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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26
Boxers as Bill Sttckers,

The Boxers are still causing consid.
cradle anxiety in some parts of China.
Pictorial Boxer placards are being
sold at many of the markets. One Is
a sheet fourteen by twentyfour inches
in size, portraying in red, yellow and
green the conquests of the Boxers
over the foreigners. 1t is entitled
"The Rampage of the Five Foreign
Powers) in China" The central fig
ure is foreign house of impossible
architecture, which is being set ON
fire by flames from the finger-tips Of
young girls labeled Bright Red Lam
terms" On the other side of the
doomed structure is snake or dragon
called Fire God" Below is the
Golden Bell" under which the Box
ers are crawling to secure invisibility,
and at the bottom five unfortunate
foreigners are being done to death
with pike and sword This sort OF
thing has often most unfortunate
effect upon the average uneducated
an.-Westminster Gazette,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26
WISE WORDS.

Gratitude is the music Of the heart.
Suspicion is the poison of true friend.
ship.
Watch lest prosperity destroy gener-
osity.
Blame-all and praise-all are two
blockheads.
To know how to suggest is the great
art of teaching.
He that waits upon fortune is never
sure of dinner.
1t is more easy to be wise for others
than for ourselves.
Frugality is fair fortune, and hab-
its of industry good estate.
The feeling of distrust is always the
last which great mind acquires.
A learned blockhead is greater
blockhead than an ignorant one.
The genius, wit and spirit of na.
tion are discovered in its proverbs.
Pleasure is the flower that fades;
remembrance is the lasting perfume.
The certain way to be cheated is to
fancy ones self more cunning than
others.
One man who does things is worth
n hundred who talk about the things
they are going to do.
Debt is Il skeleton the bones Of which
rattle as often in a palace as in a
.hovel. indeed, oftener, since credit is
not given to the very poor.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

Where are all the birds that sang
A hundred years ago.
The flowers that all in beauty sprang
A hundred years ago?
The lips that smiled, the eyes that wild
In flashes shone soft eyes upon,
Where, where, oh, where are lips and eyes,
The maidens' smiles, the lovers sighs,
That lived so long ago?
Who peoplcd all the city streets
A hundred years ago?
Who filled The church with faces meek
A hundred years ago?
The sneering tale of sister frail,
The plot that worked brothers hurt,
Where, where, oh, where are plots and
sneers,
The poor mans hopes, the rich mans
fears
That lived so long ago?
Where are the graves where dead men
slept
A hundred years ago?
And who, when they were living, wcpt,
A hundred years ago?
BY other men that know not them
Their lands are TILED, their graves are
filled,
Yet nature then was Just as gay,
And bright the sun shone as to-day,
A hundred years ago.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26
MAKING A MAN.

Hurry the baby as fast as you can,
Hurry him, worry him, make him man.
OFF with his baby clothes, get him in pants,
Feed him on brain-foods and make him
advance.
Hustle him, soon as he's able to walk,
Into grammar school; cram him with
talk.
Fill his poor head full of figures and facts,
Keep on a-jamming them in till it cracks.
Once boys grew up at rational rate,
Now we develop a man while you wait.
Rush him through college, compel him to
grab
OF every know subject, dip and dab.
Get him in business and after the cash,
All by the time he can grow moustache.
Let him forget he was ever boy,
Make gold his god and its jingle his joy.
Keep him a-hustling and clear out OF
breath,
Until he wins-nervous prostration and
death.
Nixon Waterman, in C. E. World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26
THE KING OF ITALY's DISCOVERIES
Why Victor Emmanuel is Unpopular
with His Civil Servants.

There Is an element of the unex-
pected about King Victor Emmanuel
which Is beginning to render him moi
oso "a bore) to certain classes Of his
subjects. l suppose all the world over
civil service clerks are more assidious
than any others in their efforts to rem
der their positions sinecures, but in
Italy they reach the acme of perfec-
tion in this respect. The other morn.
ing Signor Prinetti, Minister of For.
eign Affairs, went, as usual, to the
Quirinal for the royal signature to va
rious documents, which the King
signed without comment until he az
rived at one for the augmentation of
The staff Of the Foreign Office "This,"
he said to the surprise of the Minister,
you may leave; l desire to look into
it," and there the matter ended for the
moment.
The next morning His Majesty went
out alone and on foot, arriving at the
Foreign Office about 8 o'clock, and be.
gan a tour of discovery, we may call
it, in search of some one to speak to.
-l last in a small room toward the
roof he came upon lone man busily
engaged in-rolling cigarette. "Ahw
said the King, 'you are already at
your work; pray what are the regular
morning hours in this office:" From
s to H." stammered the unhappy man,
wishing his bad luck had not led him
so early out of bed. "And what hour,
may ask, can hope to see your cata,
logues:" "About H." the embarrassed
clerk replied. too confused not to tell
the truth. "Oh! well, go on with your
smoke. and tell your chief Of my visit
when he comes" which Of course was
done, causing dismay to reign supreme
in the breasts of the 500 odd clerks
thus caught mapping. Meanwhile the
Minister was called and dryly told that
instead Of increasing the staff Of the
office it might be just as well to see
that those already there did their duty.
Rome Correspondence Of the Pail
Mall Gazette.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26
SlKyscrapers In Ancient Times.

The idea prevails that "skyscrapers"
are of modern American origin, but
Professor Lanciani declares that in
ancient Rome, as early as the time of
Augustus, buildings ten or twelve
stories high We're common. Later they
are believed to have been much high
er, rivaling our most modern apart
ment buildings in size and height. 1t
is well known that at Constantinople
the Emperor Constantine found his
view of the water cut off by the sky
scrapers erected between his palace
and the water front, though he had
placed his palace ON high ground
Baltimore Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

The Maid-"Do you think kissing is
bad for one, doctor?" The Doctor
"Well, l should say it was better for
two."-Yonkers Statesman.
Belle-"Do you think the world is
growing better?" Floral thought
so, my dear, until married George to
reform him."-The Smart Set.
Her Mother -"How are his table
manners?' Ethel His table man.
ners are all right, but his telephone
manners are simply wful."-Judge.
Daughter-"But he is so full of abb
surd ideals" Mother-"Never mind
that, dear. Your father was just the
same before l married him. ."-Tit-Bits.
He ordered saddle of mutton,
The waiter brought it, of course;
Said he, after trying to carve it,
IT'S the saddle, no doubt, of a horse"
Chicago News.
The Prime Minister - 'Then Your
Majesty likes comic opera?" The Gar
VERY much! A comic opera is about
the only thing in which l don't look
for plot. Puck.
Il can easily see the reason why q
badly told story seldom gets much
countenance." "And what is the rea.
SOM" They're a sort of poor rela-
tion."-Philadelp Times.
The wedding ring that the heiress gets
Oft serves a special plan.
IT'S just circet that squares the debts
OF some poor nobleman.
Philadelphia Record.
Mrs. Fijjit-"Why doesn't Mr.. Smith
ers come to our house any more?" Mr..
Fijjit-"I can't imagine; I'm sure l al
ways tried to entertain him by the
smart things our baby does, too."-
Ohio State Journal.
nthropist-"What's the matter,
little boy? What are you crying
about?" Little Boy-'1The fellers on
the street have formed a trust and 1
amt in it. A feller can't play baseball
or shinny all by hisself, can heY-Bos-
ton Transcript.
"What kind OF II cover is this on
your umbrella?'' said the inquistive
friend. "Well," answered the unblush.
ing person, Judging by the way it
came into my possession and the way
1t will probably depart, l should call it
q changeable silk. Chicago News.
Customer-"And Is this chair really
an antique piece Of furniture?" Deal.
er-"Antique, madaml There's no
doubt about that. Why, it was so
worm-eaten when l bought it that l
had to have a new back anc new seat
and three new legs made for TILT
Bits.
II haven't much use for Blithersley,"
said the proud papa. "Why?" asked
the proud mamma. II listened to him
for an hour to-day while he told me
about what his baby had said, or tried
to say, and just as l was about to tell
him about ours he left me, saying he
had to catch train" - Baltimore
American
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26

Now Professor Pickering has discov-
cred, OF thinks he has, that there is
snow on the moon. That writer of en-
tertaining fiction, Mr.. Ii. G. Wells,
long ago assured us of this, and no one
who has read his story of the Failing
Angel will doubt him to be a gentle
man of veracity. Our romancists in
variably beat our slower science. Jules
Verne knew all about submarine boat
building long before the Hollands
first plans. As to snow on the moon,
there is no reason why there should
not be some; it is far easier to believe
than green cheese.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26

Here's another weapon that will
likely serve to deter other nations
from going to war. 1t Is Il revolver re-
sembling in shape a small carbire.
1t was invented by Swiss army Off
Ger, and will soon be issud to the
troops of that country. The weapon
has bore OF 705 min, and fires forty
eight shots in twenty eight seconds,
which are warranted to kill at 2000
wards
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26
The Old Lady and Her Frog,

There is the well-known medical
story of the old lady who imagined
that she had frog in her stomach.
Her doctor, after vainly trying to per-
suade her that it was only imagina.
ton, considered little deception justi.
fable to prevent this idea becoming
fixed in her mind. Having admins
tered an emetic, he managed to adroit-
ly introduce frog into the basin, as
If it had just arrived from the old
lady's stomach. The patients joy was
great, as there was proof positive that
she had been right all along as to the
cause of her Illness. Her joy was soon
overloaded, as the idea struck her
that, although there was the old frog,
there might be little frogs left behind.
The doctor, however, was equal to this
sudden emergency, for on rapid ex-
animation of the frog he Immediately
assured the patient that her fears were
groundless, as her late guest was
gentleman frog.-Notes and Queries.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26
Sacred Lily's AIias

Deception has even reached the dis
ciples of Flora. There has lately been
introduced into the market a bulb
called THE sacred lily of the Nile"
The name is insufliciently catching to
fascinate lovers of flowers, and a
friend of mine added the new flower
to his conservatory. Time passed, and
up came the plant, but when the 'sa.
cred lily of the Nile" appeared, he
found only an old but still agreeable
friend in the homely narcissus.-East
Anglian Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26

New England people say that the
rage for antique furniture which has
been rampant during the past ten
years seems now to be dying out and
people are beginning to be willing to
look at furniture of modern convenient
styles. But the supply of genuine old
furniture possible to be obtained by
purchase from descendants of the
early settlers must have been pretty
well exhausted
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26

It is well, when somebody chatters
about the successful business men
who never went to college, to ask the
chatterer what those men are now
doing with their own sons. Do they
send the boys into the shop or factory
or counting house at the age of ten or
twelve, or do they keep themin school,
and later in college, till they are well
grown up?
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26

A curious incident Of the recent
floods in Calcutta was the stopping
of Il tram in DalhOusie square, the
very heart of the city, by a large
fish. which was swimming in the
street and got caught in the wheel
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26

All over the country, in every State
and Territory, the terrors of the law
should be made more formidable to the
kidnapers. The stealers of children
and those who go no further than to
threaten parents with the loss of son
c daughter should expect no mercy.
Their punishment should be swift and
eXemplary.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26

Needles when first invented were
such clumsy affairs the beautiful and
fine work the women of olden times
used to do with them seems little short
of a miracle. Ivory, bone or metal, in
the latter case with a loop instead of
n head. were first used In their com.
position.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26
Not u New Fabric.

Possibly your idea of challie, ore of
our fashionable spring fabrics. is that
it is a very new idea. On the con-
trary, 1t dates back seventy-five years.
and from the very beginning its fine
quality and beautiful designs gave it
wide vogue. Silk and worsted both
are used in its composition on.-Philadel-
phia Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26

4 wireless telegraph station is to be
established on the Nantucket lightshlp
and another on the nearest point of
land. In this way it is expected that
vessels bound for New York City may
be reported at least twelve hours earl
Ter than they can be reported now
from Sandy Hook light.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26

In most Northern States the rush Is
from country to town. In the South
ern States the country population has
increased siXty-fve per cent; cities.
thirty-flve per cent, in ten years.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26

A California community recently
lynched at one seance five men accused
of horse stealing. This reads like the
good old dime-novel days.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26

At present France is far and away
ahead of the rest of the world in the
manufacture and use of electric veh-
iclpS
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26

The death Of an ostrich in the New
York Zoo of consumption disp9ses Of
the theory that an ostrich can con-
sumo anything with safety.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26

Europeans are learning that Amerl-
cans are visiting them for something
besides pleasure.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26

Entered at the Postof1lce at Freoiand. Pa
as Second Glass Matter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26

There is only one way to get ready
for Immortality and that is to love this
life, and live 1t as braveiy and cheer
fully and faithfully as we can.-Henry
Van Dyke.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26

An Iowa man ate bowl of yeast to
win bet, and is reported to be all
puffed up over his success.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26

When a soda water fountain blows
op 1t becomes fizzlcal wreck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-26
Died For AnOtller's Crime
Tale of Man who Disbclieves
Circumstantial Evidence. !
> yYs s s 3 3 3 8 . > ; 3 8 8 5 s 3

w HEY We're talking in the hotel
office and the conversation
turned into n discussion of
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-09-12
EVERYWHERE,

WILL CARLEToN's magazine Every Where,
for September, is at hand, and its contents are
up to its usual high standard of excellence. The
wide range of topics covered by this magazine is
stonishing. Every realm Of human interest is
represented by something that interests and re-
freshes the reader.
"The Belle of Manhattan, romance of the
old days when New York was Dutch village,
is in its seventh part The story is told in verse
by the gifted editor of the magazine, and it has
all the charm of the writer's other work. An
article on the "re-treeing" Of United States,
chiefly from the viewpoint of the government
work, describes new phase of the subject. The
sketch is illustrated by pictures taken by the
government experts, on the preserves that are
now being worked. An article on the return of
the Jews to Palestine, brings out with refresh.
Ing clearness, thr fascinating idea of Jewish
state. Many Jews have already returned to
Palestine, as colonists, but the idea that they
will some time constitute an independent nation
is not generally appreciated. Margaret E.
Sangster has her usual quota of poems in this
number, and Kate Upson Clark discusses with
her usual brilliancy, the matter of the promis-
Gu Gus use of firearms.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-09-12
THE NATIONS GRIEF.

TN the columns of this weeks Pest we are
l. calledupon to chronicle oneof the three most
sad and horrible events in the Nations history,
.''e shooting of President Mckinley by Leon
Czolgosz, an anarchist at Buffalo
in 1865 Lincoln fell victim to Booth and
1881 Garfield was assassinated by Giteau.
Now in period Of peace, prosperity and
American abundance the chief of this Nation is
shot down in cold blood by william, fed, foster
ed and encouraged by anarchists of the most
reasonable stripe.
The murder of Lincoln, at time when the
clouds of war were lifting and he was entering
on new era of constructive craftsmanship in a
spirit of charity and peace, was nevertheless the
sequel of period of bitter strife and passion,
when the President appeared to many minds the
embodiment of hated power. The assassina-
ton of Garfield, however associated with partisan
dispute, was the individual act of an imbecle.
As to the assassin who Shot Mckinley we can
but class it with those other manifestations OF
the spirit of anarchy, the reckless hatred Of
organized authority, that have schocked the
European world. 1t is a crime as inexplicable
and as futile as the ASSASSINATION of the President
of the French Republic, and more appalling in
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-09-12

as We have supposed ourselves removed from
revolutionary violence.
1t was only Thursday that the whole country
was applauding President McKinley's happy
speech at the Buffalo Exposition, its broad out
look, its calm and cheerful spirit, the sunny
temperament it displayed. 1t seemed to mark
the elimination ofa fortunate career, that had
carried him on to higher and higher usefulness,
making him in some sense the representative of
that wider life the nation has attained and of its
broadening influence in the civilization of the
world. 1t was speech so full of hope and
courage and good will that it stirred the nation
al consciousness. But few hours later came
the distressing news of the cowardly assault, and
congratulation gave place to sorrow and anxiety.
Mr.. Mckinley has happily outlived the mar
row limitations of his earlier public lite. The
politician in him has grown into the statesman,
and more and more he has broadened to the re-
quirements of his high cffice. But even were it
otherwise there would be no thought to. day
but for his virtues, his high character as a man,
his dignity as President. 1t is the President who
has been wounded, and every loyal American re-
coils at the injury.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-09-12
LEGAL ADVERTISING
COurt PrOClRIna atiDn,

WHEREAS the Hon. Harold NJ. Mcclure
w President Judge o! the Judicial District,
composed of the counties OF Snyder, and
Union and Peter r. Riegle and z. T. Gem.
berling, Esqs., Associate Judges in and for Sny-
der county. have issued their precept. bearing
date the 27th day OF Apr. A. d., 1901, to me
directed for the holding oian Orphans Court,
court OF Common Pleas, court OF oyer and Ter.
miner and General Court ofQuarter Sessions OF
the Peace, at Middleburgh, for the county OF
Snyder on the first Monday, tbeing tho Yth
day OF Oct. lgol), and to continue one week.
Notice is therefore hereby given to the COron.
er, Justices OF the Peace and Constables In and
Tor the county OF Snyder. to appear In their
proper person with their rolls. records, inQuisi
tons, examinations and other remembrances
to do those things which of their offices and in
their behalf partain to be done and witnesses
and persons prosecuting in behalf of the Com
monwealth against any person or persons are re.
quired to be then and there attending and de.
parting without leave at their peril Justices
are requested to he punctual in their attendance
at the appointed time agreeably to notice.
Given under my band and seal at the Sherif'i
oflice in Middleburgh, the 4th day Of May
A. D., one thousand nine hundred one.
q. w. ROW. Sheriff.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-09-12
COSMOPOLITAN.

FOURTEEN noted writers were sent by The
Cosmopolitan Magazine to the Pan-American
Exposition to study the most interesting features
with view to preparing the most beautiful
souvenir of any Exposition ever made, from
both literary and an artistic standpoint. To
"Mr. Dooley" was committed the case of the
Midway. Judge Robert Grant went from Bos-
ton to give birds-eye view of the Exposition
in his own most delightful STYLE Albert Shaw
and Nicholas Murray Butler studied the value
of the Exposition and its educational influence
Charles Y. Turner, to whom was committed the
color-scheme of the Pan-American, explains the
methods by which he has produced such mar
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-09-12

vel ous results. Arthur Brisbane, in his own
Incompatible way, takes the Incubator Baby
and Niagara Falls for his subject. Director
General Buchanan contributes very interesting
paper on the organization of the Exposition.
Professor Pupin, Col. David Porter Heap, Ella
Wheeler Wilcox, Lavina Hart, Julian Haw-
thorne, and John Brisben Walker are among
Others who consider the various phases of the
Exposition.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-09-12
LITERARY NOTES.
PEPPERS MAGAZINE.

"SHE's My own Girl" by Andrew Sterling
and M. J. Steinberg, two of the best song writers
of to-day, is one of those catchy, melodious songs
that every body likes. This song will be a sue
cess, we feel sure 1t is published in the Sep
tember number of the j. w. Pepper Piano Mu-
sic Magazine, containing 81 complete pieces for
the piano i o songs, 1 / instrumental 10 cents.
For sale at all newsdealers or ". W. Pepper,
Sth and Locust St. Phila., Pa.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-09-12

WHY is it that nothing is being done in the
matter Of getting the shoe factory started again
There are idle hands here and the money inves-
ted is worth interest. Nothing is gained by
this delay. Those who have the matter in
charge should either sell the plant or make ar
rangements to operate the plant. Other shoe
factories are booming and prosperng. This one
will do the same thing if it is proper ly man.
aged.