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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-17
Lords smile n EecOmpense.

II we truly feel that the Lord iiveth bs's
Whom we stand We shall want nothing =
for our work but His snile; and we shall .
that the light of His face is all We I'd
That thought should deaden our ovs
outward things. How the things thIR
fever our souls by pursuing aud ris
hearts when we lose will cease 10 altnf
How small and vulgar the "prlze' Oflhs
people call them, will appear. A Naeis
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-17

You cannct trace Jesus you elH'SIy
lyze Jesus. His intepse spiritually a,
his simplicity of thought, his c9H'nSas
abnegation and his Unaffected hanl1
scended Oh worn out. hopeie,. Sl.
dew upon the dry grass. s.-Joha VASE
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-17

When the average man Ia not en-.
gagged In talking too much lie IS en-
gagged In whistling too much.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-17
Anon.
God Knows Best.

We may be led Of God all the time, and,
like Moses, we should be content with the
place where He bids us dwell. doubt not
that some OF you may feel that you have
been, and even now are, kept back from the
greatest usefulness. I would not
have you feel thus, but rather use very care
fully all that the Lord gives you. And don't
be afraid OF the .'back side OF the desert"
and never think you are forsaken Of God
because kept long there. He knows just
how much OF quiet, humble life we need to
servo Him In the best manner hereafter
Mary Lyon
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-17

"whcn he came here there wa'e %
tians; when he Went away there va
heather. ."-lnscription Oh &'aU~~
John Geddie at Ancjty''r.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-17
II, I should like

4, I should like
to go as far as
the pasture wall
once more. l
expect the black
berries are be-
ginning to be
ripe; and how
thick they used
To be along that
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-17

Ny God, l thank Thee, who hast made
The earth so bright;
So full OF splendor and Of Joy, t.iAi
Beauty and Light;
So many glorious things are here,
Noble and right!
Adelaide A. rroctor.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-17
There are only about 1000 Germans
in the whole Of Mexico.

Chicago has Q penny savings bank
for school children, inaugurated by
the Civic Federation.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-17

Arise, sal heart IL thou dost no: yithsH
Christ's resurrection thine may yp,
Do not by hanging dowr break from aeHS|
Which rs it riseth, raiseth thee
Arise Arise
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-17

I s'pose better climb across one OF
them cars instead of going around the
end of 'em all. It's just scandalous
the way railroad folks leave cars stand.
ing Oh this siding most every day till
they want them for the suburban folks
evenings and mornings"
The sun glinted through the chinks
in Selina's battered hat--a mans hat
bought at the store for ten cents in the
haying season-and Leafy was near
sighted at the best. She listened. No
locomotive was in hearing. The short
cut was across car platform. When
she climbed up to it, she said to her.
self, 81 feel mite dizzy guess I'll
sit right here on top Of the steps and
rest little"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-25
A Hnnter's Fancy.

The last buffalo killed in Jewell
county was on May 90, 1872. A man
rode up to the ranch of Columbus Palm
er and reported that he had seen a
buffalo in draw mile or two away.
Palmer took his dogs and started and
thus describes what subsequently hap
pened:
1.-The dogs ran on ahead of me, but
pretty soon they came tearing back,
with big buffalo bull in full pursuit.
Galloping Jehosaphat But that bull did
look big as he charged down on me-
with his tail in the air and his shaggy
head shaking in fury | tried to move
off to one side, but that was no use, for
the dogs kept coming toward me which
ever way | turned. 1t is said to be i'm
possible to kill "A buffalo which is COM
ing head ON, but | saw something had
to be done mighty quick, so l dropped
to my knee and plugged him square in
the forehead He fell dead in his tracks,
and | am now convinced that any man
who says buffalo cannot be shot
through the skull is liar. kansas
City Journal
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-25

"Of all hotels, some that you strike
IN small southern places are the worst, "
commented the travelling man. Not
long ago had quite an exciting adveu-
ture in Louisiana hostelry. The boni
lace who looked as yellow and bilious
rs one of the perverted clay eaters of
that locality, showed me up to room
at the top of his wooden hostelry.
looked at the bed, glanced over the sur
roundings and concluded to retire with
out undressing. About midnight some
thing clammy touched my face, and
jumped up and lighted match. As
did SO great rat scampered from the
bed
Il saw his hole and placed the wash
basin over it. Then in the dim light
from the lamp began one of the greatest
chases of my life. / tumbled over a
chair, barked my shins, tipped over the
table that served as a dresser and broke
the mirror with a boot let fly at the
intruder. | lodged under the bed. /
pulled it out into the center of the
room. | dived under it with the other
boot and raced around wildly after that
artful dodger Just as thought l had
him tripped, broke the wash pitcher
and fell among the wreckage. At the
same time the door was burst open, and
the yellow skinned boniface confronted
me with brace of pistols in his hands.
Look outp Iyelled He'll get outl
"' What III get out?' he said, glaring
at me as though was crazy.
1.-THE rat.
He's got 'em, said the landlord to
the boy who followed him. Help me
throw this rope around him.
at was only when the rat really ran
out of the door that he appreciated the
situation, and then he bestowed upon
me look of pity. advising me to keep
quiet and not to arouse peaceful sleep
ers for no reason at all. detroit Free
Press
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-25
safe Course.

An excellent reply was that once
made by Yankee pilot to the owner of
Mississippi river steamboat.
The boat was at New Orleans, and
the Yankee applied for the vacant post
of pilot, saying that he thought he could
give satisfaction provided they were
"lookin for man about his size and
build.
Your size and build will do well
enough, said the owner, surveying the
lank form and rugged face of the appli-
cant with some amusement, "but dc
you know about the river, where the
snags are and SO on?"
well, I'm pretty well acquainted
with the river" drawled the Yankee,
with his eyes fixed on a stick he was
whiting, but when you come to talkin
about the snags | don't know exactly
where they are, must say.
Don't know where the snags are?''
said the boat owner in tone of dis
gust, "Then how do you expect to get
position as pilot ON this river?''
well, sir, - said the Yankee, raising
pair of keen eyes from his whiting
and meeting his questioner s stern gaze
with whimsical smile II may not
know just where the snags are, but you
can depend upon me for KNOWN where
they amt, and that's where / calculate
TO do my sailin. Youth Companion.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-25
NOT ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD.

A fact often overlooked, or not al
ways understood, is that women suffer
as much from distressing kidney and
bladder troubles as the men. The
womb is situated back of and very
close to the bladder, and for that rea-
son any distress, disease or inconven-
fence manifested in the kidneys, back,
bladder or urinary is often, by mistake,
attributed to female weakness or womb
trouble OF some sort.
The error is easily made and may be
as easily avoided by setting urine
aside for twenty-four hours; a sediment
or settling is evidence that your kid
neys and bladder need doctoring. III
you have pain or dull aching in the
back, pass water too frequently, or
scant supply, with smarting or burning
these are also convincing proofs Of
kidney trouble. If you have doctored
without benefit, try DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp Root, the great kidney remedy.
The mild and the extraordinary effect
will surprise you. 1t stands the high
est for its wonderful cures If you
take medicine you should take the
best At druggists fifty cents and one
dollar. You may have "a sample bottle
and pamphlet, both sent free by mail.
Mention BELDING BANNER and send
your address to DR.. Kilmer g. Co.,
Binghampton, N. Y. The proprietors
Of this paper guarantee the genuine
ness of this offer.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-25
Soap Lye Products.

The methods pursued by Glatz and
Lugo for so successfully extracting glyo-
erin and soda from soap lye is describ-
ed in The Electrical Review. The soap
lye which is left in the manufacture of
soap represents, of course, waste prod
uct, and the process in question enables
glycerin and caustic soda to be removed
from this soap lye by means of cleo
trolysis. The anode is plate of zinc or
carbon in contact with the liquor under
treatment The cathode is in porous
pot The current decomposes the caus-
tic soda, forming sodium hydrate at the
cathode. The glycerin is set free, while
the albuminoid and coloring matters
are rendered insoluble and are easily
removed by filtration. After this treat
ment the insoluble matter is separated
out, and the liquid is distilled, forming
a perfectly pure, clear glycerin, the
caustic soda being also practically pure
and disable by the soapmaker.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-25
Relief Maps.

A brief description appears in Nature
of Pauling's new and novel method of
drawing relief maps, which is pro-
nounced great advance on any system
now in use, both in respect of accuracy
and ease of execution The map is said
TO be i'll effect closely contoured map,
printed on silver gray paper, the con.
tour lines being white where illuminat-
ed by IA source of light supposed to be
40 degrees above the western horizon
and black elsewhere Level plateaus
and slightly sloping areas are thus rep
resented by the natural gray color of
the paper, steep declivities toward the
west being lightened by the closely
drawn white lines and toward the east
correspondingly darkened by the black
lines, the departure from the normal
gray showing more the closer lines
that is, the sleeper the slope. Thus the
Pauling method has the merit of giving
clear idea of the steepness derived
from the contour lines themselves, and
the additional advantage is presented of
avoiding the confusion produced by the
shadows in some modern maps, where
the illumination is supposed to come
from the horizon
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-25

Women say thank you more frequent
s. row than formerly when men in
rowdcd street cars give them seats, but
,onetines they don't. One didn't the
nther day when she boarded Broadway
ear AT Fourteenth street. She was hand
somely dressed and had the manner of
one of assured position in the social
world. She found all the seats taken
and moved with graceful deliberation
to the front of the car. where, in the
end seat, man, also well dressed and
at ease, was reading paper just as
the car came to standstill by reason of
a block he looked up, and. seeing the
woman standing, offered her his seat.
She took it, and in the hush which had
fallen upon the waiting passengers her
failure to express thanks or even SO
much as bow her head was especially
noticeable The man held the strap he
had taken but moment and then,
leaning over toward the woman, as
though by way of making a reply, said:
mot at all, madam. You re quite well
come, I'm sure. She blushed slightly
and smiled, but furtive glance along
the rows of watching faces showed her
that all had noticed the rebuke and rec
ognized it as such.
She turned quickly and looked ahead
out of the window, but she was a WON
an, and, unable to remain in ignorance
of the effect created by the incident, she
turned again. All the passengers were
looking at her and smiling When she
again looked out of the window, which
she did as soon as she could turn her
head, the blush had changed to a deep
scarlet, extending from the collar Of her
dress TO the roots of her hair. When the
car had moved ahead for two blocks,
she got out, and everybody who remain
ed felt sure she will not again accept a
seat in street car without thanking
the person who gives it to her. New
York Times.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-25

Banner and Detroit Tribune year sl 30
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-25
Gu r & D

dOBBS REMEDY CO.. PRoPRIEToRs. CnI:luo
D.. Hobbs Pills For Sale III BELDJNG, MICH
w FISK BANGS, Druggist.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-25
English wedding Rings.

1t is not generally known that by an
act of the English parliament passed in
1856 it is enacted that all wedding rings
must be of standard gold, the enactment
being intended more to raise the amount
of gold duties than to protect the public
from limitations.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-25
YOUNG MEMS SUITS.
CHllDREN'S SUITS.

In Children s suits we start them at
75c and for 81. so. s., S. so and So we
give you splendid values
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-25
Consideration For Horses Nerves.

There is a rule in livery stable in
New York, where only the animals of
the rich are kept, that no man shall
shout at the horses. Horses of good
blood are nervous, and loud, excited
conversation is felt by every horse that
hears it, and it keeps him nervous and
uneasy. No man is allowed to use pro-
fame language in the hearing of the
horses
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-25

|. !. LEONARD, Pres. A. n. BELDNG,' ". Pres.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-25

In Norway people who are not vacci-
mated are not allowed to vote at an cleo
ton
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-25

81 wonder, " he said to himself as he
walked alone by the sea next day,
whether have thrown away happi-
ness or escaped calamity. Ethel
Hackney in London Sun.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-25

The woman who can Z hold her tongue
or a baby has no business with either.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-25

Love Is a disease that some people
get just as often as they are exposed.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-07-23
An Efficient Guard.

She had been graduated with high
honors from leading female college,
and was competent to talk understand
ingly upon anything from the theory
of the differential calculus down to the
component protoplasmic nuclei of
corned beef hash. Moreover, she had
been an enthusiastic advocate and fol-
lower of all kinds of physical exercise,
and had led her class in the masculine
feats of doing the giant swing upon
the flying trapeze and hurting the
heavy hammer. In short, she was Il
magnificently formed woman. in both
mental as we'll as a physical sense.
Judge, then, the surprise of all when
she welded a man who was some ten
inches shorter than herself, and with
but meager muscular development.
Her friends all prophesied that she
would be unhappy.
But no." she reasoned to herself,
this would-be husband of mine is ex-
actly what want. He makes plenty of
money, which shall spend as l please
He is weak, and | am strong, and con-
sequently shall be able to defy him, if
necessary, and compel him to knock
under Alas! she knew not the wiles
of mankind. In the very first week OF
their honeymoon that little, puny hus-
band kept her in the house against her
will simply by tying diminutive
mouse to her new bonet.-Percie w.
Hart
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-07-23
DivOfse(t by Il State.

A sad story is the experience of Mrs.
Laura Croker Acklan, the handsome
and accomplished daughter of ex-Judgo
T. D. Croker, of Cleveland, O., whose
tears so impressed the members of the
house of representatives at Dover. Del.
recently that they forgot she was an
heiress and passed her bill for divorce
from her husband of less than a year.
Mrs. Acklan is only % years old.
Early in March last Mrs. Acklan filed
bill for divorce in the senate. She told
the divorce committee that her husband
had misrepresented his age to her and
her parents He told her he was 80,
she said, and he was As; but he was not
affectionste and he ill-treated her. Tho
committee listened for about fifteen
minutes to Mrs. Acklan's story of how
he had disappointed her and by unan-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-07-23
Tho Horned Toad Industry.

Catching horned toads for the Homo.
lulu market is one Of the growing in.
dustries of "Old San Diego" better
known as Mexican Town." Mexicans
and Indians 60 out upon the desert
and catch these little horned reptiles
and sell them to the sailors and ship.
ping houses for shipment to Honolulu
to be utilized in eating flies. That
country is overrun with the pests, and
as the toads live upon flies, and eat
them for pure amusement, they are iu
great demand. They are shipped in
boxes partly filled with sand and fed
on flies during the voyage The toads
are sold at about rs cents each.
Mexicans do a good business also in
selling horned toads to tourists. They
are great pets with ladies, especially
the chapisettes, who belong to the
smart set and affect the latest fads,
They are charged from so cents up fol
each toad. The chapisettes amuse
themselves by parading the loads on
the hotel piazzas during the lazy after
Moons and watch them swallow flies
Small bets are made on the ability Of
their favorite toads to swallow the
greatest number of flies in a given
time, The swallowing contest is
watched with much interest by the at.
tendant chappies, who take sides, ant
nav the bets, or rather forfeits, as Il
is politely called. Toads are also
boxed up and taken East as curiosities
Catching horned toads is one of tint
leading industries Of "Old Town. -
San Diego (Cal) Correspondent of Phil.
adelphia Times.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-07-23
A Dimirutive Picture.

Probably the smallest piece Of paint
ing in the world is that executed by
a Flemish artist. 1t is painted on the
smooth side of grain of common
white corn, and pictures of mill and
a miller mounting stair with a sack
of grain on his back. The mill is rep
resented as standing on terrace. and
near it is horse and cart, while a
group of several peasants is shown in
the road near by. The picture is beau-
tifully distinct. every object being
finished with microscopic fidelity, yet
by careful measurement it is shown
that the whole painting does not cover
a surface OF half an inch square,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-07-23

urged the people of Ireland to abstain
from agrarian crimes and adopt instead
a policy of sending landlords, agents
and bailiffs ito Coventry" which is
the old form of expressing what is
meant by the modern word boycott.
The idea became popular at once, and
the first victim was Captain Boy
colt. Here is the story Of the orig
inal boycott as told by Boycott him
self:
II was warned that If did not cease
acting in the interests of my employers
I should be let severely alone. This
did not scare me. and I continued
working as before. Then the boycott
began. My own harvest was late that
year, and when tried to hire harvest
ors l was met everywhere by refusals
Net man in my parish or barons
dared to work for me.
The corn remained standing. But
this was lot the worst. My servants left
NE in body, and my wife and children
were obliged to do all the housework.
Then the village grocer and the butch
er refused to sell me provisions. In
neighboring towns and villages trades
men also declined to sell me their
wares. But l would not give in.
Things went from bad to worse. There
was no fuel in the house. Nobody
would cut turf or carry Goals for me.
I had to tear up the floors for firewood.
Finally | sent my family to friends in
Dublin, and prepared for siege.
people who sympathized with my
rcsition formed an association known
rs: "emergency men," They gathered
together score of stalwart harvesters
and marched them under police pro-
lection to my aid That irritatcd my
Mayo friends more than ever, and
constant attacks and sallies became the
order of the day and night.
"Finaly detachment of soldiers
came from Castelar, to our aid. and
the belated harvest was 1eaped and
garnered. We had to guard our corn
with fixed bayonets, revolvers and
backthorns to keep our ricks from be-
ing burned down. Two servants whom
l imported from England were fright
ened away, and we once more had to
do our own cooking. A fund was
raised for me in England and Ireland
but it did not come near reimbursine
me for my loss and worry. At that
time agrarian boycottng was not it,
legal, nor was it made SO until the
crimes act of 1887. BY that time the
system had become so widespread that
il threatened to sap the whole social
condition of Ireland. 1t was, indeed
a. most powerful and insidous weapon
as | am now free to own. My Christ
mas and New Years day of 1SS0-Sl
were anything but enjoyable feasts
Not a day, scarcely an hour, passed
without fight or a personal encoun-
ter between the opposing forces. Our
Christmas plum pudding was sent by
admirers from Londonderry. packed in
n mail sack The besiegers respected
the mails. and we enjoyed the pudding.
At last in the spring of 1881 an armis-
tice was declared. | was left with my
armed guard, however, and all my pro-
visions were sent from Belfast or Dub
lin by rail. When had time to take
a breath and read the papers discov-
cred that my name had become house
hold word, though I did not imagine it
would ever become embodied in a die
tionary.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-07-23

Enterprises Of Great Pith and Moment
Have, ere now, had their currents "turned
awrv," as Hamlet says, by an atvuck of
dyspepsia. Napoleon failed to improve his
advantage at Austerlitz in consequence,
it is said, OF indigestion brought on by
some indiscretion in eating. IN order 10
avoid dyspepsia, abstain frora over indul.
gence, and precede the meal by a vine
glassful of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
more effective than any dietc in improv-
ing the tone Of the stomach, Liver COM
plant, chills and fever, and rheumatism
arc annihilated by the Bitters.
There are now four times as many wire
nails made rs cut nails.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-07-23
Educationa .

Attention of the reader is called to
the announcement of Notre Dame uni
versity in another column of this paper.
This noted institution Of learning en-
tiers upon it's fifty-fourth year with the
next session, commencing Sept. Z, 1897.
Parents and guardians contemplating
sending their boys and young men
away from home to school would do
we'll to write for particulars to the Uni
versity of Notre Dame, Indiana, before
making arrangements for their educa-
ton elsewhere. Nowhere in this broad
land are there to be found better facil-
files for cultivating the mind and heart
than are offered at Notre Dame Uni
versitv