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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-16
The Zodiacal Light.

Sometimes in the evening, some lit
tie time before and during twilight.
and also sometimes-th though rarer-
before and during sunrise, "A close OBJ
server may detect peculiar fan-like
streaks OF darker and lighter shading
across the sky. These streaks, of
which the palmer ones may number
from four to six, together form a tri-
angle with its base on the horizon and
extending out Mt varying attitudes.
This appearance still holds a rank
rs an unexplained phenomenon in ma
ture. 1t occurs only occasionally.
There may be fine illustration on
given evening, and while there may be
week of clear sunsets succeeding, not
n trace of the streaks will be visible.
From this it would seem that par
ticular atmospheric condition must be
one of the factors in its production.
The assumption would be supported
by numerous analogies not necessary
to enumerate. In the proper atmos-
pherc, then, let it be assumed that the
streaks are due to alternate lines of
shade and light. Now, let something,
to some extent, obstruct the rays of
the sun which has set, either an i'm
pediment in the distant landscape or
an unseen cloud, the combination at
the proper angle with the observers
vision, and it is probable that he may
approach solution of the long.stand.
ing puzzle.
The fan-like appearance is such for
the same reason that the lines in n
brick wall leading away from the OBJ
server seem to focalize to center, as
do also railway tracks, seemingly come
together in the distance. These 20.
diacal lines are undoubtedly parallels,
as are lines of cloud streaks that to
our vision seem to point to common
starting point.
1t is more than probable that this
modest and unobstrusive streaking of
the clear evening sky has been un-
solved because of its very simplicity.
1t is probably only modification of
what is commonly known as 'the sun
drawing water. "-.Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-16
Health-Giying Perfumes.

There seems to be, undoubtedly is,
something positively health-and-
ishn.ent-and strength giving in the in.
huence of sweet and powerful per-
fumes on the nerves--a subtle some
thing yet unexplained. What we get
of most value in the country, physi-
clans and philosophers say, are the
sweet smells of grass and flower and
tree. 1t is not chiefly the spirits, the
alec hol, in cologne that invigorates |;
it is the essence or aromatic oils. The
delight that rose gives to everybody
is due to some mysterious stimulus
the rose fragrance has for the nerves.
Half the delight in walking in old
lanes in the country comes from the
invisible trailing streamers and float
ing clouds of flower incense in the air.
Boston Transcript.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-16

for supply OF things to be shl
when MT. Gould and his friends con
up for holiday The winter supp
OF horses is always seventeen, and u
summer supply twice that number.
The Russian dogs, with Czarail
the famous foxhound, at the head
the kennel, and the kennels OF a
other rare, hardy winter dogs, hal
their special keepers; and, all toll
the place Is kept on as large a sea
and as luxuriantly as any royal estat
No one else on earth spends as NUT
on a shooting box.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-16

up our northern heavens, confoundI,.
tronomers as TO what II can be, IL ~
ing OF the banners OF the procession J
to take the conquerors home from ~
militant to church triumphant, and yos
1 have 10000 reasons for wanting n
there, but we will never get there eithJ
self immolation or impenitency. AMI
sins slain by the Christ who came to ds|
thing, we want TO go in at Just IN,
divinely arranged, and from a couch an
ly spread, and then the clang Of the !,
cbral gates behind us will be overpo,,
by the clang OF the opening Of the
pearl before us. o God, whatever "A
may choose, give me Christians h
Christians death, n Christians buns
Christians Immortality;
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-16

for the sea Schofeld was in TEN
see. Here and in other places Sc
field showed himself gallant sol
and won the admiration Of all.
He was present at the surrende
Johnstons army in 1865, and
charged with the duty Of carry
out certain details Of the capt.
tion. Scho1eld succeeded Edwin
Stanton as Secretary of War in l
and held that Office for n year, W
he was appointed major genera
the United States army. He Il
present senior major general
Will be retired next year, as he \
at that time reach the age limit.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-16
1T COST Slo,ooo,o 900.
George Gould's Hunting Lodge In
Catskiil Mountains.

George GouId's Hunting Lodge In ,
Catskin Mountains.
George Gould's mountain luxu
Furlough Lodge, cost $40, 0,000,C
and an expenditure Of upward of 3
900, 900 year is necessary to ma
tain 1t. The lodge, which is locat
in the Catskill mountaids, stands
a l,000-acre tract OF very expens
land. The tract Is surrounded wi
a barbed wire fence ten feet hig
Within this inclosure is the fin
pigeon warren In the world, and
richest pleasantly. There is an
mense deer park, a small herd
buffalo and foxes that run wild
the year around, inviting visitors
shoot them.
To take care OF this great sup
OF game there are ten men EN- lol
all the year around. And these
under the direction of a head gar
keeper, who Is personally responsi
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-16

could find out nothing more OF
No. rs history, except that his real
age was twenty-eight. He looked at
least ten years older. He was knocked
about good deal in the world, he told
some of his fellow patients.
His injuries proved to be very slight.
and on the evening OF the second day
he was allowed to sit up for a short
time.
On the day following, when it was
growing dusk, the door of the ward
opened, and DIR. Preston came quietly
in.
saw at a glance that he had not
been successful in his search. There
was nothing more to be learned at
that address, he told me. The people
there remembered quite well man
who gave the name of George Thomas
sleeping there for one night week
ago, but they were sure they had no
other lodger at the time. They knew
nothing whatever about the man. He
was evidently very poor, but had paid
for what he had had
al ought not to have built so many
hopes upon so slight foundation"
he replied, with a poor attempt at a
smile, and tone of weary sorrow in
his voice. 81 have waited so long
that ventured to think that perhaps
at last he"--then, checking himself,
and with an effort turning his thoughts
elsewhere-"but ! am late, sister. l
must catch up my work. Have you
anything fer me to-night?"
"Will you sign No. rs paper? The
wound was very superficial, and Mr..
Jones discharged him this morning.
He is anxious to get on"
~ must speak to him first; he may
be able to tell me something more" "
and he turned towards No. 7, sitting
by the fire, and for the first time he
looked him in the face-the first time
for five years, rather; for / saw DR..
Preston pause as if transfixed, and the
next moment he was at his brothers
side.
"Jack I" he said, "Jack !" and could
not say another word.
But that was all he had to say. Jack
had been the thought of his life, night
and day, for five years. And now Jack
was there, and he held him fast, what
should he say but repeat Jack y
again and again, until he could realize
that this was no dream, but rather the
awakening TO better and happier life
than he had known before. Jack said
nothing at all. For one moment he
had looked around as il wishing to
escape; but if he would he could not.
And where in the world that he had
found so hard and merciless could he
hope to meet the warm welcome which
strove to find utterances in his broth.
er's happy eyes, which gazed on the
ragged figure before him rs if he could
never look enough?
That is all the tale 1t gave the pa
tients something to talk about for a
day or two, and was then forgotten
in the ward, at least.
But there are three people from
whose memories no word or act re
corded here can ever be effceoa Noed
name them? They az DIR. Preston,
Jack, his brother, and myself, Tom
treston's wife,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-16
History or Goth a IN.

At one OF the annual dinners OF d
New England society OF New Yor
at which Mr.. Blaine and the la
Governor Van Zandt, Of Rhode i
and, were both guests, little goo
naturcd chaff was INDUCED in as
the relative influence OF the Hollan
ers and Yankees In the settleme
and development Of New York.
can give you the history of New Yo
In a sentence" said Van Zandt,
whose veins coursed both Dutch al
Yankee blood. "The Dutch settl
New York, aud the Yankees settl
;he Dutch"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-16
A SONG OF LOVE,
I DO believe her heart

40 believe her heart
Is something still to me,
She IA the one that had no art
Save love. that is to be.
She is the one who was 80 dear
And caught mo with her golden hair
Ny sweet remembrance makes
melody OF her!
No thrush that sings in all the brakes
Would I-could /, prefer
For when she spoke, in Loves sweet way
All the dear birds sang night and day
Frank l.. stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-16

sions, only too common in our neigh
borhood, had taken place, aud eight
of the men, poor fellows, all badly in.
jured, had been brought into the
Martin ward. We all had n heavy
time of it, and our house surgeon
never very strong-had completely
broken down under the strain of his
devoted attention 20 his patients.
He had the satisfaction of seeing all
the cases with one exception) fairly
started on the road to convalescence
before he, too, came on the sick list,
and was ordered absolute rest for sew
eral months. No man ever deserved a
rest more than he.
BY his constant and unwearied
labors of love he had earned the bless
ing pronounced in Abou Ben Adhem
as Zone who loved his fellow-men. "
We all greatly missed his CHEEKY pres
ence in the wards, aud felt small in
terest in the doctor who came as his
''locum," feeling sure that no one
could take his place.
DIR. Preston, the temporary house
surgeon, however, made favorable
impression on his arrival and soon
showed that he thoroughly knew his
work. He had quiet, reserved man
ner, and we had worked together some
days before l learned anything more
about him. Then nm accident, if there
is such thing, showed me the real
man. One evening, on going his
rounds, l reported new case, just
come in, to him. 1t was man who
had been found lying in the road. He
had evidently fallen against curb
stone and had received scalp wound.
That he was n stranger in the town
was proved by some papers in his
pocket, showing him to have been dis
charged from a sailing vessel at Hull
Wv davs previously.
'ade out hi9 history
nv
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-16
DIR. FRESTON'S BROTHER.

WAS sister in a
large male surgi-
cal ward of a we'll
known hospital
in the north of
England at the
time when the
following acci-
dent occurred:
A few months
previously one of
those disastrous
collicry explo-
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-16

80, WA an expression l had not s..ts,
on his face before. "Very few of MS
realize what those words mean, sister.
1t means more than mere friendless-
ness. 1t means mans life without
any influence for good upon it-no
restraint to keep him from sinking to
the lowest depths no anchor to hold
him back from suffering shipwreck on
the rocks which surround us all some
seen and some hidden ones more
dangerous than all.
He paused, then turned round to
face me, and spoke more quickly, as
if he wished to force himself to say
something.
"To me it is the most painful sight
OF all, because | am haunted by the
feeling that somewhere in this world
there now may be man who is friend
less and alone through my fault.
Every fresh face see | think may be
his. Every morning wake with the
thought that / may see it before
night"
looked at him with intense inter
est. My womau's instinct, which SO
seldom errs, told me that he had never
spoken of this to any one before, and
that it was great relief to him to do
80 now.
l longed to hear more. He seemed
to read the sympathy expressed in my
face and went on more quietly:
81 had younger brother. There
were only the two of us. was older
by three years, and both in appear
ance and character we were totally
unlike. He had been spoiled by nv
father, who always let him have his
own way, chiefly, | fancy, on account
of the strong likeness he bore TO our
mother, who died when we were quite
young. was at Oxford reading for a
degree previous to entering the hos.
pital when my father died.
MY father had had nasty fall in
the hunting field, and was almost at
the last before got to him. All his
affairs were in perfect order, but he
was anxious about Jack-always his
first thought.
You'll look after him, Tom," he
said. Promise me you'll look after
him. II you promise, | know you
won't so back. A promise is promise
with you, Tom; could always trust
you"
81 did promise, again and again
and God knows meant to keep m,
word, and my old father died quit,
happy with my promise still sounding
IL his ears and his eyes resting to tn,
last on his darling Jack. He neveI
doubted me for n moment. How
could he foresee?"
81 went back to Oxford, and Jacl
entered the same college. That wa
the mistake, At n distance-if | ha,
only seen him now and then-w,
might have got ON well enough bu
at my elbow, always bursting into III,
room when | wanted to read, fillini
his room with friends rs noisy m,
hght'hearted as himself, spending
money recklessly on all sides, an
turning everything 1 said into iok
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-16

THE only successful way to advc
tise a newspaper Is to publish q COZ
one.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18
CONST A BE SALE.

No. 49j Nj. II. Quigles ". George Mix.
Bv virtue of q writ OF alias titri faClasis-
sued to me in the above entliIet aud NUM-
he,ed suit by Hon. Hovl- Tomkes, Jus.
1icr Of the Peace in and for Fourth Ward
of Cahflo pari-h, La have se'Zed and
will sell at public auction at the Texas
street front door of the courthouse Of
tAddo parish, La, between the legal
hours for sale on
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER |, 1894,
the following described proDtrty to.wit:
Lot hft"rn 15) of Keynotd's subdvision
of ten (lO) acre lot Twenty-Five C25) Of the
city of Shreveport. Fadao parish. La,
with all the buildings and improvements
thereon. Terms Of sale ra>u, subject to
uppralsrrMrnt.
l.. NJ NCDIFFlE, Crn>tuhe,
The Progress, ju'y Is.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18
Farmers, Look Here!

When you come to town why not put
mp at the best wagon yard with the
lowest prices? | have ample ac
commodatiou for loose stock for any
one needing pasture: splendid bsr-
mnda grass. at very moderate prices
Personal attention given to stock III
my charge. | keep all kinds of feed
and FEEDING done at reasonable prices
Will also state that | keep in con
nection full line of family groceries,
hay, corn, oats, etc, which | can sell
at AS reasonable prices as anyone.
Don't fail to come to see me and give
me a trial. Very respectfully.
JOHN JOHNSON.
April 21-12 m.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18
IS 1oVs l6e7 THE LOWEST PNCES,
JOHNSON'S
Planters Wagon Y.'I.

Located on the Texas Road June
ton and City Electric Railroad.
The cleanest and the best equipped
yard in the city. Dry and comfort
able. God camp houses, plenty Of
wood and water Fees at the very
reduced price of Is ce.'ts per night
for a wagon. There is also lunch
counter run in connection.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-31
A Practical Test.

81 SEQ by the newspapers" he observed,
that the city of Paris tried to borrow mon
ey and was offered SIS times as much as was
asked for"
Eyes; that's true"
II notice, too, that the German loan was
oversubscribed u good many times"
YES"
ut indicates that money Is plentiful and
cheap"
ut does"
Nov, if were to ask you to lend me a
dollar would you offer to makeit $50 or SOP"
Certainly not"
IF were to ask for dime. would you
offer to make it 81 billp"
NO"
IF l should endeavor to negotiate the
loan of cent. suppose you would not sug-
gest that l take nickelp"
You are quite right"
1T is as l thought muttered the would
be borrower us he walked away. ut is such
practical test as this that makes me skep-
tical of what read in the newspapers. ~
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-31
PERsoNs who svmnathize with n

PERSONS who sympathize with the
afflicted will rejoice with D. e. Carr, of
1895 Harrison street, Kansas City. He
Is an old sufferer from inf1ammatory
rheu matism, but has not heretofore been
troubled in this climate. Last winter
he went up into Wisconsin, and in con-
sequence has had another attack. "It
came upon me again very acute and Sc
vere," he said. my oints.swelled and
became infiamed; sore to touch or al :
most to look at. Upon the urgent re-
quest of my mother-in-law tried Cham
berlain's Pain Balm to reduce the swell
ing and ease the pain, and to my agree
able surprise, it did both. have used
three fifty-cens bottles and believe 1t to
be the finest thing for rheum atism pains,
and swellings extsnt." For sale by the
Chas. Lyle Drug Company, druggists.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-31
THE TIMES KODAK.
Interesting News Items Gath
cred Around Salem.

Will Brown went to Lynohburg on
business yesterday.
There Is now only one prisoner, Ed.
Shaver, In the chain gang, and be seems
really lonesome.
In the past few days several moro
cows have been killed in and near Sa-
lem by the trains,
John Armstrong. son OF MI. and Mrs.
e. M. Armstrong, has just graduated at
Rampden-Sidney College with FIRST hon.
ors.
Masste Pollard. the white woman
now serving sentence in jail, to
which sad state Of degrad alton she was
brought by the opium habit. is allowed
small quantity Of laudanum daily by
the officials. but she begs and entreats
the jailer day and night for morphine.
For the lack OF room. and because of
sickness in the building, the orphanage
school will have no public exercises st
its close this session. 1t is hoped by
another year to have hall on the es-
tate In which the public can be enter
tanned with exercises of high toned
character.
A misunderstanding among some four
or five colored men, who 1t is alleged
were paiu TO WOrK In the interests OF
W. II. Snuff in the recent election,
caused one of them to swear out war
rants for embezzlement of part of the
money, against three others yesterday.
The matter was however, compromised
by the money being paid and Justice
Camper dismissed the warrants.
In Roanoke county court yesterday
the following business was transacted:
On motion OF the National Mutual
Building and Loan Association, of New
York, it was ordered that r. 81. Logan
be substituted as trustee in the deed of
trust Of j. B. Richardson and wife. The
viewers in the road case Of j. n. Sears
vs. the public made their report. A
rule against G. L. Bush to show cause
why certain fshwsy should not be
erected at his cost was dismissed. In
the case OF w. P. Turner vs.. the Norfolk
and Western railroad, on motion OF the
plaintiff, the order dismissing the case
at the January term was set aside,
and the case was set for hearing st the
June term. The case of e. Simmons
vs.. the Norfolk and Western railroad
was continued for plaintiff TO the Sd
day of the July term.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-31
A RUSTIC SETTLE.

this furniture within the, reach of oil
are here reproduced from Country Gen
tleman some helpful hints concerning
the making of chairs, ETC., at home,
The first is long and broad settle
with high back. 1t has high and
comfortable back and solid legs to which
the seat and arms are mortised. A seat
is made of round sticks shaved fiat OH
the surface side, and the whole is we'll
braced and graceful, as the cut shows.
The arms are made from natural crooks
found in the woods, the mountain laurel
serving admirably.
The second is chair, capacious, with
a seat like that of the settle. It has
stout legs supporting the back, and the
arms arc we'll braced by crooked sticks
neatly mitered and nailed i'll place. 1t
possesses the advantages of being quick
ly made, as there are but few pieces to
It A long, Timber sapling, such as can
be got by the thousand In any dense,
second growth timber, can DO fastened
to the back ut A, carried down to the
forward leg below the seat and neatly
pinned or screwed on, bent about over
tho forward leg to serve as On arm, car
ried back to the top of one rear post,
fastened and bent around to the other,
carried down to the forward post and
fastened, bent still again, and run back
nearly parallel to point on the rear
:''-.-rc midway between the seat and top
to correspond with the opposite sido on
which It started If this chair is not to
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-31
Figs In North Carolina.

The following roots seem to be the
hardest i'll winter: Brown Turkey or
Brown Ischia, Osborn's Prolific, Black
Provence, Early Violet, Negro Largo,
Violctto de Bordeaux, Black Marseilles,
Roi DIES Noirs, Black Ischia, Castle Ken
nedy and Pitalouse These were ali un-
hurt by winter of 1912. The follow
ing were but slightly hurt at tips same
winter: Angelique, Black Bourjassotte,
White Bourjassotte, Crosse Vert Bruins
wick, Bourjassctte Griso, Adriatic,
White Marseilles and San Pedro. The
White Genoa was badly cut down. In
the winter of 1923 all of these wero
cut nearly to the ground by tho unusual
cold
So far as tested, the following seem
to be most productive: Brown Turkey,
Celestial, Early Violet, Black Provence,
Osborn's Prolific, Castle Kennedy, Ne
gro Largo, Adriatic.
In quality, so far as fruited, we rank
the following in order named San Pc
dro, Adriatic, Angeliquc, Brunswick,
White Genoa, White Marseilles, Coles
tial. The Celestial is the smallest Of all
figs, but can be eaten out of hand with
out SHINING, as the skin has mono Of
the acidity of the larger sorts
Though figs Of all sorts usually sur
vive our winters without trouble, we
have occasional winters in which they
are badly hurt, like tho last ono It is
always safer then to protect at least
with shelter of pine boughs or by bend
Ing the branches to the earth and cover
ing them with soil. This is much more
quickly done than might be imagined
We have treated some of our trees in
this way the past winter and will look
with interest for the results North
Carolina Station
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-31
Shading Newly Set Trees.

Every ono knows tho value of o mulch
when planting out orange or other trees,
but too many have overlooked another
item-viz, shading the stems Of all
newly planted trees. A wisp of Spanish
moss lightly wound round the trunk
will not only enable the tree to stand
the shock of moving infinitely better,
but will, which is of much greater i'm
portance, keep the bark and stock fresh
and supple instead OF getting hardened
with tho sun, rs is too often the case
Let moss stay on for first year. Try
when next setting out and sec the diff
ference in the trees, advises Florida
Fruit Grower.