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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
How to Escape From Lightning.

Many people, and especially women,
nave great dread of lightning. For
that reason they will not carry bits of
metal in their pockets during storm.
Others get as far away from the
piano as possible, believing the wires
to he a great point Of danger. And
there are still others who will not set
near window.
Prof. J. w. Lengley, an expert cleo
trical engineer, declares that the mid
die of the room is the safest place dur
ing a storm.
There is constant tendency on the
part of electricity in the sky to reach
the ground, he said. TO do this it must
have a conductor. Atmospheric cleo
tricity always follows the out side Of
the conductor or agency that leads il to
the ground. That's why the middle of
the room is the safest during an cleo
trical storm.
More people are struck by lightning
in the country than in the cities The
reason for this Is Lccause the builders
haye unwttingly safcguarded the cit
les. Buildings have tin and copper
caves and troughs. Many of the roofs
are ofmetal. Wires everywhere. All
these things are conductors.
Lightning mnst concentrate itself.
! must find the weakest spot. But the
city is SO generally covered with con-
ductors that there is practically no
weakest spot. In the country it is
different. One tree is higher than the
rest. Perhaps there is stream of
water beneath it. That tree is the
weakest spot in the wood and the
lightning destroys it. a farmhouse
stands in the vacant lot. There are no
other houses near. That house is the
weakest spot, and there the lightning
strikes.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24

The country papers are full of ac-
counts of swindlers practicing their
wiles on country folks, who persist in
dealing with strangers in II manner
that would cause immediate suspicion
if his nearest neighbors or dealer, whom
he knows all about, would suggest il,
To avoid being swindlea, deal with
men you know deal with firms who yon
know; deal with firms who advertise
their business and methods in news
papers, because they are not ashamed
of them. The swindlcr who travels
through the country aims to keep hi,
business out of the public press; avoids
the country newspaper the same rs he
does n police. Beware Of strangers;
patronize the man you know.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24

Under the new pension law just pass
ed Ey congress, all pensioners under
the general law are entitled to an in
crease of $40 per month. All pension
ers under the act of June y, 1890, who
are blind and who are disabled so that
they require the frequent, though not
constant, attendance of another person
are entitled to $50 per month as soon
as the law is signed by the President.
There are no other changes in the pen
sion law.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
New Orphans Home.

An important step has been taken 10y
the odd Fellows of Central Pcunsyl.
vania and before long they will have
another home in connection with the
Orphans Home near Sunbury. by u
decision Of the officers worthy insti-
tuition for INDECENT odd Fellows and
their wives will he established. Plans
now made call for Il new home near
the site of the present one, to he erect
ed at cost Of $30,OOO. The new build
ing will become the Orphans Home
while the old one will be used as a
home for the aged odd Fellows and
their wives.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24

The Selinsgroye borough Council has
granted a franchise to Mitllin county
syndicate composed Of a. c. Scholl,
Carl Espenschade, John j. Patterson,
Jr., William Hertzler and T. X. Beav-
er, for the purpose Of lighting the town
with electricity. The remote object ii
is stated is the connection Of trolley
line between Miillintown and Selins-
grove i'm the near future.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24

The undersigned offers at private sale
a farm, on the public road leading from
Fremont to Richfield. Containing
about SO acres, in a high state Of culti-
walton, also about 90 acres of good TIM
Der land. Good buildings, fruit trees
and water on the farm. For particulars
address, j. w. STElVER,
Aug. 20. Mt. Pleasant Mills, Ia.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
Old Copies Of the Post Wanted.

While the subscribers of the PoST are
hunting up their old newspapers, they
might look for the copies Of the Posi-
that are missing from our files. We
will pay literally for copy of each of
the following dates
July s, Sept. s, 1869; Apr. 6, Oct. l3,
1879; Jan. 90, 1S71; Apr. Il, 1873; Nov.
4, Dec. %, 1875; Mar. :, lS7S; May 10,
1879; March 10, May 5, 1S7l; April 26.
1883; Mar. q, June l., Oct. 80, 1854;
Sept. Il, Dec. 8, 10, II, "a, 1855; Jan. 2S
May 6, Oct. IS, Dec. %, 1856; Dec. %,
1878. If.
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Notice.

To raise good crops and improve your
land use good bone and slaughter
house phosphate. Manufactured and
sold by r. S. Aucker Shamokin, Pa.
Can be bought direct or from G. r.
Hendricks & Son, Selinsgrove, Pa.
Fresh animal bone and slaughter
house phosphate from $40 up. High
grade commercial phosphate from SIS
down. 7-lO-St.
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Rather ENpensive Fish.

Constable a. \. Baker, eX-oilicio
game warden of Sullivan county, the
other day captured two men who had
fifty trout under six inches in length
in their baskets and promptly took
them before Squire Buschhauscn at
Laporte. The men pleaded guilty and
were fined $500 and costs. One man
had twcnty-four trout and the other
twenty-siX, but they concluded to di-
vide the amount equally between
them.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
Brick from Sand and Cement.

a new process for making bricks out
of sand and cement has been put in
operation in Missouri. No ovens or
burning processes are necessary, the
hardning of the bricks beginning as
soon as it is taken from the mould, and
in fifteen days ii is ready for delivery.
During the process Of moulding, n
single brick uudcgors II pressure Of 50,
600 pounds. In thirty days from the
time the hardening process begins the
brick will stand n pressure of ten tons;
in sixty days a pressure of siXty-iivc
tons. The ordinary pressure required
for building purposes is about eight
tons. In addition any desired color
may be introduced into the sand and
cement mixture. When taken from
the mould the soft mixture must be
handled with extreme care. The brick
are then placed upon large racks built
for that purpose, where they are spray
ed with water from an automatic
sprinkler every four hours. This is
done to assist the action of the cement
in setting properly. The hardening
process naturally begins at the outward
surface of the brick and continues in
ward.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
MIDDLEBURGH SNYDER COUNTY PENNA JULY "a 1902
The pugilist perfers belt around the
waist to one on the jaw.

The pugilist perfers belt around the
waist to one on the jaw.
1t is better to have man stand on
his dignity than to sit all over you.
You never hear conceited people
complaining that life isn't worth living.
The carpenters are busily engaged
making some much needed repairs at
the Court House.
The Christian Endeavor Society of
the Lutheran church will hold fes-
tival on the church lawn, Saturday
evening Aug. ..
Call on A. r. ijoles In ms new snav-
ing and hair cutting parlor for your
head cleaned with refreshing sham
poo and a clean towel to each patron
on the north side of Market square OPP
posite Central Hotel. Satisfaction guar
anteed. If.
The Penn township school board
have elected the following teachers for
the comning school term: Kantz, w.
A. Erdley; Fishers, Herbert Herman:
Salem, Michael Baney; Schoch's, ID. l..
Gemberling; Fair Oak, w. d. Jarret;
Hill End, II. G. Hendricks; Boyers,
Lottie Lepley; OTIS, NJ. r, Herman.
The Lewistown school board has ac-
cepted the plans and specifications OF
Architect John +. Stettler for Il new
school building to De erected on Logan
street. The building will be a two
story, having eight school rooms, and
will be handsome structure, COM
plete and modern in all its arrange.
ments.
a travelling man out west broke his
automobile between towns. ii" spied
a farmer nearby repairing mower. On
reaching the fence the farmer asked .
other what kind of Y machine that W.,
out in the road. "That," said the tray
cling man, sis an automobile. What
do you call that thing you are pound
ing on over there?r "rnat,u said the
farmer, "automohay, but it won't"
e. X. Gaugler, the Harrisburg pho
tographer, and his family, haye the
sympathy Of their friends hele, in
their misfortune. Last week they lost
all their household goods and photo.
graph stock and material by fire, which
started in the rear of Kleckner's hard
ware store adjoining their residence
and gallery. Mr.. Gaugler's loss is part
ly covered by insurance but his loss OF
property and business is hard to esti.
mate, But few years ago he suffered
great loss in property and his business
was destroyed caused by the building
caving in in the erection of the build.
ing adjoining ir-Millersburg Herald
Mr.. Gauglcr is n son of Capt. j. w
Gaugler Of Sclinsgrove.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
Sixth Annual Rc.UniOn.

The sixth annual reunion of the Re
formed church of central Pennsylvania
will be held Thursday, July 3lst, re-
gardless of rain, at Island Park. In
case of very disagrecable weather the
will be held in First Reformed
Sunbury, Pa.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
Sixty Years OF Popularity

is the record of Painkiller Perry Da-
vis'), but the shops are full of imita-
tions made to sell upon the great repu-
tation of the genuine; be cautious, there
fore, when you ask for n bottle to see
that you get the genuine. An unfail-
ing remedy for coughs, colds, bronchl'
tis.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
Spyder County Choir Convention.

The 18th annual choir convention
will be held on the old church grounds
near Freeburg, Saturday, Aug. 10th,
1902. The "Choir Leader containing
the choruses for the day can be had
now for rehearcal at : cents per copy.
WIN. MOVER, Pres,
Freeburg, Pa.
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Fewer Gallons: Wears Longer.

You can paint building with fewer
gallons of Devoc Lead and Zinc than
with Mixed paints, and it will wear
twice as long rs lead and oil mixed by
hand. If.
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~ LUCID LOCAL LASONISS ~
rbore ignorance is bliss tits folly to
he eyes.
hill may be pretty steep and still
on the level.
rhs nen is mightier than the sword,
~ when it comes to cutting remarks.
When wife tires of her husbands
50. she may seek consolation in on
rto maj, who doesn't blow his own
rn generally has to do without
u.c.
rbe fellow with an AK to grind is al
Stocking for someone to do him a
od turn.
vben n fellow dreams he is being
N down by an automobile, is it n
ght.mare:
When a man finds himself in hole
must expect his friends to look
pwn on him.
Indications in all parts of the country
% to the effect that quail will be very
enty this season.
Assaulted by two men, Aggie Beck
was found bound and gagged near
hepandoah Tuesday.
T1e Grubb's Church Sunday school
I'm hold their annual picnic on Satur-
ay, Aug. 8. Every body invited.
More than score of the leading city
nd county superintendcnts of schools
re- graduates of the First Pennsylva-
in State Normal School at Millers-
lille.
The weekly State, Milton newspa-
ber that was to have been run on the
ndle,s chain plan, will not likely be
ssued as the government has stopped
h. scheme.
There will be no suits preferred
gainst the Cambria Steel Company
|br the rolling mill mine accident un-
ess it is proved by the coronor's jury
that the company was to blame.
The potato crop in many sections is
reported way below the average, and
khere will be almost failure Judging
from what is learned where the tubes
lhave been dug up. Continued drought
and protracted wet spell are assigned
the reason for the shortage.
Despite the fickle character of the
weather during the past month, the
fruit crop in Pennsylvania, Delaware
|and else where has not apparently been
effected. The unusually cold weather
which Prevailed a fortnight ago retard-
ed the ripening process, but did not in
any way damage the corp.
Mt. Carmel intended to discharge
her only patient from the emergency
Hospital IL cured, sometime last Tues
day, and disinfect and close the build
ing-, when all hopes that the epidemic
was a thing of the past, were shattered
Monday evening when three new well
developed cases were discovered and
taken to the Hospital.
1t Is said that man who won't take
Il paper because he can borrow one has
invented machine with which he can
cook his dinner by the smoke from his
nelghbor's chimney. This same fellow
sis in the back pew in church to save
lntrest on his contributions. And is
always borrowing ride to town to save
the wearand tear of his own horseflesh.
Yes we all know him. He is q first
cousin to the man who never winds up
Ms clock for fear of breaking the spring.
A state law, approved March %, 1900,
says that the owner or occupant Of land
on any highway in the town
snip shall during September of eachyear
cut and remove all briers, brush and
weeds, and in case of failure to do so,
The township committee shall cause
such work to be done and any owner
snail pay such expense incurred with
costs, ifsuit be necessary before " justice
of the peace.
RADE NrtyTEn Wy. ,,,:,i ,... Al, -,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24

Take Laxative Bromo-Q -Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money if it
ialls to cure. f. w. Groves signature
on each box. 25c
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
MARRIED.,

On July 6, at Kratzerville by Rev. J.
Shambach, William o. Heiser and
Vergie NJ. Bailey, both of Kratzerville.
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,,ops ,ne Z, ,oua. and WORKS ou the Cold

Laxative Bromo-tiuluine Tablets cure
a cold in IA day. No cure, nopay. Price
25 cents. u
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Zinc and Grinding Make

Devoe Lead and Zine Paint wear twice
as long as lead and oil mixed by hand
11-2l-1y.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-05
SECOND GAME.

ithn Baltimore ':....S 30 eossSs9S9 IS
Da''eries-founs and Criger: Cronin and E,ob,1~o,
New-York tribune., 1902-07-05

works which made the rafters Of the grandstand
tremble. Kramer is a Newark boy. In the Oranges
they do not think that any man lives who can de-
feat their favorite. Later, when the oidtme cham
pion, Eddie Cannon" Bald. captured the hve-mile
handicap, the spectators made another demonstra-
tion almost as hearty that given their own idol.
The days sport started with novice race. The
winner of the contest turned up In August Miller
of Staten Island. who is hunchback. Miller easily
outclassed his rivals. and easily by three
lengths The Bin Bang Dash. handicap at half
mile, for amateurs. brought out big field. In the
final George Gasson. who is looked upon
coming amateur champion, caught up with his
field early in the second Jap. and won. with some
thing in reserve by half a length.
The match between Frank l.. Kramer and
1ver Lawson was in half-mile heats. The early pOr
ton of each heat a lOahng match. but when
the sprint came II lightning speed TO the finish.
Kramer had the speed. and defeated Lawson IN
consecutive heats each time by about length. The
raced for purse Of 500
The hve-mile handicap for professionals brought
out thrty-siX competitors, with Kramer, Lawson
and "Plugger BIZ Martin. just returned from Aus
tralia, on scratch. The only teams announced were
prizes offered for the leader in every lap, the
pace fast from the start-sO fast In fact that
all three scratch men quit before the finish. Bald
who had a lead Of 100 yards. in good position
from the start. Entering the hOmestretCh Bald
In front riding with all of his oldtime fire and
spirit with nearly dozen riders in a close bunch
behind. One hundred yards from the wire one OF
New-York tribune., 1902-07-05
MIR. RUTHERFURD's BOAT WINS.
Icy TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. ]

tBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
Newport. r. l., July 4.-Winthrop Rutherfurd won
the first of the in the class of 30fOoters
to-day which sailed in d good breeze from the
southwest. The course was from Brenton's Cove to
and around Dyers Island. There were only three
boats Of the class entered, the others not having
arrived. The Carolina crossed the line with the
at S-22, the Barbara second later in the windward
position 1t was reach TO the jamestown mark
In which the Carolina held her lead. rounding five
seconds ahead of the EsperanZa. The boats then
squared away with spnnakers 10 port for the run
up the bay, in which the Barbara and the Es-
peranza blanketed the Carolina and passed her
North Of Gould Island the Esperanza gybed
and her spinnaker TO starboard after which
she forged ahead and led to the outer mark round
Ing it 4:lS. the Carolina seconds later and
the Barbara at 4:i9:5S: The boats then hauled on
the wind for the beat home. the Esperanza and the
Carolina heading for the shore, while the
Barbara held 10 the Rhode Island shore until well
down down the bay, when she crossed out In the
windward position. 1t would have been a close
hnish had not tow OF barges cut off the Carolina
and the Esperanza, they being compelled to round
np around the tow Of boats losing much time The
time:
New-York tribune., 1902-07-05
CYCLING.
KRAMER DEFEATS LAWSON IN
STRAIGHT HEATS-BALD WINS HAN
DICAP IN CLEVER FASHION.
KRAMER

thousand people-witnessed the bicycle at the
Nailsburg track, near Newark yesterday. While
no records were broken, the sport excellent
throughout. and the onlookers watched the finishes
Of the races with the closest attention. The
weather a little too warm for the spectators,
but was of the ideal sort for the racing men, who
do their best work when the scorches the pine
out of the board track.
Vailsburg is merrymakng sort OF place. The
enthusiasts who went to the track yesterday car
ried their pockets full of frecrackers and pistols
When a finish was to their liking the men and boys
to their feet and let off noise and din giving
full play their patriotism satisfaction at the
same time When Kramer defeated Lawson, just
returned from abroad, there fusillade of fire.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-05
GREEN WINS RAILWAY RACE.
FORTY-NINE MEN START IN TWENTY FIVE
MILE ROAD RACE IN NEW-JERSEY-
COURSE LIKE BILLIARD TABLE.

The annual Elizabeth Railway twenty -hve-mie
road race decided in New-Jersey yesterday be-
fore several thousand spectators. The
expected to start at p. m. but the men did not
leave their mark until two hours later. George
Green. of Railway with six minute handicap,
the winner his time being hour. minutes and
20 seconds Among the time prize winners were E.
Forrest of Brooklyn; Charles w. Dodd, of Eliza
beth, an} Robert Meyers of Paterson. The start
was mhe at Linden. in Rahway-ave. and the
course, which level as billiard table, ex-
tended for eight and one-t third miles. The riders
compelled TO go the course three times.
The men finished follows:
George Green Railway t6 mimi time 1890 David
Long, Pieton t6 MINI: Otto Hardfer. Passaic MINI
Albert Davidson Brooklyn MINI: Delnew.
field % MINI Gus Nussinan. Linden 6 MINI; T. F. Davis
Brooklyn 90 MINI; Charles A Weldman, Newark mln)
John W. Parsons, Brookdae a MINI Charles Cara
brandt, Paterson q MINI: II. 4. Nowak. HOboken g
MINI Charles Van Du Yer Crawford
WurEler. - MINI: Hans smith, Perth Amboy
t5 MINI: John Shingie. Highland Park q MINI.
The time prize winners r. Forrest Brook
lyn (scratCh): Charles w. Dodd. Elizabeth (scratch)
and Robert Meyers. Paterson (scratch).
New-York tribune., 1902-07-05
THE RESULTS AT ST. LOUIS.

st, Louis. July 4.-The element of uncertainty in
racing was never more httingly exemplihed than IL
was to-day, at Delmar. when Alice Turner the de-
spised outsider in field of the best handicap
horses now in training in the West-a horse to
which form players would not conCede a re-
mote chance of victory-galloped home the easiest
! of winners in the independence Handicap. SUM
mareS:
First five ADMINISTRATIONS, ll3 CWalsh) 2 to
l. won; Doctor Kammerer. los Dale) 10 to l. second
Frank Bullock ll3 20 Brien). to .. third Time O3&
Second Selling; seven fgrongs,Ida Penzance lO6
CWeber. II to l. won; Polly BXby. Ill (Sculy), 1,
second; Censor, ia CDael to l. third Time. 1:sO.
Third (selng; five and half furlongs)-Ben
Lear 1O5 Fauntleroy). to :. Helen Hay. 100
% Connor 10 second; Flash OF Night. 100 (Crabb)
20 to l, third. Time. Ill
Fourth Independence Handicap: three
sixteenths mes)-Alice Turner. 81 &C. BonnerD l.
won; Helen Print. 90 (EarD. to l. second: Edwardo 9S
Fifth (sellng: furlongsl-Randazzo. 1O5 Dae)
to 2, Sam Lazarus log tHggns) II to second;
Fred tiessig 1O7 {Battiste 20 TO l. third Time. 1:I7
Sixth Selling and one-quarter miles-I.arry
Wilt. SO tO'NeiD, TO 2 wOn W. B. Gates 1902 CBat-
Time, 21Ol2.
Seventh Selling mile and seventy Yards
Terra Incognita. 1O5 CDae) l. Chanterelle
(oNenp 10 l. second; Tenny Bell. 1Oi CBelD I to 2
IN
New-York tribune., 1902-07-05

The sloops Humma and Syce had great fight in
the windward work. the former winning by II min
utes and 80 seconds. The Dorwina met the Effort
and the sloop Challenge. She defeated the
Effort by minutes and 8 seconds.
In the raceabout class H L. Maxwel's Indian de-
feated the Mavis by l minute and 42 seconds The
summary follows:
New-York tribune., 1902-07-05
DYING FROM An UNUSUAL DISEASE.
LIFE OF MOUNT VERNON YOUTH DESPAIRED Oh
BECAUSE A AIICROBE GOT INTO
BROKEN ARM

George SperI fifteen years old. lies in the Mount
Vernon Hospital in diving condition. the result
OF a microbe Of the earth penetrating broken bone
and causing gangrene set in The case is a rare
one and has attracted widespread attention among
the medical fraternity. il is new disease. which
was recently discovered by Professor Welsh. OF
Johns Hopkins University. DIR. Archibald T. Ban
ming who attended the boy. says the micrObe which
caused all the trouble is called aneurobic earth
germ. because il lives without oxygen.
week ago young Sperl was vaulting with
pole when he fell and broke his al the wrist.
A broken bone protruded in the ground. and when
a doctor was for il was found that gas glob-
uIes had formed on the arm The bone was set,
but instead OF knitting IL began TO swell. and the
boy was taken TO the Mount Vernon Hospital Al
though little hope entertained for his
a well known surgeon of New-YOrk sent for.
and. realizing the dangerous germ which was IN the
arm he amputated II at the shoulder on Thursday.
1t Is feared. however, that the poison had perme-
ated the lads whole system, and that the case Is
hon
New-York tribune., 1902-07-05
TELEGRAPHIO NOTES.

Huntington, w Va, July 4.-The jury in the case
of the State against John Farr for the murder of
Owen Ross failed reach verdict and was dis
charged. This is the fourth trial. Farr is a we'll
known Republican and wealthy.
Paris KY July little" Berry Bedford who
for many years county surveyor. died sud-
denly last night aged eighty years. His wife ia
now in JAIL charged with the murder. Arsenic
found in his stomach. and II is charged that
she poisoned him.
Detroit. July A dispatch TO The Free Press
from Petosky Mich, says that the steamer North
land, plying between Chicago and Buffalo, Is tied
up at Mackinac Island by a strike among the
crew. Ii is said that they have not been paid, and
last night they decided on heroic measures and
fused 20 allow the boat to proceed. There Is much
excitement the island.