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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-02-15

1sspR GAs1ak from the task. but
~ Judge insistsd. When he had fin
ished and was ready to sign, there
came tap 1t the door and u stranger
was ushered In. He locked the door
after him, and the Judge had low
conversations with him. The confes-
sion was duly signed and witnessed.
1t ses f-S: E-:--s necessity to
obtain funds further than those avail
able, and how he had taken from time
to time, showing Rand fictitious notes,
70 that Rand had every reason to sup
pose the bank was making loans.
In short, he had made the entries
In perfect good faith, and then when
the stealing was made known he had
kept silence, remembering all the ben
efits received. 1t was, of course, .
questionable thing for him to do, but
there was no doubling the nobility OF
the mans character.
That night the judge started for
home. There the next day he laid the
confession before the governor and
his council, who took the preliminary
steps to release Rand.
That evening Ned Grant called, say
isQ he had failed to find the judge AT
Asme, on previoua e-ss:sss. He knew
enough Of law TO appreciate some
things the judge told him.
Now" said the judge, "this tangls
can be Strengthened out. You bring
Alice here two weeks from tonight
and I'll try to change her views."'
At last the night came. The judge
was decidedly nervous. The bell rang
and IN came Ned and Alice. He had
told her about the judge, and she
blushed prettily when he was intro
duced.
After he had explained at some
length that his eavesdropping wa,
quito accidental, he began to argue
with her on the matter. She took the
same high ground as before-that i,
was doing Ned wrong. And she had
u pretty good case, too. At last he
said:
$50 there is no way of turning you
You would marry if your father were
not in prison for embezzlement"
She nodded and the judge silently
handed her a long typewriter confes
sion. Rand had been living quietly
with the judge for the last few days
and knew the whole story.
Ned stood near carefully watching
her, and as the door opened noiseless
| ly he saw John Rand waiting fol
his daughter TO look up and see him
Hooper is still serving his time
| Boston Globe.
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quailed.
The judge haA not ssss two Saoeks
before one of the clerks came rUaAing
after him and said Mr.. Hooper want
ed him to come back. He found Hoop
er striding the floor and mumblng
to himself.
my God, judge, do you know" hs
cried.
II know you are a scoundrel," the
Judge replied, surprised out Of his self
control
II did it, judge. / did It,"
81 knew it," calmly replied the
Judge.
II came to this city because
couldn't stand meeting you, and
have never had happy or an easy
moment since. I've lived in constant
fear Of apprehension"
The Judge, stepping back, turned
the key in the lock and put it into
his pocket. Then he went to the tel.
ephone, told police headquarters who
he was, and asked them to send him
an inspector ut the banking Office.
"Now," he said, "before either Of nj
leave this room you are going tc
write the whole story. You will sign
it in the presence OF witnesses, and in
side Of two weeks Rand will be free
man. You will be arrested at once;
but for two weeks, for my owr
reasons, you will continue to conduct
your business, and headquarterI
man will be always with you. Yor
can explain his presence in any way
that you like. Now sit dswn and
wTite."
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"FlvE FLIGHTS UP"
Rickety stairs and rickety chaira

Rickety stairs and rickety chairs.
And rickety tab.es. too:
(The kind gods ans xer my daily prayers
With beautiful dreams Of youD
A broken bust OF the wise and Just
(Ah. life and fame are f1eet0
All save my heart ! ; dam with dust,
And that's where your face 10 swsstf
II YOU were hsre-but the future knoVv
Alone when your face III see
You'd lure the red OF the latest rose
To that ruined vase Tor me.
II you were here! How the W.
wish thrills
My heart as the words write!
If you were here with your kind eyes. dear
If you only were here tonight!
The winds abroad and the stars are dead
The world and the storms at strife;
But still the singer must write for bread
For the bitterest bread OF life.
/ had ra ther sleep as the dim skies weep
The skies that have los their blue:
To drift TO the garden OF dreams and reap
Beautiful dreams of you!
But here Is q song for you-soft and sws,
AS ever a song may be
For II bears your name, and what ID faoe
To the music II makes for me?
song, my dear. that has not tear
No sigh from the lips that pray
For only the touch that loved so much
To tighten the lonely way.
A song-it is folded away In this.
A song of the Maytime sky,
With rose whose crimson has known youI
kiss
In the beautiful days gone by.
Rickety stairs and rickety chairs.
And rickety tables too:
But night and light and the whole worid
bright
With beautiful dreams of you,
F. l.. Stanton, In Atlanta Constitution.
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A MISSIONARY HEN.
She Was Drought from KoO-KOe,
China, and She Laid Eggs for
the Heathen.

Some ten years ago Capt. j. Clifford
Entwisle, now city clerk OF Salem,
then master of New York vessel sail
ing to China and Japan, brought home
from China little'hen. He named the
bird Koo-Koo, for the. town whence
she came. He presented the hen to his
wife, and the bird gradually became .
pet of the house. She would lay her
eggs in the house.
Capt. and Mrs. Entwisle were in
terested in church and missionary
work. So Mrs Entwisle conceived the
idea of devoting the proceeds of the
eggs and chickens of KoO-Koo to the
missionary cause, and for the seven
years little Koo-Koo lived all her
earnings went to convert Chinese
heathens, and good many dollars went
that way. The hen became as much of
a pet as cat or dog. She would lay
her egg and then so into the kitchen
and cluck until someone went and
found the egg; then she would fly up
on the window sill and peck at the win
dow as q sign that she wished to go
outdoors.
Finally little Koo-Koo died, and was
stuffed and used as an ornament. Mrs.
Entwisle wrote very pretty little
story, founded on the history of Koo-
Koo, and sent il to be read TO the chill
dren in the far-away land whence came
the hen. There it took SO well that it
was translated into Chinese aad road
to the little Chinese children in their
own language. 1t was the story Of a
little hen called Koo-Kso, which under
took to support one little Chinese girl
that she might be educated. It con-
tanned an account of meeting Of the
children Of Koo-Koo, quite . numerous
Tribe Of various ages.
AfteP AAaxt.~ that ~A~~s eead. . Chi
aeso ~ eRsaAa . NsUv U~ meet
~ q 9GoEso eaA Aes descendants
- SeQso1A . oeens described BY Mrs.
4ne1lslA h ssprsssnts he old hen
- thsso yU1agss soaa WitA eight o.
- W Gnsn sh.akA n pietuse ID
naee . . Ghsst q 1ssWa paper, and
the Aens ass almost Efsslss for Chi
nese hens. II Was seat 70 the mission
ary headquarters in Boston first, and
yesterday was sent down to Mrs. Ent-
wisls, by whom it 10 highly priced
Boston Herald.
The leader., 1900-11-28
LIVING NEAR BROOKHAVEN, MISS.

These fair maidens deserve much credit for their being
not only self sustaining substantial
They dress WELL stylish posted
the mods and becks Of fashion When asked
the old folks
they explained that pluck
not being afraid to work living
everything from the popular Mcrah
Sons has been conceded Mcah
for stylish
The leader., 1900-11-28
Senator Sullivan and His De-
tenders.

One of our esteemed State contem-
pories says of the Sullivan Lection
mess:
Senator Sullivan is said to be organ
izing his forces to stop the discussion
throughout the State Of his scandalous
private conduct while in Washington
and elsewhere. The main argument
in private conversation of his defend
ers is that he only did what most any
other man would have done, and is un-
fortunate in being discovered.
This defense is not tenable. Some
of the things only of which Senator
Sullivan is accused would "most any
other man have DONE" But there are
few indeed Of any reputation, or regard
for decency, who would have palmed q
wanton off as fit inmate for a school
for young girls. II the Senator did
this, which has been specifically
charged, and never denied, he did that
which betrays total lack of self
respect; and more, no respect for wo
manhood. III he staked out the Lection
female at the Warrenton Academy as
his ward, or niece, he has no defender
so hardened as to defeud him in that
Even under the code by which mer
judge themselves, such a thing would
be held infamous and objectionable
And The Herald has hoped that it wa.
the one incident Of this low scandal
that the Senator Mississippi owes ts
McLaurinism would deny and dis
prove Ficksburg Herald.
The leader., 1900-11-28
NOT WORTH CONSIDERING.

DR.. H. Walter Featherstun, presid-
ing elder of the Brookhaven district,
has been to Jackson comforting with
Rev. T. w. HollomaD, presiding elder
Of the Jackson district, regarding the
suggestion to change the Methodist
Conference from Brookhaven to some
other place, on account of the few ca
ses of yellow fever that have been re-
ported there, being opposed to the
change himself, satisfied there is no
danger in holding the conference at
the place agreed upon. He also says
that the people of Brookhaven are in
dignant at the suggestion and will
bitterly oppose the removal of the
conference.
There is nothing alarming in the fe-
yer situation at Brookhaven, and the
Clarion Ledger regrets this agitation
of the reno val of the conference,
which does not meet till December 13,
by which time there can certainly be
no danger of Infection. But three or
four cases of yellow fever have been
reported at Brookhaven, the disease
showing no disposition to spread, as it
never does at this season of the year
There will be no more danger in hold
| ing the conference IN Hrookhaven
than there would be on the top Of the
Rocky Mountains.
Jackson had yellow fever last fall
but on the appearance of frost, early in
November, everybody returned, aud
that, too. while there were an hundred
cases under treatment, but no one
contracted the disease, and in few
days the fever talk ended, every one
forgetting about it. So it will be at
Brookhavep. BY the time that confer
ence meets there will be no yellow fe-
yer to talk about.
Jackson feels sympathy for any
town having yellow fever, as she has
experienced similar troubles two years
in succession, and knows how the
public is given to exagserate, slander
and abuse an afflicted place. The real
trouble is never one-tenth as bad as
reported.
4 There is not the least good reason
why the conference should be taken
from Brookhaven. There is not the
slightest danger from infection and nc
town in the State is better prepared te
give the conference royal welcome
and better entertainment than the
queenly little city of Rrookhaven.-
Clarion Ledger, Nor. 2ifh.
Brookbaven heartily thanks thu
) Clarion Ledger for its kind and reas
suring words, and also DIR. Feather
.. stun for the interest he has taken il
) having the true situation at Brookha
, ven made known to his church breth
rem and preventing . change Of th'
The leader., 1900-11-28

is all the more becoming when trimmed artis
ionable Millinery Parlors. All work in these
to be entirely satisfactory. In Millinery the
sortmant of trimmed hats, but they trim III
keep constantly on hand beautiful supply
material and can plan a hat to please the me
The leader., 1900-11-28

Tenderness, aching iu the small OF
the back is a serious symptom. The
kidneys are suffering. Take Smiths
Sure Kidney Cure at once. Il Is reli
able kidney remedy and system regu,
later. and will cure the trouble before
it develops its dangerous stage.
Price 50 cents. For sale by Q. p
Grafton Drug Co
The leader., 1900-11-28
To the Public.

Ihave erected cotton seed house
near the old market building, and am
prepared to furnish the trade VIII
meal and hulls at the lowest marker
prices. The highest prices PAID io'
seed. w. w. MoLAURIN.
Agent. jackson Cotton On GO.
Phone ia, 2 rings.
The leader., 1900-11-28
MIssIssIPPrs POPULATION.
Official Figures for Each of the
Seventy-five Counties.

Kinds Heads the List with 5s,577 Peo-
pie-wsshington, Ysxoo and Warren
Next Largest. Warren Having Total Of
A0,s1a-Quitmam the Smallest with
5,435.
Washington, Nov. o. The popula-
ton of Mississippi, as officially an
nounced today, is 1851 ,27o, against
l ,2S9, 900 in 1890. This is an increase
since 1880 Of 261 $40, or 202 per cent.
The population in 1880 was 1,131 .597,
showing an increase of 15S,OO3, or 1879
per cent. from 1880 to 1890.
The population by counties is as
follows
The leader., 1900-11-28
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from st. Louis to the Northwest.
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-17
GEN. wAUcHoPE's DEATH.
Report of Lord Mcthuen on the
MagersRcntein Fight.

Report of Lord Mcthuen on the
Mngersfcntein Fight.
LONDON, March 16-The London Ga
zette this evening publishes Gen. Lord
Methuen's report Of the actions at Ma
gersfontein Dec. 10 and IL, dated from
the Modder river, Feb. Is. After ex-
planning the difficulties of any attempt
to outf1ank $1,000 Beers, and arguing
that a blow dealt at the Boer center at
Magersfontein would be more effective,
he says his orders were to relieve Kim
berley, and therefore the day the last
reinforcements arrived he decided to at
tack Magersfonten kopje.
The general then proceeds to describe
the artillery bombardment of the posi-
ton, and how the Highland brigade was
led to the point of assault after the late
Maj. Gen. Andrew G. Wauchope had
previously explained all he intended to
do, and the particular part each battal-
ion was expected to play. Lord Methuen
then says:
1.-TWO rifles accidentally went off and
the flashes from a lantern gave the enemy
timely notice Of the march"
The report then proceeds to show Gen.
Wauchope deployed his men too
late, and suddenly the Beers poured in
a heavy fire Col Hughes Hallet imme-
diately ordered the Seaforths to charge,
and the other commanders followed suit.
At this moment some one gave the word
to retire, and part of the BLACK Watch
rushed back through the ranks of the
Seaforths. Col. Hughes-Hallet ordered
the latter to lie down, and not to retire.
After a while the colonel again tried to
reach the trenches, 400 yards off. but the
officers and half of the men fell before
the heavy fire which opened after the men
moved. Ten minutes later the Seaforths
tried another rush with the same result.
Col. Hughes-Hallet then decided to await
orders. After describing sending the
Gordons and guards to support the High
land brigade, Lord Methuen continues:
AT 1 o'clock in the afternoon the Sea-
forths were exposed to a heavy cross
fire, the order to retire was given, and
the greater part of the casualties then
occurred. This was an unfortunate re-
tirement for Hallet. H received in
structions to remain in his position until
dusk, and the enemy were then quitting
the trenches in tens and twenties.
''Wauchope told me in the evening of
Dec 10 that he quite understood his or
ders and he made no further remark. He
died at the head of his brigade. where
his name will always remain honored
and respected"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-17
STATE NOT A PARENT.
Judge Objects to Families Unload
ing Children on the State.

Judge Objects to Families Unload
ing Children on the State.
A rebuke was administered by Judge
endeavor to load their children onto the
charge, without reasonable cause or eX-
cuse.
The matter came up on the application
of Joseph Sokbowski and his wife to
have four of their seven young children
committed to the state training school,
the proposition being concurred in by one
of the agents of the institution. A Pc
culiar condition of affairs was developed
In the investigation Sobkowski testi-
fed that he earned a salary of IS a week,
and that he provided substantial food for
his family. He bought as much as
twenty pounds of pork at a time, but he
said his wife demanded butter, cake and
other luXuries that he could not afford
to buy on his limited income He also
testified that his wife became mad be-
cause he would let her handle the money,
and she left him, taking with her the two
infant children.
Judge Harvey then lectured the couple,
saying they should try to keep their
children together, and that if they work.
ed in harmony they could manage to ex-
list on SIS a week He told the man that
it was his duty to support his family,
and he had no right to load his children
on the state, especially as one of the boys
is already in the public school at Owa-
tonna. He reminded him that If he neg
lected his family he was likely to land in
jail The application was dismissed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-17
BRIEF NEWS OF A DAY.

st. Joseph, Mich.-The steamer Louis
Vile, of Graham IL Morton company, due
to arrive from Chicago early today, is
lodged in the ice fields about five miles
out.
Utica, N. Y.-The Mohawk Valley hotel
block at Mohawk, containing besides the
hotel, five stories, the postoffice, Masonic
hall and offices, was burned early today.
New York-The directors Of the Ana;
conda Copper Mining company declared
Its regular quarterly dividend of S! .25 per
share and an extra dividend Of rs cents
per share. payable April 80.
New York-An important meeting of the
directors of the Florida Central 81 PENN
sula was held here yesterday. John Skel-
ton Williams was elected president to
succeed H. r. Duval, and D. c. Porteous,
secretary. Vice presidents were also
elected.
Naples-Mr Webster Davis, United
States assistant secretary of the interior,
sailed for New York today on board the
North German Lloyd steamship Aller
Washington Penrose today re-
ported faVorably from the commerce COM
mittee the bill to change the name of the
steamer Paris, Of the American line, to
Philadelphia.
New York-A four-story granite struc-
In Brooklyn, was destroyed by fire to-
night 1t was owned by the Brooklyn
Wharf and Warehouse company.
Gainesville, Ga.-The Pacoia Manufac-
turing company, of Pacola, today bought
$50 acres of land two miles from this city
on WHICH will be erected at 100000 cot
ton mill.
Des Moines. Io.-The conference Of coal
miners and operators, which has been in
session since Feb. rs. adjourned this even
ing after adopting uniform scale of
prices for mining, which amounts to
about IL per cent increase for the miners
kaufman, Tickling Martin, a negro,
was hanged here at noon today for Grim
inal assault on white woman.
Atlanta, Ga.-The Marietta paper mills,
located at Marietta, Ga, was placed in
the hands of Moultrie M. Session, as tenn
porary receiver, today.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-17
DEMOCRATIC PLANS.
Palmer and Buckner Men Want Con-
troll of Committee.

ST LOUIS, March 16-Ex-Gov. Will
fam j. Stone, Democratic national COM
mltteeman from Missouri, said today
that there was some truth in the state
ment that there is a movement among
Eastern Democrats to elect Tom l..
Johnson, Of Ohio, chairman of the ma
ticnal committee and eliminate silver
from the platform. Gov. Stone said:
Some sort of a scheme is on foot, al
though l am not able yet to say exactly
what 1t is. From information that came
to me at Washington and since, I gath
er that the end which the Palmer and
Brckner Democrats are trying to obtain
is to capture the organization of the
party. Their scheme seems to be to get
into the convention as delegates and
with as little noise as possible, but by
means Of adroit manipulation, to con-
troll as many delegates as possible, with
the ultimate object of controlling the
convention and the national committee
They will be for Bryan, but they want
the organization.
Speaking for myself, while I am
very glad to see the Palmer and Buck
ner Democrats who deserted the party
In 1896 come back to it, l do not believe
in offering a premium for their return
If they came back, they should come
with no hope of reward, but as plain
Democrats. They deserted the party in
1896 and fought 1t as hard as they could
and they should expect no reward for see
ing the error of their ways and repenting
] do not believe In giving them the man
Rgement of the national campaign
THAT there is some scheme, such as
has been alleged, on foot, 1 have no
doubt. 1t is shown by many bits of
evidence that have cropped out recent
ly."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-17

in falling from a scaffold on the first
floor with such force as to crash through
n tile floor into the basement, where he
was partially covered with debris. His
companions expected TO find him dead,
but, although he had struck on the back
of his head, Tweet's injuries were con-
fined 10 bruises. He was taken to his
home at 1884 Eighth street north.
Workmen were remodeling the lower
floor to accommodate the money order
and registered letter departments. Tweet
was on a high scaffold, raising a plank,
and grasped an archway above to keep
his balance. With crash the arch gave
way, and Tweet fell with 1t, thirty feet,
to the floor, with such force as 10 break
through the thing.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-17
'DGE TO A BIG DIVIDEND.
PROSECUTION OF THE STANDARD
OIL COMPANY PROPOSED BY
MIR. FITZGERALD
HE WANTS CONGRESS 40 ACT
Says the Action OF the Company
shows That 1t Is Liable Under
the Sherman Anti-Trust Law
Novel Proceeding.

WASHINGTON, March 16.lRepresen-
tative Fitzgerald, of Massachusetts, to-
day introduced the following resolution:
Whereas, 1t appears as matter OF
public record that the Standard OIL com
pany paid in the city of New,,Yock, on
March Is, 1900, the sum of ST., 900, COS, this
amount being an extra dividend in addi-
ton to the regular quarterly dividend of
SO, Co., 900, and,
Whereas, 1t is a matter of public res
ord that this last dividend is S., 900 600 in
excess of the last quarterly dividend paid
by this corporate
Whereas, 1t is also matter of public
record that the price of kerosene the sole
means of lighting used by the middle and
poorer classes of people, during the
period of time between the declaration of
these dividends was increased cents per
gallon, constituting a tax on every home
in the land, therefore be 1T,
Resolved, That in the opinion of con-
gress this action of the Standard Oil
company is in direct violation of the pro-
visions of the Sherman antitrust law,
and therefore punishable by fine and i'm
prisonment, and the attorney general is
hereby directed in accordance with the
provisions of that act, to direct the sew
eral district attorneys of the United
States in their respective districts to in
stitute proper proceedings to bring the
above named violators of law to justice"