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VOL. XXXIX
MIDDLEBTJEGH SNYDER COUNTY PENNA. JULY 31 1902
NUMBER 30
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jl,t. trout season closes to-day.
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gcnintoii is tureaieneu who auoiuer
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A nmii with a full coal-bin, Is by no
Iihs been.
m u-
fnv h i)litical plum has turned
... ,. n preen persimmon.
What is in a name? One of Chicago's
mkM is named. Good.
So, Archie my boy, do not apply to
.."Jnlist for an eye opener; try a bar
lerk.
The summer girl may not get many
, l.nt she watches eairerlv for the
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Many a i;irl has lovely, soft, white
lalHls nccause ""5
t i.iw. iiru imp iiifiirior Mil
the work.
The (iilU-rfH Sunday school will
i,M Hi. ir iinnuii) picnic on Aug. 23 in
Howell' gnive.
When the mosquitoes coiihm the
rlealer in canopies oegm in nguie up
llie m t profits.
W. H. Kipka is engaged in building
1. ... iKntnti Vl'flfMll flr T If
OVClsllOl "Hill "
liarnmn I?r- ih doing tne work
at home.
The Christian Endeavor Society of
the I.titlicrall cnurcn wiuniu ie
tjval on the church lawn, Saturday
evening Aug. 2.
Those penny ice wagons in Pittsburg
which deliver ten pounds of ice to the
ixior for one cent, is a most commend
able charity, though it Le cold.
wIk.h n man pets home to his wife
after n late session he isn't so much in
terested in the questions oi me uay uo
he U in the questions of the night.
Elaborate preparations for next
month are being made by the people
of Bloom! hi rg for the proper observ
ance of the one hundreth anniversary
of the founding of that town.
Ou Saturday evening about 10 o'clock
some sneak thieves entered the cellar
of I. H. liowersox's confectionery and
stole about 25 pounds of dried beef. An
entrance was gained through a rear
cellar ilxr.
Potatoes are so plentiful In Kansas
and Nebraska that they are a drug In
the market. In the district known as
the Kaw River Valley, in Kansas, the
average yield per acre is estimated at
250 bushels.
The Williamsport Evening News
says that they raise potatoes on the
Smith fide so large as to require the
aid of a four-foot iron bur to pry them
out of the ground. They must be
"whoppers' or this is one.
The lulwr convention at Indianapolis
decided against a strjke among the bi
tuinious coal miners and President
Mitchell says this action Is favorable
for the anthracite strikers and predicts
their ultimate success. He holies to
rui-e enough funds from organized la
bor throughout the country to support
the strikers through an Indefinite per
iod.
Pennsylvania will within the com
ing year pay out between $400,000 and
I5O0.OO0 for bridges destroyed by floods
and the fires in the past six months,
as the luw compelling the State to re
place bridges across navigable streams
when they have been destroyed by
flood, Are, etc., Is being Invoked in
many counties.
English sparrows have attacked
wheat and rye flelds in Allegheny
county, In such large flocks that the
crops have been destroyed.. One large
field on the Alexander farm, two miles
back of Oakmont, has been so badly
damaged that It is not worth cutting.
The sparrows are being shot by the
thousands, and yet they appear as
plentiful as ever.
BARK WANTED. We will -pay the
highest cash price for bark delivered in
Middleburg.
tl. Miudlebvko Leather Mfg Co
TO CURE A t'OLD IS ONE DAT.
Take Laxative Bromo-Qulnlne Tablets
All druggists refund the-money if It
fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature
on each box. 26o
Time and Urlartlag Make
Devoe Lead and Zlne Paint wear twice
as long as lead and oil mixed by hand
11-21-ly.
It's a ticklish job to attempt to get
through life on tick.
A nick name will cling to a man ev
en after he has won a title.
Amandus Sliambach will re-open his
blacksmith shop in the near future.
Mrs. S. E. Davis uses this means In
thanking all those who so kindly as
sisted her in her late bereveuient.
The Evangelical congregation is hav
ing a new (lag-stone walk laid at their
church property on the French Flats.
Call on A. E. Soles In Lis new aunv
ing and hair cutting parlor for your
head cleaned with a refreshing sham
poo and a clean towel to each patron
on the north side of Market square op
posite Central Hotel. Satisfaction guar
anteed, tf.
An American watched a Chinaman
putting a dish of rice on a friend's
grave, and asked him when he expect
ed his friend to come out and eat the
rice. "Sainoe timec," the Chinaman
replied ''your friend coiueu out and
smellce Hewers you put on."
On Sunday while one of Zach liow
ersox's sons was bringing the cows
from the Held he was attacked by a
viseiousdog, owned by the boys grand
father, and badly bitten in the muscle
of the arm. Dr. Herman was com
pelled to put quite u number of stitch
es in, in dressing the wound.
In every community you will find
the chronic kicker, and Middleburg is
no exception. Always Huding fault
with every improvement that is made
he walks around and curses his own
shaddow for being crooked. So
Here's to the kicker,
The treacherous kicker,
The kicker who never is true;
Who always is crying,
And never is trying
Some good for his town to do.
Dr. E. (). Lyte, President of the State
Normal School ut Millcrsviile, Pu , is
the author of a very successful series of
books In language; Dr. O. V. Hull,
Professor of Matlteniatic, has writteu
an excellent series of matliematic work;
Prof. H. Justin Itoddy's books on Geog
raphy have just been published, and
other teachers of this great institution
of learning have written works of val
ue.
. Put a few matches on the surface of
water in a basin in such a way that
they will form u star, with their heads
towards the centre. Thrust a piece of
soap pointed at the end into the water
at the center of the star, and you will
find that the matches will begin to
move away as if they were afraid of
the soap. You can coax them back
again by putting a piece of sugar at the
center.
Judge White, of Indiana county, In
his talk to constables recently, called
their attention to the law requiring
supervisors to nick the loose stones
from the roads, saying it was import
ant that this law should be enforced.
flue of ten dollars can be recovered
from anv supervisor who refuses or
neglects his duty. The same law will
apply to the neglect of boroughs in al
lowing loose stones to remain in the
streets,
An evidence of the scarcity of farm
labor, or possibly a relic of the dark
ages, was witnessed on Monday on a
farm very close to Miliersburg. 1 1 was
that of the wife of a young farmer sit
ting on a horse rake, raking hay in the
broiling sun, driving with her right
hand and operating the rake with her
feet, and worst of all carrying in her
left arm a helpless little babe. This is
not an overdrawn picture, but looks
like going back to barbarous times,
Did you ever see a real happy loafer?
If you did he constitutes the exception
to the rule. A loafer is an excresence
upon the surface of society. Although
he may try to delude bis selfish, soul
Into the belief that "the world owes
him a liviug," and that it must furnish
It, yet away down In the depths of his
consciousness ho knows that he is a
parasite of the meanest sort, unable to
command even his own seir-respect,
Labor is the law of the real, successful
and happy life, and ho who violates
that law will certainly pay the penal
ty.
Notice.
To raise good crops and Improve your
land use a good bone and slaugntci
house phosphate. Manufactured and
sold by II. S. Aucker, Shamokin, Pa.
Can be bought direct or from Q. It,
Hendricks & Son, Selinsgrove, Pa.
Fresh animal bone and slaughter
house phosphate from $19 up. High
grade commercial phosphate from $1
down. 7'IP-St,
UOaffl MDTIVIVT DEDCOV1IC I
Bert Rowe, of Miliersburg, spent
Sunday at Franklin.
Foster Eyer, of Nescopec, is visiting
his aunt, Mrs. Showers.
Frank S. Iliegle transacted business
at Richfield ou Monday.
Albert Gelnett spent the forej art of
this week at MilHiutown.
Mrs. West. Pawling spent Saturday
with relatives at Selinsgrove.
Mr. Joseph Rowersox spent Sunday
with his daughter at Selinsgrove.
William Ayers, of Paxtonville, call
ed on his parents in town on Friday.
Mrs. J. M. Steese and son, John, of
Orbisonia, are visiting friends in town.
Jerome Thompson, of Rloonisburg,
spent Sunday among his friends in
town.
Joe Hendricks, of Rooksbank, trans
acted business at the County Seat on
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kinney, of Frank
lin, are entertaining friends from a
distance.
Miss Maud A. Herman, daughter of
Jacob 15. Herman, spent a few days at
Sunbury.
Miss Doll Hottenstcln, of Shamokin
Dam, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. P.
Scott Ritter.
Mr. and Mrs James Ayers are v'sit
ing their daughter, Mrs. H. H. Lei t el
nt MilHinburg.
Mr. C. Mover and wife, of Hartleton,
are the guests of Mrs. Daniel Rhoads
on Market street
James Herman, of Edwardsville, is
the guest of his brother, Dr. A. J. Her
man, of this place.
Mrs. P. Rhoads and daughter, of
Harrisbursr. are enjoying a visit in
town w ith relatives.
Mrs. W. II. Ripka, we are pleased to
Htate. is convalescing after a- three
weeks siege of malaria.
John Arbogast, clerk at the Key
stone hotel, Selinsgrove, spent Sunday
in town with his parents.
Amnion Schocli, one of liloonis-
bnro's successful business men, was
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seen in town on Saturday.
Mrs. Henry Soles, of Lewistown, is
Iwitimr ber son. A. K. Sides and fam
ily, on West Market street.
Miss Annie Ripka, of Sunbury, is
spending her summer vacation with
her parents on the l rencli 1-lats.
Miss Olive Wetzel, who is staying at
Sunbury, is spending her vacation un
der the parental roof at Swineford.
Mrs. Thomas McWilliams and son,
Cecil, of McVeytown, are visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. an ant.
William" Snyder spent Saturday eve
ning at Centreville, where he played
in the hand of that place for a festival.
Mrs. Dr. Deekart, of Richfield, and
Master George Shelley, are guests at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ri
ka. Mr. William Troutman, one of Meis-
erville's successful cattle dealers, while
in town last Thursday made us a busi
ness call.
George and Reuben Reichenbaeh
and John Helntzelman, all of Pallas,
were guests of the Willis family over
Sunday.
Thomas Hosterman and daughter,
Harriet, and A. W. Auranrt, spent
Suuday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Hosterman, at Woodward.
Dr. Hassinger and family, George
Hasslngerand wife, Ammon Uashor
and family and Miss Lizzie Ripka, are
among those from town who are in at
tendance at the U. U. canipmeeting at
Elizabethville.
Mrs. Mary E. Showers and daugh
ters, Miss Maud ana wrs. w. n.
Snangler, and Master Russel J., return
ed on Suturday after spending several
days very pleasantly with the formers
sister, Mrs. WlUiam Eyer, at Nescopec,
Miss Bessie Crouse. who has been
making her home in Philadelphia for
the past twelve years, arrived In town
on Saturday where she will spend some
time yisiting her brothers, James and
William Crouse.
Miss Bert Wittenmeyer left on Fri
day for Lewistown, where she sient
the nieht with her sister. On Satur
day she, in company with Mm. Green
loft tnr Aahnrv Park wbprft thev will
. 111. 1 w . a&sw... a. - - j
I spend about three weeks.
G. C. Stuck and family entertained
several young people from Kreamer on
Suuday.
W..W. Rhoads, of McAlisterville,
stepped in to see us while In town on
Tuesday.
Senhares Gembcrling and son, of
near Selinsgrove, were noticed in town
on Tuesday.
Editor Lesher, of the Times, was
noticed in town one day the latter part
of last week.
Ex-Associate Judge ('rouse, of Selins
grove, Is spending the week in town
with his sons.
Clem Stettler, who is employed at
Pittsburg, is enjoying his vacation un
der the parental roof in town.
Miss Alice Smith, daughter of ('has.
Smith, of near Pittsburg, is the guest
of Prof, and Mrs. F. Bowersox.
M. Luther Wagenseller, representing
a Philadelphia wholesale house, called
on our business people on Friday.
Mr. John Howell, a former resident
of this place, but. now of Sunbury,
spent Sunday with friends in town.
Rev. Cooper and family, of Maple-
hill, spent Sunday at Swinefonl, the
guests of Mrs. Coopers parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. H. I'lsh. They left Mon
day for Elizabeth ville where I hey will
attend eniiipmeetiiig.
Jonathan Reicheiibacli, who had the
contract for the mason work ut the
Lepley bridge, in Spring township,
completed his work on Saturday, lie
stopped in town a few hours while
enrout for ids home. By the way
Jonathan will be one of our new
County Commissioners.
Misses Marion Schocli, Maud IJunk-
el, Maud Custer, Eva Stenninger and
Phebe Renningcr, and Messrs. Roy
Stettler, Luther Moatz, Lee Winey
and Lloyd Bowersox enjoyed a straw
ride' to Freelmrg last Thursday even
ing. They were chaperoned by Miss
Getty Dunkelfcniger. ,
Harry A. Grimm, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Grimm, and Miss Bertha,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Erd-
ley, were quietly married at the home
of the brides parents on Saturday eve
ning by Rev. Diebl. The Post joins
with their many friends in wishing
the young couple a prosperous life.
Mother Makes Heroic Rescue.
A gas stove exploded in the kitchen
of A. J. McCunly's home at Sunbury
one day last week, destroyed three
buildings and almost caused the deaths
of two children who were heroically
rescued bv their mother. When the
blaze was at its height Mrs. McCurdy
rushed through the Haines into the
house and up the stairway to the sec
ond lloor, where her two children were
sleeping.
(rasping Raymond, aged s, by th
hand and lifting her H-niontlis-old babe
in her arms, she attempted to light her
way through the thick smoke down
the stairwav. She was compelled to
lvtrueo her steps. Then, appearing at
the second-story window, the brave
woman dropped the boy, who landed
safely in the arms of men below.
Mrs. MeCurdy, with her babe clasp
ed to her breast, leaped and was caught
bv several men. The woman s eye
brows and hair were singed.
Old Copies of the Tost Warned.
While the subscribers of the Post nre
hunting up their old newspapers, they
miirht loeik for the copies of the Post
that are missing from our flies. We
will pay liberally for a copy of each of
the following dates:
July H, Sept. 6, 1809; Apr. 0, Oct. 13,
1879; Jan. 20, 1871; Apr. 1", 1S7H; Nov,
4, Dec. 23, 1875; Mar. 7, 1878; May 15,
1879; March 10, May 5, 1871; April 2(i
1883; Mar. 27, June 12, Oct. 30. 1884
Sent. 17, Dec. 3, 10, 17,24, 1885; Jan. 28
Mav 6. Oct. 18, Dec. 23, 1S8G; Dec. 29
1S78. tf.
At Private Sale.
The undersigned ofl'ers at private sale
a farm, on the public road leading from
Fremont to Richlleld. Containing
about 80 acres, In a high state of cult!
vatlon, also about 20 acres of good tim
ber land. Good buildings, fruit trees
and water on the farm. For particulars
address. J. W. Stkivkii,
Aug. 20. Mt. Pleasant Mills, Pa,
MARRIED.
On Julv 27. by Rev. John B. Focht,
at Selinsgrove, Albert Klingle and
Florence Helder both of Selinsgrove.
Death of Element Musscr.
Iiast Wednesday evening, Mr. Ele
ment Musser, who lived with his son,
William, about two and one-half miles
from Middleburg, sucumbed to death
after suffering about four months with
catarrh of the stoma;he.
Mr. Musser joined the Evangelical
church alMHit 4" years ago and was an
ardent and active worker until the
time of his sickness, which compelled
him to take his bei. He was a kind
father and a man in whom all placed
implicit confidence and will le greatly
misled by the community in which lie
lived. He is survived by five children
Amanda, June, Adam, William and
Aaron who mourn their loss of a kind
and indulgent fattier. The funeral was
held from bis lute home ou Saturday
morning and was largely attended. In
terment in the Salem church cemetery.
Aged (is years and S mouths. His wife
preceeded liini to the grave about !i
years.
Makini; l';ilsc St.i tcnicnls.
A young man by the imnieof II. ( ).
Shatler of Williainsport, gave the
Williamsport Sun a false statement of
the marriage of a young couple in that
city and the same was published in
that paper. It was a serious joke for
the young man as the Sun bad him ar
rested, although they did not press the
suit lie bad to pay the costs. Anyone
making a false statement ton newspa
per and seeuriiur its publication is lia
ble to prosecution. An act of June .'!,
lS!i:i, provides a heavy penalty for the
oll'ense. It is as follows: "Any person
who w ilfully states, delivers or trans
mits by any means whatever to the
manager, editor, puhlish'T or reporter
of any newspaper, inaga.ine, publica
tion, periodical or serial for publication
therein any libelous statement concern
ing any person or corporation, and
thereby secures the actual publication
of the same, is hereby declared guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon couvictiou
ahull U seuienccd to puy a line not
ceedlng Ave hundred dollars, and un
lergo imprisonment not exceeding two
years, or either, or Doth, at the discre
tion of the court."
liii; Mine Resumes.
The Lehigh Coal and Navigation
'ompany last Thursday resumed oper
atious at its No. 12 nunc, between
oltsville and Maiich Chunk, one of
the largest collieries in the region. Tin
move of the company was unexpected
No. 12 breaker is a very modern
ilant and has connected w itli it an up-
to-date jig house, by which the slate
picked from the coal and the sizes as
sorted all by machinery and washing
process, whereby ten men or boys can
In the work that rcuuircs from one
hundred to two hundred hands at oth-
r breakers.
There has been no special demon
stratioii bv the idle workmen and then
is likely to be none, as there have been
so many urrests in this vicinity recent
that the lawless spirit is pretty well
broken. This is t lie nearest approach
to the actual complete operation of a
olllery that has yet been made any
where since the big strike commenced,
and It may lead to the starting of one
of the other of this company's collieries
within a few days full-handed.
The Cow to Have.
A Beardstown lad is credited' with
saying that his father has a very re
markable cow. He said that the cow
has a particular fondness for apples,
and that on one occasion, after she hud
gotten into a neighbor's orchard and
eat all the apples she wanted, his
mother milked her, churned the milk,
ahd got three quarts of good apple but
ter. On another occasion the cow ate
oft the tail of an old rooster that roost
ed in the stall with her and the next
morning In place of giving milk she
gave a gallon and a half of the finest
kind of cocktail.
The River Coal Industry.
(ieoge Hartlein, secretary of the Unit
ed Mine workers Union, went to
Herndon to investigate the river min
ing industry. One contractor there is
shipping from seven to ten carloads of
coal daily. He pays each man $1.55 a
day for his labor, and It costs him 30
cents additional to load it on the cars.
The contractor gets au exorbitant
price for the coal and is reaping, large
returns through the industry; It was
the mission of Hartlein's at Herndon
to persuade the men to cease scooping
as it hurts the miners' cause.
Rev. S. E. Davis Dead.
S. E. Davis, an United Ev.
Rev.
minister, died at his home at Aline last
week of acomplicatioii of diseases. He
has filled the ministry for a period of
42 years and at one time preached at
Middleburg and Port Treverfon, resig
ning at the latter i dace on account of
sickness. He was about (S years of ae
and leaves a wife to mourn. I nterttieiit
at Elimsport last Saturday.
Repetition of the Red Sunsets.
The prediction is that this year we
are to have a repetition of the myster
ious, red sunsets that puzzled so many
people in Iss;!, which were at that
time attributed by scientists to volcan
ic dust in the atmosphere. It was in
November and December of that year
that an extraordinary lurid clow in
the western sky -ifter sunset was seen
in all parts of the world. The great
volcanic eruption of Krakatoa had oc-
curcd on August 27 and the theory of
volcanic dust causing the phenomenal
sunsets received general support; and
ater positive evidence was adduced
that during the prevalence of red sun
sets dust of this character was present
in the atmosphere in parts of Europe.
As this has been a year of volcanic
listurbances a reappearance of the phe
nomenon is looked for, and observers
have already seen indications of this
haracter in the Adirondack region of
New York state, where on recent eve
nings ,-t beautiful rose colored aureole
rested on each mountain peak in the
neighborhood of l.ake Placid.
Vast Coin Crop.
Preliminary returns to the statisti
ianoftb department of .iLriiciilttue
on the acreage of cor:i planted indicate
an increase of about .".."c'o.ooi) acres, of
! !l per cent., on the area harvested
ist year. (If the twenty-live states
and territories with l,ihin,(Hio acres or
upward in corn harvested last year.
lowa, iSeurasKa ami .Michigan rert
an !'.liiea0 of t pnr.sfer" (ouuuj-lv.
nta, Indiana, Virginia and Louisiana,
per cent.; Georgia, Arkansas, Wis
consin and Missouri 3 per cent.; Ohio,
Illinois, Mississippi and Indian terri
tory, l per cent.; Kansas, Kentucky
and Tennessee, .1 per cent.; North
Carolina, ( per cent.; Texas, 7 per
cent.; Alabama, s per cent.; Minneso
ta, ! per cent., and South Dakota and
Oklahoma, 11 per cent. The average
condition of the grow ing crop on July
1st was S7.5, as compared with si .;t on
July 1, 1!HM; 8H.5 at the corresponding
date in imiii, and a ten-year average of
sit.2. The condition in Illinois was (1 ;
in Iowa, Nebraska and Indiana, 1HI; in
Kansas and Oklahoma, UK; in Missouri
ID.; in Ohio, S7, and in Texas, 41. The
crop this year will be enormous. The
present estimate is 2,5s!t,!i51,iMKl bush
els. Dates of Fairs This Fall.
The Department of Agriculture has
issued a bullet in having a list of the
county ami local agricultural associa
tions, ami a list of the fairs to be held
this year. The Stale fair w ill bo held
at Lancaster on September l'i-19;
( irangers picnic, ilhaius' drove,
llgust 25-29; Dauphin fair at Middle-
town, September 9-12; Carlisle fair,
September ;!0, October .'id; Juniata at
Port Royal, September 10-12; Lebanon,
September 3-5; Perry at Newport, Scjh
tcmber Ki-19; York, October (1-10; Mill
lin County at Lewistown, October 15
17; Hanover, September bl-lii; North
umberland at Milton, September 30,
October 3d.
Marriage Licenses.
fj. ;F. Heinibaeh, Middlecreekt
Cora A. Steitiinger, Middlecreek.
f Harry A. Grimm, Middleburg,
Bertha M. Erdley, Middlcbuig.
Snyder County Choir Convention.
The 15th annual choir convention
will be held on the old church grounds
near Freeburg, Saturday, Aug. lth,
11)02. The "Choir Leader" containing
the choruses for the day can be had
now for rehearcal at 7 cents per copy.
Wm.Movkii, Pns.,
Freeburg, Pa.
Fewer Onlloim; Wear I.onR-rr.
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
hand. .tf.
Laxative Bromo-Quinlne Tablets cure
a cold In a day. No cure, no pay. Price
25 cents. tf