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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-04-05

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fering almost death now ! do all my house.
work, washing, cooking, sewing and every
thing for my family of eight DR.. Pierce s
Fayorite Prescription is the best medicine TO
take before confinement that can be found 4;
or at least IL proved so with me. ! never
suffered so little with any Of my children as
] did with my last aid she is the hoalthiest
We have. ] recommend your medicines 10 all
of my neighbors and especially Favorite
Prescription 10 all women who are suffering.
Have induced several 10 try il, and il has
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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-04-05
nenfncsr Cannot be Cured

The German army uses iST 10000 blank
cartridges year.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-01
His Name on a Tnrtie

John Neubert of the Teton, while
chopping ice near the shore for wa
tering place for the cattle, struck
through the ice and the bit of the axe
was embedded in the mud at the bot
tom of the stream, which was very
shallow at that point. Mr.. Neubert
thought he felt something moving
when the axe struck in the mud, and,
pursuing his Investigations further,
he pulled out a good-sized mud turtle
bearing on its shell, ~. N, 1857, 4"
and ~ N, 1871"
Mr.. Neubert remembers having put
the first initials on turtle at the
mouth of Milk river in 1857, and the
latter initials in 1871 upon the turtle
when he found it twenty-three years
ago on a sand bar in the Missouri at
Devereaux bottom, just above Fort
Benton. The turtle meandered up
and down through two decades until
it finally brought up at the ranch of
its old acquaintance.
Mr.. Neubert again put an inscrip-
ton on its shell, which read: ''Hon.
J. n, pub. adm'r, 1894, " and return
ed it to the river. Where he finds it
again only time can tell. Montana
River Press.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-01
Onen Air Ethics.

keep in the open air as much as
possible, is the first and great com
mandment that should be urged in
the spring,
During the winter we necessarily
live a more or less unnatural life. We
breathe the air vitiatcd by furnace
heat, with all the vital qualities baked
out Of it, and hence during the winter
We subject ourselves to a gradual pro-
cess of slow poisoning,
The antidote for this poisoning is
fresh air
So this universal instinct to get ont
of doors during the spring of the year
is natural instinct which, like all
natural instincts, has a cause based on
the eternal condition of things. 1t is
natures effort to expel the stored-up
poison accumulated during the win
ter.
Man IS naturally an open air ami
NAL But climatic conditions render
open-air life sometimes impossible.
AS soon, However, as these conditions
are removed the old primal instinct to
get out beneath the sky asserts itself,
and this instinct cannot be disregard
ed except at the peril of health.
Get ont in the open air every day
and stay there as long as possible. It
will make you better physically, men
tally and morally. III Boston Globe.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-01
A Camp Experience.

A Rhode Island soldier, while on
picket guard, was rushed upon by
party of Confederate cavalry. He
fired at the foremost of them and ran.
Before him was an open field about
fifty rods across, bounded by an old
log fence, and beyond that thicket
Of briers and underlw ,sh. For this
blshy retreat the soldier started,
h.lf dozen horscnen after him. For
tSnately for the fugitive, the rains
had softened the soil, and the horses
slumped through the turf so badly
that pursuit was slow.
A pistol ball passed through the
runners hat, but he reached the fence,
and with one bound landed on the
top, intending to give long spring
ahead, but the old fence crumbled be-
meath his weight and down he went.
But luck favored him again, for o
hog had rooted out gutter at this
place and at the moment was lying in
it. The soldier fell plump into the
hole. and the frightened hog uttered
one squeal and scampered into the un-
derbrush, leaving the newcomer in
possession Of the wallow and buried
under the debris of the fence.
A minute moro and up dashed the
horseme. n Hearing the rustic of the
fleeing hog in the bushes, they sup
posed it to be the picket, and dashed
through the gap in the fence and
fastened on.
When they were we'll out of sight
the fugitive crawled out from the
mudhole and ran back to camp.
The following day one of the same
horsemen was taken prisoner. Our
hero recognized him at once.
81 say" be asked, "did you catch
that hog yesterday"
"We did that" retorted the prison
er but it wasn't the one we we're
after. New York Advertiser.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-01
Curious Cure by Suggest on.

A curious case of "cure by sugges-
tiop" is reported from large German
hospital A girl Of eighteen was un-
der the impression that she had swal-
lowed a frog, which was alive in her
stomach, and often jumped almost up
into her throat. The doctors had
vainly tried to cure her of this illusion,
and she vas rapidly dying, when it
occurred to one of the medical men to
put tube into her mouth in which q
small frog had been placed. The live
ly creature jumped almost immediate
ly out Of its prison house on to the
table in front of the girl, and q youth
ful student put it into spirits, labelling
the bottle extracted from a stomach. "
The moment the girl saw the creature
a beaming smile spread over her pale
face, she took food at once, and greed
ily, and is now completely cured. :
Westminster Gazette.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-01

Patrick Flanagan was a witness in
q case where truthfulness compelled
him to give some testimony against
the man on trial, who was a particu-
lar friend Of his. Patrick's ordinary
4 sfs-.-4s-2graAhad recently heen rem
dered more than usually 'unintelli-
gible by an accident to which be re-
ferred with feeling in the course Of
his testimony.
He was frequently called upon to
repeat his answers, which were evil
IDENTIFY made under protest and be-
tween these constant requests and
the long words with whith the air OF
the court room seemed to Patrick to
be dlled, his anger rose, and his con-
fusion steadily increased.
Don't prevaricate," said the
Judge at last, as Patrick returned a
surprisingly incoherent answer TO a
gu stion addressed to him.
'Prevaricate, is IT." cried Mr..
Flanagan with angry resentment
"Orm thlnkin' maybe it's yersilf
wouldn't be able,to hip prevarlcatin'
whin three ay yer honor's front teeth
had hGen Knocked out av yer head,
sorr"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-01
He HAD NOTHING TO SAY.
Shough Father of the baby, In Naming IL
lie Did Not Count.


He Did Not Count.
The father thought he should have
something TO say in regard to the
name the child should bear, and when
his wife proposed George Augustus
he accepted the first part, but reject
cd the last--that Is tried to reject
1t, says the Chicago Post.
MAKE it George William he said.
William is better name than Au.
gustus, and then it will please Uncle
Bill"
Yes, and every one will call him
Bill" she protested. a don't like
the name. Augustus is better"
~You won't make the changer"
Il don'I sec why ! should.
very well, he said as he started
for his hat and coat; am going to
the office"
The next morning, as he was put
ting on his coat, he asked
How about that name?"
why, we'll call him George An.
zustus, she returned in surprise.
"Good day" he said, as he went out
and slammed the door.
When he came home that night he
asked:
as IL still Gussie?"
Augustus" she corrected.
After supper he remarked, sneer-
lngly: p
'Gussie! Gussie, That's a nice kind
Of a name, isn't it?9ns
Augustus is very nice name,
she replied, calmly.
Before going to church for'the bap-
tism the following morning he asked,
sarcastically:
"Do you still stick to Gussie?o
George Augustus" she said,
sweetly.
He shut himself in his room for
few minutes and wrote plainly on
sheet of paper, George William"
Then he put it and q $40 bill in an
envelope and Joined the baptismal
party. Once at the church he slipped
off to one side and handed the clcr-
gyman the envelope.
Thank you for the fec" said the
latter, "but l already have the name.
Your wife gave 1t to me.
II thought you might make a mis-
take in 1t, suggested the father.
"Oh, no. It's written very plainly
George Augustus.
The father sighed and gave up the
struggle, but he is getting his revenge
now by informing admiring friends in
his wife's presence that the baby's
name is @Gussie.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-01
Sinking of the Louisiana Delta.

Eminent engineers have on foot a
movement to investigate the sinking
Of the delta country in Louisiana,
which, it is known, is steadily falling.
From number of bench marks made
by surveyors years ago on trees and
elsewhere, and a comparison of the
mean level of the gulf now with the
existing marks, the fact has developed
that the delta coast has sunk more
than foot. New Orleans is now six
inches lower than it was forty years
ago. The engineers will investigate
the causes of the depression. Il Balti-
more American
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-01
Food for tho slck Room.

In preparing food for the sick room,
1t should ae our constant aim to
choose dishes. and viauds which will
provo irresistibly tempting to the pa
tient.
OF course it is true in nearly every
casc. that the digestive organs Of a
sick person are in an exceptionally
sensitive condition and it is often
only thro, careful experiment and
patient nnrSfg that We are enabled to
select food which will do the work
required; but there are q few rules
which Gun bo laid down as universally
binding.
First, It Is Of prime Importance
that the object Of our efforts should
remain in absolute ignorance Of what
is being prepared until it is set before
him. Hardly anything is more likely
to rob him Of the ability to enjoy q
meal than the knowledge beforehand
of what it y 10 consist; while, on the
other hand, the surprise Of an unex-
pected dish ttmptingly arrayed fre-
quently proves Of great service in
quickening a sluggish appetite.
Great care should also be taken to
have whatever we present to the pa
tient just what it pretends to be. For
instance, il he is to have an ''iced"
drink, it must be chilled sufficiently
to remain so fo- some little time. If
hot things are seasonable, let them be
heated to Just such degree as can be
comfortably borne. To none are luke
warm preparations more distdsteful
than to the sick.
Still another simple manner in which
We may successfully tempt the appe-
tite of our patient is by taking care
that his food shall be constantly var
led. Even if we are limited by the
physician as to the nature of the food
to be given, there are still many ways
of serving up the same articles, so
that with little ingenuity we may
avoid the monotony Of having the
same dish over and over again.
Finally, what is brought to the pa
tient should be in dainty bits rather
than in bulky form, and should be i'm
mediately removed when he is salts
fed.
1t is not necessary to recount here
the innumcrable dishes which can be
brought in 4 to relieve the mono
tong a- iinee any good
ii..a-Jsv,. IIUTts asnvunr'
iivo s.'s-l 4. prs a. lult. ! Youth,
Companioi
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-01
All the Work of Doves.
BY ]. b. oowDIN.

'1 wonder, Felicie, what these little
billets under our wings contain2
Don't you wish you knew how to
read?"
ooh, AngelaI how mischievous of
you'll Do you think l would pry into
the affairs of our sweet little mother2
Her blue eyes, you remember, looked
after us so tenderly as we flew away. "
81 remember" said Angela, shamed
by her sisters reproving glance, "and
my heart is ungrateful; but ever since
We left Charleston it has been in my
little head that we are on some dainty
mission.
The two aerial messengers were now
crossing the Susquehanna River, hun
dreds of feet above it-so high, in
decd, that under them flock of blue
birds moving southwark seemed but
drifting wreath of smoke. Into the
rivers silver curves the sinking sun
seemed to be raining jewels.
"Ughl" said Felicio, suddenly shiv-
ering as q Whit of wind from the north
rufled her plumage, "Shall we not
descend little?"
The north wind is cold and heart
less fellow, even to tho har mless little
doves; he grew more rude to them as
tha4 ATa-elA %ss.rsss host is. e,s.l.l.ss frar,-
ments. Overtaken by darkness and
cold, Angela asked Felicie, "Where
shall We seek shelter2" and Fehcie put
the same question to her little sister.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-01
A Ray Of Sunshine.

In the shaded light OF waiting.
have stood and watched the days,
As they moved in numbered measures,
By the allow receding ways.
That the laggard hours and moments,
Have Of passing, when we long
To re-hear q voice whose music
Is rocollectcd song.
have felt the hurt of distance
have known tho silent pain
Which companions constant hoping
Thatthe parted meet again
An unylelding, helpless hoping,
In the likeness OF distress,
Which, as timo goes on, deyelopos
Into utter hopeIessness.
have wandered in the shadows,
have CROPPED my way along
By the guidance of the music
OF that recollected song;
have held my heart and waitol.
For a kindly hopeful ray
ofthe sunshine through the shadows
And her letter came today
w. J. HAMPTON, in Detroit FREQ Pres
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-01

Over the city of Charleston, one
June evening, the scattered clouds
appeared like angels of dazzling gold
as they foated about the ruby palace
of the sun; the glory of that monarch
was shed over all, the most common
place becoming transfgured into
shapes of beauty.
The drudges of toll on their home
ward paths we're no longer matter of
fact workmen; their dinner pals
shone like gems; their course gar
ments were covered with radiance.
Western windows blazed with magnifi-
cence; flock of pigeons turned to
futtering gold as they wheeled about
tine spire of st. Michael's.
Everywhere nature threw her colors
into romantic shapes, as if to say:
"Behold, you dwell in an ideal
world"
But the people we're blind, and un-
derstood not her mute significance.
Only two in cottage garden under
stood. Happy in the universal glow,
they laughed lightly as they passed
among the rose bushes. Angela and
Felicie watched them from the roof of
the tiny porch. Felicie was smooth
ing her sisters wing feathers when the
young couple passed underneath.
"Oh, Felicio, did you see that?"
"No; whnt2"
"He bent over and kissed our sweet
little mother"
Indeed, somebody's black coat
sleeve was plainly visible around q
young girls white waist. New York
Journal.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-01

per e--let him do as he pleases, said
Nh Kingsley, pushing the cleaning
ROD own the barrel.
,rA,...e laavs afterward, Ray Kings
lc1, ,,arefully attired, walked along
BldnEereet, in the city of Charleston.
A boxike cage, neatly wrapped in
paper, dangled from his finger. When
his glance caught the right number
his courage well-nigh failed him after
nervous tumble be mastered the
secret Of the gate latch, and walked
up the path toward an unpretentious,
but neat white cottage.
A servant ushcred him into the
parlor and took his card. While Ray
entertained himself by looking about
the room for evidences of young
girls home life, he heard the rustic OF
dress in the hall. and his heart be-
came quite still A pleasant lady of
perhaps forty, graeiously advanced and
extended her hand. Ray blushed vio-
lently. Here, then, was the realiza-
tioh of his day dream, this full pro-
portionate matron, perchance the
m1ther of whole string of femenine
pearls
f'My niece will be down directly,
SID said observing his embarrassment.
"gh, you have her little pets there, l
prSsume?" laughingly drawing his at
teation to the package yet dangling
frd m his finger. "This is On odd way
in which we make your acquaintance,
Nj. Kingley."
The removal of the paper from the
cage was a welcome relief to the young
min, and the conversation, deftly
nd naged by Mrs. Burns, had become
ur%eserved, when a girllsh figure,
SIMPLY clad in pink, entered the
robm. During the introduction and
tlk that followed Ray felt perfectly
at ease; indeed, it seemed to him that
ha had known this brown haired, pan
sYreyed girl from childhood. As the
loying, young mistress artlessly greeted
hr pets, he improved the moment to
syly observe her exquisitely moulded
ef, long lashes, soft cheek and the
Interesting outline of form and foot.
Mrs. Burns had been called from
Tie room, and during her absence the
!oung couple chatted unreservedly to
och other. When Ray rose to leave
ID felt that he had pleased his listen
trs. When asked at the door how
ing he intended to stay in Charles
IN, he replied that he didn't know
lst how Tonga week or ten days;
lerhaps longer.
Then you VIII call agaln-soon
sked the little dove-owner, lowering
er voice on the "soon."
'fWhy Fanniei" interrupted her
unit, giving the girl look of sur
rise and admonition; then, with a
ight laugh. turning to the young man,
or course, Mr.. Kingsley, You will
all again sooni"
''Our boy has written at last, moth
=" said Mr. Kingsley. "Read it.
nd let's hear what he has to say"
The letter tossed into his wife's lap
yhs eagerly opened, and she read halt
ngly these lines:
My Dear Mother; Forgive me for not
writing sooner, but have been so busy ma
suring plans for the future / found Miss
Nherton and delivered the doves to her
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-01
Prodigal Of Them.

Whimper-Don't you think Bodley
holds the strangest opinions of any
you know of?
Quirk-No, indeed. he doesn't. 1
wish hewould.
Whimper-Wish he would whatP
Qpirk-Hold his opinions; the
trouble with him is he is continuously
airing thesps Richmond Dispatch.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-01
LA PLATA, MARYLAND. JUNE. 1894.

shadowing the crossroads, and there.
while robin overhead whistled his
tern.
Bay ezpcctantly broke the seal and
opened to these lines:
Kind Sir: Your note Of the 18th instant
wa genuine surprise to me- but l assure
~ that l am pleased to learn Of my pets
ialling into your hands, as icel confident Of
your good care over them. They can be ro-
tdfned by express, should you prefer, at my
expense; but as you are coming to Charles
ton on business, should like to thank you in
porson, and to reward you for your trouble
IN the matter. My address IS No. 81 Blank
Street Again thanking you, remain, yours
very respectfully, FANNY ArnERroE.
I The faint perfume of the dainty
l, issivc stole through poor Rays heart,
81 that he resumed the homeward
wllk in Undergraduates of his sur
roundings 'The name," he mused,
"is smooth enough for one of Tenny-
somebody's; she writes too good hand
to be ill-brod or ignorant. And if
young and pretty-why, here is my ro-
nance"
Half n mile onward, through deep
ening shadows, he looked up to see his
chamber window, where he had admit
tel the doves, glorifed square set
opposite the rising moon. This he
took as a happy omen.
what do you think, Harriet?" said
Mr. Kingsley the next morning. "Our
boy is goin' to South Carolina with
them pigeons. Spendin' money for
such foolish thingl" And Mr..
Kingsley took his rifle down from the
well to clean.
You are not going to shoot him
for it. are you?" said the pleasant
faced mother, wiping her face with
her apron and regarding her husband
with smile.
'Itis good thing his uncle left
him something" growled the father,
lodking into the muzzle of his gun,
"for | never would support him in
idloness"
when is he going2"
Tomorrow, he says"
Qomorrowl Well, let him go.
The woman is likely homely, or old,
or married, and sight of the South
ma be good for the boy"
Well, he can go at his own ex-
per a-let him do as he pleases, said
Mr Kingsley, pushing the cleaning
rod. own the barrel
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-01

In his cosy upper room, from which
the lamp shed cheering glow on the
bare orchard boughs without, Ray
Kingsley stretched himself before the
fire.
eyes, he mused, closing his book,
"idealism and realism should blend to
produce the highest nrt What more
ideal than this poem. The Miller's
Daughter?' And yet the long green
box of mignonette, and all the other
minute details are realistic enough.
Ah, if something like that would occur
to mel But this humdrum life-I am
weary of it. E"
He arose and crossed the room, paus-
ing before IN engraving of Ruth"
hung over the mantel. His free
thoughts, like the swallows, were cir
cling about the graceful figure in the
grain field, when peculiar noise at
the window startled him. Turn
ing about he pushed up the sash,
when something white flashed in
his face, and moment later he
beheld two doves, apparently be-
numbed with cold, duttering about
the room in aimless bewilderment.
One upset q vase on the mantel before
burying its head and wings in a cor
ner of the lounge. The other quietly
hid under the rocking chair. They
made no resistance as Ray picked them
up and caressed their plumage
Father, mother see here" cried
he, descending the stairs and entering
the sitting-room; "what do you think
Of this2"
Each bird wore blue ribbon about
its neck and under the left wing an
ivory tablet bearing the inscription,
miss Fanny Atherton, Charleston,
S. c., March l, 1894" Under the
right wings were two letters, one ad-
dressed to "Miss Rose Livingston,
New York, the other to "James Ath-
srton," of the same city. A dove-cote
was improvised and the little creatures
made comfortable for the night, while
Ray, holding the tablets in his hand,
once more sought his chamber, where.
as he mused over the occurrence, one
might fancy that into his thoughts a
sweet, fair face had drifted.
'sI'll do it?" he exclaimed sudden
ly, and opening up his secretary, he
At once penned note to Miss Fanny
Atherton, informing her that her doves,
far out of their course, had sought
shelter at his windows; that, having
business ~ which called him to
Charleston, he would. if provided with
the number of her residence, return
the pets in person.
For three days Ray impatiently
awaited reply. On the evening of
the third, however, the postman hand
ed him square envelope, addressed
in a femenine hand, which caused him
TO redden violently. He had never
before received missive from young
lady. On the way homeward he sat
aOwn under the great oak tree over
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-08

Louis Merchants Exchange, died al
his home in Kimmswick, Mo-, OF
pneumonia.
Charles I. Russell, A, postmaster al
Hawinton, Conn, is dead. He was 4
republican, but was appointed during
Mr.. Cleyeland'S administration.
Judge John d. Stewart, ex-c0ngress
man from Georgia, died at his home
in Griffin. Ga. He was 50 years old
He had been in poor health for Il long
time before his death.
Obituary: At Tacoma, Wash, Judge
Williams II. Calkins, eX-congressmaI
from Indiana, aged fifty-two.-At
Cincinnati, Herman AioOs, the Jewish
nOvelist.-At HoughtOn, Mich, Mrs
FOuntaine. aged one hundred.-At Paw
paw, Mich, Captain Edmund Smith
aged seventy-eight-At New Orleans
James D. Houston, aged forty-siX.-At
MarshalltoWn, Iowa, Banker James L
Williams.