sewers. Tho water supply in ob
tained from tho Tenuessoo river and
is carefully filtered beforo entering
tho city. Wo havo tho finest sys
tem of city and suburban transpor
tation in tho South. All cars run
by electricity and a uniform rate of
five cents is charged regardless of
distance, which in sovoral instances
Is over five miles. Chattanooga is
situate within easy access to both
coal and iron ore and can therefore
manufacture pig iron at a very low
cost. The coal mines being forty
miles distant, whilo iron ore is
mined within twelve miles of the
city. There are two large furnaces
herewith an out put of ono hun
dred and twenty tons of iron per
day. The tannery of J. R. Hoyt &
Co.. now owned by the United
States Leather Co.. ives employ,
nient to two hundred and fifty men.
Their employees are paid every Sat
urday night, and on Christ mas'each
one is presented with a turkey. To
supply such a number of people
with turkeys is no small undertak
ing, but tliis geiieious firm buys
them iu advance: generally in the!
state of Kentucky.
My letter is growing lengthy so I
will write no more. In my next
communication will speak of the
truck farming and fruit raising busi
ness which has made rapid strides
in the past ten years.
J. S. Riiamstine.
Great Religious Exhibition.
The only purely religious Exhibi
tion in the World's Fair City is the
new and beautiful Cyclorama of
Jerusalem upon the occasion of the
Crucifixion of the Saviour, on the
corner of Wabash Ave. and Hubbard
Court. This is not the same scene
that was on exhibition there a few
years ago, but a new and very ela
borate one, embodying many novel
features and effects. Indeed it is
claimed to bo next to tho great pan
orama of t) Chicago Fire, the most
expensive work of tlio kiuu
world.
Iu connection with this supurb
scene, and without extra charge, is
shown the celebrated painting,
"Christ Triumphal Entry Into Jeru
salem ; valued at !n,noii.
To those wishing to get better
idea nf Ancient Jerusalem and sur
rounding country, the architecture,
customs and habits of the people of
those days, together with perhaps
the finest modern conception of the
Crucifixion, will here find abundant
nppnrt unity for profitable enter
tainment, and the young men at
tending the Moody Bible Institute
are visiting this great Exhibition
from ti to time, as a part of their
religious training.
Ingersoll on the Chinese.
These Chinese laborers are peace
able, inoilensive. and law abiding.
They are honest, keeping their eon
tracts, doing us they agree. Tinw
are exceedingly industrious, always
ready to work, and always giving
satisfaction to their employers.
They do not inteifere with other
people. They cannot become citiz
ens. They havo no voice iu the
making or in the execution of the
laws. They attend to their own bus
iness.
They have their own ideas, cus
toms, religion, ami ceremonies about
as foolish as our own ; but they do
not try to make converts nor to
force their dogmas on others. They
aro patient, uncomplaining, stoical,
and philosophical. They earn what
they can, giving reasonable value
lor tho money they receive, and, as
a rule, when they have amassed a
a few thousand dollars, they go back
to their own country.
They do not interfere with our
ideas, our ways or customs. They
are silent workers, toiling without
any object, except to do tho work
and get their pay. Thev do not es
tablish saloons and run for Congress.
Neither do they combine for the pur
pose of govern'g others.Of all thepoo
plo on our soil they nro tho least med
dlesome, homosmolieoimini but tho
opium smoker does not beat his wife.
homo or tliem play games of chance,
but they aro not members of tlm
Stock Exchange. They cat the bread
that they earn ; they neither beg nor
steal, but they are no use to parties
or nolitieans excent. na tlu.v 1,,.,.,
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fuel to supply the flames of prejudice
They aro not citizens and they can
not vote. Their einnlot-oru m t...i
thy only friends thoy havo.
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EEAYEKTOW'X.
S. A. Wetzel has the loof on his
new house on his farm immediately
east of town It. li. (Jross has
built a largo addition to his barn . .
IV, JVI. KullerV, new addition to the
w ne
occupied. .. .Quite a number of our
young folks attended a festival at
Troxclvillo on Saturday evening
One of Seth Winoy's little girls fell
down a flight of steps and broke an
arm recently Mr. and Mrs. F.
Feeseand baby Earl of Middleburgh,
visited his sister, Mrs. J. 1!. Has
singer whose health has been fail
ing for a number nf years and is
quite delicate nt present .... Farm
ers are busy plowing and cutting
their oats The weather is dry
and warm Oiithe'JIst nf June a
niimberof old ladies from town held
their regular annual birthday party
for old Mrs. Jlassinger. The old
lady was as lively as ever at the aire
of '.'2 years, and bids fair to reach
hi'h water mark of Inn,
FliANKI.IV
SELIXSOKOVE.
Miss Mamie (Hover of Northum
berland and her uncle from the
West visited Miss Tillie (Shiver on
Market St. last week. . . .Levi Walk
er intends to leave for Piedmont,
West Virginia, shortly to engage iu
business there. Wo are sorrv to lose
Mr. W....l.ev. W. H. Hillbish has
accepted a call to the Eoaring
Springs charge in JJiair county. He
will move there with his family this
week.... Ed. M. Hummel has torn
away tho porch in front of the Key
stone Hotel and put down a number
one pavement Master William
Kanter, who has been visiting
friends in the city of Willianisport
for tho last four weeks, has return
ed home again Another wedding
will be celebrated iu town this
Tuesday after-noon. The contract
ing parties are : Miss U.-ssio lioli',
youngest daughter of Mr. and .Mr.-.
Val. JJolig, ami Elmer E. Snyder
the hustling insurance agent. Kev.
Ochscnford of the 1st Lutheran
church will tie the knot. Your
correspondent sends congratula
tions aud best wishes. . . .We are to
have another bakery iu toivn, Adam
Oarver will erect a bakery on his
father-in-law's lot A. J. (Sross'on
Water St. We shall then have four
altoget her lenry ( Jentbeiling,
our town Constable and his family
made a visit to McKcos 1 Falls over
Sunday. Mkxtok
MARKLKD
July 2$, nt the homo of the bride,
by Kev. J. N. Wetzel. John H.
ltomig of Lowell, to Miss Laura
Fi-ters of Crossgrove, Fa.