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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-23

pennsylvania Forestry Asso-
......... ,rar-;yas of fiftv dollars
for the best and twenty five
for the second best essay upon
Practical Value of Forests TO the
Surface of the Country" prepared
by teachers in the public schools of
Pennsylvania. The conditions un-
der which the prizes are to be award
ed are
lst. Each essay must be presented
Mt II county teachers institute, or
Gn cities where institutes are not
heidi mt an organized assemblage of
teachers, and the merit of the same
passed upon in such manner as the
institute or other organization de-
cides.
ID. The County or City Superin.
tendent is requested to forward to
the Pennsylvania Forestry Associa-
tiou as soon as possible n list of
those who contributed essays, Civ
ing names, addresses and schools
with which the writers are connect
ed and also the two essays which
have been endorsed as specially mer-
itorious or recommended for com
petition for the prizes.
Sd. A Committee will be selected
by the Council of the Pennsylvania
Forestry Association to pass upon
the essays received from the various
County and City Superintendents,
who will decide which of these is
entitled to the first prize of fifty
dollars and which to the second
prize Of twenty-five dollars.
18th. The competition will be open
to all essays presented as above in
dicated which are received by the
secretary of the Pennsylvania For
eStry Association on or before
March 3lst, 1895. 1t is intended
that, as far as it may be practicable,
all persons who have been, are, OF
shall be teaching in the public
schools of Pennsylvania between
April lst, 1894, and April |, 1895
may become contestants.
9TH. 1t is expected that the names
Of each essayist and as far as pos
siblo excerpts from essays will be
printed in Forest Leaves" the or.
gan Of the Pennsylvania Forestry
Association, and the essays winning
the prizes will also be published il
Forest Leaves, but no restrictions
upon publication Of essays in loca
papers are made.
The sole desire of the Association
is to encourage the study of and
interest in tree e-growth, and none
should be deferred from entering
into the contest because of modesty
or diilidence. The purpose has been
to open the subject to all in the
broadest manner possible. A con-
else, well-thought-out essay will be
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-23
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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-23
To the School Teachers in the Public
Schools Of Pennsylvania.

~ ne.nsylvania Forestry Asso-
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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-23
Republican Ticket.

STATE.
For Governor.
GENERAL DANIEL II. HASTINGS,
OF centre County.
For iicutonnnt.GOvornOr.
WALTER LYON,
or Allegheny county.
For Auditor General,
AMOS II. MYLIN,
OF Lancaster county.
For Secretary OF Internal Affairs.
GENERAL JAMES W. LATTA,
OF Philadelphia.
For Congrcssmen.dt-L Largo,
GALUSllA \. GROW,
OF Su,quchanua County. and
GEORGE +. HUFF.
OF Wcstmorcland County.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
Mrs. HamIet's soIiIoquy.

To bloom or not TO bloom, that is the ques-
tiol.
Whether tits nobler in the mind to suffer
The sings and foldings of outrageous skirts
Or take up arms, and legs, against our
And by opposing. end them? To scOrch. to
No more: and. by race. to say we end
The heartache and the thousand natural
That modesty is heir to; it's a consumma-
ton
Devoutly to be wished. To scorch, to race.
To race! perchance TO fall; aye. there's the
For in that blooming fall what rents may
come
To mar my outer garments; there's the re-
That makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scorns
of style,
The oppressor's wrong. the loud girls con-
tumely,
The tangle of desp!sed skirts the lingerie
display.
The indifference OF dudes, and the spurns
That patient merit Of the unworthy takes,
With "A pair Of leggings2 Who would petit
coats wear
To grunt and sweat under a weary life.
But that the dread of some untold mishap.
The unfelled seam, the unsubstantial cloth
Which tailOrs use, puzzles the will
And makes us rather wear those clothes we
have
Than fly to others that we know of?
Thus mOdeSty makes towards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sickled Ger with the pale cast of thought;
And enterprises OF great pith and moment
With this regard. their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
a Model NurSerY.

A model nursery in house where money
is not plenty has been brought about by
study, ingenuity and a little effort. The
walls are papered in a plain paper of
light cream, with a frieze and dado rail.
For the dado. since the expensive tiles or
hard wood was out Of the question, a dado
of gay cretonne was managed. The
cretonne was hung by brass rings, small
ones. just inside the dado rail, and mas the
merit that il can be easily taken down and
Numbered For the frieze there is the jol-
lest sort Of a Noahs ark procession, eX-
tending all around the room In delightful
confusion This was produced by passing
the animal figures on a strip Of pale blue
paper muslin, the animals, ready TO cut,
being got from a kindergarten supply shop.
As the windows are short little muslin cur
tains that easily draw back, and running
all the way from one to the other of the
windows Is a big, broad box sofa, or couch.
This IS covered with corduroy, and every
child IN the family considers it the finest
piece Of furniture in the house. The seat
raises and Is the receptacle for all loose
toys and belongings that keep the room in
a clutter. and yet must be constantly at
hand. The interior Is partitiOned and
part assigned to each child. When the seat
Is closed. il Is the incest Of stretching places.
and there are not wanting a gOOdly supply
OF pillows, whose stout and inexpensive COW
erlngs are warranted TO withstand many
friendly fight. There is an open fire in this
nursery, well protected by a fender which
hooks on over the entire opening. The floor
is stained and shellacked and a large cot
ton rug. which is bright and cheerful, but
not expensive, lends a warm and coy ef-
feet Over the fireplace, from Thantel TO
frleZe. Is smooth dull red paper. and against
this background has been prettily arranged
various implements of childish sport-tennis
rackets. a bow and arrow and the like.
There is a beautiful doll house, or so its
little owners think, made from pair Of
boxes and gradually fitted up by many con-
tributing hands. The nursery has not grown
in day. but it has kept on acquiring till
II is one Of the cheeriest and most whole
some Of places and the delight Of every
child who is in it as guest or owner-N. Y.
Letter
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26

or the hand may slip through. The for
mer is, however, more comfortable, as the
sleeve stays in place and does not draw
up when the coat or jacket Is put on.
Waistcoats that button up to the throat
are extremely stylish and are much better
liked by some ladies than those with roll
ing collar. They certainly save a great
deal of bother, for the tie and front must
at al times be immaculate, and besides
they involve no small amount of time and
labor to keep them in perfect order. In
addition to this, the open front is much
less becoming to many persons than the
Closed one. However. as they are equally
approved. the question of more or less
trouble rarely enters into the consideration
Of the wearer.
While the plain cloth vests OF masculine
cut are a compete bodice. the more fanci-
full friiled articles often consist mercy Of
a wide plastron held in pace by bet and
a standing collar With a wei, fitting
coat the fact that they have no back is a
secret known only 10 the we3rer These
ornamental vests are easily made at home.
and used interchangeab,y give variety TO
the same gown.
The vest illustrated is of foulard and
lace. a full front Of the six is shirred at
the neck and waist and trimmed across
the bust by three horizontal silk rufiies
edged with ace. The Up of the vest is
gathered into a draped standing collar,
also trimmed with lace. which fastens on
the eft side under a loose soft knot.
JUDO CHOLLET
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
JULIA MAGRUDER.

Miss Magruder is a careful. reader and
IS inclined TO read and reread authors that
p-ease her most, as in the Ease of George
Eliot, whose writings she studies by the
most critical tests. and of whom she is a
constant and appreciative sdmirer Her
own method Of writing is very simple.
She gives the morning hours 20 the duty
OF composition. but does no more work for
that day, resuming her occupation on the
following morning. She delights in writ
ing of the refinements Of life and the de-
velopment Of character into a higher state,
and she expresses herself with the greatest
ease and elegance. characteristics pos
sessed also by the peOp.e she creates. Miss
Magruder has had "a the advantages of
travel. pleasant associations and unlimited
opportunities for the studies and pursuits
in which she delights. and her writings
bear evidence of these cOngenial impress
SiOnS.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
Musical Women.

The Brooklyn Amateur musical club is
composed Of about fifty active members
and perhaps twice as many associate men,
beers. all women. The active fifty are pos
sessed OF fresh young voices. which. admir-
ably trained, ring out together in their glee
and concerted pieces with fine effect. The
young women, under the inspiring presi-
depcy Of Miss Gertrude Sherman Of REM
sen-st, who Is endowed with the twin gifts
OF a beautiful voice and a rarely discrlm-
mating musical taste and judgment, are
thoroughly in earnest. their work showing
faithful effort as well as a high degree Of
talent. -Four concerts are given through
the season, at which the happy guest finds
her pleasure tinged with the tantalizing
knowledge that she is eating her cake for
the winter it being an inviolable rule or
the club that no outsider can be twice in
vited in the same season. Following each
concert the members receive their guests,
and tea and chocolate are served.-Brook-
lyn Eagle.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
William A. PeeIIe.

The services of William A. Peele to the
state of Indiana have been of great value,
a fact that will be more and more appre-
ciated in years to come. AS chief Of the
bureau of statistics his annual reports have
commanded wide attention and have been
sought after and copied by the officials of
other states as models of that particular
and important kind of public records. He
was an expert in gathering and compiling
the kind Of information which is so essen
tial to a complete knowledge of all sub
jects Of great importance and which is
classed under the general head of 'statis-
ties" He has saved many a seeker after
knowledge days and weeks of labor and
research, and those who have enjoyed the
benefits Of his varied and accurate work
will remember with sadness how cheerfully
he always responded to every call upon
his time and patience. He was a modest,
cons ientiOus gentleman whose loss will
be felt by troops of friends in every coun-
ty in Indiana, who will deeply sympathize
with his stricken widow and children in
their crushing sorrow that has overtaken
them.-E.VansVille Courier.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
Beds and Health.

AS we become more intelligent concern
ing the laws of health we are beginning
10 realize that the single bed, designed
only for the occupancy Of one person, is as
much a necessity for hygienic living as
toothbrush or a napkin is for the indi-
vidual use of every person All the con-
ditions that make for health, for rest and
for refreshing sleep urge it's use as pre-
caution against contagious diseases, i'm
pure air and disturbed slumber. II one is
setting UP housekeeping and has all her
beds to buy, 1t will really cost little more
TO buy two beds of enameled iron, or Of
brass and iron, than one of expensive
wood, even including the two mattresses
and two sets of springs that will be neces-
sary. II one does not like these bedsteads.
the single or twin BEDS as they are
called, are TO be had in great variety in
woods. They are designed to occupy little
more space than the old-fashioned double
bed and ara usually placed in a room side
by side and under one wide canopy, when
a canopy Is used. The canopy is rarely
the old-fashioned affair that shut out air
and held dust in the folds of it's heavy
drapery. 1t usu5siy projects only over the
head Of the beds, and the curtains Of wash
able material are draped far back, 50 that
they do little more than soften the iron
lines without interfering with the health
fulness. Where two beds are used instead
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
Under the MistIetoe.

The girl from Philadelphia
In some things is not slow.
She says: Good gracious mel Was 1
Beneath that mistletoe?"
The st. Louis girl startled look
At once begins to wear
AS she exclainfs: How very strange!
l DIDN'T know twas there"
The San Francisco maid demure
Is calm as calm can be
As with a blissful smile she says:
you've caught right on, seer
The Boston girl removes her specs,
' Her classic face sedate.
And, she looks around. she says:
I'll take chair and wait"
The Gotham maiden lifts herself
Upon tiny toe,
Remarking, as she takes one more,
ITS English, don't you know
But better still, the Lakeside girl
Another plan, instead
or standing just beneath, she tries
She wears il on her head
Tom MasSOn in Truth
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
The Japanese woman's Toilet.

The japanese woman's toilet upsets our
ideas almost as much as the Australians
Christmas. Her very clothes would fit a
European woman better back way fore
most. She has such a ridlcuously useful
little figure four and one-hals feet high.
Until she gets her clothes ready made from
Germany they never vary The wife of
the fallen Daimio skulking in his castle
town with his eyes as guarded from west
ern Innovations as the narrow limits Of
japan permit. cuts her beautiful silks and
silk crepes as her husbands ancestresses
did IN the days Wnen they spent half the
year at Iyeyasu's new court in YeddO, and
she generally does cut them herself The
clothes of a japanese lady, even of the
highest rank, are homemade and handed
down from generation to generation.
Her silk skirt, or OverpetticOat, may be
as gay as she pleases-as gay as her ire
prOachable taste will allow So may the
broad ODE or sash of stiff and costly bro
cade tied into great butterfly bow be-
hind. But her kimonO, a loose coat COM
ing down to the knees. with a deep collar
and wide hanging sleeves. must be Of the
softest fawn or gray. and her glossy hair
will have none Of the gay pins dear to the
soul Of the beWitching little mousnnee who
haunts the temples Of Shilba and AsaIusa.
Being great lady, she VIII have a pallid,
ivory complexion, A swanlike neck, a long.
thin nose, an exaggerated oval face and
beady eyes in narrow obIique Sits
To the European eye she is not half as
pretty as her humber sister, a rounder
eyed. rounder faced creature with the soft
beauty OF Greuze's Girl at the Fountain .
red-hpped and dam3sk checked. dressed
most likely in a scarlet ODE round her soft
and by no means slender little waist (the
old fashioned japanese jar, with lid re-
sembling co0ly's hat was A convention
alizatiOn In porcelain Of the female figure
divine, and her hair adorned perhaps with
scarlet and white camellia blossoms, per-
haps with pins terminating in artificial but
terfiies. coral. mother Of pearl or white
metal beads Of endless variety, gods and
beasts and fishes.-London Graphic.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26

Miss julia Magruder is a native of the
South, her home being in Virginia, in
which state she was born. She is a niece
of Gen. ]. B. Magruder and the youngest
daughter OF Alan Masruder. who prac-
ticed law In Washington for some years
while Julia and her sister were receiving
their education. Miss Magruder's best
known stories are Across the Chasm, .
AT Anchor" "a Magnificent P.ebelan"
and "a Beautiful Alien" Her work is
much admired for its fine literary finish.
She has written stories ever since she was
a little gir,, her first published effort en-
tering the literary world when its author
was sixteen.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
The Woman Growing Old.

The woman who keeps the simplicity of
her girlhood, writes Julia Ward Howe, it's
generous impulses and quick sympathies,
and who adds to her natural gifts the en-
largement of study and the crown of expe-
rience, is always at her best and never
past il.
Good. And Mrs Howe adds, and what
she says is so truthful and entertaining
that we are glad to reproduce every word
Of it:
when the exterior attractions of form
and color diminish and depart, as they
mostly do, the radiance of our inner illu-
NINA ton will more than compensate their
departure, but in order that this should be
so her moral must equal her intellectual
gain. She must be willing to learn not
only her own powers, but her own defects
also, and to court the good influences
which can help her to escape from the de-
lusions of sense and the fatal tyranny of
self consciousness. She must discard the
petty measures of vanity and self seeking
and learn to love her race. her country
and the humanity which she should help to
adorn."
Herein, as we maintain. is the entire
philosophy of growing old.
The woman growing old, as Mrs Howe
50 well puts it, may well learn to love her
race, her country and humanity. She may
well learn to love all those about her.
and If all good women growing old do this
the race and the country and humanity
will take care of themselves very hand
sOmely. One never grows old who pre-
serves the youthful expectancy and inter-
est and appreciation in the things as well
the persons about her
This is the dear old soul who is the more
lovely If she Is a grandmother as lovely as
anything in the world If she is a matron.
She compels the admiration and attention
Of the young; she advises. comforts. en-
courages. appreciates. In that condition
she Is al her best. If she keeps so minded
she is always at her best-Cincinnati
Tribune.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
Two Souls and So Forth.

Just in front Of the man and his wife at
the theater sat a couple of fledeli1gs billing
and cooling in a most loving manner. They
would have whispered little conferences,
and then the girl would blush and giggle
and gaze at the young man, and he would
look off toward the stage in a fit of emo
tional abstraction that was positively deli
cious. as If he had never said a word TO
her in his life. Then he would turn sud-
denly and gaze upon her with a tenderness
that would melt in the mouth of a stone
statue. They had come to see the play no
doubt, but they had evidently forgotten
what they were there for, and they didn't
show any signs, as the time wore on, that
they would recollect it. The man had been
dividing attention between the performance
on the stage and that before him, and fin
ally his wife bent over and whispered to
him, as she nodded toward the couple:
1.-TWO souls with but single thought"
''Bosh." he responded in tone of strong
disapproval. they haven't got half that
many"-Free Press.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26

and wlry, like a horses name, and very
dark. II is rare to see II really gray, even
on the head OF a very old woman The
short and thick locks are often without
silver thread, although the face OF the
wearer may be as furrowed as a block of
seaworn granite. Baby girls, young wom-
en- and old women have their heads dressed
I'm exactly the same way. After her swad-
ding wraps the child is given the style of
Golf and other clothing that she will keep
through life; consequently as she tOddles
about in front of the cottage door she is
one Of the oldest of little figures.
In full dress the gown is always black,
but a brilliantly coiored handkerchief, in
which scarlet predOminates. is so worn I'M
derneath as to show little down the
front Of the bodice. small shawl. gener-
ally blue or red in the case of children and
young girls, completes the cOstume.-Tem-
pie Bar.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
women sIisers.

Women are born misers, even the most
lavish and generous among them. They
hoard apparently for the mere sake Of
boarding. They save empty spOols and
scraps of lining, bits of feathers, small use
less odds and ends of velvet and ribbon.
The scrapbags and sewing baskets reveal
the instinct in its commonest form. The
collection craze shows il at higher point.
From the time when, as little girls, they
go about with strings of buttons to the
day when, as old ladies, they leave their
collections of bric-a-brac to some art mu-
scum they are everlastingly collecting.
The original ones collect with a certain
degree of discrimination and judgment.
The others collect whatever they hear 1t
IL proper to collect. from souvenir spoons
to handkercbiefs. Sentimental young per-
sons collect pebbles, MOSES, twigs, keep
old flowers WOrnout wells. discarded
gloves and the like as reminders Of roman-
tic episodes. This is harmless enough. as
it costs very little and does not really bur
den the mind with memories any longer
than the mind would be burdened any
way. But once the collection craze passes
this harmless stage it becomes perniciouS
The woman who makes a fetch of laces
and collects them Is laying up for herself
a store of wrinkles and unhappiness. she
will worry about the genuineness OF the
lace she buys She will worry over the
yelloWing influence of time, the tearing OF
careless cleaners, the possibility Of fire and
thieves. The woman whose one idea on
all her travels is TO get souvenir spoon
or a souvenir cup loses all the joys of
travelling, increases the difficulty of pack
ing and frequently burdens herself with
things valueless in themselves and not
long valuable as menentOs.
The collecting fad Is one to be decried
vigorously. It develops a misery spirit.
1t adds burdens to life. 1t seldom, except
in the case of those collecting geniuses
who are the exceptions proving the rule,
adds anything of particular value to ones
possessions. This only good thing to be
said for IL is that it occupies the feminine
m!nd.-Pittsburg Post.