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The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-07-14
MIDDLEBURG, SNYDER co. PA, JULY 4,lSiO.

The man OF business went Oh witl,
reading.
II have paid some attention to the
character Of my nephew, john Meade
and have been firicvcl to find him 81
much possessed with feeling oI
philanthropy, aud with general piei-
crencc for whatever is noble and true
over whatever is base and false. As
these tendencies arc by no means such
as can advance him in the world, !
hcqnrath him the sum If ten Thousand
pounds, hoping iha, h. will thus be
kept out Of the workhousc, aud be en-
ablcd to paint his great historical
picture, which rs yet, he has only
talked about
AS for my other nephew, Peter
Finch, he views all things in so saga
ciouS aud selfish way, aud is 50 c'r-
tain to got on in life that | should on
~ insult him by Offering an aid which
he does not require yet from an at
fcctionatc uncle, aud entirely n Il ties
timony for his mental acutcuCSs, !
venture to hope that ho will accept u
bcIucst of five hundred pounds toward
the completion Of his extensive library
OF law books"
How Mr. Peter Finch stormcd and
called namcS f; how John Meade broke
into II dclisum Of Joy; how Mary
Jayne cried first and then laughed,
aud then cried and laughed together
all these matters shall not attempt
to describe. Mary Jayne is now
Mrs John Meade, and her husband
has actually begun to paint the great
historical picture. Peter Finch has
taken to discoun,lng bills, and bring
ing actions on them and drives
about in his brougham already.
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Two NcpilcNXS.

At the parlor window of pretty
villa, near Walton on Thames, sat, one
evening, at dusk, an old man and Il
young woman. The age of the old
man might be some seventy while
Iii, companion had certainly not reach
ed nineteen. Her beautiful, bcaming
face, and active, light and upright
figure, were in strong contaast with
the worn countepancc and bent frame
ut the old man but n his eye, and
in tho corners Of his mouth, were in.
di atoms of u gay self.coDfjencc
which ago aud suffering had damped
but not eXtinguished.
"No use looking any more, Mary
said he /; "ncither John Meade nol
Peter Finch will be here before dark
Very hard, that, when sick uncle
asks his two nephews to come and sec
him, they can't como at once. The
duty is simply in the extrcmc-only
to help mo to die, and take what |
choose to leave them in my will !!
Pooh /. When was n young man
I'd have done It for my uncle with
the utmost celebrity. But the world's
getting most hea rtless !"
"Oh, sir % said Mary.
Sand what does 'Oh, sir = mean ?
said he. "D'yo think I sban't die
| know better. A little more and
thcre'll be an end of old Billy Collett.
He'll have left this dirty world for o
cleaner--to she great sorrow (and ad
vantase) of bis aiiectioDate relatives
Ugh ! Give mo a glass Of tho doctors
stuff"
Tho girl poured some medicine into
O glass, and Collett, after having con
templated it for moment with inf
mite disgust. managed to get il down
81 tell you what, Miss Mary jayne
said he, 81 don't by auy means approve
of your 'Ob, sir = and Dear sir y and
the rest Of it. when Pve told you how
| nate to be called 'sir' at all. Why
you could not be moro respectful i
you were a charity girl and a bcadle
in gold laced hat. Mono Of your
uoneseusc, Nary Jayne, if you please
I've been your lawful guardian now
for six months, and you ought to know
my likings and dislikings..
"My poor father often told me how
you disliked ceremony" said Mary.
"Your poor father told you quite
right" said Mr.. Collett. Erred
Jayne was man Of talont-a capita
fellow His ouly. fault was q natu'
raj inability to keep farthing in biz
pocket. Poor Fred he loved ne
I'm surc he did. He bequea,hed IN,
his only child-and it isn't ever
friend would do that y
"a kind aud generous protector yo'
have been."
swell, don't know I've tried no
to be q brute, but dare say l hav'
been. Don't speak roughly to yol
sometimes ? Haven't given yo,
good. prudent, worldly advice abou
John Meade, and mado myself quit
disagreeable, and a guardian 1? Com
confess you love this psnpiless usphsv
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"DEY may rail against women as
much as dcy like said darlsoy late.
ly "dey can't set me against dem. I
hab always in my life found dem to DO
fust in lub, fust in quarrel, fust IN do
dance, iust in de ice cream saloon, aud
de fust, test aud last in de sick room.
What would we do widout dem Let
us be born as young, rs ugly, ms help
less as We please, and 4 womans arur
am ready to receive w.. She it cnf
that guy us our fust dose ob castor.
oil, aud put clothes on our helpless
naked limbs, and cubbcrs up our
ioots and noses in long flannel petit.
coats and it am she, as We grow up,
dat fills our dinncr.basket wild dough-
nuts and apples as we start for school,
aud iclis US " hen We tear our trow-
sers."
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A Dug's Wc,cngei

Mr. T.. nouglss, Esq, of this city,
was recently the owner of masti;f.
which he hal raised, and WAS about
two years and u halt old. and no doubt.
,he largest deg in the country.
Ca Monday evening, Mr.. Douglas.
was attempting to drive some chick
ems int q his garden, but the dog oc.
,upled the gates. aud would hot let
them pass Mr. u. ordered him
away, but the masiiIl would not obey
nuul his owner had thrown several
rocks at him, when he took refuge ut
der The kitchen. In moment more
Mr.. ID. saw his dpg, with lean stcrs
ana gl1ring eyes, advancing slowly
toward him for tight. Our friend, see.
ing that he could not stop the dog ~
words or gestures, at once prepared
t. defend himself, ~ ilish, WAS iu-
possible. ~ soon ns the dog was near
him. hc rose on his hind feet. aud at
tempted to seize Mr. u. by the throat.
Then ensucd combat between tho
man and doS OF about ten minutes du
ration, and which for hcrccncss scarce
~ has a parallel iu such ,ncounicrs.
Mr. u. first threw cut his left arm,
which thc dog biz considerably near
thc wrist, and with Lis ? ght hal !
caught the infuriatcl beast by the
throat, and as soon AZ the left hard
was released from the gip Of the dog,
he seized his under Jaw with II.
Knowing from every circumstance that
the combat would Lca lengthy onc,
ls socn aS the first excitement had sui
sided, Mr.. u. ordered his family to
cInSc every door of his dwtlln; but
one, towards which he gradually bnt
slowly drew the dog. Before reach.
ing the steps in front OF the open door
the dog had for a short time partially
iiscngagcd himself and bit Mr.. u.
severely in hT thigh.
by this time our friend bctarr
calm and collected, aud promptly re-
sci2el the dog by the under jaw anl
throat, and then began again to draw
the brute toward the open door. f.
nally he had reached the door-stcps,
which were about five feet high, aud
began to walk up them backward, and
when at the top, he hy summoning all
his strength, and hy one violent effort,
threw the dog to the ground on his
back. Before the animal could rccoy-
er his feet, Mr.. ID had entered the
house and closed the open door. Tho
mastiii showed every disposition to
renew the battle, and made frantic cf-
forts to enter the windows.
At last, finding ingrcss impossible.
ho took his position and watched the
door closely for Mr., u. aud manifested
by his octing that he wodld attack
him again il he came into the yard.
In the meantime, the Rev. DR.. Hall,
4 ncighbOr, came to Mr.. D's rescue;
CHE dog showing no disposition TO
modest any one but Mr.. Douglass J,
aud with his gun shot the dog twice
and killed him, greatly to the rMrf
and safety OF our townsmau, who was
closely bcsicged within his own house.
We may state, in conclusion. sikpt
Mr.. Douglass owes his safety % His
great strength, being i man of two
hundred pounds weight, and Of pro.
portionatc muscular strength. Our
friend was entirely unarmcd ; aud
although, during the combat, his SER
wants brought him his gun, the en-.
counter was so terrific that he was un.
ablc to use frearms.- Nepak, (Ga.)
Heraid.
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POETRY.
LabOr's WAR Song.

Br oHAs, O. HAtrtSE.
~. ,..,hs., ,,,,, r.. ,,ox,, a. no,
's, q hed as s,me vouid mals n. NV
Aithouyh we mi a stubborn lot
And wheat-a sea Of amber iroth-
Whito adple blossom and blushlnR cherries
VIII soon replace the thistle growth
And bitter brainblo'ber
t.. t,oo,. n so,5 . .oo,,,, AL,
rhas. ~ II, AZ, :, -, = - .yydn..,.
Cor o,ha ha,,an rIirara.ss
An Eden bower torever'
whonever Reason biJs vop go
nc nromn, ami arm 10 foIlnU,
Ns,.r b,,iiJ 4 hon.s on kyc,s snox
with eyes that never shun the Hight,
len though II show your past m,schances
kluc down the phantom broou OF nlght
win Uoops OF gaiiaht ioncieS'
For life's A 0uht, n stubborn avht,
Where hone and fresh endcoVor
Can ove,cotne the hosts of care.
Forever and forever
should sorrow hem you In upon
Some bleak and lonely sountnin,
Ncer sigh for the forsaken lava,
b9t on tn9 i,ghtning 81, ,sh,.ereu p' top
.spa, a.. a., t.v St.,siy tI,s.J ~ IVY ,,,
huI Ie' Wv "nIIW'n.s, "II W lhel uroP'
Dea' uo"n you' oo'u uenaheo'
For life's n fiyht N s,ubborn hylt
Where heart and strong endenvor.
Shall win the palm and wear the pnlm
Foreyea and forever.
Besleged in Wants desnised retreat,
And with resource but scnnty,
Firing over half you'd like to eat,
WI w M ,n Va VA ,n,,,,. 'ITn p nu'ho
uihn,,,as a. a ,.,s" -, II y, u"
S ~ ,.y Wy ,o"' r - s,". @ ~ =, Nv ". no"'''
h""kn 'Vuu 'eiHe Sour 'oom"n'
For llfe,s n siege. n long drawn sIeye
not ce protracted trial.
Where iote forever gives tho ualm
To hope and self denial.
ShoulI those Won friondsd in distrcss
Forget you-itIs the fashion =
Meier let them know their wor,hlcssncss
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-07-14

SOME of the questions proposed for
discussion at a meeting Of a western
debating club were these " Is dansiu'
morale rons 2 Is it necessary that
temails should resave thurry literary
education p Sort fcmails to take
p,rts in polytix 7" "Dus dress cou:
sIitute the moral parts of wimin ~
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-07-14

Jimmy, my sou, take these eggs to
the store. aud if you can't get quar-
ter bring them back" The boy went
as directed, aud came back, saying,
Father, it takes me to make a trade.
They oil wanted them at forty cents,
but | screwed tAem down to twenty.
iivo."
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NEO. L. MILLER,
W ATTORNEY At LAW,

Lcwisbnrg Ia.
Ofers his Professional service TO the pub
lie. Collections and oil other profession
all business entrusted TO his care will re
ceive prompt attention. Jan. 3, VT
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CAMUEL ALLEMAN,
~ ATTORNEY At LAW,

" III IIUN.NEI VI INV
Sclinsgrovc Pa
Offers his Professional services to he
public. All business entrusted To his
care will be promptly attended TO. Col
lecrions made in all parts OF the state
lie can speak the English and German
Language fuen,ly. Office between Halls
and the Post office.
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CHARLES HOVER,
" ATTORNEY At LAW,

Sclinsgrovc Pa,
Offers his professional services TO the pub.
,ic. Collections and all other professional
business entrusted to his care will re-
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north Of the Keystone Hotel. Jan ., 81
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-07-14

Mrs. NJ. -, young mother, was
exhibiting with considerable pride, to
a number of admiring friends her
first baby. Finally approaching lit
tie Dan, little boy Of five years, the
happy parent said Dan, isn't this
dear little baby 2 Dan hesilated
moment, turned up his eyes, and an
swered, YES. but its bald headed"
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WIN. VAN GEZER,
w ATTORNEY AT LAW,

Lewisburg Pa,
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lie. Collections and nll other Profession
nl business entrusted TO his care will re-
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i W. KNIGHT,
y. ATTORNEY AT LAW,

Frccburg Pa,
Offers his Professional service TO the pub.
lie. All business entrusted TO his care
will be promptly attended 10.
Jan II, '67tf
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I NJ. LINN,
=. ATTORNEY At LAW,

LowisburS Pa,
Offers his professional services to the
public. Collections and all other pro
fessional business entrusted TO their care
will receive prompt attention. Jan. \, bhi
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A LITTLE boy Of three years. who
has a brother OF three months, gave
as reason rs.s ..s. lSs sAs |li1eEi, ,el0lt6 6ane,
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w. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Middlcburg, Pa,
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T. N. MYERS,
A.. ATTORNEY 4 COUNSELOR At Law

Middlcburg Snyder County Pcnn'a'
Office few doors West Of the J.. d. on
Main street. Consultation in English
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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-17

scoveerrom the shock In the room OF the suicide
mentioned were found aTuuantity Of tickets and
coupons, which had cost some 500, and hadan
turned out blanks, showing pretty conclusively
the immediate impulse to self-destruction.
The devastation wrought by the siege OF Paris
s specially notable nthe snvirons, once Its pride
and crownlng glory. letter by balloon-mail de-
scribes tour to the Village OF LIE Foe, at the In
tersection OF the railway to Strasbourg with the
Canal de rOurcq. Before the siege the. roads
from Paris to lie Folie were Aned with beautiful
Villas and, at the least, three thousand vehicles
passed over them every day. Now the whole Is
scene OF desolatfon. Hares and rabbits, driven
from the woods by their occupance By the Ger.
mans, bounded across the road; troops of vagrant
dogs lurked about, deserted by their owners.
When caught they are taken to the Jardin de
plantes to feed the carnivorous wild beasts
Every fence, shutter door, gate and casing mas
been cut up for fuel, and the outposts composed
of Francs.tireurs and Mobiles, complain Of scarcity
of food, receiving meat but twice week. The
German outposts are only two hundred yards
distant, but so well do they conceal themselves
that not q man Is to be seen.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-17

.eKt the first glance, it would seem that no
Combination can be made strong enough 10
prevent the abrogation Of the Treaty OF
1856, and the further prosecution OF the
scheme of Russian agggrandizement cneckeo
in the West by the unifcation OF Germany.
France is powerless, and, as the mission Oh
NJ. Theirs shows, is ready to make any bar
gain with Russia which may hasten the con-
clusion of the German war. Italy has no rea-
son now for casting her lot with England
and is, besides, busily engaged in digesting
the Roman States and periecting the ma
cbinery of her government England is
more powerful now than she was IN 1884,
but her military strength is not great, and
the understanding existing between Prussia
and Russia is new element OF at least un-
certainty. Turkey has not been idle during
the past fifteen years. Important changes
have been made in the organization and
equipment OF her armies, and, when prop
erly led, half million Turkish soldiers are
no contemplate adVersaries. The fleet,
altogether recovered from the Sinope massa-
ere, consists OF 1876 vessels, including several
iron-clads, and is in a high state OF dlscl-
pline and effectiveness. But, on the other
hand, it is reasonable to suppose that the
Viceroy Of Egypt, in case OF war, might
lean more to Russia than to his suzerain the
Sultan Austria has too many domestic
troubles to be willing to fight unless forced
into the struggle Her Hungarian subjects
demand that the Russian pretensions be re-
sisted, while her German peoples gravitate
steadily towards united Germany. Eng
land and Turkey, therefore, might be e1-
pected to stand alone against the Colossus
of the North, and, unless Inkermann, Kars
and Balaklava are forgotten, these two En-
pires are an enemy which: even Russia can
not despise.
BUTT is not certain that there will be any
war England requires peace Turkey
breads war. Diplomacy will be exhausted
before either Abdul Aziz or Queen Victoria
draws the sword in contest in which they
Rave much to lose and so little to gain. The
difference is, however, that while England
may afford to wait, Turkey must know that
every year swells the power Of Russia, and
brings nearer the inevitable day OF the dis
memberment Of the Ottoman Empire.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-17

The same distinguished strategist-Gen-
eral B. F. Butler-declares that the Repub-
lican party sis not now united upon single
"questiou of public policy" We beg his
pardon. They are united in the belief that
the South can be won by blows more surely
than by kindness, and that to support such
a Ring as that which the Boston Advertiser
denounces is the surest way Of converting
to Radicalism the intelligence and wealth oi
the South.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-17

The Daily Union is the name Of q new
Republican paper, the first number of which
was issued in Columbia, on Tuesday last.
The enterprise, we presume, is born Of the
Success OF the Radical State Government in
the recent elections While affirming its alle-
glance to 1The' Party" The Union starts
with fair promises, and pledges its support
to variety OF good things, concerning
which nobody will be disposed to quarrel
with it.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-17
The German Vote.

The Radical oft-sawder about "Fatherland
'tand Prussian victories" has had no elect
unon the German voters OF New York who,
in almost solid mass, voted the Democratic
ticket. In the largest German ward in the
CITY. where last year the Democratic ma
iority was only 1898, this year it is 5000. In
the Great West, also, and especially in Mis-
souri,. the Germans, under the leadership OF
Gratz Brown and Carl schurz, have shown
themselves stalwart champions OF political
liberty. Mainly by their votes is the State OF
Missouri delivered from on insupportable
despotism. To the German vote, 1000 citi-
zens o%Setheir enfranchisement.
There is, indeed, no people to whom Radi-
cal Intolerance and Radical extravaganza
are more odious than to the Germans. The
Germans love freedom, not as on abstrac-
tion, but as aiiying, breathing reality. They
demand free thought and free act, and the
Puritanical bigotry which would dictate
what to wear, what to eat and what to drink,
is foreign to oil the liberal impulses of their
nature. They are besides, a thrifty and
frugal people, and the riotous waste OF the
Radical ministrations-State and Fed
eral-is in direct conflict with all their In
terests. Without brag or bombast, the Ger
mans 90 quietly on their way, but they may
always be relied on as important auxiiaries
in delivering the whole people from blue
laws, carpet-baggers and systematic public
nfunder
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-17

GENERAL B. F. BUTLER, since the Demo
cratic victories in the North and West, has
come to the conclusion that the Republican
party is moribund, and that nothing can
save it from extinction but war with Eng
land, for the conquest OF Canada, as a set.
tlement OF the Alabama claims. A wal
policy might be popular with army contract,
ors and all the bomb-proof departments o.
the opposing forces, but any sort OF war,
upon any pretext, will he steadily opposed
by the South. These Southern States de-
mand peace And that, we suppose, is the
reason why Radicals like Ben Butler begir
to clamor for war.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-17
The Spreading War Cloud.

Ii, Tie prosiration Of France, and the ex-
pected isolation of England, the, Car OF all
the Russias may hupe to find an opportunity
zofi prosecuting the Muscovite designs in the
East. The road to Constantinople is as
open znow as when the large-REsined Peter
defined the future policy OF his Empire, and
the Russieu diplomatists, obstinate and per-
severing rather than subtle and ingenious,
have never Abandoned the fixed purpose Of
annexing the provinces Of European Tur-
key. The Crimean, War. compelled Russia
to give guarantees to Turkey, Jut even then
it was evident to the Allies themselves that
their foe would return to the charge when
ever the changes in European politics should
ALLEVIATE France from England, or either OF
them from the Porte. - ''.i'' .-
The articles Of the Treaty of 1856 most
obnoxious to Russia are as follows:
. ...ART. IL. The Black Sea is neutralized.
While open ito the mercantile marines Of all
nations, its waters and ports are formally and
in perpetuity interdicted to vessels of war,
whether belonging to nations having territory
bordering on it or otherwise.
. ART. I3. The Black Sea being neutralizcd by
aforegoing provision. Russia and Turkey en-
gage neither to construct nor maintain any
naval OF military arsenal upon its coast"
. The treaty was modified last year to the
extent Of allowing Russia, under certain re-
servations to have limited number of ships
of-warYn the Black Sea; but nothing less is
now demanded than the entire abrogation OF
the treaty, which prevents her from fortify-
Ing her southern coast, or from entering the
Black,.Sea with the bulk OF her powerful
navy. This was to be the first step, and 1t
will be justified by Russia upon the ground
that the Black Sea is her best defence in war,
and the chief outlet for the immense trade
Of the regions .traversed by the Dnieper and
Danube. There is the additional reason,
understood or expressed, that the Black Sea
offers the best base for aggressive operations
against the Turk.