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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-30
X. ofL. ConcIuile..

Boston, Nov. 25.-After eleven days.
deliberation the general assembly,
knights Of Labor concluded its bust
ness yesterday afternoon and ad-
journed to meet in Birmingham, Ain,
in November, 1900.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-30

Tod Sloan has now distinguished
himself by thrashing two French jock
ays with his walking stick. At any
rate this is more reputable than
French pugilism.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-30
Strike Settled.

Evansville, Ind, Nov. 25.-The coal
miners strike in Southern Indiana
was practically settled by the signing
of the Chicago scale by the John Ingle
Coal company's mines Of this city, en-
ploying 175 men. Both sides made con-
cessiOns.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-30

The Boston Globe says that Laureate
Alfred Austin is struggling hard to
earn his salary. 1t might be added
that the public is struggling hard to
resign itself to Mr.. Austin's method OF
struggling.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-30

Shanghai, Nov. Is. = Advices from
Tien- tsin say that the negotiations Of
the American syndicate regarding the
Nankow-C Canton railway have been
brought to q successful conclusion.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-30

The average man would be satisfied
if he could only get the earth, but
Alexander the Great wanted to get up
a collection.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-30

A married man would have more
money if his pockets were as hard to
find as are those of his wife.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-30
TILT WITH GERMANS.

Sale of the Estate of the Late Presi-
dent Heureaux Is stopped.
Santo Domingo, Nov. 25.-The min
lister of justice has stepped the sale of
the late President HeureauXs real es-
tate on the ground that it belongs to
the government. Germans hold mort
cages on the real estate. The German
consul has protested against the action
of the minister of justice.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-30

1t is easy enough to be economical
when you have plenty with which to
economic.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-30

Some people go through life looking
as if they were sorry they had ever
started.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-30

An actress may be welded to her
art, but she usually acquires more
than one husband during her career.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-30

1t is considered a deadly insult to
tell a Bostonian that he doesn't know
beans.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-30

Good fortune seldom travels around
in an automobile looking for you.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-30

A mans mind sometimes runs to the
contrary-a woman's always does.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-30

Clam chowder is often productive OF
Che deepest melancholy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-30

1t sometimes happens that mans
opportunity is his misfortune.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-30

The sleeping infant should always be
placed on the retired list.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-30

One of our good friends in Kansas
takes exception to our recent state
ment that bachelors in that state are
rated at the common valuation and
two hundred dollars more for pur-
poses Of taxation. 1t is technical
matter. The law exempts from taxa
ton two hundred dollars of the prop
gerty OF the head Of family. None:.ot
TIE property Of a bachelor is exempt.
The error was simply In the form Of
statement the bachelor understands
IL, and according to our correspondent
laughs ct the low penalty inflicted on
,ainale blessedness. Sex.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-30

A short time ago two yaks were i'm
ported to Gothenburg, and were later
sent to Stockholm, Sweden. The sec
rotary of the Gothenburg Touring
club recommends that yaks be import
ed into northern Sweden for use by the
pioneer farmers, the long and cold
winters being rather severe for ordl-
nary cattle. It is declared that it would
not be necessary to stall-feed the yak
during winter; that the farmers would
get a strong, hardy and tractable beast
of burden, which also would supply
milk of good quality and which could
find it's way even through deep snow.
It remains yet to be seen whether or
not any one is willing to act upon the
suggestion DR.. Sven Hedin, who dur
ing his expeditions in central Asia has
had opportunities for studying the
yak in its native land, thinks the ex-
pertinent worth trying. :.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-30

Money talks, but it converses with
only the few.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15
5. S. S. FOR T85E$ ESs.OOD
Odd ONSpnnlcs .

4 most novel funeral exercise was held
at White Oak, Ind, recently. Two years
ago William Hayes died, leaving n large
estate. During his life he was very &C.
centric. For years he called himself
~pike County Till Hayes" AccordiSg
60 the provisions Of his will his body
was TO be taken up and placed in vault
TWO years from Yis death, which was
on q recent Sunday. In addition TO
this the trees in the park where the
remains wero placed were to be deco
rated with red, white and blue ribbons
Five platforms for dancing were TO be
erected, two brass bands were TO fur.
1ish the music, and the crowd present
was to be toasted on five head of cattle,
20 head of sheep and a large number OF
hogs and chickens. Fifty kegs Of beer
were 10 bo dispensed to the crowd, and
for failure to carry out the above pro
visions Of the will Pierce Hayes, his
only child, was to be disinherited. A
crowd of 1000 persons were in attend
auce and the terms of the will were
fully complied with
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15

just so years ago this spring the coun-
try was wild over the discovery Of gold
in California, and companies of men
were forming over the whole United
States TO start for the new FL Dorado.
Some went by Cape Horn, some by Pan
ANA, but most went overland. These in
after days were the forty-niners- Mar
shall discovered gold at Suffers Mill In
1S4s, but 1t was not generally believed
until Polk confirmed 1t In his annual
message.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15

A New York young woman con.
tracted to marry minor on the con-
dirion that he should upon attaining
his majority assign her $1,000. He
agreed TO this, and carried II out, but
the marriage didn't take place. But,
before the assignment was made, the
young swain contracted debts which he
cou.d not meet. Then the sheriff went
csllr him, but could find nothing to at
.nrh but the marriage agreement. He
attempted to have it annulled on the
ground that the ceremony had not been
performed. Thesuprcme court couldn't
see il that way. It took the ground
that 1t was promise which the law
recognizes and will enforce, because n
regarded it as a contract in which the
young lady was still willing to DO her
part.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15

Doctors are swift to avail themselves
of the expedients made possible by the
progress Of invention, says Z. S. Mar
tin in Harper's Weekly. that when an
X-ray picture is to be taken Of New
York patient the physician no longer
finds it necessary to fetch large elec-
trio battery from his Office, but simply
telephones for an electric cab, and as II
stands at the door runs out q wire from
the sick room and borrows the electrici-
ty he needs from it's storage battery.
That is beautiful, and recalls the ways
Of the primitive milkman who drove his
cows to his doors and squeezed out each
family's allowance in the housekeeper's
presence.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15

The mcanest man in Illinois lives at
Centralia, reports a state exchange.
He put large porcelain egg in the nest
Of an ambitious hen, and found that the
eggs she had aftorward laid were in
creased in size; then he put goose
egg In the nest, and the aforesaid hen
laid an egg just as large. He was SO
we'll pleased with the scheme that he
put whitcwashed football in the nest
and waited results. When he went the
next time to search for eggs he found
one us big as the football, but no hen in
sight; securing the egg he saw en-
yraved on 1t by hen photography these
words: I'm no ostrich, but have
done my best" Later he found the hen
inside of the egg.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15

A story is being told which serves to
Illustrate the American characteristic
Of giving slight heed to rank and place
as against efficiency md daring and su-
prcme achievement, The story has to
do with Mr.. Mckinley and it relates
that while visiting one Of the camps
during his recent southern tour he
CHANGED to be strollng about unattend-
ed and sought to pass certain line
which was patrolled by vigilant sem
tinel. The sentinel promptly stopped
him and demanded the countersign.
Il don't know the countersign," said
Mr.. Mckinley. Then you don't pass"
said the soldier. "But," said Mr.. Nc
Einley, 81 nrn the president of the Unit
cd States" ~ don't know about that"
said the imperturbable sentry, but II
you haven't got the countcrsign you
couldn't get by here even IL you were
George Dewey himself"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15

Gov. Tyler of Virginia the other day
granted pardon to William Campbell,
who is serving term in the peniten.
tlary for highway robbery. Campbell's
case is q peculiar one. 1t furnishes a
striking instance of the forgetfulnes,
of the world Of those members OF so
ciety immurcd within prison for
crimes against society. When Gov,
Tyler received Campbell's application
for pardon he wrote to the judge and
commonwcalth's attorney Of Danville
for information regarding Campbell.
These officials could not supply II, and
stated that nobody In Danville seemed
70 know him. He has no relatives, and
so far ns known, no friends or even nc.
Guaintances in Danville or Virginia
From the penitentiary 1t was learned
that Campbell was sent to the peniten.
tiary in 1850 for highway robbery, but
that later ten years were added fol
striking guard. He would have com
plcted 10 years Of bis term in April
making no allowance for good conduct
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15
What is expected to be the faste

What is expected to be the fastest
craft in the world is under construction
at College Point, J.. 7. 1t is vucht rs
fect long and designed to run 10 knots,
or over IS miles an hour. The fastest
vessel now ahoat is the English torpedo
boat Turbinia, with 35-knot record.
In the new flyer reliance for speed is
placed upon a 1000 horsepower car
bonic gas motor, the engine having
three cylinders, with a working pres
sure OF 1900 pounds to the square inch.
The weight of the machinery will be cia
tons, or less than tenth that of steam
machinery of the same power Buta sin
gle screw, two-bladed, will be used.
Fuel for the carbonic gas is slowed
away in pipes. Its weight is one-ffth
that of coal.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15

An Ottumwa Qa.) man who served as
n private soldier in the Fiftieth Iowa
last summer writes to q Keokuk fellow
soldier rs follows: Things nre
changed now very changed - from
those days at Jacksonville. Then l
served as humble private and bore all
the hardships, while men were over me
as officers who wore shoulder straps
and ate good food. To-day am sitting
at my Office desk, with a comfortable
roll Of bills in my pocket and fine bank
account. Out In the street in front of
my window Maj. -, then my COM
mander, is up pole, mending an elcc-
tric light wire, while across the way
Lieut.. - is taking into house can
of coal oil from his delivery wagon"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15
mscrobe Nightmare.

A New York woman who had pur'
shased n pair Of gloves was given three
ono dollar bills in change. do IL up in
paper. please" she said to the~alesgirl.
The request was complied with. and the
wrapped-up bills were put in pocket
book. ''Some persons are microbe
mad" said a physician in explaining
the incident. Many have It SO bad thu,
they will not even pick up pin. because
II has been said that all sorts OF disease
germs can be collected under their
heads. Dread of microbes is common
form of hypochondria. / can sympa'
thize with person who does not like to
sec woman with bundle OF dirty
clothes for washing get into u public
conveyance, but there is no use In going
to extremes. Ever since the researches
OF Koch and Pasteur have attracted at.
tention the number Of microbe maniacs
has steadily increased. Take any NOR
bid-minded person and give him little
insight into bacteriology. and the result
Is sure TO be disastrous. lie shakes In
terror at the first little symptom of real
or imaginary arrangement"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15

Frederick Remington has this to say
in Golfers Weekly about Maxine
Gomez: HE has curious head-a
very interesting head. 1t is fierce and
warlfke, and brown and mustached and
goateed, and altogether Spanish-Amer-
lean, which does not mean white man.
His profile is triangle with the Jaw
as base. From his looks should say
his was not great brain. So far as
we know, he Is n man Of one idea
which happens in his case to be very
good one; and there is the iorce in the
base Of that triangle which has carried
that one idea as far as the blood and
iron and horsehesh Of Cuba could carry
H.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15

W. C. Andrews, who perished by fire
in New York a few days ago, was fond
of new inventions, and his fortune was
chiefly due TO device for using coal
screenings as Fuel. His advice was to
"save every dollar vow can get and In
vest In street railways, steam, heat,
electricity, compressed air-anything
that has to do with the development of
the city" His plan to e%tinguish fires
with steam is regarded as visionary.
though he made some interesting dem
onstrations.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15

Two hundred men have refused to
work ut cleaning Brooklyn streets be-
cause they did not wish to wear the
white wings" uniform. They Were
hired under new system and all Of
them are Americans. They say they
will not clean streets until the Ieglsla-
ture changes the law that compels them
TO wear white wings. I'VE are men, -
they say, mot monkeys" Great efforts
were made to have the strikers recon
slider their action, but with no result.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15
Tho Appendlx scare.

Il Il remarkable how our forefathers
managed to live ''long and happy" In
their ignorance Of the vermiform up
pendix. Perhaps, like the X-ray. this
appendix II the creation Of modern sci-
ence. or the need Of modern surgery.
Certain It IL. says the Atlanta Constitu-
ton, that this vermiform appendix. or
the knife of the new aurgeon. has large
ly curtailed the pleasures. II not the
duration Of life. We are in mortal
dread Of berries, grapes. figs and small
seeded vegetables. lest that useless APP
pendix or the ready knife Of the surgeon
will do us up" Which is which? !
confess am In considerable doubt. But
one Of the profession. DR.. Hutton, ar-
pears to attach more blame to the knife
than to the appendix. He may be
right. He ought to know; ! don't.
do know that the knife Is fearfuliy
fatal. This eminent and experienced
DR.. Hutton gives some very cheerful
encouragement TO those chronic suffer
ers with supposed appendicitis in the
Medical Record from which i quote:
This paper Is a protest against the cur.
rent surgical theory and practice that
all cases Of appendicitis must be split
open. This protest is based on 81 years
experience as physician and surgeon.
My experience is that nppen-
dicitis, and all other bellyaches for
which men now operate, are promptly
amenable tn proper medical treatment.
! can recall 100 cuses treated with symp-
toms of this malady, but |
have never yet met case Of 1t which !
felt 1t was my duty TO cut, or which'tcr-
minated fatally, shall cite
other unimpeachable practitioners who
share my views, that medical treatment
uyails in this maiady, one showing 40
out Of 81 cases, successfully treated
being more than 06 per cent. My treat
mcnt for appendicitis is free calomel
and soda purgation. supplemented by
hot applications, to be followed by n
saline if action is too slow" Perhaps it
would be well to forget the verrniform
appendix and let science and surgery
fight it out in their own sweet way.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15
A woman who has n perfect horror

A woman who has a perfect horror of
handling dirty money asserts that she
not only has all her silver washed, but
her bills Us well. They are put In q
basin of lukewarm soapsuds, rubbed
gently and dried by pressing with a
warm iron. In this why she is always
supplied with bright silver and crisp
hew bills, that she can carry in her
pocket with no danger Of contracting
disease In their handling.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15
T)ere was fire in large store, and

T)ere was fire in a large store, and
huge crowd soon collected, reports n
metropolitan exchange. The fire
burned furiously, but after a time the
flames were forced back from the front
Of the building. When this was accom-
plished, to the astonishment OF the
crowd, the manager Of the firm was
seen to rush into the doorway, Chamber
excitedly over beam and joist and make
his way toward the second-foor win
dow. Fixing hastily-written placard
on the window sill, he clambered down
again, while the crowd read these
words: Surely we sold Cheap Enough
before this Fire! But only wait until it
Is over! Then Look Out for Dargains!"
The Kiowa Indians in Kansas re-
Gently chose as medicine man" the
white widow CT the previous incumbent
OF the Office.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15

A Chicago authority has discovered,
according to his published statement,
that for man TO MUNICH peanuts when
ever craving for tobacco is had will
speedily rid him of the desire to use It.
The question then rises, what will cure
him of the peanut habit?
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15
message.

Secretary Wilson Is determined to dis
cover If a human being can live COM
fortably In the coolest portion of Alas
ka, and has sent there to experiment
in gardening Prof. c. c. Gorgensen, a
Dane, who is an expert In northern ag-
riculture, and who will start station
at Sitka.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15

A fire in Elkton, Nd, lately destroyed
a will by which young lady Of that
town had been disinherited by her fa-
ther, and she got his property IN right
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15

In his eagerncss TO get the Job con
tractor took the mail route between
Warren, n town In Monroe county, Mo-,
and Monroe City at such low figure
that he will have to pay his subcontract-
or $50 year more than he gets from the
government. He will enjoy this privi-
lege four years from next June.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15

the Pioneer wine grower of New Jersey whose Pf-
Burgundy rivals the world, imported the Port Gr.
years ago. and planted vineyards in the Iassaic Vail
in Passaic county, New Jersey identical to that Of
Spccrs New Jersey Vineyards
situated in the Passac valley below the
cared to the winery in the Of passa!c @
mashed between rollers made Of rubber which do not o- M
and made into
grand wines OF Spcers that have nowed avcr
rpeung the choicest in this country ard
only be obtained by paying price that higher than wines
Mr. Speer deems necessary
wine that be allowed to mature in wood to get rid Of is
parts with this object keeps his several years
ueed cellars and frequently racks before bona offering
SALE The reputation OF Speer wines valuable medicinal and
family extends around the world
~Groccrs and Druggists sell Speers Wines and Brandy
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15
El.hart Normal School
and Business Institute.

The Elkhart Normal Shool and
Business Institute offers the best
Courses, Methods, aud Instructions
in Pedagogy, Book. keeping, Stenog-
raphy, Penmanship, Drawing, III.
ocution and Oratory, aud Physical
Culture, and at the lowest rates for
tuition and board. Studenrs can
enter at any time. Circular, blotter,
and a copy Educational News free
0n application. Address. DR.. Fl.
a. Mumaw. Sec'y, Elkhart. Ind.
sS212m.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15

1t is reported that when the Kansas
legislature adjourned the other week.
were at all the doors to pre-
vent members from carrying of furni-
ture and other movables In the chan:
her
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15
A pennsylyania trolley compa,

A Pennsylvania trolley company has
had to pay young man s., 200 because
it's electricity got into q barbed wire
fence near the track, and when he tooa
hold Of the fence to climb It he couldn't
let go until his arm and hand were
g hriyalad
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15
Scene In Portugal at the Rio Porto vlneya,

Scene In Portugal at the Ri0 Porto VineyardA
BIZ TRoDDEN FOB PORT WINE
The rugged hills with projecting rocks Of brown stone and
containing large quantity ron make impossible to
, carried the treading large
they I'D large enough for twenty persons
tread which music furnished by the proprietor.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15
Promptly Reaches the Seat
@ all Blood Diseases and
Cures the Worst Cases. dis s

Mrs. T. w Lee Montgomery, Ala, writes: Some years
RSo was inocuated with poison by who infected
my babe with blood taint I was covered with and
from head to foot and in great extremity prayed
20 die Several prominent physicians treated me- but all
30 no purpose. The mercury and potash which they
seemed to add fuel to the awful fame which
GaVourng me- ! advised by friends who had seen
wonderful nede Ly it, TO try Swifts Specific i'm
proved from the start 90 the medicine seemed to direct
the cause Of the trouble and force the poison out Twenty
Bottles cured INC c0mpletcly." Swifts Specific
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15
5. 5. 5. GOES
TO THE BOTTOM,

Goat In every test made 8. 8. 8. easily
00Qt demonstrates its superiority over other
blood remedies. 1t matters not how OBJ.
and sns's nsns the se%sse. .os s.vs s' .ss as s
always promptly reaches and cures any
disease where the blood is in any way involved.
Everyone who has had experience with
blood diseases knows that there are no all
and difficult to cure. Very few remedies claim
blood diseases Us s. s. S. cures, and none can
ience OF merit. 8 s. S: Is not merely a tonic-it
very seat OF all blood diseases, and gets at the
'es, and routs the poison from the system. Itdoes
the poison and hide it from view temporarily,
violently than ever; s. s. S. forces out every
.a,,, Of IL fnroror