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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14

The recent reports telegrapted from
Europe, in winch tine assertion was made
that the oil wells Of the Caspian district
were rapidly drying up, is now pGo'
nounced Il sock jobbing canard. The
statement was made with great positive
ness that the supply Of oil vas diminish.
ing SO rapidly that the Russian Govern,
ment contemplated prohibiting its eX'
port, and that the steamers which are
now using the oil exclusively for lue
would not be able to do so much longer
owing to the threatened high price. De
spite The positiycncss Of the statements
they seemed TO have no cllcc, ON Amcri
can prices, evidently because the Standard
oil Company keeps thoroughly posted On
the real situation.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14
The FOrger's Pen.

was talking with Treasury official
on the subject Of forgery. "Did it ever
occur to YOU" said the official, "that
Iorger has half his work done when he
can get hold Of the identical pen with
which the owner of the signature habit
ually writesi A great many men, bank
Presidents and the like, use the same
pen for their names only for year or two
without change, A pen that has been
used by Il man in writing his name hun
dreds of times, and never used for any
thing else, will almost write the name of
itself. 1t gets imbued with the spirit of
the signature. In the hands of fairly
good forger it will preserve the character
istics of the original. The reason for
this is that the point of the pen has been
ground down in n peculiar way, from
being used always by the same hand and
for the same combination of letters. 1t
would splutter if held at wrong angle
or forced on lines against its will. 1t
almost guides the sensitive hand of the
forger when ke attempts to write the
name. Pal Mall Gazette.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14
Chemical Transformation.

Alcohol, one of the best known
ducts of chemical industry, may serv
evidence to what degree Of perfection
composition and decomposition of che
cal compounds has been brought.
the chief constituent of Intoxicating
erages, alcohol, together with carb
acid, originates by fermentation (
sugar; but this is not the only pos
way to produce it. The brightnes
electric lights, by which public pla
roads, stores, etc, of our cities now
Illuminated mt night, is emitted by
electric current passing between two
bon points. When such passa2
electricity takes place in n glass bal
filled with hydrogen, the electric cur
causes this gas to unite with car
forming acetylene, gaseous compo'
which in contact with more hydro
readily takes it up, forming a second {
ous nd-ethylene--which is
chief light giving constituent Of ill
mating gas. Ethylene, when brought
contact with sulphuric acid, form
liquid combination, and this, V
treated with potassium hydrate, is
verted into alcohol. Having thus
up from its elements substance form
known only as product Of fermenta
we may proceed Mt once to decompo.
again into its elements. We can c
regain the carbon which it contains
heating alcohol with sulphuric d
which again converts it into ethyl
aud this gas, when mixed with child
gas and lighted, burns away, leaving
bon, which, rs dense black smoke,
the vessel. l.-P5puLu' Science Monthly.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14

Trained dogs for military purposes
have answered so well in Germany that
similar experiments have been made in
the Austrian army. Pointers, sheep dogs
aud poodles are the best breeds, and the
dogs will carry messages and ammuni.
tion, guard depots and perform outpost
duty. one dog recently took message
over a distance OF eight milo, in an hour
and i've minute.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14

Sunday labor in France is 10y no means
SO General as a few years ago Visitor.
to Paris cannot fail 10 notice now many
more ship, are Shut on Sunday after the
carly morning and NOW the first step has
been taken toward Sunday rest on the
railways. The Paris-Lyons Railway Com.
pany recently decided unanimously to
give their employees in the goods stations
q holiday, and intend to gradually intro.
ducc similar reforms into other branches
Of the service. In all probability the
other lines will be obliged to follow suit.
Indeed, some OF the Northern Railway
directors have already pronounced IL
favor of Sunday rest.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14

If mn accurate description Of the forest
fires which for two months have pccn
sweeping over Montana, Idaho and
Washington Territories could be written,
the Now York Hsya'} declares it would
make a story so thrilling and exciting as
to eclipse in interest and fascination the
most enchanting romance. The forest
fires have been So extensive, so terrible
ID destructive that the best informed
pioneer looks at you with blank amaze
ment when YOU request him 10 place in
figures the value Of the timber destroyed
or to give an estimate of the loss in the
Territories, When it is known that in
one day the lire swept through Montana
over an area of 100 miles in length and
eighty in width, ana that for weeks the
flames have been doing similar work at
different points in a country stretching
from the eastern slopes of the Rocky
Mountains to the waters of the Pacific,
some vague, indefinite idea of the great
destruction Of timber and other property
may be gained, Where but recently
stood tall and stately pines now black.
cned stumps aud bald and ashen noun
tain fronts "ror. tHo 1'ror''o'"ted eve
The way to get rich with rush is to
20 slow.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14
Bird Seed from Morocco.

Bird seed forms n considerable ite IN in
the export trade of some of the Moorish
ports, This seed is never sown apart by
the Moorish farmers, nor is any special
attention paid to its cultivation. 1t is
sown with wheat, and when reaped and
thrashed it is separated by the country
women in sleeves. The reason Of tRis
practice is that there is u general super
stition among the Moors that in very wet
seasons the wheat is in part converted
into bird seed, and hence they SOW the
two together. OF course, if they were
sown separately the crops would be much
more abundant and the quality better,
the soil in many parts being especially
suitable for the bird seed.-Lsadoa
Times.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14
The Coolest Spot and Coolest Day.

The coolest region in the United
States is the stretch of country on the
northern border from the Minnesota
lakes to the western line of Dakota. At
Pembina, which lies near the forty
ninth parallel, the lowest temperature
recorded in the great storm of the winter
of 1878 was fifty-six degrees below zero.
This is believed TO be the lowest temper
ature reached in the United States.
Francisco Examiner.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14

II has often been reported that the
British army is largely composed of
undcrsized boys instead OF stalwart men,
but the returns do not bear out these
statements. OF 2O2, ,7Gl men only IL j96
are under nineteen years Of age, while
thirty.four per cent. arc over five feet
eight inches in height.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14

The managing director Of big tea.
dealing firm in London stated that he
once saw leading broker in that city
have sixty teas, ranging within ono pen.
ny per pound in value, weighed up in
duplicate. the l2O pots numbered and
mi>cd up, he then picking ont the sixty
duplicates without single mistake.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14

The latest British annexation consists
Of Humphrey and Ricrson Islands, in the
South Pacific They form part of the
Manihiki group aud lie north of Cooks
and the Society Islands, and to the north
east of Samoa.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14

James Bryce, author Of "Thc American
Commonwealth, La, bccn sued for libel
10y A. Oakley Hall, once Mayor Of New
York, for connecting him with the Tweed
ring. Both live in England. The COM
p,,jnant includes about twenty pages Of
the book, that being the space devoted
10 AN article containing the alleged libel.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14

/ .s...s.N4s NNsasasitS~SNs.
The natives deserted the villages and fled TO
;he hills, where they are safe from pursuit.
Other cases of cannibaism oa the island are
exported.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14

nan, anu rauI urut'Aau nauc sPecvnrs. NU
disturbance occurred throughout the day
Indeed, the lack of enthusiasm which gen.
orally characterized the Anarchist gather
ings was the chief feature.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14

The choice Of Pierre as the capital of
South Dakota has given the town a
wonderful boom. Men bought lots for
300 and a week later sold them TO-
ktOOO
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14

unu Uvgau LuItIuh. Inc LlsV vuI usV IuI tiIv
lett shoulder, the second pierced the heart.
AS swope fell he fired the second shot, the
ball entering Goodloes sto mach, producing
fatal wound.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14

had 90 miles to t ayel, but only reached
Folsom Saturday evening. The last 7. miles
between Trinidad and Folsom occupies three
days.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14

Recent statistics show that nine million
Germans live outside Of the Fathcrland,
Of whom seven million are to be found in
the United States.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14

the second column of the expedition, which
left Vitu in September, in command of Her
ron Borchert and Rust, ever joined DR.. Pc
ter's advance party.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14
THE EMIDDLEbURGH POST.
+. u. HARTER, EDrTon AND Pno'R.
mDDLEBURG, "a. NOV H. 1851.

It is now said that English syndicatcs
have spent $50, 100000 in buying up
profitable American properties.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14

however, not dangerous. Mrs. Co'0-,
American. The assassin immedia's9
himself. He was a luna'ic VINO
been discharged from tbs police io''S
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14
I heart good to go and the
|inter GOO|
-AT-
f-' Roorrartamnl

iiscolored inside that shot OF
will not cleanse them, fill the :
'inely chopped potato skins, @
aud let the bottle stand for .,
when the skins win ferment
and rinse. The bottle will N'
and clean as when new.
In canning tomatoes peel Vi,
toes and crowd them into cans
them down slowly. Put a boaSl
bottom of a boiler and set IN
the board. Fill the boiler
water to half the height Of lH
ing the tops of the cans on
ting them remain until lhs
1oiled twenty minutes. Ilg
he cans, and if they are no'i~
pt water and seal at once.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14

"It's dreadful becoming" said she,
with complacent glance at the looking
glass. ''and hereafter mean to get you
to trim all my hats for me, Leona. y
SATURDAY, Mint
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14

Watermelon seeds were ~
egyptian tomb that was SVWi1
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-14

1t is no sign that hen ineditates harm
10 her owner because she lays for him.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-10-29

The Golden Gate Mine OF Oro-
vile is not knocked out by any
means. The big rain sent about
$50 ,000 worth of property down
stream, but the stockholders still
PIN their faith not only on the prop
ositiou, but the skin and inteili-
gence OF Major Frank Mclaughlin
the manager of the enterprise. He
will pull the business through IN
good shape, and land it on its feet
as q monument to 1aring engineer
ing and human pluck, despite the
heavy battle the dam had last week
with the elements.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-10-29

A HALE OLD MAN.-9r. James
Wilson of Aliens Springs, ILL.,, who
is over sixty years of age, says: Il
have in my time tried a great
many medicines. some Of excellent
quality but never before did find
any that would 50 completely do
all that is claimed 'or il as Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy. + = truly won
derful medicine. > Fo sale by Geo.
G.. Thaxter.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-10-29

1t is claimed for Miss Bessie
Samson that she promised her dy-
ing mother never to wear tights on
the stage. Rumor has it that she
il sn constituted that she cannot
stop a pig IN a lane, b..7y b--w
L-g-d.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-10-29

Seine OF our rural contemporaries
doubt the statement that an APPEAL
compositor ever set type from a
photograph. The APPEAL will pay
the expense of any publisher in
California or Nevada who on calling
at this office fails to see it done.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-10-29
All hmER'oAN VICTORY.

Ore a. tie eIsrGest battles evel
fsusht on tie soil q Erorp va.
forelt ouFIg lie prefert mouth
The fed Was tie iamuus Maniei
fam iSenty ei:lt miles lf,m rasis,
and 4 was On Ills gfonrd thai
America. with It's Mccormick NOW
ers ar reareis met.and vanquished
the lest machines that the mechan-
ical skill % Europe could produce.
The contest, ike Waterloo, took
place il vast wheat field, and
with The some disastrous results to
France.
Think of tie tremendous march
of improve ment that has swept
over the Ncile since the day that
Nspoleun's cavalry sank into thar
awful grave made by the suuken
road 81 Chain, and France was
plunged into the deepest humilia-
ten If her existance. At that time
: France had little else on her mnd
than the overmastering idea OF
war.
OF late years it has given more
attention TO mechanical improve
ments in agriculture. and while she
has met defeat from an American
invention, il IL better sign for her
future greatness that her wheat
fields are the scenes of such con
tests as lie one OF the present
month, rather than the destruction
of human beings.
Europe Will be UNNECESSARILY
better off with hundred thousand
reapers and combined harvesters
than an equal number OF car non,
and if krupp's extensive plant for
the manufacture of heavy guns /
could be supplante by McCormick's |
factories it would he a grand |
change. 1t would mean tighten
ing OF the burdens Of labor and a
lowering of the price OF bread.
Any American ought 70 view
with pride the victory OF McCorm-
ick's masterpiece at the Paris Ex-
position; a victory OF peace, and
victory which reflects more credit
on the national honor than if the
path OF the victor had been strewn
with corpses.
II is the nation that has strong
foundation that can put
itself the quickest on war footing,
and the people who can produce
the best agricultural machinery
can, when called upon, produce at
short notice the most dangerous
and effective weapons of mocen
warfare. When You go to war
think twice before you throw down
the guage OF battle to a nation
whose reapers and mowers conquer
all competition.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-10-29

The Fair Directors have been
able to pay higher cash premiums
than ever this year, and will come
out with an even balance sheet.
The more people think Of the Dis
trict Fair this year the better they
feel about it.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-10-29

Thomas A. Edison is interested
in a company that has organized to
build won erful doll, 252 900 OF
which will he turned out every year.
Each doll will contain a phono-
graph. They will come high but
the Youngsters will have them.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-10-29

ADVICE TO MOTHERS. - Mrs
Winslcw's Soothing Syrup
should always be used for children
teething. 1t soothes the Gid, soft
ems the gums, allays the pain, cures
wind cole, and is the best remedy
for disrrhGa. Twenty Eve cents a
bottle.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-28
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE.

TOsEPH EsPITAILIER, PLAINTIFF. vs..
fendauts.-Sherif's Sale, No. IL ,39l.
Order OF sale and decree of foreclosure and
sale.
Under and by virtue of an order OF sale and
decree of foreclosure and sale, issued out of the
superior oourt OF the County OF Los Angeles
AID. 1889, in the above entitled action, wherein
Joseph Esoita lier, the above named plait tiff OBJ
tained judgment and decree of fOreclosu and
sale against Elise Deste ct. al, deiendauts, on the
10 day Of Novem ber. A. D. $50. for the sum
of S9367 OF, in lawful money of the Unit ed
States. which said decree was on the 19ih day 6f
November, "A d. 1889, recorded in Judgment
book Is Of said Cou t, at page Is; am COM
manded to sell all that certain lot, piece or
parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the
bounded and de:cribed as follows
The northwesterly twenty 125-1000 acres
OF block 2x9, having a.i .iro%ntage % & Of lss7fsst
line OF t, South Pacific Railroad Company,
and 631 81 100 feet on Fourth street; also the
northeasterly eight 60-lO0O acres of block
1aVng Of
Fourth sire t and 693 feet on Paconia avenue
and 488 4O100 feet in southwest line, together
with the right to use ffty,iour gallons Of water
charges for use of same.
Public notice ts hereby given. that on Fri
day, the 20th day of Decem Der. A. D.. 1889. at
IL O'clock m. of that day, in front OF the Court
House d DOR of the County of Los Angeles. on
Spring street, / will, in obedience to said order
OF sale and ecree OF foreclosure and sale, sell
thereof as may be necessary to satisfy said
juog gmept with interest and costs, etc to the
highest and best bidder. for cash, lawful money
Dated this 26h day OF November, 1889.
NJ. g. AGUIRRE.
Sheriff Of Los Angeles county.
By A. NJ TH0RNfON, Under Sheriff.
w. T. WILLIAMS. Atty for plaintiff,
u0v28 thurf4t
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-28
JACOB HEIGLER, Or HEIDLER.
Where is the MAN who Came T.
California sixty Years Ago?

Where is the MAN who Came to
California sixty Years Ago?
Some half score letters have been re.
csived in this city within the past few
weeks, inquiring about one Jacob
Heigler, or Heidler, who is said to have
come to California sixty years ago. That
is long time back, and all traces OF
such person might well be lost before
this time. That goes back to 1880. Don
J. J. Warner had not crossed the divide
at that date. There were not more than
two or three Americans in Los Angeles
at that time. Still the early settlers ia
all parts of the country are pretty we'll
remembered.
These letters made inquiry Of any
property or will left by such a person. i.
Should any one know of the person
about whom these interesting inquiries
are made comm unication may be had
with j. FL. Johnson, Centralia, ILL.,, or
Henry D. Harper, Erie, Pa; or to the
County Clerk Of Los Angeles county.
Some of the letters came from Ohio, and
there are half score of persons making
these INQUIRIES.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-28
Thc Seat of Pain and Plensure.

The nervous system often suffers a diminu
ton of yigor, and causes mental annoyance,
and even positive distur bance, without dis
ease in the seusOrium ituelf. 1t acts as mere
reflector, in many cases, of inaclion In the
stomach, and consequently Of incomplete as
sfmtlation of the food by the blood. This of
course weakens it, in common with the rest OF
the tissues, and renders it less able to bear
without suffering an ordinary strain that
would make no impression upon strong
remedy supersensitiveness in the nerves in
cident to lack OF vigor, Hostetier's stomach
Bitters Is far better adapted than any mere
nervine of simple tonic. since the offspring
of its USE complete Digestion Is the vigorous
and early parent oi nerve force and qnietude
Maiarial at scks. rheumatism, bowel, liver and
kidney complaints succumb to the Bitters.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-28
EASTERN ECHOES.
Mrs. Parnell Speaks About
Her Poverty.
HER SONS RUINED FORTUNES.
Everything Gone for the Cause OF
Ireland-The City Of Shoes
After the Fire.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD !
TRENTON, N. j., November 27.-Mrs.
Della Parnell gave the following to a
reporter: II received some assistance
from nv appeal until President Fitzger-
aid, of the Land League, took it upon
himself to deny the story told by my
friends. He said in substance that the
league would have taken care OF me had
i made appeal to them. My poverty
dates back to 1879. l was destitute then,
and prominent members of the league
were 30 informed. They took no action,
but gave me the lie. James Rsdpath, of
New York, took up my case, but when
the prominent leaders OF the league gave
me the lie he too abandoned the idea of
raising fund quietly from a few wealthy
members of the league. In 1885 and
1885, when was i'll in New York, the
league members again knew OF my con.
dition. No action was taken, but Ellen
Ford, daughter of Patrick Ford, Mrs.
Condor, Mrs. Kehoo, Mrs. Maria
Doherty and others raised between 81 700
and 81 300, but most of it went for ex.
penses. The property which my brother
left me, which has been considered a
fortune, did not pay one cent OF the
interest. I have kept these matters
from the public till have stared star.
vation in the face. When would ap-
peal to prominent members of the
league I would be told that my son
Charles had sufficient means to help me.
This is false. Charles Stuart Parnell
has not dollar Of his own in the world.
What money he has has been con-
&ributed for the cause of Ireland, and he
has no right to use it for my support.
True he gave up his private
fortune for the cause, and when my boy
entered Irish politics gave up my
dowry to aid him and Ireland. But
what is that if he wins home rule for the
nation?"
Mrs. Parnell spoke CT the injustice
being done her by the Land League, and
she said she would curse the day she
ever married Parnell if that was to be
used against her now.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-28
A DOCTORS DAMAGES.
For a WOniaa's Left Leg $4,000
is Claimed.

For a WOnaaa's Left Leg $4,000
Is Claimed.
Some time ago Mrs. Anna G. CLARK
met with an accident by which she sus-
tanned compound fracture of the bones
OF her left leg somewhere between the
knee and the ankle. DR.. S. s. Salisbury
was called in to treat the wound and set
the leg. In due time the bone knit and
the wound healed, but in such an i'm.
perfect manner, as is alleged, that the
limb is very sore, and that it is about
half an inch shorter than it was before.
This necessitates the constant use OF
crutches on the part of the lady. She
and.her husband thereupon brought suit
against the doctor for $4,000 for NAL
practice. The case was on trial yester.
day before Judge Clark.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-28
mem Rutier suea for s,auder.

WASHINGTON, November 27.-Samuel
Strong, whose claim against the District
has become almost historical, today
filed a suit again Benjamin F.
Butler for $3.50, 900 damages for slander.
General Butler brought suit several
months ago against Strong for money
which he asserted was due him as con.
tingent counsel fees out of the
award made to Strong. The suit
developed some highly exciting fea-
lures, among which was the production OF
a paper by Strong which, if genuine,
would show that Butler had agreed to
accept for his services an amount much
lower than that named in the suit. But
Ter denounced the document as forgery,
and the suit for slander grows out of this.