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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22
HE MAKES HIS OWN GODS.
READING MAN WHO woRsutrs THREE hui
DRED HOMEMADE IDOLS.


DRED HOMEMADE IDOLS.
A most remarkable character has just been
unearthed at Reading, Pennsylvania. lie Is
a thorough idolator, and daily bows down to
gods of his own manufacture within sound
of the church-going bells, as reverently and
devoutly as the most pious Hindoo or Zulu.
He has made a religion entirely his own
and has evolved out of II some 200 OF more
gods, whe dwell in and speak through the
same number of idols of clay.
All of his gods are hollow and are from
time to time filled with such food as he thinks
their peculiar nature demands. Among
others he has a god of medicine. This is
filled with pills and odd prescriptions and
whenever he feels unwell he prays to this
divinity and always, he says, with benef.
cial results He has god of sewing ma
chimes, which is filled with blank contract,
for the purchase of machines ON the install.
ment plan. He has one image which hq
calls the god of preachers and says it has a
congregation of 300 in its stomach. He has
one god which he says is inhabited by his
own celestial spirit and another which con-
tains the spirit of his mother.
He has these images set up on shelves in
his cellar and his garnet and worshipS them
constantly according to his needs. His name
is William Christoph Clemmer, and his
house is at 6li Locust, where he lives with
his wife and six children lie is u brick.
maker by trade and works regularly at one
of the brick-yards of the city, occupying all
Of his spare time with his idols, which he
Fashions out of clay obtained at the brick
yard. lie is Pennsylvania Dutchman and
connot speak English, is unlcttcred and can
scarcely read.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22
COPPER CONFERENCE.
AMERICAN PRODUCERS SAY THE PRICE OF MI
AL WILL BE sUrPORTED.

AMERICAN PRODUCERS SAY THE PRICE OF MET.
AL WILL BE SUPPORTED.
The conference between representatives OF
The various copper producing interests,
which was heM in New York, has been
transferred to Boston.
The participants state that progress is be-
ing made steadily, and that the price
of the metal will be supported beyond doubt.
1t was brought out at the meeting that the
development of electrical business in Europe
is progressing on an enormous scale, and
that the demand for copper used in connec.
tion Herewith must be very great.
The diminishing of the visiblesupply from
month to month gives encouragement,
although the copper people do not seem to
think that accumulated stocks are so much
. bugaboo Us they have been made,
and express confidence that the
demand Cor copper and the supply thereof
will make stable the price of the metal on
the basis of II cents per pound for lake ingot
before long, without the need OF artificial aid.
1t is said that the copper conference develop
ed the fact that the great surplus" of cop.
per in Europe, about which so much has been
heard, is not there, and has not been there
discovery made about the first of this
month. The late syndicate did not take the
amount Of copper ascribed TO it by many
thousand tons, simply because it could not
manage to pay for it.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22
HE SHOT A RABBIT.

rrr,cHER's SINGULAR MANIFESTATIONS or
sMtrrES CONSCIENCE.
4 singular manifestation of n smitten
ku,cience was exhibited ut Norristown,
1 Mennonite minister, named Lands,
Siding in Worcester, went before Magis-
ne Uner, and confessed that he had viola.
u the game laws by shooting a rabbit after
I h close of the season in which rabbits may
legally taken.
1 He said that, realizing Immediately after
hat he had committed u crime, he gave the
hbbit to his nephew, who sold 1t to n man
h whom il was eaten. He said his con.
S.ence had troubled him ever since, and
bat he desired to atone by suffering the
enalty prescribed by law.
The accommodating magistrate at once
Imposed a fine of s5 which the preacher
)aid, subsequently claiming and receiving
Salf the amo mt of the fine, which
be law gives to the informer Having
bus appeased his conscience so far as his in-
Diyidual act was concerned, the preacher
bdged information against his nephew and
De man who had eaten the rabbit for hav-
hg respectively exposed it to sale and pur.
|hased it, contrary to game laws. The mag
etrate imposed fine of 50 on each of the
blenders, which Lands also paid, receiving
b return the iniormant's half.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22
PRICES UNCHANGED.

For a period extending until the close OF
Fail business the price of pipe and tubing
will remain at present prices.
This was the understanding reached at
the meeting OF the Wrought Iron Pipe and
Boiler Tube Manuf cturers Association,
held at ths Continental hotel, Philadelphia
The meeting was largely attended by the
members, and was unusually harmonious.
1t is said few members were favorable to
In advance, but they readily gave way to
thejudgment of the majority, which voted
no advance.
Manufacturers report a steady demand
With no appreciable falling of. Indeed
from this time until the close of the season
there will be a rush among buyers TO secure
the fuiillment of contracts in order that all
projected lines may be got under ground be-
fore winter stops the work. For this reason,
manufacturers will be kept hustling until
the close of the season.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22
WANTED REVENGE.

y CONSPIRACY TO POISON FIVE FARMERS or
INDIANA.
conspiracy TO kill five ofthe best known
Warmers at Winamac was made known by
tharley Lytle who filed au affidavit against
pohn Sutton, charging him with consp racy
|hith him (Lytle) TO put strychnine in whis.
p, and give it to five men, neigh bors OF
Sutton, and then burn their barns, and also
Pie Odd Fellows building at Star City.
Lytle was TO receive the small sum of S.
For his work when completed. He had the
Frychnine in his possession and gave it to
Bheriff Burton.
Sutton is one of the wealthiest farmers
fhere, owning about 900 acres of land and
Peal estate. All the par les live near Star
Pity, six miles south of Winmac A previ-
pus quarrel with his neighbors is Sutton's
reason for forming conspiracy to kill them.
ln the spring of 1888 one of his neighbours
tOys, William Bennett, and Shttons were
plavns with gun, when it exploded and
PINOT both of the boys. Sutton sued for dam
ngcs and was defeated. He placed the blame
on the Odd Fellows, claiming they helped to
defeat him.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22

u-eading of rails on rotten umoers
s.;,htfil wreck on the Butler d'-
go sn ,.,,s west Penn railroad at No. o
% " ', - .hove Sarversville station, Pa,
., 81 o,clook Friday afternoon. Two
y. ellsd with people returning from the
n', ,,ai -, reunion at Butler were precipi-
.,rsrai5.foot embankment, causing an
FL casualty. Dozens of persons were
|u u the wreckagc, where they
~ ,n agony. Three were killed
Is.s, several others fatally injured :
4 VS'',, tu% thirty-nine others more or less
'OJ rollovine is the list of killed;
ELAN J. POWERS, of No, 10 Forty
..,b street, Pittsburgh, proprietor oil a
l,i,ssd narlor at No. 4f3l Butler street,
In,.ssi .si against the side OF the car ana
MA almost instantly. Ageu iorty-nNe
IJ leaves wife and family Member OF
NV NV Hundred and Second Regiment. ,
P"fTARRELL, four-year-old daughter OF
e. Farrell. Of Tarentum, who with sec
Pli isnrhter was seriously hurt.
II. DtiFF. an aged lady, whose place OF
r~sisnce has not been determined, Killed
Insanity.
E5lre No. 6 spans the Buffalo creek at a
:, about seven miles north Of Freeport,
The water runs through a deep gilch,
h,,i-e being about 10 feet above the
'.,m The timber on this bridge seems to
4. beeo rotten, for when the train struck
,,oping good rate of speed, the rails
.,oj and two of the coaches careened over.
|. sr.t car struck the bottom of the creek
4 with a terribl, crash, and was almost
apcel 10 splinters. The second.
an lefl the bridge more slowly being
aimed bv the couplings. One end finally
,ebed the ground, and in this almost per
,dicular position it stood until the terri
!; inmates had been extricated The little
id of llr. Farrell was killed in thi 8
The fa,ed train was drawn by engine No.
|, and manned by Conductor Joseph
Nv. Engineer John Cuthbert; Fireman
imam and Brakeman Charley Harms.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22
WOOL.

oY.-There has been very moderate
demand for wool, and prices are more or
lines concessions had been granted by deal
ers, but for small lots previous prices are be.
ing obtained. Ohio and Pennsylvania
tecces have been very quiet, with sales of
Kat 33G3ic, Xxx at 3i6o35c and No. / 3Sc
Michigan Y teeCes move slowly at 32c.
Combing and deaine tieeces are in moder.
ate request, with No. combng selling at
4Oc; unwashed combing at 2SIt0Slc; Ohio fine
delune at 36c, and MchiGon line delaine at
atG35c. Some choice Montana wool sells
at 25Ge26c, but the principal sales of Terri
tory wool are at 1910 % Texas, alifornia
and Oregon woods are quiet, but steady. In
pulled woods there have been sales Of super
at 3j@31c, and extra ~ p q sSc. Foreign
woods OF ali kinds arc tirm under strong
adylces from abroad.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22
THE BRIDGE GAVE WAY.
Z PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED AND SEVER
PERSONS BADLY HuRr.

=
PERSONS BADLY HURT.
The northbound passenger train on the
Fort Branch division Of the Evansville a
Tarre Haute railway, met with an accident
by the breaking down of q small bridge IL
miles north of Mount Vernon, ILL.,, which
resulted seriously to number of passengers.
There were about IS passengers on board
and the train consisted of two coaches, a
baggage car aud a flat cur. 1t was making
schedule time, and the locomotive rushed
on the trestlework and got safely over, but
the baggage car broke through and was
thrown oil the rails and turned over the
bridge, falling % feet, while the rear coach
rolled down the embankment
About dozen persons we're more or less
injured, none, however, are thought to be
fatally hurt BaSgagemaster Burns, of
Henderson, Ky, was badly bruised.
When the crash occurred the safe in his ca,
was knocked out of position and thrown
against MIR. Burns. who was knocked out of
the side door to the ground below the trestle
work. fully ~ feet. where he lay stunned
and unable to move. Mrs. Glaze, of Prince
ton, was badly bruised and injured internal
ly and cut about the head and face. SiS
other passengers were more or less injured
The injured were conveyed to Fort Branch
where everything was done for their com
Fort.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22

KfLLsA DEsPERADo.-At Hinton, Sum.
mers County, w. Va, white man, named
John Adkins, made a murderous assault on
an inofiensiye negro, named Peyton. The
latter struck Adkins with stone, killing
him instantly. Peyton is under arrest Ad-
kins was n relative of one of the men chare.
ed with the lynching of the negro Carter, q
few weeks ago
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22
NEW YORK.
LIVE STOCK.
CENTRAL STOCK YARDS, EAST LIBERTY, PA.
CATTLE.

CATTLE.
Good /, ,2O0611, ,3O1.ib. cattle may be quoted
at lmiic fair | UOUtdrl ,lOO-fb. do, 3IM3lc
stock cattle sold all the way from 2!M3!c
according to weight, where they were raised
quality and condition; those from Ohio and
Indiana sell much more readily and at better
prices relatively than those from the TAI
West; light common heiicrs and steers sold
at from 2td29Gt3c, and bulls and dry cows
at ll0l24c for very common To good, and i6t
4c more for something very good, of which
there were but very few.
SHEEP,
Included in the sales were the following:
| car common st. Louis-bought sheep and
lambs a, I:lOc; deck good 20 IL lambs at
59Oc deck fair ID do ut 5lc; deck do, GJ
lbs, g. 40c; deck prime do, % ibs &c; deck
good 90 Ii sheep at i.SOc; car fair 9J-ib In
diana sheep ut 1865; car iHht-wooled
Ohios, 81 Ms, I.I0c; deck good lambs AT
5G5c; car good 0J-ib Ohios and car good
from Greene county. Pa, averaging % lbs,
at G5c; car fair b5-tb lambs, 5ic | car
good so Ii lambs 5lc; | car Western sheep
fed in Ohio 80 lbs, at I.iOc; deck prime 30.
lbs Ohios at 1. soc; deck Western lambs, 10
bs at 5sc.
The supply was fair, u carloads against
II cars last uonday, notwithstanding the
summer season is drawing to close, and al
ready the weather is much cooler the mar
ket did not show much ii any sign of i'm
proyement Indeed, salesmen, almost with
out exception reported trade as having been
slow while prices ~ compared with those
ruling at close of last week were q shade low
er. best light Workers sold at GjdI zoe;
medium weight Philadelphia hogs. 4 500
G0c; heavy hogs, 4 3O0Gilc.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22

SALOON KEEPER LYScHED.-Thomas T..
Thomas was probably fatally shot at Ros-
lyn, Wisconsin, by saloon keeper named
Fred Loshman. Loshman asked Thomas for
81, which he claimed was due him from the
latter. Thomas said that he did not have
it, Loshman then fired. A mob took Losh-
man from the Jail and lynched him, hang
ing him TO beam in the railroad engine
house. Loshman was u hard character.
He had threatened to shoot other men.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22
What wrought the changer This woman's
fnce

What wrought the changer This woman's
face
Is ruddy with n roscs grace.
Her eye IL bright, s.
Her heart Is light.
All, truly tits goodly sis ht.
A few brief months ago her check
Was pallid and her step was weak.
Tho end Is near
For her, | fear"
Sighed many n friend who held her dear.
can tell you what wrought the change in
her. She was told by friend, who, like hcr,
hnd suffered untold misery from q complica-
hon OF female troubles that DR. Piercos Fa-
vorite Prescription would certainly cure her.
This friend know whereof she spoke" for sho
Ind been cured by the remedy she advised her
friend 10 use. She l. enthusiastic In its praise,
and tells her friends that DIR. Pierce deserves
tho universal gratitude of woman-kind for
having given IL this iufalliblc remedy for its
peculiar ailments IL II guaranteed 20 give snt-
isfaction in every case or money refunded.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22
CAPTURED A THIEF,

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mrs. r T.
Dfyan' a small and delicate looking woman,
thought she heard a noise in her bedroom.
cue made an examination and found the
WINDOW had been opened, and on looking
OI' que saw young man in the yard. He
asked Tor Mr.. Johnson, aud on being told he
u'u not hve there, started up the alley toward
The street.
Inc iady's suspicious being aroused, she
iooked in the bureau and missed her
boid watch. snatching her husbands re-
'ol'er from the drawer she followed and
OVERLOOK the thief, getting the drop on him
's' Oe'o'e she expected. At the point Of the
r''oi he surrendered, and stood with his
nanus up until neighbor came. Telling
.He man TO hold the thief, she started Off 20
"u policeman. She was no sooner around
% sn' corner than the thief hit the neighbor
'"a fan' making good his escape.
BRAVE AMRmcANs.-Th MEXICAN Steamer
aielandro arrived from Guaymas, Mexico.
n"sing word that in the early part Of July
~ "'e broke out in the l,5OO-foot level of the
nu'npo mine, near the town of the same
piaL. anu that 10 men lost their lives.
,ht sa' Aexican miners were in the mine at
In ulie oi the fire, and two unknown
un,aaIs .'.'s'lS' formerly of San Francisco, vol
g." ,sefed TO 80 TO their rescue. The shaft was
hn.l'. ''noke and gasses, and when the
us," at' was was hauled to the top the Americans
s,, N,e iOuhd to be dead. The fire lasted sey.
~" u'yS and finally burned itself out.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22
wfNNrn OF rnE 'AMrRTcN rnIzr,

Last September AMERICA, Of Chicago,
through the American Economic Associa.
ton, offered a prize for the best essay on the
Evil Effects Of Unrestricted Immigration.
The Hon. Carroll ID. Wright and Prof. Small
of Colby University, acted as judges, and
last month announced their award In favor
Of Mr.. Richard Daley Lang, whose essay
appears entire in the issue of AMERICA oi
Aug. 1. Mr.. l. ng, is resident of Balti
more, Nd, and his essay is a comprehensive
treatise on subject of first Importance to
the future of the Republic.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22

In January when Pc.ru.na fails TO kecp van
warm. When the clustering blasts Of winter
envelope your body In their icy embrace. and
seem seem 10 ifeeHe your very marrow; wucn YOU
shiNer and shake with tho cold chills that
creep over YOU and picrcc you t. the very
Done; then it IL that YOU viii find, II you try it,
tnnt therS ~ nothing ~ comfortably warming
and so mildly invigornting na thia 4nur 10 rtis
ma; sending gentle glow through your
ohilled systen, II will start your bloc n-cours-
ing through your veins, put new life and vil;or
INTO YOU aud make you feel altogether ike u
new man. The effect of Pc-ru.nR in this re.
spect Is wonderful, and Is manifested by no
other medicine. Az u stomach Medicine and
Tonic IL has no equal, aud needs only 10 bo
tried 10 prove Its efficiency. For record OF
what Ie'ru.na can do for Ills peculiar to La.
dies, send for DIR. HSrtman's "llls of Iifc' -
sent free by the Pcruna Medicine Company,
Columbus, Ohio. To keep the Liver. Kianuyd
anu Bowels regulated, MRu.R-lin should be
taken ht the saine time. ~ u b tile.
l,,..,,, il. N..,.,,, H.. ,,.,,t Iii ....
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22

Ever since 1861 there have been women trnors
each pcdr) who claim that there u no soap half
ns good or as economical as DoUbins's Electric,
There must he some truth in their claim. Try
IL, see how much. Your grocer has IL.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22
LITERARY NOTES.

Among tho papers for young people ths.
deserve the success. they have attained the
Youths Co rpdnion, takes il place in the
highest rank. Perry Mason, & Co., Boston,
puhltahpra
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22

An electric motor has been applied to run
ming brushes used in grooming horses
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22

DIR. Piercc's Pellets, one dose. euro head
aohe, constipation aud IndigestIon.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22

A pipe line to convey spa water from Sar-
atoga TO New York CT y is the latest pro
icCt
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22

The royal grant debate has gone all to
pieces. BY the way, they are guinea
pieces.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22

Massachusetts, in November next will give
the Australian vCtIg system trial.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22
DOWN TO DEATH.
.xpRrss JUMPS THE TRACK.

.,rrxrSo FROM A REUNION MEK'
|fRAe' ss,aurruL AccrpENr.-THnEE
VIE a,,,rp rnrKrY-SrSE INJURED
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22

This is the ago of wonders, and the average
American citizen Is no longer surprised at any
tion, however, just write to B f.. johnson A.
Co.. 1909 Main 81, Richmund, Va and hear
what they have got to say of the success Of
some Of their agents. They have got the goods
consult their own Interests by apply ing 10
them.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22

pocket match-snfe free to smokers OF
"ransilrs Punch" BE-. Cigar.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22

The town of Lee, Me-, has neither lawyer
doctor nor minister.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-08
An Evening With De Quincy

The De Quinceys had lived some
time in the Lake District of England,
and naturally the conversation turn
ed upon the famous poets, about
whom the young ladies were quite as
enthusiastic as myself. For a long
time we had been discussing Words
worth, Coleridge, and all the rest,
when there glided noiselessly into the
room, like a shadow, a little weird
looking old man, saffron-colored, with
unkempt hair, dirty collar, long snuff
brown coat, feet sliding around IN
large India-rubber galoches, and ex-
tended to me a wee, fieshless hand,
more like bird-claw than ''the pre-
hensile organ of mans supremacy"
The daughters seated him tenderly in
one corner of large arm chair where
he sank almost out of sight. A few
formal inquiries were made about men
and things in America, beyond which
there was little conversation. He
spoke especially of Mr.. Fields, very
lovingly, for sending him portion of
the profits on the reprint of his books
by the house of Ticknor & Fields, at
a time when he sorely needed money.
He soon settled down into dreamy,
half-waking doze, when conversation
with the bright, agreeable young la
dies, about the Lake Poets, was glad
ly resumed.
At the close of the dinner the Ia
dies retired to the drawing-room, ac-
eording to the stereotyped British
custom, leaving De Quincy and N.Y.
self alone. We drank glass of wine
together and he discoursed a short
time in languid manner, mostly
about the unlovely character of the
Scotch. Excusing himself, he took
from his vest pocket a pill of opium
as large as small hickory nut and
swallowed it. Soon his large head
began to waver on his small neck and
he laid it down on his thin arms fold
ed over the corner of the table. On
his invitation, was glad to escape to
the young ladies above 1t had been
publicly announced some time before
that De Quincy had quit opium eat
ing, therefore l respected hospitality,
and did not mention my experience till
long after his death.
In the drawing-room we returned
to our beloved Lake Poets with re-
newed zest. Time passed rapidly,
and I was about to take my leave
when again the little weird old man
glided noiselessly into the room.
Again the daughters slowed him away
in one corner of the large armchair.
He soon dozed, and we went on with
our romantic talk. Soon. however,
the withered divinity showed signs of
awakening, when one of the young
ladies remarked that her father imi
tated the voice of Mr.. W ordsworth SO
perfectly that intimate friends. of
both in the next room, or out of sight,
could not tell which was reading.
Thereupon she took from shelf a
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-08

There is no better preventive of
nervous exhaustion than regular, I'M
hurried, muscular exercise. IF we
could moderate our hurry, lessen our
worry and increase our open air eXer
else, large portion of nervous dis
eases would be abolished. For those
who can not get q sufficient holiday,
the best substitute is day in bed.
Many whose nerves are constantly
strained in their daily vocation have
discovered this for themselves. A
Spanish merchant in Barcelona told
his medical man that he always went
to bed for two or three days whenever
he could be spared from his business,
and he laughed at those who spent
their holidays on toilsome mountains.
One of the hardest worked women in
England, who has for many years
conducted large wholesale business,
retains excellent nerve at an advanc-
ed age, owing, it is believed, to her
habit of taking one day in a week in
bed. If we can not avoid frequent
agitations, we ought, if possible, to
give the nervous system time to re-
cover itself between the shocks. Even
an hours seclusion after good lunch
will deprive hurried, anxious day
of much of its injury. The nerves
caa often be overcome by strate-
gem when they refuse to be controlled
by strength of will.