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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-26

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lowers before the leaves nave started.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-26

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h oisecrecy, hence the phrase sub rosa.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-26

DE coral iowers,sc called.a are animals. A
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EuD.e howers are generally the result OF
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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-12-07
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The oldest German college is Held
elburg, 1856.
The oldest university at present in
existence is Oxford, which claims to
have been founded by Alfred the
Great {
s-An iron church, weighing fifty
tons seating 600 people, and costing
S75 600, is being put up for the Bulga-
rian Congregation in Constantinople.
The Seventh Day Adventists in
Michigan, the chief center of the sect,
are proposing to discard the present
names OF the days of the week, because
of their heather origin. They will
designate them, by number. as is done
in the Bible, except that they will, OF
course. call Saturday the Sabbath.
There is in the Roman Catholic
church in this country an Incorporated
organization, known as the Tabernacle
society. Its particular function is to
aid poor churches in obtaining altar
furnishings and ecclesiastical vest
ments and appliances. In the last five
wears it has provided 662 churches and
missions with such outfits. Members
| give an hour to prayer monthly, ano
| give from five cents upward.
| --Azhar university, in Egypt, is max
| ing hard fight for q large beauesi
| made to It by Princess zeynab, sdaugh.
ter of Mehemet Ali, which her brother,
i Prince HAHN, it is asserted, mlsappro.
| priated. The arrears of revenue
claimed alone amount to 81, 500, 600
/ Thirty -four of the ulemas professors.
have telegraphed to the sultan that
| palace intrigues at Cairo are delaying
a settlement, and that If they do moi
| get justice from him they will appea1
to England
For some little time a twenty-foo
| sloop called Gospel Ship No. /, ha:
been cruising IN the region about st
Andrews bay, Florida, with Christian
evangelists aboard, doing missionary
work among the sailors and the resi-
4 dents along shore. A new boat, to b'
forty feet long, and to be called Gospe
Ship No. 2, is now building, and, whel
finished, it is to cruise along the Gul
| of Mexico doing missionary work
| Subscriptions toward building the boa
| have been received from various part
of the. Union, and minister fron
Massachusetts is to sail on it.
"A committee of the English treas
ury, appointed to consider the desira
bility of fixed age for the compulsor.
retirementsof professors serving unde
the crown, have reported in favor 0
fixed rules as to approximation Q
presidents and professors made BY col
lege statutes, and not by an order il
council. They think the efficiency o
4 a professor should be reported upo
when he reaches the age Of sixtyzfiye
and that if the report be satisfactor
he need not be superannuated till sew
entys when his retirement. should b
absolute. In the case of president
the age of seventy should be the perio
of retirement; but under special eli
cumstances president may be contir
4 ued in Office. till the age of seventy
five.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-12-07
HoAR AND THE JOKER.

Mistaken Revenge OF a Colored Man on tina
Statesman From the Backbay.
fisherman Hoar took a painful part
In an incident, star part at that,
which, while grief-inspiring IN all Its
phases, couldn't be called a fight. Nor
was it exactly with a member of con
press, although the foe had close busi-
ness relations with the house.
sHoar was very young, and to nls
disgust, very much resembled IN per-
sonal appearance one of the head
pages Of, the house. This head page
was great practical joker. and the.
butt of much Of his humor was q sleepy
darky who had charge of the house
washroom. This Congo was prone to-
sit in a chair in the washroom and
slumber. The funny head page would
sly up to him as he slumbered and tip
him over on the floor. This was q
Joke Before the Congo could recover.
| himself for vengeance the head page
| would be back in the house, beyond
whose green baize portals no hum Bile
black man might pursue his prey
4 lone afternoon the humorous page
/ tipped over the sleepy eelored man
several times. It gave the head page
great JOY. The victim of all this fun
| lusted for revenge. He would give q
/ weeks salary for an opportunity TO
/ play return game with his tor
mentor.
ut was four o'clock in the after-
noon when, opening his eyes after 9,
sat nap, he beheld his prosecutor pc uta nd
/ Ing above a wash basin, refreshing g
4 his face. The bedevil1ed Congo's joy
4 was unconfned, The Lord had delly-
cred his enemy into his hands.
i 1.-THE Negro is not an originator. At
best. he is only an imitator. In this
tl supreme hour Of triumph our poor
/ black friend could think of nothing
j, better than to creep to the unsuspeet-
ing tyrant and kick him. This he did,
Z. and he threw all the force Of his trop'
). ical nature into the caress. He kicked
the enemy soundly and roundly. and
then stood back to enjoy his victory.
..The* force of this rear end collision
J drove the victims head against the
i wall with amazing force. 1t was NO
, unnatural that he should look up. Ht
, did so, and the darkey was horrltiee
when he recognized the features o
: Sherman Hoar. representative from
) the Boston Back bay district The dar
: key did not faint, for the reason tha
Z darlxies never faint. But he grew sey
: eral shades lighter at the thought 9
t what he had done.
4 stHoar, on his part, could not I'm
) words to express his indignant aston
> ishment. At last the poor darke
managed to explain, in the most hum
. bic and contrite fashion, that he ha
i, mistaken Hoar for the head page, VII
. depressed him. Hoar granted him fol
q giveness, although in his proud hear
: he regarded the explanation as
r greater insult than the assault. Ats
9 that, too, Hoar bathed his face at b
t hotel. He did not care to take fnrthe
8 risks in the house washroom, for th
+ kick had not diminish his resarnblane
r to the page. IN. x. Herald.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-12-07
WIT AND WISDOM.

The main reason why Paul kept
the faith, was because he didn't try to
do it in his own strength. Rams
Horn.
The wise prove and the foolish con-
fess, by their conduct, that life OF
employment is the. only life worth
leading. g.-Paley.
Putting Him to the Test Soft
leigh. .'Win you marry me? | would
die for you :, Miss PERT Well then,
get your life insured in my favor.
Philadelphia Record.
-'sI hear the colonel got damages
from the Bug1e for saying he was
slow pay" Certainly he did. He
proved by twenty comp petent witnesses
that.he never paid at all. - Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Love is Blind. - George, fear
you are marrying me just because my
uncle left me fortune" 'tNo, my
precious! I'd marry you just the same
If some other friend had left it to your
Town Topics.
Roofing for the Candidate. Hustle
I'm just going to take off my cost
and work for Smi1eraH know how.
Mild ldmay-All right: but don't takesof
the coat of your stomach by drinking
too much at his expense. Boston
Transcript. ssg NJ esassz
There are some tenpers wrought
MP by habitual selfshness to an utter
insensibility of what becomes of the for
tunes of their fellow creaturess as IT
they were not partakers of the same
nature or had no lot or connection at
all with the species. -Sterne.
After discharge of large revolv-
ers, which filed the passengers with
| terror and theeair with noise and the
smell of powder, the train robbers
proceeded to empty the pockets OF
their victims. The porter looked on.
IssH ow erade!f his sole comment.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
20 Lernme outl'' yelled the chimpan
| zee. 'sLemme out. I want to get al
| I'im.' .sWhy, Jocko.a said his. mate,
swhat on earth is the matter?'' See
| that dude going along the grave
walk?vs YES. ~ ssEVell, E N after him
| I heard him say he believed We were
his ancestors. Washington Star
-Dalzip-Pm thinking of making Z
complaint to the post Office about the
| poor service I'm getting. Dinner Yol
Iare What's the trouble3 Dalzip-
Well, take the case of the check 20,
promised to mail me last Thursda.
sure-+it. hasn't reached me yet, ant
shat was nearly a week ago. ~-Roxbur.
Gazette.
Elegance of language may not b
lin the powerof all Of us; but simplicit..
Iand straig aightforwardness are: Writ
lmuch as you would speak; speak a
you think. If with your interiors
Ispeak no coarser than usual S, # wit
your superiors, no finer. Be what 20
say; and, within the rules of prudence
say what you are.Alford;
No Excuse She just Aissed)-
aHow dare you, sir?'' He.I hop
you will pardon mel I didn't think.
She Think? OF course you didn'
! think But your inability to think
no excuse for your conduct ! suppos
you mean to tell me that If you ha
stopped to think you would not ha7
wanted 20 kiss me = = Indianapoli
iJournal sss ss
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-12-07

TALLESTslN THE WORLD.
some Structures That Almost Reach the
fsInnda.e ! h IL 80. -

some Structures That Almost Reach the
Clouds.
The tallest chimney was built at
Port Dundas, Glasgow, Scotland, 1857
to 1889 for r. Townsend. 1T was
the highest chimney in the world
(454 feet) and one Of the loftiess ma
sonry structures in existence. It Is,
independent OF it's size, lone of the best
specimens of substantial, well-made
brick work in existence In Europe
there are only two church steeples
that exceed this structure IN heig r.
namely, that of the Cologne cathedral
$50 feet} and that OF the Strasburg
cathedral (468 feet. The great pyrs-
Inid of Tizeh was originally 4s0 feet,
lsalthongh not SO high at present he
United States ont-tops them all with
| its Washington monument, $50 feet
high, and the tower Of the Philadei-
phia public buildings, which Is 537 feet
high. g.
| The Eiffel tower at Paris, France,
surpasses all other terrestrial metal
structures with its altitude Of nearly
| i, coo feet The great tower of Lon-
don, England, IN course Of eongtrtsc-
tion from designssof Henry Davey. eS
ri. will out-top all metal structures.
fbeinr huils Of steel, and its extreme
height will be 1880 feet when fin
Iished.
q The highest and raost remarkable
Imetal cIl4nney5in the world Is erected
I at the imperial foundry at Il ais sbrueke,
4 near Frieberg, IN Saxong. The height
lofs this structure is 45a.6 feet and 1914
a feet in internal diameter, and is stu
lated ON the right bank of the Mulde,
& at an elevation OF 219 feet above that
Eof the foundry works 50 that It's total
4 height above the sea is no less than
.I I'll. rs feet. The works are situated on
the left bank of the river, and the fur
4 mace; gases are conveyed across the
. river To the chimney on a bridge
through pipe 3. s275511 feet in length.
The highest artificial structure in
Il America is; the water works tosvar at
:. Eden park, Cincinnati The floor Of
] the tower, reached by elevators. Is 529
tifeet above the Ohio river I'ihe base Is
so4 feet above the stream. IT the
height of the elevator shaft be added
{ to the. observation 1oor. the grand to.
! tai height is $50 feet.
81 The highest office building in the
!, world is the Mania "a d Life Insurance
,,iCo.. of New York city Its Height
J. .bove the sidewalks Is s47 feet, and its
iIfoundatior1s 20 down So feet below the
same being about 10 feet below the
hide water level, making b total Of 40G
sIEeet The foundation piers consist 81
ff t3afsy4 Yy1ssaS1f.y qyfsarfS arsd are carried
by the same mum Der Of eaissons. he
g after were sanx to bed rock by the
snenmatic preeess The caittileyeg
Ill itystem was used for the fonnIia tioas.
machinery.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-12-07
! cHlL pREN.s FASHIONS.
some seasonable Suggestions on Dresse
9e U. = E@s- and Bonn cts. -. 9.tSs n

some SEA agonabIe Suggestions on Dresses
and Bonnets.
IA ouaint little costume for a child of
four years is made OF white cashmere.
The skirt is plain, save for three bands
of satin ribbon. The waist is close
fitting, and yoke is outlined by rib
bon bands matching the skirt. From
the shoulders to elbows the sleeves are
trimmed with the ribbon. Over the
sleeve tops and across the front and
back is set very deep fall of open work
en- broidery or Irish point lace. a bow
of ribbon4on either shoulder and rib
bon sash are worn with it.
A child Of five years has dress with
skirt made of cambria elaborately en-
broidered.t The waist is gathered into
a yoke and belt, the sleeves are full
puffs to the elbows with wide RI flies
of embroidery below. An Eton jacket
of velvet and very wide velvet sash
tied with long loops and ends, make
an appropriate and dressy finish.
A dainty dress for doll has a velvet
petticoat and silk skirt with an EN-.
broidered edge. The waist Of silk is
close-fitting. and an Eton jacket OF
| velvet is worn with it. The sleeves are
large and have close bands at the
| wrists. A sailor hat with a wing is
set on over the yellow curls.
A bonnet for a little girl is made
| with the crown of solid embroidery
The brim is of open work embroidery
and lace, and is slightly plated ovel
the top and falls almost straig ht dowr
| either side of the front. Ribbon
strings are tied in a bow under the
/ chin.
Al hat for a tiny girl is made of plait
ings Of taffetaa set one over another t.
form brim. The crown has an up
right trimming of the plating ane
there are very large bows on either
side.-N. Y.8Ledger
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-12-07
ais Iaea of Dfstnnce.

A Windham county Connecticut
man, who rounded out seventy-fVe
years of his life without ever going
more than twenty miles from his
birthplace, was one day answering the
questions of a distinguished visitor
who had come on to the old town from
far beyond the Mississippi valley to
learn of the childhood Of his father
and mother, who were born in Wind
ham county The old native gave the
westerner just the details the latter
was seeking. 81
'.And I suppose you have always
Lived around here?9 said the man from
beyond the. Mississippi,
soh, no, replied the native, q was
born two miles from here. y" Philadel-
Iphia Record.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-12-07
The Honest One.

f A small boy gives his views on very
pertinent subject il these graphic
words:
Some boys is honester than others,
Ind there no way to tell them apart
except you pretend to forget your
Knife, and watch EN- jump for It. The
pne that jumps last Is the honest ONE
Tit Bits. s.. - t.z9ss.. - -
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-12-07
rhought ne meaus Her Completion.

n Thought He Meaut Her r7OOnlpIexlori'
Mrs. Brown-Don you like Miss
Smith. Mr.. Jones?
Jones-No, do not. 81.
MRS. Brown Why, isn't she pretty?
Jones Yes, she is pretty enough, but
she is too taciturn. E don't like lady
too taciturn.
Mrs. Brown latter a little refectionl
Perhaps you are right. A blonde
would suit you better than these taci-
turn completed girls-Texas siftings.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-12-07
Ths Gornfed Phllosophe

.sNo man, y remarked the youth who
would be oracular, can achieve sue
eess without achieving enmities.
.sCertainly,'' assented the Gornfed
Philosopher. Even If there is no one
Else to be at enrnity with, he is bound
Is hate those who helped him IN his
struggling days indianapolis jour
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-12-07
Fine Delicacy.

She-He is man Of the finest deli
.acy Of feeling, ! don't care what you
lay about him. sss
l HeThat's so. He only tonched me
| ior quarter when he might have
made it a dollar Detroit Free Press.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-12-07
Very Coxasiderate

Mistress miduight) don't intend
to come down stairs to let you in this
time of night again
New Girl (reass surfing You won 4
have.to, mum. One of me friends took
an impression of your lock and he's
maxim nice key for me- a. z.
Weekly. ssl 81 VT
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-12-07

The greatest amount Of specific
,eat is contained by water. The least
81 bismuth.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-12-07
His Dissertation.

a little boy whose elder sister is
much interested in photography and
who gives the family the benefit Of
many observations about her work
was taken to the courthouse to see the
end of d certain trial. He came home
and told his mother about It. The
Judge made speech to the jury, y = he
said, s'and then sent them into a little
dark room to develop Boston Tran-
script a
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-12-07
Nothing HaIf- Way About Him.

Ilson seems II to. Be q 9 EEE eIlahgEu
man. z
Yes, he is. For nerly he was toe
busy at work to take exercise and
now he is too busy taking exercise ta
do any work. Judge.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-12-07
TARsNEY AND TURPEIN.
Episode of the Deaf sPensioner Who a
tended a Government Telephone.

Fnisof5s of the Deaf PensionerF Who AT.
tended a Government Telephone.
s.Perhaps as funny a scrap as ever
came off in congress since the day.
when Joe Blackburn is credited with
tweaking the nose and pulling the ear
of Chandler, of New Hampshire, was
the encounter between Dan Waugh, OF
Indiana, and Turpin, Of Alabama. This
was in the house in the Fifty-secon
congress.
s.Tarsney, of Missouri, was making
speech on pensions. Turpin, OF Ala.
bama, eager TO point moral and adorn
d tale, arose and asked Tarsney ques.
tion.
:. Don't you know, asked Turpin OF
Tarsnev, that there is a man now IN
the employ of the goyernment-at-
tending the telephone, in fact, at the
interior department who draws a pen
sion on the ground that he is totally
deaf?' sse
..4No, replied Tarsney, but I pre-
| sumo it's SO.
"sIt is true, went on Turpin The
man draws pension for total deaf
ness oceasioned by discharge OF artIl-
| 1ery, and yet attends TO the telephone
over at the interior department. He's
from Indiana.
g In the name of Indiana shouted
Waugh, breaking into the debate and
| evidently very much excited at having
his state thus inVidiously referred to
in the name of Indiana spronounee
! that statement false
! without another word, Turpir
| started for Waugh, while Waugh
nothing 10th for. battle, hastened dow
| the aisle to meet him. The two belli
gerents met in front Of the clerk
desk. They struck ateach other sev
era1 times, but in q way to- ma Ike th
hearts Of such as Corbett and Fitzsim
mons ache. Sherman Horr, Of Massa
cliusetts, IN the enthusiasm of youth
and his anxiety TO preserve the peac
and prevent general disgrace, rusiae'
TO part the eombatants and got all tn
4 liclzs. Every blow struck him. and b
came out of the melee very sore an
tousled indeed AS usual, both gen
tlemen apoIogized TO eseh other and t
the house, and the pension story of tn
Ideaf man who attended the telephon
was allowed to drop. Pm. x. Herald
Discouraged.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-12-07

Rubber, spun glass, steel and ivory
are the most elastic substances.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-12-07
Discouraged.

e DIscOurhEeu.
81 have half notion to give up try.
ing to be man, 2 sighed the new WON.
an.
.sWhat!'' shrieked the others.
aThere is no use trying. havs
made the most strenuous efforts pos
sible to feel half scared to death when
L go into dry goods store, and! I just
can't do lit t's--Indianapolis Journal
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-12-07

Holds dear secret all too tightly furled.
Lift, but one instant, thy delicious head
That may read the message none have
read.
Ast this warm air. and warmer still
caress
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-10-08
A Curious Memento.

j. j. Williams, the well-known
photographer, received the follow
ing message on piano-box from an
old-time friend Of his, who had been
second lieutenant under him in the
Hayes Wheeler election, quarter
of century ago, 1t reads as fol-
lows: "Kind regards to my old
friend, Jas. j. Williams, if this
should reach him, from Chas. d.
Laughlin, per S. p. r. r. Co., to j.
j. Williams, photographer, San
Francisco"
This was on New England piano,
shipped from Boston, and is now in
the yard of L. B. Kerr, Queen street.
Mr.. Williams would like to see his
former junior OF old times.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-10-08

said stream or harbor, or permitting
any liquid or drainage flowing into
said stream or harbor.
2 The sale, in the District OF Ho-
nolulu, of fish, shell-fsh or any pro-
duct of the sea is prohibited
3. Until further orders no passen-
gers or freight will be allowed to be
conveyed from the Island of Oahu
to any other island of the group.
4. No letters or mail matter shall
be taken from the Island Of Oahu to
any other island of the group, ex-
cepting from the General Post Of
fee in mail bags; no mail matter
shall be allowed to leave the Post
Office until thoroughly fumigated,
s. The manufacture OF poi is pro-
hibited in that portion of Honolulu
bounded by Nuuanu street on the
East, Judd street on the North, and
on the West by line drawn from
the corner OF Judd and Liliha streets,
down Liliha street to the sea.
BY order of the Board of Health.
WILLIAM o. SMITH,
President Board of Health.
Honolulu, Aug. 30, 1896. b9-tf
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-10-08
REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD
OF HEALTH.

l. From and after this date all
persons are forbidden to use any
water from the Nuuanu stream, or
Honolulu harbor, or from bathing
in said stream or harbor, from throw,
ing anything, liquid or solid, into
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-10-08

The private school conducted by
Mrs. Ashford and Miss Carter was
opened yesterday and has received
very large reinforcement Of pupils.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-10-08

Miss Coursen has charge Of Fort
street School Primary Departments
at present,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-10-08

The exterior work on the Library
is finished.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-10-08

September 25th, the dead body Of
a negro was found in Hanalei
stream. The finder was a China
man. 1t is supposed that he was
drowned.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-10-08
NOTICE.

The Board of Health having
lifted the Quarantine at the OCE-
ANIC DOCK AND WARE
HOUSE, all Comsignees or Oaon-
ers of Merchandise stored on SAID
Dock are hereby requested to take
delivery Of same at the earliest
opportunity.
PER ORDER COMMITTEE.
S9-3t
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-10-08

The China left last evening about
/ o'clock. Her passengers from
China were landed at the Quaran-
tine Station and her freight on
lighters. She received clean bill
Of health for her courtesy in taking
our mails. Bets are offered that she
will be quarantined in San Fran
cisco.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-10-08

The attendance Of Kawaiahao
Seminary was very small. The Ka-
mehameha Girls School seems to
have taken the pupils from the Cas-
tie institution.