The Middleburgh Post.
liiliMlied every Thursday.
Geo V- Wagenseller,
bditor and Proprietor
BuWriptioi) 1.50 per year.
wuieb .- i..i im okM in adtUBOB wtien sent out
side the county.)
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All CraliatMM SdlMlllsatOBti not otherwise
i iiir. U I tur U1 M Charged at the rate of II
rem line (imnpartel measure) for tint Inser-
Un Utd HI cents per line for every subsequent
Insert Ion.
0-l'ith imMom puMuhrd rt ; obituary poerty,
tntiH'f i trttrct. itc, threr cruU a line.
Gunning for Wormi.
Soniethiiijr new in Kpurtsmanship U
the shooting of worms, which is now
sniil to be the order of the day in west
ern New York. Such nre the rnvnpcs
of the tent caterpillar fn the orchards
of tlx- fruit licit of that section that,
according to the voracious special cor
respondent, farmers have taken to rcg
alurly organized worm-shouts us the
only practicable means of holding the
pests i'l check. Despite th.? spraying
method in the enrl.v spring, the worms
Inert used) tearing down the "tent" by
hand was disagreeable work, and ne- i
BOmpliyhed little permanent benefit;
rags soaked with kerosene and set fire
to, I i burn oil I the worms, were fair
ly effective, but i slow method, finally
some genius thought of shooting out
the neata, and row the average orchard J
in Waj ne county resembles a miniature
arsenal, and everybody Ispopptngaway,
even including young, unmarried and
especially bashful farmers. When
strange sounds of firing are heard up
that way. they do no longer fear Span
innlF. for they know that it is worms. 1
Despite all efforts, and great as is the
laughter, the worm birth-rate seems I
to e ceed the worm death-rate) so that
at inst accounts In the race between
man and worm, for the l'JD apple crop,
file worm was o,uted at odds and no
Bakers.
Novel Salt la Sight.
Some novel litigation is promised In
Maine unless the Western Union Tele
graph company planks down $2J,0UO
for the failure to deliver a telegram.
Last February, report the Boston
Transcript, the newspapers of the coun
try were bristling with headlines tell
ing of the cold-blooded murder of one
'Mamie Small, who lived in the ususlly
quiet village of Gardiner, Me. The
murderer was Bradford Knight, who
had been paying attention to Miss
Small, contrary to her wish and that of
her parents. According to the Ken
nebec Journal of Augusta, Mamie
Small's sister, Lizzie, was on a train
bound for Gardiner on the afternoon of
the murder, when she noticed that
Knight was n passenger on the same
train. Knowing him to be a desperate
character, she sent a telegram from a
station on the line of the rond telling
her sister tliat Knight was to be In
Gardiner and directing her to leave
town at once. She sent this message by
the Western Union Telegraph company,
but the dispatch, owing to alleged neg
ligence, was never delivered. It is
claimed that it was received at the
Gardiner office shortly after four p. m.
Knight met Mamie Small at seven
o'clock that evening nnd shot her. A
claim for $2(1,0(10 In tho name of the
dead girl's mother and' one of $5,000 in
that of her sister have been filed with
the telegraph company and damages to
that amount have been asked for. If no
settlement is made suit will be brought.
Bradford Knight is now confined in the
insane asylum at Augusta,
All odd case of hysteria is reported
Prom Abilene. Ivan. A lady of the town
hn: been entertaining her niece, a
young woman from another town, and
ever nines the arrival of the girl the
Bouse has been made the target of peep
era and burglars, li the evening before
(Li family bad gone to bed there would
be a crash of glass, and then the young
woman would come flying in terror to
her aunt with the story that she had
seen the face of n man nt the window
and when he found he was observed he
broke the window and ran. After win
dows had been broken all over the
house officers were set to watch for
several nights. At last one officer,
brighter than the rest, discovered that
all the glass broken from n window fell
outward, showing that it must have
been struck from the inside. A Watch
was then placed over the girl anil slu
was soon caught in the act of breaking
a window, after which she ran scream
ing to her aunt with the same old story
.irvut a man. Her strange performance
in accounted for on the theory of a hys
terical condition in which she "sees
things" and then does things uncon
sciously, Nothing taxable which Spain's cupid
ity could reach not even the grave
seems to have escaped the clutches of
her representatives in Cuba. A vivid
idea of the thoroughness of their meth
ods in this particular is given In the
fact that a yearly tax was assessed upon
each letter on the signs used by mer
chants anil others. This impost was
farmed out to contractors, who, in col
lecting, were often arbitrary and an
noying. It was to remain in force till
June, 199, nnd Americans who have
begun business and have hung out
signs at any time within the year are
compelled to pa- a full year's tax.
Somebody plainly observed one day
that Uncle Sam was running his prem
ises on bachelor principles. Inasmuch
as his national helpmeet is the God
di as of Lihi rty, who does nothing but
pose on her pedestal, it was suggested,
writes Bertha Damaria Knobe in Wom
an's Home Companion, that there
should be a practical Aunt Sam to give
the womanly touches to our towns.
Since there Is no Aunt Sam. the club
women have assumed these housewife
ly responsibilities in hundreds of ham
lets. They are industriously sweeping
the streets, securing receptacles for
scrap:., calling down the weeds, plant
ing shade trcts, opening ii parka in
short, by such attractivelmprovements,
keeping dirt-collecting communities
from literally getting "in the dumps."
The wide i Stent of this movement may
be instanced in Minnesota. This one
.-state has Sj f derated clubs of women,
and of this number 4fi are enthusiastic
ally devoted to the Improvement of
their respective towns. In most cases
the transformation from unattractive
villages into beautiful and Deflowered
garden spots has been simply wonderful.
The latest suggestion for maple sirup
without the maple comes from a Vir
ginia woman nnd may send a wave of
consternation over the sugar camps of
Vera. out and northern New York.
"Take clean corncobs," says this eco
nomical woman, "and cover with wa
ter: let them boil until all tlc sub
atance is boiled out, and you will have
a liquid about the color of tea; strain
this carefully through a fine cloth; add
brown sugar nnd boil down to n nice
simp. Let it stnnd one day, and it is
ready for use. You cannot tell this
from pure maple sirup, nnd it is much
cheaper."
The city of Chicago is built on a sink
ing plain, according to Prof, 0, K. Gil
bert, who presents the facts In the lat
est volume of the geological survey re
ports to show Unit the northern and
eastern shores of all the great lakes are
rising and the southern and western
shores falling. The lake at Chicago is
rising at the rate of nine or ten Inches
in a century. Already that city has
elevated its -ite considerably, and the
prospect is thai it mast keep it up In
definitl ly, i r remove Its plant gradual
ly to the more central and desirable lo
cation of St. Louis, jocularly observes
the Globe-Democrat of the latter city.
Keeping a town permanently on jack
screws is inconvenient and expensive.
If Chicago is looking around for a new
stand it will find nothing to compare
with St. Louis.
An unexpected but frequent cause of
fire, according to Fire Marshal Beery of
New York, Is due to cleaning carpets on
the floor without taking them up. Near
ly ,J1 the preparations guaranteed to
make carpets good a "new without mak
ing it necessary to lift them from the
floor contain naphtha, which has in
flammable qualities in a disagreeable
degree. When used for cleaning car
pets on the. floor, it soaks into the floor
boards to a greater or less extent, nnd
contact with an overheated steam, hot
air or hot water pipe will do the rest.
Members of the State Law and Or
der U-.iguc of Connecticut attempted
one day lately at Canaan to put some
3,000 gallons of hard cider where it
would do no mure harm'' by smashing
the barrels containing it In front of
the town hall I nd letting the stuff run
away. MUCH ol it touml its wuy across
the square and into the basement of
Christ church, where it threatened to
ruin the carpet of the Sunday-school
room. A vestry man stopped the smash
ing of the barrels after a wordy war
with the smashers, in which nearly the
whole town took sides.
A coroner's jury delivered the follow
ing verdict on the sudden 'death of a
incrchuut who had recently failed in
business: "We, the jury, find, from the
cw doctor's statement, that the de
ceased came to his death from heart
failure, superinduced by business fail
. are. which was can3ed by speculation
failure, which was the result of failure
to see for enough ahead."
Evidr-itly the Chicago llecord does
not approve of the practice on the part
of leading educators of soliciting en
dowments for their respective Institu
tions of learning, it says: "The king
of New York beg gars is said to be worth
$l(!0,ooo. but we nre not told of which
college he is president."
The French have laid a claim to
Dewey on the ground that he descends
from n Huguenot family named De
lluoy, and the Jlwlgians have put In a
pita for him as De Wey. The Spuniards,
as the Buffalo Commercial observes,
have not yet filed their claim.
An old maiden lady of Chicago makes
her living by washing cats, and no
doubt thinks that is better than if In
her girlhood she had annexed a hus
band and was now compelled to spend u
great deal of her lime washing brats.
Among the provisions of the will of
Mr. Martha 1!. Stevens, of Iloboken,
was one that, after certain property had
been distributed, the six heirs should
draw lots for the remainder. This pro
vision was carried cut.
A Columbus (O.) woman refuses to
pay for a piano, and sets up the claim
that she was hypnotized by the agent
who sold it to her. That agent should
have no trouble in finding a Job if he
ever needs one.
Aruerloa for Hoys.
"I have come home solely on account
of my boy," said a New York widow of
moderate means, who to the astonisbi
ment of her friends, reports the Press,
suddenly reappeared in America after
a prolonged residence In Europe. "As
far a I am concerned 1 sm much more
comfortable abroad, where my little
income goes twice as far and life Is
much easier. The girls, too, I can edu
cate cheaper and better on the other
side, but there is do doubt about it,
American boys should be educated at
home in order to be successful men In
their own country. I have watched
the results quite closely, and in nine
cases out of ten it is like fitting u square
putch to a round bole when they come
home and go to work. For young men
of property who intend living a life of
leisure It is all well enough, but for
those who hove their own wuy to make
it Is, in my opinion, a fatal mistake to
educate them there. They lose the
power of assimilating themselves, so to
speak, and, what is more, they form no
early friendships with their own coun
trymen. So, ufter thinking it over, 1
made up my mind that my boy's future
was worth a sacrifice, and here 1 am,
although it means to me skimping and
striving In New Yolk when I might be
living in case end plenty on the conti
nent. I shall semi my boy to a good
boarding school and afterward to a
home college, and 1 shall then feel I
have done my best for him."
Then Ito Wfklkrd.
"They tell me your gait was es
teemed one of the finest in the regi
ment." "You flatter me."
"No. I. lent. Wagstaff said yon
marched magnificently."
"The lieutenant may not be a good
Judge."
"i fane , he Is. To my mlrd (here!?
nothing that makes a man more pre
sentable and really attractive than a
graceful walk. My curiosity is greatly
aroused. May I ask a favor of you?"
"Certainly."
"Then 1 would like to see you walk."
And she handed him his hat,
Wheelmen and travelers who wish
to go in light marching order, but ob
ject to using the glass ut the wayside
spring or drinking fountain for fear of
Infectious microbes, may now Invest
in a lip guard ami protector. This ap
pliance, which is the invention or a
Boston man. Is merely a metal or rub- ,
her shield which slips over the drink
ing glass and is held In plnee by the ;
natural spring of the material. There ;
will be no sale for this device In Keu-
tucky.
Arthur W. Dewey, a cousin of the ad- ;
mirul. who baa just returned to Boston
from a two years' trip abroad, says that ;
he as In Rome the day the Spanish ;
fleet waa annihilated at Manila, and the
next day u Dumber of Italian bunkers.
Who hud heard of his arrival, rushed to j
his hotel to assure him of t heir surprise
St seeing such a great captain so soon
after the battle. Mr. Dewey put them !
straight.
The branding of a child fn New York
the other day with a redhot irtm hus
brought to light the fact that some of :
the missionaries working to convert the
Jews of the East side have frequently
marked Jewish children by tattooing a
cross on the arm. A Dr. Joseph Cruder
lectures that such children have been (
brought to him by tlair ; a rents for the
purpose of having the marks removed.
When a lecturer starts off with a gal-
ion pitcher of water before him It looks
. tv tutichaslf he was taking every pre
caution to avoid giving a dry lecture.
RAW AS BEEF
FROM ECZEMA!
do Torture Equal to the
This Fearful Disease.
At Wlnfleld, Kan., every Arrangement
had been made for a funeral when the
graved Igger came rushing in and an
nounced that he had stria 1: solid rock
In the grave and would require consid
erable time to blast through it. The
funeral waa postponed for a day.
Dowlblg Oreen, ".. has a mayor who
thinks he has struck a new reform In
the right spot, lie sentenced a "tou?h"
to attend Sunday school and church
every Sunday for eight weeks or go to
prison for '20 days.
Not mueh attention la often paid to the
first symptoms of Ecsema, but It Is not lout
before the little redness begins to itch and
Itching and Burning ot .5
aursoie. n is a common miuc to return
a roughness and redness of the skin si
merely a local irritation ; It is but an indica
tion of a humor in the blood of terrible
Eesema which is more than skin-deep, and can not be reached by local appli
cations of ointments, salves, etc., applied to the surface. The disease itself,
the real eause of the trouble, is in the blood, although all suffering is produced
through the skin ; the only way to reach the disease, therefore, is through
the blood.
Mr. Phil T. Jones, of Mixersville, Ind., writes?
"I had Eczema thirty years, and after a great deal
of treatment my leg was so raw and sore that it gave me
constant pain. It finally broke into a running sore, and
began to spread and grow worse. For the past five or
aix years 1 have suffered untold agony and had given up
all hope of ever being free from the disease, as I have
been treated by ,mme of the beBt physicians and have
taken many biond medicines, all in vuin. With little
faith left I legan to take 8. 8. 8., and it apparently
made the Eczema worse, but I knew that this was the
way the remedy got rid of thu poison. Continuing
8. 8. 8., the sore healed up entirely, the skin booame
clear and smooth, and I was cured perfectly."
Eczema is an obstinate disease and car. not be cured by u remedy which ii
only a tonic. Swift's Specific
S. 3. S. FOR THE BLOOD
is superior to other blood remedies because it cures diseases which they can
not reach. It goes' to the bottom to the cause of the disease and will curs
the worst case of Eezoma, no matter what other treatment has failed. It is
the only blood remedy guaranteed to be free from potash, mercury or niiy
other mineral, and never fails to cure Ecsema, Scrofula, Contagious Blood
Poison, Cancer, Tetter, Rheumatism. Open Sores, Ulcers, Boils, etc. Insist
uuon S. 8. 8. : notions: can take its place.
Books on these diseases will be mailed free to any address by Swift Bpw
eirlc Company, Atlanta, Georgia.
ADVERTISE
IN
THE POSl
Safest Investment, Largest Dividends.
A portion of the full paid anil non-assessable capital stock of the Boston & Texas
Copper Company is offered for sale at Five Dollars per share (par $10 for Treasury
purposes'), and is rccommttjided as a safe and highly promising investment.
The company controls twelve thousand seres of rich copper land in North Texas
which is also valuable for farming and town site purposes. The tract is some 10
miles long and about three miles wide. It is equivalent in sire to five hundred ordi
nary raining claims,
The property has been developed sufficiently to begin producing at once, large
amounts of the richest copper ore 40 to 70 per cent.) taken out nnd marketed, and
inexhaustible quantities of copper marl and clay running from 3 to 15 per cent,
copper found. (Calumet and Hecla an 1 other great dividend payers are working on
1 to 3 per cent, ore.)
The property is within 12 miles of a railroad and fuel and water arc available.
The on-H and marl are oa the surface and a few feet down, and can he mined and
converted into copper cheaper than any other deposits in America. Copper will be
produced on the ground and a plant of moderate cost will treat 300 to 500 tons of
ore and material per day, and according to engineers estimates earn 83,000 to 85,000
per day net. with copper at 15 cts per pound. It ia now 18 ct. per pound.
The property has a historical reputation and a rscord in tho State Geological
Reports. It has been examined and reported upon by the highest engineering, geo
logical and expert authorities, and its merit and value are established beyond all
question. It is not an experiment, nor its value speculative, they are proven and
demonstrated.
From Report of Prof. Wm. DeRyee, former State Chemist of Texas.
II Such numerous outcrops of copper ore have been traced over the summit and
sides of those hills that out of 12,000 acres of land which the company own, hardly
a lf0 acre tract should be found without ore upon the surface.
A crOSt-CUt to the depth of 15 feet was made upon the I shell lead, and ten
hiiar' work resulted in the raising of 6,000 lbs. of rich copper ore, averaging about
fiO per cent of copper. (Worth $3C0, net.)
It is easily smelted and the strata in which it is found can also be more econom
ically excavated than other in which copper ores occur.''
Prom Report of Prof. W. F. Cummins, former Oeologlst of Texas.
" In order that I might see the condition of this lodo after this amount
of work had been done, I employed a few hands and cleaned out the tunnels
when I found a lode of copper. This is the disulphatc of copper and will yield as
high as 70 per cent, of copper. I drove the tunnel twenty feet further Into the
hill, following the lode. When 1 had gone about twelve feet I struck another
lode of copper eighteen inches east and six inches below the second lode. In three
feet more we struck another lode below the second lode. Immediately below the
lower sandstone is a stratum of cupriferous marl schists extending the entire width
of the tunnel, say four feet, and is probably much wider. This marl will yield
about 15 per cent, of copper."
From Report of Prof. (iustave Weatman, Mining Engineer.
" I beg to express my entire satisfaction with and confidence in the report
made by Prof. W. F. Cummins.
- I only had to remove one foot of earth from the surface on the three spots
already mentioned in order to find large deposits bedded into the clay. After
washing, this clay was found to contain 15 per cent, of copper ore of same value si
aboe. These ores could of course lie taken out and made avsilable at a relatively
small expense. 1
The cupriferous marl situated below the sandstone, contninine IS per cent
of copper, caa be estimated worth at the place nt least 810. 00 per ton, net."
From Report of Oeorge F. Kendall, Mining Engineer.
" It is a self-evident fact deduciblc from every report that on this property
large bodies of copper ore exists and that hundreds of tons have been shipped ol
high grade ore.
That a deposit of this nnturo can at a very small expense be made to yield
handsome profits, from all existing reports, appears not only likely but certain."
From Report of Francis Arthur Read, Superintendent.
" This property is all right and there is all the copper you want here I think il
is the best in Texas and it seems to have been selected as such for copper. It il
near the top of a water shed and the hills crop out here. I thiuk there is oil ben
because there is coal. Oil has been found at Corsienna. The property is adapted
to genera! fsrming purposes which seems to be very profitable here and a tnw:i
could be laid out on it and a railroad built to Dundee, 12 miles, to great advantage "
The Qreat Boom in Copper Shares.
Copper mining has proved the safest and most profitable industry In America,
and the largest and most conservative capitalists in the world have receutly become
large investors in copper stocks.
This company can produce copper as cheaply as any in the world. It is capi
talized the lowest of any in proportion to its acreage, and at the price of copper
bearing land in Michigan (800 per acre) containing a much less per cent, of copper,
has a large value in excess of its low capitalization ($2,500,000.)
Receipts for ore and assays by the leading chemists and assuyers in the country
are on file in tho company's offices.
The officers and directors of the company are men of the highest standing and
business capacity, and include :
Hon. Emery M. Low, manufacturer, mayor of Brockton, MasV, President.
George W. Russell, Esq., paper manufacturer, Boston, Vice-l'resideut.
Maj. F. M. Spaulding, 2d Vice-President.
Col. Edward B. Robins, Boston, Treasurer.
Col. James. M. Wheston, Boston, Secretary.
Hon. Jas. W. Bennett, Fx-President Eric Telephone Co.
Only a limited amount of tho stock will be sold at the price of 5 no per share
ami those wishine to secure shares should act at once. As stated the stock is full I
paid and non-assessable. As soon as this allottment is sold the price will I
advanced.
Amount of land, quantity and quality of ore, cheapness of mining and Ires
ment, nearness to transportation, favorable climate for continuous work the yesl
around, the increasing demand aad profit io producing copper considered, tl;
Boston and Texas Copper Company possesses unequalled advantages and affords t!
best kind of an investment. It can easily earn 50 per cent, per year an the price .
which the stock is here offered.
Stock may be ordered through your banker or broker, or direct as below.
FROM REPORT OF T. BURTON EVERETT, MINING ENGINEER AND EXPERT.
Archer Citt, Texas, Mat 3, 189!).
IIo. Emery H. Low. President, and others, Boston, Mass. : Gentlemen : There is sbundsnt evidence of rich copper deposits, not only at the mines already I
opened, but at various other parts of the property, aad it is my opinion that this will prove to be one of tho exceptionally rich copper-bearing fields or the United States.
The ores found io these deposits are immensely rich in copper values snd the cuperiierous clays mat are also iounu nere in immense ueus, wmie DOi as ncu,
will undoubtedly prove of great value on account of the cheapness with which they can be mined aad reduced.
The mines are accessible at every point ; the cost of mining will be very small, as the ore is not in hard formation ; and there is no deep work.
I have eiammed tho various reports made by others, and confirm them.
A fur u I hava been able to investigate, ami T have done so earefullv. lusnf tha onlnion it is one of the richest copper fields in the country.
Very respectfully yours, T. BURTON EVERETT, M. I
Mr. O II. Savage. Mine Examiner of Butte. Montana, after gaining sample of ore from the property, says l "The ore is the richest in the country. If you have the I
field you can pay 91,000,000 dividends per year."
Major F. M. Spaulding, of Boston, and C. F. Crosby, Esq., of Lowell, Mass., who returned June 16th from an examination of the property on behalf of the Coin-I
nanv s stockholders and intending in rcstors, report tliat tnev fnan.l tne property as represented and connrm me expert reports, lacy mic-u uj ejaunueu Lm- mu.i
mines and explored the entire property.
The Company la thoroughly organized with substantial business men in the management. It haa such extensive acreage of land, rich ie
conner. and so easllv and cheaply mined and converted, that dividends can be earned and said during; the current year. Now ia the time to make tl
safe and profitable Investment, and those who take advantage of this opportunity to bay stock at the low price offered will reap the beneft.
Remit by P. O. Order, Registered Letter, Check or Express to Edward B. Robins, Treasurer, Tromontj
Building, Boston, Mass. price 90.00 per snare, suDject to advance.
BOSTON & TEXAS COPPER CO.