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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19

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an il .atant lection of the debatablc
grouDI r"tw,. the French and Eng
lish powers il North America. To-
day l. o. fan ,! for its harvests of
rich =, f,r the wild fowl that
foes u with tie high tides of spring
and .a.umn, nd for the storms
Will AXE il rom end to md. One
Use -n ar Il 50 by times the tale of
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m"ii that strange story.
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roac ting ihc wide marsh which
stretched away on the left until it
mel .'a in a line of rolling hills.
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vagu,., conscious of house that
seemed to dominate the highway just
Rt this point. When | reached the top
of the rise my indolent consciousness
became stronger. and | glanced
quickly at the house. 1t was big,
square building, painted "A dead white,
and 81 nding ON IA knoll back from the
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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19

Mrs. john can't see any sense in
the way that young couple across
the hall quarrel!
Mr.. John-Give them time, my dear
they'll do it better when they have
been married longer.-Brooklyn Life.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19
Desperate Rem e dies.

a, ,Professor-How do you feet about
all this "New TnougRtT Xs5s Eu-
Dhemia?
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19

81 don't believe he and his wife care
much for each other"
"Why, they always act loving"
That's why."-Philadelphia Bulle-
Ain
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19

Miss Euphemia-Oh, professor! 1t
is enough to drive one to religion
Puck
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19

so! No, box party does not mean
a pugilist."
"No?"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19

Landlady-Mhite or dark meatP
Boarder-It-ldoesn't matter; Tn
color blind!-N. Y. Times.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19

NO. A box party is usually moth
ing more than talking match"
well, that's suggestive of pugi.
lists" Press.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18
Fifty Hours, PIANO Plavlnn.

S.gnor Baucio, an Italian musician,
has concluded his task OF playing on
the piano for fifty consecutive hours.
His extraordinary performance was
given in a Baltimore theater and 1000
persons chCered him when the time
expired, Baucio kept for thirty min.
utes longer aud wound up with a
bang which threatened to smash the
wiry keys lie had already used up
two pianos. In all he played 942 diff
ferent pieces, repeating none. His
first words after bowling 10 the ap.
plause were: GIVE me some spa.
ghetu. In the nifty hours his only
sustenance was derived from a pint OF
coffee, two gills of sweet wine and \
quart Of water, lie lost four pounds
in weight
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18
NEED OF THE INTERNATIONAL.
Everybody and Everybody's Live Stock
Should Be at the Great Show.

Every stockman needs the lnterna-
tional. Nobody succeeds much in
working alone. He may grow intense,
but he cannot grow broad. He may
become a specialist, but he will be
narrow. He may succeed in way,
but he will never At his success into
the general needs until he runs up
against other men and their opinions;
he will never realize his own mistakes
until he meets other genius and its
achievements on equal ground. So 1t
is that gathering of the clans and
all their cattle is good for the live
stock business and for all the individ-
uals who follow it.
The International Is the great live
stock clearing house, where follies are
wiped off the slate at least once a year
and before they have done much mis-
chief; where the slightest success that
is new is at once made known to all.
1t is a gathering of such immense
magnitude as to bring together not
only seller and buyer, but also breeder
and butcher, producer and consumer.
In such gathering of representative
men standards are fixed rapidly and
firmly, and more progress is made
than would be possible by the slow
process of ordinary evolution in ten
times the same length of time. Every
body and everybody's cattle should be
at the International.
Those who have the best animals
should bring them to serve as patterns
and standards. Those whose animals
are not so good should bring them for
their own benefit in order to be con-
WINGED of their inferority and the need
of improvement. Most men cannot
carry a true picture in the minds eye
clear enough to make just compari-
sons between the home stock and its
betters at the ring. 1t is only when
brought side by side that real differ
ences are convincing, especially to the
owner of the inferior individuals. The
gap between "our stun" and the best
Is generally wider than we suppose
We need TO get together to narrow
this gap with rule and tape line, then
go home and kill a bull"
The International is the great edu
Gator. There is nothing like It on this
side the water and there cannot be
outside of Chicago for this great city
is, by natural conditions, the greatest
live stock center in the world.
Begun as a labor Of love, 1t has
become the greatest agent that ever
existed in America for stimulating
better breeding. The stimulus is not
that of artificial prices in the sales
ring, but that of competition in the
show ring and on the block. Let every
| American stocllman support the Inter
national with his presence, his ami
mails and his influence, Let the press
report it, and let the general public
turn out to behold what is happening
in agriculture in these latter days
Il. Davenport, dean and director Hi
nois College of Agriculture.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18
Interest in German Fmhas.v

1t is expected that during the com.
ing season in Washington the German
embassy will be a scene of much so.
cial interest, as Baroness Won Stern.
burg, wife of tho ambassador, Is a
most charming hostess. The embassy
under his direction, has been embel.
lished In admirable fashion, much of
the decoration having been done I'm.
der the immediate supervision of
Miss Violet Langham, sister of the
baroness and an artist Of ability. A
younger sister Miss Ivy Langham,
viii probably be a member Of the am.
bassadors family during the winter.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18
DUCHESS FOND OF JEWELS.
Costly Ornament Made for Her Grace
of Westminster.

For the duchess of Westminster a
London jeweler has produced a costly
ornament in diamonds 1t may be used
as a necklace. hair ornament or a
corsage decoration. 1t is a flexible
ribbon of diamonds and cost 100000.
The ribbon is formed on a foundation
of platinum hinges. The ends are
fringes of small stones. The ribbon
may be tied into bowknot to be fast.
ened to the gown. Another way the
duchess wears the jewels is to have 1t
entwined in her golden-brown tresses.
The diamond band, which is a foot
long and two inches wide, admits of
many possibilities as a hair ornament.
Again the duchess may wear it tied
about her neck. London society won
ders why the duchess wants an lorna
ment of this sort. She has enough
handsome necklaces to fit out a half
dozen women and her tiaras and de-
microwns number five. The Westmin-
ster emeralds are wonders.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18
AGED indian CHEZ Near penth.

Chief BemidiI an aged Chippewa
chief after whom the city Of Bemldji.
Minn, was named, is dying among his
tribesmen on Cass lake reservation.
He is over 90 years old, He lived on
the banks of Lake Bemidi for over
forty years hnt moved away with the
advent of civilization six years ago
The last ruins Of his bark wlgwam
were torn down one year ago to make
room Tor a saw mill
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18
NEW LEADER OF TAMMANY.

Charles F. Murphy. leader of Tam
many, who by the election of McClel.
Ian comes into control of the munich.
pal machinery of Greater New York,
has occupied Richard Croker's old
position since Lewis Nixon resigned
it in May, 1902. He was for ten years
chairman Of Tammany under Croker.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

The rewards offered for the return
of Edward l.. Wentz, who disappeared
from Big Stone Gap, Va, on Oct. IA,
last, now aggregate $50 900. Portions
of the reward are offered for the re-
covery of his body If he is dead, and
information as to the identity of his
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

The Boston Globe has decided that
an angora goat is worth more than an
engora cat. Well, while admitting that
there is a strong argument in favor
OF the goat, most women prefer to
carry the cat
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

The Minnesota dog who has been
appraised at five dollars by the board
of equalization must feel quite supe.
rior when he meets up with a horde
Of men who are not down on the tax
rolls for even a dollar.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

The Toledo lover who cried fire and
secured a promise Of marriage in the
midst Of the excitement might have
known that the girl would suffer g
revulsion Of feeling after the all-out
signal was sounded.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

With southern California turning
out more than million gallons of
wine in single season, there should
be no continued scarcity of rare vim
tages from France"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

When magnates get to quarreling
over their stock the public is permit
ted to find out how it is called upon
TO transfer its cash for their green
paper.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

The announcement that the back.
bone of the Macedonian rebellion is
broken would be all right If the rebel
lion didn't get along just as we'll with
out backbone.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

An albino deer and a five-legged
deer have been shot in Maine this
fall, but prizes of this kind cannot be
promised to every buyer of SIS
license.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

II the Yankee lake fishermen are
wise they will give the Canadian
shore a wide berth until the men
across the border have had a chance
to cool off,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

After eating four beefstealis at Il
meal, man In Ansonia, Conn, be.
came respondent and cut his throat.
He probably concluded that It was
hopeless for one man to try to knock
out the beef trust all alone.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

The Sultan of Turkey has levied u
heavy war tax. Thought the old bird
hadn't even a pluckable pin feather;
but Abdul knows how to use tweez-
Iers.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

II the Improvement of great guns
and smokeless powder continues the
navy that wins the next great battle
on the sea will be the one that doesn't
sink itself.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

Japan insists that Russia shall
leave Manchuria. When Russia does
Manchuria will know how 1t feels to
be a squeezed lemon.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

A woman never goes travelling with.
out dressing in such a way that in
case of an accident her clothes would
be a credit to her
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

DR.. Robert Collyer says a mans
best friends are his ten fingers. We
always thought two of them were sim.
ply his thumbs.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

One of the universities has estab-
lished a chair of dressmaking. Excel
lent! Now for chair of dlshwash-
ing.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18
A man In the Adlrondacks. \

A man in the AdirondacEs, mis-
taken lpr deer and shot in the theh
made bandages and stopped the Gow
Of blood T'0g - s-"' % c.1
out of the weeds and had gone twr
miles when he tainted, whe"l ne wa,
found Now he has some IDEA hov
Wounded deer must feel.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

Extravagant New Jersey has been
filling railroad washouts with pea
coal. How different from 1902!
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

And when the Sth of October was
duly past the Bear rolled over for
another hibernation-with one eye
open.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

The sultan is all ready to reform,
but he doesn't seem to be able to find
any good place to begin.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

"A nursery thermometer costs 20
cents" says the New York Times. But,
alas, that is not the sole expense!
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

The successful poet is the one who
curbs his fine frenzy and earns good
salary keeping books in bank.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

Lies fitful fever over, the Georgia
negro woman who twisted the mules
tail sleeps well.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

Alas for Canada, no Alaska for Can.
ada.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

Japan is apparently tired Of speak
ing softly and is nervously fumbling
the big stick.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

Tho Ancient and Honorable artillery
company Of Boston has given tho Hon.
durable artillery company Of London q
banquet that cost the snug sum OF
$CO,OOo. We didn't suppose that there
were that many beans in the wor'a
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

Unfortunately for individual human.
fly, no one knows his best days until
they have been added to the past.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

who invite it should never write let
tiers.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

Some married couples live happy
ever after they are divorced.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

mitted. 1t is said stranger called
at the Wentz house at Big Stone Gap
few days ago with an offer to pro.
duce Wentz for 100000, saying he
was being held for ransom. Wentz is
a son of DR.. John S. Wentz of Phila-
delphia, principal owner of the Vir.
ginia Coal and Iron Company.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

Bulgaria needs a little cracked ice.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-17
SUCH RECIPROCITY FARclcAL.
(Des Moines Register and Leader.)

(Des Moines Register and Leader.)
The Indianola Herald says: cat no
period in his life did James G. Blaine
advocate policy of reciprocity in ar
ticles or products coming in competi-
ton with those made or produced in
the United States" Two of the princi-
pal commodities used to secure recip.
rocal trade in the original Blaine trea-
ties We're sugar and hides, both of
which We're produced largely in this
country. He also negotiated the New
foundland treaty, by which this coun-
try was to remove the duties on fish.
All of the Kasson treaties offer reduc-
tons in the tariff on articles manufac-
tured in the United States, but these
President Mckinley sent to the SEN
ate with his personal Endorsement.
The Dingley bill expressly provides for
reduction of twenty per cent of any
existing duty, when congress consid-
,ers it wise to make the reduction in
consideration of advantages granted
by foreign countries. There is practi-
cally no such thing as reciprocity in
non-competitive products, because this
country produces more or less of ev-
erything but tea or coffee, and our
tropical possessions can produce them.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-17

current affairs, his opinions on such
subjects are of more than ordinary in
terests. In uttering his belief he frank
ly declares that the observance of the
Monroe doctrine was as advantageous
to England as it was to this nation and
that the friendship of the United States
was absolutely necessary to his coun-
try.
1t is encouraging to know that the
protested friendship and the support
which we have received from England
for the past few years does not rest
upon mere sentiment 1t has appear
ed from the history of the British en-
pire that it has very rarely acted eX-
cept upon selfish motive. In view of
this fact there was naturally a suspic-
ion aroused when she claimed friend
ship for the United States simply upon
the ground that the two nations spoke
the same language, had the same blood
enjoyed the same customs, laws, and
had many other things in common But
when her noted representative know
ing the meaning Of his words, ac-
knowledges that his country needs our
friendship, all doubt as to the sincere
ity of that nations protestations are
swept away.
Though there appears a mercenary
motive for the continued friendship
of England, this fact does not in the
least lessen it usefulness to us. This
declaration of Lord Beresford will
serve as a measure by which we can
judge the length OF the nations friend
ship, for SO long as we prove useful
to that country, so long we will enjoy
their support in the affairs of the
world. So it appears that so long as
the English speaking nations of the
world stand together they can be of
mutual advantage to each other and
can establish their supremacy over
the world interests.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-17
BLINDNESS AS A PROFESSION.

Syracuse Post-Standard The marvel
is that with SO much honest work to be
done, with SO much money waiting to
be paid for it, so much untitled land.
so much demand for what the land
will produce, it should be possible for
human beings to persuade themselves
that the only way to keep alive is by
some form of living death.
The case of the professional beggar
whining upon the street corners, play
ing the part of blindness or palsy. de
basing himself for the sake of aims, is
common, and as if this We're not
enough, case has just appeared in
New York of a blind young man arrest
ed for begging who says that his blind
ness had been forced upon him by his
parents to aid their income He was
brought to this country from Russia
when he was thirteen years old, and
his father and mother sent him upon
the streets to beg, telling him to look
constantly at the sun, and this would
give him the appearance of being
blind. He obeyed them and lost his
sight The touch of horror in the
mans story is, as Golfers Weekly
says, equal to anything in Hugo's nov
els. "He belongs to the class of unfor-
Inmates upon whom the genius of the
great Frenchman has invoked indy
ing pity"
The popular feeling is somewhat
changed since Hugos time. Undying
pity remains, but righteous indigna-
ton comes with it, but the determine
ton to repress mercifully but relent-
lessly the spirit which permits such
atrocities in land OF plenty.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-17
LACEY sTuMPEp HIM.

In his Washington correspondence
in the Chicago Record-Herald of Sat
urday, William E. Curtis, writes:
Representative Lacey of Iowa has
run up against the real thing The
other day he met New England con-
gresham, who, like himself, is very
earnest in favor of revision of the
tariff, and when they began to ex-
change ideas, the difficulties in the
way of a satisfactory solution of the
problem began to loom up. When the
New England man was asked what
articles he would put on the free list
he answered promptly, hides
THAT would never do in the world
replied Mr.. Lacey. "The cattle men
and would never consent to the free
entry of hides from South America,
Australia and other cattle countries"
'But what would you suggest?" ask
ed the New England man.
Boots and Shoes" said Mr.. Lacey,
''and wooden, clothing. If there is
one thing among all the merchandise
consumed by our people that ought to
come in free it is that they wear.
Everybody, no matter how poor or
how small his income, has got to buy
boots and shoes and clothing, and the
arguments in favor of putting them on
the free list ought to appeal more
strongly to the country at large than
any other"
Heavens and EARTH" answered the
New England man, ''our people would
never consent to that. They think
that the duties on boots and shoes
and wooden goods are too small as it
is. You will have to think up some
thing else"
But after a long exchange of opin-
ions the only articles that the men
from Iowa and New England could
agree upon were those produced ex-.
clusively in other sections of the
country.