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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-09

warmed at his lone campfire, to heal his
bruises, sprains and aches. Tracing this
down to what science now compounds
missing link might be discovered between
the unguents of the dim past and the
greatest remedy for pain of the present
day. AS an illustration of what this
latter can accomplish and what it's name
implies, Mr.. e. Moser, Shoals, Ind, May
10, 1887, writes: about eight years ago
/ used st. jacobs Oil for chronic rheu-
matism in hip and back, and found it
cured where all else had failed. Three
weeks use was enough. It has never
bothered me since" Mr.. Horace E. Hop
kins. New Albany Ind, June 10, 1887,
writes in like manner: "St. Jacobs Oil"
he says, "after being applied two years ago
for acute pains in the back, one hour after
the first application gave me great relief
By morning the pains had entirely gone,
and since then have never had recur-
renee of the pain" Mr.. J. f. Hone,
Bingen, Ind, June, 1887, in the same vein,
writes as follows: "To everybody suffering
with rheumatism, bachache, sprains, &C.,
] am glad to recommend ST. Jacobs Oil.
There is no remedy that will give relief
and reduce pain better than it does.
Everybody ought to have it in the house.
I would not be without it. I suffered
with all these complaints and it cured me
every time, therefore, gladly recommend
it" Mr.. d. B. Eberly, Pine Village, Ind,
Sept. Z, 1886, writes: II suffered with
rheumatism for five years; my leg was
swollen so that lost the use of it and had
to clutches. / used st. Jacobs Oil,
and before 1 used bottle I felt the best
results. After the second bottle I did
away with the crutches and have never
had to use them since" Mr.. B. M.
Holman, manager Fort Wayne, Ind
Gazette, Feb 26, 1886, put it thus most
felicitously: Il stepped through a cattle
guard on the railroad and sprained my
ankle. I invested forty cents in a cahe
and fifty cents in bottle of st. Jacobs
Oil the latter was the best investment.
The sprain is gone, the cane thrown away
and 1 have half a bottle for the next
sprain that comes along" Mr. J. Hoff-
stadt, 222 e. Main Street, Madison, Ind,
Nov. 1, 1896-"I cheerfully recommend
st. Jacobs Oil. 1t cured me of rheuma-
tism and innumerable aches and palms,
In centuries to come, should gifted writer
write book like "Ben Hur," he cannot
fail to take note in treating upon some of
the marvels of the present era of what
has wrought so magically for the people
in producing their happiness and comfort
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-09

have found a wad
of resinous mix
ture, compounded
from the balsam
of the fir and adj
mixed with oil
and curative ex-
&C t s, w hi CHI
served him when
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-09
DIED,

wALToN-At haff-past 2, Sunday afternoon. Jan.
8, 1883, II. L. Walton- Notice Of funeral in the
Evening News.
DUNN-At his residence in Chicago, Frday
last George w Dunn, formerly of this city. The
funeral will occur this Monday afternoon, at =
o'clock from the residence of Mr.. J. @. Van Wrinkle
500 North Illinois street. Friends invited.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-09

No horsenan afford TO be without It, We
have used Salvation Oil in our stables and can
say it's the best and cheapest liniment have
ever used. SEIBERr & MCDONNELL,
Crescent Club Sale Stables, Paca ST., Baltic, Md.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-05-10
NOTICE To HEIRS.
IN tic matter Of the Estate OF Hek,I
Kratzer, late Of Centre to,cnS,ip, Sny-
y,,,I

IN tic matter Of the Estate OF Hek,Y
Kratzer, late Of Centre to,cns''ip, S"y-
der county, Pa, decd.
To Amanda Kratzer, intermarried With
Peter Thomas, decd, of Adams township
snyder county, Pa, VIM. krather OF Reeds.
ville, Mfiin county, Pa, George kratz'r, OF
Pax,onville, Snyder county. Pa, l.izzie, In
termarried with samuel Gross Of ShrHde, g
Mills, NJ fflin c, unity. Pa, Simon kr.,zer, Al
ice, intermarried with Iiopnia Mitch u, Al'es.
ta intcrmarricd wish Nathan Huckenbnrp. all
OF Pa xtonNillo, Snyder county. y. John
Kr.tZer, n minor who has for his guar In n.
A. Roniig. Of Mcclure, Pa, Catherine, nov
de,'d., who leaves tn survive lers hnshand,
Joseph Musser. of = rader'z Miss, Milltu cuuu-
u, IA aud tho fnliowins children via: John
Jennie. uinors,Who have fpr their guatdina A.
A. Romig, OF Mcclure, Snyd county, "a.
Sarah, nov dec'd., win 10 VS. T. survive h'r
husband, Andrew Wagrcs. amt III" iuli"Nth ing
chill dItd, viz: Charles Kate, Geo'p" leo
and Ellen, all OF whou are miEotS tud hhv"
Tor their guardian A. A. Eo;nig, Of Mcclure,
snyder county, IA.
You arc her by cited 20 be anil appear bo-
fore tho Judges Of our court OF Common Pleas,
to DO held at Middleburgh on tho tth Mo- dn,
VI N \, A, ID. lss', at 10 o'clock
refuse TO take the real estate o. HEN y
KRATZER, deed at theuppraised valu1tion
put upon IL by an Inquest duly awarded by
the said Court, and returneiby the sheriff OF
said county, Ir show cause why the same
should not be sold And hereof fail not.
Witness tho Hon, Joseph 4. Buchet, PreSi-
dsnt Of our said Court ~ Midd'ebirgh, this
5th DAY OF March A. y. lsss.
w. W. WITTENMYER. Proth'y.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-05-10
The Bible in Schccl

The public mind is being agitatet
considerably in many parts OF our
aud other States at the present tins
on the question Establishing the use
OF tho Bible in our public schools
There are three classes Of people
principally engaged in the conflict
Fret, those who are inclined tc
Catholicism ;second, the Pfotestauts
and thirdly, those who claim not to
believe or care whether the Bible is
true or not. The first named are
opposed to it on the ground of its
teachings being contrary TO the
tenets aud ritual Of the Roman
Catholic Church, and as their child
rep have to attend many of our pub
lie schools or go without education
they are compelled to listen 10 what
they term heresy 30 they would
like to substitute their Bible iu iiF
place; The ground OF opposition ot
the last named is that they send
their children 10 school to bo educat.
ed, and not to be made preachers off
and thiuk that the time taken up in
reading the Scriptures could be bet.
ter employed in other studies. The
Bible is not used in the echool-room
Tor sectarian purposes, aud We don't
think it ever will or should reach
such a point at the same time we do
not think it would be advisable to
dispense with its use altogether II
certainly can do no harm to read
selections from the book Of all books
IN the hearing Of the young Its
teachings ar Q pure and just, and no
one so far who has read il and lived
up to its doctrines has been tho less
disqualified in any manner to engage
Ia social or business life. Its ancient
hlsiorial Information is superior 10
any o!hef book published, aud the
language o! many of its writer's is
leeming with beautiful expressions
of pathos and sincerity. There are
mauy things perhaps in our school
methods that need reforming, bnl
leave the Bible whore il is as long
as il is not used for any sectarian
purpose, or TO interfere with the
other studies Of our children.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-05-10
The Result Of Debt.

A Japanese proye,b says that II
friend at hand is better than all your
relations ut dis,auce, go little
money in yonr pocket is better than
all the credit in the world. 1t is as
tonishing sometimes how much lit
tie money will buy, and equally sur,
pricing bow quickly bill reaches a
hundred, aud yet we may have little
to show for it. One purchasing on
credit buys rashly and generously ;
he does not think Of pay day, which
seems far off, certain like death, bul
as remote aud intangible. II is so
easy to buy things in this way, one
hal dly stops TO count the cost by
this method il almost seems as if ali
the things we covet grew on trees
and all we had to 10 was to pnt out
our hands, we seems to be ready
and clothed as if by miracle, aud il
is surely II miracle il we pay tho bill
due in due season. To contract az
obligation, to give another the ad
vantage We believe that half the
forgeries aud embe2zlemeuts in th,
country arc the direct result Of debt
ilalf the paralysis and heart disease
which end mems lives 10 their hey.
day may be traced to the worry con
sequent upon debt, worry kills more
people than work, or love, or any dis-
ease 1t wrinkles in the face it dis
colors the skip, makes the hair fall
out, and encourages dyspepsia.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-05-10
NOTICE TO HEIRS

IN The matter Of the Eestate Of Amelia
Kratzer, late Centre townd.ip, Snyoler
county, Pa, decd.
To Amsnda Kratzer iniermarrisd with Peter
Thomas, decd, of Adams township, Snyder
county, "a. VIM. Kratzer, Of ReodsyIlle MiC
min county, Pa. George Kratzsr, OF Paxton.
VIE, Snyder county, Pa. Lizzie, IntermarrIed
with samuel Gross Of Shradsr's Mills, Mimi
county. ia. Simon Kratzer, Alice, interIpar-
rted with Hopnia Mitchell, Aiyesta intermar.
ried with Nathan hackonberg, all OF Paxton.
vile Snyder county, Pa, John Kraizer. a
minor who has Tor his Guardian A. A. Romiu
OF Mcclure, Pa. Catherine, new decd. leaves
70 survive her husband, JOSEPH Mussar, of
Shrader's Mills Mffiin county, Pa, and the
following children viz John, Jennie, minors,
VINO have for thor guardian A. A. Romig, oi
mcclure, Snyder county. Pa, Sarah, now
deed who leaves to survive her husband, An.
drew wagner aud the following children, viz /.
whom are minors and have for their guardian
a. A. Romig, OF Mcclure, Snyder county. Pa
You are hereby cited to be and appear before
the Judges Of our Court Of CommoA Pleas to be
held At Middlebnrgh on tbs lth Monday Of Msy
isss, at 10 O'Clock In the fore-no0n, then and
thore 70 accept or refnss 10 take the real estate
Of fAMELIA'KRATxRR. deed, q tho apprsis.
= 81 ~ q q ana dssss ss1y y
IL ssns sheuld noi 6 epl1. Asi SssseS III "a ~
Z! y: "a 3ssss = izil;SsssS' ssis IS IS I; ~ s
wv, Vlr7Exnt =. d <III.k.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-05-10

Wisconsin is the first American
State to adopt the Plan of ballot dis
iribution by the State, and the frs
election under the new law has just
been held at Mil Saukee. The Law
provides for a ticket room and q
voting room at each precinct, with Q
lassags way between.--The voter
receives his ballots from the State
election officer in the first room
which only one voter at time is al.
lowed to enter, He then passes
alone to the voting room, deposits
his ballot and goes out of the door
provided for exit. No crowd of per.
sons is allowed within a hundred
feet of the voting plac,, and no per-
son is allowed TO offer ballots OF
solicit votes within the same limits.
BY this means The ballot il made %,
re /.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-05-10

II is said that p. y. Barnum's
wife writes everything which appears
over his name, and that whatever
pay be receives Il turned over to her.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-05-10
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The Press., 1888-04-19
COCKROACH LETTER CAREERS.

A common cOckrOach was trained to act as letter carrier between William Rodifer and Starlight Jack" Ryan, convicts in the Southern Indiana Penitentiary. It is prob ably the first instance on record, too, where there was any use found for this little crea- ture.
 Rodifer occupied a cell in the tier just above the one where Jack was confined, and for long time they had no means of communicating with one another Rodifer was daring fellow, but he had not suffi- cient imagination to get up plan of es- cape, and he relied on the bright mind of hIs friend Starlight Jack" to suggest an idea.
 One evening Rodifer noticed an innocent looking cockroach running about on the floor. After watching its gambolings for a time he concluded he could use it. So, writing short note to his friend, he tied 1t to the cockroach's wing, and, kneeling down on the floor, he put it out on the wall under the Iron balcony in front of his cell. He calculated that it would run into the cell underneath. And it did.
 Jack noticed the paper, caught the in- sect and read the note. Then he answer ed it, and poking the little creature out on the wall from the ceiling over the door he
 
 cell and was caught. Then they fed and cared for it and used 1t in this manner for some months. In fact it grew to under stand it's business.
 It must have been female cockroach, however, for one day it stopped to chat with friend and was noticed by warden. The note, which was written in some sort of cipher, was taken of, and the hospital steward, Dr. Sid 0. Mcclure, read it. Then the beetle was put on the balcony floor, and it ran into Rodifer's cell Thus the officials were kept posted as to the plans of the two famous gaol breakers. | After time Jack began to suspect that something was wrong, and he added 6 postscript to his letter something like this eff everything is right you will find a hair from my head in this note" The warden read it, as he did the others, but dropped the hair and lost it. "Nevel mind" said Captain Craig, whose hail was red "put one of mine in it" The answer came back, "That last whipping must have been an awful one, Jack, for il has changed the color of your hair" The scheming of these two worthies came tc naught, however, and they served thei terms. -Iid Bits. -..' -.
The Press., 1888-04-19
(Prepared for The Press.) THINGS WORTH KNOWING,

IT was very proper answer to hlm who asked why any man should be delighted with beauty, .that 1t was question that none but a blind man should ask.-LOrd Cy0reado7l.
 THERE is not a moment without some duty. .-CicerO.
 FATHoM.-A fathom was originally the space between the tips of the middle fin gers of mans two hands when the arms were extended horizontally. It is now leg ally fixed at six feet. A Jewish fathom was rather more than seven feet
 FARTHER AND FURTHER. Which of these two words to use is often puzzle even to well-informed people, Further means 'more far" and always signifies grea' CT distance, as ''I can't walk a step .turther " Further implies 'faddition," as "It re quires further consideration. And fttrtheT, by these, my son, be thou ad- monlshed. '-Eccles. 1912
 EoCE HOMO, Latin, literally "Behold the man" the words used by Pilate, John 19; 5. It is generally applied to the Saviour. It is divided and pronounced er SC homo.
 CLAP-TRAP.-Thisp phrase seems to have been derived from the cLdp-net used for trapping larks and other birds. Bailey says that st021 trap is name given 10 the rant and dramatic authors, to please actors, let them go off with, as much as to say, to catch clap of applause from the spec tators at play.
 CITY.-The word city was not used in England until after the conquest, be- fore which time the metropolis was called Londonburgh.
 BURNING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHURCHES. The feeling in favor of bury Ing on the south side of churches is prob ably traditionary one, dating back to the time of sun-worship. Early burial places in Switzerland and the continental coun- tries are always found on the southern slopes of hills. vm
 BooT-JAcK, RoAsTING JACK Foot boys, who had frequently the common name of Jack given them, We're kept to turn the spit, or pull off their masters boots but when instruments were invented for both these services, they were both called .jachs.
 BLANK-From the French 6Lanc white. Hence blank page means white page.
 ORANGES. sweet orange was first brought from China to Europe by the Por- tuguese in 1547. The identical parent tree is said to be still in existence at Lisbon
 OPTIMIsT T-An optimist is one who be- lieves that everything in the universe, be- ing the work of perfect Being, is the best that could be devised or created, and that events, being controlled by the same AL mighty hand, will ultimately be for the benefit of mankind.
The Press., 1888-04-19
STAFFORD SPRINGS, CONN. APRIL 1e 1888

The duration of the, ,infecti pn stages of various diseases is thus given by Dr. T. F. Pearse, an English physician Measles from the second day of the disease, for three weeks; small pox from the first day, for four weeks; scarlet fever from the fourth day. for seven weeks; humps from the second day, for three weeks; dtphthe- ria from the first day, for three weeks. The incubation periods, or intervals oc- curing between exp sure to infection and the first symptoms, are a. follows Whoop- ing cough, fourteen days; humps, eight cen days; measles, ten days :; small-p twelve days; scarlet fever, three days diDhtheria fourteen days
The Press., 1888-04-19
TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
GCOnducted by the W. T. u.I

There was not a single arrest for drunk enness in the Shetland Isles last year.
 Mir. Sturgeon says that the wine used at the communion in the Tabernacle is en. tirely free from alcohol.
 The late Mrs. Craik was lifelong ab. stainer, and in 1882 donned the blue rib bon.
 By Queen Victoria's order no intoxicat- ing liquors are to be in future allowed ups on the premises of the Peoples Palace in London.
 In one district of London containing 200 public houses, 7,0l9 children were seen to enter their doors during the space of three hours.
 The Detroit central w. O. T. U. is sow ing temperance seed broadcast by means of wall pockets placed in manufactories, car-shops, waiting rooms and ferry boats in fact every place where a large number of men are employed or many people con. gregate.
 New Haven, Conn.,, has 425 licensed sa. looms /; 233 of the licenses are of Irish birth, III are Germgns, 56 are Americans, and the rest are not classified by nationalities.
 Monrovia, Cal, less than two years old, but with population of 2,500, has passed an ordinance prohibiting the sale of liquor l ing to constitute a separate offense. MT. Fulton, a brewer, who died recently, left 927 900 to the Free and United Pres. byterian churches. This has given rise to lenghty correspondence in Ss jtland as to whether money given by brewers should be accepted or refused by Christian churches.
 Eleven thousand nine hundred and forty. seven soldiers, nearly one.sixth of the British army in India, are members of the Soldiers Total Abstinence Association. Temperance rooms, with various amuse. ments, have been established in most of the cantonments, and these act as a counter attraction to the canteen.
 Mrs. Leavitt, who is going on a temper ence tour around the world, had an inter. view with the duke of Connaught in India. Both the duke and duchess appear to have been much interested in the aims of the Womens Christian Temperance Union as set forth by Mrs. Leavitt.
 A case of much interest to the whole of Dakota territory was decided by the SUI preme court on Feb. 21. It was to test the local option or prohibition law passed at the late election, for which sixty-four out of eighty-five counties voted. After much argument it was finally decided that the local option law must reign supreme in those sixty-four counties, and that the liquor traffic must be abolished in those places.
 "As long as there are ten times asImany saloons Ill this country as there are of both churches and schools, and they are mainly supported by the very poor, the sources of misery are pretty obvious. "-Sendtor San | for1
The Press., 1888-04-19
THE TWO NYMPHS.

Two ns mphs who in the woods reside,
 And pass by turns from place to place, Had once question to decide,
 And chose fox to judge the case. One of the nymphs Good Luck" we call,
 ''Ill Luck" stands for the others name; And when events of fate befall
 One has the praise and one the blame. Now each was vain and thought that she
 Had, without doubt, the fairest face, So bringing to the fox their plea, He played the judge with tact and grace, For, said the fox, ''I cannot tell
 Your separate charms until know How well you walk-indeed, how well
 You forward step and backward go." And so they ran the country round, Now they were there, and now were here The willy fox looked most profound
 (Here fell smile and there tear Facing Good Luck" he said at last:
 "When you arTire your charms we know. Then with his eyes on "Ill Luck" cast
 Said: "Yours are greatest sOhea you 90 r'
 Joel Benton, in April Wtde Asoake.
The Press., 1888-04-19
b1r. Sunni

and feeblencss, all break the spirit. Have you never heard of Mir. Nathan Chase, of New Bed ford, Mass? man nearly four-score years old and hale and hearty as in youth And yet he was supposed to be dying of heart trouble lesS than two years ago. Here is what he says :" year ago or more I began to lose flesh and strength. l sent for my physician to know the cause. He examined me, and said it was my heart; that the old machinery was wearing out, and 1 must be careful. Still I grew worse. Finally I got so bad I could scarcely breathe; I could not lie in bed but had to sit up all night with possibly one hours sleep out of twenty-four. And yet to-day, I am in fine condition; can go mp three flights of stairs without incon- venience, and feel as well and about as young as ever in my life before. What accomplished this? Hunts Remedy-nOthing else. It has made new man of me, and bless God for it every day"
 Such an experience should be valuable lesson to all readers, both old and young. It shows that long and happy lile is poss- ble. It shows that men or women need not despond It shows that by care and the use of the right remedy hcalth happiness and long life may be secured by all.