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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09

An immense cave, thought 70 De manS2
acres in extent, has been discovered In thd
Laurel Hill range. 10 miles northeast from |
Ligonier. Explorers entered nearly quar-
ter OF mile, stopping at perpendicular
descent Of over 100 feet. A number OF sideu
passages were explored. Near the mouth o |
the cave mold for making 5-cent pieces wai
found. indicating that counterfeiters ha,l
been there in time past. Evidences are pred
cnt that Illicit distilling operations have also
been conducted there. IL IL almost certain +
that the cave was the rendezvous of n hun,
of robbers which operated along the oh
state road before the war.
Thomas Clendenning died recently at hi
home at Richmond Furnace, Franklin coun
IT, from what was supposed to bc typhOid'
fever. II now develops that the young man
was strung up feet first to n tree by sOnii
drunken lumbcrman and that caused hisI
death. The district-attorney has the matte !
in hand.
The contractor for the building Of the waite
works at Rochester, began operations on IN
new plant. but the work was brought TO q
standstil 10y AN order OF the supreme cCur(
restraining further work. The matter has|
been referred to James Nj. Swearenger
master.
At Wiliamsport. Cephas Batchelcr, aged
93 years the oldest man In this section, med
death 10y sulIocation, at the home Of hisi
grandson, y. G. Hcak. Batcheller lived
the third story of the house and when
caught fire no one was able to get TO him.
John Brown, who was arrested at Gree
burg last week for the alleged robbcryl
Lee Sings laundry and was afterwarllE d
charged has been rearrested hu interim
ter from Pittsburg Is said to have discover.
some new evidence against l,rowu
A life insurance agent named Atkinso
while handling a revolver at his home II,
.N.... .Nall.a IA.
weapon and the bullet striking his young X
inflicted n sYrious wound. ~
The remains Of Ollie Reichart. the girl vi ~
died at Hamilton, Olt., under suspico NJ
circunstant gs has by'n taken to her form
home nj Sharpsylle for burial.
Coroner Jdmes Fols' will be chief Of
Nof Altoona "a nder Mayor Barr lmmedl
upon his cPnlrmatioi Se -will tcndert
lrcsignationFas coroner1
g. Ap'tteGIJ : Apcj"GtfrV .NcEd, q sp
burg railroad. has arrested seven NJ
In sharon within two days for stealing lo
trains. MI
While assisting in the removal o' III
house at Rochester, the building ,
and William W"ayeriing was cru, "l
death. ltMR y =
Michael McDermit, of Dunbar. wa, fS I
ed To await the result of injuries on I r",
Hogan during bar-room quarrel. oul
The South Tenth Street beidgc, liG wXn.
was made free. the city acquiring il g k~fXh,,,.
chase paying therefore 100000. K -
II. II. Hughes, manager for Armour IA Ia
AT Altoona. was fined 100 and costs {ont wa
ing olcomargarnc. Iou lak
Judge Wallace, Of Lawrence com oc'
ruled against new bridge between
"''' nouffhe
Latest returns from Wcsimorelnul meat you
indicate that Robbins will lee an cu,, e m6(iicii
for congress. toskl ly
Non. ros,,oist g. boyo no,, i,.l, etogou
the shape of a windmill factory. som{ "n
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09

In the electric line fight for access to the
l.igonier valley, 1t IL reported that the char
ter recently obtained by the Mellon company
confers the right to wire the Ligonier Valley
road and operate II with either electricity OF
steam. II this be true. they will establish
the electric line rs soon as the opposing con.
cern begin work, and in less than n month
have ears running. II Il alleged that thu
immense lake at ldlewild Is designed to pre-
vent competitors getting through the 10y
albania water gap.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09

The New York Chamber OF Com.
nerce, the City Club, the Fine Arts
Federation and other societies are try.
ing to secure legislation against sky.
scraping buildings. They would have
the height of buildings limited by the
width of the street on which they are
built
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09
THE MIDDLBBURGH POST.
GEO. w. wAGENSELLER.
Editor and Proprietor.
MIDDLEBuRGn, PA, APRIL Q, 1896.

The English are said, by the New
Orleans Picayune, to be amazed at
finding, by the example of President
Kruger, that person can be q diplo-
mat without the use OF monocle, but
they are sure that it is n very excep.
tional case.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09
AN EASTER CARD.
ny HELEN FORREST GRAVES.

ELL, / don't like to
be lectured !" said
Sylphide Egerton.
She sat on the
rude stone stile,
with her fluffy gold
en- tresses all disor-
dered by the wind,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09
KINDLY DEEDS.

The kindly deeds of this life, Of every
life which has trodden in the warm footsteps
of our Saviour through this worlds dinted
snow. have had their handspring In that
sympathy which was expressed by the sigh
of Jesus. We cannot all do as He did in the
brief years of His ministry-"gO about doing
good = but we can all live as lie lived for
His first thirty years Of quiet, holy strenuous
duty, deliberately striving each day TO be
stain from evil, in order, SO far as in us lies,
in His name, and for His sake, to assuagc
the sorrows Of the world.-Canon Farrar.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09

There are hours in which work Is trans
lgured-in which IL does not appear
drudgery, but II mission in which It is noble
TO do anything for God and man In which
every duty is attractive. All work then be-
comes divine calling and we see that men
are not only called to be apostles, but also
chants, soldiers, sailors, called 10 be artists.
inventors, and that one can sweep a room for
the sake Of God, and be happy and Chris
tian in doing it. And until our work Is thus
transiigured, and we see religion in it, II
must be often a burden and drudgery.-
James Freeman Clarke.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09

II is the joy of service that makes the life
OF Christi and for us to serve Him, serving
fellow-man and God--as He served fellow
man and God-whether it bring pain or joy,
II we can only get out Of our souls the
thought that II matters not II we are happy
or sorrowful, II we are only dutiful and
faithful, and brave and strong then we
should be in the atmosphere, we should be
in the great company OF the Christ.-Phillips
Brooks.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-30
The Telephone in Worship.

! Jeffersonville is probably the only
city in Indiana which can boast of hav-
ing telephone installed in one of It's
churches permanently for the purpose
of conveying sermons and services to
member. The church which claims
this distinction is the First Presbyter-
ian. On its pulpit long-distanoe
phone gathevs up the Sunday and week
day services and conveys them to the
residence of Mrs. Dan Howard, an in
valid, who can thus enjoy all the sing
ing, preaching and praying which form
a part of the church proceedings with
out leaving her house, which is prob.
ably one mile away. However, even
when at church, Mrs. Howard uses q
phone, which connects with her pew,
where small transmitter is Suspended,
as she is hard of hearing. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-30

in filthy pens for any length Of time
and force them to eat in their own
droppings, as is very frequently done,
is very injurious to the Fig. The pig
is cleanly animal in its habits, and
will not live in it's own filth if permit
ted to do otherwise. =
Pigs should be kept from fonl water
and wallowing holes. ~
Extremely large hogs are no longer
more desirable for pork than smaller
pigs with less blubber fat. A pig with
streak of lean and a streak of fat
makes the sweetest and most palatable
pork.
Ifhomemade pork is we'll trimmed
and carefully cured and smoked, it
will bring better prices in home mar
kets, and if the lard is. free of color
and firm it will likewise sell better.
By going to little expense for food
crops, to supplement the waste that
occurs on the farm and from the
kitchen, the farmers supply of pork
can be made at an inappreciable ex.
pense, while, as the case now is on
many farms, the pork supply is bought,
and these waste foods are lost. --Phils.
delphia Ledger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-30
FOODS FOR POULTRY,

The natural food of fowls is com.
posed of seeds, insects and grass. In
she domestic condition we allow grain,
grass and meat. Turkeys anGI chickens
drink very little water when feeding,
and even ducks and geese resort to
water when feeding sometimes, in or.
der to wash their bills more than to
drink, says the Poultry Keeper.
+ This brings up the question of the
propriety of feeding soft food. 1t is
known that ground grain nbsorbs a
large volume OF water. and when the
mixture is apparently dry, quite a
large proportion of water exists in it.
though more 80 when the mixture is
very moist and sloppy. 1t is not bene-
fetal water, as the results are some.
times injurious. bowel disease and in
digestion prevailing.
1t is better to feed all food dry, if
possible, and keep a trough full of
water where the fowls can take what
quantity they desire. Ever ground
food may be given in dry condition,
the different substances used being
thoroughly mixed and placed in a
trough. When chicks are led they
have cornmeal moistened several times
day and bowel disease simply be.
cause too much water is forcsd upon
them in the food. The fowls never
resort to wet food when they can get
dry kinds, and this is matter that de.
serves attention.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-30
Value of Telescope to the Hunter

The value of a good telescope or
glass was illustrated forcibly to o
Maine hunter recently while he was
after deer in an open space in the
woods that had been formed by a fire
some years ago. The hunter had, Q
tolerably clear range of vision for
eighty OF one hundred rods across the
open but beyond that brisrs and
scrub, growth poplars made it extreme
ly difficult to see. The hunter sat
down on the side Of one ridge, and
watchedthe side of another across a
wide gully. He was certain that o deer
was on that hillside. After bit he
saw something moving in the bushes
near big clump of trees that had es.
capped the fire, nearly ninety rode
away. The something seemed small,
and was Of neutral tint, not apt to
be observed bya tenderfoot at all at
such distance. -
The hunter had small telescope
with him, one worth about three dol
lars. He took it out to look at the
moving thing. Instantly he made out
the form of small deer, doe. He
was not after these, however, bat he
wanted buck. Instead OF folding up
the glass he began to examine the
ridge side carefully. When his glass
turned to little alder bed, following
the course of brook in the gully. he
saw the form of a big deer through the
bushes. When he took down his glass
to look at the deer with his bare eyes,
he could not see it.. He tried several
times, and at last succeeded in locating
the deer. 1t Was not hard then to wait
for the deer to move out, which it did
in about an hour, and was dead before
it knew a man was anywhere near.-
New York Ledger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-30
scrENTrp1o PIG FEEp1Na.

Scientific pig feeding has been un-
dertsken at the Vermont Experiment
Station. 1t WIS found that sixty-two
per cent. of the market value of the
food was got back in the value of the
manure, when The latter was properly
handled The cost of food for q pound
of increase in live weight and the
profits were slightly in favor of the
less watery ration, but the shrinkage
at slaughter WINS the same in these
pigs as in those fed on dryer ration.
Buttermilk had about forlr-fifths the
feeding value of skim milk. Poland
Chinss and Berkshires gave the same
results. but in another test Berkshires
outstripped Yorkshires. In most cases
it costs more to keep pigs after GER
tain age than their gain in weight is
worth. At the Danish station at Pros
kau, feeding corn meal was followed
by good results in every case. Corn
meal maybe fed to pigs under four
months old with no bad results, pro.
vided the amount fed be not too great
1t first, but gradually increased, and
the whole ration not too rich. The an.
imals fed uncooked corn meal made q
slightly larger gain than those fed
cooked meal. Whey gave good re.
suits. New England Home stead.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-30
J BE CONTINUED. |.
Prairies In Manitoba.

aIf the horse could stand it," said
S. A. Rowbothan, a-well known resi-
dent of Winnipeg, Manitoba, to a
Washington Star reporter, "a man
could leave Winnipeg and ride 1000
miles west and northwest over level
prairie before he would be obstructed
by mountains This gives an idea OF
the great territory lying west of Win
nipeg, which, to the Eastern man,
seems way out of the world. The
soil of this prairie produces the finest
spring wheat grown anywhere and
this enormous plain I've just men,
toned will in few years be the great
granary of the world. Eastern peo-
pie have a misty idea CT our expansive
territory. We are Just commencing
to grow wheat compared to decade
hence, though our crop two years ago
was 80, 200, 900 bushels. We ehave but
little snow, and the many years I re-
sided in Manitoba I never saw the
tops of the bright prairie grass Gov
cred. Cattle fairly roll In fat and we
are becoming a great cattle country.
While most Of our settlers are from
across the water, yet the number
from the Western States is yearly in
creasing. We have no wild west
frontier scenes. There are no settlers
killed over disputed claims, as has
been an everyday story in the West
| for years. Our homestead laws re-
quire three years residence of six
months each. land may be pre-
empted, too. Gold has been discoY-
cred in wonderful rich quartz deposits
a few miles east Of Winnipeg, and
paying mills have just been erected
by Minneapolis capitalists. 1predict
a rush to the Lake of the Woods
district next year. Winnipeg has 35,.
600 inhabitants and is thriving
city. Our winters are cold, but we
do not mind them. The atmosphere
is dry and the days are clear, fresh
and sunny, murky weather being al.
| most unknown"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-30
GROWING GRAIN TO FEED DOWN..

Eastern farmers when they grow
grain always adopt the method Of
harvesting rather than allow hogs and
other stock to turn in and fesd it down.
This last in the West used always 10
be done with corn, wasting thereby
some grain and losing altogether or
nearly 80 the value of the corn stalks.
This is now generally recognized as
being too wasteful OF valuable feed to
be profitable. But some Western
farmers think that growing rye to feed
down is less wasteful than .is corn for
the same purpose. The rye straw as
feed is undoubtedly not SO valuable
as the corn stalks, and where there is
no market for therye straw the grain
crop may be grown for the purpose of
trampling it down by hogs and pigs.
A correspondent of the Prairie Farmer
writes that he has found rye thus fe,l
especially valuable for sows with young
pigs. The little pigs pick mp the rye
grains scattered by the old ,ow as she
crunches the rye heads. 1t is an ex,.
cellent early feed, the rye coming to
head before the Indian corn is any.
where near caring, and at a lime When
old corn in many farmers cribs is
exhausted. Besides, the rye is pound
for pound worth more for growing
animals than is the Indian corn, as rye
ranks next to wheat in nihrogenouB
food nutrition. Boston CulEivator.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-30
MAKING A aoTprp.

In many sections of the country
fresh vegetables msy be had the year
round if hotbed is constructed and
properly cared for. Such q bed may
not be an expensive one OF brick or
stone, covered with glass, unless the
owner, 80 desires. Oiled canvas
stretched over frame will answer the
purpose nearly as well as glass and
will be far cheaper. 1t should be
made few days before needed, so
that the oil can penetrate through and
through the cloth. Linseed oil is
best, and may be applied by means OF
common paint brush. s.5Sl
For the hotbed make bed OF com.
mon barnyard manure, being sure
there is no COW dung in it. Turn this
over and over two or three times st
intervals of four or five days. Allow
the, manure to ferment until, smoking
hot. When the manure is thoroughly
heated make an excavation two feet
longer and two feet wider than the:
box, which may be OF inch boards
The back part should be about twenty
inches high and the front twelve or
fourteen inches. This will give q
sloping top, which will permit the
rain to run of. The cover may be
made soft can be pushed down or up
at the owners will or q stick with
notches in it at intervals will answer
as we'll. In this way the cover can be
lifted entirely of the bed or be raised
just enough to admit the necessary air
and light. By having notched stick
the cover will take no extra room
when not in use. The hotbed may be
of any size desired.
In the excavation place six or seven
inches of rich soil, and upon this the
fermenting dung until the bed is
about two feet high. On top of this
place three,or four inches of pnlver.
lied soil. Put on the frame and keep
it covered until the temperature rises
to 120 degrees, then SOW the seed.
Every night until danger Of; frost is
past cover with mats or similar protec.
tom. The bed should be opened
every day from 9 until 10 or II q. m.
and from 2 to 8 or 4 p. M, unless
freezing, to let in air. Never allow
the temperature to exceed ninety,
degrees or fall below seventy. To
secure good, healthy plants plenty Of
air is necessary. and unless the air =
admitted tall, sickly growths will be
the result. Care must be taken to
bank the outside of the bed all around
with good stable manure. Farm and
Home, IA
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-30
PICS.

Pigs must be pushed in the first six
months of their lives. This is done
by feeding grain and succulent green
foods. While quite young, milk, with
shorts or meal in it, makes she best
food for pigs. '.
Pigs must have good pasture and
grain. But few farmers recognize
either of these as essential. To con-
fine pigs in small pen for siz months
and feed them on corn without green
food is wasteful. II the hogs are given
grain and green food together, they
will increase twenty to forty Fer cent.
more than if no green food is given
them. Green food is more essential
in the summer than in the winter
The pig is as much grass as it is q
grain.eating animal. To conilne pigs
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-30

IN 1912 DR.. c. w Long, OF Geor
gia, first removed tumor from .
patient under the influence of an
anasthetic, and two years later a
DR.. Wells had tooth drawn while
insensible under the influence of
nitrous oxide gas. In 1s46 DR.. J. G.
Warren, under the direction Of DR..
Jackson, anasthetized patient and
removed tumor from his neck, and
from that time anaesthetics rapidly
came into use, and few, if any, oper-
ations are now undertaken without
first placing The patient under tho
influence of an anasthetic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-30


| how his existence comes into the case
at ALL" said Frenauld, who, though q
man of large intelligencs, had not the
intellectual grasp to seize his superior's
plans, or the penetration necessary to
see through them.
His being alive or deadiorms inlpor-
tant factors in the case. There has
long been belief in England that Col
onel Graham is criminally responsible
for his brothers death, and there Is a
very general belief that the child was
not drowned. The mother, a wealthy
lady in her own right, has never ceased
her exertions to find her boy. and am
informed by the Colonel that she Is now
in the new world prosecuting her
search" g,1
Has Graham children?" p.
He is not even married. doubt If
he could get any one, even among the
peasants of his estates, to marry him"
Gould you not make more money by
communicating with the LADY,"
NO; and then man who was privy to
her husbands death would not be apt
to find continued favor in her sight,
even if he restored to her her son. Now,
as to Ralph Denham living or dead; let
me say that with him alive could prove
my case beyond all dispute, for not only
is his old nurse, Dinah alive, but he is
as like his father, as remember him,
as it is possible to conceive"
That is an important point. ~,
A very important poiet. Frenauld.
But when you. have accomplished
your purpose, what is to be Denham's
fate?" E. 35;.E
Ind;on I1noas Who % n,adgee himself 10
taa,, h;no eao,ra and concealed for six
nvVp roop+h. he ~ A. the and ~ that time the
nI;n. ';,1 ~ VIZ e,ra tthsn raoSy - aiay
tha taea ,,an " ,vbe ho nronoLad bis jaalonsv
one tpeh InT sba,f S ba 11;1I;na Tor 40
Sai;ara I ~ ha bss ~ ,royotad m1 ieaionsv
seid oee tss He Taatain maI % iaYrbinr ligbtiv and
o1 ootua w oyer ND onanine the door of The
soo-e IN w,iob b;s ~v;ctim slent -.
J CIoaino al the the door again, he came back
1v,th Iieasad ernression On his face.
5tond sad. = G'2'-t =; = I-''
sHo slaona ,;ta child n .--2...
3. .And 7 Wiil ahow Won how to keen him
ae,een- -H,sls.s -
~ aIb yes Fren anld. ] was going to ash
Won how.that was done" -
: II told YOU that people in this state
obey those who speak to them; all their
own win power being deadened by the
drug" :
! 81 see. ~ :: s.f j. ur..Er
.Then. you car, see, it is an easy
matter to feed him, and keep him in
that condition as long as you please"
(. $50 it is. Now, let me give you in
structions."
Z Suddenly Fox's manner changed from
that Of an equal to that OF a superior,
giving an oraer WHICH ne eAPecteo "
have implicitly iobeyed.
Get together Whatever 1000 ano
clothing you will need for five days, for
yourself and two men, whom you can
select from among e1e Slem. I;o uvnisht,