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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-30
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This is ideal autumn weather.
What do you think of our new
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On Monday of next week court
gns.
Ms. Howard Folk is visiting her
thers and sisters in Union coun-
James Beaver and wife, of Mif-
burg, spent Sunday at Gabriel
vers.
Preston Erdley moved from
neford to West Market street
week.
Miss Alice Haines, of Beaver
D, was a Middleburgh visitor
pday.
..trSg-sa -aSs@ss.
is rumored that A. X. Gift
return from Lexington, Nebr.,
BE Spring.
lhs Rice and Miss Rice, of
ldOn, are visiting Mrs. A. S.
rer this week.
Vm. Houtz will build a new
hence in Swineford on the lot re-
Ny purchased from Chas. Rath-
lGS Ellen Smith, who had been
hGng the summer with John p.
h and wife, on Monday left for
home in Cleveland, Ohio.
"A. Yoder, of Globe Mills, on
lday went to Philadelphia to
pete his last years course in
icine at the Medico Chi College.
'hn Stuck went to Freeburg on
ENday evening. He thought too
people would hear it, if he
ID his business through the
you want the best and latest
Ranges in the market, you can
aS what you want by calling
Y Z. Stahlnecker, opposite the
fMiddleburgh. tt.
Iaorney Grimm on Monday was
uniting and shot s squirrels.
y way home he lost one ofthem,
a'er he received the squirrel
qgh the Post Office.
most desirable mill property
ydsr county, will be sold on
pay, Oct. 2, 1897, at Meiser
also store building, farm,
aner tracts of valuable land.
ASrED.-A good respectable
40 general house work in a
mall family. Good wages for
Competent girl. Apply or
(" mary f. Masser, Sunbury,
1t.
= :, !. Libbie Dunkleberger will
Philadelphia and New York
nay, of this week to buy a
aHly of Millinery goods and
ne latest styles in vogue in
Atern cities.
S0squehanna Foot Ball team
against Dickinson College at
on Saturday. The score
ITO 0 in favor Of the Dick
!, !, This is considered a good
= Susquehanna as last year
. was 40 to 0.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-30
The following were enrolled /:

The crowning feature of the con-
vcntion was the conservatory services
conducted by Rev. j. ID. Shortess.
Thus closed the 4th annual convcn-
tion with hearty good will and en-
couragement attending each delegate.
A. ID. GRANNY, Reporter.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-10
CURIOUS FACTS.

n ring dove died at Tiffin, Ohio.
the other day twenty-nine years old.
Mason Sheriff., of Louisville. XIV.
has been deacon for sixty-four years
Babara Curran, of Orrington. Me
has yeast which came from ireland in
1916.
A Georgia jury brought in this YER
Duct the other day: 1--WE find tho de-
PENDANT almost guilty"
The loftiest inhabited place in The
world Is the Buddhist monastery of
Haine. i'll Tibet. 1t is about II. 600
feet above the sea.
Alexandria, Va, has raised the ban
which from the early days OF the set
Element made IL unlawful to bring in
oysters between April aud September.
Between 1873 and 1881, in a~single
Roman village district, 1877 heads of
families in n population of 1909 fami-
lies were logged for not paying their
taxes.
-Four camels have been successfully
acc!imated in Poland by Count Skor-
zewski, who has had them broken to
the pillow on his estate in the province
of Posen.
A Scotch collie has jumped from n
church tower in Norfolk, England
eighty feet to the ground unframed,
save for n shaking up. 1t was the
rcctor's dog.
An Angora cat which by accident
was locked in n trunk under some
clothing at Tullahoma, Tenn. re-
manned there for seven days aud re-
vived when taken ont.
Katy Brownell served in the First
and Fifth Rhode Island Infantry dur
ing the Civil War She was n real
heroine and fought in n number of
battles side by side with the regular
soldiers.
The convict striped clothing is to be
abolished Mt the Kansas State Peni-
Tertiary and replaced by neat suit of
cadet gray. The change is only to APP
ply to prisoners who are on the good
conduct list.
George S. Deakins, of Rowlesburg.
w. Va, surveyor, has the compass
and instruments which belonged to his
grandfather when, with Washington,
he surveyed the road from Washing
ton to the Ohio.
A gun which was used by the Kcar-
sarge i'll the memorable engagement
with the Alabama, Off Cherbourg,
France, in 1864, is to form part of
soldiers monument about TO be erect
ed at Stamford, Conn.
The Alaska Cod Fish Company this
year will employ nine small schooners
in their trade, which is increasing
every year. The Alaskan cod a. firm
white meat, and the demand for it is
increasing steadily, orders coming from
Central America, Australia and the
Pacific islands.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-10
a New nnit for Mlce.

One observalt housekeeper has
found ont that mice aud croton bugs
do not invade the same premises at
the same time. The mice scare AWAY
the bugs. In consideration of the
two evils it is rather diflicult, from n
housekeeper's point of view, which to
choose. This same housekeeper, saws
the New York Evening Post, finds
that the ordinary round, many-holed
spring traps, baited with something
soft, like piece of suet or pork, which
will cling to the hook and resist efforts
of the willy little creatures to dislodge.
is the best means of getting rid of
them. With this method should be
practiced also the starvation plan.
which is to have every crumb of food,
every dust of sugar, oatmeal or other
farinnceous substance, anything, in
fact, that could afford them oppor-
tunity for satisfying appetite, kept
carefully away from them. The holes
by which they find access to closet
shelves should be filed with pieces of
gum camphor. With patience and the
perseverance,, that is the cost of all
success, this pest, even in seriously
infested houses, can be exterminatei.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-10
WORDS OF WISDOM.

DO slow in choosing friend; slower
in changing.
A person too old to learn is also too
old to teach.
There is always hope for the man
who can be taught by one mistake what
n fool he has been.
There is only one real failure in life
possible; aud that is not to be true to
the best one knows.
The reason why so few marriages are
happy, is because young ladies spend
their time in making nets, not in lhak-
ing cages
Want of prudence is tc) frequently
the want of virtue; nor is there on
earth more powerful advocate for
vice than poverty.
Hope is the handspring of human nc
ton; faith seals orr lease of immortal
ity; and charity and love give the pass
port to the souls true and lasting hap
piness.
The worst penalty of evil-doing is to
grow into likeness with the bad; for
each mans soul changes, according to
tho nature of his deeds, for better or
for worse.
Patient, hopeful waiting is hard
work when it is the only work possible
to us in an emergency. But patient
waiting is in its time the highest duty
of faithful soul.
Nothing equals travel as n means OF
destroying local prejudice and COM
municating knowledge of the world. In
no other way can man Mt once learn
much and enjoy much.
Constant discipline in unnoticed
ways and the spirits silent unselfish-
ness, becoming the hidden habit of the
life, give to it its true sanity beauty:
and this is the result of care and lowly
love in little things.
Politeness is kind Of aumsthetic
which envelopes the Gsperities of our
character so that other people will not
be wounded by them We should
never be without it, even when we con-
tend with the rude.
We should so live and labor in our
time that what comes to us as seed may
go to the next generation rs blossom,
and that what came to us rs blossom
may go to them rs fruit This is what
we mean by progress.
Many ideas grow better when trans!
planted into another mind than in the
one where they sprang mp That which
was weed in one intelligence becomes
n flower in another, aud flower again
dwindles to mere weed by the Same
chance
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-10
w. VA, TUESDAY, AUGUST TO- 1897,

been certain that they hal hit the
wrong man, but il did not.
Paul Mansield's mind and heart be.
came 80 full Of the beautiful girl THIS
kissed him aud called him brother"
that he lost his interest for tho present
In engineering. aud applied for leave
of absence.
In the meanwhile the beforc-men-
toned faithful servant" became the
bearer OF many notes between the
young people who met so strangely,
aud moro than once he found his way
to the garden of the house where he
had been imprisoned
Again Santa Fe was startled; again
Bernal Valdez was robbed OF possible
bride.
Paul Mansfield had eloped with the
beautiful Isabel Diaz. News came
that they were married nj Las Vegas.
and had gone on to the East for the
honeymoon.
Paul Mansfield has since met Doctor
Brandon, now his brother n-law, and
they do not resemble each other 30
much when together.-New York
Ledger
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-10

IT is popularity believed that nuts
are indigestible, and doctors agree
that nuts and raisins after full meal.
or rich nut cakes, puddings or fritters.
cause dyspepsia; but this is because
they are eaten rs Injuries after the
appetite has been satisfied. Nuts. II
well masticated, and eaten not as des.
ert, but in place Of other food. are
more nutritious and sustaining than
many fruits and vegetables, aud nrc
said to be specially valuable MS brain
and nerve builders. They may be
eaten uncooked, in the usual way. or
in sonps, sandwiches, salads. or
cooked with vegetables; for instance.
egg plant with nut stining. Peanut
or chestnut sandwiches are nm M.
proved delicacy New York Mail and
Egprcse
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-10
PlTH AND POINT.

She-"How did Balding lose his
harp" He-'T understand his wife
had hand in it. Answers.
II can't git work at me trade. sail
the mendicant. "What is your trader"
sailor on nirship. PHILADELPHIA
North American.
Papa-'I hear my little boy was
very naughty to-day " Johnnie well.
fellow must have n little fun some
times. Truth.
HtDobson-''I can tell school teacher
rs far IA / can see her" Robson
We'll, you cant tell her much. -
Somerville Journal.
"Will you please tell me-" sail
little Miss Gilman to the farmer.
which are the COWS that give tho
beef-tea"-Judge.
He (sympathizing with his bride
who has just been stung)-"H in
telligent was that bee, my dear. To
Know that were on our honeymoon.
Punch.
well, Willie" asked grandma.
"have you had MI the dinner You
want3" mo, answered little Willie;
but 1 have had all can eat. -
Standard.
Ethel--"Did you ever run across a
real smart man in your life?" Pene-
lope-"No, indeed; such men Jump
very quickly when they hear bicycle
bell. Judge.
Griggs-'If anyone ever discovers
n plan to keep people from everlast-
lhBIy chatterlng-' Wiggs-"Its
ten to one he'll never. stop talking
about it. Truth.
Benham-"Well, if you want to
know it, / married you for your
money" Mrs. Benham-"T wish 7
could tell as easily what L married
You for. Judge.
Scene, n public eating ho1se. Pert
youth addresses waitress Bring
me one of your dog biscuits, miss.
Yes, sir, if you'll promise to eat it on
the mat. standard.
"There is nothing new in bicycle
costumes for women" II am sorry
to hear it. j was in hopes there would
be some fresh young girls in them. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mrs Henpeck latter little differ
ence of opinion)-"I suppose you felt
like fool when you proposed to
me2" Mr.. Henpeck-"No, L didn't;
but / was. "-Pick-Me-Up.
well, Tom, now you've had
second quarrel I suppose your wife
will be packing up and going to her
mother|' mo such luck, dad Her
mothers coming here"-Judy.
Mrs. Jones Brown-"You think the
baths Mt Baden-Baden would do me
good" The Observation-Disclosures
madam! You would meet some of the
most aristocratic people in Europe
there" Puck.
/ : ~: cc7Sfg .sgoq said the philosophic
Wy srnnoth ,,or,o, .,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-10
a REMARKAsLe POND.
wha. Hogs Footing Did on n X entuclsy
Farm.

Rev. Eli Owen. Of the Rocky Fill
country. is the possessor of pond
which has afforded him SOME pleasure
and great deal of uneasiness. A
good many years ago n bold spring ran
across L part of Mr.. Ovens farm and
dropped in n hole not far from where
1t rose. Ono year Mr.. Owen built n
hog Enclosure on the spot where the
spring ran into the earth, aud fattened
lot of hogs Gradually the hogs, in
their rootings, filled up the small open
ing through which the waters of the
spring sank into the ground, aud the
first thing Mr.. Owen knew small
pond was forming. As the waters of
the spring had no escape they simply
backed up, aud then backed up some
more. Higher and higher the waters
rose. from quarter of an acre TO half
an acre, then an acre. aud then five
acres, till the alarmed owner was seri-
ously perturbed as to whether the
pond owned him or he owned the
pond, or whether lie was eventually to
be the owner of farm or IA lot of
water. Finally Mr. Owen, by laying
n pipe in the pond aud piping off the
water, saved himself from further en-
croachments, and now he has, if prop
erly cultivated, one of the finest sheets
of fishing territory in the county. In
some places the waters are from ten
to fifteen feet deep, while several acres
are still submerged. Carp, sun-perch,
blnck-perch and other varieties of fish
stock the pond. A short while ago
Mr.. Owen set out trot-line, with
which the fish had great fun, but from
which large majority of Mr. OVENS
returns were broken hooks. Fish.
weighing as high IA twenty-five and.
thirty pounds were hung on it, and.
one or two captured The history of
this body of water is somewhat re-
markable, as showing what hog cant
do when it turns itself loose 60 root I'M
dead earneSt.-Giasgow (Ky.) Times.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-10

ut is generally thought that man
cannot live very long after getting n
bullet in his heart" said South
Carolinian to Star reporter, "bu!
there is IN instance on record in my
State of man carrying n bullet in his
heart five weeks before death. Thu
matter is fully authenticated the post.
norton examination having been
made by DIR. Currnn b. Earle, q
nephew of the late United States
Senator Earle. Tho wounded man
was named Tom Ferguson, and he was
shot by n colored man named Dock
CLANCY at Greenville, $. G. Fergu-
son lived five weeks, and at the post
mortem examination thirty-two-
caliber bullet was found firmly i'm
bedded in the exterior wall Of tho
heart. The cause of Ferguson's death
was the iuundntion of the pericardial
cavity, which impeded the action of
the heart, which in plain English
means that the cavity surrounding the
heart was punctured aud flooded TO
such an extent that the heart was pre-
vented from beating. This CARRYING
n bullet in the heart is n remarkable
case, but The physicians were not able
90 say without tedious research.
whether it has like in tho medical
records or not a patient, it is said.
may 1.-Two several days with wounded
heart aud q metaphoricol wound.
however severe, may not shorten hi
life at all, but tho cases, if amy. whore
one carried q bullet in this eensitivc
organ so long are few and far be
tween. w Washington Star.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-10
Utilizing IYnate GInsa.

A French scientist, NJ. Gacchey,
has discovered method of utilizing
the waste glass accumulated ut fac
tories. He grinds the glass to powder,
which is put into a metallic mold and
introduced into two furnaces in sue
cession. The first furnace anneals
aud deritrifies the mass. The mold is
then passed into the second furnace,
which is heated TO very high temper
ature. When the mold is drawn from
the second furnace it is ready TO be
pressed into different shapes for build
ing purposes. This discovery will
not only relieve the difficulty with
which glassblowers have had 10 deal in
getting rid Of their refuse, but will be
source Of profit. The potteries have
n similar elephant on their hands, but
no solution has been arrived NJ in
their cases, beyond using the refuse
for the making of railway embank-
Ients.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-10
Successful srad Culture.

Fish Commissioner James A. BIZ.
OF Connecticut, has written letter
giving some striking results of shad
culture. In FiYe-Mile River, about
nine miles from the mouth of the Con-
necticut, the Fish Commission in 1889
placed experimentally half n million
shad fry. No shad had been taken in the
river for years, but four years later, in
1898, more than 1000 were taken. This
year the fish have been more numerI
GUS there aud in the Connecticut River
than for any one Of many years here
fore, mud the best fishing Of the season
has been done in tho smaller stream.
Commissioner Bill says, also, that tho
size Of the shad has been materially
increased by stripping only the largest
shnd TO obtain spawn.-New York
Post
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-10
4 1,emnrI,nblo Soldier.

One of the most remarkable men OF
the present generation died at MAYA
sofa, Texas, few days ago His
name was Hannibal Hnmilcar Boone
and he claimed to be a relative of the
renowned Daniel Boone. After max
ing brilliant war record he served
his State in the capacity of Attorney
General. General Boone was one OF
those men who could never 90 under
fire in battle without being hit. His
body was scared with wounds. Most
Of the fingers Of his hands had been
shot away. In fact, he was 80 COM
pletely injured in the various battles
in which he took part that had he been
n Union soldier he would have been
pensioncd as n total physical wreck.
He was successful, however, in tho
practice of law and was one Oh the
best known citizeus of his State. At
lauta Constitution.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-10
TWO Brave Acts.

'"Two Of the bravest acts ever done,
but probably unrecorded, were these, 4"
writes Andrew Lang: 1--WE were try
ing 20 blow up gate, in the Indian
mutiny, and the fuse failed. a young
Scottish officer was smoking cheroot
He str0lled up and put the lighted end
Of the cheroot into the powder. He
was blown up, fell Iinto a ditch, and
survives, but not 90 tell the tale. The
other event was in civil life. A boat
full of ladies and officers, going TO n
picnic, was swamped in crossing an
Indian river. a lady and m officer
chung to an oar. 1T Is not enough for
two, said the man, say good-by for
me TO the regiment Then he left his
hold OF the oar, and of life. It is easy
TO sec that romance might be found.
ed on this, but these are the plain
facts
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-10

In mileage Of electric roads Ger
many Is foremost in Europe, having
2j2 miles France has 50 miles.
Great Britain and Ireland, GGI miles;
Austria-Hunglry 50 miles Switzerl
land, % miles; Italy "a miles; Ser
via, Russia, Belgium and Spain have
from G.21 miles TO 1854 miles. OF
the III lines Of electric railway in
Europe, 81 n~c worked on the over
head trolley line system, - on the
underground system and by means
OF accumulators.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-10
Iigl,t From Sncar.

A scientist has discovered that light
may be procured from sugar He has
succeeded in taking several photo
graphs by the light supplied by sugar
only. The sugar was first exposed to
a direct sunlight for two hours, and
then placed in dark room. Immedi-
ately on being placed in the darkness
the sunlight stored in the sugar TO
glow, family at first, but quite brightly
after n few minutes. After about
twenty minutes, during which time the
photographs were taken, the light be-
gan to die away, and gradually went
out. The photographs taken by sugar
light are quite distinct, though not as
clear as nm ordinary photograph. The
scientist who made the discovery de-
clares that, by exposing sack of sugar
to strong sunlight for two hours.
enough light could be procured from
it to illuninc a small house for the
same period.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-10
a NInrinc Aryna

The strangest cannoneer in The en-
tire animal kingdom is naked mol
lusk called onchidium. 1t inhabits the
seashores of China and Japan, of the
Malayan archipelago, of North Aus
tralia and of East Africa. This animal
is shell-less, but its back is covered by
n coriaceous or leatherlike integument.
The cephalic or head eyes of onchi-
dunn differ in no ways from those Of
allied groups, but its dorsal eyes land
it commonly has from twelve to sixty,
one species having even as large
number rs eighty, according to Lub-
book; another species, according 10
Semper, has ninety eight, are iti5a
tical, as far as type is concerned, with
those Of vertebrate animals. These
dorsal eyes have corneae, retinae and
lenses, anterior and posterior cham
bcrs, and "blind-spots." The "blind-
spot" is peculiarly characteristic of the
vertebrate eye; the optic nerve pierces
the external layer of the retina; hence
at this point sight is absent. -Lippin-
colts.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-10
a TRINITY OF TRlAos.

I.
Faith, Hope and Love together work .,
gloom: ~
What Faith believes, Hope shapes In form
and bloom ''i"'
Ana Love sends forth to daylight from tho
I Tns hhn that vets the summer leaves.
The Beam that dries. the Wind thai ho,,,.,
Each gives charm. and each receives.
- III.
Three growths from seeds without man,
call appear
Grain, Flower and Tree O,o s-t,.o, nj.
body's cheer;
Ono decks his bride; one yields his roof AMI
bier. 'A
Ed. w. Mason, in the National Magazine.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-10
ritched Ieadlonr Nv rhnndorbol,.,

Ernest Gadboise, o young man en-
ploycd on his fathe~ farm on tho
Salem turnpike, in Connecticut was
struck by lightning at Loningwell,
while driving home Tho bolt threw
him from the wagon into the gutter,
and rendered him unconscious The
horse was knocked down and the
wagon overturned. How long he was
unconscious heis unable 90 determine,
but he was helped into n neighboring
dwelling. Mother he nor hin horse
was permanently injured.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-10
London Policemen.

The London policeman goes on the
force at a salary Of 80 per week, with
the assurance Of raise TO 80 at the
end Of eight years service. He has,
in addition, his uniform, boots, coal
money and some other extras. "a we'll
as the promise Of approximation pay
at the end Of twenty-si1 years service.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-10
Ago Of Forks.

IT is said that forks are fully 900
years old. In 995 A. d. a son Of
Venetian Doge, Pietro Orsolo, was
married to the Princess Argilla, who
used at the wedding breakfast a silver
fork and gold spoon This set the
fashion for these indispensable arti-
Giles, aud their use soon spread oil
over Europe.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-10

England offers for sale rs old and
obsolete the following war ships: The
four-decked wooden battle-ship Con
quistador, the wooden battle-ship Ven
geance, the iron battle-ships Grampus
and Trincomalee, the cruisers Bac-
chante and Canada and three eighteen
year-old torpedo boats
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-08-10
: E. cHENoW7' Err. ..''e:, !. !"
"A TTORN YOp before hs'sas

81 wonder" unused the leading
drawing-room tenor, bitterly, as he
closed amid a perfect Babel of CONVEX
sation, "why it should ever have been
thought necessary to tell people not TO
whisper in polite society?"-Puck.
Stranger latter an examination
"Well, doctor, what do you think?
Have / the gout?" Great Physician
"Heml Er--what is your inoome?"
Twelve hundred year" "No.
You've got sore foot. New York
Weekly