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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-10-07
NOT SMART"

OF all forms of bad breeding, tho
pert, smart manner affected 10y boys
aud girls Of u certain ago is the most
offensive md imperiiueut One OF
these 30, called smart boys was once
omployed in tho Office OF the treas
urer of Western lailrond tie was
usually left alone in tho oilico bo.
tween tho hours of eight and nine III
the morning, aud it was bis duiyio
answer the questions Of all callers as
clearly aud politely as possible
One morning plainly dressed Old
gentleman walked quietly in, und
asked for tie cashier.
Hes cut, - said lbe hey, without
looking up FROM the paper ho wae
reading.
"Do you know where ho is q
No."
when will he bo ia -
Bout 9 9u'clock'
"I.s neatly that now, isu't it? l
haven't Western time.'
There's the clock, said the boy.
smurtly, pointing 10 clock Gu the
wall.
"uh yes; thank you,' said The
gentleman. "'rcn minutes until
uine. Can wait here for him =
II s'poso 50, though this isn't Il
pubic hotel
The boy thought this smart, an
he chuckIcd aloud over it, lio did
not offer tho gentleman chair, oi
lay down the paper ho held
"l would like to write a note Will,
! wait, said the caller. "Will you
please Get me a piece Of paper aud
an envolope!'
The boy did so, and AZ ho handed
them TO the Old gentleman, he cool
ly said
"Auythiug else =
Yea was the reply, | would
Ike TO know the name If such
smart boy as you are
I he boy fel! Aattered by tho word
"smart,' aud wishing to show the
extent Of his smNrtuess, replied:
w'm one Of John Thompson s
kids, William by name, and | answer
to tho call Of BILLY But here
oomC he h. 50 '
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-10-07

An exchange speaks of man who
sis but one step removed from an
ass." He'd better make it three or
four. The animal has long reach
backward.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-10-07

thursday there were sixty-seven
prisoners in the Dauphin county
jail at HARRISBURG.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-10-07
-:POETRY:-
A DOG STORY.
by WILL CARLETON.

lie was strong and trim, and good
sized cur,
giant OF dogs; with soft, silk fur,
poised head, of an intellectual size.
And two straight, luminous hero.eyes,
tail whose gestures were eloquence;
A bark with a germ of common sense.
And this dog looked, upon the whole,
As IL he had gathered some crumbs OF
soul
That fell from the feast God spreads
for man
Looked like line of the human plan.
There went with his strong well-bal.
anced stride
A dignity oft to man denied.
Gods humblest brutes, where'er we
turn,
Arc full of lessons for man to learn.
That night that he crouched by the
yielding door,
And two grim, murderous thieves, or
InOTts
Had bribed the locks withtheir hooks
of steel.
He fought with more than hench-
mans zeal
For sleeping loved ones treasures and
life:-
He conquered rogue, and bullet, and
knife.
; That day that he walked hy the riv-
? :.'s o,ink,
1..inking (ifcertain men can thins),
Ant aw distress with quick sure
ey,
And heard the halfchoked drowning
cry,
A living life boat, soon he bore
The half killed man to n welcome
shore.
And when the wife of the rescued one
Wept him her love for the great deed
done,
And fondled him in u arm embrace,
He talked with his honest, kind old
face,
And said, II have shown you nothing
new;
1t is what we live and love to do.
In lake or river. in sea or bay,
MY race are rescuers every day;
In the snowy CULTS, mid hills above
NY race brings life to the race we
love-"
ii.
He was sick and reeling-deadly
fain.;
He roained the streets with piteous
plaint.
He had lips afoam, and eyes hard set
He asked the mercy Of all he met.
He drearily ran his death strown race
He found no pity in any face.
He glanced at an old friend with II
moan,
There came to him back well-aimed
stone.
No cure for him in his strange distress
No tender nursing and kind caress!
All fled or fought when he came near
The world seemed mad with rage and
fear.
He searched for an unfrequented
way;
He would have prayed If beast could
pray.
For he who man had defied
IL. N Of
He who to save mans life had flown
Now had to fight man for his own.
The soul OF the humble brute has He'd
The grand old dog lies safely dead.
o, man-like brain, and God-like heart
You were made to carry noble part
What spirit of vile Satanic breed
Had sowed in your veins the poison
seed
That turned to curse your honest
BREATH
That shaped your lips to fount o
death2
Sleep well, old friend; your teeth o.
Grew not FROM soul of vice ant
shame.
Sleep well, old saint; not yours the
will
To plant the world with the germ!
that kill.
Not yours the conscious guilt that liei
In men who ravage with open eyes.
You did, old dog, the best you knew
And that is better than most men do
And IL everI get to the great, JUS
Place
shall look for yoor honest, kind ole
face.
--M,myon's Illust. World.
.unzuszunsHrzz1rzssuAszHsznn ssesssss<1s
Mra nlavala m ~, ,afo for tho praa
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-10-07

Mrs. Cleyeland's pets for the pres.
ent are the poodle dog, now 30 well
known to fame, o canary bird, and a
white mouse. She may have thers
later.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-11-06
THE ELECTIO

The Democracy has every reason
10 be proud of the results OF last
Tuesday.
In LouiSian, they may b. pecu
liarly thAnk.al. The Republican
party has been swallowed 50 deep
in its own Iottrnlle>>. that II Will
not likely show It's hea again.
MesSrs. Gay and Hagan. whose
seats were Ilofl\ contested by the
Republicans have been triumphant
Is etected by IarGr majoil,les.
Mr.. Gays vote VIII be more than
2Oo0 majority. The defeat of Her"
for Con.rrs>l in the Second District,
aud OF F.nielitu for District Judge
in Iberia and ST. Martha will cause
a thrill of intense satisfaction To
pervade the heart OF every Demo
cra;. Foii:r.ieu has heeA = Ii .
brand tor years III h. Distinct
whose on Y aim has ort"t to crete
troubie, excite ~animosltie> andcause
biool>he,l among his neiShbprs.
Hero is one of the native born
Louisianian> who aided and allotted
Warmoth and Kellogg IN all the
ms. Is, wrongs aud abn>es, heaped
upon our people, i'll the days O
tlItir Infamous care erS.
His attempt 10 attract to his SUI
poit the recple of Louisiana has
met with a Just tebuke such as al
m-u OF his IKE aud history should
receive.
The Democracy Of this State may
well rejoice over The victory Won ..
last Tuesday.
1t is u that they may be proud
of, aud which Will be known as the
final burial OF the carpet.bagser aud
the scallowass.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-11-06

1t is a disgrace to the State and
an Injustice aud insult to the labor
iny Classes that convict labor has
the precedence III bnilding our lev
ees. 1t is to be hoped tor hamani
tvs sake, that the Secretary OF
War VIII allow no part Of the nation
al appropriation for the r%ehuljdin.
of the Morganza OF any other levee
in this State TO flow iuto the cotfet>
of the ~lesSees OF the P~enitehtiary.
Lake Charles Echo.
1t is al very we'll 10 raise a hue
and cry ABOUT convict labor on the
leyets, but the people who live ne
hind those l~evepS. who have their
crops and their lands destroyed and
inundated hl crevas>eS want more
and stronger lrvees built.
Sentiment and false logic do not
build ~levecs: nothing but hard
manual labor 4 erect those stIuc
lures.
There is bat u short period Of the
yea in which new lcvees a be
constructed. and it ordinary labor
is to be depended upon le do the
work. the majority o. them would
not be made.
1t wonld be a nice business to
have an expensive half or two
thirds completed as tie river begins
to rise, when the labolers would
strike for high wages or something
else, thus stopping the work until
the water would rise, and wash ev
erything away.
What one half the people OF this
State require is stEon. aud substan
tial leyees. not cant OF sentiment,
and those levccs only eau DE made
by responsible and reliable labor,-
labor that can he depended upon
under any and all circumstances.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-11-06
An ORDlNANCE.

Be it ordained by the Mayor and Trustees of
the Town of Thihodaux, in special 81 SSH, Il as
sembled. That, whereas. accord lag To section
81 OF the Bylaws aud Ordinances OF the Town
of Thibodaux. the space OF tim allowed for
the hoiuing of tue Municipal election is too
limited, thai heiDg from ~ O'Clock A.. NJ. to2
O'clock Z. NJ. the time for the holding OF II q
said election or the receiving of ballots the e
for be fixed from : A. ~. to b L. NJ. so as to
conform with e,isting laws for the holding
OF Congressional or Presidential election.
All laNs or Oriin incos in conflict herewith
are hereby rope ,l-l tnd this ord n .ucc shall
take effect frou ami alter it, passage.
Approved and adopted Octuu-r 21nd, I>s6.
tSigneut j.. l.. ACCOM-.
Mayor.
L. MIL LEBiASc. +
Clerk.
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Whatever name OF designation i. given
TO F vi and Ague. or other I~termittent
discs t is safe to say hal. Maria or q
disorde d state Of the Liver is at fault.
Eliminate the impuriti. S from the system
a al u sure and prompt cure is the imme-
diate result. Prickly Ash Bitters is the
safest and most effective remedy for all
hillary t oubles. kidn-y diseases, and like
complaints that has over been brought be-
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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-11-06

The rivers are decidedly low. At
Nicksburgh the water is 4 inches
above low water mark. The bayou
has been for some time here as low
as it ever gets. There is no pros
pect in view OF any rise.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-11-06
The Election Elsewhere.

In California the Legislature is
close and may be Democratic Which
will in>ule a Democratic Seuaioi.
In Colorado chances are favorable
to the DEMOCRACY. Connecticut
has given the Democratic caGdi
date a plurality but not a majority.
In Delaware the Democrats car
ry everything in Florida also in
Illinois Morrison WAS defeated.
Whilst all Southern people must re
member Morrison kindly for the
friendship he has shown them iu the
dark days Of the past, they will It
;oice that the principle of which he
was The living embodiment ba>
been obScuIed. In Indiana We re
get that The news is unfivorable,
bat from that State new, always
improve aud We are still hopeful
that a Democratic Legislature may
retire Ben Harrison, the opponent
of Mississippi River Improvement.
and send to the Senate grand, old
Joe Mcdonald.
Five Democrats are elected in
Maryland. Chances are favorable
that New Jersey. that has elected
q Democratic Governor, will also
EJECT Il Democratic Senator in place
Of SeNel, the present Republican
member. In the State CT New
York, Feckil2m. who was SIT down
for defeat. being Cleveland friend.
is elected. Hewitt was elected
Mayor Of New York City. Bob
Taylor has i walk Owe in Tennes
see. IN the otler States no changes
Of Importance nave occurred except
in Virginia where the Democrats
lose heavily.
Louisiana sends a solid Democra
tie delegation to Congress, VIZ:
First District, T.. s. Wilkinson.
Second : N. D. Lagan.
Third E. J. Gay.
Fourth NJ. Blanchard.
Fifth " Cherubusco Newton.
Sixth " +. w. Robertson.
Wilkinson, Blanchard. Newton
and Robertson had no opposition.
NJ. ID. Lasaa beats Hero about
1860 votes.
f.. j. Gay beats DarraIl some $500
votes.
Blanchard. Newton and Robert
0 are lawyers: Wilkinson and
Gay are planters: Lagan is Il me
chanic.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-11-06

The Fiftieth Congress will stand
about as follows: Democrats l13,
Republicans l49, Independents 8,
which gives the dominant party "a
clear working majority II. The
Senate will be Republican but its
majority will be reduced.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-11-06

Will \. Strung, ex-S c,etaTy of
State. accused of tmbezzling funds
of the S ate has gwen $1,000 90
bond for his appearance ana trial
before tue District Court OF BttOn
Rouge.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-11-06

Assumption hts reduced the
largr Republican majority that has
been hanging over head like a dark
cloud, for many years, 10 III, on
Nov. ..
All honor to the glorious DemOc
racy OF Assumption.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-11-06

The defeat Of Hurd in Ohio. and
Morrison in Illinois, with the mar
row escape of Carlis e in Kentucky
and Springer in Illinois may well
u ultra free trade advocates to
pause aud reflect.
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FOR SALE.

Four CHARTERS with nice and s;ron. rop
per coil. all in good order also. | tank. )
syrup tanks. 8 juice tanks. 3 Knowles pumps
and Is Wooden sugar coolt rs. All cheap Tor
cash. FkLICIEA TUCPS.
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The Life Of Abraham Lincoln,
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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-04-15
lntemperate Temnerance,

Do the good brethren of the Westmin-
ster presbytery, recently holding session in
Marietta, really mean all they say in the
lurid rhetoric of their deliverance on the
temperance question? /? Or did they, like
the members of too many deliberate bodies,
permit an extremist to draw up their reso-
lutions on this subject and adopt them with.
out much thought of the significance OF
form Of their expression
We have examined with some care the
minutes Of the general assembly of the
Presbyterian church in the United States
for 1885 upon which highest church court
the brethren at Marietta founded their
remarkable document, and we must admi,
that we found nowhere within those pages
. parallel to the extraordinary declaration
of the Westminster presbytery, in these
tongues Of flame;
We therefore, bearing these facts in mind
and realizing that Intemperance ia a prea,
evil In our nation, the prolific mother of a
vaee progeny OF crimes, the abode of sorrows
. diemal swamp where virtue, honor, and
morals sink out OF sight; curse fruitful OF
dtDease, poverty and of incurable miseries
= great lake OF tears led by the scaldinp
drops that trickle down the cheeks q
nolhers, wives, and daughters, OF
WIDOWS and orphans, with ceaseless flow
realizing that the liquor traffic is an enemy o.
naukind, despoiler ofhome, plunderer o.
ne public, q dictator to the government, a.
.n!agonistic to the church as satan "a strong.
9olo o. the devil ; as incompatible with
none happiness as MISUNDERSTANDING mad
ncn O hushends and fathers as repugnani
= ne txus spirit OF Christianity as cannibal.
n Importing itself on bread bought with
u1ood mill that grinds to death ANNUALLY
I I'D 90 men, body and soul.
There seems to be certain redundancy
about the metaphors of a g dismal Swami
where virtue, honor and morals sink ont Of
nGht" and "a great lake of tears !, a
force OF expression about the traffic
belng as antagonistic to the church as
& eotan," as repugnant to the true
epirit Of Christianity as canihal.
I'm 4" there is an exactness of mum
bcgx about the announcement that this
tsmip'-which before, in turn, was .spro
~ mother" q /" dismal swamp, "a ofrnit
~ csirse, /" - great lake, ~ an "enemy, - g,
9o1polleT," "a plunderer,n "a dictator,
sgrinds to death annually 100, 90
<DH; there Is an intensity of languag
- ~ this which the general assembl,
= church and its eminent committe
y have been careful to avoid.
= would have been well for th
NJ, IN discussing and resolving
NJ question Of intemperance, 4
~ m0re carefully measured it, language
= y intempennce of expression
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-04-15
A Judicial Conclusion.

The supreme court of Pennsylvania
takes the opportunity to declare, in its de-
cision of the case of the fees for county
officers, that it proposes to give full force
to the provisions of the constitution; a
declaration which it thinks ought to be un-
necessary, but seems to be needed in view
of the persistency of the legislature in put
ting unconstitutional acts upon the statute
book.
In this case the legislature had enacted
law that applied only to counties that
had more than 10000 and less than
$50 900 inhabitants, thus making law not
universal in its action, and in effect con
tinuing the special legislation that the con-
stitution forbds. The supreme court,
however, does not deny to the legislature
the power to make general classes of the
people to come under laws affecting only
that class. 1t has sanctioned legislation
that puts cities of and above certain pop
ulation into classes. Pennsylvania towns
are in different classes, and subject 10 differ
ent laws. Probably if the supreme court had
to decide this matter to-day, we would not
have had these classes. And now we
understand the court to desire to decide
that while the legislature may make
classes, they cannot be made to fit Ger,
tain act of legislation, but must be made
to come under legislation of a certain kind
The distinction is broad enough to be sub
stantial.
The supreme court is evidently growing
in respect for the new constitution. II
proposes to give us its full effect, that we
may have all the benefit there is in it. The
significant part of this new revelation is
that the effort of the constitution.makers
to control the state corporations, which so
far has been largely abortive, is going
| heretofore to bear full fruit.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-04-15

s.AHCAsrER. APRIL Is. 1855.
Powderly and Gould.

}} Mooars. Powderly and Gould are fairly
7o4 isBuo In their latest communication.
III. Gould having declared that he would
4 ko1d the knights of Labor to liability in
y ~ courts Of law for the damage suffered
~ the Missouri Pacific railroad company
" their hands, Mr.. Powderly urges him
e pfoceed to his suits; and informs him
: that he accepts the courts of.law as the tri-
bunals to settle the difference between Mr..
Gould and his employees, arbitration hav-
Ing been refused.
Nj. Gould in reply throws himself under
the protection of the law and invites the
( Kniehts to come ahead; closing with a
dark intimation that they will be likely to
~ their bellies full of law before they are
6one with 1t.
Nj. Gould seems to consider himself a
much-abused American citizen. He thinks
highly Of his citizenship, and has reason to
10 70 in view of the rich reward he has
rsaped. He refers proudly to the fact that
be started with nothing at nineteen or
uiereabouts, and at forty-nine has been the
employer Of fifty thousand men.
Mr.. Powderly expresses the opinion that
4 Mr.. Gould is valuable American citizen,
! whose life should be preserved to the re-
public; his idea seeming to be that there
1hould be opportunity, before it ends, to
sh0w that the Gould methods of acquir-
ing the control of fifty thousand men are
wrong and Improbable. Mr.. Powderly
offers to make public all the secrets in the
Z organization and proceedings of the Knights
Of Labor If Mr.. Gould will divulge all the
+ methods by which he obtained his wealth
and power over men. Mr.. Gould apparently
thinks that the secrets of the Knights are
not worth the price asked, for he does not
Z accept the invitation to the trade.
Mr.. Gould pretends to have small
opinion Of the Knights and their power
Mr.. P0wderly manifestly has small
= opinion of Mr.. Gould and thinks the
Knights full match for his power. 1t
looks as though the issue between them
was to be fought out to the bitter end
but always under the law, to which both
parties are fervent and unanimous in
protesting their devotion. 1t is a new de-
votj0n in Mr.. Gould, inspired by the fact
that his millions need the protection of the
law and have no other. 1t is, Mr.. Pow
derly says, an old devotion of their order,
which is the foundation stone of its build
Ing. He declares their obligation to
achieve their purposes lawfully, and to
avoid private vengeance.
Mr.. Gould grows bold under this declar
alton feeling himself much safer in con
tending with an organization that propose.
to break no bones. He has not achieved s
4 reputation for much physical bravery
though when personally safe his courage
and boldness are of the greatest.
The law is great; and who in this ISSUE
- its prophet 7 We do not think it is
Gould.