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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-10-18
POPUxAR SCIENCE.

There are more than 800, 900 NIL.
Of telegraph lines in the United Stat.
Artificial silk is produced by chan
ical means out Of waste wool or ~,
ton.
Every nation of the globe has b.a
its "stonc age" at some period of h.
history.
Vienna, Austria, is to have novd
elevated railway. The cars are TO bs
suspended instead OF running on o,di.
nary rails.
A recent invention is the pulsime,.
er, watch made especially for doc.
tors to time pulses with. 1t is made
very much on the principle of the ston
watch, and indicates the rate on 4
pulse dial in so many beats per min.
ute.
An authority on hypnotism say,
that hysterical persons are very din.
cult to influence. They are so wed.
ded to their own fancies, mental and
physical that they prove very obsti.
nate hypnotic patients. Even IL an
influence is gained, it passes off very
quickly.
DR.. Viquerat, of Geneva, Switzer.
land, is using a new method for tuber.
culosis. He gives subcutaneous in.
iections of the serum of donkeys, and
reports that he has thus cured seem.
ingly hopeless cases. An institute
will be founded in Geneva to apply
his treatment
The Thermogen is an appliance for
keeping up the temperature of q pa.
tient during an operation, doing away
with blankets and hot-water bottles
II is in the form of quilted cushion,
with an arrangement of fine wires in.
side, by which any desired degree Of
heat may be maintained by electricity
II was exhibited at the last meeting
of the Royal Society.
Small incandescent lamps, using
secondary batteries weighing about
half pound, are used for night scr.
vice in the German Army. 1t has
been suggested that they be used with
balloons for signalling, and the bi.
cycle corps uses them for reconnoi.
tring. The small accumulators have
also been supplied to powder maya.
zines and artillery depcts.
The Belgian Government, it is re-
ported, is about to open negotiations
with the British Government looking
to the establishment of telephone
lines between London and Brussels,
The authorities at Berlin have signi.
fled their willingness to continue the
line to Berlin, and the prospect is
good that London and Berlin will
soon be connected by telephone by
way of Ostend and Brussels.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-10-18
A Valuable Invention tor Miners.

One of the most interesting papers
read to the British Association was
that by DR.. J. s. Haldane, on "The
Causes and Prevention of Sutfocation
in Mines, says Public Opinion Eng
landl. The professor argued that most
of the men killed in explosions were
not killed at once by the explosion,
but that an interval elapsed during
which means could be adopted for pres
ervation. He exhibited small ap-
paratus he had constructed, which
could be inclosed in a small tin box,
which would keep IA miner alive for
three hours if he remained in a sitting
posture, and for one if no walked
about. This would enable anyone to
penetrate the layer of after-damp and
reach the open air. 1t consisted OF a
cylinder containingcompressed oxygen
and layer of material for absorbing
the carbonic acid given out by the
breath, and could be turned ON by "A
tap, the miner breathing through "A
tube into bag. 1t had been given
the most thorough tests in the labora-
tory, and it was physiologically possi'
BILE 1t could be made at present at a
cost of about $3.50, and would not
only preserve life in the event of an
explosion. but also in the case Of fire.
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Men every place he used To play,
He'd 20 to SEQ bout every day;
Down to the ice house, by the stairs
He0 go there lots--more'n any where's
An there he'd stahrde,' look an look,
Jes' ike ho's readin' In Il book.
spose he's thinking. for, you know.
lie used 10 play there Wit his beau
A-ulaking plos an lettin' on
Thcy's keepln' house like any one
lie used To say she was his wife
And cut her name there VIII his knife.
When they'd come slow-llkc up the walk
Ma said they'd catch their hands an tall
Bout what they'd do when they got growr
An had IA big house OF their own;
But men, II never did come true,
jos like they said-he's sorry, too!
For he'd take flowers on the hill
Men 20 down there an keep as still;
or else he'd look Z album where
There's an old faded one OF her.
Morn Onst ! listened, and he said
Out loudi "Why, Annie, are you dead7r
s'pose he thought she'd hear him spoak
An see tho toarS run down his cheek
Say, don't you think It's funny how
lie Jes' remembers bout her now2
For he's great big man, you know,
An they were little years ago
I wish some bird or fairy bright
Would bring him while ! sleep some night
! wish he'd come right OF to-day;
I'd hold him tight and make him stay
For all OF u jos feel so good
Wheu h" come, home--I wish he would.
Now York World.
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sONG on SIGH.

When bright skies seem far away.
Smile. and think December's Mqyi
When the snow falls day and night,
Weave II into roses white
Never mind how dark the sky,
II you sing you'll never sighl
Old world. as she rolls alony,
Still makes muslc--sings a songi
Every bird on every tree
,fakcs some sort o. melody!
Can't you sing, or can't you toy7
ii you sing you'll never sigLl
Every wayside has n rose,
Every storm n rainbow shows;
When you see the sun decline,
Give the stars a chance to shine
See the sun-tho stars on high
Sing your song and never sigh
Frank l.. Stanton.
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millinery, and all her costumes, pro.
fessional and private, have been
made by her own fingers. She is ac.
cOmplished, being a skilled musician
and clever artist in oils and water
colors. Riding and swimming must
be added To the list. She is mem.
ber OF an old and much-respected
family, and has treasures OF beauti-
ful old lace and china. No portrait. it
is said, has ever done justice to her
helntY
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ing public as well. lie was dlscov.
cred by DR.. Nicol, Of the British
Weekly, and was connected with that
journal long time. Then he en-
braced literature in earnest and his
rise has been constant and rapid.
The young bride is very pretty
girl and a very sweet, gentle and es-
timable one. Though for some years
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ironed into shape the hat is ready for
recovering. The silk cover, which is
woven like velvet, is sewn into bag
with the seams inside. The stuff Is
cut bias at an angle OF about 60 deg.
in America, IS deg. in England, ard
80 deg. in France. Deft treatment
conceals the seam altogether, the nap
being brushed over it, unless the hat
is held santwlse In q strong light
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as romantic as any
OF the clever writ.
er's own creations.
Mr.. Barrie was very
i'll and Miss Ansell
bravely nursed him
through 1t all. They
were married as
soon as he was able
TO travel. Barrie
has won great favor
in the United States,
not only OF critics,
hut the great road
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Ncwsboy-Say, d'yeh remember
them old papers you had printed fei
the Washington Centennial?
Clerk-Do you mean the fac sim.
lies of a paper OF hundred years
ago?
"That's it. Funny little paper,
with queer letters"
"Yes Well?"
81 want one"
"What for?"
"a sick lady at hotel acrost the
street, wants a newspaper wild no ac.
counts OF riots and murders and rob
berries in it,"
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Rl:MAkiNo OLD HATS.

No Tile /, TOO Battered to BE Impossible
of Reformation.
Straw hats are not the only kind Of
headgear which Is made over The
business of making over silk and felt
hats is quite extensive. This trade
is not found, as you might suppose,
In those buildings before which man
stands crying: "IIats for one dollar
upstairs" but is connected with the
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MY Big Brother.

wish that my big brothers herej
Ho comes home jes bout onst u year.
For where ho lives s an orful ways
An cars can't come Ia free whole daysy
But when he's here laugh an laugh
Till I'm bout tdead--more'n half
Last year. soon's he unpacked his trunk,
] frowed pillow right kerplunk;
Non he frowed back an men US boys
All frowed an made tho biggest noise
Until we made him say 1enoughn
An tell us We we're jes' the stun.
We played some he's our big horse Jack
An uen he rided US on his back;
But onst failed OF on my head,
Cause he scared at the Cat, he said
] ies' got straps down on the shelf
An tied him 70 behave hlsselt
One day we played that we was bears,
An runued him up an down the stairs
I'LL ma said sho'd jes' punish US
For making such an orful fuss;
An men she tooked him cross her knee.
An laughed an spanked him--yes, stree
Onst ma gived us some dough TO bake
On top the stove. jes' like cake,
An men she said that we could try
To make ourselves an apple pie;
Men when II cooked, we ruined away
An ct IL all up In the hay.
lie wished he's small again like me
so he could climb our cherry tree
| pose he's sorry he's so old
An could do things 'thout being told,
For lots OF times when no was here
lie looked that way he was so queer.
He'd stand an talk to our old COW
An ask her how she's tended nov;
He'd look at every thing ho'd made
The places where the chickens laid,
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has always been a
girl OF simple and
retiring tastes, She
has led the quietest
Of lives in the home
Of a matron friend
"a life so quiet that
old fashioned peO.
pie, it is said, would
have called her a
-home-bird. Sh c
has a special talent
fnr
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THAT'S what told Freddy"
@DIdnit he believe it?"
sOh, yes. he believed that all
well, told him that when fish
ran In schools the proper bait to use
was bookworms. Now ain't right,
papal'
Mr.. Bloobumper reached for his
slipper, and Benny disappeared out
- doors.
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were all attractive; he
,rX.

,ut in Mr.. Witham's announce
.nent, which he had carelessly lifted
from table at his elbow, Fred dis
cerned an opportunity for possible di-
version, and he extended it to his com
panion.
Lets apply was his suggestion.
Miss Halsted smiled.
81 am onl y nineteen" she returned.
II can wait II year or two longer be.
fore resorting to any such desperate
means"
Fred was on his knees (metaphori.
cally) at once.
Dolly Miss Dolly !" he calculated,
reproachfully.
but his assumption Of tender de-
precation elected only light, rip
pling laugh. 1t is to he feared that
the young girl deemed all such cour-
teous platitules her just ssibute. Nor
need 1t he stated with ~hat equally
specious phrases she diverted the con
versationnl bark into other channels
suffice to say that she exhibited the
skill of nm adept.
Meantime, however, Fred retained
the newspaper, and after brief in-
terval he again asked;
why not answer 1t? I'll write the
letter and you copy 1T. Then we'll
enclose the photo. of an actrcss-if
you can find one consistent with his
idea OF registered pedigree and
await results. "
Again Miss Halsted laughed, but it
was only musical murmur, manifest
ing little appreciation; she even APP
peared somewhat bored by his per r,ist-
ency, Nevertheless she rose and pro-
cured the materials requisite tor cor
resGondcncc.
But what name will | sign?" she
asked, when Mt last it had been cop
led.
"lou might use composite" was
the reply. "Yes, that's it; make it
Dorothy Weldon"
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better class Of retail hat stores which
deal In good hats at low price The
process for silk hats is very simple.
Tho muslin upon which the hat is
built cannot be harmed by crump.
ling. Heated over blue flame, re.
treated with an alcoholic or water
solution OF shcllac, called wine or
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-10-18
THROWN OUT.
RECLAIMED.

water stiffening, as the case may re.
qulre, and ironed vigorously with q
hatter's iron, the most dilapidated
muslin base can be given form again.
The iron used is hollow and has o
beveled face. The heated portion is
taken from the nre and incased in
the ironing surface. After being
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-10-18

A ditch to be built across teh
Yakima Indian Reservation, Washing
ton, will tap the Yakima River five
miles below the town of that name,
and will be eighty miles in length,
irrigatipG about $50, 900 acres of land.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-10-18

Little 5-ycar old Arthur was asked
II he knew that penny would grow
II IL were planted. "Ycs," he replied,
promptly, ut would grow dirty"
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FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR m.
TEREST TO THEM.

that VIII Interest tho Juvenile
Members Of Every yHousehoid--QusintA Ac-
tions and Bright Sayings of Many Cute
and Canning Children.
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mcnts, he resorted To the not unprece-
dented but somewhat unconventional
method of publishing his craving in
the newspapers of San Francisco.
Moreover, the advertisement was not
hidden away in that wearisome laby.
ninth of type popularity termed the
want ads, but in bold face occupied
at least ten squares of display. 1t
read:
III want wife. I am thirty-aye.yoar-
old, thoroughbred and square. { own
1000 cattle COO horses, have $50. 900 sunk.
and. barring blizzards. northers and other
vsitations OF glorious climate, shall never
''ynten tho cinch strap for hunger That's
AL. Where is the woman She must be un-
der twenty-five and show up registered
pedigree. JAcoB WiTHAM, Quemadura Flat,
California
But Mr.. Witham's aspiration, pro-
claimed beyond all misinterpretation
was destined to bc considered by an
individual manifestly unsuitcd to its
requirements. In cozy parlor within
the aristocratic limits Of San Fran.
cisco 1t had caught the eve OF one
Frederick Weldon, and to that gem
tleman's handsome features it brought
smile of amusement. Possibly he
was contrasting tho advertisers po-
sition with his own--he was being en-
tertained bya young girl of admirable
wlfely adaptations. And yet such was
not the exact trend of his thoughts.
Miss Dorothy Hal6tod was very
pretty girl and, withal, charming.
Moreover she was, at that moment,
seated beside him on low sofa, and
her dainty head seemed rs if created
by nature to rest contidingly on some
strnnn. mnla ehnnllnr Dra Grr u. :.
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A Matrimonial Venture.

I WAS the old, old
story. But, as a
matter of introduc-
tory fact, this tale
throughout is of a
character very COM
m o place. Mr..
Jacob w it h n IN
wanted IA wife.
In seeking, how.
ever, for n partner
with whom to share
his name, liberty
and other herelita-
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A ROMANCER's ROMANCE.

Novelist Barrie weds the Or, Who
Nursed Him When Sick.
The courtship of j. NJ. Barrie, the
novelist, and Miss Mary Ansell was
Arizona republican., 1894-12-27
,ween half past four and five o'clock.

tween half past four and five o'clock.
 The firs5 information the officers re- ceived of it was furnished by Mr. J. B. Hooker who came running up to the court house steps where Under Shtr if Widmer, Deputy Frank Prothero and Jailor Davenport were standing, just ready to go in and lock the prisoners up for the night. He said he had seen two men running down the alley bet ween First and Second Avenues, past Hawley's corral. The nine year old son of W. A. Freeze had also seen them climbing over the high stockade on the north side of the jail and as they ran He heard the clanking of a chain about the feet of one of them.
 The undersheriff was incredulous Fifteen minutes before the jail was all right and it was inconceivable that an eccape had been effected in that time. He ran 10 the rear of the building and Deputy Prothero hurried to the iailor's room which had been made the point Ol dttdSh oI tuo leSt dttcLA ptCu LII Si.h |. He saw at glance that it had been done end how it had been done. No more time was lost in investigation, but chase was hastily organized.
 When the fugitiyes were last seen by MT. Hooker, they were running Tn a southwesterly direction from the end of the alley on Jefferson street. He threw saddle On horse, his brother saddled another and they rode off in that direction. The jail officials met a man in cart and ap- appropriating the vehicle hurried to a point southwest of town at which it seemed most probable the prisoners would come out.
 Both pursuing parties met feeling sure that they were in advance of the l fngitives but it had already grown so dark that headiong pursuit could not be prosecuted. They therefore started back through Montgomery addition, beat the bushes thoroughly and search ed carefully among the haystacks l scattered throughout the vicinity. It was pretty certain by this time that the murderer would enjoy respite of at least one night. The officers returned to the jail and began investigating the manner in which tho break had been accomplished.
 The door leading from the jail to the l jailor's room is grated affair. In order to increase it's security chain had been attached to the bottom, the end oi which was locked in a staple in the floor of the jailor's room. The side o the door was secured in a similar man. ner by chain. Beside these precau tionary fastenings there was padloch about half way up on the side of the door.
 The prisoners had sawed both chains leaving the door fastened only by the
Arizona republican., 1894-12-27
TO TAX THE SPANISH FLAG.
Unless OdiouS Restrictions
 Are Removed
West India Products Will Come Under Heavy Import
 Duties.
By the Associated Press.

Dy LHS ASSOCldteu
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-Uniess the Spanish government within a very short time indicates it's purpose to remove the restrictions now placed on American commerce with the Spanish West h. dies by the imposition of the maximum tariff on American commodities, it is probable the president will issue pro- clamation imposing discriminating flag duties upon Spanish. Cuban and Porto Rican imports into the United States p An animation of this purpose on the part of the president is distinctiYely conveyed in 8 request received by the treasury department from the depart ment of state to furnish it with detailed information as to the amount of such im ports and lists of yer sals carrying the Spanish flag which trade with our ports.
 twas the original i1tentI3a of the state department to have recourse to the power of prohibition of Spanish trade, conveyed by she act of 1890, but as this power has never been exercised and as 1t has been deemed best to fol- low this line of precedent it ls quite clear that the department has fallen back upon ction 4228 of the revised statutes.
 A paragraph of the old Merrill tariff act which still stands on the statute books imposes duty of ten per cent in addition to all other duties upon goods brought into the United States in ships of foreign countries unless they are ex- pressly relieved from additional duty by treaty. These are known as "D.s- criminating Flag DIties' of section 422o above referred to, authorizing the president to suapt nj benefits conferred by discriminating flag statute on be- ing satisfied that any country is dis eliminating against the United States in the matter of trade. It is a singular fact that the only country which has so far felt the force of this revision of law is the very one against whom it ,s to be again used.
Arizona republican., 1894-12-27
AN ARISTOCRATIC THIEF. Packs ValuableS in Her Trunk
 For Shipment. Pleads Guilty and Alleges Poverty as Her Only Excuse for
 the Crime.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
 DENVER, Colo, Dec. 26.-Mrs. Rsth Pike, a small inoffensive looking woman, is under arrest in this city on charge of burglary. She admits her guilt. She made repeated visits to the house of Mrs. James R. Ives, sister of Major Booth, Of the Highlands in the absence of the family, first entering through the window and afterwards by means of a key.
 She footed the place of all port able articles of value, and took the plunder to the residence of Mrs. Bertha R. Shaw, wealthy friend with whom she was staying, and packed It in a trunk which she then sent to the depot. Mrs. Pike is the wife of H. D. Pike, at one tima private secre tary of ex President Smith, of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad. Pike is now living in California, Mrs. Pike alleges poverty as the incentive of her crime. Mrs. Shaw disclaims ell know ledge regarding her friends conduct.
Arizona republican., 1894-12-27

William Price. the murderer of Shur- bert, no longer stands in the immediate and baleful shadow of the gallows. He walked out of it on Tuesday afternoon. He gave himself the most valuable Christmas gift received or given by any citizen of Phoenix. In other and plainer words, Mr. Price joined the long pro- cession of those who have sifted through the walls of the Maricopa county jail and he is now at large.
 His coadjutor in the successful break for freedom was Jim Young, the coun- terfeiter. The delivery occurred be-
Arizona republican., 1894-12-27
COLORADO UTES.
Would Not Return Until Threatened
 With Violence

SALT LAKE, Utah, Dec. 26-CoI. E. W. Tallock, inspector general of the Utah National guard, has made his of icial report to Governor West upon the recent invasion of Utah by the Col orado Ute Indians. A considerable part of the report covers facts already made public The facts which stand out prominently are that the Indians were found in about the mum bers or iginally reported that they refused to vacate and finally decided to return to Colorado after being threatened with military force.
Arizona republican., 1894-12-27
TOO OLD TO HANG.
Brutal Murder Ends Hostility
 of 80 Years.
Confessed to Shameful MutiIations of His Enemy'S
 Body.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
 EVANSVILLE, Cal. Dec. 26.-William Riant was today convicted of murder and his punishment fixed at life inn prisonment. Last October Riant killed his neighbor Lemmons and brutally mutilated his body. The men had been enemies for thirty years. Ac- cording to Rian t's own, story the mur- der was so brutal that the jury could not avoid convicting and it was only his old age that prevented the death penalty from being inflicted.
Arizona republican., 1894-12-27

MT. and Mrs. James Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Proweil, James A. Fleming, Mrs. R. Allyn Lewis, Miss Ewing, W. c. Break enrIdge, Julius Liberman and Ma Mayer, of Wilcox Major J. W. Evans, Mayor Monihon. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Goodwin, Mir. end Mrs.J J. J. McNamara and Miss McNally. H. o. Nevln and Mrs. M. Lowry, Leo Goldman and children.
Arizona republican., 1894-12-27
Same Old Story,

PRESCOTT. A. T, Dec. 26.-Michae. Gallery, the twelve-year old son 0 Sergeant Gallery, B company, Eleventh infantry, United States army, YVES thrown from his horse at Whipple bar racks today. His feet caught in the stirrups and he was kicked to death before he could be extricated.
Arizona republican., 1894-12-27
Coin and Bullion.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 26.-Silvsr bars, per oz., 5934@59S; Mexican dollars, 50T@5l.