. o. Cunn'oneI 1 1 97 1 TTAOEN8ELLEB, M1DDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO., PA., THURSDAY, NOV. 12, 18 L'nd Proprietor. VOL. 33. NO. 45. y 1" fLOOAL INTEREST ,T n l..W omoo. Uioa county institute is in week. ,i prefers be need not go er ; be cftn U8e lue 1 miie B. II. Custer, Lour anil Bessie Smith are clist. W. Herman, S. 8. Scboch n went to rhiliulelphia on jorniDg. miaMcLees of Williains imUy was the guest of e Ur aver. i J.riek Bower of Lewis a MiJdliburgh visitor the of the week. ualro-union of the 131t k will he held iu Sclins- a-il 1 lAlL r. QitHT Diunnii jolu. 1 Stuck and Barber Simon- illiDburg were in town last nij;ht culling upon friends. tie piirty was given on Irening for Harry Bower- rohiJos 1 mile north of tJ.R. Diuim, D. IX, of uua t Diversity, souus- L i pleasant caller at this prday. Goo. F. Miller of Salem lestofHon. C. V. Her- faroily for several days f past week. i Stetler on Monday re- a three weeks' trip to where she was under for catarrh. v ilicanta for the postmaster- 1 place as far as known W. Orwijr, Dr. O. E. Has Charles Walter. Vagenseller and wife have 0 the brick house adjoin itherau church where they 1 up their abode and will at" to their friends. lulatoj for the post offices uuty aro already making uraiice. There are plenty uUfor the various poi- ii'i'ger of Millersburg was i i i :ruiciai uuys uuriug ine shaking Hands with many Urn. hreeger uccompani- ng match will be held by uue on Saturday after Uartmau's school house, rnhip. The shootine con- f for turkeys with shot ice is being restored and N uro coming. On tli I the election several sub uve leuewed their sub otho Pout and we have W OUbM. knell University team has Q open dato with the X Normal Hchool and will ton on Suturday next. A should be on the Centre luds to see the contest. "rJay night a week ago yu,rb,oloiWn to Capt. i W ilhauihtown was de y file. Fifteen blooded j several valuable colts H- Loss $5,000; iuBur- jifra. Sepbares Gember Noyedan extended trip ft cbildren and friends in rut mm.. - J i N with their viaii w. Welcome tham K-l. l rau IU Vh, easv Bhnv . -1 feVUbCBl Oilier tonynUI i . at Soles' Barber - Jvg uuuaing.op. office. nn a. . . aumn ana washisgtoh ih mmi Only three mortgnges have been recorded in Siyder county in the last four months. The President has issued his proc lamation tiaraing Thursday, Oct. 20lh, an Thauksniving day. Cornrll bent Biioknoll 64-0 on 8 it unlay. The blue and orange had no chnnce of scoring at any point of the game. F. W. Gundrutu aud wife of Ban nervillo were entertained the latter part of last week by IT. II. Uickhart and family. Oho. Mitchell aud Mary J. Spang ler, both giving their resiiienco in Suder couuty, wore grantod a mar riage license in Centre county. Samuel Wittemuyer, Jr., It. Y. Qiant and Geo. Hyde, of Buckuell University were visitors at V. W, Wittetimyer's over Sunday. The Fraukliii-Middleburgh base ball gume was played on Saturday. At the end of the fifth inning the score stood 15 to 8 in favor of Frank lin. Frauk S. Reigle has resumed the agency for sewing machines, organs and pianos. Frank is a clever sales, man and always supplies a good ar ticle. The return judges of the Congres sional and the Senatorial districts met on Tuesday. Chas. E. Sampsell and John Zochman were the judtteB from this couuty. Clinton and Selin Marks, sous of Andrew Marks, who were visiting Simon Long in Swineford, on Satur day shot nine rabbits and one pheas aut. This is a remarkably good re cord and one that has not been reached by any one. Jennie Oldt, Mazie Beaver, Naomi Schoch, Chas. E. Specht, Mollie Bulender, Carrie Bachman, Claire Graybill aud others whose names we have not learned were delegates from thix place to the Suyder coun ty C. E. Convention at Seliusgrove lust week. There is a very atjpreciative and interesting little sketch of Eugene Field iu J)emorf8t, Mayttzing.iot December, written by Edwin O. Mut tin. It has both exterior and in terior views of the poofs home, to gether with one of his CJmic sketch es uud other pictures. One of the most singular of recent patents is a rockiug chair washing machine. The rocking chair, which is placed iu a tub in which are wa ter, soap and the clothes to be wash ed, has a rack on its rockers provid ed with a grooved roller. The wash tub has projections on its vertical ends, aud allows of the full play of the rocker of the chair. The result of this arrangement is that the mother of the family c in rock her child to sleep in her arms, and at the same time bo washing the fam ily liueu. The poorest boys and girls iu this world are those who have nover bunu taught to work, and there are thous ands upon thousands of such. Par ents do their children a great wrong if they neglect this part of their edu cation. Every sou aud duughter should be taught to earn his or her own living. Whether parents are rich or poor they owe an industrial training to their offspring. It is well to remember that the wheel of fortune rolls swiftly around, aud that the rich man of to day may become the poor iuau of to morrow. For the postmastership at Beaver Springs we learn that our editorial brother A. M. Auraud is an appli cant. Mr. Auraud already has more signatures than all the other appli cants combined and it is proper that he should have. Mr. Auraud has given his constant support to the Republican party and never hav ing held an office he desorves even more thau tho emoluments of so small an office. We trust Mr. Aur and may receive the appointment as the rewards of a newspaper man for his fealty to party are too- meagre and such favors should bo unhesi tatingly granted. The Removal of Mrs. Day's Body. The remains of Mrs. Dr. Day were buried at Mifflinbur at the time of her death a year ago. Some time ago Dr. Day requested that the body ha removed to Selinsgrove. The body was buried ou the ceme tery lot of Joseph Bowes. The own er of tho lot refused to allow the re moval of the body wit Lout a written request from Dr. Day addressed to Mr. !trea. This was two months ago. On Saturday Dr. J. R. Dimm. president of Suiq lelmuns Universi ty, Seliusgrove, came to Middleburg with the necessary papers from Dr. Day who is a Missionary in India. The arrangements were satisfactori ly made for the arly removal of the body to Soliusgrove. Dr. B. F. Wagensullor lias agreed to gratu tiously deed a lot for the purpose. The lot will be deeded either tt tho Missionary Society of the Lutheran church or to tho Board of Directors of Susquehanna Universi ty. Iu either :ase the lot will be in charge of the University authorities. It is proposed that a Sarcophagus monument be erected to the mem ory of Mrs. Day and to have Dr. Day buried by the side of his de ceased wife, but bis friouds hopo that day will be far distant. The lot shall also be used for the burial of other Missionaries who die in tho service of their Master. . mis move is an important one and an appropriate undertaking since tho new location is in sight of Susquehanna University and be cause belinsgrove is the home of both Dr. and Mrs. Day. The body of Mrs. Day will be removed before long. How to rind th Points of a Compass 'J.. - With a Watch. Few of the many persons whocar ry watchos are aware of tho fact that thoy are always provided with a compass, with which, when the sun is shining, they can dotermitict north and soAth line. All oat h u to do is to point tho hour baud to the sun, and south is exactly half way between tho hour an 1 t!i4 I'u'ur.i 11 on the watch. For example, sup pose it is 9 o'olock iu tho morniu r. Follow tho rule given above mid w will find tho south as indicate I ho low. Prolong this Ha acro tu t face of the watch and you b tvn n north and south line, aud from this any point of tho couip.ui may b de termined. This may sootn stra;i, but the roason h ptaiu. Whilo the sun is passing over I Si dogrees (from east to wost) tho hour ban 1 of tho watch pusses over 'M.) degrot-s (from 0 o'clock to G o'clock). Con sequently the aiisjular movoniout of the sun in one hour corresponds to the angular movement of the hour hand in half an hour. Ilonce if hoi 1 ing the watch horizontal we point tho hour hand toward tho sun the line from tho pivot of the bauds to a point midway between the hour h tud and 12 o'clock will point to the south. Of course the watch must be set to correct local tiiuo; if it is set to standard time the difference b"1 ween local, or real, and standard i .o should be ascertained and al k ance mado therefor. 11 l4n op to Ofllre Work. Itr- marktblo rrrpdom tram Rlrknrm mu I Itoftth IHirlaf the Re. font Hot Npill. Griybill-Showers. On Sunday Nov. 1, at Adamsburg, (J. W. Graybill of Swineford aud Miss Lottie, youngowt daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Showers, were mar ried by Rov. 15. F. Kautz. Tho groom is a nst successful business man of Swiui-ford aud the bride is a young lady of a genial disposition vnIio will make a faithful wife. Mrs. Graybill for several mouths was an mploye of this office and when we t.ttest to her devotion to duty, wo : peak from close observation The Post extends congratulations iu the young couple and wishes ti.eiu many happy days. The Fiction in JJemorest't Maga ine for December is furnished by Kate F.rskiue aud Margaret Sutton liriscoe, and is particularly attrac tive and cheerful, as it should be for a L'hristmas number. Muiniier Crrvponlinrf The city of Washington is in man respects uuiqii-. It u distinctively a city of ollioers and rosidoucm rath er than of m i!)!if,ior.uring industries A comparison of tho death rate during the rocont heated term with thatofothor cities throughout th country would of itself surest to the casual reader that tho condition undor which tho people of the Cap ital Citv live difidr.froin tho o other cities lor tho past ton days tho wholn eastern United States has op ii encoJ boat of uuusu il intensity. In Now lork city tho doitU r.tt from this cause averaged for a time over a hundro laday. In Washington th.: maximum temporaturo for two days was OS' sii l for ten days uverago about 95", yet the number of deaths was very small, about tiftoou lor the whole healed term. The causes of this peculiar exomo tion from fatality uro not far '.o souk, The streets are very broad, from ono hundred to one hundred and sixty foet, and are lino 1 on both sides with trees, so that podostriaus cau keep almost continually iu tho shade, Another roason is that with the exception of a comparatively small number of laborers, the occupation of the city is in th line of offioo work. The army of noarly twenty thousaud government clerks work in buildings kopt as cool as possible by eloctncal faus, aud every precaution is taken to prevent sickness. When the days are very hot tho offices close at three or half past three o'clock, and thon the pooplo can get out into the parks or into the river. All tho government clerks are eu uuou io miriy uays annual lo ivo. and, if sick, to thirty days sick leave. with full pay, aud during the hottest part of tho summer overy one who can bo spared goes off to enjoy it va cation. Of course the routiuo work must be carriod on at all tim.u. hut only enough are dotainod to k p things moving. At tho present time probably not loss than four thousand clerks aro out of the city. In altliliou to the goveriiuiMiit clorks, there is a vast anuv of claim agents, numbered by the thousand, who represout clients from one end of the laud to the other iu Iookiug after tho securing of patents or puu sions, or prosecuting claims before tho Land Office, the Court of Claims or Congress. Tolivo iu a city free from manu facturiug establishments and from tall buildings, crowded tenements and "sweat shops' is indued a bless ing. Anothor featuro iu which Wash iugton is uuiquo is its perpetual ut iracuvenoss lor tourists, xiiero is never a tiino when tho city has not its crowds of "sightseers" pure and simple; they come horo to visit the various executivo departments nud -it - .I museums wuu precisely ino same inquisitive spirit with which millions of pooplo visitod Chicago three yoars ago. Huiumpl'a Majority. The Twenty-seventh Senatorial district was caught In Tuesday's slide aud Candidate Gundy Bwept from the Chicago platform and bur ied beneath a majority of over four thousand. The majority by counties for Mr. Hummel is as follows: Snydor u$ Union 1397 Northumberland, 1304 Total, 4120 Watch for Them The Lock Haven papers say that a number of counterfeit silver half dollars have boon seen in that city during the present week. They are a well made imitation of a good coin and have the date of a late issue. They might find their way up this way, so it will be well for Middle burgers to look out for them. When He Was a Star. In the New York "Journal" Jjhnny Ward Tells of tha Days When Judge Mc Clure Was on tho Diamond and of tho Difficulties That B.,et Players 9 jouu m. Ward, the well known nase ball player, contributed an nr ticlo to the New York "Joiim,.!- Monday which i of interest to read ers or this paper. It tells of Judge iiuroM .w. McCIure. of Lewisburtr, fnrm.i,!.. 9 1 . ouijuury, wuen fin was one of the star catchers of - the base imu world. The following is tho nr tide: Waril'a B Hull ti,,Hp. A roceut vout, tuoht enjovable t me, was a visit from my old cntcher Harold McClure. Remilat inrrn baso ball aro short lived, and to the younger generation of ',funs', Me v-iuie s name may searcoly even bo Known, yet it is not so many years since no was knowu from on em or the country to the other. It U dozen years now since "Mae." at tho ueiguiomis skill uud popuhmty " um iu gtmo lOUko Up the study of law, and to-iky he is a sodato Judge presiding over tho courts of three Pounsvlvaniu onnn ties, elected for a term of ton years live Ol Wliich he bus hheadr As mi liouorabli Jiulire b is mii.it li to tho most dignitied aud restctfu reference, but as these recollections go back to the days when we were pluvers together, he is still affection A I ... . uu-iy un.l simply "Mae". His frank and cheerful face brought vivi.llv back to me tho days when I w r scared kid, struggling to hold my etm up as a pitcher in the profes Hionai ranks, and McClure, the grandest cather in the country, help eii mo loacuievu whatever sucoess I then trained and gave me my lirst loot hold 111 the business. u.. 1....1 ..1 1 . . iiiiii inii.rcii ipemer as nuia- teui s up m Pennsylvania, and when chance east my lot within the uro. fessioiml ranks my first effort wus to induce "Mac" to COIUO on un.l ..(! me. With some reluetaune ho final ly consented, uud Jurintr the month we played together on tho Athletics. of Philadelphia. "Muc's" reputation was firmly established. Tho follow ing year we inannged to get together on the Crickets, of Binghainpton, N. where his splendid work won him added laurels. There were no pads, masks, doves or chest protectors in thoso days. and catching was not the coinpura lively easy thing it has sinco be- come. A catcher simply stood up and took his medicine, and if a foul tip hit him in tho face ho got up as soon as ho was able and went nn with the gume. A club that had one substitute catcher was supposed to e suthciciitly fortified against no udoiits, though it often happened that both were seriously hurt at the same time. Many a gamo I have seen loer old "Mac" catch with his hands swollen and bleeding and tho tears oiling down his cheeks. Ho devised a scheme of wearing a kid glove on the left hand with a Btrin of sheet ead across to protoct tho knuckle oints, nud at the end of tho gamo tho lead would bo pounded out as thin as paper. Mac" was much tho same in ap pearance then as now, over six feet tall, straight as an arrow, of about 185 pounds iu weight, and built on tho lines of a typical athlete. Not withstanding his size, he oould run ike a deer, nnd as a thrower he just handed them down to second. and as a hitter, too, he was a terror, a record of his ono day on tho Ito creation grounds in San Francisco, against "The Only" Nolan, boinir still one of the noteworthy feats in this une. But what endeared McClure to every one with whom he ever came n contact was his thorough manli ness, lie diflered from some of us in that he nover vgrank any intoxi cants, never used tobaoco and never made use of a profane word. And yet be was the best of "good fel lows." There was no cant about him, nud ho nover obtruded his own virtues on others. He had the courago to do himself what ho be lieved to bo right, nnd at the same lime be had no criticism to makn of those who did otherwise. (),. oc casion, when "Mac" strong char actor and confident nat ure kept me from aconiplctoprofcHsionnlcollupse isfrtill frenh in my mcnii.ry. We were with the Crickels, of Bingham ton, and on the lantern trip. The team couldn't win a game, lhi.v af ter day we lont by what seemed the hardest of luck, and, as the only pitcher the tram had. I was growing very much discouraged. After los ing two heart-breaking games to the Lowells, we went up to Manchester, and ther simply slaughtered us. The score was i; to 4, and I had been hit all over tho field. Big John O Koui ke a great batter then, had hit me every time at bat, und when we i;ot back to the hotel I wus ready to quit. Manager McCormick would not give m my fare home, and I started in to do tho only thing left for a "kid" to do I began to cry. And having once rtartod in, the pent up feelings of weeks found vent, snd I supposo I gave a most enthusiastic exhibition. Poor old "Mac's" hands wereHll battered up and he had troublos enough of his own, but his hoait was still big enough to sym pathize w ith me. I shall never for get tho kindness and cheer with which he tried to comfort and on courago me. Occasionally it hap pens that a yoniur player, after an unsuccessful debut, packs his grip and goes back to his homo. I know just how those fellows feel As a ball player, I felt that I was a dismal failure, and tho only thing for me to do was to go home. I was porsuaded, howevor, partly by lack of car fare, but principally by McCluro's efforts, to try it again next day. "Mac" always maintain ed the practice of quietly sayiuir something before ho went to bed, and I thiuk he took more time than usual that night. I never under stood quite w hat brought about the cl'Hiiu-e, but the next day wo beat Manchester I to 0, and on the day following played the Live Oaks, of Liud, 1 to 0, in lift en innings, the the best on record at that tune, and from that day forth it was plain Mail nig. Perhaps there me inuuy other professional players w ho can recall some such turning point m their experience, uud then a.-ain. how many more have failed to get on foi the want of un encouraging wont and a friendly hand f Met 'lure has reversed the usual career of hull Players after they yuit the diamond; but his success in hft. w ill not sur prise any of his old coiiiiiiii iimn ..I tho diamond who had a chance t kuow his sterliuL! character. John M. Waki. DEATH RECORD. Mr. Maiiiurl HHgcr. Tho estimable wife of Simiiel Bilger, who resides about four mile. north of Middlol.urgh, died on la: Thursday and was buried on Mon day. Tho death was duo to a t-tiukt of paralysis. Deceased was a siste. of David Ocker of this borough. Th. funeral was largely attended and was held at Hartley's church, Km. ohlcr. officiating. Aged 57 years. yt, I.. Wiiuiirr. M. L. Wagner, who has suffered with illness for about six months, oi. ast lhursday breathed Ins last Tho funeral took place on S iturday. tovs. McLaiu and Buddinger of Jiciatod. Tho deceased lav es u widow, a son and daughter. On uc- count of tho extoudod ill health the family is a cbargo of LowUburg, th. ast legal residence of tho deceased Mr, it. -lit A. The young wifo of G. Nelson Ann of Solinsgrovo, (noo Nettio l'oder, Globo Mills,) died on Mouduy. Mr. App was married to this womuu last Thanksgiving Day and in his early bereavement, ho has tho sympathy of his many friouds. Mrs. App was a daughter of the late Hon. S. II. Yoder of Globs Mills. She loft a child four days old. Deceased was aged 23 years, 8 raos. and 15 days. Funeral will take place on Saturday at 10 o'clock at Globe Mills.
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