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The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-04-08
Weatherwise and Otherwise.

Rather q cold snap, remarked the
fox, as he put his foot into the steel
trap.
We shall have au open spring, was
all that the trapper vouchsafed AS he
approached the animal,
Quite windy. said Jones. who had
been listening to the congressional
debate.
clustering, responded Smith.
A fine day. said the judge, omiu-
ously.
Yis, yer honor a little lazy now
replied the culprit.
A mile day, ventured the sport
man.
Blond, put in the young man,
taking out q trust dollar.
Soft, added tho young lady.
The young man subsided.w With the
remark, il is getting warm.
1t looks like reign. suggested
Robinson anent tho third.term pro-
position.
We need change mattsrei his i'm
pecunious relative.
Rather chilly, commented Slee,
bins. As the church seo'ahle,
II 10 scold, replied Mllie9ten AZ
hs espied HE other half
l.owsry, he added, a. he oaash,
her eye,
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-04-08
What we Like TO See.

4 mau worth Sj0,0)) who says
t bat he is too poor even to take the
local paper.
a man refuse to take his local
paper, and all tho time sponge on
his ncighbor tho reading of it.
a man run down his local paper
as not worth taking, aud every now
and then begs the editor for favor
in the editorial line.
a Merchant who refuses to al
vortise in tho homo paper, and yet
expects to got his share Of the trade
the paper brings in town.
A man complains, when asked to
subscribe for his homo paper, that
he takes more papers than he reads
now, aud then go around aud bor-
row his ueighbor's, or loaf about
until he gets the news from it.
Above all. the rich, misery man
who cannot pay for his local paper,
yet who is always around in tlme to
read tue paper at the expense Of a
friend, not worth the tenth part Of
what he himself is, yet who is enter.
perprised enough 10 help support
the paper.
We ike TO SEQ these things. be-
cause they are indicative o. eeou-
omy, thrift. snd progress-in a horn.
= Haisr!>,0 y, ~ OAssrrS~.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-04-08
A Few Reasons ior Plan Dress

1t would prevent many from
wcrshipiDg the deyi. instead OF God
/ II would lessen tue burden of
many who iui Q hagl . MAINTAIN
their places in society
1t would enable many employers
topny their help something more
than starvation wages.
1t would lessen the temptations
which often lead men to barter
honor and honesty for display.
II there were less in dress at
church there would be more genuine
christianity aud less of hypocrisy.
1t would prevent many deluded
women from imagining that they
are better tLan their less fortunate
sisters.
1t would prevent much Of tho
silly, foolish pride, pomp and vanity,
so opposed to decency and true rc.
inement.
\ smaller amount spent in dress
wouid siyo many man . character,
enable him 10 pay his debts. look
honest men III tue face, preuont his
notes gong 70 protest, pay bis
employees regularly and in fact
enable him TO bo Gul behave like
u respectable man.
These are only few Of the many
advantages Of dressing plain. But
it wouli bo easier to stop Niagara
Falls than to persuade certain peo
Pile that oxtravagauce 10 dress il
wicked, foolish, and indicative Of an
attempt to attract observation.
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ADVICE - GIx,s. --lasi = !eS
words girls Aai don set .aSi. 90
slow on getting acquainted Si;h eyry
stranger tia; stops n dsy in town.
Men are on the look oct for young
wemen 10 ald with, Don't try to
be the 6rst 10 catch q Commercial
traveller " receive his company at
poar homes or so with bin 10 So
cial gatherings This class Of men.
make fan Of you 10 your friends
Don't "snub" tho yoang sInau you
know 10 gain the momentary atten>
tons it never pays. You may mean
all right but an unjust public is
sare 10 hint many wicked things
sboat yon. Many young ladies
fsn ont OF notice, socially, by being
raled by desire to fiirt With strang,
ers. Take the aivice We otfsr AMI
ace bow much happier you will be
when you settle down in homes OF
your own.
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Law for the People.

A parole gift Of personal property
must DO accompanied by possession.
The attempt to commit a felony
or misdemeanor. is an indictable
offense.
IL is larceny to appropriate goods
uislaid, or left by mistake.
a verbal release of u debt, not
founded on a valuable Consideration.
will not bar an action.
Guardians, If practicable, must
lend out the mouoy OF their wards.
on good security. and must collect
The interest annually.
Any one who takes possession of Il
minors estate without authority OF
law may bs held liable as guardian.
The voluntary concurrence OF
competent minds is required to mako
a valid contract. II deception DO
practlced, by either OF the parties, IN
u material mltter, or either b1 81
intoxicated as 10 b5 un ,Lle to c1m>
prohend tho nature aud effect OF the
Transaction, this inyalidates the eou-
tract.
The father is tho natural guardian
and custodian Of his children bat
in case of separation, their custody
may be given 10 tho mother, II tho
father il, from any cause unfit fJr
their control, or unable to support
them.
IN action for tho recovery Of
specific property may b. brought
without giving the bJud specified ia
the Code. when the simple question
ot tile is tried aud the possession
OF the property left uCdisturbei.
ignorance of the law is no excuse
for tho commission Of crlms, bll
Ignorance Uf fac. may ren lor civil
contract vOilablo,
Thcre is DO warranty of title nc an
administrators sale. bat II persona,
representative in bound to mako to
tho purchaser valid conveyance of
such title ~ his decedont had Hs
IL liable, personally, for all d1mages
,''Io "0h n'' '"''u'o 10 ioi'o"
Tue NV
Ii is y violation OF the law for
'u0 occIPlo'S OF h'nds, nndor
,.i common 'onco' 10 turn their stocN
,, w'lhlh Tue Ionera' ehcI1t ir' during
'ne cropping soas'h' Inc pUty ~
on y. 'n''S SDnm''S an ihd!'tab!r
,'' ,' ,''''' "'a - ''''!IV h"Olo Ior al
'',n 'E'' t.''' cn''e'
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Advice,

Whenever you go TO SEQ sick pers-
on never take brass band brass
bands are more or less expensive. II
however, you take brass band with
you, let each man play dffnreut air
finishing up 10y Tam C,Shauter" on
the bass drum. 1t il best to have
thia last executed ia the room
directly underneath the sick cham
bsr
Always ring the bell ~ though
yoh were trying to plli the back
yard out by the roots Continue
this until you get seven or eight fire
engines playing Oh tho house.
II you can't got ia by tho front
way either knock out wlnlow, or
20 mp On to the root 10y tho light
ming rod.
THIS lattar plan will ouaJlo you. il
the house II II frame one. TO Kick all
tho boards loose aud provide mut-
luce for those iusi1e the house. After
you have reached tho roof, il you
haynt stranglel Yourself with pros
faulty, cough up your false teeth and
yell down tue scuL,le for n stop
ladder.
Always bear cheerful countcuace
II you 90 into the sic; chamber
looking like 3j-cent chrome Of a
Powneo cemetery, It will be apt to
throw a damper Cd the festivities.
Talk cheetiuily. CJmmonce by
saying that the Asiatic cholera has
started on pleasure trip at reduced
rates, aud that the hoop business is
quite brisk or say seventy five tons
Of nitro glycerine began business
engagement near a circus IA some
place in New York, aul that the
authorities IN all tho principal cities
Of the country have been telegrapheI
TO wait on tue remains as tuey arriy-
Cd.
Talk as lonl as you can. 90 that
people IN the next township will
think theological student home on
a vacation, is keeping his laugs 10
training.
A few such rules as these kept i1
mind during 4 visit 10 q sick frend
will be apt to prove beneficial, a. 1t
Will lnsp're tie patient with more
viii and stronger determination -
live, and create a sol, II vacuum IL
your family.
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A Contrast Bet,oeea the Youth OF
the Past and the Present.

II there is one thing more than
another lacking in the young people
Of our tune il is force OF character,
selfreliance, courage to meet and
grspple with the stern realities Of
life. Never, perhaps, were young
people 30 wei cared for, 30 well clad,
so we'll educated In the technical
sense never WAS the path Of life
made 60 smooth before them and
there seems TO be q feeling that they
are wanting in the endurance, iude''
psndenoe and fsroe which belonged
TO former generations, r.
Education, 10 called, seems tobe
slisnatipg the rising race from mau-
ual labor, and even from skilled me
chanical pursuits. What 10 do with
our sons and dsughters when they
leave school isa problem pressing
very heavy ON many minds.
But too few of the 'ris,ug genera
uon--of The male sex We are spoak.
ing~-sheW that sell-rsliAues and
s>ogling nAnlinens vhioh ohAsaetsr.
'ssd ~ ysanaes ~ u eus usrr
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Some Harvard students got =,

Some Harvard students got sorv-
ed right They fixed a printer SO
that for consideration they could
obtain copies OF the examination
questions to he presented to them,
The printer being unable to procure
the original, made up ono from an
old catalogue, and received therefor,
$500 The way the mir around
Cambridge was streaked with blue
and snelt birthstone on that ex.
animation day was a caution. That
priUter is not to be found in the
vicinity, he is hiding.
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OUR DEAD.

Nothing is our own We hold our pleas
ures,
just little while, ere they are a,t:
One by one lie rObs us of our treasures /:
Nothing is our own except our dead
They are ours, and hold In faithful keeping
Snfe forever. all they took away
Cruel live eau never stir that rleeping
Cruel time can uevcr seize that prey.
Justiceipnles truth fades stars fall from
heaven
Human are the great whom we revere
No true crown OF honor can be given
Till the wreath lies on the funeral bier.
How the children leave us and no traces
Lingtr of that smiling angel baud 4;
Gone. forever gone aud in their places
Weary men aud anxious women stand. q
Yet we have some little ones. still ours .
They have kept the baby smile, We know,
Which we kissed one day, aud hid with
flowers,
On their dead white faces long apo.
When our Joy is lost--and life will take
it,
Then no memory Of, the pas, remains.
Save with some strange, or ,el sdugs, tbat
make i.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-04-08

H;ghlaniers have the hsbi. when
tAlkiUg their English, such as it is,
OF interieciing the personal Pronoan
he when not repaired, such as,
The king he has come ohsa. in
consequence, a sentence is rendered
extremely laileroas A gentleman
says he lately listened 10 the Rev
Mr,--, Who began HE Discourse
thus MY frieads, You viii ani
my ssxt IN the First Epistle Gen
eral ~ Peter. iith chapter, sai
eigth verse The devil be sSeih
alsout like a roarng hon, seeking
whom he may devour, Now, my
brethren, for your Instruction, |
have divided my text into four
heads Evsty, We shall eniesvor
~ ascertain who the devil he WIS,
Secondly, we shall inquire into his
geographical position, namely, where
the devil he was and where the
devil he was goiagt Thirdly, who
the devil he was seeking. Aud
four.hly ana lastly, We shall en-
desvos 10 solve . question which
hes never yet been solvsd--what
the devil BE- was roaring Aboas."
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-04-08
First Things


Envelopes were first used in 1899.
Anethesia was discovered in 1914.
The first steel pen was made in
1880.
The first air pump was mado in
1854
The FIRST luciier match was made
10 1929.
The first balloon ascent was made
in 1888.
The Grst iron steamship was built
in 1890.
Ships were first "copper.bottomed
in 1888.
Coaches we're first used in Eng.
land in 1869.
The first horse railroad was built
in 1861.
The entire Hebrew Biblo was
printed in 1853.
Gold was first discovered in
California in 1slS.
The first steamer piled the Hudson
in 1897.
The lirst watches we're male st
Nurelnburg in HI.
Kerosene was first used for light
ing purposes in 1926
Tne iirst newspaper advertisement
appeared in 1862.
The first copper cent was c)iuel
in Now HIvcn in 1851.
The tirst telesc Dps was probably
used in EnS land in 1908.
The urst sawnakcr's anvil was
brought to Ametica in 1919.
Tue itit uss ofa lbcpn tive in this
country was in 1929
The FIRST almanac was printed by
Geo Van Parbich IN 1859
Tho first chimncy was introduced
into Rome from Psdua in 1929.
Glass windows were first iptroduc
od into Euglaud in the eighth cont,
ury.
The FIRST steam engiuo on this
contiuont WIS brought from hug
land in 1853,
The first colnplete sewing mach
inc WAS patented by Elias Howe, Jr.,
in 1916.
The first society for the promotion
OF Christian knowledge was organic
Cd in 1893.
Tue first attempt to manufacture
pins in this country was IN 10 sJju
after the war ot 1912.
Glass was early discovered. Glass
beads were folnd On mumnies over
5000 years oil.
Gas WAS first used as an illuminat
ing agent in l7J2. Its first use IN
New York was in 1872.
The first glass factory 10 the
United States Of which we have
laliuIte kuJwhdge was built 10
I7SJ.
Tho first national bunk in the
United States WAS Incorporated by
Congress December 81, 1881.
The frat temperance society in
this country was orsauzel in
Saratoga county n, Y, in March,
1903.
The first machine for carding.
rowing aud'spinning cotton IN ile IN
tho United States was manufactured
IN l7S6
The first compass was uscd iu
France in 1900, though the Chinese
are said to have employed the load.
slono earlier
'rho first society for the exclusive
pur pose Of circulating the Bible
was organized in 1905, un lor the
nlno OF "Brilish and Foreign Biblo
Society"
The first telegraph instrument
was successfully operated by 5. +.
u. Morse, the Inventor, in 1895,
though its utility was not demons
trated to the world until 1874.
The first Union aIg WAS uufurlei
on the lst OF January, l776, over tho
camp at Cambridge 1t had thir-
teen stripes of white and rcd, aud re
tanned the English cross in one cor
ner.
The first daily newspaper appeared
in 1902. The first newspaper in the
United States was published in
Boston, September %, 1899, The
first religious newspaper, the Boston
Record" was published in 1915.
Nz.~nzs.n1
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-04-08

The news reached Denver in the
sitarnoou tha, gold had been found
a, Pls::e Canon, aud before night
a.! huudreis Of prospectors start.
ei ey train !1r the place. The val-
.sy was covered with claims within
,Sc DAYS. sni st the end Of week
Platte Canon had become a city.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-04-08

Pasteboard shutters In imitation
of wood are the latest.
Proposals are in order, girls, Re-
member, no bachelor should be with
out ono.
The only housswork that some
girls do 10 whom they begiu 10 dust
around after = beau.
The prisoner bsiss asked whether
be straok tho man In the hss, 81 pas.
sion, replied ma. | s,raek him Ia
the pit Of the s,omash."
six young wemsp. armed whh shot,
eunA rscsn''y accompanied ~ many
youAs men ea . sAAhls AaVt In
0sseSlA NJ oas wAs As,A
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-04-08
The Phoenix Pect0rai,

Has proved itself to be peculiarly adapted To-
breaks q cold. II stops cough, II aids OK
peotorstiop ltgives instant roliot " giyes
Strength, II brings rest, II has made mors
this oitizsns OF Eastern Fonusylvapia have
used II for years past and testify 70 the rslisf
given aud cures oneotsd.
Price, ?6 csnts or bottles for a.
Prepared by Levi Oberhoitfer, NJ. n. sarS
cold by john A. Moatf, MiddishurS, and Sassf
entoA = bsrssI, CsntFsvillo. re-
hfSA M. tsfa ..
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r . q & n. ".
BEGGING.

Battling with hunger
How many we rastt,
Footsore aud frozen.
Wandering the sireett
Weary and dreary.
Pleading for bread,
Housslsss aud starving
No rest for the heal ;
Cdd--cold nothing to eat,
Ragged and shivering.
Wandering tho street.
Battling with hunger.
wearisome-sad,
From morn until eve
Scarce "a bite" to bs hal (;
The outlook all gloom.
Trudging through snow,
In misery creeping,
Onward they 20,
Cold-cold-uothlug TO eat
wretched and hungry,
Wandering the street.
Battling with hunger.
Baitiiugr fobreaJ,
Battling for bare life.
Wishing life sped
Hearts sadly aching,
Hard in their pain.
Groveling in gutter,
Digging again.
Cold-cold-wretched aud sad
All alone 10 the world,
Scarce "a bite" TO be had.
Battling with hunger.
Hard is their fate.
Pleading and tramping
Early and late;
Oh, list the prayer
OF the wondering poor,
Aud dou't thrust the bergr
Away from your deor.
Colj--cold--oui In the rain,
To eke sut II living
Begging again,
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-04-08

Everything 10 nature inaalses 10
amusement The lightning plays.
the thunder rolls, the wind whistles
the snow n,es, The waves lean and
the helds smile. Evsr the buds
eAsos sad The rivsys run,
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HUN
R /: E:NhEDY

most reliance may le placed "a a. ONE
TRIAL WILL CoSVINCE you.
Send for pamphlet 70 wN. L. CLARK,
Providence. H. J.
Sold by ali Druggists.
Sept. IL. 1'Iy.
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Manhood How Lost, Huw Restored I!
fsam just published. - new edition u
Dr CulSerNyeiI's teIpbra.
~. ~ ed IsAHN rn lLn ralIraI cmrn

= " ttu LsNdN N0 Ile EhlltAl cure
without medicine cf -ptHNAr.HPHoTA
or Ssuiusl Weakness. lnyolUntary Semi.
8sl Lo.sss. lsrortscr. Mentle sni Phy-
G.al iucaraciiy. lmre'wsnis 20 Marriage.
etc. a.1. C5SsryrrIoN, EiiLIPsr and
FIRE. induces by s,.finluigencs or ser
ua' rN'ravsgAuce. &c
Las Prize, ia sealed envelope, only
TX c-r's
Tie cestrs'si Au'ssr. IN IBIS 1Imir-
htis E.ssy, clearly Isr2nstrh'ss, from
thirty ysgr-' .acr.s-'li practice, that he
aiar1.-r r1ase!Isuce. - ELI abuse may
be radically sgr-i viibrui the danger.
oIs l.e = nieraai meticise ct the sp-
l'lcsfign 7!th- ta,fs p1.r.1R out
RI ie % cure ~ once simple. csr'sin, and
eseciral. be. ma, cure himself cheariy,
privately. Eri Et.i-ttir.
~ TIt L.-'-.. HuIy,, d b59n 70
N7rsGlGs ant HouWUrs
Seu'uulsr seal. ina plain envelope, 10
any airs... yr':r1'T, on recsiplof ELK
cents ~ two postage siEurs.
Address the puhIishrfr.
THE CULrERWELL MEDICAL co.
~ hLn g., New York Poet Office 45s6 Box
Sept. :, 1873. ly.
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An epicure desires but one dish
the glutton would have two.
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"0R! nay IT,; $:sss s';.:: !; !: =: =: !
NJ Medicine,
cures pain IN I
BkcKg' e: g: 6: !; 4: Y: 4: s; \ \ I

neys. Liver. Bladder ard Urinary Or
caus. Dropsy, Grtssl. Diabetes. Bright
Disease of the kidneys, Retention or In
confluence Of Urine. Scryous Diseases.
Female Weakness. and ESces'est huNT5
REMEDY IL prepared EXPRESSLY for
these diseases.
From Rev L q Taylor. Z D.. Pastor
FIfst Baptist Church.
ProviprScs. r. l., San. =. 20.
can TESTIFY to the virtue of HUNTS
REMEDY ia Kidney p,-coscs FROM actual
trial. having been greatly bencfttci ny
iu usr =. q. TAYLOR.
rrovirrScr. u. J.. Aus 10, 1873.
wu. J.. CLARKE --nLAR siR: Having
witnessed the wonderful effects CT
HUNTS REMEDY In my own oa.e. and ia
u great number Of othet.. recommend IL
70 All afflicted With Kidney diseases or
drop.y. rfc-e ~icted ~ disease should
secure the mclisiue which will cure them
in the shortest po,s,bie time. HCNTs
REMEDY viii 10 tais.
Respectfully Ionrs.
Y Il HawiEy. 70 Dyer 81.
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HCNT RENE.
DY isrurtly Ves
efabls. AMI i7 US
81 hv ilt lUNi
ofrLytlcRus. II
has stood the tcs
of time for 30
years, AMI the q
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Advertisin q Rutes.
o. column one year, 5000
One-h,lf, column, one year, 1900
One-fourth column, one yetr, 1900
One square 40 lines insertion 75
Every additional Insertion. 80
Profcssionaland Business car,ls OF
not more than 5 lines, per year, 500
Auditor, Executor, Administrator
and Assignee Notices, $50
Editorial notices per line. 10
All transcient advertising less than
3 months 10 cents line.
All advertisements for shorter pc.
rod than one year are payable At the
time they are ordered, and il not paid
she person orderihg them will De held:
responsible for the nonev.
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The Rising Generation

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DOMESTIC BIBLE
The Achievements Of Stanley

an other African Explorers by J T. lioadisy,
the most Dril.l ut descriptive Author In Amer
In nINIIEA -
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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-10-25
MISCELLANEOUS.
The weather Bureau ana Signal scrvlc

The United Serricc or November Is an inter-
esting, attractive number; its contents are
sufficiently varied TO please the particular
class Of readers which the magazine addresses,
aud all the articles are well written and full
of special Information.
Tho article on the signal service question is
evidently written by an officer Of the engineer
corps; at least IL has all the characteristics
which distinguish that little body, which be-
longs to the army aud yet is not part Of 1t
either in spirit or sympathy. The position
taken in regard to the proposed separation of
the signal from the weather bureau, the di-
rccton of the latter by a civilian, and the OBJ
jectlons urged against the appointment to the
head of the signal Office of any but n member
OF the scientific corps of the army, suggests
arguments OIL both sides, for mud against. We
do not agree with the writer that the ftct that
an officer is q good Indian fighter may be re-
gaTded us an objection TO his appointment as
successor to General Meyer, nor do wothink that
because he has seen no active service since the
war, but has been Engaged in the special du-
lies OF the engineer bureau, member of that
body is therefore ulft to be the head of the
signal Office. Neither position is tcuabic. We do
think that the signal office aud the weather
report bureau ought to be separate. distinct
organizations. They do not appear 10 belong
w thSi oNntIt HuN VIC lNllh hOiliib buN COH-
venienco OF operation aud control ever caused
the two TO come tudor one departmental head.
General Meyer was an excellent signal officer,
but ho had much less Of the special sccutihc
knowledge necessary to proper management
OF the weather bureau than his licutenauts
and civiiun aids. A very reasonable sugBes-
ton has been made which has much goo
sense In it, that is, to dispose OF tho weather
bureau by placing it under tho charge of the
treasury DOM m H. IL "A n tht
the revenue marine aud the marine hospital
service. These are all special agencies Of com
merce, all exceedingly well managed, too. As
to the signal service, we think that Generals
Miles, Hazcn aud Wilcox are as thoroughly,
IL not better, qualified TO fill the position OF
chief as any OF the officers Of the engineer
corps named by this writer. Their services in
the late war were rs important, they held us
high commands and fought as calamity as
Newton, Barnard, Gilmore, Park or Com
stock while the aIduous frontier service they
have performed for the past twelve years par
tcularly qualities them for the management
aud detail Of this branch Of our military es.
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