THE MIDDLEBOBGH FOST.
GEO. W, WAGEXSELLER,
Editor ami Proprietor
MiDDi.r.iu iuih. Pa., Jan. 21, 1897
la tbo Dominion of Canada women
Lave municipal BufTrngo in OTcrjr prov
ince, and also ia the Northwest terri
tories. The Island of Malta Ins a language
of ita own, derived from the Curtha
ginian and Arabian tongues. Tho
nobility of the inland tpcak Italiau.
Tho I'rovideuco Journal says that
four men iu every ten are engaged
wholly in agriculture, but tho Atlanta
Conntitution thinks tho proportion is
much larger.
An ohtiumto of tho number of fowl
in Pennsylvania, mad'i by the State
Veterinarian, is 15,371,000, valued at
S8,2:J'?,0tl0. The annual egg product
ia valued at 13,703,000.
Fashion aflecls suicide ui well ns
other thiiigc. "Tlio timo was," says
the Loudon Lauct, "when laudanum,
morphia and opium were tho favorite
poi.-oiiH, but now carbolic ncid has
taken their lace, and according to
thu liiKt avuilablo return (1891), tho
latter caused more thnu twicj as many
suicidal deaths us the three former
combined, for, whereas tho opiates
poisoned 82 persons, carbolic acid
poisoued 107."
Tho Chicago Tiuibermau cNtimates
that the agricultural implement man
ufacturers of this couutry uie a total
of 1,448,2113,750 feet of lumber
nunuully, of which white piue, prin
cipally low-grudo stock for packing
purposes, fiiruihhes 2'.) per cent., ash
19 per cent-, oak niuo per cent, yellow
piue 8 per cent., poplar eight per
cent., hickory seven per cent., maple
soven per cent., elm, very largely rock
olm, four per cent., and Imsswood oao
por cent.
The Brooklyn Eagle states ono of
tho important isnues of our day and
generation ia a comprehensive way.
It says: "If wo uro to have honest
municipal government tho timo must
como when political partisanship shall
be subordinate to the question of tbo
honest and efficient conduct of, the
business of it city on busiuess princi
ples. Then men who fcelieVo in get
ting a dollar's worth of work for
every hundred cents expended will bo
tho men who believe, that public work
is necessarily more costly than privato
work and who lmvo a share in tho
great profits which that cost 'afiist)
possible." vj-ifl
The iron masters of America have
broken into the markets of the world,
boasts tho Boston Cultivutor. They
are now shipping iron to Liverpool,
.Manchester, Rotterdam, Vienna, Go
non, Trieste, Yokohama, and Calcutta.
They can compote with tho largest
Scotch and English iron furnaces
everywhere. The largest iron con
cern in Tonncssr; elainiH that 30 yeari
of work on thoir cstato has but
scratched away ono per ceut, of its
contents, while tho scratching process
has increased thu value of tho remain
der live or six times over. No doubt
the possession of tho tiucHt iron and
coal mines iu the world will give the
Uuited States a manufacturing su
premacy uuciptalcd by iuny other na
tion on earth.
With ouch recurring week tho im
portance of tho cathode ray is more
distinctly emphasized. Only a few
days ago it appearod as a witness in a
very important damage cnaoiu Brook
lyn, relates the Atlanta Constitution.
A young man who hud received a bal
lot wound iu tho palm of his hand em
ployed a physician to extricato tho
lead. On account of tbo bungling
naturo of the operation and its failure
to give him any permanent relief, tho
young man had reason to believe that
ho had been tho victim of malpractice,
although the physician had shown him
what ho claimed to bo tho bullet. In
order to settle tho doubt iu his mind
ho consulted another member of the
profession, who subjected his hand to
a thorough examination, making use
of the cathode ray. No sooner had
the strange, mysterious light peno
trated the young man's hand than the
bullet whioh hud been the subject of
so much controversy was seen distinct
ly imbedded in the flesh. It fastened
the chargo of malpractice with scien
tific precision upon the quack who
performed the operation. As a result
of this disclosure it juit for $20,000 is
now peuding.
Many a mnn who has a plo appetiU
When Love Was Young
and Grew Not Olid.
HE had uot the least
sbamo about telling
her age. On tho
contrary, sho was
rather proud to do
so. It was some
thing to be proud of.
-Not that flio was
sixty-four, bnt that at sixty-four she
looked not a day over forty-eight, and
a blooming forty-eight at that.
True, her hair was silver, but what
a waving wealth of silver I And it was
not sent to soften wrinkles either.
She woro ns many of those ornaments
as it is legitimate to wear at forty
eight, and no more. Oh, sho was cer
tainly a wonderful woman for her age,
wns Mrs. Joseph Allestrec !
Quaint, indeed, sho appeared, par
ticularly on a certain evening, stand
ing in tho old square portico, with
tho sun shining straight uuder the
trees into her face.
Tho house at her back was low and
long. It stood eudwiso to the hazy
little river that flowed at tne foct of
the abruptly sloping lawn. On the
eide, at the end ot a long, shady ave
nue, was a gate with an old fashioned
wooden arch over it, concealed by
Tines.
It was toward this gato that Mrs.
Allestree looked, leauing forward
eagerly, like a girl, ono hand shield
ing her eyes from the lovel snnbeatns.
Sho woro white think of her daring
to wear white ! Sho was watching for
Joseph. He had gone down to Stono
ton only a mile distant for the post
at 5 o'clock. That was two hours ago.
Joseph did lovo dearly to gossip with
tho old farmers and shopkeepers, but
be really ought to remember dinner
time.
Bnt Josoph had not forgotton his
dinner. At this very minute the gate
oponed and his little gig rolled in,
followed by three enthusiastic) dogs
a St. Bernard and two red setters.
Mr. Allestreo, after embracing his
wife as if he had just returned from a
year's journey, went in with her to
dinner, and Mr. Allestree was but I
will not doscriurhim ; simply he was
everything that the husband of Mrs.
Allostroo should have been. Forty
two years had gouo by since their
marriago and in all that time they had
never been separated a single day.
"Dearest," raid Mr. Allestreo as
they sat down, "I owo you an apology
for my tardiness, bnt it couldn't be
helpod. I got a letter culling me
away on an important matter, and i
had to stop to attend to Borne things in
tbo village. I must go immediately
to-morrow."
"Oh, that Terloy affair," sho said,
glancing over tho pago. "But, Joseph,
can't you put it off? Remember, tho
Kennedys aro coming iu tho morning
to stay over Sunday."
"I cannot, Henrietta. It's got to
be attended to at once."
"But, Joseph, you can't go without
me. You know you never did eub a
thing."
afraid I must do it this time,"
he repliod, mournfully.
They sat in silence for some minute?.
Twico Mrs. Allestreo wipod away a fdy
toar with h:;r napkin. At length,
bravely assuming a cheerful aspect,
hho asked: "How long will you bo
gone?"
"I can't possibly reaoh London, ac
complish all I want to and get homo
again in less than ton days."
"Joseph, it will kill m both."
"Ah, no, my dear," ha laughed;
"it won't quite do that. At least, I
hopo not. It will bo very, very hard.
But think, my love, we were apart live
long years once on a timo."
"Ah, Joseph," with a sob in hor
voice, "that was bofore wo had ever
lived together. Wo only knew euch
other by letter, you know."
"And a mighty comfort did we take
ont of those same letters. Isn't it
strange that in two and forty ycurs we
should never havo had occasion to
writo to one another? Not sinco you
were Henrietta Shower."
"It is a singular circumstance," she
replied. "Yes, wo can writo. Do
you know, Joseph, the thought of it
already consoles ma a little. It will
bo such a dolightful novelty."
It was a good thing for Mrs. Alles
tree that she expected visitors. But
after the guests had departed hor con
dition was pitiable. Eepeoially as no
letter had come.
Mr. Allostree had gone away oarly
on Saturday. Now it was Tuesday.
Sho had managed to he patient over
the Sabbath, but on Monday morning,
when Jimmy oame up from Stonetou
empty handed, she bad refused to be
lieve that he had not dropped the let
ter or that tho postmaster had not
overlooked it.
There wore only two deliveries in
the twenty-four hours, and at the
evening tho same performance was re
peated.
On Tuesday Mrs. Allestree went hor
self to Stoneton and delivered a severo
leoture to the postmaster upon gen
eral indifference of Government or
ticials, thereby greatly annoying the
poor man.
Mr. Framwell began to dread the
hours of delivery. Twice a day, what'
ever the weather, Mrs. Allestreo pro
sented her handsome, anxious face at
the window.
When be handed ont tho post to her
and she found uot the letter sho longed
for, au angry fuco it was that peered
in nt him, und a stern albeit well
bred voico that demando 1 of him to
bnnt through every box, lest perchance
he had made some error in distribut
ing.
The deserted, neglected wife must
blame somebody, and ue would uot
blumo her husband. Sho did not at
first even dream of Illuming Joseph.
By tho middle of tho week her wholo
mood changed. She folt hurt, deeply
hurt. There seemed to bo no reason,
no exenso for such neglect. To thi nk
that this, their tirst separation iu bo
many years, should be uuLridged by a
word !
She could not havo the convolution
of writing to him, for be had left no
addross, thero being an uncertainty
about the very port of London in
which that troublesome Perley was
wan living.
It was tho wr.y of men, and ho, it
seems, was not better than the
rest of them. Onco out of her sight
ha forgot forgot all tho lovo and
daily devotion of forty-two year.'.
By Saturday morning Mrs. Allestree
was ill ill euough to go to bod.
Jimmy had to fetch both posts, and,
after delivering in person tho urst
one, he vowed to Molly that he would
not approaoh Mrs. Allestreo again
wbilo Mr. Allestree was away.
All day Sunday Mrs. Allestreo lay
silent in a dark chambor. Molly could
not get a word from her, nor would
sho cat. It was almost restful to be
so weak. True, sho was in despair.
Sho had given up all expectation of
seeing Joseph again, but compared
with tho bowildering tossings of vain
conjecture, her present state was ouo
of quietude aud peace.
But by Monday morning she was
suffering torments once moro. She
felt that if Jimmy returned without
either Joseph rr a letter she would
surely die, and, indeed, sho nearly
died as it was.
When the wheels sounded again
npon the gravel Mrs. Allostroo sat up
in bed. Sho was whiter than her hair.
No voices wore hoard below. Sho
clutched hor heart and gasped. Bat
presently a door opened and a step
came up tho stairs. It was tbo step
of Joseph. As ho entered tho room
sho fell hack among tho pillows.
"My dear Henrietta, what s all
thip?" Ho looked around almost ac
cusingly upon tho two frightened
women, as if he had canght them in
the act of assassinating their mistress.
"Duiu t Jimmy tell you? sho mur
mured.
"You know Jimmy never tolls any
thing. Uo did say you weren't well.
But havo you bocu very ill, dear?"
The women had withdrawn, und ho
ecated himself upon tlio bod. j
- iioscpu, you uiigut nave sent mo
one little line!"
"Wh what? I don't quite compre
hend. A lino!"
"Yes, it wouldn't havo hurt you to
writo a line."
"tlcnrietta, I .vrote to you every
day, and sometimes twico a day."
They stared at cioU other.
"But I never got a solitary letter,"
aho said presoutly. "I sout to every
dolivery went myself until I became
ill. Mr. Framwell said thero was
nothing from you. It nearly killed
me, Joseph."
"However," he mutterod, "thev
couldn't have all miscarried I Hen
rietta! I havo it 1 Wait; I'll bo back
in twenty minutes," and the gentle
man fairly ran out cf the room.
Ho laughed ull tho way down stairs,
and sho heard his hit, ha, ha's botweeu
his shouts for Jimmy to bring back
the trap. In a few minutes they rat
tled out of the grounds, and within
the timo mentioned they rattle i back
again.
Mr. Allostree tore breathless np tho
stairs, bursting boy-fashion into his
wife's room. He carried a packago ol
letters, whioh ho spread out in a cir
cle on the bod. There were fourteen
of tliein, and every one was addrossed
to Miss Henrietta Shower.
For a short space nothing was said,
and then the two aged lovers began to
laugh, and they laughed nntil they
criod.
"Joseph," she said, "it's very fanny,
very, bnt was almoBt the death of me.
How did you como to do it?"
"Why, Henrietta, love, when I once
got oat of your dear, familiar presence,
the old days came back completely.
Yon were little Botta Shower, und "
Josoph Allestree blushed; he did
not often quote poetry
Ami onr two and forty yoar
getiined a mist tliat rollod away.
Pearson's Weekly,
Hardware Haillcrr.
A Newark (N. J.) hardwareman ii
advertising there is a great drive ii
nails, a sharp competition in razors,
and a rapid movement in knives anc
forks. Hardware. v
. W0KD3 OF 1T1SDOX.
Whoever has a good temper will be
sure to nave many other good things.
There is nothing so strong or safo
in an emergency of life as the simpla
trutn.
It is the biggest kind of an insult
io oner a smati sum or money as a
bribe. .
A poor man with a snnny spirit will
get more ont of life than a wealthy
gambler.
the violenoe done ns bv others is
often less painful than that whioh we
do to ourselves.
A man's domestic relations sel lorn
trouble him as muoh as the relations
of his domestics.
To see pi urn pudding in the moon is
a far more cheerful habit than croak
ing at everything. T
No soul is desolate as long as thore
is a human being for whom it can feel
trust and rorerence.
It is not wine to aim at impossibili
ties; it is a waste of powder to tire at
the man in tho moon.
ncu a man is asuamea to look in a
mirror it ij a safe bet that that his
wife bays his neckties.
Tho epochs of our life are not in the
visiblo facts, but in tho silent thoughts
of the wayside as wo walk.
A coquette is like a rose. Each lover
pMucks a loaf; the stem and thorns are
left for tho future husband.
Wo take great pains to persuade
others that we are happy than in en
deavoring to lie eo ourselves.
It pays bettor to tell the truth anl
lose temporarily thin to state false
hood and lose permanently.
Many preachers are good tailors
spoiled aud capital shoemakers turned
out of their proper calling.
After a woman has been married
threo months she talks loss about soul
affinity and mo.-o about her meals.
Thero are no greater wretches in
the world than many of thoso whom
people iu general take to bo happy.
If a man is so proud that ho will
not see his faults, ho will only quarrel
with you for pointing them out to
him.
To character and sncccss, two things
ontradictory as they may seem must
go humble dependence aud nidnly in-
dependouoe.
Tho only thing that can be compared
to a good ad. in working ability is a
mortgage. They both work day and
night, rain or shine. TheSouth-West.
The History of Hcallli.
To trace the history of the search
of the human race after health wonld
be almost tantamount to writing the
history of the raco itself. A careful
examination of the position which
hygieno now holds will, wo think, jus
tify us iu alleging that it has made
such advances as may fairly entitle it
to take its place among the pivgres
sive if not absolutely exact soieuces.
Its literature has been said with truth
to bo among the oldest in the world.
We cannot doubt that in order ol
chronology tho tirst rnmo to bo hon
ored is that of Moses, as the author ol
tbo most complete and detailed sys
tem of hygiene in ancient times. SVe
may bo pretty sure that the code of
Moses wus tho outcome of the wisdom
and experience of long past ages. Be
that as it may, however, we cannot
bnt admire the excellent precepts laid
down for tho cleansing and purifying
of houso aud camp, for tho security of
pure water, for choice of good rind
wholesome food, for the isolation of
tho sick and tho unclean and for the
destruction of refuse. It would not
bo too much to say that a fairly rtrist
adherence to tho Mosaic law would
have preserved mankind from many
of the disastrous plngacs which have
afflicted it. During the Middlo Ages
tho Jews enjoyed a remarkable immu
nity from outbreaks of epidemio dis
ease an immunity whioh still distin
guishes thoin iu our own timo. Now
York Ledger.
Red Kurks Mark Her (iriwc.
In sight of tho Erie tracks, between
Susquehanna and Great Bend, uro the
"Rod Books," a rod cliff standing
above the Susquehanna River. Neai
them can be seen traces of the grav
of a beautiful Indian maiden, th
daughter of a famous chief. She wot
betrothed to a yonug brave, a mem
ber of tho father's tribe, then en
camped near here. Her father de
sirod her to marry the son of the
chiof of tho neighboring tribe, and
the wish of the paternal ancestor
usually counted for something.
In consequence, sho resolved to flj
to tho "happy hunting crrounds," anc
one night sho stole noiselessly from
her wigwam, and, with the death song
npon her lips, tlung herself from the
high cliff, hor life's blood staining the
rooks below, and to that day have re
tained tbe reddish hue whioh the raini
and floods ot a century have failed tc
efface.
When tne maiden's lover saw hei
mangled corpse he retired to a cavo it
the mountains, and was never seen
alivo again. Forty years later bit
petrified body was found in the cavt
by a wandering rfemnant of the tribe.
Under his body were found the long
raven tresses of the old chief's daugh
ter. New York Press.
Tho "Roto of tlio Waves."
It is a favorite theory with the fish
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east of Scotland that in a storm three
waves are strong and violent, while
the fourth is comparatively weak and
less dangerous. This succession they
call a "rot9 of waves." Fishermen
returning from their fishing ground
otten prove by experience the truth ol
their theory, and hung baok as tucy
come near the shore to take advantage
of the lull that follows, they say,
pretty regularly after three big breakers.
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