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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1884-01-03

SBLINsaRovE ITRMs. We have had
n revolution In the price OF coal lately
at this place. Stove coal that sold at
$3.50 now sells at $500; and Pea coal
that sold at t2.50 now sells at Sa. 10.
For this decline the consumers are in
debted to the fact that the Philia. &
Reading Co. established a coal yard ut
Shamokin Dam and sell coal at above
prices. Should said company build a
branch road down to our place there
will be still greater reduction In the
price Of coal as we'll as in o, mat
ters, such as. passenger fare, freight
charges and express charges. This
town has been outrageously Imposed
upon In these respects; and we are oil
looking to the Reading company for
relief, and hope IL will soon come.
The q. A. X. had q four-days festi.
val here last week, proceeds to go In
to the pockets Of that Jubilee Build
ing Committee. 1t is well known that
after the Musical Jubilee Convention
last June statement vas published
that all expenses were paid and a bal
ance of Six Gents left in the treasury.
Some time ago this Jubilee committee
got clergyman here from Danville TO
deliver u lecture, entitled "That Cabi-
net" the proceeds of which went into
the pockets OF the Jubilee Building
Committee. Now again the proceeds 5
OF this fourdays festival are to go in
to the pockets Of said committee.
Yet after the jubilee it was announced
in an official statement that all claims
were paid and there was balance OF
Six Cents In the Treasury. This bus.
iness is getting to be rather nionoton-
ous-but OF course as long US people
are willing to be duped In this way no
doubt the jubilee grab will continue.
The Furniture Factory seems to be
a dead cock In the pit. Starting IN
big improvements with Brass Band
never succeeds. 1t was tried last SUM
mer and failed, and this effort will nc
doubt also fail. 1t Afforded some fel
lows an opportunity, however, to let
of u redundant amount OF gas and
gain an ephenleral popularity AZ the
especial friends OF the poor man"
There are probably no less than flf
ty houses for sale In this borough.
Nota single new dwelling wax erected
Ia this town during the past year.
The name of the Delaware Water
Gap & Southwestern X. X. Co. liza,
been changed to the Seaboard, Penna
& Western II. r. Co. The engineer
was here again a few days ago, and Il
looks like business. But what sea
board 1t starts from up in Monroe
county would puzzle the greatest ge
ographer A. b. C.
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THH TrAcuxRs IwsrrrUrR last

THR TKAcHKRs lNsrITUrE last
week was we'll attended. and the MS
ual interest manifested. .It was not
AZ entertaining---to outsiders at least
--as last year, owing to the presence
Of too many book agents who took up
q great deal Of valuable time grinding
axes for their Publishing Houses,
which should have been appropriated
to the instruction Of the teachers In
their arduous work OF educating the
youth. We do not know whether
this Is customary In Institutes In this
State. II IL IL, there is great need OF
a reform. A great deol Of time was
taken up In the discussion OF salaries
for teachers, and even 20 prominent n
paper as the Philadelphia Press took
occasion to editorially criticise the d.
rectors OF one Of the townships in this
county for paying their teachers only
$lS per month. The teachers plead
for more pay, the directors brought
in the argument that It was all they
had asked and the attempts to rest the
blame on any particular one was real
ly laughable. In our estimation the
matter could have been settled very
easily by giving only n little consider
alton to the subject Of supply and
demand" and In this particular case
supply evidently exceeds the demand,
hence the low bids to teach. DO
you ask us how to cut down the sup.
plyi Well, that is an easy matter
Raise the stadard OF certificates and
the ranks will soon be thinned out,
and the time will be at hand when II
young man will not be able to accom-.
plish the feat OF strangling at the
parts Of speech in grammar and sim
pie interest I'm arithmetic In their com.
mon schools and then attend q Norm.
nj for one term to return all cooked
aud pri,ned to teach, with a certificate
to back him. II n doctor is unfit ia
practice incidence he should not be
allowed diploma, or II a teacher |.
unfit to teach lie should not have a
certificate. Raise the standard and
the price il sure to follow. Superin
tendent Meyer labored arduously tc
keep down the expenses OF the insti
stitute and succeeded so well that on
iy $500 Of the $2O0 allowed were taken
out Of the fund.
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The Legislature last winter passed
an Act providing that the term OF ev-
cry borough officer shall expire OH the
first Monday OF March, and the bor-
ough Auditors shall perform their
work Oh the second Monday Of March
excepting the accounts OF the school
Directors and Treasurer. The legis-
lature intended this in 1879, but made
n blunder in the Act, by emitting the
word borough which IL now used by the
passage Of the Act Of 1888, (see pamph
let Law i22, all borough and to,cnshi
officers elected in February will go in
to Office oil the first Monday OF March
next. And the terms OF all Officers
now holding positions expire on that
day IL the ir succcssrs are duly quail
ified.
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The Eleventh Annual Musical Con
vention OF the Pennsylvania Central
Musical Association OF Freeburg, will
take place In Music College, Freeburg
beginning on Moaday evening, Jan.
7th, 1884. The programme II a supe'
rior one. All arecordially invited to
attend and participate.
We would be able to chronicle an
other marriage which Was to take
place at Franklin last mig 't, but ow-
ing to the scarcity OF preachers In
Middleburgh none c.u'SPe had to
ofiiciate and the coulk k1tponed the
happy avent indefinitely.
Capt. q. w. Ryan Iost No. S04, q.
A. Il. extend their thanks to Hon.
!. .htkinson NJ. c. for favors re-
/; we'd.
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what Struck An Old Soldier.

cit win soon be twsnty years since the var
Under the no, sun Of August, 1881. tho village
OF Dovor, N. j.. lay siill as tho Sphinx In Egypt
while Elijah Sharp, Of that place, slowly and n
iy spoke Of the past. "Yes,' no said, ~ was In
the army and saw many Of the sights Of those
fearful years. I was finally discharged from die
ability, resulting from suns'roke. / came home
miserable IN health and spirits; So enfechled that
took c.,id ou the slightest exposure. Life scom-
Ell worthless TO me; lived only In mcmUry."
THAT was cad enough" 1 said. dividing my
last two cigafs.
That's so," responded Mr.. Sharp; but got
over Il. Outgrew ~ Not exactly When IN
that condition began taking PARxER'S TON.
lC, and my health commenced 10 improve right
away. was astontshed at II, and 40 WIS my
wiic, piled on the flcsh and could aat any ing.
Ny ambition bla,ed up. could attend to busi.
pess, and npv--cxcepting That i havc to take
cate a,out exposing my elf TO the hot sum an
as we'll rs was the day lcniistcd. WHAT differ
snccs there are In ulngs-guns aud bayonots NH
|-PARKERS TONIC .avss."
This preparation. which has been known as
PARkER'S GINGER TONIC. will hereafter
he called simply rAKKER'S TONIC, As un.
prime palcd de ,lcrr are constantly iccoiying their
customers by substituting inferior articles under
the name OF ginger, and rs ginger IL really an I'm.
important ingredient, We drop tho misleading
word.
There Ia no change. however. In the prcrnration
itself and NIL bottles remaining IN tho hands Oi
dealers wr. ped under the name of PARK ER' =
GINGER TONIC, contain the genuine med Ctnu
II the facsimile signature of HiscoN 20. Is Ht
tho bottom oi tho outside wrapper,
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SWEAR
OFFON

HOPES FOR SHAMoRIN.-A great
discovery has been made near George
town, Northumberland Co, Pa, in
the way Of large bodies OF iron ore,
which is pronounced 10y competent
judges to be the same as the South
American hematite. The territory
consisting OF about 500 acres, has been
leased by Messrs. &. +. Dauberman
and Michael Vert OF Freeburg, Sny-
der county, who are about forming II
company with capitalists Of Shame.
kin, after which the mines will be
opened and worked. This news is
encouraging, to us here In Shamokin.
Should said works be added to our
borough, 1t will add greatly to our
growth and prosperity. y. Il.
Shamokin, Pa, Dec. 20, 'sS.
An attempt was made to steal ex-
Sheriff Bolender's sorrel horse from
the shed OF the Washington House on
the night Of. Saturday Dec. 90. The
Sheriff was awakened about twelve
O'Clock by the barking OF his dog, aud
securing his revolver he started for the
shell just in time to see man jump
out and run up the alley. He fired
two shots at the fellow but missed
him. An examination at once reveal
ed the intent OF the intruder, as the
saddle and bride was found lying
In the stall by the animal. Shoald
this business be carried on to any ex-
tent and the parties captured, our
citizens will wake up some morning to
find one Of them dangling from the
loose end Of rope--tried, sentenced
and executed in true California style.
Christmas passed of quietly in Mid
dleburgh, with the exception OF the
few who auspioiously inaugurated the
day tackllng the too weighty proper
tions Of "Old John Barleycorn" which
made them unsteady in gait, and hila
rious In actions. Miidleburgh can
boast OF but comparatively few OF the
REGULARS" but their ranks, was filed
by young recruits, who evidently la.
bored under the mistaken idea that
1t was a credit to yet uncommon
iy full on this particular day. 1t was
the first offence with most of them
and hence may have been a mistake
and those who hold them near and
dear will be glad to throw the inantl.
of charity around them and receivs
them into their former good standing
In society-s'ould they not repeat The of,
|, fence. These are unpleasant things t.
admit OF our town, but there are two
ways for running paper. The ont
IL by saying pleasant things and the
other IL by saying true things. II tn,
. true things happen to be pleasant
everybody likes them and 10 willing :,
, say them; but II they happen to bs
unpleasant many dislike them excss
sivsly, aud comparatively few hsv,
the :energy to say them, uuless: I'll,
admission will be tor the good Of tLos
concerned.
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ID ED.

Dec. 10, in Franklin twp, Polly,
wife Of Emanuel Duck, aged Gl years,
4 months and "a days.
Dec. 81, in West Beaver twp, Elias
Weader, aged "a years.
Jan. |, in Selinsgrove, Edward Kin
ney, aged probably 90 years. He fol
lowed boating many pears.
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You Can LAUGH

at the grin, destroyers, Group and
Whooping Cough, IL you have that
popular standby and incompatible
remedy, DIR. kessler's English Cough
Medicine at hand. The wiseand pru-
dent family keeps IL in the house To
be prepared for emergencies, price %
and 80 cents. Sold and warranted 10y
DIR. Barber, Mildleburgh, Pa
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TAKE NorIcR.-Notice Is hereby
given that the printing books OF Jere
miah Grouse are in my hands for col
lection. All persons knowing them
selves indebted to the above, will
please call and settle ina short time
or theyiwill be charged according to
advertised rates-&s.50 a year.
JAMES G GROUSE.
Middleburgh, Pa, Nov. 30, '83.
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xuHc1:yo SUBSCRIBER

Iscok ut the augurev on the label OF
youf paper. Those figures tell you
THE DATE TO WHICH YOUR sUBscRrP
TfoH r. PArD. Within 3 weeks after
E0ney is sent, see N date IL changed.
No ether receipt Is necessary.
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An Example.

A pale sickly child three Of Melon.
AIDS celebrated Worm Powders adj
ininiste relieved Of the enormous
number Of l3l worms rosy cheeks, good
health and appetite the result. Sold
and warranted by DIR. Barber, Mid.
dleburgh, Pa.
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We are indebted to X. g. Walter
for the substantial report Of the
.rachsrs' Institute, published else.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1884-01-03

sa0sy, msc9ts sArcwsAsut the eosuty win
sSs Sns ~ oeatoe ~ the news in their rser~c-
WSssv!es sltiaecs and neiwhboehcoJs. send
Ss yss's (.sts snd vs viii arsss them sp,
-. Oef eesuops viil Always be open
sotspS w4o wish 70 speak throneh them on
kserSsp 81 toeei S9ssttons Of pabiic iptss"st ;
w3TvW ece hctd ouveif rsspousibls for the
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1884-01-03

Bangs.
Making resolutions you
don't keep.
Living above your in
come.
Being n hypocrite.
Fancying Yourself bet
than your friends.
Stealing poultry.
Doing where you would
not be found by your
wife.
Tight shoes.
Picking out your neigh .
bors' faults and over.
looking your own.
Gossipping.
Being u dude, crank and
fraud.
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eYss.s yeurrr. cvssrs.-fSs ossru Of
SS1Sss 0.shtY are kss1 % sis ioursS Mondays
u4 and Sepssobsf, ssd second
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We are ,ndsbsl 10 Ms~srs. Lee q
Walker, Ills Cttnut s'ree'' rn''s
delphia, for . choIcs m''s'o sent
us by u.il Tn eek. Persons wish
Ing to buy q ming IN the Musics'
lioe will do to send for catalogue
A aermSschooi was organized in
Charles WIsel's school-room, Beaver
town oufondsy night, Dec. 81, with
40 puu,pon the roll. The following
;s . ,,.d the teachers: B. F. Hoff-
man ~. Hsines, WIN. Boyer, Samu-
q, Rs.ch, Frederick Bingaman, John
Biu,A,nan, Samuel Shook, George
EtIer, and Jacob Rauch. We hope
IN school will result In doing much
god.
The jug-breaking at the st Luke's
school Of Troxelville was well
attended OH the evening Of the 23d Of
December. Tie programme was well
selected and admirably executed, rem
dering It one OF the most pleasant
entertainments ever held In Troxel.
vile. The piece, Faith, Hope and
Charity" was rendered with excep.
tional merit. The school realized over
$500.
The most spirited Of all Harrisburg
deilies, the Eening TsleovoM has at
last consented to exchange with us
enabling us to get all the news Of the
previous day on the morning train
eight hours ahead OF any other paper.
The weekly Telegraph will he indispen.
sible to those who intend to keep
themselves posted on the issues OF the
Pr esidential campaign. and will be
furnished at fi.25 year per copy.
To clubs Of ten or more sl.Oo a year
Send for sample copy.
A BEAUTIFUL GIFT.-The Great
Rock Island Route has issued n new
and most comprehensive Cook Book
Of 1873 pages, filed with new and relia
BILE receipts from the best caterers oI
this and other countries. No house
wife can afford to be without It; and
though worth one dollar, 1t will be
sent to any address, postpaid, upon
receipt Of ten cents in stamps. A,
they will go like hot cakes send a,
once to 4. st. John, G. T. & p. A.
Chicago, Illinois.
To REPAIR DAMAaRs. Dear lady
there is probably no use telling yot
that fashionable life in a great city |,
a rough one on your beauty. Lat,
hours, loss OF sleep and mental excite
ment will leave you by and by shorr
Of those beautiful tresses which drew
lovers around you in other wears
Artificial substitutes can never pass foI
those rich and glossy locks. Parker,
Hair Balsam will stop your hair froll
falling out, restore its natural colo
and softness, and prove cleansing an.
beneficial to the scalp.
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|-nmu an iaaig 70 nkil nass, n faith isll
> NAt en-"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-19
SACRAMENTO. SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19,

before been lost. F. W. Nickerson i
Co. are the Boston agents. The
City of Columbus had accommodations for
81 frst-class and 45 second-class passengers.
She was insured at lower rate than any
vessel or the coast. She was valued st
$500, 600, snd was insured for $3.50, 600
S170, 900 in English and $50, 900 in American
companies. On this trip the City of Colum-
bus had SO irst-class and % steersge passen-
gers, and crew of 45. OF these, So first
class, IS steersge passengers, and "a officers
and crew were lost.
WHERE THE CATASTROPHE OCCURRED.
The Lodges on which the City of Columbus
was wrecked are considered by mariners oIe
of the most dangerous points on the coast.
The ledges consist Of formation OF sub
merged rocks, constituting double ledge,
over strait which is called Devils Back,
both Lodges being called Devils Brioge."
The ledges are abreast of the Gayhead light,
on the mainland, and extend little to the
southwark of it. The outer ledge of Devils
Back is about eigh. miles from the main
land. On the other side of the outer ledge is
very deep water. The upper part of the
ledge is formed like the gable OF shouse, so that
vessels striking it disgOnally would naturally
keel over on to her beam ends. The course of
vessels is around Gayhesd, to pass by the
outer ledge on the south.
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been in difficulty the psst year, sud the fall
ure creates little excitement. The loss Is
confined slmost exclusively to the stockhold.
els and directors, who will realize about nifty
cents on the dollar. 1t is alleged that sl the
other creditors were paid before its close.
"The Old Boys " In New York.
NEW YoRK. Jsauary lSth.-The Associated
Pioneers ot shis city held their ninth annual
dinner This evening at Clsrk's Restaurant.
About sixty five members and guests sat
down TO a dinner Of eleven courses. The
meuu was gotten mp by the old forty-niners,
who humorously described scenes Of the
golden days. General Sherman was the
susSt of the evening, and received hearty
welcome upon entering the room.
Something New In the Way OF SwinalIngs
SIoUX CITY lIs.l January lSth.-Chsrles
Henderson was arrested here to-day for for
gerv. Ana held in 81. 500 bonds. He worked
al The largest towns in the STATE. His game
was to "purchase "a coffin his child, and
enlist the sympathy Of the ulGertaker to such
su extent thst his checks were invariably
cassed. Hends rsun pleaded his own case in
5 most able msuper, and it hes since
tlao-pited ;na; ue Wa formerly noted
crimirsl lawyer, also journalist in the State
Of Kansas.
"Druuken aud Disorderiy Priest.
NEW YoRk, January lS,h-Rev. Florence
Mccarthy, lately sued by lady organist of
Eio church IN Brooklyn for an attempted in
decent assault, was charged IN the Harlem
Police Court to-day with being drunk sud
disarder.y while riding in a sleigh with te-
male companion, sni hIet $40.
Bold Robbery Of County Treasury.
SPRINGFIELD Mas. J, January 18th. -
Th.e masked mel enteIed tAe County Treas
!
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a WORD OF EXCAVATION.

Thus lar l have not deigred to answer
or notice any of the many attacks made
upon me by various means and I shall
still pursue the same policy. that of digni-
fed silence, believing it to be matter of
greater Importance that our Order and the
temperance forces of the State should be
united in fighting the liquor interest than
that any personal grievance should be sired
or personal acts justified. l have received
very man yletters urging me to reply to
these attacks, and l take this public way
of notifying my friends and the Order that
my silence does not give consent, but rather
general overlooking and sighting of sn
affair which, in its continuance, can do no
good, and possibly much harm to the cause.
Moreover, the Rescue is not intended as,
and should not be made, q personal organ,
nor the agent for carrying on any wrangle
or dispute. A newspaper war always hurts
cause. This paper shall not be made the
vehicle of putting into cheap noto'iety any
who pride themselves on tGeir enmity to
it, or who by vituperation and abuse seek
to draw Others into a fuss. l hope that
this will be sufficient explanation of my
silence. A justification, if needed, will
come in proper time, and in . peaceable
manner. FRANK X. LANE
Manager Rescue.
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The IDEAL SOLDIER.

Well, what is the need of describing
him, seeing that, because of fallen human
nature, he is all but an impossibility ? But
as the marauding Ysnk" philOsopbicaliy
remarked to General Sherman "Nou
can't expect all the cardinal virtues, uncle,
for Sl3 month !'' No, but you can get
good many of the simpler martial virtues
for less money. There is lot much sub
tlety about the ordinary run of martial
virtues. My own belief, founded on some
experience of divers nationalities in war
time, is that most OF men are naturally
towards. l have the fullest belief in the
force Of the Coloneps retort on his Major.
" Colonel" said the Major, in hot fire,
"you are afraid I see you tremble -
60 Yes, SIR" replied the Colonel and if
you were as afraid as 1 am you would run
away ~ do think three out of four men
would run away if they dared. They are
doubtless some men whom nature has con-
stituted so obtuse as not to know fear, and
who therefore deserve no credit for their
courage and there are Others with nerves
30 strong as to crush down the rising
"funk. The madness of blood does get
get into mems heads, no doubt. l have
the tirmest conviction that in cold blood
the mass Of us would prefer the air quiet
rather than whistling with bullets Most
men are like the Colonel of the dialogue
they display bravery because in the pres.
ence of their comrades and of the danger
they are too great towards to evince pol.
troonery. Thus the average man made a
capital soldier in the old shoulder-to-
shoulder days. British yokels, British
jail. birds, German handicraftsmen, Ge-
man bauers, French peasants and French
artisans, were all pretty much alike made
cIeditable cannOn.fodder. They would
all march into fire and thole its sting, each
mans right and left comrade reacting on
him and his rear file supporting at once
and blocking him. In the fire the national
idiosyncrasies developed themselves. The
funk" zone, so to speak, had been trav
ersed and the Briton marched on stead
fastly, the German advanced with slower
step, the Russian stood stIll doggedly, and
the Frenchman spur5ed into run with
yell. When the blood began TO flow and
the struck men went down, the passion of
the battle became the all.absorbing ques-
ton, and so, whether by greater or less
steadfastness, or greater or less dash, the
battle was Won or lost. Till the cuIminat-
ing point, no man ever was thrown wholly
upon. his own individuality or ever lost the
consciousness of public opinion as repre-.
sented by his comrades. Il Archibald Forbes
in the FOrtuightlY Review
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WOMEN IN THE WATER. Fragile won.
an, so often considered as a mere plsything
for a man, has more than once both aston.
ishsd man and Inundated him by her ex
ploits of endurance in the water. 1t is
the fact, however, that woman can float
more easily in the water than man, be-
cause she has the advantage over him in
having smaller bones in proportion to her
total weight than man has. and has also
larger proportionate amount in her body
of adipose matter, which is lighter in wa
ter, than man has. But nevertheless, for
a fragile vessel she has performed feats on
the risky wave more marvellous even than
those accomplished by her male rival, and
has done them far more gracefully, for it is
an undeniable fact that though women can
not walk as gracefully as mep, she excels
him in her grace of movement in the wa
ter, and becomes in its embrace as fair
nymph indeed SIS ever fiosted in the mystic
waters OF Greek mythology.