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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-06-20
N0ONSHINER TO BE AN ACTOR.
OLD Biliy Price Engaged TO Give He
alistic Performance In Melo-
drama,

Old Billy Pritts, for years king Of the
moonshine gang operating in Somerset
and Fayette counties, Pennsylvania, is
the latest star TO fash upon the histri-
onic armament. After living for 40
years as an outlaw with . price on his
head, Pritts was run down and cap
tured by revenue officers last August
Aided by his two sons. he stood siege
for nearly day and was wounded IN
the leg before he surrendered, says q
southern exchange.
Pritts was taken to Cniontown,
where he was held for trial in the
! United States district court. His pa
triarchal appearance so impressed sew
eral Of the towns business men that
they went on his bail bond. He was at
| Cniontown when he first saw a play
He was greatly impressed. The produc
Non was one Of the mclodramatic type
| and showed life in the wiids Of the Ten
nessee mountains. \ battle with moon
| sinners was one Of the features of the
play.
II was at the height of the battle that
Pritts laid the foundation for his stage
career. The play-acting moonshiners
were being slowly overwhelmed by the
revenue officers when Pritts, with the
experience OF an old campaigner, saw
an opening. Leaping from his seat he
yelled:
Look out, boys, They're comm up
behind Give it TO 'em back through
| the brush!"
Pritts made the hit Of the evening. A
Pittsburgh theatrical man who was in
| the audience hunted up the old moon
sinner after the performance and made
| him an offer. He explained the nature
| of stage work, and offered him more
money each week than the old man had
ever seen in bunch in his life. Pritts
was delighted.
81 guess" he said, sorrowfuly, ~
can't ever go back to my 'stillin' agin,
an reckon the money will come in
handy. Whatll have to do?"
"Do?" responded the theatrical man,
"why, just what you've always been
doing. You'll be my leading man. I'll
get up play and have you make
whisky on the stage. There'll be bat.
tie with revenue officers, and you'll save
the heroine's life and be pardoned and
live happy ever after
But" said Billy, with grin. 81 don't
think III be pardoned. They caught me
dead and guess I'm in for it,"
"Oh, but the play will como after" "
said the theatrical man. After you've
served your time, you know"
II can't understand" Billy went on.
"They tell me it is agin the law 10 make
whisky. That's what I'm arrested for
Wouldn't II be agin the law to make IL
on the stage as well as any other place7
Then X FIN to-fght thhs-oEeers every
night I guess I'd be in Jail for the rest
Of my natural"
After the makebeieve features OF
the business were explained Britts
agreed to sign a contract
"Tve got still up in the mountain
that Is just the thing" he raid. Good
Tor 90 gallon any day. III have 'er
brought down SO you can look at 'er."
Thus the new theatrical star was dis
covered. Pritts will be put on the
stage as soon as he is out Of his present
troubles.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-06-20

An old negro named Ephraim, hav
Ing been sworn on the jury in mur
der trial in one of the southern states
for some time stubbornly resisted ;
verdict of guilty for no other appar
ent reason than his strong aversion t.
capital punishment in general. Final
ly the foreman explained to him tha
it was question either of hanging tn,
prisoner or hanging the jury, and tha
it all depended on him. "'Fo' Gawd
suh." replied Uncle Ephraim. "On den
reasonments de pris'ner am sho
guilty"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-06-20

The principal Of one Of the Cjicags
,ublic schools has just publiShed q
~,. book in which he
sets forth tie value
Coed TaiH' Of conversational
|oover as a commercial asset. He
ooiuts out that large salaries are paid
10 men who have conversational gifts
and that young man will find few
things Of more value than the ability
70 express himself fluently and force
fully. Incidentally, reports the Chi
cago Tribune, the professor sets forth
the methods which he has adopted in
,eaching his pupils in the public
.chools to converse. There can be no
question that the ability to express
ones thoughts easily and convincingly
is a valuable accomplishment. 1t is
probable also that to an extent the
ability to converse we'll may be nc.
ouired, but the able takers, like the
great poets. are born and not made
The gift Of the gab"ls with some men
= birthright. They begin when they
are children to argue with and con-
vince their fellows, and when they
grow up they become successful law.
yers. book agents or confidence oper.
s,ors. With no amount of special
training can the average man ever
hope to meet them in conversational
contest, whether the subject be the
sale of book or a gold brick, or the
winning of q lawsuit. If in the over.
crowded public schools the pupils are
taught the fundamentals of correct,
not to say elegant. use of the English
language, the niceties of conversation
as a fine art may perhaps be left for
future requirement.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-06-20

A reporter lately took a census of
a mile Of Fifth avenue, New York,
embracing the homes of many very
rich men, and found just Is children
under the age Of 12. There was an
average Of one child to three houses.
Then the reporter transferred his at
tention to the East side tenement dis.
trict' where he found in one fat
house 63 children, or more than four
times the number. found in the whole
Fifth avenue mile.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-06-20

The governor of Colorado proposes
to appoint two pretty young women
as colonels on his staff. The propo-
sition is in every way commendable,
and it is strange that the eminent
ntness OF women for such positions
has not been recognized before. The
sole duty of colonel on governors
stan is to wear gorgeous clothes, and
it is obvious that a pretty woman
can do that much better than q fat
politician.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-06-20

A woman in an Illinois town was 80
gr'evously stricken with disease that
she sent each of her seven children
for different doctor, with the result
that during the day at least three
physicians responded to her calls.
The woman died the following day.
At the coroner's inquest held over
the body the jury brought in the fol-
lowing verdict: I'VE find that the
woman came to her death from bowel
trouble and complication of ply
sicians."
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-06-20

Twenty-four of the leading bankers
professional men and merchants OF
Richland, Mo-, entered into covenant
to parade on May l in shirt waists
marching through the principal
streets. At night they gave an enter.
iainment and supper to introduce the
shirt waist as substitute for the
"spikc-taiw and tuxedo.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-06-20

Maggie, . mare belonging 70 Aaren
Yocum, . merchant d Reading, 70.
fuses to work more than tins hours q
day. Maggie is now 80 years Of eye
and IL only wariad qccasiapslly. s.y.
local Informant, but she reme66eas
the habits Of early youth. and hangs
into the nine-hour schedule. When she
is hitched up in the morning at seven
o'clock she will work hard all mora.
ing. When noon comes. however, Mag
gle insists upon going TO the stable.
At one o'clock she Is ready for the aft
ternoon's work, but at Ave o'clock will
not 60 anywhere but to the stable.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-06-20
HOW TO ARRANGE 7HE BOXES

place them together, side by side, as
portrayed, first having cut down the
two end boxes along the dotted lines.
The opening In the center box is cut
out for . window Of two panes Of
glass. A little door in the rear admits
the bantams. The roofs are put on as
shown, being hinged to open, as sug-
gested by the dotted lines. One side
room serves as . roosting room, the
other side room furnishes tho laying
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-06-20

A steamship having left Chicago a
few days ago for Europe by way of the
A m,..,.,,, s., lakes and the ST.
Lawrence river, q
Chicago paper re-
marks that there should be another
ship channel to the Atlantic by canal
connecting with the Mississippi. That
such route will be opened before
many decades roll by may be regarded
as certain. Sometimes il Is argued
that the difficulties in deepening the
Mississippi to the sea are too great 10
be overcome. Engineers do not talk
in that strain. The English are radi.
cally improving the Nile by dams and
the removal of Obstructons. They
have recently cut channels through
the "sudd," or floating vegetation,
that obstructs the Upper Nile, forcing
1t down stream for a distance of $50
miles. An open channel, from 100 to
400 feet wide, and 20 feet deep, is the
result along that stretch, and the time
required for the transportation of
supplies has been reduced from II
months to six weeks. A ship channel
in the Mississippi is merely a matter
OF money in reasonable amount. En-
gineering science will do the rest.
An incident which shows that love
knows no language, or rather needs
none, occurred recently Ia New Jersey.
Robert Bingham, IS years old, who can
speak NO other but the English tongue,
was married by Justice Kaufman in
Camden the other day to Helena Lu-
tousky. - years old, whs could talk
only in tho Polish language. "How in
the world did you make known that
you loved each other and desired 10 get
married?" asked the justice. "The
only thing left for me to do is to marry
you in both languages. Fortunately l
can speak Polish" All of the questions
concerning the marriage we're an
swered in English by Mr.. Bingham. and
were then repeated in the Polish Ian
guage and answered by the young
woman.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-06-20


The New York joker VINO, entered
. tsn-cent cat at pet stock show
and took . first prize. and also ex-
hioited "Puldeka Orphan" . broken
down car horse, at the horse show,
remarks in an interview: II never
kick when the joke is turned on me.
l have NO patience with people who
keep q joke up A man who will run
joke around till it is on it's uppers
and its tongue hangs out ought to 60
to bed with his natural brother, the
lobster" This humorist has q con-
siderable power Of expression as we'll
as a turn for hoaxes.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-06-20

Gravestones and monuments are be-
ing made Of the marble saved from the
Stewart mansion, Fifth avenue and
Thirty-iourth street, New York, which
is being demolished to make way for
the march up town."
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-06-20

Kansas IL to revolutionize her treat.
ment Of the insane. Instead ofcrowd-
Ing the patients together into one i'm.
menss building. they viii bs placed in
settsgss similar to private houses /,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-06-20
Keep Your Bowels Strong.

Constipation. or diarrhea when
your bowels are out of order. Cas-
carets Candy Cathartic will make
them act naturally. Genuine tablets
stamped c. c. c. Never sold in
bulk. All druggists, Ioc.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-06-20

ATexas legislator was asked to apol-
ogize the other day for a statement af-
fecting the house unfavorably. Il
weigh 100 pounds" said he, "and own
al the ground stand on and can take
care of myself here or outside" The
apology was accepted.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-06-20

Make small quantity Of strong
lemon Jelly, using but little sugar, add
to IL the pulp Of one grated cucum.
Der and Get in Ash-shspsd molds-'
Good Housekeeping.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-06-20
HOUSE FOR BANTAMS.
Hint or Two for Country Boys Whs
Desire to Own Some Of These
Charming Birds.

The boy who owns bantams, or who
has an ambition to own some Of these
charming little pets. can build fine
little home for them according to the
plans illustrated herewith. Get three
large grocery or dry goods boxes and
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-06-20

ThiIOsOpIiic Papn,

what Joy one little baby brings!
When he his nightly sQuall begins
! hug him to my breast and bless
My lucky stars he isn't twins.
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-06-20
What Is an Amerind? A Gerind?

What Is an Amerind? A Gerind ?
An lrind? A Swind? A Spanind? A
- Polind? These are
not words from
nonsense verse.
They are possible additions to the
American language. The first is al.
ready recognized by certain scientific
gentlemen in Washington. 1t is word
manufactured from the words Ameri-
can and Indian, and has been adopted
by many ethnologists as convenient
abbreviation Of the phrase American
Indian. In this age OF popularized
science, observes the Chicago Post, the
new word may he taken promptly into
the common speech. More than that
il will at once suggest analogies. The
politician Of the future will not speak
OF the German-American,b but Of the
Gerind. In like manner, the Irish
American will be called lrind. IN,
Swedish-American Swind. the Span
ish-American Spanind, the Polish
American Polind. and SO through the
multitudinous variety Of hyphenated
Americans. The purist will protest, o.
course. but the busy majority will fnt
in the new words the decisive virtue oi
brevity. To the serious-minded they
will express that gradual process by
which the foreign-born citizen is taker
up into the heterogeneous mass now
called the American people.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-05-10

One plan Of getting rid Of the
drunkards is to give them all thc
whislley they can drink and Kill them
of and thus leave temperate people
behind. We have no doubt he could
get plenty to support his argument,
espe cially among the drinking ele-
ment and the distillers. II wolld
furnish q river ot revenue for one
and a hilarious. tims f9r tta ehbt'iSefsrcvess ehb iSefsrcvs
war with Germany. Admiral Dewey
predicted some time ago that the
United States next war would he
with Germany. 1t now seems that
Germany has about made up her
mind to ignore the Munro Doctrine.
II so she had as we'll slap Uncle Sam S
face and buckle on her armor. 1t
will mean fight, and don't you forget
it, mein friend.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-05-10

So ne one in figuring ont the prob
able time when the pension roll will
be wiped out, finds out that the re
suit shows Il net increase every year
for the 3j years since The war. J.
looks like the wipe ou5 ac5 is some
thing that is yet in the far distant
future. Tho above result looks IN oro
like the boys figuring who was try
ing to get the frog out OF the we'll.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-05-10

The Weekly papecs Of til, co lntry,
says the New York Argus, are honest,
generally. They are educators be.
cause they tell the truth. There i:
no gold pouring into their Golfers
The editors Of these papers live neal
the people. They know their read
ers AMI their readers know them
They are in touch with the commun-
fly for which they write. Ccnsc-
quentiy they arc the better campaign
promoters OF what is just and righ t
politically than any amou1t OF city
newspapers, whose opinions AID
principles are often the result Of pur-
chase. Morai-Take your county
paper.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-05-10
News From Lockhart Junction.

MIR. EDITOR:-Every one is usinr
this beautiful spring weather which
we have been looking for so long.
Every one is planting; some are done
while some will plant over. \ great
deal OF complaint ofsccd being rotor,
that was planted early, The whea,
and oat crop in this scc:iun is very
promising and there has been srca;
deal sown which VIII bo very in,
couraging if it makes good crop
for this is much needed crop. aus!
comes in goyd time.
We have plenty of fruit ia this
section. We thought few weeks ago
it would all hc killed.
Mr.. Leslie Garner, young mn
living near here, had the SAD mis-
fortune of loosing his arm by accid III
the other day. he had been ol,
hunting and come in, setting lis gun
down near the edge of he uii2z,
floor. 1t sid of, strik;og tho ham
mer which DISCHARGED ;le 'oad j. h $
left arm near the wrist, which, cau."t
amputation. Doctors DonGI -
Southard and Hames. Of Joaesv.ia
took off the arm. The young eoan
is doing very we'll at his time. Til.
is a sad thing indeed to his mother
as he is the only help his mother h4
AMI she looks to him FIR a suo?ort
Any one giving to TIC wants Of the'.
viii be very charitable.
Mr.. Y. J. Hughes wiz ms 3.or
ve'y bad hurt has gone for Il Whit
to stay with his chiidrcl un!il h.
get, better. Mr.. Hughes il a go,I
citizen and made many friends durine
- stay here. We wc'cona hin
back at any time.
Mr.. w. w. Vinson is all Smiles.
Oh, it Is beautiful little girl.
MpSY.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-05-10
-..a.--- a-r--a
MORAL FRAMING.
The Influence Of the Home and the
SchOJi in SfOrlI Tri:uin6.

Where shall we look for this traia-
ing! FIRST Of all to the nobest IN
stltution God eyer created, the home
Every thoughtful person acknowl-
edges that the home is the gyea,
center Of influence, and it is priv.
icge to start in youth either on the
narrow road that leads to everlasting
life or on The broad downward road
to destruction. No one can estimate
too fully the importance Of the home
IN moral training, especially 10 early
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-05-10

The special levy this year 80:
schools in Union School District is 3
mills, our county and State ley is
15l mills, our town tax levy is Is
mills, total ;53l mills--S33 80 tax on
one thousand dollars worth Of Prop
erty. This is 81 per cent. Maybe
this isn't pretty stiff taxes. But
then it has been worse, in We oldrn
time, it was - por cent. We ur,
thankful that il is no worse, Bar
we would like to have an annual!
statement Of the dis0urstmac; Of "a!
moneys gathered from taxation i,om
every discussing point. rAar2 j.
quite little pleasure to the tlx2 ~
ers in knowing just what ii cO4ss to
run things, when il is run by tax.
alton.
The special school levy for last
year left surplus OF 800 in the
treasury with all schools running.
Two new schools are to be opened Up.
The surplus on hand would employ u
$40 month teacher md the same
surplus this year would have paid
another. But The property valuation
has increased and there is more taxes
due this year than last, would not
the surplus this year have amounted
to more than $500. Was there not
considerable amount OF these funds
used for improvements. Did we need
b y mill levyy
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-05-10

life, for it is the early Impressions
that are most forcible and las ing.
From the time of the earliest e>tab-
lishment of the home, the care and
training of the children committed
to it has been one Of the most Imper-
ative and holiest Of all its dntieS, No
people of antiquity appreciated tins
charge as did the ancient jews, In
the best lays of Rome he matron
found her highest pleasure in train
ing her children, and we have ..ot
only "Cornelia's jewels, but the
noble Cornelia vino esteemed htr
children as precious jewels. But all
our homes, nay the vast majority are
not the centers of righteousness, ana
the training received is often highly
immoral.
Where next shall We lock to have
this traiaing accomplished! Where
cxcen. to thac great bulwaEk OF
Americas liberty-ihc common
school. The education of the past
Icalt with the development OF 'he
intellect. the new education, taking
step IN advance, trains the body IL
nAysicol educa,ion, while the educa.
ton IF the future, not neg!cc;lng
either tue mind or body, will demand
fr,t Of all that the souls development
be The subject Of paramount jmP"r
tance. Seek ye first the Kingdoms
of God ard His righteousness aud
alI these thirgs shall be addci unto
YOU. Every one will admit that
the greatest part Of any school is the
teaci,r. Ii she be a teacher in The
highest sense Of the term, if her tx.
ample be noble one, then may be
begottcn that confidence between
teacher aud l.upil that will accom-
plIsh mere than hutnan vision can
ken and only eternity reveal. His
tory, especially Biography, is pre-
emi"entiy the sui jecc where morals
can be taught. IL is l.ere that char
acter can be renl as in letters f
goll. Suppose we have car pupils
study tue lives Of Benedc5 Arn"li
aud Abraham Lincoln, aud almost
without Comment they will perceive
that wrong doing produces "traitvr,
while noble Efforts in righteousness
develop an cmancipator 70 a people
in bondage, saviour to his c0un'ry
Some one may say that imaginary
characters frurd ~ books exert a
greater Influence thrn people who
have lived, moved AMI had thei'
being. If tits be tue what a won
derful vista is opened to the reader
of literature. 1t is there he can Sc.
the effect of certain lines Of conduct
\ Macbeth, by liteairg to the
voice of flattery and temptation, be
---~- sNc a'""r hear,ei murderer
an underlying rrlt cip!c con'd b,
used IN this woik. Longfyliow',
Icsead beautifully opens and closes
with excellent advice FIR teacher an,
pupil.
DO thy duty that is best,
Leave unto thy God the rest"
We live for the gool and hapri
ness Of ourselves ond others; and tie
end Of our existence is to elevate he
human race that it may be more in
harmony with the Creator Sha /
we not accomplish our mission? Shal!
we not use cur strength to help the
weak, to l'ft the fallen, and dyy the
tears of s"rroN2 Let the golden
moments # life be filled with golden
deeds. and let each sunset fail npon
world made better by our having
lived in it. II y
Sedalia, S. c, \ p,il 24, 1901.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-05-10

Genl Wade Hampton has shown
that he is not the man to be lurel Ly
Il tempting bait, even though that
bait be the postmastership at Colum-
bia, at the hands of the enemies Of his
party. Could we have expected n
different answer from Wade Uamp.
top? Hardly.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-05-10
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