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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-25
BICYCLES ABROAD,
one Comes Across Persons Awheel IN
Odd Corners of the
Earth.

One comes across bicycles in the odd
est corners. Take Persia. the alleged
land of gazelle-cyed damsels and limpid
streams and rose bowers. There,
around the city Of Teheran, may be
seen Englishmen nnd English girls hav-
ing jaunt, just as you might see them
on the Portsmouth road. When the BIZ
cycle was first introduced into Persia,
the late shah, Nasr-i-Din, While out rid
ing one day, met traveller on bicycle.
He was immensely amused and insisted
on having race. Then he borrowed
the bicycle and had ii taken to the pal
ace. He insisted that his ministers of
state should ride. 1t was more than the
head of grand vizier was worth to re-
fuse, so the poor ministers jumped on
and fell off, tried again and tlen came
croppers, and altogether were obliged
to supply his majesty with half an
hours amusement. The Persian dearly
loves this sort of uncomfortable prac
teal joke.
Says writer: 81 had an experience
myself at lspahan, in central Persia,
with Zil-i-Sultan, brother of the present
shah. | was spending an afternoon at
the palace, and the prince, whose in
clinations are chiefly military, asked
me lot of questions about the useful
ness of bicycles in warfare. unfor.
tunately, my knowledge Of warfare was
a minimum quantity, and | could only
speak generalities. In the grounds of
the palace ! rode up and down, just to
give his highness an idea of how easy
bicycling was. Then he asked me to
ride down particular path as fast as |
could. didn't see the CLEAN in his eye
as set off. ] was going at tolerably
swift speed, when, to my horror, !
spicd wall-like drop in front Of me.
was off the machine in a trice, and just
saved both neck and bicycle from stimuli
taneous breakage. Turning round, |
saw the prince bent double, crimson
faced and nearing apoplexy from laugh
ter. do really believe he would have
enjoyed smash-up. Since then have
sometimes thought that If only had
broken my skull he might have deco
rated me with the Order of the Lion and
the Sun.
"Burmah Is n country you conceive
to be chiefly made up Of thick jungle
and pagodas. Yet there is plenty of cy-
cling in the land of the Lord White Ele-
phant. There is a good little club at
Rangoon, and it has runs round the
lakes and occasionally up to Pegu,
some 60 miles away. I'll always re-
member my surprise when l reached
Mandalay after a sloppy journey along
the jungle paths. l was little eager
to see this famous city. Suddenly the
rough road changed to q good level
macadam; there were cabs rattling to
the station, and there was pretty
checked English girl, in blouse and
straw hat, on her bicycle. 1t seemed
|. straw" > find k.r.. .,,i' g aw t.
tn. ,.ner of the worldl And yet there
are many English cyclists in Man
dalay."-Chicago Evening News.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-25
Jesus, I my cros have taken.
All to leave and follow theef

III We can sing that truly, then We
may claim discipleship. but II our def
milton Of being Christian is simply to
enjoy the privileges Of worship, be gem
erous ct no expense to ourselves. have
good. easy time, surrounded by pleas
ant friends and by comfortable things,
i've respectfully and ct the same time
avoid the worlds great stress Of sin and
trouble because II u too much pain to
bear it--if this u our definition Of
Christianity. surely We are long way
nom following the steps Of him who
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-25

that educatlOn means great responsible
ity for the weak and the ignorant. He
saw Alexander Powers meeting with
sore trials in his family life, with a
constant sorrow in the estrangement Of
wife and friends. but still going his
way in all honor, seeing and living in
all his strength the Master, whom he
had obeyed even unto loss Of social dis
tinction and wealth.
He saw Milton Wright, the merchant.
meeting with great reverses. thrown
upon the future by a combination Of
circumstances, with vast business in
terests involved in ruin, through no
fault Of his own, but coming out Of all
his reverses with clean Christian honor.
to begin and work up to q position
where he could again be to hundreds Of
young men an example Of what Jesus
would be In business.
He saw Edward Norman, editor of
The News. by means Of the money Civ
en- by Virginia, creating force in jour-
nalism that in time came to be recog-
nized as one Of the real factors of the
nation, to mold its principles and actu-
ally shape its policy. a daily illustra-
tion Of the might Of a Christian press
and the first Of o series Of such papers
begun and carried on by other disciples
who had also taken the pledge.
he saw Jasper Chase. who had denied
his Master. growing into cold. cynical.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-25
WOES OF STENOGRAPHERS.
The Girls Have Difficulty in Fiadins
Substitutes During vaca-
tiOn Time.

This is the time of year when our
troubles begin and when we have to do
some hard thinking in order to lessen
them," remarked young woman
stenographer in u large Office, where
more than dozen young women who
play" the typewriter and draw "crow
tracks" in notebooks are employed.
She added:
1T is the hardest thing in the world
for us to find substitutes to do our
work while we are on q vacation. 1t
isn't because there are not plenty of
women who are willing and anxious
to relieve us. Why, two-line 'ad.' in
any paper would bring applicants
enough to fill each of our places twice
over, but"
Wouldn't they be likely TO prove
satisfactory" inquired listener.
"Oh, yes" was the reply, "if they at
tended to business. If the sub is up
to the mark in skill and looks after her
duties, all goes well, but four times out
of five such Is not the case. We select
OoA substeutC nhu oPChu Soupic Va
days showing her how things should be
done, and then go away with a con-
tented mind. Before the end Of the
first week we hear all sorts Of discour-
aging reports from the Office. The new
girl has been sick half of the time and
correspondence has had to lie over; or
the work has been harder than she ex-
pected, and she has asked to be relieved
of part of it until she became acquaint-
ed with the routine.
"If," continued the young woman,
"she is punctual and willing to work,
II is not unusual to find that her serv-
ices are of little or no value. She per-
sists in spelling words with one when
two are needed, puts small letters
where there should be capitals, and
never makes more than one paragraph
to the page. OF course this state of
things makes IL bad for the regular op-
orator indirectly. If, for example, the
operator that relieves me for two or
three weeks this summer proves to be
q plug the chances are that next year
I shall have to spend half the summer
looking for competent relief or else
be deprived of a holiday altogether."-
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-25
Try Grain.O! Try Grain.O.

Ask your grocer today to, show you
a package Of GRAIN.O, the new food
drink that takes the place Of coffee.
The children may drink It without
injury as we'll as the adult. All who
try 1t, like 1t. GRAIN.O has that
rich seal brown Of Mocha or Java,
butit is made from pure grains. and
the most delicate stomach receives II
without distress, Oss-fourth Of the
price Of coffee. 100. and $50. per pack
age. Sold yall grocera
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-25

Mrs. Novice-I would so love to go
with you for spin, but just sent my
wheel to be repaired. You see the
hanger crank got out Of order and
something got the matter with the
racket wheel, 80 that the chainless ends
kept catching on the paddles or what
ever you might call them. Isn't II pro-
vokingf Chicago Chronicle.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-25
re Pialk tAe Wi.nsr.

The only sure way, to pick . VIM
ner Il by his hiladty after tie ran.-
Chicago Daily News.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-22
CARELESS ALL AROUND.
A Free and Easy Transaction II
which $1,000 Was involved.

81 was stopping Mt village tavern j.
Wisconsin, said the Buffalo man, "an,
it was an hour past midnight when the
landlord knocked on my door and arouse,
me from sleep to say that n gentiema.
wished to see me | was nightly sur
prised, of course, bat | tumbled out Of
bed and lighted the lamp and opened the
door. There stood a well dressed str0n
ger, who made all sorts of apologies for
disturbing me at such an unreason able
hour but asked if he might enter. ! LEI
him in wondering whether he was de
tectve or an assassin, and, after hdeet
ing around for minute, he said
:" The fact is | stopped here one nigh.
about Il week go and left package 3D.
5000 in the straw bed | am awful,
sorry to bother you, but I'd like TO &c
the money and be gone
Il was knocked out, OF course, but pU
cd the covers off the bed and told him
search There was feather bed on TO-
of a straw tick, and he searched the tie
without finding the package. | was fee
ing that he mad some grounds to suspect
me, when the landlord entered and asked
"'Arc you the man from CieyelauD
who stopped here one night last weekT
Yes
And did you leave $1,000 in tho
straw bed|
Yes
"'Well. my old women found It. al
it's lying on the mantlepiecc down stairs.
Il had the curiosity to 90 down VI 4
them said the Bufalonian and there
on the maute, mixed mp with spectacle
clay pipes and door keys, was the pac,
age which had been found four or tiyo
days before. as if it We're only an oil
book. When it was handed to the stran
ger. he said. Much obliged aud started
off, and as he went the landlord d..
piled, Don't mention it, and locked Tin.
door after him. Everythiu- about tn,
affair was so cool and careless that ".
been mad ever since. st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-22

nection with the shooting of Senator
Goebcl. for he must have known about
that in advance. If we can't got the proof
necessary to prosecute in this line why
we have got him sure on charge Of
treason"
This lawyer is one of the best known in
this part of Kentucky, and practices be-
fore the Court of Appeals. Finally he
said:
"He's a marked man anyway, and there
is no question about his fate ultimately"
won't this feeling of assassination die
out as soon as the democrats get possess
siou?" asked the reporter.
Killing you mean" corrected the law
yer No it won't. 1t is deep set. and it
won't. Taylor Is marked man"
Another lawyer SAID:
My personal opinion is that his life *
not worth two cents. Nothing may be
done for a while II may not happen for
some time, but he'll be picked sooner or
later"
The military man said:
"Thcre's no question but they are after
him. and it's my opinion they will get him,
and it won't be a long time before it Is
done either"
THESE opinions are samples. Not one Of
the men questioned was willing to admit
that Gov. Taylor had a chance for his
life. But for the comfort Of Gov Taylor
it may be said here that marked m n
don't always die young in Kentucky, and
while there is a heap of shooting with
guns. the proportion Of shooting with
mouths is a great deal bigger.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-22
A PERFECT VIOLIN.
II Is Said That Such an INSTRUMENT
Does Not Exist.

after studying the violin for % years
and spending several thousand dollars in
foreign travel to complete this inyestiga
ton an experienced musician said to
me recently, the fact confronts me, as
well as the musical world, that there is
not on earth today u perfect violin. Most
Of the old Crcmonas eXtant have test
ed, but as these have all had to he re-
barred and reneckcd in the attempt to
bring them mp to modern pitch require
ments they have necessarily all been
thrown out of the acoustic proportion
and adjustment originally designed by
their makers, and so are, consequently,
imperfect mRkeshifts. Most of these
have beautiful tone quality, but they are
weak
AS the violin is considered the foun-
dation OF all instrumental structure.
put forth the plea that some concerted
action should be taken by those inter
estcd to perfect the violin In doing this
all instruments played with the bow will,
Of necessity, be improved, as their funda-
mental principles are idoStical.
The first step in the solution Of this
problem is to abandon all the msnfor-
nation contained in the books on violin
making, and also tn, advice of the violin
makers and repairers, for these men all
follow the books; consequently not one
violin worthy the name has been or ever
will be made by them so long as these err
rors are persisted in.
1.-TWO hundred years of their gross stu
pidity in thus blindly following these de-
lusions, with no results whatever, should
be enough to prove the truth of my posi-
ton. take this decided stand only in
Ia. h. ~.
and consequently the interests Of thou
sands of musical artists. some Of whom
are obscure and needy only because they
can get no instrument capable of exhIb-
itng their skill.
Il am not content to accept an Amati,
Stradiyarips or Guarnerius as the
highest stan, d, I'd possible. | want some
thing better O.lu was ever produced in
the workshops of Crtmona. and | know
that concerted intelligence can produce
it."-NeW Yorl, Herald
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-22
THE PERFECT BRUTE.
How He WriGricd out of II When
Ills wife Caught Him FibbinE.

81 have very simple scheme for wrig
Cling out of trouble when my wife catch
es me in fb,' said a perfect brute to
several congenial companions. ION such
occasions it is n great mistake for a man
to attempt any explanation. The thing
to do is merely 20 assume an air OF iniur
ed innocence. That attitude win puzzle
a woman and shake her confidence il
your guilt. She will begin un"onsciously
to cast about Tor some explanation, some
theory, some clcw to the mystery, and
when she finds one, no matter how pre-
posterous. she will be so pleased 10y her
own clcvcrncss that it is easy to persuade
her to accept it out of hand. You see. /
have reduced the thing to science. 10
Illustrate:
II told my wife not long ago that I
would be detained over my books until
past midnight. After left, some neigh
bors, confound EN-, invited her to the
theater, and during the last act she saw
me, of course, with some of the boys in
the parquette. When l got home, there
was an explosion. I said nothing. I
simply looked at her, sadly, wistfully, re-
proachfully. Next day there was an
other explosion. resumed my tactics.
That evening she said, Look here,
/ WANT you 10 tel me WuttHpf
you really went to the theater to see
Colonel Hawkins
''rhen | remembered suddenly that
Hawkins was seated at my left, and also
that she knew had been trying to close
large sized business deal with him. In
the goodness Of her heart the dear girl
had arrived at the conclusion that must
have gone to the show to clnch that CON
tract. | smiled wanly. I would have
thought, Mary | replied with great
gentleness, that something of the kind
might have suggested itself to you be
fore
THAT was enough. She wept copious
ly. | was not a monster. | was mar
tyr Eventually I forgave her upon her
solemn promise never again to suspect
me of an untruth. So you see how it is
II I had tried to explain, would doubt
less have made a mess Of it and planted
lasting seeds of distrust. As it turned
out, the episode rebounds to my credit
It's n great thing to have brains. boys
when you're dealing with women. "-Nev
Orleans Times Democrat.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-22

now the Angry suunw Got the Mr.
on Her Pnpoose.

There is a camp Of vag Indians out
near some one Of the al attoirs south o.
town. and during the past few days scy
cral Of the gaud.ly attrcd bucks have
visited the city and disposed Of curious
looking brc-a-b rac made of horns, velvet
and willows. mounted into Chairs, hat
racks and other improviSations Occa.
sionally squaw with papoosc strap
ped to her back ventures mp town Wis
the alley route. She usually rides a
cayuse.
The other day one Of these species o.
humanity entered the city on the ridge.
pole of n disconsoate dun colored MAJ.
The papoosc was tied TO the saddle, AMI
it was asleep. The old woman was for.
aging through the alleys and back yards
in the southern part Of town. She h; .
collected many tin cans and discarded
ticlcs of wearing apparel. All this jrl
was strapped to the saddle and swui
car.lcssly from the same thong that ha .
held the sleeping infant close 10 q
prominent ribs of the sorry cayusc r.
sGuaw saw something up an alley thu
attracted her attention. She sudden
"gced" the cayuse and pointed his hca
In the direction Of the object which
tractcd her. Tho sudden movement g.
the animal jerllcd the ,Aus. rags aud b .
by from their moorings, and down thoN
ali went into the mud si@ inches deep.
The squaw uttered an oath in Gre.
that frightened the cayusc. She di
mounted and. grabbing the bundles. wit
an angry gesture flung them over n
saddle. the papoosc hanging on one sid
head down, aud tho junk on the otlo.
The papoose walled just like any otho.
,hfll would dt If ..f. .t.l.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-22
HIT THE WRONG MARK.
Q1rom the Bellows Falls Times.

The high llcerse fanatics of ST. Adams
who voted to close the town liquor agency
are already putting on sack cloth and dis
tributing ashes If the following despatch
is true: THE liquor agency has been
closed up and the stock on hand moved to
the basement of the city hall and the talk
now Ii that the residents of St. Adams
Bay will call an election and try to have
an agency established at that place. This
project Is looked upon with a great desl
of favor by many citizens of St Adams
The proha bility is that the people will de-
eide they want one in St. Adams again
pretty soon after the city election. The
fact H. it was the agent instead of the
agency that the people wanted to abolish,
and now after they have gone and done
IL they see their mistake"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-22
ASSASSINATION PREDICTED FOR
GOV TAYLOR.

Governor Taylor Of kentucky having
discharged the guards around the State
house and announced that he will take
the chances of assassination without any
military protection. with the idea of find
ing out what these chances are, the New
York sun reporter asked the question of
twelve or fifteen men, all OF th,m con-
seryative in the sense that that word is
used down there. Several of them were
lawyers. one was a military man. Al
but one were democrats. one of the law
yers said:
"Oh ! don't know l think the feeling
is that we'd rather have him punished by
law than to shoot him, but there's feel
ing. too that the law is more or less un-
certain"
"Ijow is he going to bereachod by law"
asked the reporter
We'll" said the lawyer, there are two
or three ways he can be reached In con-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-22

In the city offices of big brick manu-
featuring concern there are a number OF
small sections Of brick walls In ole
days bricks were substantially all of ono
color, bat now they are made in man
colorS, in various shades of each Of tines
colors. They also come in variou
shapes and sizes.
Ii is TO show how the modern brick
look when laid that the little section
IF wall We're built. They were selecte,
out of the many varieties of bricks pro
duced, some dozen or -, showing III.
different sizes and some of the differed
colors, and with bricks of these Severa
kinds as many small separate section
of wall have been put up, the brick
being duly laid in mortar or cement
New York sun
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-22
THOSE FRESH EGGS.
4 Boer That wns Not So CbiIdIike as
lie Seemed TO lie.

1t must not be supposed that the pres
encc Of the English in the Transvaal has
not had sharpening effect on the dull
intellect of the Boer.
Since the Transvaal Boer has made the
acquaintance Of the Britisher he has
come to learn, among other things, that
the English prefer fresh eggs TO stale
ones and that one of the tests employed
to judge Of an egg Is to shake it to see il
it rattlcs in its shell. A shopkeeper newly
arrived from the Transvaal relates how
one morning a Boer farmer entered his
shop and offered to sell him ~ dozen
fresh laid eggs"
81 looked at the farmer" says the shop
keeper, land, feeling little distrust full,
looked at the eggs. They were beautiful
ly white and apparently new laid. Still,
not feeling sure. | shook about a dozen.
| felt ashamed of my suspicious, for the
yolks were quite firm.
1.-The end OF 1t was I purchased the lot
and then sent word to my customers that
] had a consignment of fresh eggs for
disposal. The lot went off like lightning
at ] shilling apiece For two whole
hours customers for eggs troopcd in and
out of my shop in such numbers that at
last put up the price to Is. I'D. each.
was considering whether should not sell
the last 80 at Is. Cd. when one Of the
egg purchasers dartcd into the shop in a
state of suppressed excitement.
Before she could speak there entered
another. In fact, in less than FIVE min
utcs the shop was full.
although they all spoke at once, I
soon discovered that I had purchased 70
dozen newly washed hard boiled eggs
and. what is more, had paid for them |
sent n couple of my men through the
town. but the artful Boer had ridden off.
! had looked forward to making between
800 and E40 out OF the transaction, but
lost f10." london Mail.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-22
THE DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDFE
(From the Philadelphia Press)

(frOm the BhlaQelpnla freSS.)
The question of abo.ishing the death
pcnalty for murder has been brought
prominently before the Legislatures Of
New York and New Jersey this win ter
In the former State the matter was dis
posed of this week by defeating the bill
by a large majority, but in the latter
State there are three propositions on the
subject and il is thought possible that one
Of them may pass and hanging for muir
der come to an end in New Jersey.
When ever public attention IL Irawn to
the death penalty by some unusual muir
York city. or by some bungling execution,
like the recent hanging OF murderer Grown
in jersey City, the subject of doing away
with the death penalty entirely comes Up
for discussion. The opponents of this
method of Furnishing crime seize On these
occasions. when the public mind is in a
morbid condition, to press their views
and enforce their arguments. Statist S
are quoted by the column to prove that
the death penalty at.S as an incentive
rather than as a deterrent to crime, and
the Scntimcntality of people Is appealed
to to create an opinion which viii compel
the abolition of the law ON this subject.
1t is creditRblc to the good sense of most
Of the State Legislatures that they resist
these appeals until the morbid mania has
passed away and the public sanity has
had time to resume its sway. The table 5
Of murder ana executions kept by the
Chicago Tribune for some years past show
that the number Of murders is decreasing
while the number of hanSings has remain
al nearly constant.
This table for five years past is as fol-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-22

What do yoI consider the greatest
rbiec' Of interest in American asked
Miss Cayenne.
"WcU." answered the lecturer, j ar
rived here day before yesterday, and
"Of course" she exclaimed dpologetic-
ally, Il meant the greatest object of in
terest next to yourself. "-Nashington
Star.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-22
THEN AND NOW.

In legendary times. which now
Investigation mocks,
We're told of how the lore'ei sang
To lure men on the rocks.
We do things in a different way
From what they did them then;
For nowadays the siren sings
To lure the rocks from men.
-Dldge