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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-04
uooD's Sarsaparilla has over ana
over again proved by its cures
when all other preparations failed, thu
it is the One True BLOOD PurifiC
Should be Located at MIddIeburgh.

An effort is being made to relieve
the overcrowded penitentiaries by
creating a new district to consist Of
the following named counties Pot.
ter, Tioga, Bradford, Sullivan, Ly-
coming, Northumberland, Columbia,
Montour, Fulton, Bedford, Cumber-
land, Franklin. Adams, Somerset,
Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon, Union,
Snyder, Dauphln, Lebanon, Perry,
J%uniata, Mifllin, C~learfeld, Clinton,
and Centre. A bill providing for the
erection Of another penitentiary for
the district named is now in the leg
lslature, 1t provides that a state
%penitentiary, capable of holding 500
prisoners at solitary confinement
shall be erected at or near Harris
burg, the expense of which shall be
betrayed BY appropriations, to be
expended under the direction of
seven commissioners to be appointed
oy the Governor. 1t is proposed to
erect a penitentiary on the plan of
the eastern penitentiary at Philadel-
phla, and $1,000 600 is appropriated
Tor the purpose.
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Err.

William Bickel of Paxinos was in
town last week. Miss Nora Erdley,
who is working in S~elinsgrove. spent
Sunday with her parents at this
place. -. Miss Annie Buick of Sc
linsgrove, was the guest of the
Misses Walter. - Miss Mamie Row
had a birthday surprise party for
her father, Theadore Row last Sat
urdny evening. 1t was a grand sue
cess. 1t vas certainly a surprise to
him. 1t vas a very large party, there
being about one hundred and fifteen
present. The Salem orchestra fur
nished them with music. -. Philip
Straub of Snydertown, North'd Co.,
was in town last week. He bought
the Yeager property back at this
place.
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slood and Nerves are very closely re-
nasu. Keep the blood rich, pure and healthy
WIN Hoods Sarsaparilla and you will have no
1Ouo'e ron nervousness. Get only Hoods.
Hoods Pills are the best after-dinner pills,
Sssss digestion, prevent constipation. 25c.
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Nv Poodle Humid is Dote.
(Noch Aegener Mel.l Sc.

Icb hob SON shae glae hundly kot,
S'wor sheckich--weis un rote,
Icb name es kent net meeglich sci;
My hundly des is dote.
rfmrailroad track, dot drouse war al
Do kumpt'n train, up der road,
oh yommer was en- alend gebts
Sc fored my tzuttle dote.
S'wor son fardulter mime cars,
Tn ovets bissel spchote,
Oar fused do rum, backed hinershich
Tn fort my poodle dote.
4 bay wor OBJ, so wor dar shwonce,
Sci leib wor all farsharred,
Aer hut mich awgagooked un gsawt,
"Now mus del poodle fart"
SON friend as vie dar Poodle war,
Sci gsicht so frindlich rote.
Grick ich my lava keuner mae,
My Poodle dar is dote.
lift nochts won ich mich shlofa laig,
Smawh free sci oder spote,
Dropst meer'n drain fun da awya oh,
My poodle hund is dote.
Sci boar wor fei we seilrer naitz,
Awya wies morya rOte,
Tn stchols wor al sci lava net,
Sci traicht mich II sine dote.
Wv friend die locha ivcr mich
In miner grossa note
Ich seb nix drum, ich mind nix mae,
Ny lever hund is dote.
Nv coompny Vol ar INNER g'west
Moryets un ovets spchote,
Olanich lonesome now bin ich,
My Poodle dar is dote.
len hob gaglaubt dos unglick kumpt.
Form letcht yore-in dar sote,
How ich fun so tiel blute ga-dromed,
Now's don dar Poodle dote.
Wos huckich do un druvel mich,
Ich will fun dara stchund,
Broveera ma tzufreeda SELL,
Els wor 70 usht en- hund.
HEzEKIA GRUMBINE.
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As Florida at this season OF the year is the
most attractive aud delightful section OF the Al
luntic slope, so the Pennsylvania Railroad at all
times Is the mos. attractive and delightful route
OF travel. First In It's equipment and service.
1t is also first In its tourist system. Admirably
Indeed does IL convey It's patrons 10 this land Of
and beauty. Special trains OF PuilmSn
palace cars are provided, all conveaiences al
forded, and everything possible done TO add TO
tho ease and comfort of the journey.
The next and last tour OF the season TO Jack
sonville VIII leave New York and Philadelphia
March O.. Tourists may return by regular trains
until may 81. 1897. Excursion tickets. including
railway transportation both ways, and Pullman
accommodations and meals on special train go
Ing, wi | be sold at the following rates: From
Now York, 5000; Philadelphia, $500; Canar-
s5!.s5 Erie, s54.s5, PlttsDurg, $500.
and at prOp0rtlonate rates from other stations.
Apply to ticket agents, Tourist Agent, lie
Broadway, New York, or Geo. W. Boyd, Assist
ant General Passenger Agent. Broad Street sta
ton, Philadelphia.
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DIED

Feb; IA, nea Paxtonville, after Q
weeks illness. Annie Hummel, rel
let OF George Hummel, aged so yrs.
z mo. and 20 days.
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aries that no part OF it is more than a
dozen miles from the sea. Boys OF five
and six are taken out by their fathers or
elder brothers ami taught first OF all not
to fear the water, then to swim, and float
ana dive. Youngsters who look as though
they had escaped from careless nursegirls
go FLASHING along in the face OF big waves,
as plump and jolly as young cupids. The
boat race. lemmodromla in Greek, is in
high favor, and the Spartans are all ac-
compiished oarsmen. But the controlling
passion of the Greek youth is to dive from
the highest rock he can find going straight
as an arrow from bow into the water,
where he paddles about below the surface
until he has made his friends believe that
he is dead, when he bobs up serenely.
laughing at their alarm. Swimming
under water is trick of which the young
Spartan is thoroughly ma ster, and races
of 200 yards or more beneath the surface
are part of his amusement.
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1loOt ths hay.

The favorite flower of the dusk sons
and daughters of sunny Italy is the pure
white lily.
LEGEND OF THE LILY OF THE VALLEY.
The fairies were enjoying a revel on the
lawn, and each airy sprite carried a tiny
cup in which to collect dew for the fairy
queens breakfast. Neglecting the COM
mand that they should retire before the
sun appeared, they danced until his rays
dried up the dew drops. Then each fay
found, to her terror, that the small white
cup, which she had suspended on blade
of grass had become fixed to it and could
not be detached. They all wept, dread
ing the anger of their queen, who would
be deprived of her breakfast. But the
good fairy godmother came to the rescue;
and plying their distress, she touched
with her magic wand the blades of grass,
thus changing them into broad green
leaves, which hid tine little white cups
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Boyc o5 Gr@@<e.

The Spartans are a nation of athletes.
At work or play they are always trying to
develop wind and muscle; their games
are all trials of strength and skill. There
is no other place in the world where a de.
formed or crippled person is ooked upon
with so much pity as among the modern
Greeks.
The physical training of the young
Spartan begins almost as soon as lie can
walk and talk. At the age of or every
boy is examined by a physician to dis
cover whether he is physically sound and
able to undergo the hard training which
is part of his education. Unless it is
found that the boy has some ailment
which would make it dangerous for h i'm he
is taught to sleep on the hardest of hard
beds, to rise at O'Clock in the morning,
10 go with bare feet and head in cold
weather, to run, to leap, to wrestle, and to
bear pain without filnchng. A boy who
cried if he got a thrashing would be
looked upon as a coward by all his play
mates. 1t is not difficult to believe that
such training builds up strong, sturdy,
fearless men.
At years the Greek boy begins to at
tend the government school, where he
learns TO read and write. to know Greek
history and to be patriotic. 1t is interest
ing to foreigner to note how persistently
the love of country is drilled into the
schoolboys. Twice a day the children
sing the Greek national hymn, which
tells how their grandfathers threw off the
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yoke Of the Turkish oppressor seventy
five years ago. One of the favorite games
of the Grecian youth is to play at killing
Turks. It is no uncommon sight i'll the
smaller towns and even in Athens to see
half dozen or more youngsters engaged
in this interesting amusement. In these
miniature battles the Greeks are always
victorious, of course, and the boys to
whom falls the lot of becoming Turks for
the time being have to submit to being
killed in variety of blood -curdling ways,
and to being left for dead in the street
until their conquerors permit them to
come to life again. Then the two parties
change places, and the former Turks, now
become Greeks again, have a chance to
show how they would deal with the ene-
mics CT their country. The Greek school
master is apt to be a we'll built fellow,
with the national fondness for all kinds of
open-air games, who will encourage his
boys to excel in all such sports. to try
dash barefooted into the snow on win
ter day and to know the delight of dip
into cold water of morning.
The influence of this kind of training
shows itself very clearly in the games of
Greek boys. They nearly all involve
strength and skill, and most of them are
played in the open air, for the healthy
young Greek likes TO spend nine tenths of
his waking hours out of doors. Putting
the quoits-the dlskos-has been called
the national game OF the Greeks. and
almost any day one can see groups OF men
and boys busily occupied in trying to
outdo one another at it. Frequently after
the Sunday church service half the con-
gregation will journ to the nearest open
field and spend the greater part of the
afternoon in hurting the di kos.
But of all the Greek boys good times
the best are the hours which he spends on
the water, or in the water, for he is gen.
uine amphiDian, and learns to swim
almost before he knows how to walk.
The whole of this southern peninsula is
SO cut up by narrow bays and deep estu.
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0oY F ooyth.

A good time? OF course we had. A
perfectly glorious time.
II went away up into the redwoods," 1"
cries Johnny.
"Oh, l went to the seashore," says
Fanny.
g! stayed at home, but my fireworks s
were grand, exclaimed another.
There! There! That will do. my dear
children. Suppose instead of trying to
talk all at once that in your letters next
week you tell me about your good time
where you went, how you got there and
what you did. Please don't leave out
your fireworks and we'll just live it all
over again; won't we? Why, We'll be
able to almost see those splendid rockets
and to hear once more the izz, bang of
tirecracker and boom of precious cannon.
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Still, diving seems to have the greatest
fascination for MIN, and the rocky shore
outlines of his native land give him
plenty of opportunity to indulge his fancy.
At the risk of being accused of stretching
the facts, will say that 1 have repeatedly
seen young Spartans, for their own
amusement, dive from the summit OF
cliffs sixty to seventy feet high. and
have been told that leaps OF 100 feet are
not considered extraordinary. 1t makes
stranger hold his breath to see these
1.-THE young fellows 60 shooting through
midair, but the boys themselves revel in
the sport, returning again and again for
another try.
ut is grand feeling; it is as ii one
were flying" explained one curly headed
lad, and in truth it looks very much like
flying.
Every Greek boy grows up with the ex-
pectation of serving in the army. The
regular term of enlistment is three years.
The sons of the wealthy men buy exemp'
tion from two years of service by hiring
substitutes. but every citizen OF Greece is
required to give at least one year OF his
life to the service of his country. There
fore every Greek has at least taste OF
military life and discipline, and smatter-
ing knowledge of military affairs.
March % is Liberty day in Greece. and
it is celebrated in much the same manner
as our Independence day, with fireworks
and speeches and professions, and salute
of 101 guns from all the batteries. And
on Liberty day-or any other OF the 364,
Tor that matter-it would be impossible to
convince any Greek boy that all the Turks
in Europe and Asia could ever conquer
his beloved land. And all American boys
will hope that he is right.
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6oy Bas$e.

Every good, faithful member of c. R. G.
should certainly wear its badge, and be
proud of the privilege. How pleasant it
will be In the years to come, when you
are "old and grav." to be able to take the
pretty little silver pin out of the case
where you have so carefully placed it. and
recall the happy hours you spent as a
member of the pioneer juvenile news
paper club of the Pacific Coast.
Send so cents with 2 cents postage for a
badge. Address Editress of Children s
Page,
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Correspondents Column.

1. R. Maud M.-Mrs
2. Florence Krause--Try again. Write on
only one side of your paper.
Ethel F.-Your little poem very good. Was
crowded out. shall keep it for next Fourth.
3. Floyd Smith-Your puzzles were not cor
rectly formed. Try again.
a. Members-send your photographs as soon
as possible. Tintypes will do.
5. Eva Pries-The only item OF expense is
for the badge.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 6, 1897.
Dear Editor: am going away 10 stay on my
papas ranch for a month. 1t is in the Napa
Mountains and is a lovely place. When l get
there shall write and tell you all about it.
l like the idea of the C. R. O. gallery very
much. and 1 am going to send my picture as
soon as l come home from the country.
1 read ''Little Snes Fourth of july" and
think it is very nice. l like stories about
negroes very much, and hope some more will
be published in the Children's Page.
Anloinette Crawford and often talk of the
C. r. c., but she has not written for long
time, and think she should, she is mem
Der OF the Z. r. C.. Yours lovingly,
MAE REYNOLDS &C. r. C.).
SAN FRANCISCO.
Dear Editress: We are having vacation now,
and 1 am enjoying myself very nicely. One
day we went on picnic to Mill Valley, which
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EDGAR RANDALL &c. R. C.).
II. An adage.

Selected. H. NJ. WILLIAMS &c. R.CA.
III. Beheadings.
tdl. Behead, weapon and have a fruit;
again, and have an organ of the body.
(b) Behead, "to give permission" and have
"to rave: again, and have an insect.
(c) Behead small branch and have con.
ceited fellow; again, and have ito dress.''
O.-WILLIAM R. ELLIS &c. R.C.).
w. Subtractions.
(a) SUBTRACT ten from certain animals and
cave enemies.
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oh, this Is the boat we always take
When we go for a sail on the little blue lake.
But alas One day,
To our great dismay,
1t took freak,
And sprung a leak;
We baled away,
That hot, summer day;
But it did no good, Tor the water kept
coming,
Then fast as we could, home we went
running. LAURA GREEN.
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Behind the Emblem.

Are these-the painted folds that flv
On morning mist and sunset sky
The guardians of land?
No, if the patriots pulses sleep
How vain the watch that hirelings keep.
o. w. HOLMES.
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Nurse had given Charlie some cruel
which burnt him, it was so hot. Strug-
Cling manfully to keep it in he at last
burst out: "Oh, nurse, can't keep it in;
my mouth leaks"
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At the Merchants Office:

At the Merchants Office: Privileged
Son (meddling with open letters)-Papa,
what funny name is signed to this letter.
"Persim mons! Indulgent Father
You're mistaken. my boy; have no such
correspondent. P. S.-Here's the letter.
1t has two names, Henry Smith" and
per Simmons
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from the queens sight, and shielded her
disobediear elfin subjects from her royal
wrath; and ever since we have had these
exquisite lilies of the valley.
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MARY. ]. PARISH, C. R. c.

(b) Subtract one hundred from small
stream and leave "'to exhale.''
(cl Subtract fifty from sport and leave "to
requite."
(d) Subtract fifty from location and leave
gait.
(e) Subtract one from pigment and leave
"to gasp"
s.-EM1LY HOUSTON &c. R. C.).
V. CROSS WORD ENIGMA.
My is in village, not in town.
My 2 Is in tan, but not in brown.
My 3 is in cat but not in mouse.
My is in cabin, not in house.
My 5 is in ton, but not in pound.
My is in mastiff. but not in hound.
Ny z is in one but not in two.
My is in finished, not In thought
My whole is a season
OF jolly fun,
When boys and girls
May shout and run.
O.-THEo. Joos &c. R. C.).
VI. Riddle.
If negro carrying a turkey on platter
should let it fall what four great complica-
tions OF evil would be the result?
S.-VIoLA FURTH &C. R. CO.
VII. Additions.
(a) To jump+an animal-a game for
boys.
(b) Low+a round toy-a game for boys.
O.-GRAcE LoH &C. R. c..
VIII. Easy word square.
Ito take into the mouth with the
tongue
2-An animal
"a vegetable.
O.-BEssIE A. SULLIVAN &c. R. C.).
TX. Diamond.
IA letter in shining.
2-Instrument for writing.
3-Tne surname of bright member Of
c. r. c.
1.-The egg of insects.
5-A letter in shining. ED.
x. Take a of fruit,
a OF tropical fruit,
1-5 of fruit and -e
1-5 of a small fruit. and you will have
the name of a flower. ED.
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Some impossible Things.

Like Johnnie's pocket without string.
Like a robin redbreast that cannot sing,
Like primer without an C,
Like fie Id of clover without bee,
Like peacock without tail to spread,
Like mothers needle without a thread,
Like grown-up world without girls and boys
Is Fourth of July without noise.
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OYeetin$.

The members of c. r. C. shout well
come, thrice welcome to the mighty army
OF Christian soldiers tarrying in our
midst. To each and every one we extend
the hand of fellowship and sympathy. At
thy feet, Oh noble workers, we gladly lay
the richest treasures of our glorious State
and pray that peace and Joy may ever at
tend thy footsteps and that success may
ever crown thy efforts for the right.
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SolVers.
Letters Acknowledged.

DcS lutS lcLtcIS Du OlA
nications have been re-
ing memb bers of C. r. {
Nam lie NJ. kellogg.
Charles ii. owens,
Ida Wightman.
r. Maude Mallory,
Madalena Lagomarsino,
Frances Laplace.
From non-mem bers:
Leon Augustus Doyle.
Mary E. Martellg,
Nettie Leach,
Mabel Ora Martin,
Hazel Bell,
Alva Cridge,
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is a very pretty place. There is large cas-
cede up there and we walked about mile to
see it, There is water running all over the
place and we went in wading. We picked
blackberries and ferns ard down by the creek
is an old mill, which was built in 1897 by John
Reed, and when it was time to leave 1 felt very
sorry, for l was having such lovely time.
think l shall close by wishing you and all
the members of the C. R. C. very happy va
cation. / remain, your constant reader,
JULIETTE DRIsCoLL &c. r. CO..
LARKsPUR.
Dear EditreSS: l shall send you my photo
graph as soon as return to the City. 1t is
small, but is the one most recently taken.
The name of our camp is "The OWL" be-
cause my father is employed in the Owl
Drugstore. The first night we were hero q
nest of young owls were in tree right over
our tent and they hooted all night, but the
old owl moved them away. We have horse
and she is very gentle. She is a kind of yellow
color and her name is s'Daisy." She is so gen.
tie that can ride on her back ana drive her
all alone. We also had dog. but we sent him
home again. very pretty yellow kitten
came here the other evening and we gave him
some milk, but he climbe a tree after our
canary and we had to drive him away
We have two tents and kitchen all sur
rounded by redwood trees. 1t is very pretty
here. The wealth er has been quite warm and
did not feel just like making any sketches,
but shall soon, and as soon as they are fin
is he'd shall send them to you. Your friend,
ETHEL MCCLURE &C. r. C.(.
TEMESCAL, OAKLAND Cal.
Dear Editress: am nine years old and have
wished to write to you for long time. Papa
has taken THE CALL for many years. I have
been going to the Christian Brothers ("
school for one term and half, and am in the
fourth grade. am enjoying my vacation
very much.
Papa, mamma, little brother Johnnie and 1
took a trip to Redwood Canyon a little while
ago. intending to camp there, but we found it
was a little too early in the season, so we
stayed just three davs The scenery on the
way and at the spot is very grand, and Sleep
ing in tent is too lovely for anything; it
seemed just like a pleasant dream. The coy
otes kept up constant howl during the night,
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.~~ JULY IS, @
STONE ~ RUBY
FLOWER ~ LILY
Fl CAoo$ht Joy the
Week.

'The cup that is full will hold no more !;
keep your head and heart full of good
thoughts, that bad thoughts may fnd no
room to enter"
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Exchanges Received.

Weeklies:
/. Harper's Round Table.
2. Youths Companion.
3. Golden Days.
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leu pledsduI comm u
lived from the follow.
Theodore Joos,
Bessie Orchard,
Alice Bell,
Alice ID. Johnson,
Floy Hays.
Annie G. Clam.
Eva Prizes,
Annie Cleir
Bessie sullivan,
FIeda Munster.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-07
TO INVITE BUYERS HERE.

Tho Scheme or tho Merchants Association to
Tako Advantage OF Trunk Lino Concessions.
The Merchants Association, which recently
secured concessions from the Trunk Limo Asso-
citation and the General Traffic Managers In the
shape of q reduction in fare to the out-of-town
buyers who want to como to New York to mako
their annual or semi-annual purchases, has sent
out q letter to the business men of the city ask.
ing for an increased membership. They call
attention to the fact that tho railroads made tho
concession In the fare simply as an experiment.,
and that In order to have the experiment con-
tinued It will DO necessary to prove It's success
from tho start
The association proposes to send personal In
vitations to 1875. 900 merchants and buyers
throughout tho country to como to New York
and bring their families with them when they
mako their purchases this year. With this let
ter the association sends out q circular directed
to merchants in all lines throughout the coun-
try" Tho circular tolls of the concession by tho
railroad companies, which 10 ono and one-thi-d
faro for a round trip, and asks all merchants to
themselves Of the reduction. There are no dues.
fees or liabilities attached to nonresident mem.
bership. Tho circular contains this advice to
Keep your home TRADE by visiting, twice o
ket in the world. All tho most successful mer.
In their u association o1V viii DO to ali Wh oV see Il oVl.
dence of your connection with tho market which
is the fountain head Of goods and ideas for this
continent"
The resident membership in the association
coets g25 a year. and the association, hopes to
have the names Of all Wholesale dealers In the
city who sock out-of-town trade on it's list The
composed Of representatives of every trade rep
resented In tho association.