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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-08-30
MT. PLEASANT MILLS.

Joseph Helm is having new roof
put on his house.
Ira. Boyer sports n new chainlcss
bicycle. 1t is II daisy.
G. A. Gerhart and wife, of Freeburg.
spent Sunday at Lewis Minium's,
A'F. and w. A. Schnee made bus-
mess trip to Fr"eburg and Kantz Thurs
SON., r,ople are attending the
Changers picnic at Williamsgrove this
week.
James Rothermel and wife, of Man
data, spent SUNDAY at Aaron Rother-
mcrs.
The Garfield Cornet Band Of this
place will play for the picnic Saturday,
Sept. lst, at Nerdilla.
.. n. and Charles Kaltritcr, of Salem,
took in the picnic and spent Sunday
under the parental roof.
J. A. Kepler and wife are visiting in
Franklin, county. They made the trip
on their new tandem bicycle.
Charles Miller and wife, of Millers-
town, were the guests of Albert
Schnce's Saturday and Sunday.
II. +. Rcitz and wife accompanied by
Miss Nergie Lepley, of Beaver Springs,
were in attendance at the picnic Satur-
day.
{. n. Brosius and X. j. Rothrock
will attend school at Buckneil Univcr-
sity, Lewisburg, the coming fall and
winter.
Charles w. Bassler, wife and little
daughter accompanied by Mrs. Frank
Glass and Mrs. B. +. Arnold, Of
Freeburg. were the guests Of Albert
Schnee's Saturday.
John Lands purchased Jacob ID.
ArbOgast's home situated mile east Of
this place. Consideration 5000. Mr..
Lands will quit farming, rent his farm
in the spring and will move in his
newly purchased home. Mr.. Arbogast
contemplates going to Centre county
to start retail boot and shoe store.
The picnic held at this place Satur-
day last was pretty well attended. Prof.
q. w. Walb0rn and II. l.. Schroyer, Of
SeliDsgrove, were the speakers. The
band of this place and choir furnished
the music. People from Juniata,
Perry, Northumberland and nearly ev-
cry town of Snyder county were in at
tendance. The proceeds netted nearly
$54.
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DUNDORE.

Adam Shemorry was in town.
Ira Hoover was In town buying up
eggs.
Mr.. Christeson, Of Phila., was in
town.
Mr.. Bickel, Of Freeburg, was In town
selling shoes.
Harry Neitz made successful business
trip to Eclipse.
Who will make cider first? Keep
the ball rolling.
Those showers that we are having
are welcome visitors.
HOOver's festival last Saturday even
ing was financial success.
Dale 4 Co., of York. had their sales
man call ON our merchant. rn.
N. 4. Dundore's teamster is hauling
wood to Selinsgrove for Minnie f. Eyer.
John Houtz, of Freeburg, the cham
pion cigar manufacturer, was seen on
our streets.
G. NJ. Wilmer and wife, of Salem,
made short call on N. II. Dundore
and wife.
The school board of Union township
have contracted for the hauling of this
winters coal.
John NJ. Goeser & Co., OF Danville,
had their man on our streets selling
groceries and tobacco.
The Sunday schools of Port Trever-
ton had very enjoyable time last Sat
urday at Skyhigh Park.
Abraham Gaugler, an old and re-
spected citizen of this township, died
last Friday morning Of old age.
The Penna. canal looks like pasture
field. There ought to be more cattle
on the tow path to keep the grass down.
N. T. Dundore's fence around Toe
hill looks dilapidated. The posts break
off during the night and the rails dis
appear in daylight; fire wood is always
scarce during the summer.
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SELINSGROVE.

DIR. Geo. Ulrich, of Phila., is q well
come guest at his fathers.
Daniel MATHS, of Phila., is the guest
of Mrs. Geo. Holmes,-his sister.
The Methodist Sunday School held a
picnic in klingler's grove Saturday.
Rev. Fetterolf and family, of Mer-
cersburg, are visiting friends in town.
Rev. Thos. Taggart, of n. j., a form
er student, spent day in town last
week.
Mrs. Harvey Miller returned from
three months trip to Schuylkill
Haven.
Rev. l.. Domer Ulrich, of Danvillc,
spent day or two with his mother
last week.
Miss Lizzie Dill, of Paterson, y. j.,
WAS circulating among friends in town
last week.
Prof Oden G.. Gortn,rand family, of
Mifiiin, are being entertained 10y the
Profs mother.
DR.. Hcisler, Pres. of the University,
delivered one of the addresses at the
Lutheran reunion.
Within the past week or ten days we
have had several good rains which will
improve the growing crops very much
Rev. q. w. Genszlcr and family went
to Phila to visit friends, the Rev. hav-
ing n vacation until some time i'm Sept.
The Schoch reunion was largely at
tended, but are sorry that the social
feature OF the meeting was cut short on
account ofa ainstorn.
Meade Wagenseller and his brother
Ralph, took trip to Milton, Lewis
burg Mitllinburg and parts of Centre
county on their wheels.
Chas. Fisher and family, of Lewis
town, are being entertained by the
families Of Levi Fisher and wife and
Squire Jarrett and wife.
Miss Bertha Chritzman, of Wash
ington, ID. c., who has been spending
month with her aunt. Mrs. DR.. =. r.
Wagenseller, returned to her home Fri
day last.
S. J. Pawllng, Esq, and wife left on
Thursday evening last for II trip to
Colorado in search of health for the
Squire whose health has been on the
decline for some time.
Not many persons attended the Iu-
theran reunion at Milton Park for scv-
eral reasons. The first was that the
committee had not secured special rates
for the :. " l.. road as they had pro
missed in their notices and second, Il
great many people knew that the park
was quite small and that with such Il
turnout as Is usual on such occasions
the people could not be accommodated.
We hope better provisions will be- made
another year. There were forty-five
ministers present. The addresses were
good and instructive.
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SHAMOKIN DAM.

A son was born to Harry Gaugler
And wife Sunday.
Geo. Deabler was visiting his daugh-
er near Shamokin Sunday.
Ollie Gaugler, Of Northumberland,
vas a visitor in our vicinity Sunday.
l. S. Reichenbach accepted a posi-
! ion as mail agent last week. We hope
he will make 1t success.
Mrs. A. r.. Shipe left Saturday for
Ebamokin where she will spend week
Smong relatives and friends.
Misses Maud Slear and Ivy H0tten-
ltein attended the festival at North
,mberland Saturday evening.
Wallace Teats has bought himself n
arper steamboat. He Is ready now to
IN the people across the river. =. ,
The Shamokin Dam band was called
10 northumberland Saturday evening
ko render some of their music at fes-
1ival.
The following are the camping party
which left for the Grangers' picnic at
kNiliamsgrove: f. Aurand, wife and
laughter, Katie, Miss Annie Kunkle,
Martin Slear, wife and daughter, Liz
lie, Mrs. G. H. Leffier, Mrs. ID. p. Rit-
{er and Miss Jennie Slear.
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MCCLURE.
Picnic next Saturday.

Picnic next Saturday.
Geo. Wagner has his saw mill again
in running order.
Ella Gearhart, of Yeagcitown, spent
Sunday at Amos Wagner's.
Lewis Kahley, Of Centre county,
spent last week with his family.
Lloyd Marks broke his collar bone
Saturday while riding bicycle.
Geo. Herbster, of Cleveland, Ohio,
called on his brother, William, Monday.
II. f.. Stimely and family, of Thomp-
sOntOwn, spent Sunday with their par
ents.
Charles Lambert, of Susquehanna
University, visited Isaac Dresses Sat
urday.
Mr.. Kuhns, wife and two children,
Of Philadelphia, spent last week at DIR.
Mitchell's.
Mr.. Aurand, of Ferguson Valley,
moved into Mrs. Tillie Manbeck's g
house last week.
Lieut.. s. V. Ulsh and daughter, of
COnnellsburg, attended the funeral of
his father-in-law Monday.
10. Goss and Jno. Fetterolf, of
Troxelville, made a business call in
our town Saturday evening.
Israel Young, who had been sickly
for the last few years, passed away
last Friday evening and was buried
Monday in the Mcclure cemetery.
Rev. OFT Officiated.
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KANTZ.

VIM. NJ. Meese Is getting silO in his
arm. . ..T.4
Allen Neitz Is keeping bachelors
ball at present.
Bessie Neitz and Amelia Nagle are
Y the sick list. ~.
vSoms of our young men expect to at
dthe 7 icnic al W. ,e:.,ii;ie. i;i +, ,.ac
! Quite 4 number Of our citizens are
ltending Grangers' picnic this week.
The festival at Hoover's was q sue
ess. The quilt to be CHANGED was sold
br$S.
Milton Miller and wife, who resided
Milton during the spring and sum-
Der, have returned to their former res
lence.
We had a heavy thunder storm Mon
hy noon. The lightning struck in w.
'. Romig's barn. No damage was
one to the building. Ed. Boyer, of
|ear Freeburg, happened to be at the
arn and having his hand on the spout
q close by the lightning rods, receiv-
q slight shock.
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WEST BEAVER.

n. +. Herbster has been on the sick
list for the past week.
Hon. Benz. Peter spent Sunday with
some Of his Lowell friends.
Mallie Steely is improving very slow
ly from her late attack of sickness
Miss Cora Phillips, of Mitfiin county,
was guest of her father n few days
last week.
James Treaster, of Huntington Co.,
was visiting among his Snyder county
friends for a few days.
Reedy Steely Is spending II few weeks
in Bellevillc, Mitilin county with his
aunt, Mrs. Howard Gibboney.
Isaac Weiand, of Lewistown, spent
Sunday with his wife's parents, Jacob
Nerhood and wife, of Lowell.
The picnic held at Lauver's grove
Saturday was well attended and passed
off to the satisfaction Of all present.
James Stccly has embarked in the
huckstering business and claims his
iilst attempt was a success all through.
Some claim the proceeds of the re-
frcshmcnt stand at the picnic last Sat
""'N "'i''luoi W tllt TllI anu shark
ey mill.
Nettie and Charles Swincford, Of
Siglcrville, attended Lauvcr's picnic
and were guests of their playmntes in
our town for few days.
Warren mclaughlin took in the
sights at the county seat last week. 1t
Is his first visit. He reports the town
IA nice place and full Of business consid-
ering its size.
ieagertown and vicinity turned out
in body last Saturday and partook Of
some of the good things Of Snyder Co.,
for which Snyder has on all occasions
the reputation of furnishing.
Our supervisor, J. p, delivered an
address at the picnic saturday. Sub
ject: Good roads" which John GER
tainly understands making. His re-
election for the fifth term shows that
the community is still in favor of John.
=. ii. Phillips shot bald eagle last
week close Ia his fish dam. The di-
mensions of the bird have not been re-
ported. sam claims it made him sweat
before he got hold of ii IA it was only
wounded. Afterwards il was killed by
his two boys with clubs.
The following is IA list of "A few more
visitors attending the picnic last Sat
urday: j. Irwin Howell, Alfarata;
Clarence Erb, Lewistown: Mrs. Mary
Brown, Allegheny City; Tine Wagner,
Warriors Mark. These folks all resided
III our place at one time
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GENERAL MARK ETS.

Philadelphia. Aug. 27.-Flour well main
tanned: winter superine, 81. i0M2.GO: Penrr-
sylvania roller, clear, $3.2oa335; city mills.
extra. S265n2.g0. Rye flour quiet anc
steady at sSloq3.0 per barrel Wheat
Corn steady; No. 2 mixed. spot, in eie--
vator, 43s.m4ic.; No. 2 yellow. for local
trade. 45i2QiGc. Oats steady: new No
white. clipped. 2sM2Slc; lower grades.
a3g27c. Hay steady; choice timothy, SN
r950a20 Pork dull: family, sl5.5OnleS
mess $l2u13 Lard dull; western steamed.
C.l0. Live poultry quoted at llu l2c. for
choice western fowls and l2Qlic. for
spring chickens. as to quality. Dressed
poultry uresh killed., choice WESTERN
spring chickens. l3@l5c.; western spring
chickens. Haze. Butter steady: cream
cry. lSQ22c.: factory. l5G16c.: imitation
creamery, l5i1alsc. New York dairy, S
G2lc.; fancy Pennsylvania prints jobDing
At 2<a27c.; do. wholesale. 23c. Cheese
large, colored, l0A al0hc., small do, l0kc
Eggs firm; New York and Pennsylvania
l6a lSc.: western. regular packing 1oQlSc--
DO. loss OFF, l6al7c. Potatoes quiet; JerN
seys. N.25Ql.75: Long Island. $l.5Odi. rs:
Long Island. S2a2.5O per 100.
New York, Aug. N.-Steers firm TO 1oc
higher: rough stun opened stronger. but
closed dull, with the advance lost: sfeeys,
1885, nis THsans Il, 4 oxen x and stag ,ss 9
yeals steady to a shade higher: veais.
S5ds; choice and extra. .. 254S. .S71s; grass
ers and buttermilks, S2.7b6s50. bheer
dull: lambs firm for top grades. Others
steady; sheep. t2,75g4lo; choice and ex-
port Rmh. wetse.s & sss,7~ 7~ss+7s ,sI sSlIs ssqks
lower at EeO65.ss; choice light state hsSs
and ptgs, &.S0.
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FREEBURG.

B. f. Harley and wife spent part OF
last week in Juniata county.
Miss Norton, of Danville, spent the
week with P. B. Meyers family.
Charles w. Bassler and wife moved
into their new home this week.
Quite number Of our people attend
ed the Fremont picnic Saturday.
s. G. Hilbish, John MOtz and Adam
Good returned Monday from a visit to
Atlantic City.
d. c. Boyer and niece, of Philadel-
phia, are visiting his mother, Mrs.
Margaret Boyer.
A party of friends and relatives OF
Middleburgh spent Sunday with VIM.
Grimm and family.
Miss Ulla Lundgren, of Philadelphia,
Is spending several weeks with Henry
X. Meyers family.
Miss Carrie Arnold, of Reading, Is
spending several weeks with her friend,
Miss LOttie Hilbish.
Mrs. f. w. Tool gave a sociable Fri
day evening in honor of Misses Gilfillan
and Tompowski, teachers of the Music
al College.
Arthur NJ. Glass, employed in Phila-
delphia, is enjoying ten days vaca-
tion with his parents, John A. Glass
and wife.
Rev. Henry Hilbish and wife, of
Fredericksburg, Pa, and John Fred
erick and wife, of Chester County, Wis.,
tied friends last week
John Motz, Esq, Adam Good, Mrs.
William Motz and Benz. Hilbish and
wife, all Of Akron, Ohio, are visiting
friends and relatives at this place.
A public rehearsal was given by the
pupils of the Musical College, Wednes-
day evening and the commencement
exercises were held Thursday Of last
week.
Miss Anna ]. Meyer is spending
some time in Marietta. During her
visit she has assisted N. ]. Pickel In .
concert for the benefit Of the Reformed
church Of that place.
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SHADEL.

Arthur Heiser visited his parents at
Shaded over Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Spots, who was work
ng near Liverpool, Perry county, came
home on account Of not being well.
Harvey and Arthur Reichenbach,
Eho are working near Selinsgrove, were
gisitlng their parents at Shaded over
Sunday.
Miss Ida E. Reichenbach, who was
Working at the Musical College. at
freeburg, came home to stay with her
parents for some time.
Last Monday Andrew Kerstetter
bnoyed his saw mill to G. b. NJ. Rauch's
|and and commenced saving lumber
|br Hornberger & Meiser.
Some farmers will commence sowing
Wheat next week. The wheat and rye
rops were better than last year. The
hreshers report good yield this year.
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MIDDLECREEK

a large number Of our people attend
s,ayer,s picnic Saturday.
Miss Emma Heimbach paid her par
US a short visit Sunday.
y. 4. Knepp was visiting Mifilin Co.
eads ra a few days last week.
mas. Heimbach and family visited
ward Heimbach's Saturday.
.nas. Bressler and family, of Mifflin-
W. visited 8. Steininger last week.
pn; pis;; McCauley and daughter-in-law
snila., are visiting Reuben Steining-
~; ~; Lepley is at present going
mug vugh the township taking the tri-
aual assessment.
msenry and Calvin Maurer, who are
ang at Yeagertown, were at home
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David City, Neb., April l, 1900.
Genessee Pure Food Co., LIE Roy,

GENTLEMEN Il must say in re.
gard to GRAIN o that there is no.
thing better or healthier. We have
used it for years. My brother was
great coffee drinker. He was taken
sick and the doctor said coffee was
the cause of it, and told us to use
GRAIN-O. We got q package, but
did not like it at first, but now would
not be without it. My brother has
been we'll ever since we started to
use it. Yours truly, LILLE SooHoR.
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Kaukanua, Wis. Aug. 27.-In full
view Of large party Of picknickers,
Mrs. Henry Quaddy and three little
sons. aged 6 to 9 years. were drowned
In the river yesterday. while Mr..
Quaddy. with his daughter. narrowly
escaped the same fate. Mr.. Quaddy
and his family we're in a small skin
abUt half way across the river when
the boat was overturned. Mr.. Quaddy
managed to save his 12-year-old girl.
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Misses Bertha Beaver and Vir-
ginia Frontz, of Berwick, are spend
ing a few weeks with the formers
parents, Henry Beaver and wife, in
Swineford.
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Carrier Pigeons In Pekin.

Minister WI has recently said. in ex-
tenuation of the failure of his government
to advise the powers as to the state of
things in Pekin. that it is as difficult to get
news out of the capital as to get the relief
forces In. He AYERS that the government
has extreme difficulty In communicating
with the coast, and thereby making known
precisely how affairs stand. 1t has been
suggested that inasmuch al the wires have
been cut and communication reduced to a
primitive basis. recourse might be had to
carrier pigeons. On the point of this mode
of transmitting Information the following
extract from recently published work by
Eliza r. Scidmore, the well-known writer
on the far east, entitled China, the Long
Lived Empire makes interesting reading:
The pigeon whistle. one of the most
unique and ingenious playthings in Pekin
is made of thinnest bamboo and of little
gourds scraped to paper thinness and when
fastened beneath the tail-feathers of a
pigeon, the tiny organ-pipes emit a weird
elm. aeoiian melody the bird flies
Every morning and afternoon the vault of
the Pekin sky is swept with the sweet. sad
notes of scores Of pigeon whistles az the
carrier birds wing their way across tho
walls with bankers messages and quota
tons OF silver sales-a stock report and
ticker service older than the telegraph and
automatic tapes. a system of market re-
ports as old as time
Thus it appears that carrier pigeons are
in frequent use at Pekin and doubtless
are trained for longer flights than from one
part OF the city to another. If these birds
have not been forced out of use by the
modern telesraph-improbabl in view of
the fact that Miss Scidmore wrote from OBJ
servations made within a few months
there would seem to be possibility that
some lofts in Pekin contain homers capable
OF flying to the coast. 1t is, of course, only
a matter of speculation how far the official
service could utilize this mode of commune
cation Minister WI, who talks delight
fully whenever he chooses to break through
his celestial reserve. might throw light
upon this interesting point
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-19

Whether men should appear coatless in
public in the days of extreme heat is a
matter of personal taste and comfort. There
is no need of deep philosophic discourses In
the premises Tine function of clothes Is to
conceal and to protect. When the need for
protection diminishes the test of proper
attire depends upon how far the function
of concealment is fulfilled. The coat does
not play any part in this function save as
il may hide the mechanism whereby the
neither attire is sustained. 1t Is an
item of convention. the result of a custom
III compatible with the taste of the indi-
vidual. it may be left off just as the vest
is often discarded in summer But the
coat is a convenience well as an article
of clothing II furnishes facilities for car
rying papers. articles of comfort. etc. The
cOatleSs man is often at a great disadvan-
tage for the lack of portage room. To
abandon the coat Is to transform a wide
range of personal habits. to involve the ac-
QUESTION of new modes of work. So. In the
discussion Of the coat in summer IL should
not be forgotten that many men would
greatly prefer not to take advantage of the
permission Of the women to lay aside this
article of wear. Inside the office the coat
loses its value as a receptacle, and the rule
in midsummers heat Is that It Is discarded
There IL no great difficulty about the prob
lem 1t seems assured that there will be
no friction over the point of etiquette. The
coat will doubtless be worn as long as con-
ditions permit. and thrown aside when it
becomes burden. A recent work on China
tells tale that may be instructive to our
western minds in this regard 1t is ett-
quette in China for the host and hostess to
don large number of coats upon receiving
visitors. whatever the weather 1t is equal
ly etiquette for the visitors to urge these
heavily burdened ones to lay aside coat
after coat, each garment requiring a spe-
cial plea, until the host and hostess emerge
from the accumulation of gear thinner and
happier in their entirely sufficient at
tire 1t may become a point of etiquette
Tor Americans henceforth to urge one an
other to lay aside coats whenever condi-
tons suggest that greater comfort would
be thereby secured. The coat question Is
one of evolution in manners.
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The complaint made to the Commission
ers by a resident who claims that the
streets have become dangerous because of
the presence of broken glass ELECTS a chorus
of approval. The development of the rub
Der tire as applied to many styles of vehicle
compels special attention to this matter
The police regulation now covering the sub
ject appears to be of little avail, especially
in the absence of means of properly en-
forcing It, The damage to the tires is esti-
mated by the writer of the formal COM
plant at 100000 annually. While this fig
ure Is doubtless too high. yet 1t Is clear
that the total must be considerable A BIZ
cycle puncture. such as the average rider
experiences several times in the course of
a year, usually as a result of the presence
of glass in the street. involves an expense
of about - cents. 1t Is perhaps true that
many of these punctures are due to bits of
sharp stone. coal and the like Riders.
however, attribute the majority of their
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they wish to express to you their apprecia-
ton and thanks for the liberal laws which
the Congress has enacted for the territory
of Hawaii and which your excellency has
approved on the 5Dth day of April last.
We further extend our good wishes to
your excellency. to the Congress and the
people of America"
On every hand the news is good. Wher-
ever We have had q chance in our new
possessions We have shown ourselves equal
to the emergency. We have made some
mistakes. The Porto Rican tariff law was
one. But that law was reduced under the
influence of popular protest to maximum
life of two years And Porto Rico pros
pers even at that temporary disadvantage
A thief or two smugglcd into the postal
service in Cuba, and for a few months
feGthered their nests But as soon as they
were discovered they were displaced and
that service, with the others, is now in good
working order.
And yet there are men going up and down
the land declaring that Porto Rico and
Hawaii and the Philippines should all be
given up. and the sooner the better; that
We are not prepared to administer their af
fairs, and that If we persist in attempting
|. We shall make shipwreck of the republic.