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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17

Twill have my Summer millinery
opening Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, April ., "a and 25, when I
will show . full line Of trimmed hats
for Ladies', Misses and Childrens di.
rectly nom the most fashionable GEN.
tire Of Philadelphia and New York.
X. A. WAaENsELLER,
SelinsgrOve, h.
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why take any Chances

with some new and nutriei medicine
for such serious trouble IS diarrhoea,
cramps, dysentery, when you should
know that for over half century Pain
killer has cured millions Of casess Look
out for limitations, there Is only one
genuine. "Perry Davis"
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NAU0I.E.

Anna May, daughter Of William and
Emma Naugle, died at the home Of her
parents in Washington township, on
Sunday morning, April 8, 1902, aged
ayears, 3 months and q days. She
was baptized on the 3Oth of September
BY Rev. H. g. Snable. The funeral
took place on Tuesday afternoon and
was conducted by Rev. G. c. Miller.
P. l.. Hains directed the obsequies. In
terment In Fairyiew Cemetery.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17

in chiffon, Laces, Linen effects,
braids, and the latest and popu-
as for Ladies', Misses and Chi''
Hats. L. DUNKELBERaER.
rtz 4 Gnybill can show you more
.tv,es Of dress goods than any
tore in town. Ladies', come and
our new line Of shirt waists,
lers, skirts and night gowns. 2t.
,0h Grade Pen and Ink Portrait,
10, from your photo, ready for
bs for one dollar. You will be
Ilisfied. It's q creation. Write
photo returned.
= Box 65, ELKHART, IND.
heautiful and stylish millinery
X. A. Wagenseller, Selinsgrove.
most stylish Hats that will
all. You can find At X. A. Wa
hers, Selinsgrove.
Dunkelberger's millinery opening
May 2 and 8.
,,med Hats that sell are the sort
IKE L. DUNKELBERGER.
.rRAL HOTEL FOR SALE.-The
nj Hotel in Middleburg Is offered
yate sale on easy terms. For par
rs address, H. BURNS SMITH,
New Kensington, Pa.
\ week a wild turkey gobbler flew
Peter Mountain to the Perry Co.
handing in one Of the streets Of
snon. 1t was afterwards caught in
ce corner, and when weighed 1t
bund to weigh 10! pounds.
Movement is ON the foot to erect a
BE memorial at Middleburg In
bry Of the soldiers ofSnyder Coun-
10 scr7ed In tho different wars OF
60. = =. st..ee. Ts>s fsll dstaib val
blIshed In . week or two.
ll on A. E. SOles In his new snav'
nd hair cutting parlor for your
cleaned with o refreshing sham.
md a clean towel to each patron
e north side of Market square Op'
Central Hotel. Satisfaction guar
pd tt.
sometime q small child Of Wilson
ngton Of Bloomfield has had
lie with what was supposed to bt
herring in the nose. A few days age
loore removed a small shoe button
the child's nose which had caused
rouble.
counters are piled up with new
!. We have one of the largest
5 of Spring and Summer goods
brought to this place and we offel
at bottom prices. Come and SCI
took before you buy and we viii
you money.
Il. SwARTZ e. GRAYBILL.
IyG AND SUMMER GOODS. Ladies'
Ee received the very latest styles
pts from Philadelphia and New
and Baltimore, Trimmed Hats
Ready-to-wear Hats and I'm
ned Hats. Please come. and set
purself. Low prices to suit all.
Mrs. f. c. AURAND.
me and see our new line of Men,
Boys Hats, a new line of shoes
Oxford Ties, a new line Of enamel
hre.
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AGDDIEBURGH SNYDER COUNTY, FENNA

morning, the Rev. c. c. Miller officiat-
ed. The obsequies were directed by J.
II. Arl.ogast. Interment in the Ever
green Cemetery.
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TO CURE A COLD INONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo-Q -Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money II 1t
fails to cure. E. w. Groves signature
on each box. 25c ~
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The School Directors Convention is
called for May 9th to meet at Middle
burg to elect . County Superintendent.
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saae and Grinding Mako
Lad and Zinc Paint wear twice
ss lead and oil mixed by hand
ll-N-ly.
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BARK wANTED.-We will pay the
highest cash price for bark delivered in
Middleburg.
II. MIpDLEBURa LEATHER MIRO Co.
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stops sns Usaxn and wsrKs on tseC Co
Laxative Bromo-tluinine tablets cUrs
. cold in = sday. No cure, no pay. Price
25 cents. Il
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ROCSH.

Freeburg Courier.
Mrs. Caroline Roush, nee Weipert,
wife of Absalom Roush, died at her
home in Fremont, April 4, 1902, aged
46 years, II months and 81 days.
Deceased was born i'm Perry town.
ship, Snyder county, on the 25th day
of April 1855, and was baptized the
same year by Rev. c. G. Erlenmeyer,
and in 1870 she was confirmed in the
Lutheran faith by the ssme, and re-
manned q faithful and consistent MEM
ber of the Lutheran church up to the
time Of her death.
November II, 1874, she. was united in
with Absalom Roush by the
Rev. J. F. Wampole. This union re-
suited in two cl ildren, one 81 n and one
daughter, of whom the son preceded
her to the eternal world. Her mother,
husband, daughter, two sisters and one
brother survive her.
The funeral took place Wednesday
morning. The services We're conduct
ed by Rev. c. G. Miller. Interment at
st. Johns church.
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DgATH'S HARVEST.
ma CHARLES oBERLIN.

Mn 0ssA Oberlin, wife Of Chas. Oh
erlln dIDd ct her home In Limestone
TownsAlh nesr Dice, early Thursday
morninA Apr. 8, after q weeks illness
With pn1nmonia, at the age ofA years,
9 mont1 and ~ days. The deceased
leaves sA Anshand and three small chill
dren, theyo0ngest about months old.
Mn 01ssiln was . daughter Of Mr..
and Mr. Henry MAurer. She was born
In Middleossek Twp. Snyder Co., June
p, 1877; VAS baptized Aug. 5, 1877; con-
firmed SO member Of the Reformed
church b. Rey. !. 8. Kohler, April 80,
1892. On 6spt. 4, 1897 she was united In
marriage 70 Charles Oberlin.
The fllnsrAl services were held in the
Reformed church at New Berlin last
Saturday, Rev. 8. 8. Kohler being In
charge.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17

Elizabeth Spaid, nee Arbogast, died
at the home Of her son-in-law, Ellis
worth Steimling, In Washington town.
ship, April 5, 1902, after short illness,
aged "a year. 2 month and 25 days
neosased was born In Perry town.
ship, this coanty, on the sth day Of
March. 1873 She was married to ia
cob 6paid, Ate Of Middleburg. This
union WIS blest with nine children,
four sons and Ave daughters, Of whom
three sons and one daughter preceded
her to the eesrnal world.
Ns lsgal took place ON Monday
= a Assn
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JOHN T.. SHINKEL.

The subject Of this sketch died at his
home Tuesday night Of last week, aged
"a years, Two sons and four daughters
survive him Wesley, resides at Jersey
Shore, and William who resides in
Lewisburg. His daughters are May,
married to J. Z. Mohn of Jersey Shore;
Ella, wife of M. o. Bateman of Beaver
Springs, Jennie, wife of J. o. MOhn,
formerly of this place, and Alma, who
resides at home. He was serving his
5th term as q justice of the peace.
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hrs. CALVIN MOHN.

On Monday afternoon occurred the
sad death Of Agnes, wife Of Calvin
Mohn, at the home Of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Maurer in Limestone
Twp. atthe age Of II years. She leaves
behind an infant child about four weeks
old, and sUrrowing husband. Fun
ersl services took place Thursday in the
Reformed church, Rev. g. s. Kohler in
charge. Her sister was buried last Sat-
urday.
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MRS. JOHN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

MRS. JOHN DUNKELBERGER.
Mrs. John Dunkelberger ended her
earthly career at her home near Erd-
ley's ch,lrchin Middlecreek Twp. Sny-
der Co., on Monday morning at the
ripe old age AZ 50 years, o months and
% days. Ths deceased n survived by
one daugh ~ Gapss: The
66sz5Is tsok ] Iscs V6sdn@dsy morn.
Ing q. GVdleY'o sAaVsh
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UATHAKINE BAILEY

widow Of Peter Bailey, died in Monroe
township, April 7th, aged ~ yeas, 8
months and was buried at Shreiner's
church Thursday. Amos, Andrew and
William of Monroe township and Ed
ward Of Centre are surviving sons. En-
ma, wife Of H. H. Thomas of Adams
twp, and Hettie, wife of Levi Herrold,
are the surviving daughters.
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SwARTz & GRAYBILL.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27
Old American BOTTLES,

In early American glassware the his
tory of our national art progress has
been written. Choice and precious
indeed are the crude blue-green and
brown amber bottles made early in the
nineteenth century-the portrait bot.
ties bearing busts of Washington,
Franklin, Lafayette, De Witt Clinton,
Zachary Taylor, Kossuth, and Jenny
Lind. Local decorative subjects on
many lines of idea were treated by the
first American bottle makers; and the
most exquisite Venetian bottle cannot
outrank in value, to patriotic Amer
lean collector, the primitive old TASKS
ornamented with Indian, Masonic en-
blems. cannon and steamships or such
outdoor themes as the seasons, birds,
fruits, trees. sheaves of wheat, the
fisherman, deer, the gunner and his
hounds, and the first bicycle. The
earliest American railway, with car
drawn by horse, is historically eel
ebrated on glass fash, as well as the
bold Pixies Peak pilgrim, with his
staff and bundle.-1he Century.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27
Immense Sarcophagus.

The most remarkable specimen OF
Punic art which has ever come to
light was discovered recently at Car
thage by p. Delattre, a well-known
archaeologist which is fashioned OF
white marble and beautifully orna-
mented with engravings. That il
served at one time as the tomb oi
some Carthaginian ruler all obtain
able evidence tends to show.
M. Heron de Villefosse gave a
graphic account of this discovery al
the last meeting of the French
Academy of Inscriptions and Bellies
Letters and maintained that it was by
far the most notable specimen of an
cient Carthaginian art which has yet
been found.
II was while excavating in the
Punic metropolis near the hill of Saint
Monica that P. Delatre came across
this royal tomb. AS to its future des-
tination various rumors are afloat, bui
it is most likely that it will be remov-
ed to some French museum.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27

Gated somehow from one to another.
and, at the time appointed, the entire
colony begins TO move. 1t travels
very slowly, compared with other fish,
but makes several miles day.
The octopus vulgaris"-the devil
fish of the ancients-is very common
in the Bay of Naples. Examples are
hauled up in the nets every day. 1t
Is the guerrilla of fishes. 1t hides itself
in ambush in the crevices of the rocks
and waits for its prey. and often piles
up stones into a heap, behind which
it conceals itself until it can pounce
upon unwary and innocent fishes that
pass by. The octopus also has the
power of changing its color and pro-
ducing sll sorts of warts and wrinkles
upon it's otherwise smooth skin, SO as
to deceive its neighbors. These traits
of character are rot commendable.
The body of the octopus looks like
a round bag and contains it's vital Or
gans. At one end it has a head like
that of a toad with two large inquiring
eyes, and branching out from various
parts of the body are eight arms united
at their base by web similar to that
in the foot of duck. Each arm has
two rows of suckers. Hidden by the
arms, and in the middle of the body
is the mouth, furnished with pair of
powerful jaws and a membraneous
flap which alternately opens and shuts
The arms are used for swimming
crawling, climbing and for catching
and holding the prey. 1t eats crabs
fish and other animate objects which
are caught by its suckers, carried to
the mouth by means of the arms and
are quickly killed and digested by a
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27
Safe Protected by Contents.

After standing for a dozen years by
the side of mammoth elm tree near
the Henry Fenner ledge property on
Cranston street, Providence, r. l.. a
grim, rusty old safe is about to be re.
moved. The owner, l.. R. Titus, has
disposed of it to a resident of the
neighborhood, who intends to tamper
with it and eventually take it away.
There is little story about the an.
cient safe. 1t contains dynamite, just
how much is not known, but Mr.. Titus
thinks not more than three or four
pounds. 1t was used for several years
to store the high explosive used in
blasting the rock, and when the Titus
interests discontinued the stone quar-
rying business at the Henry Fenner
ledge the safe contained several sticks
The lock became unmanageable seven
or eight years ago and has refused to
do service since. Hence the vault re-
manned tightly closed rather omi.
nous spectacle, standing as it has in the
open and known to harbor within the
rusty iron walls quantity of dyna-
mite. For obvious reasons the owner
did not blow the door off.
The new proprietor of the souvenir
of tie old Fenner ledge days will COM
mence operations by removing sec
ton of the door by drilling and taking
away the dangerous explosives.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27
CERTAINLY DESERVED THE CHECK.
College Provost Catches Philadelphia
Broker In His Own Trap.

College Provost Catches Philadelphia
Broker In His Own Trap.
The University of Pennsylvania has
not large endowment, and that it
finds the means to pay its current ex-
penses and put up new buildings is
due in great measure to its provost,
Charles c. Harrison. His little black
subscription book is we'll known in
many a downtown office-too well
known, a prominent broker told him
not long ago. Mr.. Harrison was plead
ing persistently with him for a sub
scription, but in vain. Finally the
broker said:
See here, Mr.. Harrison, | will give
you something on one condition"
Very well, Mr.. T" said the
provost, name it."
THE condition is that you promise
never come into my Office again until
l ask you to do So"
Certainly, Mr.. T, | agree to
that" said the provost promptly, and
walked out smiling with check for
$1,000.
A month or so later the broker
heard knock at his door. Come in"
he called, and in walked Mr.. Harri-
son. He had his black book under his
arm.
Good morning, Mr.. T" he said;
81 want you to help me with little
university matter l am"
"T oOk here Mr. Harrison " the brOk-
er continued, when l gave that last
thousand dollars wasn't it on the ex-
press condition that you wouldn't
come into my office again until in
vited you?"
why, yes," returned the provost, Il
believe that was the understanding.
But didn't you say Come in just now
when | knocked?"
They say the check this time was
for five thousand Philadelphia
Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27

The Rev. Alexander Allison, Jr.,
pastor of the Southwestern Presbyte-
rian church. in recent sermon on the
subject of Lying" illustrated his text
with numerous stories, and one OF
these showed how, even in church, n
mans false pride sometimes leads
him to prevarication young man
took his best girl to church and, when
the time for collection" came round
rather ostentatiously displayed S.
gold piece. Presuming upon the en-
gagement to marry that had been
made by her, the young lady placed
a restraining land upon the arm of
her fiance. why, don't be so extra
VACANT, George" she exclaimed.
"Oh, that's nothing, l always give
S. when | go to a strange church."
Just then the deacon came with tne
plate. and George dropped coin.
Everything seemed favorable, and the
young man beamed with sense of
generosity. Then the minister made
the announcements for the week, and
concluded with the wholly unexpected
announcement of the days collection.
THE collection to-day" said he,
"was S3.75."
George hadn't much to say all the
way to his fancee's home.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27
C11rics Of the Sea
Peculiar Abundant Quantities IN
the of Nape

One of the most curious forms of
life hauled up by the nets of the Naples
fishermen are "sea ucumbers"-slug-
shaped bodies about the size and shape
Of the vegetables of that name, of a
pulpy flesh covered with leathery
skin and small calcareous scales of
carbonate of lime. They belong to the
same family as the starfish and sea
urchins, and feed on small crabs and
other floating animal life that they
can capture. They have no teeth, but
the walls Of their alimentary canals
secrete strong juices that kill and dis
solve the fibers of the animals which
have been caught with their sucker
feet and brought to their mouths.
They suck in the sand and mud and
digest the nourishing particles while
those which are of no use to them are
rejected. Sea cucumbers are very COM
mon in the Bay of Naples, and are
often found more than foot long. One
variety, known as the "cucumari plan
ci," has a tail. When the animal is
alive the tentacles of the tail are soft
and pliable and adhere to the rock,
but with death they harden like the
arms of starfish and the spines Of sea
urchins, with which we are more IA
miliar.
The Bay of Naples abounds in medu-
sac, or jelly fish, as we call them, often
growing as large as two feet in diam
eter and weighing fifty and sixty
pounds. Some of them shine at night
with a greenish light and are known
as "noctiluca" might lanterns) by the
natives. The jelly fish sometimes
make migrations in great groups,
sometimes so large and so thick as to
impede the navigator of vessels, like
the floating plants in the Saragossa
sea of the tropics. These shoals Of
medusae, as they are called, may be
SO dense that piece of timber plunged
in among them will be held upright
as If stuck in mud, and ordinary row.
boats cannot force their way through
them. Their migrations have never
been explained. They are irregular
and occur at no particular season Of
the year and under no particular in
fluences. They are not affected by heat
or cold and the currents of the ocean
do not seem to control them. When
the head chief or leader of jelly fish
colony takes notion to move, he is
sues his orders, which are communi-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27
WAS NOT WORKING WITHOUT PAY
How One Boy Declined to Blow Glass
and Make n Bottle.

Thinking to please the visitors who
tain glass manufacturer allows them
all to try their skill at bottle-making,
an experiment which the majority of
them are very eager to undertake. It
is only necessary to blow through a
specially prepared pipe, and a bottle
or glass in it's smooth state can be
produced by mere child.
Some hundreds of school board boys
were in the works the other day, and
only one youngster refused to put his
mouth to the blow-pipe. He stood
there with his hands in his pockets,
watching the others with a comical
air of contempt.
Its rare fine dodge" he remarked
to his bosom companion, as they left
the works together, but the old rascal
didn't take me in by it"
why didn't you have a go at the
pipe?" queried the other, is astonish-
ment.
II wasn't such a fool" was the
scornful rejoinder. Don't you see his
little game? You chaps have been
cracking your cheeks and wasting
your breath all the afternoon, and
you've blown as many bottles as a
man can turn out in a week. Talk
about saving labor! Why, he'll make
his fortune in year if he goes on
like this"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27

Every little while a discussion arises
rs to the time of life when a man ought
to retire from active participation in
affairs. The public is asked to con.
slider whether there is not certain
limit of years when a man no longer
ought to preach, when Il rich man
ought to begin to give away his money,
when a farmer ought to hand over his
fields and granaries to his sons and
daughters, when an editor ought to
stop writing anything but remnis
cences which he is pretty sure nobody
will read. Out in Minnesota the other
day logging party, returning from
its winter camp, was found to consist
of one contractor, aged seventy eight !;
another contractor, aged siXty-five; one
helper, aged seventy nine; one horse,
aged twenty-three, and another horse,
aged twenty-one. They built their own
camp, cut their own roads, and piled
upon the frozen lake 100000 feet OF
pine timber. Further than these bare
details the chronicle is silent, but there
is enough to show that in the logging
camps of Minnesota the question of the
age of retirement is still under debate,
Or has been indefinitely postponed.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27

American expectation of trottinG
horses during the last ten years
has been especially notable. There
is scarcely country in Europe which
has failed to appreciate the superior
qualities of the American-bred trotter
Germany, France, Russia and Austria
all have been large buyers Of Ameri'
can thoroughbreds, and, in many in
stances, American trainers have been
selected to superintend the stables OF
these foreign purchasers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27

on my shoulders. I was analyzing the
misunderstanding intelligent deduc-
tions from the failures of others. |
made noiseless, but exhaustive inquir-
les into the habits and secret tastes OF
TINS anomalous beauty. l finally learn
ed she was an unquenchable reader of
heroic literature. | went to town and
secretly learned from the woman who
kept the book store, the titles of all
those high-spiced novels that consti-
tuted her daily mental and emotional
feed, and l bought them. Day and
night l would lie On my couch and
read novels. Dark, handsome chaps
rushed through the pages. scattering
heroic deeds at every turn and cor
ner.
Il now had the key that was sure
would unlock the door of her indiffer-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27

The Buffalo Commercial says that
when a political rumor begins 1T is
stated upon the highest authority by
one who enjoys the confidence" etc,
that rumor can be set down at once as
a deliberate invention based on no au.
thority. One who ought to "enjoy
confidence" will not betray it; if he
does he is a traitor and a sneak, is not
entitled to, and probably does not have,
anybody's confidence.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27

One inconsiderate father, interested
in affairs of state, named his children,
who CHANGED to be all girls, after the
various presidents in whom he was
interested at the time of the infants
birth. During their childhood the
girls rejoiced in the names of Lincoln,
Johnson and Grant for middle names.
They always wrote their names out in
full, taking great pride in them as
their father had done. Gradually, as
they grew older, they wrote only the
initials, and at the present time not
one of the daughters in that family
has any middle name at all.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27

poisonous fluid secreted in the salivary
glands.
A near relation of the octopus is the
sepia or cuttlefish, which has arms
much shorter than those of the octo-
pus, but they do business very much in
the same way. The chief characteris-
tic of the cuttlefish are it's ability to
hide itself and to change it's color at
will, and in the transparent water of
the bay of Naples the wonderful play
of tints in the living animal is very
much admired. This change in color
is due to large cells in the skin which
are filled with fluids. AS the cells con-
tract or expand the colors of the fluids
change and grow lighter or darker
like the blush upon the cheek of a
maiden, and give the animal an opal