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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-03
GRAPES from Canaan.

A very little child may open a very
large door into Heaven.
To be content with less is to have
less discomfort.
No coin is current with God with
out loves stamp on it.
1t is little use lending hand unless
you give heart.
When we think to thank God for
: our pleasures it will be easier to bless
Him for our burdens.
J It is mockery to pray that your
children may be gathered home in
eternity while you do nothing to keep
them ct home in time.-Ram's Horn.
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For Women They Must Not Bs of tn.
s-tersotypsd Sort

For Women They Must Not Be- of the
s~tersotypod Sort
A wise man said in the hearing Of
this page the other day that he had
given up trying to compliment women;
that no matter how sincere was his ex-
pressed admiration, he always manag-
ed to say something that the maid did
not consider complimentary at all. and
to leave unsaid the things that would
have touched her hinty heart. And thiso
article, though it wished to ncourag
him to continue a career Of 1attery.
could not conscientiously do so, for It
has v guessed right the very first
time itself what particular sort would
suit the subjects before it. It has a
cousin Nellie, for instance, who, up
to a year ago, had received tributes to
her beauty, her grace and her fascinat-
ing qualities with the unmoved face
that such stereotyped admiration de-
served. She knew that she was hand
some and graceful and attractive. and
SO the mere mentioning Of these quail
ties was rather resented by her. She
didn't care to hear the same things
over and over. When she did hear
them she took them as her just due
merely. Then one day there came
along an astute masculine individual.
who called her a monumental fraud
and a little humbug, and very rude her
relatives thought him, too. But not
so Nellie. She was delighted. And ever
after that she gave herself airs, and
considered herself a diplomat, and she
ended by marrying the astute man.
"Peradious" and "faithless" are terms
that often appeal to the vanity Of wo-
men whom ordinary words Of praise
would not touch. They are particular
ly full Of mysterious fascination for
the feminine creature who has led a
retired and blameless village life. AL
most all women consider it a compli-
ment to be called polite, and not a few
feel it fattery only slightly qualified to
be said to be deceitful. Naughty is a
term much priced by demolselles. and
once they have been so described they
they endeavor to deserve this adjec-
tive the remainder of their lives.
'Sedate" they will not be called. but
"demure" is welcomed heartily by
them, and little" is a word that can
not be applied too often, even to the
young giantesses who now walk the
earth.-Baltimore News.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-24

Natives q ~rhnippino 1aianda Consider
me Insects q rood psiioaoy.
An article Of food which IS relished
BY the natives Of the Philippine Islands
is procured By collecting large guam
titles OF moths from the rocks Of the
mountainous regions. In several spots
In the mountains IN Panay and other
Islands Of the group I saw moths ex-
ssting so thickly In the rocky tissues
that they could be scraped on iato
buckets by the quart. The moths
seemed to mass IN the crevices and
hang there. The natives have not
failed to Investigate the worth Of the
moth as an article OF food. and they
use the insects in large quantities
Their mode Of catching consists in
going to the hills in parties Of a dozen
or more, with the proper bag and ar
ticles for collecting the moths. The
dainty natives will not eat the wings
or the heads Of the little moth, and so
they nov take steps to remove these
Objectionable parts. This operation con-
sists in creating heat to such an extent
that the tissues In the heads and wings
become baked and crumble of. The
natives accomplish this end by cutting
holes in the earth. in which hot fires
are burned until the earth is quite hot.
The hot Goals are taken away and the
moths are put into the highly heated
openings. The intense heat crisps the
head and wings to ashes, so that when
removed from the hole and subjected
to a sitting operation through netting
the powdered parts are sifted off, leav-
ing only the body. This process also
does away with the legs. Often the
moths in their present stage Of prepar-
alton are eaten with sugar or other ar
ticles Of food. Again the moths are
used in conjunction with other mix
lures of food in the form Of pudding
and prepared dishes. The %cocoanut Is
literally used in mixtures with the
moth, and ~cocoanut cake and pie and
moth filings are common Then in
some instances the moth is again
baked and reduced to powder by
pounding in ~rice-pounding bowls. The
powder obtained in this way is sweet
ened and used in various forms.-Chi-
cago Journal.
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4 we iust be lusk 70 come 70 grisg
over ths AFFAIR.
He had known from the nrat that his
caao Q hopeless uia misdoeds had
bean up for consideration too many
times before Tor him 70 expect my
mercy now. The moment he had en-
tered The Faculty Room he bad seen
that he stood no chance. II they had
been severe he would have felt II a
hopeful sign. but this cold, business
like air showed only too plainly hat
his hearing was a mere formaliey.
They had CALLED him inoxpressibly oy
their ooldness. and he had been in re-
turn politely insoient and unconcerned.
Yet he would have given anything for
another chance, though his pride
would not lot him ask for i.
They had asked him a question or
two, and he had answered them. Then
they had permitted him TO retire while
they made their decision. Wauchope
felt that he could foretell Just what
that decision would be. With the usual
lack Of perspective which pertains in
youth Harry saw a long vista OF hope
less years stretch before him, all full
Of failure and misery. That was in
the distance, but tho immediate future
looked black enough to him. How
could he face his father after having
dragged their common name in the
dust-that name of which they were
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AS most people are aware, vegetables
possess various medicinal qualities.
Here are some worth bearing in mind.
Asparagus is very cooling and easily
digested. Cabbage, caulihower, Brus-
sells sprouts and broccoli are cooling,
nutritive, laxative and purifying to the
blood, and also act as tonics. but
should not be eaten too freely by deli
cate persons. Celery is good for rheu-
matte and equity persons. Lettuces
are very wholesome. They are slight
ly narcotic, and lull and calm the
mind. Spinach is particularly good for
rheumatism and govt and also in kid
ney diseases. Onions are good for
chest ailments and colds, but do not
agree with all. W-atercresses are ex-
cellent tonics and cooling. Beet-root
is very cooling and highly nutritious.
owing to the amount of sugar it con.
tains. Parsley is cooling and purify.
ing. Potatoes, parsnips, carrots, tur-
nips and artichokes are highly nutri-
tious but not so digestible as SOM
vegetables. Potatoes are most nourish-
ing and f~attening for persons.
Tomatoes r health-giving and puri-
tying. either eaten raw or cooked.
Chill, cayenne, horseradish and mus
tard should be used sparingly. They
give a zest to the appetite and are val
liable stomaehics. Radishes are the
same, but are indigestible and should
not be eaten by delicate people.
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ot eu ne myfiad moods OF mind
eat chrough the soul ooua thronVfnr.
Waeh one waa a'cf 20 dear 20 kind.
30 beautiful az Lonrinrf
Ane thing we long for, thai We are
hpr transcendont moment
betoro the Present poor and bare.
Nan make rs anecring comment
STU. through our paitry stir and strife,
9luWg down the wished ideal,
ANA Longing molda IN clay what Lfo
Cnrvea IA M marble Real;
To let the new life IN, We know,
Desire must opo the portal
Perhaps the longing TO be 80
Helps make the soul immortal
Longing 90 Cod fresh heavonward VIII
With our poor ehrthward atrivingi
We duench Il that we may be stnl
Content with merely living;
But would we learn that hearts fun
scope
Which We are hourly w%ronging,
Our lives must climb from hope 70 hope
And realize our longing.
Ahl let US hope that to our praise
Good God not only reckons
The moments when we tread his ways
But when the spirit beckons;
Ihat some slight good is also wrought
Beyond self-satlsfaction.
When we are simply good In thought,
Howe'er we fail in action.
James Russell lowell.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-24

Among the old letters addressed 10
George Washington, now collected in
the State Department library, is one
from a lady who writes in the post
script that she is sorry not to be able
to use note-paper worthy of his royal
station, but had she used gold that
would have required an outer wrapper.
and 1t would have been too much to
ask one in his position to open two
wrappers in order to get at so unwor-
thy a note as her own. This polite
speech" suggests that even in paying
compliments there are fashions" as
in other things. II is not certain,
however, that the letter to Washing
ton typihes the fashion OF that day.
Doubtless President Mckinley would
be greatly surprised to find such a
compliment in a letter addressed to
him, and perhaps General Washington
himself was surprised and amused by
his ELUSIVE correspondent. The things
done in Jest or in %eccentricity in one
generation are often taken as wholly
serious by those who read Of them in
q later n
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Matrimony by Assessment

Marriage is admittedly always a haz-
ard; but in servia it has been made
the basis Of a novel variation on the
usual modes of speculation, a y a
local correspondent. There societies
for providing bonuses on marriage
were formed, and iourished to such
an extent as to greatly accelerate the
marriage rate. The funds were OBJ
tanned on the assessment system, and.
as many members who got a bonus and
a bride abruptly stopped their contri-
buttons, the aspiring celebrate sub
scribers who were left found their OBJ
legations increasing more rapidly than
is the experience of most married men.
Consequently. liquidation has set in
among these companies with great
severity, and the boom in matrimony
is likely to be followed by a slump.
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POISON AND vENrRILoovIsM.
h Means by which One Man Gained
Another's Fortune.

The Means by Which One Man Gained
Another's Fortune.
Americans are not the only people
who are ingenious in originating and
committing crimes. From Vienna
comes a most remarkable story of the
arrest Of Herr Yogi, proprietor Of a
large exchange. He is charged with
having poisoned, in April, 1900, a rich
Russian named Taubin, who was sup
posed to have verbally ~beQueathed his
property to Yogi, who has since en-
1oyed it. Taubin, who was a Jew miser
and drunkard, lived in a squalid man
ner. One night a policeman took him
home drunk and bleeding. A doctor
who was summoned told Taubin's old
charwoman to bring his friends as he
was dying. She brought Vogl, whom
she knew was an acquaintance Of Tau
bin. Vogl took a lawyer and clerk
with him to the miser's house. Upon
arriving at the bedside, the dying man,
It is stated, recovered sufficiently to
say that all his possessions should go
to Vogl, after which he died almost
Immediately. The bequest thus os-
tensibly made in the presence of wit
nesses was legally regular, and Vegl
Inherited property to the value Of
100000. Taubin's body was cremated.
His Russian relatives subsequently
represented to the police that Vogl
poisoned him, and they also declared
that Vogl is a ventriloquist and him
self spoke the words ~bequeating the
property to himself when Taubin was
already dead.
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both SO proud? And his mother-ah,
he dare not think Of her. He might
break down Il he did.
A wisp Of paper hoated down to him
from the gallery above. Wauchope
looked up in time to note the swish
Of a disappearing skirt. A note was
penciled on the scrap Of paper.
Il shall be IN the Annual Office.
Come to me as soon as you know the
decision. ALICE"
Harry flushed when he read it, and
then he groaned. He knew that it
meant she was going to stand by him,
and he fought with a sudden lump In
his throat.
"oh, you splendid girl, do you think
I shall let you sacrifice yourself for a
disgraced man? 1 may be a worthless
scamp, but I'm not such a hound as
that" he cried to himself, and set his
teeth bitterly at thought of the futility
of a too-late repentance.
The door of the Faculty Room
opened and a professor stepped out
Mr.. Wauchope, can we see you a
moment?" he asked.
Certainly, sir" answered the lad,
md followed him proudly into the
judgment chamber.
Five minutes later the door opened
again to let out a young man with the
eager light Of happiness shining FROM
his eyes. He made straight for the
great stairway which led to the gal
lery and the Annual office, and as he
went up the steps three at a time his
heart kept singing:
Another chance, Alice, girl. Re
prievedl Reprieved!"
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OVERCOMING BAD LUCK.

Suggestions of Charms for the breaking
Down of a "HoodOo."
William Bowerman OF West Mana
yunk smashed an heirloom, a looking
glass, a few days ago. and now fully
believes that he will have bad luck
for seven years unless the spell is
broken by some magic charm. He
has requested the colored residents Of
his neighborhood to furnish him with
charms, and has already received a lot
Of advice. One damsel tells him to
hire a livery horse and drive the ami
NAL until the shoe of it's left hind foot
falls of, and then to nail the shoe over
the front door. Nelson Harrison told
him to stick a three-pronged fork over
the door, to take an old broom and fill
it full Of wood ashes, and then blind
folded, to knock the fork down with
the broom. If the fork sticks up in
the floor" said Nelson Harris. 'the
hOodoo is gone" Another colored man
told Bowerman to steal thirteen hairs
from the tail of a moon-eyed spotted
mare, to paste them over the back Of
the broken glass, and bury the glass in
a cemetery devoted exclusively to col
Ored people. Garry a rabbits foot"
get a horse chestnut from the burr
that hangs on the top limb Of a tree,
and plant II In a graveyard throw
salt over your shoulder at midnight
on the last day Of the year and wear
a wooden stocking inside out on the
left foot for seven weeks" Such are
the charms that have been received by
Bowerman, and they will be given a
fair trial until the spell Is broken
Philadelphia Record.
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Harry Wauchope's ReprIsVs.

BY WILLIAM MCLEOD RAINE.
Copyright, 1901. by Daily Story Pub. Coz
Harry Wauchope came briskly out
Of the Faculty Room, wearing on his
face the boyish, defiant smile that was
meant to express supreme unconcern.
He stopped for a moment at the drink
ing fountain in the great hall and the
smile died from his face as he filed
the cup, emptied it absently, half
filled It again, and then turned impa-
tently away.
Restlessly he wandered over to the
bulletin board and read the students
lost" notices, wondering YEARLY why
people posted the loss Of such trivial
things as text books and society pins.
He read that IF the person who stole
a tennis racket marked J.. NJ. X. from
the gym. last Thursday evening will
return same to 43 Elm street all will
be forgiven and no reward will be re-
quired," and 1t did not seem to him a
bit funny. Beneath that was the an
nouncement of the football game at
Travis Field which was to decide the
class championship. He remembered
how he had looked forward to playing
IN 1t, and talked over the chances Of
winning, and hoped and feared, until
1t had become a great thing with him
and with all the team that they should
win the game and the championship
for the class; now it struck him sharp
~ that the game was being played at
that moment, and he was not in it"
and never would be again. He could
even near the dull yelling Of the crowd
on the side lines. Occasionally there
came to him the short, sharp, triumph
ant TX, C, VII" which told him
that his class was winning.
Wauchope thought of all he would
miss, how the strong bonds of fellow
ship he had formed on the ball ground
and in the societies and at class meet
ings would be snapped when he went
away, and not a soul among them
would care anything about him after
he first feeling Of regret that their
reckless, lawless classmate had been
expelled. He could imagine them say
Ing to each other. What? Jack fred!
Poor 9eyill We'll. It had to come soon,
CT OF later.
He had made few close friends, but
he knew a good many who would be
glad to see him humbled; and he re-
solved that they should never know
how hard he was hit. He world carry
himself with the same jaunty devil
may-care insouciahce he had always
worn, so that no man could say he
WINGED. I%nvoluntarily he Strengthened
himself, thrust his hands deep into his
coat pockets. and lounged over to the
large western windows overlooking the
Gym. courts.
His restless fingers, unconsciously
working, clutched a piece OF cardboard
and drew it out Of his pocket. It was
a programme of the last class hon.
and the sight of 1t gave a wrench to
his thoughts that hurt with q sharper
pain. He remembered just how Alice
had looked, how beautifully sweet and
serene she had appeared in that fetch
ing light gray dress of hers, how she
had seemed so much less reserved and
more friendly than usual. It had
swept across his mind at the time that
possibly the thing he wanted most in
all the world might some day be with
In his reach, and he had resolved that
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lSt Paul letter.
II Count Boni and the French gem
tlemen whose thirst for blood so FREE
quently amuses the world really wish
70 know how to fight for honor's sake
let them visit Medicine Hat, up in the
northwest, and hear the story Of how
Bulldog Kelly and Malone, the
stockman, fought for theirs. It is only
necessary to say Of Kelly that onee In
his life no figured IN a celebrated In
ternational law controversy which the
then secretary Of state, Thomas +.
Bayard, ended. His mother was a
friend Of John A. Logan. Malone was
nothing more nor less than a frontier
cattleman. He met Kelly first at Cal
gary, where, in a disputelQve cards. an
enmity arose between them. Subse-
quently they FLASHED IN the Medicine
Hat country, and Malone wrongfully
accused Kelly Of stealing stock. KEEL
~ would have killed him then and
there but for the interference Of the
Canadian mounted police. Subse-
quently one Of these policemen sug-
gested to him that he challenge Ma
hone to a duel, and that they have Il
out alone. Kelly evidently thought
well Of the suggestion, for a day or
two later, meeting Malone in that iso-
lated and abused town, Medicine Hat,
he quietly told him that he would
meet him the next morning as the
sun rose on the Tortured trail and
prove to him with a glp that he was
not a thief. Malone nodded his head
In acceptance Of the defiance, and that
was all there was to the challenge.
A Human BundoE
Kelly slept in a ranch house that
night, but was up before dawn sad
ding his horse. He carried for arms
two six-shooters and a short-hilted
bear knife. He rode away from the
ranch in the heavy darkness before
daybreak, headed for the Tortured
trail. He was a s~ix-footer, sandy
haired, hea%vy-jawed and called Bull
dog" because he had once pitted him
self against an animal of that title and
whipped MIN in a free fight. His cour-
age was extreme from the brute point
of view. To illustrate this, years after
this event, when he was on trial for his
life in a murder case, he was instructed
by his attorney to kill one Of the wit
nesses against him in the court room If
he attempted to give certain false tes-
timony.
you listen to him. said the attor-
ney, land If he tries to testify falsely
as to certain things let him have it,"
Kelly, as a prisoner, entered the
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o-oMsuMPrloN I'M FRANor.
The Mortality IN Paris Particularly Il
nAnnLILnA

The Mortality In Paris Particularly Il
STARTLING
According to official statistics just
made public for the last six years. an
average Of 10000 persons have year
ly died in France from consumption,
while in Paris alone the total for that
period has been S3,274 deaths. More
over, a report Of the project Of police
Of Paris shows that in that city, with
its population Of 2,511,6 29 inhabitants,
there were 46,9sS deaths in 1900, out
Of which number 1894 were caused
by consumption.
Again, according to the report Of
the project Of police, all classes have
suffered from the disease, but It has
been particularly fatal in those Sec
tions Of the city occupied by working
families. Out OF every 10000 inhabi-
tants the average number Of deaths
in the richest residential quarters is
20; in the well-to-do quarters, 30; in
the quarters occupied by the working
classes, SO; while in what may be
called the poor quarters the deaths
from consumption have been as high
as 60 per 10000 inhabitants. To take
the two extremes, the figures show that
In the last year, while consumption
killed only IA Parisians per 10000 in
the Champs Elysees quarter, it caused
the deaths Of SO per 10000 in the
Buttes-C haumont quarter, thus prov
ing, as the project says in his report,
that fresh air and good surroundings
must be employed in fighting the dis
ease in Paris If the death rate is to
be lowered" Nearly all the Paris pa
pers are giving much and serious at
tantinn TO the matNhr
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He stopped at the drinking fountain.
he would make such a man OF himself
as would be worthy Of her.
But that was nothing new. Ever
since he had come to thinking Of her
In this way be had found himself bent
on high achievement. He knew his
work In the classroom had steadily
improved. He had surprised more than
one professor by his sudden keen an
phcatiOn. Yet he had been surprised
to md how hard It was to drop his
old, u~nthinking, recklessness, even
when he had set his face steadily in
toe other direction. He had y
taken himself seriously before. Nat
uraily other people had accepted him
~ q Joke and a ~iawbreaker, and now
refused 70 consider him seriously.
They had thought It was some new
grind" he Was getting on them. And
when they saw be was in earnest they
raiied him about his reform, asking
him how long It was since New Years.
until be was forced almost IN sslf-de-
Tense into occasional iapsea.
Why che deuce was Il that he could
novsr keep his ringers out OF a bit OF
tempting miachieff Il Gray and Tom
hnaon wanted 70 hdnap the president
q The Junh5f class what business was
e % hni ne might have known that
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Broken Bottles Cause Prairie Fires.
Investigation into the cause Of the
numerous prairie fires in the cattle
ranges Of Montana and Western Dako-
ia seems to show strong reasons for
the belief that many OF them, at
least, owe their origin to the presence
Of broken bottles that are scattered
freely along the trails and wagon roads
Of that section.
It is reported that In many cases the
Origin has been directly traced to this
source, the evidence pointing clearly
to the theory that the suns rays. To-
cused through the curved glass. have
caused ignition Of the dry prairie
grass, from which the fires have
spread and assumed their tremendous
proportions before thes were discov-
cred. Nor did the bottles contain
"hre-water" either.
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and mother spoke Medicine Hat had
been unable to decide which had fho
better Of The hight and it seemed az
Il IL would be resumed n both lived to
recover. But one morning Malone
raised himself painfully from his mat
treas, and he put out his hand to Kelly
and saids
You ain't no thief. You're game"
And Kelly covered the hand with his
own and they shook. That settled their
teud. They were under the Doctors
care for three months. but when able
to 60 out rode away from Medicine
Hat together. the best Of friends.