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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-10-10
Read II. Oppenheimer's new ad-

The latest thing in bloomers-the
new woman.
Bloomsbury and York fairs are in
progress this week.
Geo. Hassinger has gone to Shamo-
kin Business College.
Never tell the old maid that she is
living in an advanced age.
A portion of DR.. Dimms In
augural address is published in this
issue.
Geo. J. Schoch and wife of Selins-
grove were Middleburgh visitors
last Friday.
When your blood is impoverished
the remedy is at hand. Take Ayers
Sarsaparilla.
Take Ayers Pills for constipation
and as purgative medicine. Safe
and effectual.
John, the only son Of Clarence and
Mrs. Graybill has been very i'll for
the past ten days.
W. H. Smith, proprietor of the
Central Hotel, is making improve
ments to his property.
Miss Meta Meyer and Mrs. r. B.
Hummel Of Selinsgrove visited
friends in town Tuesday.
Miss Marie Johnson of Lewis
town was visitor at j. l.. Marks,
the early part of the week.
Col. Philip Hilbish of Selinsgrove
has declined the democratic nomi-
nation for County Surveyor.
DIR. b. F. and f. j. Wagenseller of
Selinsgrove were in Middleburgh on
professional business Tuesday.
Bonneville Smith has our thanks
for liberal supply of luscioues
peaches. Ben. never forgets the
printer.
The Executors of the Estate of J.
A. Smith, decd, will have large
sale of Real Estate at Kreamer
Oct. 10th.
Emma J. Swinford will sell at pub
lie sale large lot of personal prop
erty at her residence near Oriental
Saturday Oct. 10th.
Prof. Paul Billhardt is removing
the stable from his lot and proposes
to erect other structures that can be
utilized to advantage.
Ira E. Ulsh proposes shortly to
move with his family to Millersburg
to take charge of the new mill
erected by Azariah Kreeger. A. II.
Ulsh and his son-in-law A. Il. Cooper
will direct the affairs at the Franklin
Roller Mills.
We regret to learn that Rev. A.G.
Nye will not be returned to the
Middleburgh U. b. church. He will
locate at Pottsville The Middle
burgh charge is yet to be supplied.
Rev. Wengert returns to Eliza
bethville, and Rev. Romig retains
the Freeburg District.
Nj. L. Miller, the Selinsgroye
marble cutter, has placed monu.
ment oyer the grave of the late
Chas l.. Smith. Mr.. Miller is put
ting up numerous monuments in
this section and his work always
bears the closest inspection.
The old jewelry stand of Phillip
Swineford, decd, is now in charge
Of G. o. Meyer and Co. All kinds
of repairing done on short notice.
All work is guaranteed and our
prices are made to suit the times. A
full line of watches and clocks al
ways on hand. If.
MISTAKEN Souls VINO DREAM OF
Bliss, The following marriage IL
censes have been granted since our
last publication:
Harvey M. Woodling, Penn Twp,
Eva g, Musslemen,
Dr.. J. 9, Amig, Middleburg,
You can earn S5 each day "giving"
our absolutely indispensable house
hold article away. New plan of work,
making experience unnecessary and
success certain for either sex in any
section. Sample dozen free. Credit
given. Freight paid. Address,
MELRosE MIRO. Co., l4S Melrose
Park, Ill. 10-1O-4t.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-10-10
EMS of LOCAL INTEREST

Nee II. III. LeitzelT s special an-
in this issue.
Mss Ella Shenkel of Penns Creek
,isiting her sister, Mrs. DR.. Mohn.
Buy your Boots, Shoes and Rub
!, at NJ. S. Schroyer's. 12-15-95.
Villiam Ayers of Paxtonville spent
.,day with his parents at this
bee,
Mrs. A. S. Beaver is visiting her
Lasr, Mrs. Albert Smith, at Eliza
|.hyille.
|lohn Woods, Jr., and G.. E. Helm
lh Of Beavertown were Middle
|rrh visitors Sunday.
|CO Gaugler of the Snyder County
paid a visit to the County
N Saturday and Sunday.
| For Guns, Revolvers, Ammuni-
IA, and Sporting goods go to M.
Scbroyer's. 1855.
| & B. NJ. Arnold, ticket agent and
rator at Adamsburg, spent q few
hrs at the county seat Sunday.
large and well selected stock of
be-, Rubbers, and Hardware, at
|xk Bottom prices at NJ. S. Schroy-
1855.
Proi. +. G. Bowersox is scheduled
make an address at Huntingdon
rt week at the 49th Regt. p. V. re-
ion.
Slomon Oppenheimer, the Selins-
we Clothing dealer. and family
vped in Middleburgh a short
DE on Sunday.
Z F. Holmes, youngest son Of
A Holmes of Selinsgrove was
Enosed to Train Dispatcher of
Niddlesex Valley r. R., Gen
my.
N. Kaufman, the proprietor of
Central Hotel at New Berlin,
Chas. Miller of the same place
Ee among the Sunday visitors at
place.
RrYCLE For SALE.-A Cleveland
ycle is offered for sale at. H. H.
Ezels Jewelry Store. Cost 500.
will be sold to the first cash
Der for $50.
Hinter goods at Airs. L. G. Aur-
Is Millinery and Fancy store,
% as Ladies' Hats, Coats, Caps,
Chrildren's coats. All are in
ID to come and see.
DE Farmers Alliance picnic on
|urday opened anew the discus
hon the monetary question. Red
discussions were frequent on
arday evening and Sunday.
p illtrmmed hat is not q mark
|enius, but simply a sign that you
pot employ a good Milliner. Sty-
" trimmed hats can be secured
The most reasonable rates at
bic Dunkelberger's Millinery.
Scott Ritter of Shamokin Dam
acounty seat visitor on Mon
Scott is looking forward to
coming primary election with
tw to become a candidate for
Republican nomination for sher-
lSunday W. d. Baker and Har-
drislnger took a 81 mile bicycle
passing through the following
hs' Northumberland, Danville,
rsIde, Union Corners, Elysburg,
dertown, Klinesgrove and Sun
AT Union Corners they were
guests OF Mr.. Joseph Woodruff.
a'ches repaired at the lowest
Cleaning watches reduced
cents at III. H. Leitzel's Jewel
ihls offer good only for 10
Those wishing to have re-
ng or cleaning should take ad-
Age OF this special offer. l will
De undermined.
H. d. LEITzEL, City Jeweler.
isn your bicycles need repairs,
W. d. Baker, 234 Pine St.,
STove' Pa. and have it well
BICYCLES bought sold and ex-
ksa Renting. Instructions in
complete line of cycling
nies' Second hand wheels al.
N 8 stock. Agency Tor the Cele-
. Columbia Bicycles.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-10-10
UNITED IN MATRlMONY.

Dr. oohn e. Amig, successful
dentist Of this place, makes the
ntptiat go,cs ,ciH Mss .Vcttie,
Datghter of Mr.. and Mrs.. j. L..
Marks.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-06

Maurice Ingraham strayed into Gou-
plPs, as he did nearly every day. in or
der to indulge in a quarter hour of
from. which he had been exiled by
mean of a rich legacy. When one
falls heir to the estate of a childless
uncle worth several millions it de-
prives him Of the delicious makeshifts
and economies and excursions of the
guild of painters. 1t has been said that
champagne tastes and a beer income
are a cause of miseries. But an income
which seems to constrain to champagne
all the time might prove equally
oppressive. Ingraham was conscious
that the men who had worked beside
him in a certain famous studio in Paris,
now that he was rich, tried very hard
to treat him in the old cordial way.
But he felt the patronage of art toward
money, which is loftier than hat of
money toward art.
That morning he spied at Coughs a
photograph of moderate dimensions, a
landscape signed by a former fellow
student of his, Victor F~orsythe. Their
friendship had continued, but pallidly
and internationally. Forsythe had mar
ried; the wife was said to be a very nice
girl, but not at all of the smart set. In
graham had sent a rather expensive
wedding gift and had mean to pay a
visit. Then he heard hat the Forsythes
were u of town for the summer. Evil
IDENTIFY the artist had profited by his
vacation; the photograph from his
painting showed q work of rare
quality. 1t was a riverside meadow,
with clump of willows; the stream
had shadowy depths and luminous cd
dies; some sheep were pasturing in the
foreground. Nothing could be more
simple and serene than this idyllic
landscape-yet~ Ingraham's firstimpres-
sion was of something ~grandiose. After
a moment this quality disappeare';
but if he turned away his gaze and
then looked afresh at the picture it al
ways made the same effect upon him.
He decided hat it was something about
the background; there were vague,
large curves, perhaps of clouds or of
distant hills; at all event, they were
extraordinarily imposing in their faint
and tenuous suggestions of immensely.
There is one vulgar consolation re-
served for the bondholder," said Ingra-
ham humbly to himself. "He can buy
what pleases him and at the same time
encourage art"
He at once decided to lunch at an
italian restaurant f~requented by the
painter clique who liked to recall the
impressions of a sketching our that
they had once made in Il body to Rome
and to talk of the coloring Of the great
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-06

make me believe that a man can paint
like hat without a real inspiration.
You OWNED, you saw hat prodigious
curve. as of 4 colossal beautiful Shout
der. 1t may have been originally a
mountain or 4 cloud; but you have
softened and made it mysterious-a
thing to worship"
Come, no., I will tell you all about
it, because it will really not do for you
to keep on raving about a stroke of
nonresident genius. Well, this vas the
way of it. Mrs. Forsythe and L went
away for our wedding trip as far as
the state OF Maine. We visited the
great lakes-which they modestly call
ponds there-we plunged into the pine
wilderness and turned up among the
too compendiOus scenery and civiliza-
ton of Mount Desert. At the end of
our vacation we stayed a few days in
the city of Portland, and while there
we made a little excursion in a horse
car to d pretty village with an old
English name. The conductor was
friedly, and advised us to walk along
a road until we should come to a mill
dam; there we should find a little
steamer ready to take us three miles
upstream to the log boom.
The place was charming. 1t had an
air of exquisite remoteness. Of course,
a highroad, houses, a milldam, q
steamer and various smart canoes
near a boathouse seemed to testify to
the neighborhood of human beings.
But the stream and its shores, lovely
bits of level meadow with shady copses
of willow and alder, the complete still
ness, except for the impertinent puff
ing of the little launch, were like a
a virgin country. My wife and I
wished to enjoy it to perfection, so we
disembarked at the log-boom and told
the captain of the steamer hat we
would wait over a trip. He answered
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-06
HUMOROUS.

-Jones-''Come, go fishing with me,
old chap" Brown-'Can't do it; just
signed the pledge."-Judge.
Mr.. Softleigh-"Oh, Miss We're,
your resplendent beauty sets my brain
on fire." Miss C. Vere-"Well, never
mind, it won't be much of a conflagra-
tion."-Truth.
-Jasper-''Casar and his wife are
constantly quarreiing." Jumpuppe-
Yes, they have different theories as
to what each should do to make the
other happy."-Boston Post.
-Lady-"I see you advertise home
made bread?", Baker-Yes, ma'am."
Lady-"Does it taste like home-made?"
Baker-'NO, indeed, ma'am. It's sweet
and light."-Household Words.
-Whyte-'I thought you said your
wife wrapped up this bundle"
Browne-''I did" Whyte-'You must
be mistaken. There isn't a pin in the
wrapping-paper anywhere" = Somer-
Vile Journal.
Mike" said Flooding Pete, who
had been reading from a newspaper.
via ACdAOCllhS AAhC, a. LC EOIlco
over far enough to break off a daisy
that tickled his ear, murmured: Amy
kind."-Washington Star.
Col. B~rown-"By Jove! Miss Lily
blow, how the costumes and makeup
alter people. l hardly knew you"
Miss Lilyblow-''Do | look a fright,
then?" Col. Brown-''On the contrary,
you look charming Judge.
Mamma, what did Tommy Jones'
papa mean when he said / was a chip
of the old block?" He meant you were
like your papa" And when Tommy's
mamma said l vas n pile of impudence,
did she mean l was like you."-Har-
per's Bazaar.
This is the last time 1 shall bring
this bill - cried the enraged collector.
Thanks" replied the ~impecunious
editor. "You are so much more con-
siderate than the other fellow. for he
said he was going to come again !"-
Atlanta Constitution.
-"Only think" exclaimed Fender
son, ''of the many uses to which paper
is now put" Il know" replied Bass
81 was at the theater the other night,
and l was told it was all paper. And
it was a fine. substantial-looking struc-
ture, toO."-Boston Transcript.
Russian Official Wit.-Offcial-
"You can not stay in this country. sir"
Traveler-"Then I'll leave it" Official
Have you a permit to leave?" Ttav-
eler-"No, SIR" Ofieial-''Then You
can not go. / leave you twenty-four
hours to make up your mind as to what
you shall do."-Household Words.
"A Model Husband.-Friend Peril
chon, accompanied by his wife, took a
trip to the outskirts of Paris. Very
tired and hungry, they entered an eat
.ing-house. The proprietor declared
hat he had nothing but a chop to offer
them. "Only one!" exclaimed Peril
chon; then what is my wife to haysS"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-06

copying it for me on another canvass
"As you say"
Ingraham drew out his check book,
signed Il page, tore it OFF and handed it
to Forsythe.
"Oh. carte blanche is too much" pro-
tested the artist.
Too little. by Jove! l want that
landscape. ! have ordered of the
photographs framed and sent TO my
rooms; but, of course, it must lack the
touch and the colors of the real thing
the silyery green Of the willows, the
olive depths and the amber lights.ot
the water. the blue of the marsh lilies
and of the heavens above them"
Il painted it in monochrome"
but Won hit the values marvelously.
What was the tirt?"
"Well. a kind of reddish brown"
Not sepia?"
"No."
Burnt sienna?"
Not exactly"
"Umber?!'
well, hardly"
"All right, the coloring is your little
secret. But l have not yet spoken OF
the real wonder of your work, For
sythe. Willows and streams and sheep
But there's more to it than that. You
have painted in there some great dim
curves. They are more than human;
they are titanic, as if you had seen for
one inspired moment the great earth
mother herself behind her creation
something, as S%winburne says: The
solemn slope of mighty limbs asleep
l am bound to admit, however, that
now you see it and now you don't"
noted the rich man, ashamed to be
caught in a rapturous citation of poe
try. Anyhow, Forsythe, that picture
is like a glimpse into the morning of
the world, the primeval myths"
Whereupon the artist laughed gayly,
filled out the check with very moder-
ate figures and handed it back to In
graham.
You shall have the replica, my dear
fellow: but l don't take the money be-
forehand. Thank You for all the nice
things you have been saying. But,
upon my word, I'm not responsible for
the titanic curves They were acct
dental-no, not that, either-incidental.
They were, in fact, caused by the par
ticular canvas, so to speak"
Nonsense, hat cannot be so. How
ever, to content you, l will admit that
you painted better than you knew"
Yes; hat picture was the result of
the habit of handling brush. Neither
more nor less"
"Forsythe, you used not to have
these little affectatioDs. Don't try to
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-06

Campagna, the unspeakable grandeur
of the ruins, the good taste of the
wines of the country, which they
drank under the vine trellises of n lit
tie o~steria. As Ingraham entered the
restaurant he Jaw Forsythe quite alone
at a table. He crossed the room and
greeted him.
If you are not expecting anyone,
Forsythe, will you lunch with me?
This is rather like sora Clelia's, isn't
it,"
"a fair imitation. But we miss the
fellow with the guitar and worthy old
Celia, who would sometimes bring a
dish with her own hands in order to
say to US good appetite, my children""
All! the dear old sora Clelia!"
They mingled "reminiscences until it
appeared to Ingraham that it would
not be an impertinence on his part to
begin to talk about the painting that
he wished to buy.
''Forsythe," he said, Il have just
seer at Goupil's the photograph of a
most remarkable picture of yours. 1t
is wonderful, beyond praise. You have
struck a new manner, and your first
manner was the despair of the rest of
us. But this landscape is great. Let
me say plainly, and get over the crude
ness of the situation, that l want to
buy the original. They said at Gou-
pills that they had not seen it, and did
not know whether it was sold or not.
If it is 1 shall try to get it away from
its present owner. 1 must have it at
any price"
II am glad that you like the paint
ing. But the original is not for sale"
Indeed, l cannot wonder that you
are in love with it yourself, and wish
to keep it. But could you let me have
a replica?"
Possibly"
"You would have no objection to
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-06
HE HATED WOMEN.
of Vienna Used to Buy Three
Seats at the Theater.

Bachelor of Vienna Used to Buy Three
Seats at the Theater.
There are SO many sham misogynists
about in this affectedly cynical age
that one can hardly help extending a
measure of admiration to the thorough
ness and consistency of a certain rich
old Viennese bachelor, whose death
was announced the other day.
In the case of this highly eccentric
old gentleman, horror and dread of our
unfortunate sex had become Il positive
mania, for it is recorded of him that
whenever he went To a place of public
entertainment he took the precaution
of booking three seats. in the center
II of which he seated himself, leaving
those on each side vacant, SO as to
avoid all risk of being obliged to sit
next to 4 woman.
He even carried his extraordinary
craze beyond the grave, by leaving liz
structions that no woman was to be
buried either to the right or left Of
him, even if it should be necessary to
purchase three graves in order to in
sure the carrying out of his strange
behest.
Perhaps the most curious thing in
the whole strange story is the state
ment that this agreeable old gentle
man left behind him a large bundle of
letters, which he had grimly indorsed:
Attempts made by my family to put
me under the yoke OF matrimony."
As he appears to have been a very
wealthy this alleged action on
the part of his relatives seems by no
means easy to explain.-Lady's Pic
torial
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-06
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

-Heine seldom read anything but
poetry, bu. he read that with the
most scrupulous attention.
Mrs. Hemans was a lover of the
Spanish romances. and often enter
tanned a small domestic audience with
one of these tales.
-Petrarcb was so anxious to excel
in polite department that he took les
sons from a professor of dancing and
breeding every day for six, years
John Oliver Hobbes's first venture
as the writer of a long novel was
awited with much curiosity, but the
favorable reception given to Tho
Gods, Some Mortals, and Lord Wick
enham" has more than justifies the u
thor and has increased her reputation
1t is not generally known that Mrs
Craigie is Al American by birth.
Queen Elizabeth was of medium
height and weight, but gave the i'm
preston of being much taller Than the
average. She had Il Roman nose, which
in the last few years of her life became
very red. Her checks were prominent
and her forehead broad and shelving.
Her eyes were a gr~ayish-6lue. and her
hair had n decidedly reddish tinge.
Rev. DIR. Rossiter, of New York, be-
lieves in the bicycle as a secular diver
sion. IF l could ride a bicycle" he
says, land enjoy darting through the
breeze, l would lift my hat to God and
thank Him, but l would never ride ON
Sunday. There is no more harm in
going to a chowder party, or playing
baseball or tennis, or taking a sail
down the bay on Sunday than in riding
the bicycle"
"A comprehensive review of south
ern literature, from 1859 to 1895, has
been written and compiled by Louise
Manley. The work is arranged in
chronological order, contains copious
extracts and criticisms. and is adapted
the use of schools as we'll as to the
general reading public. In the appen-
dix is presented a full list of southern
writer's of recognized Importance, be-
ginning with Capt. John Smith, the
first writer of Virginia, and ending
with Madison Cawein.
Historic Doubts AS t o the Execu.
ton of Marshal Ney" is a book written
oy James A. Weston, rector of the
Church of the Ascension. Hickory, N.
c.. For twelve years the author has
studied an old myth relating to Mar.
shall Ney's life as a schoolmaster in
North Carolina, and in this volume he
makes the claim hat Ney escaped
execution and lived for thirty years in
the United States. The statements are
based on documentary evidence, and
the book is a remarkable addition to
international historic annals.
Mary, Queen of Scots was tall and
slender, but very graceful in all her,
actions. Her face does not seem to
have been especially beautiful, for she
had rather irregular features; but her
fascination of manner was irresistible.
She had a way of cooking her head a
little to one side and of looking side
ways at the person with whom she was
talking that gave a strong impression
of coquetry. She had very small hands
and feet, and was fond of showing
both, often having her gown shortened
in order that her feet might be seen.
She always had her own hair cut close,
and wore a wig to save the time and
trouble of hair-dressing.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-06

A friend of mine has a little boy
called Robbie, and Robbie is not at all
an angel child. He is, in fact, the ter
ror of the neighborhood. Not long ago
his father bought him a bicycle and
Robbie was more an object of dread to
the neighbOrs than ever. One day he
was detected in some particularly out
rageous act. and his father, to punish
him, forbade him to ride the bicycle
for a whole week. Robbie promised,
but as his father neared the home
next day he saw his son whirling along
on the wheel.
Robbie said he, more in sorrow
than in anger, didn't l tell you you
were not to ride your wheel for a
week?"
Yes. sir" said Robbie, cheerfully,
land I'm not going to disobey you.
This isn't my wheel. It's one 1 bor-
rowed "-WashingtoE Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-06
Originality and Fashion.

Some women try to keep in the mode
and still to preserve a certain original
ity of their own. As in the matter of
dress, it is necessary that their costume
should look the same as that of other
well-gowned women, but it should not
look exactly the same. One must wear
a stock and belt with most gowns now
adays. A pretty variation on them was
seen the other day with a dark house
frock in which black and dull red pre-
dominated. The two accessories were
worked in bead embroidery in richdark
colors, and made a very lovely trim
ming Observation-Disclosures Press.