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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-11-03

ter. At the top It has the darts necessary Il
make II set we'll on the hips. and behind Il
is either formed into fiat pleats or kits. The
trimmings Of Grape are ornamented with ap.
plications Of the wooden material, but thss,
may be dispensed with IL required. Tn.
waist is plain, aud closed in the centre wit,
dull buttons Of imitation Grape. A sort Of
corselet In Grape is sewn on this waist AMI
Is divided in the middle. IL Is advisable to
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-11-03

DIR. Nanseu, whose plan Tor seeking
The North Pole is TO jab into the drift.
ing ice in a stout vessel, aud resign him
,elf TO certain ocean currents, proposes
to lay in four years supply Of provis.
ions when he finally embarks on this
voyage. lie will also take along an im-
mensc stock of patience, adds the Chi
sago Herald.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-11-03
Eleven Ferry Passengers browne

While ferryboat was crossing the
Douro, near Sinfaes it capsized and all
people on the deck were thrown int,
water Many were saved, but IL PEI
went down before assistance could r
them. Among the drowned were {.
school childfcn.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-11-03

placed inside the camera and
arger head photographed first
position being accurately marke'
bit OF paper gummed TO the g
arranged and photographed In
usual manner. Upon develops
the two different exposures were 9
Dined with the amusing result sN
N the illustration.
Photography with a monaco
background is an easy, simple,
inexpensive process, capable OF
Infinite number Of notifications
!or these reasons Is particularly
adapted to the amusements Ol
.ver-increaslng army OF amateur
photography.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-11-03

IHE religious fatalsm in the Hin
doos' life extends also to their intel.
lectual state. In grammar, as ia
faith, kismet rules supreme.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-11-03

Is depicted in the third cUt. As worn at the
time the sketch was made. it was in fawn
crepon. the LETT side OF the bodice being OF
fawn silk embroidered in old gold; terra
Gotta hat trimmed with ostrich tips of the
same shade and bow of moss.green velvet
There are changes in the fashions OF
mourning costumes, as we'll as in others,
but they are slow and conservative. In the
costume pictured the dress is dul, black. the
skirt is cut on the bias as usual, 1t is lined
with tafieta, and cut on the bias each side
on top. This bias must, however, not be
exaggerated. in order not TO make points at
each side of the skirt. The bottom of the
skirt measures about three wards and q quar-.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-11-03

This is a season for formal visits, for go-
ing topicture exhibitions, for attending out.
door sports and therefore. for the display
of what are called costumes One OF these
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-11-03
AN ODD COURTSHIP.
BY HELENA DIXON.

Oily wIGGINs
and Ebenoaer
Stifkney were
both native resi-. q.
h derFs OF Port
= Ryyrse, a small
t FhNA>-.., {.
village onthc north =
crn shore of Lake
Erie. Ebenezer was
lorty-dve, a miller
by trade, and u
bachelor from
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-11-03

q obtaining taii water TO driAh'
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24

Jack takes hasty adieu of Mr..
Robbins and Mr.. Jameson, who re-
spond feebly, being in state of men
tai collapse, encounters for one brief
instant the shocked and indignant gaze
of the elderly parsonage and springs
on board just as the long train starts
up. He enters the parlor car and takes
a seat opposite Miss Raymond. Beside
her sits the ten-year-old girl. He'd for
gotten all about her
'Hum--pleasant day."
eyes, delightful.
do you think it will snow to-mor-
row?, Ft.
With this suspicious beginning the
conversation proceeds pleasantly and
easily until interrupted by the entrance
of the train conductor and the parlor-car
conductor, Miss, Raymond gives up her
ticket and pays two dollars for her seat
to Buffalo, her destination
Train Conductor Tapping little girl
on shoulder)-Ticket!
Parlor Car Conductor Tapping little
girl on the other shoulder)-Two dol
lars to Buffalo!
Little Grill don't pay any fare.
T. C.-Under twelve and over five;
half fare.
p. c. C.-You take up whole seat
| just like a grown person.
"She's under my charge, but her
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24

The president ana governor have issued each
his call
To the people of this prosperous land to honor,
one and all,
The season when the barns ure full the granaries
wei stored,
When the farmers and the city folk all count o
fattencd horde,
And the housewife town and country, with
Thanksgiving in her eyes,
Begins TO think of turkey and oldfashioned
pumpkin ples.
II it.be true that there are some who think
they've naught to bless,
Who eat OF sorrows crust and feel no cause for
thanktuiness
Whese purse is never filled at all, whose board
is always bare
Why, there must he sympathy for them, too,
In the air.
And thankful twice will be those hearts where
PHYS fountains rise
And flow to help poor neighbors to Thanksgiv-
Ing pumpkin pies
The quail is calling blithcly through the even
Ing calm and still,
And the long roll of the pheasants drum beats
family o'er the hill;
The cheerfrl cider mill creaks out its own
melofdous notes.
And the chorus of Thanksgiving swells from
n.oltitudes OF throats;
Whic'A Is why it's just as well for those who are
good as well as wise
To think OF folks who otherwise won't have
their pumpkin pies
N Y World
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24
COUNTY, TENNESSEE, THURSDAY MOVE

sleeper Time, 1890 D. M; distance
from home, several hundred miles; cash
in the exchequer, twenty-five cents,
1t is charity to draw veil over the
next day-fiftecn cents for coffee and
sandwich for breakfast at Sarpia; five
cents for glass of milk for dinner at
Marshall, Mich, noted for its fried
chicken, its cold roast beef, its hot
rolls; the eight o'clock supper at the
De Long mansion in Chicago that
frightened his mother and astonished
his father.
A week later dainty letter, post
marked Buffalo, arrives. Jack opens
it and finds a two dollar bill and con-
ventionally polite note of thanks, re-
grets for any inconvenience, etc. 1t is
signed, yours sincerely, Isabel Ray
mond." But Jack thinks he can read
between the lines, for below is mo. 113
Rhodes avenue"
Thanksgiving day again. A bad day
for travelling, but John De Long of
Chicago, does not look as if he regarded
it hardship as he gets off the Chicago
express at Buffalo. And this fragment
of conversation has rather sound OF
thanksgiving than otherwise.
"Do you remember, Jack, how you
stall1ed away that night in the depot at
Buffalo? / never expected to see you
again. You looked positively savage.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24
THE DOLEFUL WOMAN.
One Who Should Never be Allowed In the
SickroOm.

SickfOOn.
Do you know the doleful person?
She, for the doleful person is always q
woman, is alwayT n good neighbof in
health, and tries TO be neighborly in
sickness, but she makes miserable
failure of the latter. You know how
she acts Don't You remember the last
time the baby was sick? After you had
watched by the little ones bed day
after day and night after night, had
watched the roses fade. from the loved
ones cheeks, and saw the little form
waste away? And don't you remem-
Der that just at the time when you had
about given up hope the doleful neigh
Dor came in? And don't you remember
how she tried to cheer you up with
one-sided conversation, something like
this:
"Why, Mrs b, how much worse
the baby looks this morning. She
looks Just like Sarah Jones baby did
the night before it died. Gracious, l
never saw u child so wasted away as
Sarah's was, except yours. We just
done everything for that child, but it
want no use. ] never will forget how
Sarah took on at the funeral"
And then the doleful neighbor sud-
denly remembers that she has to run
back home to 'set sponge" and when
she goes you hope she will never re-
turn. You look again at the suffering
babe and feel that your heart must
surely break. But suddenly there is a
knock at the door and in comes the
well, sunbeam neighbor is as good
name as any. She was over the even
ing before and quietly and unobtrusive-
ly helped to do so many needful things,
and when she left she left word Of
cheer And when she comes this time
she says something like this:
"Why, how much better the baby
looks this morningm
And don't you remember what n
bright CLEAN of hope crossed your
mind?
81 never saw child improve so much
in so short a time before. / am sure
| the baby will soon be we'll"
And then the sunbeam neighbor re-
arranges the bed, adjusts the blinds,
tells you she will call again in few
hours, and hurries home. Honest.
now, didn't she leave a confident feel
ing behind her? You felt better and
more hopeful. Baby, even, seemed to
rally under the words, and when at
last the little one was playing around
your knee again, didn't you think Of
the words of the sunbeam neighbor?
The doleful nelghbor has frightened
more mothers to death, buried more
babies and caused more tears thar oil
the plaques combined, She should he
suppressed --omaha World HeFald
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24
TOWED HIMSELF UP.
A swindler's Victim Prepares for Il
vengc.


A swindIer's Victim Prepares for Re-
venge.
He had great big satchel in his
right hand and an umbrella in his left
as he entered the drug store. When he
had squared himself in front of the
soda fountain he dropped the satchel
with thud and the umbrella with n
clatter, and said:
"Gimmc sumthin' fur the brain"
"Phosphateg' inquired the girl.
''You know best. l want sumthin'
that will act MS fodder fur the brain. |
jest gin n Teller twenty-shillin gold
piece in place of a penny, and / guess
my brains is softenin' up"
She drew him glass of phosphate
and he made about three swallows OF
it, Then he put the glass down and
asked:
Got anything fur the neryes?'
eyes, sir"
"Gimme sumthin' Teller jest kicked
me off boss car and my nerves are
right on the jump"
He downed the stuff without stopping
to take breath, and as he lowered the
glass he asked:
"Got anything here fur shivers?'.
1--WE have calisaya."
"Gimme some. Policeman said he'd
run me in, and cold shivcrs are gallop.
ing up and down my spine"
Ia 1ra,,lr 4bic r,,ivfyra with Lose
haste, and after he had wiped off his
chin he said
"There orter be somethin' to brace
up the hull system in general, but /
don't know the name of it,"
We've have tone" she replied.
"Then gimme some. Pm a-goin' ont
and find that felier who kicked me and
gin him an awful lickin.' Put in a
heap of tone and not much froth."
He drank this with an occasional in
terval to calculate "Ah!" and appeared
calmer as he said:
81 guess that will purity nigh fetch
me, and I'll top off with somethin' to
make me SO hoppin' mad that nobody
can holt IHe' Nliilho ooiue Pihedppio,
lemon, vanilla, strawberry, vichy and
cream, all shook up together"
He got what he asked for, and as he
paid for the job lot and picked up his
baggage he muttered
brain all right-nerves all right
system all right, and I'm tightin' mad
and ready to die. If / find that galoot
-whiff!'-N. Y. Herald.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24
Caution About Canned Meats.

Since canned goods are as widely
used and cases of poisoning therefrom
are reported not infrequently, the fol-
lowing excellent sanitary suggestion
is worthy of careful consideration and
attention. If the public will demand
date mark, the manufacturers will af-
fix it as matter of course. 1t is not
generally known that canned meats
which may keep perfectly for a
year or two, after that time de-
teriorate and often become extremely
unwholesome. Many cases of sickness
may be traced to these canned meats.
Those who will use such questionable
food should ascertain as accurately as
possible the date on which the meat
was canned. 1t would be well, as has
been suggested if the manufacturers
were required to stamp their cans with
date mark, so that each customer may
be able to determine for himself wheth-
er he is consuming the flesh of beast
that has lived in modern times or an
antediluvian. Good Health.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24
THAN KSGIViNG.


For the hay and the corn and the wheat that Is
reaped,
For tho labor well done, and the barns that are
heaped,
For the sun and the dew and the sweet honey
comb, 81,
For the rose and the song and the harvest
brought home
Thanksgiving Thanksgiving
For the trade and the skill and the wealth in
our land,
For the cunning and strength in the working
mans hand.
For the good that our artists and poets have
taught,
For tho friendship that home and affection
have brought
Thanksgiving Thanksgiving
For the homes that with purest affection are
best,
For the season Of plenty and well deserved
rest,
For our country, extending from sea to sea,
The land that is known as the LAND of the
free"
Thanksgiving Thanksgiving
American Rural Home.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24
THINGS THAT CAUSE sLusHING
Sudden Action OF the Mind on Nerves
Produces the Flushed Face.

Sudden Action OF the Mind on Nerves
Produces the Flushed Face.
Blushing is not an art, as many peo-
pie are too prone to suppose. Neither
is it an absolute sign of ill-breeding,
as some unkind folk maintain. The
fact is, it is just as natural for some
people to blush on one occasion as it is
for others to turn pale on another. The
same laws of nature that govern the
one rule the other. The capillarics, or
small blood vessels, which connect the
arteries and veins in the body form,
particularly over the checks, q network
so fine that it is necessary to employ
microscope to distinguish them Or
dinarily the blood passes through these
vessels in normal volumes, leaving only
natural tinge of the complexion, But
when some sudden emotion takes pos
session of the heart its action increases
and an electric thrill instantly leaps to
the cheeks. This thrill is nothing more
than the rush of blood through the in
visible capllaries; the color is nothing
more than the blood just beneath the
delicate surface of the skin. The causes
that bring about this condition lin the
circulating system are called mental
stimuli They consist of joy, anger,
shame and the many other emotions.
Sudden horror, remorse or fear, on the
contrary, Influences the nerves which
control the blood vessels and the face
becomes white Bushes and pallor re
suit from the sudden action of the mind
on the nervous system. So, if the mind
be forewarned and prepared for emo
tons, both habits can at least be par
tally overcome. But when the ncr-
vous system is highly strung it would
be lifelong, if not futile, task to en-
deavor permanent cure.
1t is the sensitive, nervous girl who
bushes easily, while the girl stolid by
nature, or who by education has her
nerves under perfect control, rarely
blushes.--N. Y. World.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24
mother said she wouldn't have to pay

mother said she wouldn't have to pay
fare. Where's your purse, Lizzie?"
L. G.-I haven't any.
Miss Raymond examining her purse
and much distressed at the RESULT
haven't money enough. What shall
do?
7. C.--Pay fare, anyway.
p. c. C.-The little girl can go for
ward in one of the regular coaches.
Miss Raymond finds enough in her
purse to pay half fare to Buffalo and
hands it to the train conductor.
During this scene Jack has been in
tently looking out of the window in a
decidedly uncomfortab BILE frame Of mind.
His heart is not by any means broken
at the prospect of losing the company
of the little girl, but when he thinks
he sees just suspicion of glisten
under Miss Raymond's downcast lids,
with their heavy, soft lashes, he can
stand it no longer.
Jack (producing his one fve-dollar
bill with the air of millionairc)-
Allow me, Miss Raymond. Here, con-
ductor!
The parlor-car conductor takes his
money without the slightest scruple,
returns Jack three dollars, and passes
on. Jack devotes the next ten min
utes to assuring Miss Raymond that it
isn't of the slightest consequence; that
it will not inconvenience him the
least bit in the world, etc. Miss Ray
mond says she will send it to him the
next morning and asks his address in
Buffalo When she finds he's going
through to Chicago she is more dis
tressed thar ever, and declares she will
get that dreadful two dollars from her
uncle that very night when he meets
her at the depot OF course her dis
tress gives Jack an opportunity to say
great many things of sort suited to
the circumstances, and he feels like
hugging-the little girl. 1t is really a
very interesting conversation that is
interrupted by the appearance of a
brakeman and sound that resembles
Observation-Disclosures"
Jack, thinking he will get his two
dollars at Buffalo, asks if he may get
them some '.freshments, They de.
cline, with thanks. He excuses him
self, invests in a sandwich, a cup Of
coffee, and package of cigarettes
forty cents. He then hunts up the
sleeping-car conductor and pays him
two dollars for the berth he had en-
gagged, leaving seventy-two cents in
the treasury. He then draws the par
lor-car conductor aside.
| Conductor, | have berth in the
sleeping-car and two young ladies in
my charge have seats in your car as
far as Buffalo. I'd like to sit with
them and see that they get through
safely"
Sorry, sir, but If you sit in the par
lor-car you'll have to pay. But it's only
fifty cents"
Jack hands over fifty cents and rejoin.
Miss Raymond. The little girl goes t.
sleep; also the passengers. Time flies
with vengeance, and all tcc soon the
train rumbles into the depot at Buffalo
They alight to meet Miss Raymond.
uncle. The uncle kisses Miss Raymond
with affection, but looks inquiringly a
Jack. Miss Raymond introduces Jack
The uncle is not what one would cal
cordial. Miss Raymond is distressed
beyond measure-''rattled." Jack re
lieyes the tension by taking forma
leave Of Miss Raymond, nodding to th'
| papls, and seeking bic berth u Vii
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24

fairly hated my dear old Uncle Bob"
"Ee was trife chilly. And then to
see you waste kiss on him and peek
out of the corner of your eye, as much
as to say: Don't you wish? "
IL didn't-and s'posc dido
SPY the way, how much do you sup
pose had in my pocket when | said
Goodbye"
II don't know. You put on airs
enough for q millionaire.
just twenty-five cents"
|. "Why, you poor fellow, you must
have starved 1t served you right,
though, scraping acquaintance with
strange girls on train. You won't do
it any more, will you, Jack? There!
there!-will that repay your
"No; you'll have to take that very
same trip with me to make it square. :"
''But Jack! Do take more than TWEEN
ty-two cents-there'll be two of u.s. you
know"
Taking much worn letter from his
pocketbook, opening it, and producing
a. bNO-QOildI Jill, odCh Silus lSuDcl
Raymond, did you ever see thai be-
fore?"
"Yes-no; / don't know"
eyes you do. Read what's written
right under your name in this letter"
Isabel (reading)-"I hereby dedi-
cate this filthy lucre to dinner for
one, to be eaten at Marshall, Mich,
the one to be John De Long and Isabel
De Long, his wife. d. W"
"Ah! Jack, you won my heart that
night in the car. But you wouldn't be
stingy enough to leave out that dear
little girl"
Wouldn't l? There won't be any
little girl around that trip to-"
flush, you wretchr-John D. Sher-
man, in Chicago Tribune.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24
AN INTELLIGENT REPTILE.
Some Interesting Facts Concerning tho
Land Tortoise.

Some Interesting Facts Concerning tho
Land Tortoise.
The sluggish motions of common land
tortoises or turtles lead many per-
sons 10 underrate their intelligence.
This ridiculous slowness," however,
arises from the animals peculiar struc-
ture. and is no proof of dizziness.
The legs of n turtle look more like
crutches than legs. And though the
feet form strong graphing apparatus
for pulling along heavy weight, who
could expect swiftness from such tocs'
Some large tortoiscs, nevertheless,
make long journeys with more rapidity
than might seem possible.
In the Galapagos islands turtles were
found by Mr.. Darwin able to travel
four miles day-a rate of progress not
despicable in creatures provided with
such legs; creatures, too, so heavy that
six men were often required to lift one
of them.
Though the tortoise is slow of foot, it
is quick to take advantage of all its
available modes of defense. The box
tortoise possesses singular defensive
apparatus The plastron or she'll COW
ering the under part of the body is so
formed that its front segment can be
drawn upward to protect the animals
head, the head, meanwhile, being drawn
back under the carapace or shell on
the back of the tortoise.
The upper and under shells then meet
in front, forming a box in which the
creature is unassailable. When the
danger is past the reptile relaxes a
muscle, and the raised part of the plas-
tron falls, allowing the head and fore
feet to come forth. This movable plate
is fastened to the plastron by strong
hinge of elastic ligament.
Few animals seem more impressive
than the tortoise, but those who have
ever watched its movements know that
the creature is really very sensitive. A
few drops of rain will send it home
with all speed; even the distant APP
proach of q shower makes it uneasy.
Hence Gilbert White remarked that his
tortoise showed as much solicitude
about rain as lady dressed in all hei
best attire"
The bright light of the sun seems es'
pecially grateful to tortoises; they rare
ly stir out at night, and the approach
of winter drives them into their re-
treats. This physical sensitiveness
shows their temperament to be less
sluggish than is commonly supposed
The animal also learns to recognize
persons, and remembers those who feed
it, instantly distinguishing them from
strangers.
Tortoises in tropical islands require
much fresh water for drinking, ant
have often discovered springs of which
the human inhabitants were ignorant
When such fountain is found, thu
whole surrounding district is soon GOV
cred by "tortoise-roads," made by thes'
large creatures in their journeys to anC
from the water. The springs sometime
flow from volcanic rocks at great ele
walton, but the tortoises generally dis
cover them. -Youth's Companion.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24
GOLOlD DOLLARS.
They Are Rare and Curious Coins Minted
In 1878.

They Are Rare and Curious Coins Minted
In 1878.
There are said to be but hundred
and thirty-fve of the famous ''goloid"
dollars in existence. The first one of
these which came from the mint is in
the possession of Col. John A. Ste
phens, of Augusta, Ga, having for
merly been the property of Alexander
H. Stephens, ex-governor of that state
and chairman of the committee on
weights, measures and coins at the
time these historic pieces were struck"
The goloid dollar is about the size of a
silver half dollar, hardly as thick, and
very much lighter. 1t has bronze
color, darker than gold, which
is due to the copper contained
in its composition. On one side
are the words: Omitted States
of America, 100 cents" On the rim
and in the center these words, let
ters and figures: "Goloid metric, 1, c.;
1G.1, s.; /, 0, c. Grams l4.25." On the
other side are the words "E Pluribus
Unum, 1878" (this latter legend around
the RIM, and in the center the head of
female with the words Liberty"
across her brow. The figures, if I have
not been misinformed, indicate the va
rious metals used in making up the
''goloid' composition, which was the
invention of a goldsmith by the name
of Hubbell The composite metals in
the makeup of this, the oldest of the
United States coins, is said to be worth
exactly 100 cents in gold ''Goloid" is
composition of nineteen different
metals, of which one part only (1sI is
gold. -Philadelphia Press.