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NATIONS NEW MONEY VAULT,
Holds Millions and Thieves Could
Not Break In.

In the panic of 1893 there was q
sudden call for bank notes from banks
in all parts of the country. The de-
mand, beginning in moderate terms,
presently Increased to eronmous pro-
portions. 1t wiped out the $5,000,000
supply of bank notes in the treasury
vaults in no time, and still the call
continued.
The issue division. of the treasury
department was set to work double
time in the effort to keep up the sup
ply. 1t fell behind hopelessly from
the first, and at one time there were
requests for some $1,000, 900 more than
could be supplied. .
Naturally this increased the panic
and aided in bringing about disaster,
and the authorities at Washington
came in for severe criticism. Their
answer was that the SIS, 900, 900 in bank
notes on hand took up all the space
available for such storage.
"Provide more space, then," laid
the banking interests and the gov
ernment set about doing 80.
The result OF that complication Is q
wonderful new vault, just now COM
u,
money. With this enormous sum on
hand it is not probable that any de.
mand will be able to exhaust the inn
mediate resources.
The new vault is II feet square and
its walls rise to height of IL feet.
The lining is composed of Bessemer
steel plates three eights of an inch In
thick ness, and these are securely fas-
tened by means of huge screws and
bolts to frame work of steel, which
| is built into the masonry. All the
pigeon holes, nearly 5000 in number,
are of steel and there is not an inch of
infammable material in the furnish
ings of the vault.
This receptac e of the nations
wealth is doubtless an object of deep
longing to some thousands of gentle
men who make a living by helping
themselves to other peoples money in
wsys not sanctioned by the law, but it
man, or array :of eracksmen,:fo that
matter, who should get anywhere near
the $50, 900, 900 securely nested in the
new vault.
This new vault can be entered only
through the old vault, and its location
is impossible to determine from the
outside of the building. The govern
ment has even gone so far as to put in
false windows, heavily curtained, to
deceive any one who might try to de-
termine the resting place of the treas
ure from outside.
Two special guards who hsve for
years done sentry duty over the bank
notes. guard the new vault as they
guarded the old. But even if these
guards could be overcome the bank
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lowering between life and death, and
moaning incoberently to herself as
she held fast to Betty's hand.
To Betty's hand, which was no less
gentle when the girl caught the moan
out words of delirium and understood
what bad been done.
Betty did not return to the office in
the city. She was wanted at home,
she wrote, and the firm excused her
and wondered how a business girl
could throw away her prospects 80
lightly. 1t was long and Wearisome
struggle to win Miss Matte back to
life; and in another sense. an equally
long and Wearsome matter to avert the
threatened ruin. All the girls in
domitable courage, all her brains and
talent, and also all her savings, were
needed to eXtort patience from the
creditors, to unravel the fearful tangle,
and to save the shop. But it was done,
without help or faltering, and day
came when matters were almost as
they had been in Daniels days; and
Betty repeated nothing of what she
had heard to Miss Matte. .
There was at last pleasant evening,
when the ghost of Daniels sister came
downstairs, sharper featured than ever,
but robbed ofall her grimness and as.
perity, and when she saw what had
been done, and knew that her home
was safe and that she was free from all
the struggling. she burst into wild
crying, and would have knelt at Bet
ty's feet had not the girl prevented 1t.
"You've save meW she said "You've
been the messenger of the Lord-the
messenger to the unworthy servant.
But you don't know what I've DONE"
eyes, I know" answered Betty, gen.
tly.
"You know?" repeated Miss Matte,
incredulousiy. "You know that when
George Marsh wrote to you kept his
letters back, and that when he was
seeking you I told him didn't know
where you, were? Oh! Betty, Betty,
my wicked heart! I thought that you
had come between Daniel and me, and
1 hated you, and 7 could not bear that
anything should keep you near me.
And when I was sorry afterward,
was afraid, and dared not tell the
truth. But I will"
Aid she did, bravely and simply,
when George Marsh came fastening
to see her in answer to her message;
and it was Daniels sister, after all,
who put Betty's hand in her lovers
and begged forgiveness from them
both.-End.
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robber who had reached The ef1tr2ncs5
to the vault which he could never dl0s5
by the way-4wouid be abla to Tst, sfo
further. for the doors afeS pr radffca1iys
impregnabIe, s. b S I'D
It was not 40 alwasty,s I'M Aya III ne
time when commit IN sYsSs5 "a
tion invited q deieraf i'm SSf han q MI
giars to exnerimenfs An n II 3; 3 dnsrs 81
cnm mittee believad sthaf IS si,e, al ,Isc u
pretty secure. 81
The gentIaman, ~ 4 has IN ns 3 se@
ined the situation carefniiv IfI,s a5aS IA G
did a fer, "a inT1tos ,4i a
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J. w NICK 3.

Has opened up at Wilders Old Stand d nice
stock of New Goods, Staple and Fancy
Groceries. Dry. Goods, CrOckefy, Lamps
Glass and TinWare, Fruits and Vegeta-s
bles, Flour, Sugar, Coffee, Meal,a Cribs
Meat and Lard. Country Produce as
Speciality. sSs sSssaFssSs 81
When i'm need of anything i'm my line
call and see me. Yours truly
j. w. MCKEE, ID
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home OF the president on next 1uesoay' Feo'
ruary 4th, 1902.
Lost-Small bunch of keys, containing
Post office key &c. between Post office ano
Baptist Church. A liberal reward Will Or
given for eiivery Of same at this once.
DIR. B. F. WILSON has resigned the Presi
dency of Cow erse College, to take erect next
June.
Mr., w. MCKEE, one of our most enter
prisipg young merchants, goes 10 aooges Cd
Sundays, prospecting for wife.
MISS DoUsCHKA MARTIN of Newberry, ;.
c.. alter spending several days WIN ne.
sister. Mrs. I. w. Sloan, In this city, returned
home on Monday.
Mr.. Brazeale, the tailor has bought the
house recently occupied by Mr.. Hoiilngs
worth In Fort Pickens, and he is now living
there. '.
Iosr-A small black memorandum book.
"'NF F' 1t. Miller.
II you want to see the most complete line OF
up.to.date stationery you ever saw. Call al
Milford's Drug Store.
Fine perfume and toilets soap specially
with us. c. A. Milford The Druggist.
For lamdents seed 60 TO Milford Drug Store
Phone l07.
NICE JEwELRY.-If you want Ice jewelry
of the newest and best patterns, or II you
need spectacles or watches, call on j. w. NY
kard. His goods are both pretty and cheap.
b He has beautiful presents for loved ones u
MILL STOCK FOR SALE.-I will offer for
sale on Sale Day In February i've shares VI
Mail. Mrs. w, A. Lee.
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presS.lent Harrison.

Vice-President F. F.. Harrison OF the Farm
ers Bank is acting President OF the oank o;rr uy
Inc the absence OF the President, Hon. w.
f. Parker. He will be glad TO see any one
having business with the Institution over
which he is now presiding. Those who neeo
money and have The proper collateral can gel
from him ali the money that may be desired.
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Off for Texas.

Mr. I. c. McLanc of Monterey, Is off for
Texas. He goes to Cameron where he VIII
meet his three sons and daughter. HIS
daughter Miss Lizzie McI.ane, will 60 from
McI,ape. who is iu charge Of the poor house
farm, is the only member of the family to
perpetuate the name. Mr.. McLane is now
past sixty-one years OF age. and when Toe
time comes to depart, he goes with sorrow.
To break up the associations of life time is
bound 10 be a trying tordeaI. The Almighty
never contemplated the trsnsplanting OF an
old tree or an old man. When an oIo Inan
sure to follow, but we hope that flowers may
bloom in Texas fields and that nothlng
but pleasant memories may come 70 the olo
man In his dreams.
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Bark stinle's Locals.

Get your garden seed from w. D. Barksdale.
New supply just In.
You will need some fertilizer for your gar
den this year. Buy Roysler's bone goods from
w. ID. Barksdale. They are the best.
Seed oats. rust proof and red oats.
When you need corn, oats, meal, flour, ba.
con or other supplies call on US.
Fresh lot of garden seed.
Get prices from w. D. Barksdale before you
buy your molasses.
Canned goods Of all kinds can be found at
the store of w. D. Barksdale.
Car load of New Orleans molasses just re-
ceived.
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School Tax Election.

In the election for four mills extra levy for
, school purposes the majority In favor was
about twenty. Very little interest," was ieie io
the matter. and the vote was a small one
less than hundred.
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Wednesday, Jan. 80, 1902.
Whose Seat?
/ Herald say

The Augusta Herald says:
"Hardiwick is after Congressman tlemings
seat"
Referred TO the Chester Lantern. Does
Hardiwick own seat In Congress? The ex-
preston of the Augusta Herald is on par
with South Carolina office holder who spoke
with energy aboat another man running Tor
his Office.
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A. Il. p. Church, Feb.

The pastor will preach at II a. M. next SAB
bath at the Associate Reformed Presoy terlan
tion, sis 1t -?
Friends and strangers are cordially invited.
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Keep your eyes on DuPre's show windows
and get his prices on vases, dolls, aud other
Christmas goods.
We exchange school books. Speed Drug, Co
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Daueh,ers Of the Confederacy.

The regular monthly meeting Of the Daugh'
ters OF the Confederacy will be held at the
home OF the president on next Tuesday, Feo'
ruary 4th, 1902.
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ing according to size is distinct ad.
vantage, because it frequently hap.
pens that one consumer desires q
small size while another prefers a
larger grade. The work of grading
and packing can be done best on a
properly constructed grading table
in the packing house or in a shaded
corner of the field The packing
house is the best place, however.
In western New York there are
three types OF packages-l2-pound
baskets, bushcl baskets and crates.
The 12-pound basket usually holds
16 melons, the bushel basket AMI -"
crate hold from 80 to As meloH,
each. 4 favorite size Of the crate
Is 0 by II by 22 inches. Baskets
are neat and easily handled, but are
not suitable for shipping fruit to
distant markets. For long-distance
shipment the crate is undoubtedly
the best package, economy of space
and ease of handling considered. In
western New York most Of the prod
uct is shipped by canal boat. Net
ted Gem packs nicely in 1a-pound bas-
kets. while the larger varieties, like
Surprise, are more conveniently hand.
led in bushel baskets. 1t is doubt
full. however. if growers could af-
ford to use this package If shipped
by railway.-J. Craig, New York Sta
ton
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,HsssN4ass.~
/ Fl0R7Il|eyIz:E
~T
THE MUSKMELON CROP.
Proper Grading and Packing Add
Very Much to the Profit to lie
Derived from 1t.

To know just when to pick musk
melon is a matter of Judgment, ac-
quired only by practical acquaint-
ance with melons. Each variety has
its characteristic coloring when ripe.
The stem end colors and softens
first. This part furnishes the signal
for picking. The melon must be
picked before it has softened at this
critical point. 1t is not less impor-
tant to grade melons than peaches
or apples, and no progressive fruit
grower dreams of marketing these
fruits without grading them. Grad
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Extension Of Rural Delivery,

The growth of tho rural mail de-
livery system has surpassed the most
sanguine expectations OF its pro-
moters. At first it was doubtful if
the plan would prove success. and
considerable opposition was stirred
up by crossroads postmasters who
were naturally anxious to hold their
jobs. The first route was estab-
lished only six years ago, but on
July /. 1909, there were S,461 routes
in operation. There were 536 more
on August l, and 10,l9S petitions for
routes are still under consideration.
According to population Iowa leads
the union in rural free delivery
routes. There were 054 in that
state on July 1. and 80 additional
routes were placed in operation on
August 1. Arkansas, of the larger
states, is at the bottom Of the line,
with only 20 routes.
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TIE OSAGE ORANGE.
II Furnishes Excellent Timber for
Posts, Railroad Ties and Pur-
poses Of Like Nature.

Usage orange is undoubtedly the
very lest timber for posts, wagon
timber, railroad ties and for all pur-
poses where the timber is exposed
to the weather.
The sap of this remarkable timber
is an ely caoutchouc, which renders
the wood impervious to liquids and
gases and not readily affected by ex.
posure to air, acids and alkalies.
Usage orange grows rapidly in the
low lands of the Missouri and Missis
sippi and their tributaries as far
north as latitude AZ degrees, perhaps.
1t is in its glory in the latitude of st.
Louis and farther south.
i had plants to grow IL feet the
first year from seed and could not
use the plants, they being too large
to sell. In three years they make
fine everlasting fence posts. In eight
or ten years they make railroad ties.
When one post gets large enough,
cut it off and another tree will
sprout from the stump and make a
straight sprout of 20 to 25 feet high
so you have an everlasting patch
of trees and everlasting wood in the
trees.i
Don't plant your patch on poor
ground; you will be disappointed if
you do.
There are many thousands of miles
of railroads and new railroads are
being built-they all need ties, no
substitute will ever take their place.
The islands in the Missouri river
will grow fine posts. In 1874 Judge
Miller, of Button, and the writer
were looking at fine lot. which
grew from where some one had set
a short hedge on an island. l think
we calculated that 1000 good posts
could be grown on an acre OF island
land in three years, and then contin.
ued !ndefinitely.-Julian Bagby. in
Rural World.
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Sweden, Finland and the West In
dies on devotional mission. The in
vitation to visit those countries has
been of long standing, but he means
to make up for lost time. He hopes
to get back to London by next April.
Mr.. Meyer is noted as hard work
or. During one fortnight, in pre-
pairing for his journey to America
and other places, he has not gone to
bed before five in the morning and
he has been about again between six
and seven a. III. lie breakfasts at
eight, works again until luncheon,
has an hour or two's nap in the after
noon, dimes at seven and works up
to midnight all the year round.
On his journeys across the Atlantic
he works even harder than when
within the seclusion of his own study,
because he finds that the bracing sea
air assists him in putting more yigor
into his work. Mrs. Meyer says:
The pen to my husband is like tho
brush to the painter. Away from his
devotional duties it acts like a mag
net on him and he really seems to
find in it his only recreation"
Mr.. Meyer is one of the kindest
and most accessible Of men. No one
has ever approached him on any rea-
souable subject without obtaining an
interview, and in this way he often
incurs the displeasure of his domestic
circle by leaving table in the middle
of meal to hear the story of some
wayfarer or to give his advice on
some disturbing question. He neith-
er smokes nor drinks, and II is de-
clared by those most closely asso-
ciated with him that pens, ink and
paper attract him more than the
most carefully prepared cuisine.
During the ten years he has been
at Christ's church the congregation
has almost doubled, and it is now
2,400. In connection with this church
there are 16 schools, attended by
5000 pupils, demanding the attention
of 400 teachers, who give instructions
in elementary and advanced knowl-
edge. There are gymnasiums and
other training establishments for the
social and physical improvement of
the children attending these schools.
Mr.. Meyer has assisted 1000 pris-
oners to reform and obtain honor
able employment in England, Amer
lea and the colonies. DR.. Pierson,
who came from the United States to
succeed Spurgeon, fills his pulpit
while he is away.
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Our Corn Milling Industry.

The magnitude of the corn mill
ing industry is little appreciated. Ac-
cording to official figures, total of
24l, 900, 900 bushels of corn was ground
into -four and meal in the census
year, or almost exactly half the con.
sumption of wheat. OF course very
large proportion of the corn prod
uct was used for stock food; yet,
this granted, a very important guam
tity undoubtedly went into consump-
ton for table purposes. What a pity
that L rope, proverbially hungry for
cheap 'nd wholesome food products.
does n appreciate the beauties of
our corn bread and "rye and 1njun."
Orange Judd Farmer.
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Charter Notice.

Notice is hereby given that an application
k be made to the Governor of the Common
Eealth OF Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, Sept y,
|sO2 by Will l.. Hopes, II. ). Scholl, James
kankiyille, Frederick Espenschade and Will.
hm VI Crawford under the act of assembly Of
Ihe Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania, entitled
/ An Act to provide for the Incorporation and
Regulation OF Certain Corporations approved
April 2sth 1874 and thu supplements thereto, for
he charter Of an intended corporation, to be
Saled The Middleburg Electric Company. .ithe
haracter and object OF which is the carrying
Sn OF a general business for the manufacture
Ind supply OF light. heat and power to the pub
ic by means Of electricity In the borough OF
diddleburg, Snyder County, Pa, and vicinity
Ind for thes, purposes to have, possess and en-
BY all the rights benefits and privileges OF the
bid Act OF Assembly and its supplements.
JAY G. WEISER,
lildieburg. "a, Aug. ls, 1872. Solicitor.
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successor is q steam roller mill not
far away.
The settlement is called Guadenau,
meaning the Valley of the Grace of
God" 1t was regularly organized with
"dorfschultze," who sat in judgment
on the disputes of the settlers. The
courts were open to them, but II they
invoked them they were in peril of ex-
pulsion from the church. They tried
to reproduce in this country the vii
iages they had left in Russia and to
establish here the manners and GUS
toms of their ancestors. They sue
ceeded for awhile, but the new genera
tion that has been born there prefers
the American way OF living; so the
windmill and the patriarchs of the
settlement are all that is left Of the
original "dorf."
The head Of every family took 16o
acres Of land. In the beginning the
tracts Of all were thrown together and
cut up into l6H-acr "kegels." In this
way they were able to build the homes
Ciohe t'ptS lHtI anu IiIhl tHt OutI y ing
land. They made the "dorf" three
miles long, and fronting on n road
they built their houses. The walls Of
their houses were made OF clay and
were eight feet thick. The roofs were
made Of blue stems tall grass which
at that time grew abundantly in the
bottomlands roundabout. A number
of these houses, prettily whitewashed,
exist to-day, but the most Of the orig
inal habitntions have been succeeded
by wooden farmhouses. The "kegel"
system has been almost abandoned.
The Mennonites soon contracted the
American habit Of trading" and the
"keger' system necessitated the con-
currence of too many persons in max
ing deeds.
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Hoard's Dairyman has found that
there are herds of dairy cows, owned
by patrons of Wisconsin creameries,
that with good care produce from
81 90 to s2.l3 worth of milk for every
dollars worth of feed consumed.
Other herds produce less than this;
in a few cases 81 worth of feed pro-
ducing only 90 cents worth of milk.
Either the care or the cow was not
what It ought to be in these latter
cases. We have an idea that the cow
has much to do with it. Do you know
what kind Of COW you keep?
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sh.riff Sale Of Real Estate,

Dc rirtue Of = certain writ OF Fl. Fa. issued
,ot the court Of Common Pleas OF SNYDER
nv Pa. and to me directed, | will sell at
bllc sale ~ the Court Hous. in Middleburg,
SATURDAY, SEPT. 20, 1902.
o'clock u. m the following Real Estate to
All tnnt certain FARM or TRACT OF
,yD situate in Chapman township. Snyder
banty. Pa, bounded and described as follows:
fiioining lands OF George W. Newman on the
[rr,h. east by lands OF George 5. Rine, south
4 anis Of ~ Brubaker, and west by lands
4 4, b. Portzine. Containing
1876 ACRES AND 81 PERCHES,
hore or less OF which about 100 acres are clear
4 and the balance OF % acres is woodland.
Sbereon are erected TWOSTORY STONE
bWELLING HOUSE, n two.story Stone Spring
Eouse, with Slaughter House and Ice House ut.
lcbed a large Stone Bank Barn, Wagon shed
Fam Crib Pig Stable. Chicken House and all
I,her necessary out buildings, and also fine
Ipple Orchard and other fruit, and q never
Killing Spring OF good wate near the house.
Seized taken into execution and to be sold as
he proper OF L. Z. kerstetter,
Iherilrs Once, Il. w. ROW,
Iidileburg, Aug. %, 1907. Sheriff.
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ELOQUENT PREACHER.
Rev. +. d. Meyer, of London. VIA -
Now Preaching In Moodys
American Pulpit.

Rev. }. b. Meyer. pastor of Chr:st's
church, London, whose writings ON
religious subjects are well known
and popular in America, is now nay
ing long-promised visit to the Uni.-
ed States. His wife and Mr.. Murcell,
who will act as his secretary and as,
sistant, are with him.
Mr.. Meyer went from New York di.
rect to Northfield, Mass. where he
will conduct devotional services and
also preach course of sermons at
Moody's auditorium for month.
On completing his work in Amer
lea, Mr.. Meyer will go to Norway,
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IMPROVEMENT.
MENNONITES OF KANSAS.
- Make an Old-world County
I'm This Country.

Abandoned and falling into decay
near the town of Hillsboro, in Marion
county, Kan, stands an old Dutch wind
mill. built in 1871 by the Mennonites.
Nearby is a settlement. or "dorf," Of
prosperous Mennonite farmers. The
mill, once useful in the economy of the
community, is now the home OF owls
and bats. The weatherboards are
falling of. the wooden cogwheels are
rotting away and the doors gone. Its
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Rurnl Mails Protected.

With the post office appropriation
bill passed by congress recently. a
section was adopted providing for
the punishment of persons inJuring
or in any way defacing mail boxN
on rural free delivery routes. Chis
went into effect with the signing of
the bill by President Roosevelt, and
is now In full force. Previous to
this the government had no special
ection covering rural routes, and
prosecutions were made under the
setSon protecting post office . bxes
in cities. Any robberies should be
reported to the United States dis
trict attorney for the district in
which they occur.