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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-06-11

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The Farmers Institute managers
tuesday decided to hold meeting at
Middleburg and Selinsgrove.
Monday was gay day in town.
Three different shows posted bills and
i've men and three bears gave exhibi-
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ne committee on state Permanent
certlhcates Will meet at Freeburg, Pa,
On thursday and Friday, June 18th
ana -o'h, 1875. teachers who contem-
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ing cared for by the rooster with the
watchfulness and tenderness of
mother.
Because his wife refused 10 give him
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anthony Phillips Pole. living az
Scranton, picked up their six months
old baby and placed il in the oven Of a
red hot stove. The child escaped the
ordeal with only few blisters. The
prompt arrest of Philips snveo him
''o'-' ''u / iaii''4'Hs "y tue ne'-ho"Vs.
Between the ac;- Of Mason Bros..
Uncle Toms CABIN Co. novel and
pleasing specialties are introduced. The
Company Is an excellent one. Doth As
regards 10 dramatic strength and NUM-
bers. One night only. First time To
play the smaller cities. Don't miss II.
MiddIeburg, June Is. under mammoth
canvas.
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managers ou' Mason bros, production
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Among our callers last week were:
Chas. Sprenkle, Henri Hosterman and
q. W. Page, kantz; Isaac smith aud
J. :. Iearick, Kratzerville: John II.
Wise and y. 7. Ddndore, Duudore;
Mt. Pleasant Mills. Ruav EanIsr
S,hne.. Howard Bowar.,x ant h
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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-06-11
Engine For Sale
June 10, 1908.

A twelve horse powek,portable Friek
Engine is offered Ass6rivate sale. 1t
can be seen at Strol lNown. Inquire Of
4. 5. SrRoUP,
TT Strouptown, Pa.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-06-11
Mrs. Jesse Shambach .

ars.5ophia 5hamhach, nee Fry died
at her home in Centre township, June
Ind aud was buried Friday June jth.
Her husband died about 4 year ago
she leaves large family OF Sous and
daughters to survive her, all of whom
are married and have children.
The cause Of her death was tumors.
s- I-- INT in Ssiem Cemeter, Rev =
Aurand and Dubs officiated. Eight
children and 30 grandchildren were
present at the funeral. l51 We're enter
Gained at the house.
She was highly respected lady, and
was - years ut age
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-17
A Mountafn Princesn.

From the Denver Post.
She was a husky Rocky Mountain girl
A dream of crude, uncultivated
grace,
Her hair of auburn hung in many a
curl
Around her face.
Her dress of faded Mormon cloth was
old
Her feet were bare and of a yellow
brown
They lay like two retorts of native
Beneath her gown.
$50 Fair flower should not be here"
cried,
ITO waste its fragrance on the desert
air."
Her smile was heavenly as she re-
piled:
THAT'S good, I sweari"
"Do you not pine for gayer scenes
For swell adorers and for raIment
finer"
She wiped her nose upon her sleeve
and said:
mot one durn pine!'
"And is the path a happy one you
uGdQ
In these weird wilds upon your un-
shod feet?"
She Tipped a Junebug from her ear
and said:
att can't be beat"
"DO you not in your dreamings long
to see
The gilded scenes in fashions para
dise?"
She smiled in innocence and said: 90,
geel
Amt got the price!"
What would you do II in your maiden
breast
Ambitions should arise? If you
should see
But laggard days and nights of deem
unrest?"
''I'd drink sage tea"
you must have lovers by the score,
fair maid
Brave. brawny mountain lads brown
ed by the sun"
She rolled her lip into a curl and said.
"Hain't nary one"
From out the cabin came a warning
cry.
Samantha, come an scour this din
ner pot"
She reached a duil-browa hand and
said. "0Oo6by--
I've got 70 troL"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-17
COUNTRY DAMAGED COTTON,

The Manchester Guardian, in a re-
cent issue, takes up the question of
the wasteful and reckless treatment
of cotton in marketing 1t. The point
it makes is that a large percentage of
the square bales are damaged more
or less by being exposed to the
weather, not only on the plantations,
but in the cars on the way to the ports
and also at the ports.
1t is doubtful If there is another
crop with which so little care is taken.
1t is often the case that the bales are
only partly covered. The result is
that the cotton is scattered over the
ground at the ginneries, at the rail-
road depots and in the cotton yards at
the ports.
Among cotton farmers and cotton
factors the impression seems to pre-
vail that the weather cannot harm
cotton in bales. AS a matter of fact
cotton exposed to the weather suffers
great injury-that is, cotton that is
dampened by rain or biackened by
dust
Such damage as this is called coun-
try damage, and is insured against.
Just what the cost of this insurance
is on a whole crop, or that part of a
crop that is exported or sent to the
mills of New England, we are not In a
position to say. but It must be very
great. According to the Manchester
Guardian II is often the case that cot
ton received in England is damaged
TO the amount of per cent. II much
of the cotton is damaged to that ex-
tent then the loss from what is called
country damage must reach millions
of dollars annually.
And there is absolutely no good rea-
son why cotton should be dealt with
so roughly. No farmer thinks of leav-
ing his wheat or corn exposed to the
weather. and care is taken to save
every grain Of II. Why shouldn't the
same care be taken with cotton? II
such care We're taken cotton would
bring a better price. II would pay
the cotton farmer 20 protect his cot
ton from the weather and to cover IL
properly.
One reason why the round bale IL
coming into use SO rapidly Is that cot
ton put up In bales o. that kind is
not exposed 20 the weather, and thsTe
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-17
PERSONAL

Although in her seventy-f1fth
year, Rev. DR.. Phoebe A. Hanaford
contemplates an active winter. DR..
Hanaford is Of slight figure, and her
face reflects the gentle spirit within.
She hugs old styles in dress, but
when this old woman enters one of
her numerous clubs the younger and
more dashing members always rise and
pay homage.
The London Chronicle thus COM
pares the Colonial Secretary and the
Premier: Mr. Chamberlain has the
advantage of being a politician and
nothing elsa man with a single aim
whereas MIR. Balfour is as much in
terested in philosophy, music. motor
ing, gold and French novels as in polt-
tics, If not more so. lie detests House
of Commons drudgery and detail, and
he spends as little time upon the treas
ury bench as he decently can"
In Webster county, West Virginia,
live two remarkable families. Currence
Gregory has thirteen sons, all over six
feet tall and all weighing more than
$50 pounds. They all vote the Demo-
cratic ticket. Each boy owns a farm.
Mr.. Gregory is still young at p. His
wife does all the homework at So
years. The other family is that of
Benjamin Bamrick, a near neighbor of
the Gregorys. He is six feet five
inches tall and has nine sons all over
six feet tail. They weigh from 1856 to
226 pounds. ALI in this family vote
the Republican ticket.
"A certain well-to-do New Yorker
purchased a. lot far uptown some thir-
ty years ago-at least it was far up
town then. He paid his taxes on the
place yearly and sometimes wondered
why he kept II. Long before he had
purchased 1t q man had built little
shanty on the place, and there he has
squatted ever since. No one bothered
him and he raised large family, sew
eral of whom are now in business for
themselves. Recently the owner de-
cided to retire from business entirely,
so he sold the lot at private sale for a
price vastly in advance of what he
paid. The new owner is the man who
has lived there rent free for thirty
years.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-17
His Varied Gifts.


A New York merchant advertised
for stenographer with knowledge
of Spanish who could correspond in
that language as web as English, says
the Shoe and Leather Gazette. BY
mistake the newspaper printed the
salary to be paid as IS instead of SIS
q week. In his mail yesterday the
merchant received this communica-
ton in reply:
I beg to offer my services as an
applicant for the position advertised
this morning.
Il am young man 80 years of age
and have had business experience of
seventeen years, being connected with
United States Inquiry Department at
Manila for some time, and l feel con-
hdent, If you will give me a trial, l
can prove my worth to you.
Il am not only an expert bookkeeper,
proficient stenographer and typewriter,
excellent telegraph operator and COL
lege professor, but have several other
accomplishments which might make
me more desirable than ordinary NOR
tails. I am an experienced snow
shOveler, a first-class oyster opener
and have won medals for reciting
Mary Had a Little Lamb 1 also have
some knowledge of removing superfiu-
Gus hair and clipping puppy dogs
ears.
Il am a practical farmer can cook.
take care Of horses and pigs, crease
trousers, repair umbrellas and also
am the champion chiffonier of Brook
lyn. Being possessed of great physi-
cal beauty, would not only be useful,
but ornamental as WELL lending to the
sacred precincts of your Office that de-
lightful artistic charm that a stuffed
billygoat would. My whiskers being
quite luxuriant and extensive, my
face could be used as a door mat,
penwiper or feather duster. / can
furnish recommendations from ]. Z.
Morgan, Chauncey Depew, Kaiser VIII
helm and the dog catcher general of
Flatbush.
AS salary would feel was rob-
bling the widowed of bread and the
orphaned Of sponge cake IL were to
take advantage of your offer by ac-
cepting the fabulous sum of IS per
week. 1 would be entirely willing to
give my services for less, and by ac-
cepting SLIPS it would not only give
nae clear conscience, but would also
give you an opportunity of increasing
your donation to the church, pay your
life insurance, found home for book
agents and endow free bed in the
dog home.
Really, old man, your unheard-o of
charity borders on the supernatural
and to the ordinary mind appears like
reckless extravaganza. 1 can call to
see you any Saturday after 10 D. m,
or can be seen any Sunday morning
holding up a post on the corner from
your house. am at present employ
ed as assistant dumb waiter man and
understudy of the janitor."
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-17
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Columbia State (Dem.) says: TT
is worthy of comment that the first
bales of cotton raised in Georgia and
South Carolina this season were mar
keted by negroes. The intelligent and
Industrious negro has absolutely no
handicap on the farms of the South
The Chattanooga Times CDem.) says:
"a New York negro shot and killed his
worthless white son-in-law, and ex-
planned to the authorities when he sur
rendered that the same thing might be
expected at any time when white folks
and niggers get mixed up And that
is true-North and South
The Cleveland Plain Dealer (Dem.)
says: Like most strong men, Secre-
tary Root made enemies. He has been
accused, with what measure of truth
rs not yet clear, of many acts of par
tisanship and favoritism. His ability,
patriotism and good intentions are not
questioned. He has done a great work
in recognizing the army. How much
Of that work viii live after him is for
the future TO decide"
The Springfield (mass) Republican
0nd.) says; According to his former
private secretary. who has written a
book Mr.. Carnegie received exactly
32l7 10000 In the per cent. first mort
gage bonds OF the United States Steel
Corporation for his holdings In the old
Carnegie company. He owns consld-
cradle properly aside from this. There
may be- richer men Ia the country than
he, but this is the greatest fortune Of
which so much is definitely known"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-17
How They Get Ice Cream sodas.

They were tiny tots, and, Judging
from their clothes. they were poor,
says the New York Press. But they
managed to get their glass of ice cream
soda daily-sometimes several of them.
They live near a certain West Side
corner drug store, and all day long
these little tots (there are two of
them) hang around that corner, first
on one street, then on the other. The
drug store is one of many that give
paper checks for cash purchases, and
as the customers make their exit the
children step up to them. Oh, bless
you, not in any begging fashion. Nor
in any annoying fashion whatever.
They are exceedingly pretty young
sters, to begin with, and then they
are so engagingly soft and welI-man-
nered.
''Do you care for your check?" sug-
gests the older boy, pushing back a
rebellious curl and looking with a
careless grace full into the eyes of the
outstepping customer. There is not a
sign of any of the proprieties being vfo-
lated. And nine out of ten of the Gus
toners hand him over their paper
checks. Many of these are scent
checks. When the boys get a dollar 3
worth the drug store allows them a
nickels worth of anything in the store.
They invariably choose ice cream soda
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-17
coLoMp1ANs WANT WORE MONEY.

! AOINl W AM
The opponents of the Panama route
for the isthmain canal are rejoicing
over the news that comes from Bo-
goto, the capital of Colombia, relative
TO the prospects for the ratification OF
the Panama canal treaty. II seems
/ that the treaty stands a very good
chance of being defeated.
! According to the latest dispatches
| from Bogoto nine amendments to the
! treaty have been offered in the Co
! lombian Senate. The principal one,
! however, relates to the money, which
the United States agree TO pay for
Panama canal concessions. The amount
Is so, 100000 and $25OOOO annually. The
Colombians do not think that sum
is enough. Whether IL is or not it
can be stated with a very great degree
of certainty that 1t is all the United
States will pay. If therefore the Co
lombians will accept S1O,O0O,O00 in cash
they can have it, but they will get
nothing more.
1t may be that the French Panama
Canal Company. to which the United
States are to pay, $40O0O,OOO for the
canal property. VIII give the Colom-
bians something to ratify the treaty, so
II can get its money. That IS a mat
ter, however, that Is wholly with the
French company. No doubt there are
those I'm our Senate who would in
crease the amount TO be paid to the
Colombian government, but the ma
jority of that body, it is safe to say,
is against paying more for the pro-
posed concessions.
It was only by the greatest effort
that our Senate was induced to ratify
the treaty. If the treaty were to
come before the Senate again, with
amendments, it would in all probable
ity be defeated. Indeed, the opinion
IS freely expressed by Senators that
the United States will not give another
cent for the canal concessions beyond
the amount stated in the treaty.
The President is authorized to pro-
coed with the construction of a canal
on the Nicaragua route, if he becomes
satisfied that the necessary conces-
sions for the canal on the Panama
route cannot be obtained. There isn't
much doubt that he would be prompt
to act in the matter. He would like
nothing better than to link his name
with the isthmian canal. and he could
do IT quite efrectually If it were left
with him to begin the construction of
the canal on the Nicaragua route.
When the Colombians become salts
fed, however, that they cannot get
a larger amount for the canal con-
cessions than that mentioned in the
treaty the probability is that they will
ratify the treaty. If they don't take
that they win likely get nothing. Ten
millions of dollars is a big sum even
to debt-ridden country like Colom-
bia.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-17

be found, as there always are, for
wasting time until after the holidays.
In view of the fact that 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Cannon Is to be elected
speaker it is probable that but a short
time Will be given TO that matter and
TO the appointing of the committees
of the House. Doubtless Mr.. Cannon
has already made up his committees
and viii be ready to announce them
within a day or two after his cleo
ton.
An extra session does well enough
TO talk about. and there is nothing
to be lost by calling one, but If there
is a belief that Congress will do much
at such a session there is going 10 be
disappointment
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-17
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BRIGHT BITS.

--Newriche: Say, do you know
Boobleby boasts that one Of his an
cestors was beheaded in the Tower of
London.
Grimshaw: Yes; pity it didn't run In
the family!-Puck
The farmer I'm the side show, look
Ing around in alarm: Gosh! Where's
all the rattlesnakes?
The Lecturer: Don't be alarmed, my
friend. It's only our living skeleton,
who is suffering from the ague.-Judge.
Here's an astrologer who predicts
that King Edward is shortly to pass
through lot Of trouble, dark cloud
hanging over the empire. Some horri-
bic calamity, don't you know"
I'm bet Alfred Austin is writing an
other ode. Life.
--Gesler (weather forscaster): I'd
like to know whether to take an UNI
brella or not
Mrs. g.: That's a good one! You
say 1T is going to be fair weather.
Gesler: Oh, that's different. That's
my official opinion.-Boston Transcript.
TT was sheer careiessness on
somebody's part that caused Charley
" rose money on thal race, sdlu young
Mrs. Torkins sympathetically.
How do you know"
II saw il in the paper. The horse
was left at the post The idea of put
ting a horse in a race and then neg
lecting TO unhitch him!"-Washingto
Star.
The dispatches which speak of Am
bassador Towers new court dress as a
chiffon uniform" will, perhaps, awak-
en- no alarm In the breasts of the frivo-
lous and Superficial. The serious mind
ed, however, will not fail to reflect
that chiffon is a diaphanous material.
Can we afford, in view of our terri
tOrial Importance, to run any risk of
the crafty Kaiser seeing through Mr..
Tower ?-Idfe
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-17

Now II is Pension Commissioner Ware
that is being prodded by the Grand
Army of the Republic. The reason, it
seems, is this: Dr. Norman, a pension
examiner. who draws 81 800 year for
his services, also had a pension of S12
a month. He applied for and received
an increase to $50 per month, on the
ground Of failing health. AS he had
been granted an indefinite leave of alb
sence Commissioner Ware believed that
his salary should be reduced by sum
equal to the pension increase, so that
the doctor should receive no greater
amount from the government than he
did before the increase of pension. That
is the basis of the howl that is going
up about Wares grinding" the poor
old soldiers. There are many employees
in the pension office who receive both
fat salaries and fat pensions. Conn
missioner Ware, In the Norman case,
was undoubtedly doing what he
thought was right. Commissioner Ev-
ans followed along similar lines. He
was forced out, and Ware may suffer
the same fate. The man wanted in
the pension Office by the G. A. r. is
not so much one who will try to do
right and guard the governments in
terests as one who will hustle the
claims through and get all of the boys"
on the pension roll. Meanwhile, what's
the use of Ware haggling over a few
dollars of salary when there is a we'll
defined movement on foot to create a
new class of pensioners and take $780,
900. 900 or more per annum out of the
treasury for them?
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-17
ISBEx 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices--Corned Beef, Groot's
Market. .fa&R
Business NOTES.-THE Bicycle Man,
6. ". Thomas.
Recommendations CO,nstock Vau-
neville Company, Casino This Week.
Schools and Colleges-Rock Hin Col
lege, EIlicott City. Nd
Silver Pohsh-The Gorham Co.
Gas Mantles-The Welsbach Co.
Had You Taken NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
afnski, Druggist.
Again This Week-At Lattimore's.
The Preserves-The Delmonico Co.
Cheap Column Help
Wanted. Employment Wanted, For
Rent, For Sale, Lost, Personal, Miscel-
.laneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-17
The Young Idea.

The late DR.. Thomas Hoyt, after
preaching his last sermon as pastor
Of the -Wylie Church, was
entertaining President Patton OF
Princetown, Henry c. Minton, modera-
tor of the general assembly, and other
eminent men at dinner, says the Phil
adelphia Ledger. The guests were
speaking in strong praise of the ser
mon the minister had just preached on
the different religions, and those versed
in theology were discussing the doc
trinal points he had brought out DR..
Hoyt's son was sitting at the table.
and DIR. Minton, turning 10 him, said:
MY lad. what did you think OF
your fathers sermon? I saw you lis
tening intently."
All waited to hear the boys reply.
Mr.. Hoyt smiled cordially.
Il guess it was very good" said the
boy, languidly, but there were -four
mighty fine places where he could
have stopped"