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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-11-11
1T is DEATH.

Gould we but bow our heads
meath the weight Of sorruw and
cry whatever is, is best" not 81
strange and alien tothe peace Of ouI
souls would seem the workings III
Providence, Not 80 dense would
be the shadows that darken the
lowlauds, and never a mist would
DRIFT between our gaze and faiths
pure star, But pain awakens re
bellion and we pause and wonder
why things must be So" Why, O
why, will the cup not pass from
our lips? And why must the bit,
ter wreath he pressed to our aching
brow? Death crosses orr way, tax.
ing perhaps one Of the hearts dear,
est treasures, and it would seem
that never again will our world be
the same-the void be filled and
our boat drift joyously and peace,
ully on its course. The days are
robbed Of their sunshine and the
arguish will not sleep when the
shroud Of night hath engloomed
hill and dell. Yet it is but a little
way. To morrow-hut a few months
but few wears at most and thy
ship will anchor in the same port
True that never again in times sea
shall you meet and drift in pleas
ant company, hut daily the CLASP
e hauds means the parting Of liv,
es ana the treading Of separate
paths. When the sun Was casting
his last smiles earthward on the
evening Of Oct 22nd, Harry North
cut, the adopted son of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. III Northcut, of Whitwell
was buried in the Tracy City Gene
temy. He died at 2 o'clock p. m
Oct. 2lst at his home near Whit
well, Henry was Is years old anC
for more than a ear had been il
very low health, hut bore his eros
with fortitude rare for one 81
Young. Hope lured him to TIN
last and his constant wish was t.
recover that he might assist hi
father in the daily round Of duties
| Generous and affpctionaie, tim
| will not he when that smile an,
voice are not missed in that homf
His love for his mother amounte
| to something almost like worship
and her every thonght was to d
something to relieve Harry's suffer
ing. Their hands stretched forth I
grasp every chance Of life for the
boy who was fast drifting fror
their loving care, hut Of no avail
God burst the prison bars Of phi
and cried to the soul ffree! FIRE
wend thy way homework" An
now only in the great hereaft'
shall that hand again clasp thir
own, those eyes look a tender we
come. But they are thine in a
thy sweetness.
We cannot say to one anoth,
do not grevr"-'tis hut a soun
that dies with the passing from Il
! lips. Unto the King of "earth an
: sea" belongs the power to cry un
+ the tempest invaded soul "Peac
, Be still" But in the calm afte
r glow of sorrow the consolation
r bove all others, the sweetest will
. "only for a little way have we dr.
). ed apart-he awaits us there. y,
= B. in the Tracy City News.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-11-11
NOJice to Correct Error in
CONVEYANCE.

Whereas on March q, 1888, by
deed which is registered in Book II,
PIP 124, 125, in Registry of deeds at
Jasper, Marion County, David L.
Milton conveyed to me a tract of
land situate in said County of Ma
rion, in the 4th civil district of the
same, and bounded and des ribbed as
follows: Beginning at a sassafras on
the bluff of the Pocket, thence with
said bluff to the mouth of the Bark
Camp Branch to a stake and pointers,
thence north to a stake and pointers
conditional corner between John
Station and VIM. Griffith, thence
with a conditional line between said
Milton aud Griffith to the beginning
And error exists in the above de-
scription, which, instead Of "thence
north to stake and pointers" should
read eastward BY Bark Camp
Branch as il meanders."
/ hereby give notice that at the
next session of the Circuit Court o.
Marion County, to he holden at Jas
per, December, 1897, | shall petition
sud Court and ask for a hearing I,
make correction, a. provided BY Art
| 3, Chap. >, Laws of Tennessee, Mill
ken 4 Nertrees Code, Page SOL.
JOHN Station,
Whitwell, Nov. I, 1897.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-11-11
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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
Queer Slabs of Rock.

A surprising find has been made in
Elysian Park, Les Angeles, CAL, and
INT which is likely to prove of great
Importance to scientists, when a
probable relic of a prehistoric age was
unearthed. While excavating in II
hillside the laborers dug out several
large flat slabs OF rock. Little atten-
ton was paid to them at first, but one
OF the men had occasion to stoop for u
tool. and his attention was attracted
by several unusual lines and marks in
the rocks. A closer inspection showed
many impressions on the slabs, and
the indentations took the form of
fishes, lizards and reptiles, some of
them recognizable and others mys.
terious and unknown.
Two OF the slabs were taken to the
Office Of the Park superintendent.
One OF tho specimens has the skeleton
of q fish marked On its surface very
plainly. Speculation is rife as to tho
age and probable origin of these pro.
auctions, Some of the local scientists
have becsm greatly interested in the
find, and propose to obtain permission
from theiPark Commissioners to make
. search : Elysisu Park.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
The White Pebble Pit.

It has frequently happened that
miners have discovered curious traces
OF former workings, hundreds OF years
Ago., and tools have been found which
belonged to the ancient miners, and
many other relics.
A singular discovery was made, a
few years since, by some workmen en-.
gagged in the Spanish silver mino
known ms the White Pebble Pit.
While digging their subterranean pas.
sages they suddenly found n series of
apartments, in which were a quantity
of mining tools, lett there from n very
remote period, but still in such good
preservation that there were %hatchcts,
and sieves for sitting the ore, II smelt.
ing furnace and two a%nvils, which
proved the earliest miners had great
experience in their operations.
In one of the caverns there was n
round building, with inches, in which
were three statues, one sitting down.,
and half the size Of lie; the other
two were in n standing position, and
NDOub llrtc lGCJ III HClRul, lnl}
building il supposed to have been tho
temple of the god who was believed,
in pagan times, to preside over mines.
Several objects of art, and, some re-
markable instruments, were also
found, which have led scientific per-
ons to think that the workings might
have been made by the Phnnicians,
the people who, as is well known,
were, in the time OF Solomon, famous
for their manufacturing and CONNER.
cial genius.
In 1854 n discovery was made by
come miners excavating on the. other
side of the mountain on which the
White Pebble Pit is situated this was
q fine figure of the heather god Her.
cules, which was found in an old work
ing.
In digging for copper on the shores
of Lake Superior, in this country, the
miners have made many similar dis
coveries, showing that the mines were
worked ages ago.-Detroit Free Press.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
SELECT RELIGIOUS READING


When stern occasion calls for war.
And the trumpets shrill and peal,
FORCES n armories ring all day
With the fierce clash OF steel.
The blades are heated in the flame,
And cooled in icy food,
And beaten hard. and beaten well.
To make them firm and pliable,
Their edge n temper good
Then tough and sharp with discipline,
They win the fight for fighting men.
When Gods occasions call for men,
His chosen souls he takes,
In life's hot fire he tempers them,
With tears he cools and slakes
With many n heavy. grievous stroke
He beats them to an edge.
And tests and tries again, again.
Till the hard will is fused, and pain
Becomes high privilege;
Then strong, and quickened through and
through,
They ready are his work TO do.
Like an on-rushing. furious host
The tide of need and sin.
Unless the blades shall tempered be,
They have no chance To win
God trusts to no INFESTED sword
When he goes forth to war;
Only the souls that, beaten long
On pains great anvil have grown strong,
His chosen weapons are.
All souls, on pains great anvil laid,
Remember this, nor be afraid =.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.

March 31.-A bill was introduced in the
house by Mr.. McWhinney, Of Allegheny.
making it n misdemeanor punishable by a
fine OF 81, 900 or by one years Imprisonment,
TO organize m~onopolies in articles Of general
assembly.
Bills were also introduced designating the
Friday following the nearest to the middle OF
May, or the Friday falling nearest the middle
OF September, rs bird day" in the public
schools.
Other bills repeating the act Of March ~,
1866, which prohibits the sale Of liquor in
Westmoreland, Blair and Indiana counties,
SO for rs it relates to Westmoreland county;
requiring county officers to ascertain and
record the names, residences and addresses
OF all makers and holders of mortgages.
judgments and other liens or assignments OF
tho same. were introduced by Mr. Ham
mond, OF Westmoreland.
April 5.-Thel Senate by unanimous vote
adopted n resolution reciting the reports
that Gen. Ruiz Rivera, the Cuban COM
mander. is about to be tried by drumhead
court martial and shot, and expressing the
judgment of the Senate that II these reports
are true, the President Of the United States
should protest TO the Spanish government
against such II violation OF the rules OF civil.
lied warfare.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08

What an immense lot of over loaded pco-
pie there are in this world We cun see it
In their raroworn faces and each one thinks
his burden is the heaviest. There is u Ger
tain kind Of care that IL wise n man who
has no iorcthought Tor the future is Il slug
gard or "A fool. The apostle had no refer
oncc to a wise thoughtfulucss for the fl-
ture when he said, 'Cast all your care
upon Him, for He carcth for yol.' That
much-pervertcd verse is accurately trans.
lated in the revised version. "casting all your
anxiety on Him because lie clreth for you.'
Now Just what our almighty and ALLOWING
Father offers is-to help us carry our loads,
He who watched over the infant dcliycrcr oil
Israel in his cradle of PUSHES, who sent His
ravens to feed Elijah by the brooksidc, who
protected Daniel in the den. and kept Pau
calm and cheerful in the hurricane. is tn,
very One who says to us-lioll your anXlctier
over on Me. for | have you on My hear,
Theodore l.. Cuylcr. u. ID.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08

Mrs. Sarah Dunn. OF Milbank, NO Con-
ducts . boarding house, was SO badk burned
that she died. She was working ut the cook
ing stove when her clothes caught IRA BE-
fore assistance came TO her the clothes were
burned from her, and her flesh in part was
almost baked.
Fire Is raging on the South Mountain
near Waynesboro. The peak known As
Burnes' Knob Is one vast flame. Many acre.
Of timber land have been devastated and
there is no check to the fire. The val.
ley is filed with smoke from tho burning
trees and leaves.
Philip Duse, aged 43 years, a minor Of r.
win, was struck and instantly killed by q
trvin near his home.
John Conso, a miner OF Herminie. Ia IN
jail at Greensbure, charged with altering his
day voucher from 50 to %.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
THE QUIT LENTEN sEAsoN.

For a few weeks let those ohtrusiye world
Illnesses which block the doors OF our heart $
stand back, and let the way he clear that he
who longs to enter in and help us may come
and meet no obstacle. This is our lentcn
task. 'If any man will rear my voice and
open unto me | will com" in and sup with
him, " says Jesus. To still the tumult and
clatter a little, SO that we may hear his
voice and to open the door by prayer-that
is the privilege and duty OF these coming
weeks. May God be with US during THIS
Lent May we he with God May there
be much of the fasting which our Father
loves, much ppnitrnce for sin and much
opening of long-shut doors to Christ - Phil
lips Brooks.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
FAMILIARITY yor CONTEMPT.

81 know that thou art a man of Cod
said the widow of Elijah. We talk of the
man of letters, the man of honor, the man
OF mark, but how infinitely better to be
known as n man Of God-one of Gods men,
a man after Gods own heart! And how
splendid the tribute when w are so nd
dressed by those with whom we have been
wont to live That ''familiarty breeds con-
tempt" is one OF the worlds commonplaces /;
but when q man is filed with the Holy Ghost
the more he is known the more clearly he Is
proved to be a man Of God.-F. u. Meyer. -
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
POPULAR SCIENCE.

The horse when browsing is guided
entirely by the nostrils in the choice
OF proper food, and blind horses are
never known to make mistakes IN their
diet.
Moths may be kept from furs and
woolens, United States entomologist
l.. o. Howard concludes, by cold stor-
age during the summer at forty de-
grees.
Insects are for their size the strongest
members OF the animal creation. Many
beetles can lift a weight equal to more
than 500 times the weight of their own
bodies.
Professor Richarz and DR.. Krigar
Mcneil, of Berlin, announce, rs the
result of Investigations extending over
twelve years, that "the density of the
earth is such that the whole globe
weighs 54,66l trillion tons"
A number of people in New York
have formed a club called the Mycolo-
gical Club, which, as its name indi.
Gates, will have for its objects the
Classification and identification of
the larger fungi of the United States ;
the study Of edible mushrooms and
toadstools and also the poisonous varie-
ties, and to arouse u wider interest in
economic foods"
1t has recently been discovered that
iodine exists in combination in the
human body. 1t occurs IN the thyroid
gland, and may be concerned rs the
essential chemical substance in the III
ternal secretion of that gland. Tho
proof of the occurrence of iodine in
the living structure of animals is of
great scientific interest and import
ance, says knowledge, and is the most
remarkable discovery made by chemi.
cal physiology for some time.
There are several species Of fish, rop-
tiles and insects which never 81, ep
during their stay in this world. Among
fish it is now positively known that
pike, salmon and goldfish never sleep
nj all. Also that there are several
others OF the fish family that never
sleep more than q few minutes during
n month. There are dozens Of species
of flies which never indulge in slum-
Der, and from three to five species Of
serpents which the naturalists have
never yet been able to catch mapping.
The bat flight is somewhat hutter-
ing, and they arc exceedingly hard to
shoot, owing to their extraordinary
rapidity. The bat wing is formed on
n principle different from any other
wing. The fylng-fox bat has its third
finger particularly elongated, and the
membrane of the wing is stretched
down to the side of the body. Tho
principal motion in flight is the down
ward sweep produced by the construc-
ton of the breast muscles; and III
birdsthe breastbone has n vertical keel,
50 as to afford point or surface for at
tachment, which, in the chicken, is
called the breast. In the bats We lind
the keel and the collar bone.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08

Jesus did not create goodncss-her fair
form had been already carved in white mar
BILE 10y austcre hands His Office was 20 place
II soul within the ribs of death till the cold
stone changed into Il living body. Before
Jesus, goodness was sterile; since Jesus,
goodness has blossomed He fortified il
with His spirit. 1t was II theory, IL became
"a force. lie took the corn. which had
been long stored in the %granarics of philos-
ophy, and sowcd it in the soft spring
earth He mintcd the gold and made it cur
rent coin. Christianity is in religion what
steam Is in mechanics-the power which
drives. Jesus wrote nothing, He said little.
but He did what He said and made others do
as He commanded. His religion began nj
once to exist from the beginning II was u
life. II is the distinction of Christianity
that it goes. This is why some Of us. in
spite of every intellectual difficulty. must
believe Jesus to be the Son Of God-Ile has
done what no other ever did and what only
God could do. He is God because He dis
charges Il "Go%d-funrtion. - Rev. John Wat
son, in The Mind Of the Master
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
SORROW HAS IFS BRIGHT SIDE.

T., e. 5ie,,,l, somo,Do, o a.. ,-;.h.
side of sorrow sirrnns. md 5eo,h ,n miS ,a,
tbere Ia Jis,irc,iv - hr;,,h, IT, ~ ~
row comes ~ No Within n r.nson w,
never tnow o,r T,i.rJs mil sn"." an
mess COM. 10 us W. nn,,r G,ow ,,ha.
ioyi,, Linanoss md ,bomch,. g. 800 "n
until we s,anJ i" n.ad ~ ,h"m n, I' ""
henri soom 70 hoa, ,,oinst 10 aIIs % -
cold merciIess world Wa I.a-n snm"tbi,,.
from eyory ori,s md from ,o,h 49, ,rhi"tS'
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
WATER THE BETTER REMEDY.

DR.. James r. Nichols says: "Rum or al
cohol as an embrocation was formerly re-
garded as OF the highest efficiency; but II is
now known that hot or cold water is n much
better application for inflamed surfaces.
The external use OF alcohol upon the human
body under Any conditions OF disease Is prac-
tically useless. 1t may serve to cool intlamed
parts by rapid evaporation, but warm water
meets the same end, and more effectively.
Alcohol in the form Of gin, brandy, whisky
or wines may be banlshed from families as a
domestic remedy without risk to the welfare
Of a single member, of any age, sex or con-
dition."
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
BARTOLOME MASS0.
New President Of the Cuban Republic An
American Citizen.

Bartolome Masso, who Is now president OF
the so-called Cuban republic, having cue
ceeded CIsneros, deceased, is one OF three
brothers, he being the eldest. They are ne
groes. A Southerner would call them mu-
~lattoes, and II Cuban would say they are Gu
bans, simply because they happened to be
born on the island. Their birthplace is In
the province Of Santa Clara. and the Presl-
den's age is near the 40 year mark. His
father was q half ~Spaniard and his mother a
Kongo negress. Both the old mar and the
three sons participated In the revolution that
ended in 1874. They we're conspicuous In the
campaigns of the eastern part OF CUBA, each
having command Of a regiment OF guerrilias.
When peace was restored they took the oath
of allegiance to the Spanish CROWN, n In
doing so escaped punishment.
subsequently they joined Garcia, tho ban
dit, in his ''road" movement, and were some
where in hiding In the Santiago dc Cuba
Mountains when the present revolution
broke out.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
El0IE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
FILES HIS S W
-. pi,uburg City Attorney Says he
Va, Familiar With Book Keeping.

CITY Attorney OF Pittsburg VIM. G.
vbo is now serving a term in the
~psri,ep,iary, filed an answer to the
..,,.. him and his bondsmen to re-
~. bslt million dollars it is alleged he
He makes a general and specific
lsi,U III The charges OF embezzlement or
! lols,iou OF city funds. He says he
yimgisr with book. keeping and en-
~ So same system and clerks as he
he became City Attorney. He
sT,ned the books or accounts, and
.apnosed they had been honestly
.,.ttly Kept.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
TRAINLoAo OF BRooMcoRN,
Largest Single Shipment Ever Made IN
the World,

A trainload Of broomcorn arrived In Kan.
sas City, No., recently, bound for Onondaga,
N. Y, where 1t will be- made into whiss
brooms. The train was made up Of twenty
handsomely decorated cars. and Is said to be
the largest single shipment OF broomcoru
ever made from any point In the world. The
part OF o crop of 1900 tons, which was raised
within twenty miles Of that city.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
Confcsscs TO Arson.

Hugh Miller confessed in Brooklyn to hav-
ing set many fires. He Is q pyromauiac as a
result. he says, Of cIgarette-smoklng. and
klndled the fires for Amusement. In them
ten lives wsse lost.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08

II we ARE to know that We have passed
from death unto life, because We love tho
brethren. how then does our own Christianity
stand the test? Are we trying TO conquer all
feelings of jealousy, and hatred, being kind
~ alcctionod one to another, in love; in
honor pre'grring ono anOthers 1t Is u
searching test. but che that loveth not his
brother. abideth in death"
1t il not very hard to love our brethren
Sin word and ''in tongue but to love
without discrimination, In deed and In truth.
more than in moro outward show, or in
pleasant and polite manners assumed for
the occasion-this ia the brotnerly love
which Christ exercized aud would have US
initiate.