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AROUSED HIS CURIOSITY.
Never Heard of the Cathay, But 1t
Must be a Good Thing.

NO" remarked the young man who
is very much given to -interspersing his
conversation with quotations, Il shall
not go away for the summer"
That is too bad,e exclaimed the
young woman in the bicycle suit, SYM
pathetically.
Not at all. This thing of sitting
| around on pfazzas and doing nothing
except wishing that there was some
other way of killing time faster is not
at all to my taste. AS a matter of fact,
it isn't any warmer in the city than it
/ is elsewhere, and there is always some
thing going on. / like the hustle and
the hurry and the hum
But you must have rest, you know.
You viii wear yourself out if you
don't"
"Oh, WELL" he went on, with that
come-what-may manner which can US
ualy be relied on to impress a very
young woman, 1T is better TO wear out
than rust out.
But there is no need of doing either,
is there?" she inquired, apprehensively.
Perhaps not. But it is my disposi-
ton. My motto is Better twenty years
of Europe than a cycle of Cathay.'
Why, Arthur! How suddenly you
change the subject"
Il wasn't aware that 1 had changed
the subject"
why, yes. You said, Better twen-
ty years of Europe than a cycle of Ca
thay!'"
Aren't you familiar with that?"
No" she reluctantly confessed, Il
believe you made it up
'Oh, no; that isn't mine"
well, anyhow, I'd like to see one"
"One what?"
"A Cathay. I never heard of it, but
it must be a very fine make of cycle
to cost as much as trip to Europe. -
Washington Star.
MoN6nrrrr I'm Mortar nf fine teas :
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Value of Her Time.

She didn't like housework; she pre-
ferred to have place in the world
of business, she said:
I want to earn something" she fire.
quently proclaimed. Il know I have
the business instinct, and that l would
be a success if 1 only had a place in
some office"
Well returned the old gentleman,
thoughtfully. 'I'n take you into my
office, if you wish"
edly. And how much will you pay
me?"
Whatever your time is WORTH
But how will you decide that2" she
demanded.
"Oh, it's very easily done,'' he an
swered. Lets find the valuation you
put on it first"
I'D value it at about 81 minute .
she replied promptly.
You never have shown any indica-
tions of doing anything like that yet .
he said. Wen just figure it out Now,
yesterday you and your mother went
down town. didn't you?''
Yes. We went down to get some
cloth for a gown. But what has that
to do with it?'
I heard you say that you found just
exactly What you wanted at the first
place you stopped but that they asked
too much for it, he continued, ignor-
ing her question.
THAT was right" she admitted
They wanted 80 cents a yard for it,
and both mamma and I knew that we
could get it for less
Did you?"
''Of course we did. 1 guess we know
enough not to be cheated on ordinary
dress goods. We had to go pretty
nearly all over town, but we finally got
the same thing precisely for 81 cents
a yard.
How long did it take?" he asked
next.
We'll, we went down town before
luncheon and never got home until
dinner time. One can't get bargains in
a hurry, you know"
tOf course not he admitted "And
how many yards did you get?''
Six" she answered.
Saving altogether the magnificent
sum Of Is cents he suggested. THE
problem is very simple now. Two of
you worked nearly one whole day for
Is cents, or 8 cents apiece. Making a
liberal estimate for the time you spent
at home in the morning I should say
that you and your mother valued your
services at about II cents a day each
Now, l shall be very glad to pay you
-
But he never finished They both
of them declared that he was a mean
thing. and there was nothing for him
to do but take refuge in fight.-Chica-
go Post.
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A Short Peach Cron.

CHAMBERSBURG Pa.), Aug. s.
The Blue Mountain peach belt OF
Southern Pennsylvania and Western
Maryland is the only part of the coun-
try that will have more than twenty to
twenty-five per cent. of a crop this
year. According to the views of Col
onel James r. Gilmore of Chambers
burg, who has returned from tour of
the peach State, shortage will
be especially great in Wisconsin, Ohio
Delaware and the eastern shore in
Maryland
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FoRTY-sIx PERSONS KILLED.
Terrible Results of an Explosion in
Bulgaria.

SOFIA Rulgaria), Aug. IA terrific
explosion occurred yesterday at the
cartridge factory of Rustchuk, on the
Danube, 139 miles northwest of Varna.
Forty-six persons were killed outright,
and very many others were injured.
The lives of sixty of the latter are des-
paired of.
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, on re-
ceipt of the news of the disaster vis-
tied the sufferers from the explosion,
who had been taken to the hospital,
and caused money to be distributed to
the families of the victims.
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California Dried Fruits.

NEW YORK. Aug. 7.-California
dried fruits steady. Evaporated ap-
ples-Prime wire tray, 5Ac; wood dried
prime, 515c; choice, 534c; fancy, 6Q6Ac.
Prunes, 3@11@c, as to size and quality.
Apricots-Royal. S@9c; Moorpark, 12c.
Peaches, unpeeled, 6@Sc; peeled, 11@
lo
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Exports and Imports of Specie.

NEW YORK, Aug. THE exports of
specie from the port of New York for
the week amounted to S757, 800 in gold
and 1884, 40 in silver The imports
for the week were: Gold, S297, POP;
silver, $60,30S; dry goods, 81, ,253, ,957;
general merchandise. 81, ,679, 500.
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and he was given quarters at the Coun-
ty Jail.
He was visited by his wife and fam
ily yesterday, and everything was done
that might add TO his comfort. 1t is
understood that he will be examined
regarding his sanity, with a view TO
confining him in an asylum if neces-
sary
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There is nothing makes person an
grier than to know they have made a
fool of theirself after having had their
own way about q thing
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Family Helps.

Pepper, what is ministering an
gel?"
"A ministering angel? Well, it is a
woman who loves to run a lawn NOW
er."-Detroit Free Press.
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Hotel Arrivals.

Arrivals at the Golden Eagle Hotel
yesterday: Ed T. Wilbur, Denver: S.
Fong, Chicago: w. B. Sargent, New
York; C. A Cohen, H. Newell, San
Francisco.
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the ores, it is believed that by the
close Of the present century the world 5
product will exceed $500. .O00, ,O00.'
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SPECIAL NOTICES

vehicles-Baker & Hamilton-Hardware,
Carts, Buggies, Carriages. Phaetons. Balm
Farm and Header Wagons, Wholesale
Hardware. Send for catalogue.
KENT BROS. 1917 Third street. for car
riages, buggies, rigs of all kinds at short
notice TelephoneS-New, 915: old, 511.
MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over fifty years by mill
teething with perfect success. 1t soothes
the child, softens the gums, allays pain,
cures wind collie, regulates the bowels, and
arising from teething or other causes. For
sale by druggists in every part of the
world Be sure and ask. for Mrs. Wins
a bottle.
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ScrofuIa

In its thousands of forms is the most ter
rible affection of the human race. Salt
rheum, sores, eruptions, boils, all humors,
swellings, etc., originate in its foul faint,
and are cured by the great and only True
Blood Purifier, Hoods Sarsaparilla. The
advanced theorysof today that tuber-
culosis, or consumption, is durable by
proper nutrition, care and purifying the
blood, finds confirmation in the expert
ence of many VINO have been cured by
Hoods SarsapaYilla
Hoods pills cure sick headache. 25c.
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Weather Forecast.

Northern California-Clear Monday; con
tinued cool. westerly winds; variable In th
interior
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EToT,EI.
MONTE VISTA,

THE PICTURESQUE RESORT OF
the Sierras: under new management and
ownership; good table; delightful climate,
elevation $500 feet; good hunting and fish
ing: excellent mineral spring water; pure
service has pleased each guest THOMAS
e. MORGAN. Monte Vista, Dutch Flat,
Cal MWF
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J. McMorry. importer OF fine teas.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16

Another danger to the people living
in these days Of advanced knowledge
with which our forefathers did not
have to contend was discovered at Sioux
City, Ia, the other day. A short time
ago Morton Allen had tooth filed
with q composition filing by lcca!
dentist. In putting in the filing some
OF the stuff went down Aliens throat,
but nothing was thought of the matter.
Shortly afterward he was takel. sick,
and his illness soon developed into
peritonitis, which soon caused death.
The physician who had charge OF the
case said that the disease was caused by
one OF the ingredients of the filing
which Allen swallowed. and since then
the dentists of Sioux City are having
nothing to do in the line Of filing
teeth with compositions. as the people
who have heard of the case fear to meet t
an end similar to Aliens.
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Property Rights.

All men stand equal" in the "uat-
ural rights" Of life and liberty" but
no two men are precisely equal in the
capacity to improve and enjoy those
endowments. That is the American
tenet, says writer in the Arena, as
every intelligent American understands
it. And precisely the same thing is true
OF mans natural relation to property.
All men are equal" in the natural
right Of access to the worlds wealth
the original bounty of nature. with
the improvements that mankind as a
whole have made upon their inalena Bile
realty. But individual men can employ
and improve that wealth only in ac-
cordance with individual capacity. In
the distribution OF wealth, therefore
under the natural relation Of man to
matter. all men are not unqualitiedly
entitled to an equal share in property
but 10 an equitable share: and an equit-
able share is an equal share according
to ability. industry and economy.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16

Among the curiosities that Mrs. Nc
Kinley has just added to the white
house museum, we learn from WASH
ington exchange. is hat made entire
ly OF corn. The hat was sent to the
presidents wife from Atchison, Kan,
where it has figured in the great corn
carnival, which takes place annually
in that city to celebrate the success of
the seasons yield. The hat was voted
the most unique and dainty production
OF the corn festival. It was designed
and made by Mrs. II. J Cusack. of Atch-
ison. So tasteful and original have
been Mrs. Cusack's productions in corn
costumes that her delighted townspeo-
pie have dubbed her the corn milliner
OF Kansas" The most peculiar feature
OF the corn hat is that the corn, having
been treated by some special prepara-
ton, shines like ivory and makes n
most attractive headdress. Worn at
night itwould cause sensation rs one
OF the prettiest and most striking hats
ever devised, and few would guess that
the wonderful and costly looking head
covering was made Of corn husks.
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American Ariseocracy.

While IN Fruncc-wha& with our
"modern. .education," " the specialize tion
Of our sciences" "the spirit Of regional
ism." with which We are trying to In
oculate our universities. we are d.
minishing, says writer in McClure's
Magazine. the part Of general instruc-
tion, in America, on the contrary they
are. seeking to extend. to Increase, and
consolidate It. While we are insen-
slbly detaching ourselves from our ira
ditions, the Americans-who are in
consoiable for not having an ancient
history-are precisely essaying to at
tach themselves 10 the traditions we
are forsaking. OF all that we affect
to consider too useless or superannu-
ated Of the history ofGreekinstitutions
or the examination Of the books of
the Old Testament, they are composing
for themselves, rs one might say. an in
tellectual past. And if, perhaps. the
catalogues Of their universities do not
keep all their promises, which is often
the case with our own, that is unimpor-
tant. The function always ends by ere
nting it's organ, and It is tendency
which must be regarded. The univer-
sitarinn tendencies in America are on
the way TO constitute an aristocracy of
intelligence in that great democracy:
and. which is almost ironical. that form
Of intelligence which we are so wrong.
headed and stupid as TO dread us the
riost hostile TO the progress of de-
mOcracy.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16

There is popular delusion, that an
athlete must necessarily be healthy
man, by reason of his athleticism. but us
n matter of fact. muscular development
is not an affair Of the constitutions; il is
In accident, pure and simple. says the
New York Ledger. Strong limbs are
frequently 10 be found associated with
weak heart. and many a strong man
dies of consumption. II health may be
defined us a capacity for hanging on 10
life. then in many cases the weakes,
are the healthest. IL such definition
Is accurate. women are healthier han
men. their average length of days being
greater. 1t is doubtful, however. il
centenarians, merely because they are
eentenarians. ore absolutely the heul,h-
lest. 1t is us hard to say what life is as
TO say what health is, and the way in
which unhealthy people are tenacious
o. life Is not surprising.
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Dangers OF Dialect,

In dialect writing there is always a
suspicion OF coarseness. OF necessity.
II must be the expression in lower
forms OF speech of the thought of the
lower order of mind, says a writer in
Lippincotts. IT must entertain the
traveller in new attitudes to hear the
rorund jargon of the negro, the twang
Of the mountaineer. or the cackle of
the Creole's "gumbo talk" But it is
merely the novelty of these that strikes
the unaccustomed ear and tickles il in
brief descent from higher modes of
speech. But that is precisely wha,
makes the return to higher verbal lev
els all the more grateful by contrast,
For the ear quickly wearies, us the
taste promptly rebels. under long con-
,inuance Of jargon; and one cares as
little to carry its memory permanently
us he would to invite its utterer for his
company at dinner. SO that book-and
peculiarly that book of fcton--which
hopes TO live. as well as to thrive. must
fit itself to become the companion of
the better-bred classes OF society and
to enter the drawing-room or boudor.
Not that this day is at all more moral
than yesterday, but because i, bugs the
shadow closest where the substance
may lack; because its taste runs to
'arnish and veneer rather than to plain
finish in hard woods.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16

At the recent congress of the Amer
ican Ornithologists' union in New York
Chairman William butcher read his re-
port, which he prefaced with this state
mem: "The continued use OF feathers
and birds on women's hats is, think,
due to an unwillingness on their
part to assume individual respon-
siDility. Most women know the cruelty
entailed in obtaining the plumes that
ornament their hats, but excuse them
selves on the ground that it is not COM
mitted for. me. personally: it would
hsve occurred anyhow Reports from
western states were discouraging. in
that they told that the use Of aigrettes
and feathers on hats was more popular
this year than ever before"
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A NEW raluxpH.
The Dre~lea Ceusumpslen Cas be
CureA.


I. A. Slocum, the Great chemist and scientist,
WIN send 10 Sufferers. Three Free Bottles ol
His Newly Discovered Remedies 10 Cure Con-
sumption amt al Lung troubles.
Nothing could be fairer more philantropic or
carry more 1vy 10 the affllcted. than the geuer'
GUS offer OF the honored and distinguished them.
list, 7. A. Slocum. N. c., OF New York Oity.
He has discoyeret' reliable and absolute cure
for consumption. and all bronchial: throat, lung
and chest diseases, catarrhal affections, general
decline aLd weakiiess, loss Of flesh ahd all Con-
dltions OF wasting'away. and 10 make It's great
merits known, VIII send three Iree bottles OF hts
newly discovered remedies 10 any an,icted read
OF the Posi-.
Already his "new scientific system of medl-
clue" has permanently cur-d th0us9"dS OF ap-
pa-ently hopeless eases.
The Doctor considers IL not ONLY his profes-
sional. but his religious duty-a duty which he
ownes TO suffering humauity-do donate his In
tallible cure.
lie has provided the dreaded consumption
10 he durable disea q beyond doubt, In any
climate, and has on tile In his American ana
European laboratories thousands ui heartfelt
testimonials OF gratitude" IRON those benefited
aud cured, In all parts of the world.
Catarrhal and pulmonary troubles iead 10 con
sumption, ana consumption, uninterrupted.
means speedy ana certain death. Don't delay
unili H. IL too late. Simply write I. a. Socuin,
VI c, gs pine Street. New YORK. giving express
and postof1ice address. and the free medicine
WI, he promptly sent. Please tell the Doctor
YOU saw his Ouer IN the P"sr.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16

October weather in the United States
\ quite too tropical to suit the six
sklmos who came back from the
crth with Lieut. Peary. They have
cen sent to hospital in New York,
mere their favorite place of retreat is
pc dark basement. At night they sleep
the cool stones about the doorway.
! contracted severe colds as soon as
'e steam heat was turned on, and at
81 accounts were in poor physical con-
fton.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

There are many persons who desire to go to
the gold fields of Alaska the comins season,
who have not enough ready money available
to enable them to do so.
To all SUCH we would advice the dcsirability
OF forming n local syndicate OF three or more
persons, and jointly purchase 500 shares of our
stock, and select one OF your number to 20 and
prospect and mine Tor joint account
With parties forming such syndicate, this
Company will contract to send out one OF their
number for each 500 shares OF stock purchased
fom 1t ut pr, ani mLinttin such party there
for one year from the date Of arrival at the
gold fields, supplying him with food. tools, and
all things requisite to enable himato prospect
for gold and with help to develop and work NIL
good claims located by him-the claims to be
located l., the name OF the syndicate and the
Alaska X londyke Gold Mining Co., and to be
owned jointly and equally. share aid share
alike
Write for CncuIar-.-F ull Particulars
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16

Tioga county farmer, who had been
keked out as the prospective victim Of
hree l.unko steerers and who. in pursu-
nee OF their plan. was permitted to win
POO. stopped the game at that point.
td when he announced that he was
tady to resume it held a double-bar-
ked shotgun in his hands. The bunko
Feerers decided that they were looking
tr another man and left-minus the
Eoo This Is not the usual ending of
Enterprises such @as theirs. but the re-
pit is easily explained. The prospect
victim read the newspapers.
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~ - eAA0 ~3S00WC8 0o0s
Ths following tuneful lay 10 thrown
e6 by the worthy scribe Of the Superior
Cwis.) Citizen:
I'VE have read Of Maud on q summer
day, who raked. barefooted. the new
mown hay; we have read Of the maid In
the early morn. who milkec the COW
with the crumpled horn. and we've read
the lays that the poets sing. of the
sustlink corn and the flowers Of spring;
but OF all the lays Of tongue or pen.
there's naught like the lays Of the Bad
ger hen. Long, long before Maud rakes
her hay. the Badger hen has begun to
lay, and ere the milkmaid stirs peg,
the hen is up and has dropped her egg,
The corn must rustic and flowers must
spring II they hold their own with the
barnyard ring. II Maud is needing q
hat and gown she doesn't hustle her
hay to town; she goes to the store and
obtains her suit with u basketful Of
fresh hen fruit; IL the millvmaid's beau
makes Sunday call, she doesn't feed
him on milk Mt all. but works up eggs in
custard pie and stuffs him full of chick
en- fry; and when the old man wants n
horn. does he take the druggist load
of corn? Not much! He simply robs
n nest and HES him downward - you
know the rest. His poor wife stays at
home and scowls, but Is saved from
want by those self-same fowls: for
while the husband fingers there. she
watches the cackling hen with care, and
gathers eggs, and the eggs she'll hide
till she gets enough to stem the tide
Then hail, all hail to the Badger hen,
who lays and cackles and lays again!
Corn may he king, but it's plainly seen
that the Badger hen is rustic queen"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16

Fifty years ago Mr.. and Mrs. Jarrett
Haynes, who were the pioneers OF Pa
ducah, Ky. and each OF whom Is more
than 90 years old, planted Il walnut in
the yard, from which sprang tree. 1t
grew to be large tree, and year or
two ago was cut down and sawed into
lumber. The lumber Is now at the
Haynes home, and is being saved to
make the cofiins Of the eccentric corrle
when they die.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-16

The proprietor Of o new Washington
hotel celebrated its opening by in
viting o largo number Of distingues
70 asupper. At the table distinguished
Judge Of diminutive stature took Of
fense at . jocular remark Of the land
lord, and. handing him . dollar.
said; "Sir. wish to pay for my sup
per-" The landlord handed him back
so cents, saying. quietly: Children.
half-price." ..