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

The newest word recruit to the Eng
lish language we owe to the Automo.
bile club of Great Britain and Ireland
says the New York Sun. The new
word, describing n place where motors
can be stored and cleaned and looked
after generally, is borrowed from tn,
French "gare," and is garage
"Motor news" the London Sketch
suggests, "would be all right were i,
not that the ALTERATION savors of lev.
ity." Why not just plain 'motory?'
When similar term was wanted some
years ago to describe bicycle stable
every one applauded the suggestion
''bikery."
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17

The old proverb about honor
among thieves has had staggering
M. uu.u blow in st. Louis
The thieves were
certain members
OF the city council and n number of
street-railway men, and it was be.
cause neither side had any confidence
In the honor Of the other that n re.
markable case Of bribery was most
amusingly disclosed. The railway
men desired certain franchises, and
put up $l5O,00O as a corruption fund
They were afraid, however, to pay il
to the councilmen until the council
had voted as they wished. The cor.
rupt councilmen, on their part, would
not vote until they had the money
BY compromise, therefore, the fund
was placed in safety-deposit box
which had two keys, one of which
was held by each party. Neither
could open the box without the CO.
operation of the other. The council
men voted as they had agreed. Then
the courts interfered, and it was
through the quarrel over the at.
tempts of both parties to get the
funds that the whole matter became
public.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
Standing on the highest mountain -
say Mt height of 2G,66S feet, which is

Standing on the highest mountain -
say Mt height of 2G,66S feet, which is
,, o slightly over FIVE
miles above sea
level, on n clear
day, a man can see to distance OF
200 miles. To see objects ut distance
of 100 miles the observer must be
standing at height of 6,667 feet above
the level of the sea. The rule is that
the distance in miles at which an OBJ
ject on the earth's surface may be
seen is equal to the square root of
one and one-half times the height of
the observer in feet above sea level,
allowance being made for the effect of
the atmospheric refraction. AS the
refraetion varies, however, at differ
ent heights and also by weather con-
ditions, precise accuracy cannot be
given. a deduction of from one-four-
teenth to one-tenth of the distance
given by the rule might probably be
made on account of this refraction.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17

IAirty pears ago the number Of
WA 0uGAlo roaming the western
r. rsse a. n. plains was more
than 1000, 900, &C.
.cording to trust.
worthy estimates. In letter to the
United States senate Secretary Of
Agriculture Wilson says the number
|of wild bison now in the United
States IL about 80, or possibly IS.
The best that he can promise for
this race of splendid animals h that
its determination may be delayed
Tor considerable period by prompt
eongressional action. Trade has
been chiefly responsible for the wip-
ing out Of the buffalo herds. In the
Single season Of 1S7s-79 over 10000
hides were shipped down the Mis-
souri, river. But purposeless hunters,
men whose sole desire was to kill,
says the New York World, have done
their full share Of the mischief. Com
merce and sport" in the reckless
combination which has marked this
as the age of determination, have
robbed the plains of the most ma
jestic Of American wild animals. The
elephant is being wiped out of Asia
and Africa. The giraffe is so near to
extinction that individual specimens
sell for $1,000 to $4,000, where they
would have brought only $3.50 or 500
a quarter of century ago. Other
big game" everywhere is in peril
of the butfalo's fate.
We shall have so much time to be
sorry when the last ex-monarch of
the plains is gone that we really
ought to take some time and pains to
-prolong his stay.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
They Laughed.

Frs. Brown-I hope you didn't let on
|ut Aunt Hannah's queer spelling at
frclub last night.
fr Brown-Tm afraid I did; ] could
help it you know. When I told the
Ows that she spelled Cough"
|ugh' instead of "kawff," I thought
tdneyer have done laughing.-Bos-
Transcript.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17

A man just returned from the south
tells this story Of . bet between two
darkies of Old Point Comfort:
The traveller was seated ON the gal
lery of the Hygeia hotel when he saw
-Eph" and blacker companion walk
Ing toward the hotel. They were en-
gagged in animated discussion and ges-
ticulating expressively, soon getting
near enough to be overheard.
II kin name hit fust en- I kin name
hit de quickes', said Eph.
"Unh-um," injected the other, "you
got to tell bout what q niggah likes
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
!
Eot3H96s.s

No use to hunt tigers wi,l
bird-shot. 1t doesn't hurt Tx
tiger any and it's awfully risks
for you.
Consumption is a tige:
among diseases. 1t isstealths
but once started it rapidll
eats up the flesh and DESTROY:
the life. No use to go hunting
it with ordinary food and mec.
icine. That's only bird-shol
1t still advances. Good heav,
charges of SCOTS Emulsion
will stop the advance. The
disease feels that.
SCOTS Emulsion makes the
body strong to resist. L
soothes and toughens the lungs
and sustains the strength until
the disease wears itself out.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT s BOVINE. Chemists, 400 Pearl ST., N. Y
SOC aud sI.oo; all druggists.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
Old Even Then.

81 tell you, fellow-citizens," shout.
ed Demosthenes, "the rich are con.
tinually getting richer and the poor
are getting poorer"
"Oh, chestnut" cired Plato. 81
have read that in books on political
economy published centuries ago.
Town Topics.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
A Polite Punch.

"Your maple sirup," said the lady.
leems to be good deal like the quail
ky of mercy"
Slows that?" the smiling grocer
|sked. expecting compliment.
at is not strained."-Chicago Rec
! |rd-Herald.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
She Eyulniua.

"Yez don't tell me Mrs. Brady is to
/ marri'd ag'in!"
"Yis; it's thrue. Oh knowed yez d
|e surproised at her"
Faith, tits not at her Dim sur
Eoised."-Puck.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17

tub eat de hes oh eberyting on de
yearth-mighty slow an purticklar
SOS yo' mouf water whiles you tallin'.
1t cain be name whiles you foppin' up
a nickel"
"Well-you jes go 'haid an tell" de-
fed Eph. II bet you dis heah copper
gin twis' of 'baccah dat when you
gifts thro' yo' gran 'miration. kin
name what'll tickle niggah's palate
mon all de Belnezzar feasts."
The stakes were put up and the
black man launched forth on the prize
edible.
"You gifts yo' dawg at sun down an
gifts over de fence and you walks long
twel you comes to de woods. Den you
sings:
"Possum up de gum stump.
Coon down in de holler.
Pretty gal at our house
Fat ey she kin waller"
"Terrecly yo' dog run to sycamo'
tree. You goes up dat tree an you see
fat young possum. You gifts dat pos
sum down-(Eph began to look anx-
ious), and ticks yo' dog an climb de
fence. When yo' git back to yu' cabin
you turn in an bile some water in de
pot en- put ashes in hit. Den you TEX
an turn in an slaps dat possum in de
pot. Den you TEX him out, when he
good en- hot, an yo' scrape him an
scrape him an scr-a-pe him. When yo'
gifts done scrapin', you hangs him out
dose an freeze i'm all night. De mex
mawnin' you put him in de pot an bile
him twel he tender an den yo' gifts out
a pan an grease hit. Den you turn in
an TEX sweetin'-taters an put 'em all
'roun' on de youtside. Den yo' put in
de possum an TEX an turn in an put
sweetin'taters all on de inside an set
him on de oben. Preseny you smell
him cookin' mighty nice an juicy
an'"-
stop. niggah!" shouted Eph, in de-
spair. "Fo de Lawd, you amt lef- moth
in fuh me to tell!"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
&c" With a Tail.

The &c" with tail is the trade
mark of Cascarets Candy Cathartic,
Look for it on the light blue enameled
metal box Each tablet stamped
c. c. c. Never sold in bulk. All
druggists, 1oc.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
Jnne'n Oddly.

HUNT suppose Jane Porter is
uOst truthful person in town.
verify believe she would tell the
even about her age.
flke-That wouldn't be truth
|,s' y 1t would simply be eccentric
boston Transcript.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
had Dancer,

|Ida-Did Charley Stumbles tell you
lat he was down at our dance?
and he said he made q
| ep impression.
lda-Indeed he did; right on my
|e.-Chicago Daily News.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
one Of the Directors.

"They tell me that Jim Muggins Is
one of the directors in big city corpo.
ration now," said the grocer.
"Yes; l seen him las time I was
down to town." said Mr.. Meddergrass
"He directs the envelopes f'r the firm"
Baltimore American.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
Skin.Tight.

'He doesn't seem able to get rid OF
his loose habits, does hep"
mo; how paradoxical that Is"
''What?"
"That loose habits stick tighter TO
a man than any other kind."--Philadel-
phia Press.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
pneumntIc po.tal Tuhe.,

Pneumatic postal tubes make slow
progress in this country. In London
there are 50 pneumatic tubes for the
dispatch of postal packets, and their
aggregate length is "a miles.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17

The city Of Paterson, N. j., is strug-
Cling to recover from the effects Of
q fire, q food and a strike, besides
wondering what Is to come next.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
Correct to the Inst

/ fAnyhow," chuckled the somewhat
Ftidious horsethief, as the regu-
|Ors adjusted the moose about his
fk. ut isn't n readymade tie."-
lcago Tribune.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
The Age Of Novelty.

Tartley-Why don't you get the book
your wife asked you for last week?
Smartley-She wouldn't read it now.
There's new one out since then
Town Topics.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
Gentle.

Waiter-How would you like to have
your steak, sir?
Meek Customer (who has been wait
ing 20 minutes) s)-Very much, indeed,
thank you, If it isn't too much trouble.
Philadelphia Press.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
An Uplxind Insinuatiou.

fholly-Your father bowed to me
Fy pleasantly on the street to-day.
Edith-Indeed? Mamma said he'd
fke some awful blunder if he went
thout his glasses.-Tit-Bits.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
Talked Too Much.

usband-What makes you so
prse, my dear?
'ife-I attended a meeting of our
st club this afternoon.-Judgs.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
Not CareIessly Chosen.

"Why did you select that man as o
candidate?' asked the henchman.
He doesn't know anything about
politics"
That's why | selected him." an.
swcred the boss. He'll be n great
deal easier to put out of Office if he
doesn't be good."-Washington Star.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17

She-The way to mans heart is
through his stomach.
He-The way to girls heart is
through her vanity.-Yonkers States
man.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17

n.y. it's plain as day." said Mr..
Faer. They just send the mes
{ through the. air, instead of
wires"
Know that" said she, "but how
||ley fosten the air to the poles?"
|'tlmore American.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
Cross Purposes.

The hens a creature most perverss,
Displaying malice deep;
She quits when eggs are needed.
And lays when they are cheap.
Washington Star.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17

Standardization says he fol-
|wed your advice about specializing,
td lost $4,000 by it.
|Singerly-Did he? Well, l always
bew he was a chump.-Detroit Free
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
HOGG IS DEMOCRATIC.
Ex-Governor of Texas Positively Re.
fuses to Wear Knee Breeches
for King Edward,

A dispatch from London to the Chi
cago Tribune, tells of the emphatic re-
fusal of ex-Gov. Hogg, of Texas, to at
tend a court levee to which he had been
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17

Nobody knows why horse arises
from the earth on its forelegs first,
and COW on its hind legs.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17

Newsboy-Pape, papry, sir? All de
news.
Editor lin rush)-Go way, boy, I
make those things.
Newsboy-Gee! If dat's right, no
wonder we can't sell 'em!-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17

Iaey and his son and the Widow
(sood and her daughter are GO
sOrm a community ofinterests."
(ey mnrries tho widow and his
r'ries the daughter Cleveland
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17

Your wealthy uncle who is dead
Has left you all. I've heard"
well, not exactly all. he said.
Entirely is the word"
Philadelphia Press.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17

Educate Your Bowels With Csscarets.
i0c. ESQ. II @ @. @, fail, druggists refund moneS
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
Nightly Ascents,

|Omc people are never satisfied"
Fixed the stage carpenter.
nat now?" asked the scene
NY | just heard little Eva say
Eas tired Of going to paradise" ("
Fcago Daily News.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
She Had Evidence.

'1f you only had your place for
lhree days, Bridget, what makes you
lhink the lady was pleased with
|ou?'
because she said she was pleased
khen left, ma'am." - Yonkers
ktatesman.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
The SnLdeAt Yet.

OF all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: Just loan me ten.
Detroit Free Press.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
Ii Puzzled Her.

can't understand about this
less tclegraphy," said Mrs. Wun-
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
Fully Qualified.

usband (angrily-What! More
ley? When I'm dead you'll prob
have to beg for all the money you
ife (calmly)-Well, I'll be better
|Aan some poor women who never
any practice.-Chicago Daily
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
stop, NIGGAHw

c'Fo' de Lawd, You Ain Left Nothin' fuh
Me to Tell!)
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-04-17
Send for free samnle.


SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, 400 Pearl ST., N. Y
SOC aud $500; all druggists.
The Washington times., 1902-04-27

I the grassy lanes instead Of streets. He
drove the COWS to pasture on the COM
mon. washington Street is the old crook
ed cowpath. There was a high beacon on
Beacon Hill. The boys liked to coast down
Beacon Hill in winter.
"An Indian was the postman VINO car
ried letters from town to town. Inc peo-
ple Travelled by stage. The only ships were
sailing vessels Because the people OF bos-
ton town we're good and brave. it grew TO
be big city There are 100000 people In
Boston now.
THE Boston boy of 1899 rides In steam
and electric cars and carriages without
horses.
'SThe mail and telephone and telegraph
carry our messages. Steamboats, cross the
ocean in a week. There was not land
enough for all the people. so more land
was made in the harbor. The old town
dock is part of the subway now. The little
Puritan boy would find everything changed
except the common.
II am very glad that the little Puritan
boy came across the sea from England
to live in Boston in 1890, but / would
rather be the boy OF 1899"
Tom wrote this composition in Braille
point characters during his play hours.
When that part of the work was done he
set himself about making his illustrations.
They consisted of the old stagecoach OF
1890 and the electric overhead trolley
The Washington times., 1902-04-27

All the recess games that we are print
ing are intended to do three things-frst,
to amuse you: second. to help your
studies, or at least to refresh your MEM
ory, and third, to teach you to think
quickly and TO answer promptly. The
third object Is perhaps the most impor-
tant, for quick thought and readiness OF
expression will be Of immense service to
you as you grow older.
This game, like the others, has been
made up specially for the boys and girls,
and is now printed for the first time.
There may be any number Of players. but
we will suppose there are twelve. not
counting the leader. He. by the way.
should be selected at least day ahead.
SO that he may prepare himself for prop
erly conducting It. or IL he is a bright
scholar perhaps he may get along nicely
without any preparation.
He takes his stand in front Of the play
ers and tells them that he is going to
send each OF them on little journey DUR
ing the coming vacation. As he consid-
ers 1t very important that all boys and
girls should be we'll informed about their
own country. all the journeys will be
made here, and not abroad.
He will send the twelve players to
twelve States. each to a different State.
Of course, and the only return he will ask
is that each traveller shall bring back
with him small part of the principal
products Of the State he visits.
The Washington times., 1902-04-27

Our schoolboys must not imagine that
they are the smartest in the world. for
there is little boy in Boston who is deaf.
dumb and blind. and who. in spite Of this,
will make every one of them look out
good and lively for his honors. In manual
training Tom Stringer has few equals and
no superiors; more yet, he is mechanical
genius.
Tom is now fifteen years old. The little
fellow lost his sight and hearing when he
was. about year and a half old, from
spinal meningitis. He forgot how to walk,
and at five years of age, when he was ad-
mitted to the Perkins Institution for the
Blind, in Boston. he crept backward. Now
MIR. Anasnos. the director of the institu-
ticn. considers Tom the equal of any boy
of his age in mental development. so that
all he has learned. including how to
walk. has been accomplished in 10 years.
Toms composition for the commence
ment exercises of 1899 was:
1.-TWO BOSTON BOYS.
THE PURITAN BOY OF 1890. THE BOS-
TON BOY OF 1899.
Boston is an old city. More than 200
years ago the Puritans came across the
ocean to find a new home in America.
They built town on three hills and
named II Boston. That was their old home
in England.
The little Puritan boy walked through
The Washington times., 1902-04-27

Left on bases-Persevcrance. 6; Golden
Knights, 9. First base on errors-Perse-
verance, 3. Two-base hits-Wheatley and
Henderson. Three-b base hits-Sayles and
Ticknor. Home run-Henderson. Struck
out-By Rogers. IA; by Sands, 2. Bases
on balls-oT Rogers, 5; of Sands, T..
Double plays-Ticknor to Olmstead to
Graham t2). Passed balls-Miller. Sacri-
fee hit-Graham. Umpire-Mr. Foster.
Time of game-one hour and thirty min
utes.
Tom Barry, the club scorer. kept full
score of every game in the form given
above, and sent an account to the River
view papers every week.
1t was supposed that the Invincibles
had trounced the Rangers, and thereby
had secured the championship and silk
pennant. However. We can imagine how
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
How TO Make a Portable Boat.

| the bottom. Draw a line from that mark
/ to the corner OF the other side. Do this
on both ends of the boards. which will.
when sawed. give you the shape of the
bow and the stern.
Smooth the ends of the boards with a
small plane.
Your boat should be sixteen inches wide
inside so the next operation is to cut out
enough short pieces OF boards seventeen
and one-halr inches long to go across
the ends and bottom.
BE very particular that these are free
from knots.
Take some white lead and smear the
edges of the sides en- which you are to
nail the bottom boards. These should
be nailed with wire nails. driving each
board closely to its neighbOr.
The last board on each end should be
heveled to receive the pieces which are
to cover the ends This end should be
white loaded also.
Buy few cents worth of oakum. or
cotton wick will do If the oakum is not
obtainable. Take blunt-headed cold
chisel and with a wooden mallet drive
the oakum into the cracks between the
boards on the bottom.
DO not caulk between the edge and
the bottom.
For the wheel use an old wheelbarrow
The Washington times., 1902-04-27

much surprise there was when the news
came that the Rangers. by grand up
hill fight. had managed to win out. TAX
ing advantage Of the fact that Dick Ives
had had an on day and could not control
the ball. The score was 9 to S.
This was an unlocked for state of af-
iairs. Perseverance and the lnyincibles
had each won two games and lost one.
while the Rangers and Golden Knights
were also tied. each with one game won
and two lost.
Delegates from the four clubs met in
the Perseverance clubhouse Tuesday af
ternoon and decided that the lnyincible
and Perseverance teams should play de-
Gliding game for the championship, at
Glendale. Saturday, May II.
The ina! game between the leading
clubs wcat down into local history as the
mcst exciting OF the season. Lack of
space fcrbids describing it this week. but
If you look fol- the next tale in the series
you VIII learn how the rival teams fought
1t out and which of the two finally won
the championship and pennant OF the
Amateur Baseball League.
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
A Wonderful Little Lad.

car OF 1899: a sailing vessel. the beacon
on Beacon Hill. and the windmill on
Copp's Hill. which he cut out OF white
paper and pasted upon black cardboard.
The unique feature of Toms illustrations
were that they were all made out of
straight lines, and yet any person could
instantly tell what they were intended
for.
IL anyone imagines this would be an
easy task. let him blindfold himself and
try to cut out of stiff white paper an old
stagecoach pulled by horse, and trolley
car, with its overhead electric wire and
its track to run on. The windmill. sailing
vessels and beacon light look easier, but
they would be hard enough, goodness
knows. with ones eyes shut.
the commencement exercises took place
in the Boston Theater, before an immense
audience. and when II came Toms turn
to read his composition this Is the way it
was done. He passed the reading inger"'
OF one hand over the raised characters
and. with the other hand. spelled 1t out
in the manual or deaf-mute alphabet to
an interpreter, which interpreter repeat-
ed the story of the Two Boston Boys" to
the assembled audience. At the right time
Tom held up the illustrations he had
made The table upon which his manu-
script rested has been made by his own
hands. None Of the pupils that day got
longer or heartier applause than deaf,
dumb and blind Tommy Stringer.