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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-11-07
SALE REGISTER

Notices Of sales viii be inserted free under
this heading when the bills are printed at this
Office. When the bills are not printed ut this
Office 50 Cents will be carged. Persons expect.
ing to have sale should select date and have
IL inserted in this column.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. II, two miles south OF
Vicksbuig. Oliver II. Bowersox will sell 8
horses. II head Of cattle and farming imple-
ments,
THURSDAY. NOV. 81, ut Hummel's Whsif,
8. w. Trutt and James D. Wertz. admins.
traitors OF Andrew Trutt will sell PERSONAL
property and 10 acres OF land with good
buildings and fruitt
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their arms of political warfare for one Of
peaceful avocations.
The defeated candidates, no doubt, are disap-
pointed, but there have been others in the same
shoes before them and doubtless will he again.
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The Real Ara Nv.

Ethel ION her natal day)-Isn't il
awful to think that we are year
older every birthday?
Gladys-Dear me, no! The awful
stage comes when we have to get a
year y niger every birthday.-Judge.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-11-07
Long Lightning Rod.

The largest lightning conductor in
the world is in Bavaria. The top of it
IS some yards above the meteorolog-
ical station on the Zugspitze, the high
est point of land in the German en-
pire. 1t runs down the side of the
mountain to body of running wa
ter. The length Of the rod is three
and half miles.-LN. Y. Times.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-11-07
COSMOPOLITAN.

AS WE come toward the Christmas holidays,
larger space in the magazines is given to fiction.
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summer Resort Amenities,

summer Resort Amenities.
"Would you call young Mr.. Caldwell
very clever?"
''Clever? Why, he does not know
enough to come in out of the sum-
N. Y. Times.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-14
HFN. HKINLETS FORTTNE
from The Buffalo Express.

from The Buffalo Express.
In the Nevada section Of the Mines Building
at the exposition samples of rich gold ore from
the mines owned by Mrs. William Mckinley.
wife Of the Pr. sd mt If the United States were
installed yesterday. They arrived yesterday
morning. The mining experts state that Mrs.
Mckinney now is millionaire. For years she
Hld not know she had the property which now is
20 valuable. Her father. james \. Saxton. was
u member # the Canton Mining Company. and
before his death hrcam- sole owner # its lands
In Nevada. Gold Irosnectors who have gone
over the lands recently report they are f grea
F2lue. and Mrs. -oIliu.ey ana her SISTER have
given very recently To Eastern capitalists an
option thlm.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-14
EArlLrILN lNn rlcrLrIES.

From The Philadelphia Press.
The idea Of shat college making Roxley an
IL. d."
Fps"
They do indeed, and yet they are all sup
20 TO be in possession of their faculties"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-17

woodchuck's hole Ia the old pasture lot (:
uy the sunny summer days and the
snug winter nights when we wuz boys
an happy And then
No. nol couldn't 20 On Ike that I'd
break down. A man can't be a man
more'n jist so fari Why did mother
send me over 90 see Bllf I'd better
stayed at homel felt myself chokin'
up; II hadn't took a chew Of ter
hacker ia ave been cryin' In a minutel
The nearer got to Bill's the worst
hated 10 go in. Standin' on the stoop,
could hear the tail clock tickin solemly
inside "tick.tock. tick-tock." just as
plain as II / wuz sittin aside uv IT, The
door wuz shut. yet knew jest what Bill
wuz doin', he was settin' ia the old red
easy chair lopkin down at the door
like this. Strange. ain't Il. how some
times when you love folks you know
jest what they're doin' without KNOWN
anything about ~ 2
There warn't no use knockin'. but
knocked three times. so. Didn't say
word. only jest knocked three times
thataway Didn't hear no answer
nuthin' but the tickin' Nv the tall clock.
an yet I knew that Bill heard me an
that down in his heart be was sayin'
10 me 90 come in He never said
word yet knowed an the time taat
Bin was sayin' FOR me to come IN.
I opened the door, keerful like. an
slipped In. Didn't say nothin'. jest
obcned the door softly like an slipped
in. There set Bin just as ] knowcd he
wuz settin.' lonesome Ike. sad like; his
head hangin down: ne never looked up
al me; never said a word -knowed /
vuz there all the time. but never said
q word AMI never made sign.
How changed Bin wuz-oh. Bill. how
changed BE wuz, There wuz furrers
In yer face an yer hair wuz white as
-as-w white as minel Looked small
about the body thin aud hump-sioul-
dered Jest two OF men. that's what
we wuz' an we had been boys TO-
gcther.
Wei. J stood there q spell. kind uv
hcsintln' like. neither uv as sayin
anything. until bimeby Bin De- sort uv
made d sign for me b set down. Didn't
speak, didn't lift his eyes from the
floor; only made a sign. Ike this. Id
a weak. trembiin' way that wuz an
An I set down. an there we both set.
neither uv MS sayin' a word but both
setiin there. iovin' each other an sym
paihlziu' as hard al we could. for that
Is the way With men.
Bimeby like we'd rs made ~ afore-
hand. We hitchei over closer. for when
folks IS in sorrer aud trouble they ike
10 De close together But not a word
an the time. an. hifchln' closer an
closer together why. bimeby we set
side BY side. So we Set a spen longer.
iovin' am sympathizin'. as men folks
40; thinkin' Nv the old tines w cur
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-17

boyhood; thinkln nv the happiness nv
the past an uv an the hopes them two
children had brought u.s. The tail clock
ticked. an that wuz all the sound
there wuz, excep when Bill gin a sigh
an ! gina sigh. too-to Tighten the
load. We know Not a word came from
either NV Us; twas an we could do to
set there, loyin' each other an sym
pathizin'!
All at oncet-for we couldn't stand
il no ionger-all at oncet we turned
our faces L other way an reached out
50, an CROPPED with our hands this
away, till we found and held each
other fast IN a clasp Of tender mean
in Then-God forgive me If ! done
wrong then ! wisht | wuz a womanl
For beln a woman, / could have riz
uB, an, standin' SO, could have cried
.sCenne Bill come let me hold you In
sthese arms; come let us weep together.
san let this broken heart Nv mine speak
Through these tremblin' lips to that
-brolsen- heart nv yourn BilE tellin' ye
bow much love " ar sxmpatRize
with yer
But-no. I wuz not a womant i
wuz a man! an bein' a man. must
-4et my heart break: l must hold my
peace, an / must make no sign.-En-
gene Field.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-17

The wedding march from l.ohengrin the
organ loudly plays
The groom and his supporters greet the
gathering puhlirs gaae M a
The swelling music trembles as are
touched the polished keys.
But the iremble isn't in it with the shake
in Freddys knees.
Down the aisle the blushing maids pro-
ceed with stately tread.
And each regrets the day is not the day
for.her to we'd
But there's silver lning to the cloud
( That h0rers o'erA
They know they never Looked so sweet in
all their lives befores
And now the ergan thun1ers forth a vel
conie, loud and clear.
A hundred heads are turned to see the
bhshing bride appear,
Her father. who supports her down the
long and dizzy aisle.
viii support her and her husband; too, IN
just little while.
Tr0ih
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-17

An amusing incident connected with
Handel. the composer. is told by Doctor
Miller. lie says: During the latter part
Of Handel's life, when boy. L used to
perform on a German flute IN London
at his oratorios.
About the year 1913. in the Lenten
season. a minor canon from the cafhe.
dral-of Gloucester offered his services
% Handel 20 sing His offer was ae.
cepted and be was employed in the
chOruses.
Not satisfied with this department.
he requested leave to sing a solo. that
his voice might appear to more adyant.
age. This request also was granted.
but he executed his solo SO little to tie
satisfaction Of the audience that. Is
his great moruhcation. he was violent.
~ Missed.
When the performance was over.
Handel said to him. graveiy
II am sorry. very sorry for you. in
deed. my dear sir: but so back 10 your
church IN Dc country. God win forgif
you for your bad singing: desc wicked
beopies in London. dey viii not fofgif
vour
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-17

A Practical anu Inek Denais suiaafi-
tnte for certains forta of cod.


A Practical anu Inek pensi< sulaefi-
fnte for certains aQrta of cod.
The advaaee pstlle price 81 sonae Of
The hafsl yodas II various spe
cial branches of trs directed att
tention to the possibiiitysof producing
some less expensive material as a sub
stiute. andsiR one branch Of trade thla
hass beens esfried Pout with very sue
cessful results Cor the manufaetufe
Of loom shuttles oxwood has hitherto
been very largely used, but the price
sof this kind Of wood has. become almost
prohibitive, and 1t has been found that
by compression Of cheaper classes Of
timher-teak being about the most
suitable for this purpose-a substitute
meeting an the requirements can be
Obtained. For carrying out this pur-
pose a Manchester firm has just complet-
cd A powerful hydraulic press 20 be
used 80 cQmpressing timber for loom
shuttles. rhls press consists Of a
strong cast-iron top and bottom, with
four steel columns and steel cylinder,
with large ram. In the center Of
this ram is fitted a similar one, with a
rectangular head, fitting into a die
which Is placed on the top Of The large
ram. The timber is put into this die,
and pressure Of fourteen tons per
square inch is applied. The pressure
is then relieved. and the large ram de
scends The top pressure block. which
hts the die. Is then removed, and the
small ram, rising, pushes the TIMBER
out al the top OF the die. The timber
SO treated Is made very dense and uni
form and SO close grained that it is
capable of taking a very high fiaish-
For tie manufacture OF shuttles i has
been found as good as lockwood, and
there IS no doubt it win be applied tc
other branches Of industry where eX
pensive hard woods have TO be used.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-17

A lady who had "too much Of a good
! thing" was the mother of'thaf doughty
champion Of the English church. Rob
ert de Insula Bishop Of Durham in the
thirteenth century The bishop hqd
risen to his high estate from a very low
~ station Yet he was neither asham-
ed Of his Origil. nor had he the vanity
so often apparent in self-made men
He was never ayerse to alludin@ to his
former life One anecdote especially
illustrates this simple candor.
At one time the Lord Of Seremerston
sent hhmisome countryale. The bishop
had for long time been unused to
that humble beverage. yet out Of re-
spect 10 theseiver he tasted @ cup Of it.
and it Immediately made him ill
"See." said he, .thc force Of castoml
You an know my origin, and that nei-
ther from my parents nor from nay
country can lderive.any taste for vine;
and yet now my country liquor Is rem
dered Absolutely distasteful 70 me.
But his mother did not experience the
satisfaction she could have wished
from the'change in fheir mode OF liv-
ing. The bishop gave her a traiu of
male and female servants. and an hon.
orable establishment such rs would
bent tie family Of one who had come
TO such high dignity
lie visited her afterward. aud found
the dame IN anything but sweet tenn
per
"Whal ails my sweet moihers' Dee
asked "HOw fares sheT
"Never worse. was the reply.
"And what ails thee OF troubles
theeY continued the good son. .fIaSV
thou not men and women anil attend
ants sufficient for theegr
yea quoth she. ~and more than
enough Il say 70 one. Go. AMI he
runs; TO another Come hithcr. fellow.
and the varlet fails down on his kus-,
And. in short. al things are So aboml
nably smooth that my heart IS burst
ing for something TO spite me and pick
a quarrel withall7
And with that the poor lady. tired ont
with prosperity. fell a-weepins mc>r
bitterly.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-17
What ID b ComIng To.

The Daily Chronicle, in printing a
poem on the death Of the Emperor OF
Russia ffom the pen Of Eric Mackay,
has stated: we cannot hold ourselves
responsible for an the opinions Of our
poets, Ed. ID CO.
The following editorial notes are ex-
pected 70 appear shortly. After a lead
ing article-"The foregoing leader is all
Thomas Rubbish. But It has been sent
m by Contributor. We don't agree
With him a bit ia. Thunderer"
After a dramatic criticism: I'VE give
the foregoing criticism for what 1t is
worth. which isn't much. We believe
our critic wrote the piece himself.-Ed.
Daily Telephone"
After a report OF the Illness OF an
emperor. 1T viii be seen from the fore
going that the emperor was never IN
better health: that be IS dying from
cancer in the brain; that he has just
been out enjoying himself at a picnic;
that he has committed suicide, and that
be win live 40 be l03 We believe that
the whole 81 the foregoing statements
are utterly false, but as we pay yearly
subscription TO these news agencies. we
think it best % print the lot Ed. Morn
ing Moon"
After a bogus Interview. we DO not
believe that our interviewer ever saw
the man. but be writes cleverly. SO
we print Il 10 give our readers pleas
Ed Weekly Express
After a notice Of new invention.
"The foregoing notice is a puf. The
invention Is not worth a tinker's bless
ing. but the man is going 10 give us a
half page advertisement. and that is
good enough Ed. Scientific Gazette" ="
TuFw
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-17

Grave DOnbfs as 60 Whether the
Fortress Is SECURE.
Generally '.The Rock" as 1t Is simply
called by the British army. is supposed
10 be- an impregnable fortress. but ID
the MINDS .of military experts grave
doubts have arisen during the last
twenty y. years whether the fortress
IS really the impenetrable piare it Is
supposed to be. The late ng8peuveFs
OF the British navy have proved that
Gibraltar may have to defend itself
without the support Of. the 1eet. and
this leads aCdl. l.. Mitchell TO review
its power OF resistance. He writes in
Temple Bar LOnd08i.
IAN political parties 81 the State ap-
pear to be agreed that. II there are any
defects. they should be rectihed. hencs
the actlonaof the Government in send.
ing out the Duke 0f Cambridge 10 in
spect aud report upon the necessary
requirements the absolutely necessary
strength OF the garrison, and other ma
terial and detailed matter. So
long ago as 1888 Maj Gen Mitchell
foresaw the value Of rifed ordnance
and It's possible effect upon isolated
fortresses, and a report was handed IN
to parliament.
a'fhe case therefore, as regards Glib
I raltar being impregnable seems, as is
were. to be within the four corners of
a narrow brief. Experiments at Shoe
bury have shown that an Armstrons
She'll can be thrown 9.176 Yards about
five and one-third miles. It Is. there
fore. abundantly clear that if all the
fleet were temporarily absent, either
on some special mission or dispersed
By storm, hostile ironclads taking mp
"a position within four miles of the east
ward Of Europa point might with Inn
ponity send shot and shell into the out
lying parts Of the fortress. and cause
much destruction Of life and property
On the other hand. the governor Of the
fortress would not be idle. and the ex-
periences Of the late civil war IN Amer
lea have abundanty proved that the
cannon in fOrtresses. If they strike a
ship Of war with their projectiles, even
at long range, may DO considerable
I lMAHLNArAs
A curious trial was made by the gar
rison to determine what effect an at.
tack from the plains on the Spanish
side would have. The Literary Dises;
! quotes the description Of the expert
ment because it would seem that Brit
Ish soldiers firing down the hin could
hardly be expected to be more skillful
than the same troops firing up hill. The
writer says. 1T was, considered desira
bic to try the experiment Of hrins al
ward from the plain on the Spanish
side into the galleries and dummies
were placed to represent the necessary
? gun detachments. regiment seyera
, hundred strong was accordingly PLACED
G III position and supplied with ball cart
ridge. The range, however was un
known, aud the fire being directed Ip
ward It was fully an hour before an,
+ Of the dummies were hit after an eN
: pendlture Of much ammunition. In nc
tual warfare, Of course, the brius'
! rifle sharpshooters must have pieee
of their foes by firing downward lrol
the galleries.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-17

she wuz colllcky. like the wimmen
folks seq an healthy babies IS afore
they're 3 months old.
You're goin' 10 have the namin NV
her, sez Blu 10 me.
"Yes sez Mauhy. Re made i np
atween us long ago That ron should
have the namin uN .opg elbs lH1esaHe
had the namin Nv yourp."
Then. kind NV hectorin' like-for !
was always a powerful tease--I ser:
How would Cleopatra do for a name
or Venis2 have been readin The cy-
'clopeedy. myself, I'd have you know"
An then1 laffed one Of them proFok-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-17

II IS related Of Mendelssohn az a
public dinner. at which ladies were
present. and where Ne was surrounded
by a chorus of aggressive women
clamoring for his autograph that he
allowed himself TO be viciimized with
eood-namre until finally a ieshy ma
tron OF mature years handed him her
card. Whether with malice prepense
OF not. C is not stated but the com
poser wrote upon the card the music
and words from Haydnas Creation
"And God created great whales This
brought the autograph-huntlng to an
end. and Mendelssohn was allowed 10
eo 90 with his dinner
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-17

loiise ggpegs, ,9eas e laeeyhisheF must
Hunger my driver. I 90 where must
{ Cold blows the wintef wind over hiil alsai
heather;
Thick drives the rain, and my roof Is in
the dnst
Loved Of wise men was the shade Of my
r0Of-iree
The true word OF welcome was spoken
ia the door
Dear days Of old. with the faces 10 the
freight,
Kind folks Of old you come again no
more
Home was home thcn. my dear full Of
kindly faces;
Home was home then my dear, happy
for The child 4 ,
Fire and ihe Windows bright gligtered on
the moorland.
Song, tuueful song, bgli palace IL the
wild
Now, when day dawns on the brow Of the
Lone siands the house, and the chimney.
stone is cold.
Lone let 4 stand, now the friends arc al
departed,
r The kind hearts. the true hearts, that
loved the place Vt Old.
Spring shah come come again, calling up
the moOr-foul.
Spring shall bring the sun nnd rain.
bring the bees and flowers;
Red shall the heather bloom over bin and
valley
Soft how the stream through the even
flowing hours;
Fair the day shine as IL shone on my child
hood
Fair shine the day on the house with
open door;
Birds come and cry there and twflteF in
the chimney
But 4 80 forever and come again no
more.
.l,obcri Louis Stevenson
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-17

The rapidity with which certain suc-
cies of insects move IS something ccr-
tainly astonishing The common
house fy IS known 70 make GO strokc-
per second with his wings and D.
dragon iy 1900 Gu TIE case of The flf
the COO strokes causesaf advance NOW.
ment Of tweniy-scvcn feet These lrs
figures on ordinary flight and Il Is be
iievcd uIat the fly is capable Of increis-
ing both the strokes and the aiFanr.
movement sevcnfold
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-17
THE 'JININ' FARMS.

You see Bill an wnz jest ike broth
ers' wuz raised on 'jininsfarms; be wuz
his folks only child. an wuz my folks
only one. So, natral Ike. we growed
up together. lorin' an sympathlzin'
with each other. What / knowed
told Biil, an what Bin knowed he told
me. an what neither on rs snowed
why. that wdrn't wnth knowing
II hadn't got over my braggin days
ia allow than. IN our time. Blli an /
Wuz jest about the spariinist bennx ia
the township. leastNisc that's what
the girls thought; bot. % be honest
about it there wuz only two uf them
girls we courtcd. BIN an l. he cour1in
one an I tother. You see we sung an
the choir. an as our good luck would
have it We got sot on the sopranner an
the alto. aud bimeby Oh. well. after
beaun' 'em round a spell year or
10. FOR that mntter-avc upsan' married
'cm. an the old folks GIN Us the farms.
jinin' farms where we boys had lived
an our lives Lizzie. my wife. had a.
ways hecn powerful friendly with
Marthy. Bins wife; Them TWO girls new
er met but what they WIZ huggln. an
klssin' an' carryin' On. aul.e igirls does.
FOR women aln't IKE men they can't
control theirselvcs an thtir fcelln's.
like the stronger sext does
ten yu. it wuz happy times for Liz
zie am me an Marihy an BIN happy
times on the 'jinin' farms with the
pastures fun NV TAT cattle. an' the
harms fun uv hay an grain. an the
twin cottages full uv love an con
tentmcuil Then when Cyrus come
our little boy-our first an only onei
why. when he come I Wuz Jest 50
happy an 20 grateful that Il / hadn't
been a mau I guess I'D have hollered
maybe cried FOR JOY Wanted to call
the little tyke Bill but Bll wouldn't
hear % nofhin' but Cyrus You see.
he'd bought a cyclopccdy the winter
ivc wuz an married. an had been read
in' in it nv a great foreign warrior
named Cyrus that lived a long spell
ago.
Land uv Goshen. Bill.~ sez ]. "you
don't reckon me 'haby'n ever get 70 be
n WARRIOR
swell. I dou't know about that. saz
Bill There's no tellin' At any rate
Cyrus ketcham has au laeommln
sound Tor name. so Ctlfs &c must be.
an wen he's year old IN gin him the
finest Morgan colt in the deestrick.~
So We called him Cyrus. an he grew
M lovin' am bein loved by everybody.
Wen. along about two ycars-or. say.
IS months or s0-after Cyrus came to
us. little girl baby came to Bm an
Marihy an OF an the cunnin sweet
little things you ever seen that little
girl baby was the cunnin'esi an sweet
est. Looked just Ike one Of them
foreign crockery hggers you buy in
city siores-all pink an white. with big
brown eyes here an q tceny. weeny
,mouih here. an nose an ears. you'd
have hci they wuz wax they WIZ 50
small an fragile. Never darst hold
her for fear Ia break her. an Il liked
% skcercd mc 20 death 10 see the way
Marihy an' Lizzie would kind av toss
her round AM trof hers -on their
knees or pat hcf-s0 ION the back when
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-17

Nortn Carolina's strange people of
the swamps have counteIparfs in the
mysterious race 81 so-called Indians ia
Southern Delaware They are q
swart1y people. with some strong traits
of the reimen. though there are CONTRA
dictory stories rs to their origin. They
are fuliy civilized however. and follow
the ordinary occupations Of the region
% which they are native. though they
minglc little with the whites and refuse
TO associate with negroes
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-17

zie wuz more TO us N ever before. wuz
az our house an the time; called I.izzie
mother; WIZ contcnted. ia her wom-
ans way, willin' to DO her part waitin
an watchin' an prayin' for him tocone
back. They sent him boxes 81 good
things every fortnight. moiheran' leefle
Lizzie did: there wuznf a minute ia
the day that they wuzn't ialkin Of
thinkinuV him.
Well-ye see-I must o. it my own
way-he got kiiled-in the very FIRST bat
tle Cyrus got killed. The rest nv the
soldiers mrnt 20 retreat because there
wuz too many Tor 'em on the other side.