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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Some Short Sentences Which Contain
Truths Uttered in HumOF-
Gus Ways.

The man who is welded to art should have
a model wife.
Money often wins the first battle, but sell
dom the second.
Some girls change color because the first
box is unsatisfactory.
Usually the more man is wrapped up in
himself the colder he is.
It's wise philosopher that knows when
there is a brick under the hat.
Poor is the minister whose voice fills the
church and empties the pews.
A wOman's idea of strategy is to spend a
dime in an effort 10 save a nickel.
All geniuses are moro or less eccentric. A
few have even been known to pay their
debts
Eve had her faults, but she never went
through Adams pockets while he was asleep.
Love blinds some men, and it makes lots of
others too nearsighted for military service
A chainless wheel renders trouser guards
unnecessary, but it's different with a chain.
less dog.
When a man is continually talking about
his troubles, his neighbors never trouble
very much about his talk
The intense love of an old topper for liquor
goes to prove that familiarity doesn't always
breed absolute contempt.
Many a man who doesn't know enough to
60 in when it rains knows enough to raise the
best umbrella he can get his hands on
chicago Evening News.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13

yearly for small repairs, which, If the
farmer only had few tools and suit
able place in which to work, could
often be saved. Indeed, workshop on
the farm is a Hecessity-an essential
part of the farm machinery-and in
case a convenient spot is at hand the
general farmer can do nothing better
than erect a building similar to the
one shown in the accompanying illus
tration.
AS can be seen, it is located against
q bank. This affords basement which
for housing poultry and swine in win
ter is not easily, as far as warmth goes,
to be surpassed. The second floor is
for storing various agricultural tools
and implements, from the hand to the
wheel rake, and from the ordinary
sickle to the moving machine and
reaper, while one corner-preferably
on the sunny yide--is partitioned off
into a workshop. Being equipped with
a work bench and heating apparatus,
the farmer herein can pass many a
stormy day, no matter what the sea-
son of the year is, constructing berry
and vegetable crates, mending harness
or doing whatever tinkering work is
required on the farm or in the house.
An extensive set of tools is not re-
quired. Simply few of the most prac-
ticable ones VIII suffice, such as yari-
Gus sized augers and bits, handsaws,
square and scratch avis and a good
wise, so that saw filing and the like can
be done. Paint and varnish should also
be in stock, for then, not to mention
any article which has been made, the
harrows, plowH, cultivators, and, in
fact, all agricultural implements from
which the paint has worn off may on
coming in in autumn or at any other
time be brushed over, and so prevent
the iron from rusting. Furthermore
there should be kept shoemaker's
outfit Git can be bought cheap today,
for this comes handy in mending har.
ness and so on, as well as boots and
shoes. Best of all, however, the work
and tools being confined by themselves
there is no dirt about the house OF
other buildings while the tools, if not
carried away, are always in theil
place. The truth is, combining two
! buildings thus into one serves two
highly desirable purposes-there il
only one roof called for to cover boil
and for the animals housed upon the
lower floor exceptionally warm quar-
tiers are provided-Frederick o. Sib
ley, in n. Y. Tribune.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13
Demand for Fat Lambs.

Prof. Henry says, in Feeds and Feed
ing, the demand for well-fattened
lambs steadily increases, the tender.
juicy meat finding favor among Amer.
leans. Not only do prices for fat
lambs rule high as compared with ma
ture sheep and farm animals general
ly, but there are other advantages in
favor of feeding Of lambs before they
reach maturity. A given weight of
feed goes further with the lambs than
mature sheep; the money invested is
sooner returned, and there is .ess risk
from death and accident. Thus, every
thing tends toward hurrying lambs to
market as rapidly as they can be fat
tened and as early as they can be dis.
posed Of to secure the highest price.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13
A HANDY BUILDING.
Upper story II "A workshop and Tool
House, the basement COmtor'-
able winter shelter.

One of the great drawbacks with
some farmers is that their outbuild-
ings are not arranged conveniently or
with any thought Of economy. This Is
something during these days Of rapid
progress and desperate competition
that will not do. Saving in little things
may often seem too trivial, we admit,
but if not carried to the point OF
penny wise and pound foolish" 1t Is
what helps to plant the most gigantic
stones in the pyramid Of any industry
How many farmers have sunk for
tunes in machinery of every descrip-
ton simply for the want Of properly
housing and taking care of it! Then
numerous are the dollars paid out
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13
THE MINISTER GOT MIXED.
And Rang Several Changes ON .
scriptural Sentence before lie
Got II Right

The minister had reached the critical point
IN his missionary" sermon He had fin
ished his frstlies and secondlies, and with
one neat figure would link them 10 an impas.
stoned appeal that would strike his conRre.
cations hearts, and make their rocks flow
like water.
If" he exclaimed, ut has truly been said
that ne who makes two gades Of brass to
grow where one"
The puzzled look on tho face Of deaf old
member in front pew led him to pause ano
repeat:
THAT he is a benefactor who makes two
grades of blass-"
Smiles throughout the house and his own
sense showed him there was something
wrong, but, with an attempt at Hghtness,
be said, airiy:
AS ] meant, two braids Of glass"
The choir was now keen-eared, and the
pastor felt as if ne had met Dewey. So hs
shouted: Two blads of grace"
Then the senior deacon had pity on him
and arose. My brethren" he spoke, "our
pastor has been upset by the intensity of his
emotions, and has tripped on two blades OF
grass. San Francisco Examiner.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13
The War Is over

And now our thoughts are all of peace and
home. There are, too often, people to be
found who have no home, and it is to them
these few words are addressed. If you real
ly want a home you can easily get one, but
you should act at once before the relapse
from the war puts prices on the advance
In Marinette County, Wisconsin, the very
finest farming land is to be had now at a
most modest figure. Excellent home mar
kets are at hand to take whatever the farm
er raises, and good prices are given. These
lands are on the Chicago, Milwaukee g. st.
Paul Railway, and full information CON
corning them will cheerfully be furnished
by G. E. Rollins, immigration Agent, l6l
La Sale Street. Chicago.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13
Gland of the Sky"

In Western North Carolina, between the
Blue Ridge on the east and the Alleghanies
on the west, in the beautiful valley of the
French Broad, two thousand feet above the
re, lies Asheville, beautiful, picturesque and
world-famed as one of the most pleasant re
sorts in America. 1t is a land of bright skies
and Incompatible climate, whose praises have
been sung by poets, and whose beauties of
stream, valley and mountain height have fur.
nished subject and inspiration for the paint
er's brush. This IS truly the Land of the
SKY" and there is, perhaps, no more beauti-
full region on the continent to attract pleas.
ure tourists or health seekers. Convenient
schedules and very low rates to Asheville
via Southern Railway
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13
COOP FOR FEEDING CHICKENS.

in their yard one of the coop runs, a
triangular frame of laths, used earlier
in the season to confine mother hens
near their coop. l have a dozen of
these runs. They are the length of
lath and allow little chicks free ingTess
and egress, while the mother can but
put her head through the slots. The
open end of the run, l placed against
the yard fence and a dish of cracked
corn was constantly kept inside which
the larger chickens could not reach.
The little fellows quickly learned, when
hungry, to dart between the Stats of
this run and eat their fill, safe from the
greed of the grown flock.
After the snow came, the run was
placed in the henhouse, the space be-
tween laths increased to allow free pas
sage of this half grown brood, and the
dish of cracked corn constantly kept re-
plenished. 1t has proved just the right
food for this late Matched brood, but ]
doubt if it would be healthy diet for
chicks coming from the shell in hot
weather.-American Agriculturist.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13
CARE OF LATE BRooDs.
Push Them Rapidly to HOaIth-
full Maturity.

Last year l raised 300 chicks, but
none of them matured and grew so rap
idly as the late Matched September
brood, and think it partly due to their
generous feeds of cracked corn. Find
ing that these September chicks were
crowded from the feed boards when
ever the older focks were fed, placed
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13
Hnn Not slent for FIre 90.

Il is reported that a man in Indiana has
not had an hours sleep for five years, lie
constantly walks about, unable 10 rest and
is how little more than a skeleton. There
are thousands Of men and women who are
unable to sleep more than an hour or two
night because of nervousness, weakness
dyspepsia, headache and constipation. A
certain remedy for these disorders Is Hos
letters Stomach Bitters All druggists sell II.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13
HEROES OF WAR.

From the Chicago Times Herald.
The feeling of admiration for heroes OF
war seems to be innate in the human heart,
and is brought to the surface as the opportu.
nifty and object presents itself
Among those who proved their heroism
during our Civil War was A. Schiffeneder,
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13

of l61 Sedg
wick Street,
Chicago. He
isanAustrian
by birth,
c a m e to
America at
the age of
twenty, and
became an
A m c rican
citizen. He
was living at
Milwaukee
when the call
for volun-
teers came
early in 1862,
q N i 4 o
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13
WouIdn,t Take Chnnces.

Smith-One can't always judge g mans
patriotism by his conversation.
J0nes-No, suppose not.
Take Brown, for instance; would you
call him a coward?"
We'll, er-I nigh. if / was sure he
wouldn't fight, "-ChEago Evening News
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13
No WOnder the Query,

When the news came to the Chickamauga
hospital of the destruction of Cervera' S feet
one of the nurses commenced to read it aloud.
lie had got as far as The statement that the
Brooklyn had been hit As times, when fever
patient, little out of his head, shouted:
Great Scott! Who pitched for BROOKLYN"
San Francisco Wave.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13

J, NJ. DeLacy writes: 'I can assure you
that in no single instance has Dr.. MofsttS
IEETHINA (Tcething PolCdeyS) proved a fail
ure. We have tried soothing remedies and
everything known to us and the old women,
and TEETHINA is prominently a success and
blessing to mothers and children"
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13
snread ID the CInseIc style.

GLOW did you maLage to get such an ey.
tensive manufacturing plant in your town.
asked the visitor.
well, we rooted for it" replied the ma,
Ave.-Chicago Tribune.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13

First Lawyer-Each witness gives differ.
ent account of the accident
Second Lawyer-Yes; if we put them all
on the stand, the jury may think our client
met with three or four accidents.-Puek.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13
WIZ He Had Hnnea-

Mr. Gotrox (decisively)- daughter is
DOT the right age to get married
Mr. lardupp (persuasively)- quite agree
with you, Mr.. GotroX-and every year makes
it worse, you know.-Judge.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13

Dropsy treated free by Dr. II. II. Green's
Sons, Of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists in the world. Read their adver-
LIsement in another column Of this paper.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13

A clause should be inserted in the mar.
Tiage service asking the man to promise that
he viii not make it necessary for his wife
10 open a boarding house.-Atchison Globe
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13

DeCrop-May is intensely feminine
Miss Upton-More so than other girls?
well, she asked the blacksmith the other
day if her horse couldn't wear shoes d size
smaller. Puck.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13

A Gentle Hint.-He-"It' reported that
we're engaged She-"Wel, I'm not to
blame for the fact that it is only report"
Brooklyn Life.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13
He Was CrueI.

Mr.. Nupop-I think l will have my whis,
kers shaved off.
Mrs. Nupop (reproachfully)-Why, John,
/ didn't think you could be so heartless. You
know how baby loves to pull them!-Up to
Date
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13

Some men are like race-horses; their only
ambition seems to be desire to lower their
records.-Philadelphia Record.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13

People hunt up their own kind Just as
naturally as water seeks its own level
WASHINGTON Ial Democrat.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13

I believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my boy life last summer.-Mrs. Allie
Douglass, Leroy, Mich, Oct. 20, '94.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13

Honey Of Horebound and Tar for Coughs.
Pixies Tootbacbe Drops Cure in one minute
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13

If you loaf around a store or office a great
deal, remember that you are not welcome.
-Atchison Globe.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13

To please a man find out what he wants
what he needs Is Of minor Importance
Rams Horn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13

Lose a minute, and the chase Of lifetim
will not catch it.-Ram's Horn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13
Prennrinr the enc.

Halls CRtarrh Cure
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 75e.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-10-13
To Cure a Cold in One Day
An Inatnnrc.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-11-24
HE GAINED TIE CUSTOMER.
g " Willy nrd Uldr-hwui.c Grocer
Proved THAT Ills Prohibition
PriurI-,cS Nsr. I,CCp.

\ vch-drCssCd woman entered an
Oak Park grocery store and asked To
see the proprietor, who, seeing that
She was a stranger, at once prepared
10 welcome her as new suburban
ite and prospective customer. lie tool;
Off his apron, smoothcd his tumbicd
hair, and, selling pencil and order
pad, approached her with a grand bust
ness flourish.
Anything we can DO for you to-
day, madam? We have fine supply
of fresh fruit and vegetables. Any
thing in canned good.?"
Moo" said the woman. whose eyes
were taking in every detail of the
store and its contents. II only want
ed TO know if you sold sweet cider?"
I'm very sorry" said the grocer,
1--WE always have it in its season, but
at present il is out of season. 1t might
be possible to find some. will take
your order and try"
Young man." said the woman, in
sepulchral tones, you will never take
an order for sweet cider from me, nor
for anything else. am stranger
here, and am looking for place to
buy my groceries where they don't
sell sweet cider. II wanted to point
out n path to destruction | would
put up sign Sweet Cider Sold Here. +"
Then she walked out, while the
grocer gnawed his mustache and
looked at the blank pad with savage
intensity, when a happy thought oc-
Cured to him. He ran after the
woman.
81 merely wished to say, madam,
that you are right. gave up selling
corn and rye for similar reasons-but
perhaps you can guess?"
Because you don't keep a feed
store| suggested the woman. a note
Of suspicion in her voice.
"No. madam, from higher motives.
Whisky is made from corn and rye"
"Humph! don't mind il you take
my order for barrel OF -four and two
bushels of potatoes. You seem open
TO conviction. and guess I've struck
the right place"
As she sailed away the grocer
winked his left eye and said TO his
| clerk:
ats u poor rule that won't work
both ways. Jimmy."'-Chicago Times
Herald.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-11-24
Growth OF OutlaWry.

The recent attack on railway train
In Texas, by q gang Of SIX armed men.
10 one among other signs that Amer
lee. like many an older country. 10
capable Of producing its own banditti.
In several OF our cities-as few days
ago In London-companie OF reckless
youths have given to quiet citizens
much alarm. and have caused the po-
lice deal of hard. rough work. Birds
Of this feather easily discover each
other; and there Is doubtle u ten
dency in the criminal class TO COM
radeship and cooperative enterprise.
Various causes are at work to pro-
duce outlawry and hoodlumism. and
not alone among the degraded poor.
Not neglected children only, but the
miseducated and ill-dissiplined, con-
tribute recruits TO the army OF evil.
1t is thought that the tolerated law
lessness Of few college students is
emulated by lads who never enter COL
lege halls; that corrupt journalism
and rotten literature work like poi
son on thoughtless minds; that the
lax administration of the laws; the
misanthropy which broods on social
wrongs; and perhaps more than all
else, the widespread disrespect for
honest, thorough work; the aversion
TO it: and the lack of training neces-
sary to success in any form of in
dustry, are creating a class which lives
by preying upon society. Bandits are
not all men of violence. Many OF them
know that craft is less dangerous, be-
cause less offensive, than brutal rob-
berry. Yet all combinations for plum
der, whether in defiance of law. by
evasion of it, or even by the abuse Of
it, are of the same bad quality. They
alike expose property and person TO
outrage and depreciation. Civilized
society, acting in se,f-defcnse. while
dealing sternly with the evil which
shows itself above ground, must also
dig up the poisonous root.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-11-24
CAMERAS SAVE SALARIES
paay - Mako Copies 81
Docaments.

Photography 10 cheaper than clerk
hire. At least one OF the big insur-
ance companies has found It SO. and
that is the reason the policy applica-
ations made to the company are now
copied. for filing and reference. by
the aid Of dry plate and quick lens
instead Of being turned over TO corps
Of copyists. BY so doing the salaries
Of IS clerks are saved to the company
and there is no possible chance for
inaccuracies occurring.
The head Of the Photographic de-
partment OF the big insurance COM
pany is the authority for the state
ment that the two operators turn out
daily $50 copies Of policy applications.
task formerly requiring 20 clerks.
The innovation meets with approval
and the results have been more sati,-
factory than was expected when the
change was made.
In the old days each application. to-
gether with the numerous documents
accompanying it. had to be copied in
long-hand and then compared and veri-
fed All OF which required time. And
even with the utmost precaution dis
crepancies were found to occur. \
slip Of letter or sometimes OF a
punctuation mark nigh, cost the COM
pany hundreds of dollars II a legal
action should arise over the policy.
But the use of photography had not
then entered the heads of the officials.
One day bright man had bright
idea. Photography was expensive. but
clerk hire was more so. A little fig
uring and 1t was apparent that ma
terials for the Photographic depart
ment would not cost near what the
salaries Of the copyists amounted to.
The plan met with approval. Expert.
ments were made that increased the
respect Of the officers OF the company
for the man who suggested the scheme.
Then two rooms were fitted up in the
building and the Photographic depart
mcnt became an institution.
Since then the work has been grad
ualy extended until now there is hard
" any document that cannot be cop
led by the camera. One beauty of the
innovation is that il takes but n com
rarative minute. In actual comput a.
lion it may be more. but when com
pared with the time it would take n
clerk t o make copy by the old method
& doesn't seem the smallest part of a
r,inute.
The camera doesn't slip. II copies
what is before ii with n fidelity nm
! equaled. and should it he that there
are erasures or substitutions so eff
fectvely used as 20 deceive the eye,
| the camera tells Of II. for the lens
oft;mes sees farther than the human
| optic and tells secrets that otherwise
would not be discovered.
! The files of the insurance companies
since Photographic copies have been
! used are considered absolutely accu-
rate. The photograph is Us good not
| better evidence In court OF law than
handwriting. Therefore, taking into
consideration all the reasons for its
approval, 'he cGicers pat the bright
man with the br.gh, idea On the back
/ and tell him that he +, q good fellow.
/ Possibly he cgt lis salary raised
! Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-11-24

\ Nashville father las obtained an
injunction to prevent a young man
from courtiug hi- daughter. If his mo-
;.yes for departure from the olden
custom Of closing such incidents were
investigated, observes loca! exchange,
it would no doubt be discovered that
Lei suffering from inaammatory rheu-
matism in the legs or else that said
young man is bigger than lie is.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-11-24

At Columbia, Mo-, Miss Lucille John
son surrcptitiously secured marriage
license issued to Miss Fannie Reed and
Downy Buckner. When threatened
with prosecution If she did not return
it she gave it up on condition that she
should be Buckner's second wife in
the event he ever became a widower.
Upon that understanding BuckDer and
Miss Reed were married.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-11-24
The ESQsOu.

A (before statue Of ''rru:h")-I
wonder why truth is always repre-
tented naked.
B-simply because II gives every
body q chance 10 clothe her after his
own fashion. -Meggendorfer Blaetter.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-11-24
.IeE ElOusy.

I would thou vert a rose, and I the tree,
That when | died. thou too might'st die
with me.
/ would thou vert the earth. and the sun.
Ths, II my light were quenched thy race
were run.
would thou vert a star. and cloud.
That I. when dead. might wind thee In my
shroud.
But. oh. to think that thou may'st live
instead
May'st live and love again-when ! am
dead!
Carrie Blake Morgan. In Lipplncott's.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-11-24

Mark Twain writes that ut feels 10
good 10 be out of debt that have cam
celed number ofleciure engagements
in Australia. ] baye no respect for
a man who goes about robbipg the
public upon the platform unless he
Is in debt