Envelopes H I L . ... . tK In fi nOt 3 We bought a large con- J J slgnment of envelopes f U Ldscn hand. They must go I The Drice will do It. "tyj loles and prices for the ask- J Having bought so many J J we secured a rock bottom figure. Send for samples J - ve furnish them printed less than you can buy tntm ,thaut printing. 2 and prices. f- W. Wagenseller, Eiiw Prprietr. k Family Journal, Devoted U Hew, Science, Art, Political Ecoioaj and Correal Llteratore. Rale: One Dollar Per Annuo, la Adraact r p I.tl OL. XXXIX MIDDLEBUEGH SNYDEE COUNTY PENNA. JULY 24 1902 NUMBER 21) --All ' We It tlut Hand 'f all Mills of I DS Jiin a dis. berofl Xeti Hcd ;nudj Ula ggfLL'CIP LOCAL LACONICS lVliere ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to k bill may be pretty steep and still .. . i i tlie he pen is mightier than the sword, L. WllCll iiihiihiv.....b ............. kVhell a WHO lirrei i ucr uuanwius .. l t i l.. Lt lu may seek consolation in on line num who doesn't blow his own L generally has to no without 4 !.. A I.. -.1 L,.ookiug f"r someone to do. him a 1 turn. ... i i. i.-.i Wlii'H a li'llow ureams lie is ucing Li down by an automobile, is it a Ut-inarc'.' fwiifii a man Amis himself in a hole iiw-t expect his friends to look i,m mi him. ... -11 ... - .1. A-.. Indications ill nil parisoi uic country .to the effect that iuail will be very Idit.- tins season. Assaulted by two men, Aggie P.eek- sis found bound and gagged near L niiiuloali Tuesday. iXIrubb's Church Sunday school ill hold their annual picnic, on Satur- More titan a score of the leading city ImiI county superintendents of schools re graduates of the I-irst J'ennsylva- . . Mill. li;l Male Hlllll en u.n.l i hihut lie. The weekly State, a Milton newspa- cr that was to have been run on the iidle-s chain plan, will not likely be iicd as the government lias stopped he vi'licine. Tin re will be no suits preferred iruiibt the Cambria Steel Company .r the rolling mill mine accident un it is proved by the coronor's jury hat the company was to blame. Tlie potato crop in many sections is oportrd way below the average, and lieie will be almost a failure judging 'mm what is learned where the tubes iave been dug up. Continued drought ind protracted wet spell are assigned liliercaxoii for the shortage. D-pitc the ficklo character of the weather during the pa-t month, the limit crop in Pennsylvania, Delewnre l;ind el.. where lias not apparently been 'it . .(I. The unusually cold weather Iwln'.-h pcrvailed a fortnight ago r tiirl- ii the liiM iiiug process, but did not in I any way damage the corp. Jit. Cannel intended to discharge her only patient fr(ini t)ie emergency Ho-pital it.- cured, sometime last Tues day, and (I U infect and close the build-in;;-, when nil hopes that the epidemic was a thing of the past, were shattered Monday evening when three new well developed cases were discovered and tulun to the Hospital. it i- said that a man who won't take a paper because he can borrow one has invented a machine with which he can cook hi dinner by the smoke from his neighbor's chimney. This same fellow sit' in tiie buck pew in church to save intuit on Ids contributions. And is always borrowing a ride to town to save the w' car and tear of his own horseflesh. Vi-, we all know him. lie is a first cousin to the man who never winds up hi dock for fear of breaking the spring. A state law, approved March 2., 1000, "ay that the owner or occupant of land abutting on any highway in the town ship shall during September ofeachyear cut ami remove all briers, brush and weeds, and In case of failure to do so, lie township committee shall cause micli work to be done and any owner shall pay hucIi expense incurred w ith costs, if suit be necessary before i justice ff the peace. BARK WANTED. We will pay the highest cash price for bark delivered In Middteburg. t(. JIlDDI.KHUUU LEATJIKU MkO Co TO I I RE A COLD IX OXE DAT, Take Laxative IJromo-Quinine Tablets All druggists refund the money if it falls to euro. E. W. Grove's signature ou each box. 2To Zluc nntl untitling Make Dcvoe Lead and Zino Paint wear twice as long as lead and oil mixed by hand 11-21-ly. The pugilist M-rfers a belt around the waist to one ou the juw. It is better to have a man stand on his dignity than to sit all over you. I You never hear conceited jieople complaning that life isn't worth living. The carpenters are busily engaged making some much needed repairs at the Court House. The Christian Endeavor Society of the Lutheran church will hold a fes tival on the church lawn, Saturday evening Aug. 2. Call on A. K. Hole In ins new tunv ingand hair cutting parlor for your head cleaned with a refreahing shimi poo and a clean towel to each patron on the north side of Market square op posite Central Hotel. Satisfaction guar anteed, tf. The Pen 11 township school board have elected the following teachers for the conuniiig school term: Kantz, A. T'rdley; Fisher's, Herlart Herman: Salem, Michael IJat.ey; Schoch's, I). I,, (icinbcrling; Fair Oak, 'W. P. Jarret; Hill Ki.d, II. C. Hendricks; Hoycrs, Lottie Lcplcy; Ott's, M. It. Herman. The Lewistowu school board has ac cepted the plans and specifications of Architect John F. Stettlcr for a new school building to 'ie erected on Logan street. The budding will be a two story, having eight school rooms, and will be a handsome structure, com plete and modern in all its arrange ments. A traveling man out west broke his automobile between towns. He spied a farmer nearby repairing a mower. On reaching the fence the farmer askod ' other what kind of -i machine that -out in the road. "That," said the tra -eling man, "is an automobile. What d you call that thing you are pound ing on over there?" "Tnat," said the farmer, "automoliay, but it won't." E. K. Cnuigier, the Harrisburg pho tographer, and his family, have the sympathy of their friends heie, in tli.'ir misfortune. Last week they lost all their household goods and photo graph slock and material by fire, wlibdi started in the rear of Kleckner's hard ware store adjoining their residence and gallery. Mr. ( imigler's loss is part ly covered by insurance but his loss of property mid business is hard to esti mate. I'.ut a few years ago he sullered great loss in property and bis busircss was destroyed caused by the building caving in in the erection of the build ing adjoining ii. Millcrsburg 1 lerald. Mr. dangler is a son of dipt. J. W. (Jaugier of Sclinsgrove. Granted a I.inlilini: Franchise. The Sclinsgrove borough Council lias granted a franchise to a Mltllin county syndicate composed of A. ('. Scholl, Carl Fspelischade, John J. Patterson, Jr., 'William 1 Ierl.lcr and T. K. 1 leav er, for the purpose of lighting the town with electricity. The remote object, it is stated, is the connection of a trolley line between Millliutown and Sclins grove in the near future. The Xtw Pension Law. Under the new pension law just pass ed Ly congress, all pensioners under the general law are entitled 'to an In crease of $10 per month. All peiisun ers under the act of June "7, lsno, who arc blind and who are disabled so that they require the frequent, though not constant, attendance of another person are entitled to $:!0 per month as soon as the law is signed by the President. There are no other changes in the pen sion law. Look at our Mail. The postal authorities have fixed a penalty of f 200 on persons taking mail out of the post ofllce other than their own and not returning it. The law is to have people look at their mail be fore taking it out of the ofllce, and should they have mail other than their own they must return it at once. It also includes newspapers. The excuse that it is the postmaster's fault cuts no tlgure. If you have been getting oth er people's mail take warning or you may get into very serious trouble. Xuiice. To raise good crops and improve your laud use a good bone and slaughter house phosphate. Manufactured and sold by It. S. Aucker, Shamokln, Pa. Can be bought direct or from G. It. Hendricks & Son, Sclinsgrove, Pa. Fresh animal bone and slaughter house phosphate from $19 up. High grade commercial phosphate from $18 down. 7-10-St. jftkia PERTINENT PERSONALS fejfe J, E. Magee, of K reamer, spent Mon day in town. L. 3. 1)crr, of Paxtonville, was notic ed on our streets Monday. H. I). Schnure, of Selinsgrove, was seen on our streets the latter part of last week. Mrs. McKinney, of fiunbury, is visit ing Mrs. Issalella Koush on West Market St. Messrs. Frank J. and Ira Schoch, of Selinsgrove, were noticed on our streets last Saturday. J. A. Uowersox, of Centreville, while In town on Friday niade the Post a very pleasant call. JIaster Paul Howersox, returned on Monday afier visiting relatives at Sha inokin and Sunbiiry. John Stahlneeker, who Is employed at Lock Haven, is in town enjoying a visit with his parents. John Fields, of Krcamer, transacted business in town Monday. He also made us a pleasant call. Miss P.lanchc Hingamnn, of Phila delphia, is the honored guest of .Misses Lottie and Pertha Crousc. Mrs. L. E. Pawling, of Sclinsgrove, spent Monday in town with her broth er, Hon. G. Alfred Schoch. Mrs. Scott Itiltcr, who has been very ill with congestive chills, we are pleas ed to say, is much improved. Miss Eva Wei .el, who is employed at Sunbiiry, is spending a week under the parental roof at Swineforil. Miss Kate (Jemberling, of Selins grove, is being entertained in town, the guest of Frank Specht and wife. Miss Sailie Snyder, who is working In the silk mill at Runbury, is visiting her parents on West Market St. Henry Grubb, of Milllinburg, made us an agreeable call on Wednesday and paid another years subscription. John Snyder, in company with two friends all of Liverpool, spent a day the latter part of last week in town. Editor I. milliard, of the Tribune, Selinsgrove, spent Monday in town, the guest of his daughter, Mrs. M. I. Potter. John X. I'.rosius and family spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives at Mt. Pleasant Mills. John also took in the picnic. Thomas Specht and family and Jerry Wetzel and wife drove to lieavertown on Sunday where they spent the day with their parents. Mrs. Hitter, of Sunbiiry, and Panicl Hitter and wife, of Sliamok'u: Dam, were the guests of the formers sou, ex- Shcriff Hitter, over Sunday. Harry Hurler and wife, of Sunbiiry, spent Sunday in town. Mrs. Harter remained here to help nurse her father, J. W. Orwig, back to health. I. G. Seiicr, the crack fisherman and all-around sport, called on a number of our business people in town on Thurs day. He also called at this ollice. Hen ton Straub and wife and Agus- tus Straub and wife, all of Pallas, stop ped for supper, Saturday, at G. M. Shindcl on tlieir way to visit Samuel Straub at Centreville. Clias. E. Sanipsel, the Itcpublican nominee for Sheriff, of Centreville, stopped in town Monday, while eiirout for the West End where he will spent the week looking up his many friends. He was accompanied by his son and daughter. On Tuesday forenoon Mrs. John Sny der was taken ill very suddenly and it was feared that she would die cro med ical aid could lie summoned. The fam ily physician after examination pro nounced it gall-stones and soon had the patient resting much easier. Ruth Uowcrsox, Ella Hottenstine, Katie, Willis, Mamie Arbogast, Geo. Willis, ICeimer Runkle, Joe Potter and Hoy Arbogast made up a jolly crowd of little folks who enjoyed last Friday at the creek. The little ladies had pre pared refreshments which were served for dinner and supper. John Kreeger, of Swineford, Wm. Punkelberger, of Sunbury, Mr. and Mrs. Ilert Row, of Millcrsburg, Miss Libbie Dunkelbergcr, of town and lady friend of Sunbury, enjoyed a few days outing at Swift Run last week trying their luck at trout fishing. The catch is not reported. K. C.,Walter and family, of Reaver 8pringa, were Sunday visitors in town. Harry Owens, the hustling agent for the Deerlng Machine Co., was noticed ou our Streets last week. A. B. Sheary, Justlce-of-the-peaee of Centreville, transacted legal business at the Court House Monday. John Moatz- and wife are visiting friends at Fremont, Liveqiool, Mc Kees and Selinsgrove this week. V. H. Shindel, on Thursday, went to visit his uncle, Richard Eiscnhart, at Horeeheads, Xew York. James K. Rums, proprietor of the East End grocery, Selinsgrove, was a County Seat visitor Monday. Dr. J. W. Orwig, who has been con fined to the house for the past week with pueumonia is improving. John P. Smith and grand-daughter, Elizabeth Moatz, are visiting Elmer Snyder and wife at Selinsgrove. Ham. Wittenmyer returned home on Monday after spending several days with his sister, Mrs. fireen, at Lewis town. Mr. J. W. Steiver, a Jolly and pros perous farmer, of Jit. Pleasant Mills, made us a pleasant call while in town on Tuesday. McClellan Wenricti, a practical plum ber and steam fitter of Selinsgrove, is in trwn this week, tilting in a bath tub at the home of Joint Steiniuger. Ed Charles Is the recipient of a souv enir from the White House, at Wash ington, D. ('., sent him by a friend. It is In the form of a few of the nails that were driven when the floor of the White House was laid. Mr. Charles values them very highly. On Saturday while Misses Cora Trewitzand Norn Stuck, two young ladies of town were ou their way to the picnic at Mt. Pleasant Mills, they had the mliiurttrhe of driviug over Mrs. Miller's dog. We are pleased to say that there was no serious damage done. Messrs. Jolui (JclnetJ, P.ruce Crousc, Lloyd JJowersox and Misses Lottie ami Rcrtha Crousc and .Miss IWanehe Ming amau invaded u certain peach orchard the other night. We are sorry to say that no peaches and the teeth of the dog of the owner of the orchard was tlieir reward, lietter go in daytime hcreafer. The Swindler. The country papers are full ol ac counts of swindlers practicing their wiles on country folks, who persist in dealing witli strangers in a manner that would cause immediate suspicion ifliis nearest neighbors or dealer, whom he knows all about, w ould suggest il. To avoid being swindled, deal with men you know deal with linns who yon know; deal with linns who advertise their business and methods in news papers, because they are not ashamed of them. The swindler who travels through the country alms to keep bin business out of the public press; avoids the country newspaper the same as lie does a police. Jteware of strangers; patronize the man you know. Old Copies of the Post Wauled. While the subscribers of the Post are hunting up tlieir old newspapers, they might look for the copies of the Post that are missing from our files. We w ill pay liberally for a copy of each of the following dates : July 8, Sept. i, Unit; Apr. (i, Oct. l.'t, 1S7!I; Jan. 2li, lsTl; Apr. 17, lN7:t; Nov. 4, Dec. 23, lS7o; Mar. 7, 1S7S; May lo, 1S7'.); March 10, May 5, 1S71; April 2i. 1883; Mar. 27, June 12, Oct. .'!0, lss-l; Sept. 17, Dec. 3, 10, 17,24, lSS.-;Jan. 2S May 0, Oct. 18, Dec. 23, lssii; Dec. 2!, 1878. . tf. At Private Sale. The undersigned oilers at privatesale a farm, on the public road leading from Fremont to Richfield. Containing alioutSO acres, in a high state of culti vation, also about 20 acres of good tim ber laud. Good buildings, fruit trees and water on the farm. For particulars address, J. W. Stkivkk, Aug. 20. t Mt. Pleasant Mills, Pa. Sixty Yearn nl ropnliirlty is the record of Painkiller (Perry Da vis'), but the shops are full of imita tions made to sell upon the great repu tation of the genuine; be cautious, there fore, when you ask for a bottle to see that you get the genuine. An unfail ing remedy for coughs, colds, bronchitis. How to Escape From Lightning. Many people, and eseciidly women, have a great dread of lightning. For that reason they will not carry bits of metal in their pockets during a storm. Others get as far away from the piano as possible, believing the wires to be a great point of danger. And there are still others who will not set near a window. Prof. J. W. Lengley, an expert elec trical engineer, declares that the mid dle of the room is the safest plaee dur ing a storm. There is a constant tendency on the part of electricity in the sky to reach the ground, he said. To do this it must have a conductor. Atmospheric elec tricity alwavs follows the outside of the conductor or agency that leads it to the ground. Tlr.it. s whv the middle of the room is the safest during an elec trieal storm. More people niv struck by lightning in the country than in the cities The reason for thin is because the builders haye unwittingly safeguarded the cit ies. Ituildiiigs have tin and copper eaves and troimhs. Many of the roofs are of metal. Wires everywhere. All these tilings are conductors. Lightning must concentrate itself. It must llnii the weakest spot. I'.ut the city is so generally covered with con ductors that there is practically no weakest spot. In the country it is different. One tree is higher than the rest. Perhaps there is a stream of water beneath it. That tree is the weakest spot in the wood anil the lightning destroys it. A farmhouse stands in I lie vacant lot. I here arc no other houses near. That house is th weakest spot, and there the lightning strikes. Hi id. do in Sand and Cement. A new process for making bricks out of sand and cement lias been put in operation in Missouri. No ovens or I burning processes are nwossary, the Il 1..! ..e ii. . 1 I ! I .. unniiiiii oi mi; oiicivn ociiming us soon as it is taken from tin- mould, and in fifteen days it is ready for delivery. During the process of moulding, a single brick uudeuncs a pressure of li.", ooo pounds. In thirty days from the lime the hardening process lupins the brick w ill stand a presureof fen Ions: in sixty days, a pics-nr" of sixty-live Ions. The ordinary pressure required for building purposes is about eieht tons. In addition any dosirtd color may be introduced into the sand and cement mixture. When taken from the mould the sn' I mixllllc lilll-l be handled w il h extn me care. The brick are then place. 1 upon lai'oe racks Imilt for 1 1 lit t piirpo.-o, where they are -prayed with water from no automatic sprinkler every four hours. This is done to assist the action of tlie eelnelit in setting properly. The hardening process naturally begins at the outward surface of the In iek and continues in ward. New (lidi,ius Home. An important step has been taken ly the Odd Fellows of Central Pennsyl vania and before long they will have another home in connection w ith tlie Orphans Home near Sunbury. i'.y a decision of the officers a wort by insti tution for indigent Odd Fellows and their w ives will be established. Plans now made call for a new home pear the site of the present one, to be creel ed at a cost of $:!it,iNHi. The new build ing will In mc the Orphans 1 Ionic while the old one will lie used as a home for tlie aged Odd Fellows and tlieir wives. .. H.illicr F.xpcnsive Fish. Constable A. A. linker, cx-oflicio game warden of Sullivan county, the other day captured Iwo men who had fifty trout under six inches in length in their baskets and promptly took them before 'Squire Ruschhausoii at Laporte. The men pleaded guilty and were fined $'ii)0 and costs. One man had twcnly-four trout and tlie other twenty-six, hut they concluded to di vide the amount equally between them. Sixth Annual Re-lnion. The sixtli annual re-union of the Re formed church of central Pennsylvania will be held Thursday, July 31st, re gardless of rain, at Island Park. In case of very disagreeable weather the services will bo held ill First Reformed church, Sunbury, Pa. MAIiltlF.n. On July (i, at Kratzervllle by Rev. J. Shambach, William O. Heiser and Vergie M. Ridley, botii of Kratzervllle. C01RT HOUSE CHIPS. Deeds Entered for Record. Melvlna lturton, Rosa E. Hartman and John C. Hartman, her husband, to Samuel E. Smith, a lot of ground in Monroe Twp. containing T.ml square feet, for $'on. Louisa (Mass to William E. Glass, house and lot in Freeburg, for f 'wO. Catharine Rower and Thomas Row er, her husbniid, to Frederick E. Row er, for lot No. 12, in the Imrough of Middlebtirg, for $1 (and in further con sideration of tlie express icq nest of Catharine Krenicr). Frederick E. Power and wife to the First National Hank of Middlebtirg, Pa., same premises as above, for $10(10. The Spring Telephone Co. to the Ju niata A: Susquehanna Telephone Co., the telephone lines, franchises, etc., for $2-"),iKi(i. Mnunrit l ulls lAciirsloiiH. T he Pennsylvania Hailroad Company has selected the following dates for its popular ten-day excursions to Niagara Falls from Washington and I'.alliniorc; July 21, August 7 and l'I, September I ami is, October '1 and Pi. On these dates the special train will leave Wash ington at Ml, III., lialtiluore !l;ir a. III., N'oik lu:l" a. in., Harrisburg 11:10 a. in., Jlilleisliipg lL':''u p. in., Sunbiiry I2:"s p. mi, Williamsport p. m., Lock Haven .'i:iis p. in., Ueiiovo .'!:.V p. in., Kmporium Junction '.u. p. m., ar riving Niagara Falls at !i:.'i"i p. lit. Excursion tickets, good for return pas-age on any regular train, exclusive of limited express trains, within ten days, will he sold at jlo.iMifroni Wash ington ami I'.iiltinioie; s!i.:;."i lidin York; id u. no from Liitlc-town: $lo.m from Oxford. Pa.; '.'.."'p from I 'olumhia; fs..M from Harrisburg: sIo.iki from Winches ter, 'a.; $7. so from Altoona; $7.-10 from Tyrone; $!i.l" from P.cllefoiilo; $.",.li) from Kidgway; $ii.!i(i from Sunbury and Wilkcsbiirrc; $.".7r from Whllams port; ami at proportionate rates from principal points. A stop-over will be, allowed at Ilull'alo within limit of tick et reluming. The special trains of Pullman parlor cars and day coach' s w ill be run with each exeiii-ioti miming through to Ni agara Falls. An el la ehaige will be made for parlor.ear seats. All expel ienced toin i-t a chaperon w ill a uiipany oai -ion. .rent and h excur- For ili script ivc patliph!' !, time of connecting train-, and further infor mat ion apply In in -aie--1 t id; el agent, or address (ieo. W. I io.vd, A i-taiil ( ieii. Passenger Agent, I'.rnad street Station, Philadelphia. Summer Tours to the North. For I in' sum n i t of Pin2 I he Pennsyl vania Ha 1 1 mad Company has arranged to run two per-'iiially-comliictoil lours to Canada and Northern New York. use touts will have July 1'' and August)::, including Niagara Falls, Thousand Islands, Kapids of the St. I.awraiice, iuel , The Saguciiay, .Montreal, Ail Sable Chasm, Lakes ( liainplaiii ayd ( ieorgc, and Saratoga, 'ccupying fifteen day; round-trip rate, 12".. Each tour will be in charge of the Company's tourist agents, a-i ted by an experienced lady as chaperon, whose es ial charge will be unescort ed ladies. The rate covers railway and boat fare for tlie the entire round trip, parlor car seats, meals en route, hotel enter tainment, transfer charges, and car riage hire. For detailed itinerary, tickets, or any additional information, apply to ticket agents or address Geo. V. I!oyd, As sistant General Passenger Agt., P.road Street Station, Philadelphia. Snyder County Choir Convention. The Fith annual choir convention will lie held on the old church grounds near Freeburg, Saturday, Aug. Pith, 1002. The "Choir Leader" containing tin choruses for tlie day can lie had now for rchcarcal at 7 cents per copy. Wm. Moykh, Pres., Freeburg, Pa. Vcr UiiIIoiik; Wciii-m l.oimror. You can paint a building with fewer gallons of Devoe Lead and Zinc than with Mixed paints, and it will wear twice as long as lead and oil mixed by band. tf. niopw in t ou ami Wotm on Ike util Laxative Hromo-t'f limine Tablets cur a cold in a day; No cure, no pay. Priae 2-5 cents. tf a, .V6 in .tW ma, g 8 V If ad- t ol buu I ...