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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
COUNTRY IMPROVEMENT.
Goes Hand In Hand with Culti-
walton of the Useful

There are places in the com
try that will not admit Of the word
Improvement, but as we travel about
among the farms we are compelled
to acknowledge that town improve
ment societies are very much needed,
At Idaho Falls, in Idaho. one of the
largest clubs in the state is the Vii
lage Improvement society, entirely
composed of women. The object OF
these clubs should be TO make the
streets clean and beautiful, to en-
courage private owners To keep their
lots and farms beautiful, and their
homes teachers of refinement. The
women of Clinton, y. Y, have placed
boxes in the streets to receive waste
papers and similar rubbish. The
Rural Art society, of the same town,
is planting linden trees, laying out
small parks and looking ont for sim
liar enterprises, which, while not of
little value, are not of much cost. In
one of the Ohio towns | notice that
two rival clubs are in the field. This
is perhaps good idea, for compcti-
ton in doing good works aS well as
in business affairs. The present ont
look is for Il rallying OF all enter
priscS for tn, public welfare around
the SchuolhuUSc rs a center. If this
can be brought about town organla-
tion will mean something very diff
fcrcnt from the present disorganiIa-
ion, which gets the state charter. 1t
will place intelligence at the frcnt
and tend to disable the saloon and
similar Influences.
Meanwhile civic Improvement goes
forward ON parallel lines with coun-
try Improvement. II seems to be ac-
Crptcd aS an assured fact that cities
are to spread out hereafter over a
very much larger territory. The cX-
ccutiye board of the American league
for Civic Improvement met recently
at Springfield, q. The league is to
hold Il weeks convention at Chau-
tauqua for discussing all sorts of mu-
nicipal reforms. 1t is believed that
political reform and physical reform
must go on together. The Spokane
Floral association. which is com
mittee of the State Federation ON
Forestry and Outdoor Art, issues n
year book showing how best to ad-
vance the study and the work of civic
Improvement, especially in the way
of planting flowers and trees. There
really is no way any longer Of keep
ing civic art and rural art separated.
We believe the day is not far off
when every farmer will consider the
cultivation of the beautiful just as
much n part Of his business as the
useful. Then our farms will be con-
nected together with long lines of
highways-mostly trolleyways-all
of which constitute extended public
parks.-E. 7. Powell, in n. y. Trib-
une.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
How to Put Up Alfalfa.

This is the way South Dakota
farmer puts up alfalfa: For stack bot
tom use any old material eight or
ten inches deep, seven or eight feet
wide and as long as you need. Have
some good dry hay or straw ready.
Cut the alfalfa when about half in
bloom in dryest part of day and let it
thoroughly wilt or cure until YOU can
press it into a wad between your hands.
Haul to stack and put layer of eight
or ten inches of alfalfa; then dry hay
or straw, then alfalfa a foot; hay or
straw eight or ten inches, and so on
until as high as wanted. Dry mate.
rial must be eight inches in middle to
nothing at the edge of stack. This
is the scientific and only way to cure
alfalfa, and it makes the best all
around food in the world for all farm
animals.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24

the wonderful tales of the diamond
fields in Kimberley. He reached there
but little in advance Of his future as
sociate and friend, Cecil John Rhodes.
He made money at Kimberley in
small way at first, afterward increas-
ing his store, until he came in touch
with Rhodes and helped the latter to
perfect his great consolidation scheme,
which placed the Kimberley mine own
ers in a position to dictate prices to
the diamond merchants of the world.
When Rhodes. Belt and the late Bar
ney Barnato became life governors,
under the original charter of the De
Beers company, they little thought
that the provision securing them a
fourth part of the profits after dtvi-
dend of 80 per cent, had been paid to
the shareholders would prove in itself
a source of enormous revenue. In the
decade Immediately preceding the l'oer
war this fourth part aggregated near
" $10,OOO.O0O. or $I,000,000 year. In
addition to this income. Bcit had the
dividends upon his De Beers stock, his
interest in the great banking firm of
Jules PorgeS d Co., afterward succeed
ed by Wernher, Belt & Co., and pre-
ponderant share in several enormously
lucrative mining ventures in the neigh
borhood of Johannesburg.
Not possessing an aggressive and re-
sistent personality Belt naturally fell
! under the spell of Cecil Rhodes. whose
wealth was never more than a fourth
| of his own. In the strongly marked in
dividuality OF the Englishman the Ger
man recognized the very antithesis Of
| himself and readily submitted to a
| leadership which he knew it would
have been useless to dispute. Like
many other money lords Belt has been
credited with working harder than any
Of his employees and with leading the
life of an asCctic. All this is pure fic-
ton He is not hard worker, or at
least he has the faculty of accom-
plishing n good deal without putting
forth any particularly strenuous eff
fort. He spends much of his time in
entertaining, in quiet way. at his
house in Park lane and in riding and
playing golf. His offices are the finest
in London and when their quiet. unob.
trusive and ditfident owner is there. in
his inner sanctum, he is an extremely
difficult man to approach. His staff is
said to be better paid than any other
in London.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
POSTMASTER TOO HONEST.
Increased His Pay by Il Small
Investment

Il noticed" said an old resident of
chicago, according to the Tribune, the
recent story OF the Nebraska post
master who bought goods, and stock,
and lands with stamps to such an ex-
tent that his Office went into another
classification and his salary was
raised several hundred dollars a year.
THAT reminds me of another post
master out in Missouri who didn't
know half as much, and who, without
any increase in salary, had to buy
drinks for half the town just after
he failed to rise to an occasion.
at was under the first Cleveland
administration. The post Office lad
been in the fourth class all its life,
and as there had never been any pub
lie stir about putting it into any
other class the new postmaster sat
down on his job and sold stamps at
current rates, making the usual set
Elements and thankful for small ia
vors.
but in the third year of his in-
cumbency of the Office things took a
spurt, and when it came to a final
settlement for the year the receipts
showed that the fourth-class Office
had sold things mucilaginous to
within $3.S5 of the $4,000 limit, max
ing it a third-class Office.
And, don't you know, Smith turned
in the proceeds of that last quarter
without thought of buying that
$3.50 worth of Is, SIS and SIS neces-
sary to make his Office of the third
class for a whole year"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
TREES FROM NURSERIES.
Their Living when Placed in
New Locations.

II is something of a science to trans
from distant nursery and have them
live. 1t used to be thought that there
must always be large percentage of
loss anyway-cvcn under the best con
ditions. Both the nurscTymcn and the
planters have now learned that trees
of all kinds can be handled in Il way
TO insure their living when placed in
their new locations. 4 well-packcd
tree has its roots kept moist 10y being
rolled in damp moss and tied up in
bagging. The old scheme of pulling
trees out of the ground, exposing their
roots and sending them away without
any protection was the cause of many
a tree proving n failure. When these
trees arrived at the distant station
they were thrown out on the platform
and left there exposed to the heat OF
the sun and the drying effects of the
wind. In the course of time the pur-
chaser drove around and got his con.
signment, perhaps couple of days
after their arrival. By that time their
roots were good and dry. lie drove
home and set out his trees in any old
way. Even had he set them in the bcs,
possible way it is altogether likely
that good many trees would have
perished owing to the drying out Of
the roots. When large part Of his
trees failed to grow of course the
nurseryman was To- blame--so the
buyer said. lie was right to some en-
tent, in that the trees were sent away
with roots not properly protected. In
sending trees long or short distances
the roots and their moisture supply
furnish the key To the situation Prop
'r treatment & <the tree from the time
1t comes out Of The nursery row to the
time it goes into the place assigned to
il in the orchard will insure good
healthy tree. In setting hundred of
these there need be no failures.-
Farmers Review.
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water We then laid ouc-iuch galyan-
lied iron pipe liu,idcmcSurcl 30 inch
Is under ground from spring to Kitchen
door, and put galvanized iron tank
holding enc barrel of water inside
kitchen door; put an overflow pipe in
tank and carried this pipe under ground
30 inches, half way to barn. Here we
built n cistern lined up with brick and
comcntcd. holding 30 barrels of water.
We carry water under ground from
this cistcrn to barn where we have n
galvanized iron tank holding .iX bar
rels of water. We have fall of ten
feet from cistern to tank at barn. In
tank at barn we have float valve that
regulates the supply of water, keeps
the tank full at all times, and absolute
ly directs and manages this end of the
business without any assistance on our
part.
We put force pump in spring and a
steel tower 30 feet high, and an eight
foot wheel at kitchen door. The pump
is operated with triangle and, when we
nave 1alT "lllu uIN WHnu water from
the spring we simply raise leverand
set the mill in motion, and the water
(as pure as there is on earth) passes
through our kitchen at the rate Of one
barrel every 30 minutes. The outfit
and the wind does the work and don't
stop to rest. While many of our friends
and neighbors are suffering great in
convenience and hardship forcedupon
them by the unusual scarcity of water,
we feel truly thankful that we have an
abundance. 1t is good thing to have a
good credit at good bank. The next
best thing is TO have good spring OF
water on which we can draw at any
time. Sam Jones says the poet was a
prophet when he wrote
death rides on every passing breeze
And turks IN every flower,
Each season has its own disease,
Its pcrils every hour
We realize that passing breeze in
many cases brings joy and gladness
4 passing breeze in connection with
wcll-dircctcd ingenuity viii force wa.
ter distance of 47G feet, elevate il
A. feet and put it in the most dcsir
able place in our dwelling in abund'
ance.--John Pugh, in Ohio Farmer.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
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>7>BT2pOV'zHENT.
HARNESS THE WIND.
How the Farm House Can he Easily
Supplied with an Abundance
of Good Water.

For many years we have suffered
rerious inconvenience in obtaining a
sufficient supply Of water for house
use, especially for the last : or 20
months. For more than - months Of
this time we have carried water for
house use distance Of 41G feet and
had to tramp up Hill - feet. We have
spring Of water dischargiug about
one barrel of water every hour winter
and summer, wet or dry. This spring
is - feet lower than the kitchen door
and 4s6 feet distant. Last summer we
built reservoir or tank of stone laid
up in Portland cement. over and around
the slSing, holding about II barrels Of
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
This Dog Ckcyvs Tobacco,

"Old Peter jenkins, of our town, has
the only tobacco-chewing dog 1 ever
heard Of" says a Bristol (Pa.) man in
the Philadelphia Record. "The dog is
now over ten years old, and, so far as
anybody knows, he has been slave to
the habit ever since he was puppy.
Peter himself says ne doesn't remem-
Der how the pup acquired the taste;
maybe he was born with it. At any
rate. Peter never takes chew without
Offering one to the dog If he is around,
and the dog never refuses. If Peter
should happen to forget he would soon
be forcbly reminded of his oversight.
1t is a curious thing to see the dog
lying with his head in his paws, work
ing his jaws over juicy quid. He swal-
lows it. too, and 1t never seems to make
him sick"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
HERBERT G. SQUlERS.
United states TO the New
Cuban Republic.

Herbert Goldsmith Squiers, who
was selected by the president as the
first United States minister to Cuba,
though a Canadian by birth, has spent
nearly all his life in the service of the
United States. He was appointed a
lieutenant in the army from Minnesota
in 1877, but disliked his assignment to
the infantry, because there was no In
dian fighting in it, and exchanged into
the cavalry. Here he was again disap-
pointed. Instead of joining his regi-
mcnt, he was sent TO the cavalry school
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
Cheap Material for Ronds.

1t has been discovered that burnt
Cumbo is a most Scrviceable material
for use on country roads. 1t is not
quite as durable as is crushed stone.
but is far superior to dirt Its cost is
slight, as it can he produced without
the use of skilled labor. The burning
Of the gumbo removes the quality
that when the clay is wet causes stick
mess. This burnt clay is used for cap
ping the road. The road-bed must be
well drained and well built before the
top of burnt clay is put on. 1t i,
claimed that if people will adopt the
burnt-clay idea, roads as good as those
in France can be constructed in this
country with no additional expendi.
ture over that now being required 10y
the roads.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
The Name lllsl SlNrY.

]. A. Kelly relates an eXperinece
similar to that which has happened
in almost every neighborhood in the
United States and has been told and
re- told bv thousands of others. He
says: Last summer had an attack
of dysentery and purchased a bottle
of Cbamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. which used ac-
cording to directions and with ell
tiIcly satisfactory results. L b e
trouble was controlled much quicker
than former attacks when / used
other remedies" Mr.. Kelly is we'll
known citizen of Henderson, N. G.
For sale by the Midd|eburg Drug
Store.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24

Mr.. F. II. Wells. the merchant at
Deer Park, Long Island, N. Y,
says: Il always recommend Cham.
berlaiu's Pain Balm as the best lin,
ment for straps. l used it last
winter for a severe lameness in the
side, resulting from a strain. and
was greatly pleased with the quick
relief and cure it effected" For sale
by the Middleburg Drug Store.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
SAVED THEIR NAMES.
mortal Ly Their Lnbnrs ia II
Variety O: s'ieIds.

While the word "macadamize" was
rapidly establishing its position in the
English language, no less an auth ority
than Jeremy Bentham gave it n help
ing hand on iJs way BY declaring tb. !.
"the success of Mr.. McAdam's system
justified the perpetuation of his name
in popular speech"
This i, perhaps, the most perfect ex-
ample of all Of Il spontaneous popular
impulse whereby an inventor. who had
benefited mankind was embalmed, so
to say, in his own invention, and his
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24

81 am using a box of Chamber
lain's Stomach & Liver Tablets and
find them the best thing for my
stomach | ever used,' says T. w.
Robinson, Justice of the Peace,
Loomis, Mich. These Taolets not
only correct disorders of the atom
ach but regulate the liver and
bowels. They are easy to take and
pie, saut in effect. Price % cents
per box, For sale by the Middle
burg Drug Store.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
BROAD-TIRED WHEELS.
Farm Work Than ThOSe Now
In General Use.

This picture Of twowheels, one wide
tire and the other a narrow, shows
why the former is easier to draw and
is better for ordinary farm work than
the latter. The narrow tire sinks int o
the soft soil and the team is all the time
drawing the loaduphill,whi thewide
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24

at Fort Monroe, Kan. While there he
eloped with and married the daughter
of w. G. Fargo, pioneer in the express
business. On the death of his wife a
few years later he resigned from the
army. and shortly afterward entered
the diplomatic service as third secre-
tary of legation at London. He also
served in Berlin and St. Petersburg,
and was then sent to Peking, where
his military knowledge and sound
judgment proved Of great value during
the siege of the legations.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24

name, connected Ssomhly with it,
was handed down to future ages with a
certainty that it would endure as long
at least as the language continued to
exist.
But, curiously enough, at almost the
same time when the great roadmaker
was achieving Immortality, another in
ventor, with a no less obviously Scotch
name, was treading the same path to
linguistic fame.
The labors in the field of chemistry
which enabled Macintosh to perfect
and patent new sort of clothing-and
that in time when travelling by stage
coaches rendered it particularly well
come-were almost as prolonged as
those which qualified his fellow-coun-
tryman in long life to solve the prob
lem of constructing durable roadway
for wheeled traffic.
A third notable specimen of the con-
version of a name into a vernacular
word may be taken from France,
where DR.. Guillotin found himself ef-
fecually, though not perhaps very
agreably, immortalized in connection
with the lethal implement which still
bears his name. The popular belief
that he perished by the machine which
he had introduced appears to be erro-
,annc
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24

BE gentle with the hogs so that
they become docile and quiet. The
keepers disposition is often reflected
In the herd.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

The County Commissioners will
meet in Oakland on Monday. At
this meeting something should be
done looking to the permanent i'm
provement of the public highways.
President Peter j. Stephens of the
Board has given the matter consider
able thought and attention, and we
believe he has feasible plan where
by the slip-shod manner in which the
roads in this county have been work
ed in the past hundred years will be
done away with and more modern
methods adopted. The roads today,
not only Garrett county, but in a
majority of the counties of the state
are in a condition not much better
than they were when first laid out
and taken charge of by the public
officials. To pursue the same plan as
heretofore followed will bring no
relief. What the people want is some
methodical as well as scientific prin-
ciple of road making and road main
tenance adopted that will make our
thoroughfares passable at all seasons
and under all conditions. Until then
it is simply throwing money away to
work roads. The sentiment of the
people and taxpayers generally we
believe is with us in this respect.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK.

d. w. Smith, of Washington, d. c.,
was visitor at the Park last Mon
day.
Herbert Flowers and wife spent
Christmas in Cumberland as guests
of J. A. Enlow and family.
Miss Mollie Hays, Garrett county
lady, has rented the cottage ON the
southwest corner of G and Cedar
streets and will open it next June for
boarders.
Mrs. H. Weimer and family have
moved into Dixie Cottage" having
rented it for year. Mrs. w. and
daughters in a few days start on an
extended visit to relatives and her
son Charles is talking about entering
the Mount Union College.
Miss Anna G. Dellinger, of Balti-
more, a sister of Mrs. A. r. Sperry,
will have charge of the Virginians
Home Cottages next summer.
Miss A. J. Orange, of Cincinnati,
has rented "Oakview;" Geo. Feney,
Esq, of Wheeling, has rented the
Crane Cottage; w. A. Clayton has
rented "Epworth Cottage" Mrs.
Booker, of Fairmont, has rented the
A. ]. Young cottage; Mrs. Eyerhart,
of Fairmont, has rented the Ryan
cottage; Conrad Michael has rented
'Rembold Cottage Carl Frame, of
Morgantown, has rented the home
ON the southwest corner of G and
Cedar streets.
J. W. Feather, Esq, of Cranesyille,
W. Va, has purchased the Weimer
cottage; consideration $3.50. Mr.. F.
and family will make the Park their
home.
Wallace Bowser, of this place, was
married to Miss Fannie Spiker, sister
of Mrs J. L. Echard, by Rev. J. M.
Davis, on December %. Mr.. and Mrs.
j. l.. Echard gave the happy couple a
Christmas dinner Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Spiker were also guests. The bride
and groom are visiting at Addison,
Pa.
Gilbert Baumgardner and sister
Miss Edith spent last week with Mr.
J. A. Hayden and family.
Manager Rudisill spent last Sabbath
in Cumberland, preaching morning
and evening at Grace church.
A revival service is now in progress
in the M. E. church. Considerable
interest in manifested.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

they bring before the people informa-
ton from the best and most reliable
sources supplied by modern progress
and discovery. bearing upon crops,
fruits, culture, stock, feeding, fertiliz-
ers and kindred questions in the hus-
bandry of this section.
Every farmer who can suggest an
imp ovement of any character touch
ing production, planting, pruning,
preparation, stock. or any improved
idea or invention should attend these
meetings and give his experience for
the benefit of others. Do not keep
your light under bushel but put it
generally out in the unobstructed
opening that others may see and re-
ioice in its beams.
G.. NJ MILLER.
Swanton, Dec. IS, 1901.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02
THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1902.
THE spoilesmen have gotten down
to work at Annapolis.

EX-GOVERNOR Frank Brown wants
the officeholding Democratic leaders
to take their hands off the throttle
of Maryland politics" Too late, Gov
ernor. You helped to restore the
power of the machine, and there is no
probability that the officeholders-
present and prospective from Sena-
tor German down, will refrain from
running political affairs in Maryland
for all they are worth. The masses
of the Democrats must rebel if they
ever expect to be free from the yoke
of German and Rasin, and that re-
bellion must be at the polls. Demo
cracy in Maryland has meant Cor
manism for the last twenty-five
years, and still means it
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02
Organization of the Senate.

The Senate of Maryland convened
yesterday at Annapolis with the fol-
lowing officers:
President-John HUI bner, of Balti-
more county.
observation-disclosures S. Ritter, of Fred
erick county.
Journal Richard Fl. Worth
ington. of Baltimore city.
Reading Clerk-Albert ]. Almoney,
of Montgomery county.
Sergeant-at-Arms-Sam'l C. Faux
ner, of Queen Anne's county.
Chief Engrossing Clerk-Samuei ].
Bell, of Baltimore city.
First Assistant Engrossing Clerk
H. b. Lake, of Baltimore city.
Stenographer-Miss Katharine Nc
Donnell of Baltimore city.