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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

MARK TwAlNs income is SSo, 600 year.
SENATOR FARwELL began life MS II sur
Scyur
CORNELIUS VANpERHuT began life as n
farmer.
ions BRIGHT bcqucathcd $l3o,9!o 10 his
,hldryn
L. r. BARNuN earned hi, first money ns n
bartender
PRINCE GEORGE of Greece has joined tho
French navy.
EARL GRANVILLE, the British statesman
Is sevorty-threc
TSUI Kwo YIN is the name of the new
Minister from China 10 the United States,
TdEopogE ROOSEVELT, the new Civil
Service Commissioner, is thirty-two years
old.
SIR JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE, the new British
Minister, says his name is pronounced
"Pantsfut"
EX-PREsIDENT RUTHERFoRD B. HAYES
has been giving u course of lectures at Ober
lin College, Ohio.
KING ALEXANDER l., of Scrvih, though
only thirteen years old, speaks French, Ger.
man and Russian.
GOVERNOR FORAKER has received s6.2s
from an accident insurance company for the
loss of his toe-nal
'fNikAis JbHN y. blAth, tA-'bHlilil~
SiOner of Pensions is To reside in Chicago
and open Il law office there
JOHN BAY LYNCH, the new fourth Auditor
of the United States Treasury, is Louisiana
mulatto, but he was born free.
The baby King of Spain is going to the
Paris Exposition in June. He will be the
youngest Monarch who ever visited that city
THE Countess Crosy, of the old nobility of
Austria has gone ON the road with her circus
troupe She will take it to Paris before the
exposition closes
WILLIAM BLACK, the author Of Macleod
of Dare screen Pastures and Piccadilly,"
and many other fine novels, has n larger in
come than any living English novelist
PosTMAsTER-GE WANAMAKER pays
tax upon an annual business of more than
Sl00O0,0O0, and pays a tax to the city Of
Philadelphia of nearly 10000 year upon
real estate.
PRESIDENT CARNoT asked To be presented
TO Perry Belmont in Paris few days ago.
He remarked that Mr.. Belmont was one OF
the very few men In the world who had re
fused the Legion of Honor,
1T is not generally known that Chauncey
NJ. Depew had a narrow escape from becom
ing American Minister 10 Japan twenty-thret
years ago. He was offered the mission by
Secretary Seward in 1866 and debated over
accepting it for whole month, when he sent
in refusal 10 the Secretary.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13
The City Wiped OutI

The business portion OF s attic, the largest
city in Washington Territory, is in ashes,
Every bank. hotel and place of amusement,
all the leading busines, houses all newspa>
per offices, railroad depots, miles Of steam+
boats wharves, coal bunkers, freight wares
houses and telegraph offices burnel. The
fire began near tho corner OF Front aud
Pearl streets in the Seattle candy~factory
building ot 2:3D p. M, and before midnight
it had consumed tho whole OF the business
section Of the city northward TO Stetson 81
Posts mill, along Front aud Second to the
water front, Involving a loss of over s5,00O,>
900. The city is literally wiped out, except
the residence portion on high ground.
1t is now es mated that th, total loss by
the fire, in buildings alone, is so 0O0, ,OOO and
including all personal losses will probably
reach s2O,OOp,OOO.
It is thought many persons perishei in the
flames. Giant powder was used to blow UP
building in hope of staying the progress Of
the n ines, but TO no effect.
Tho entire business portion OF Seattle Is
now nothing but smoking runs. About 3
o'clock Friday afternoon some turpentue
caught fire in the basement of n two,s'ory
frame building on the southwest corner OF
Front and MaJison streets.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13
THE MENTAL STRAIN.
Many Persons who Escaped tho Flood and
Flames Now stricken with Brain Fever.

JoBSsTowN, PA, June 2.-The intense
excitement OF the past forty eight hours has
proved too much for many OF the sufferers
who escaped death in the flood. Many cases
Of nervous prostration, some of q very
serious nature, have been reported TO the at
tending physicians tonight Brain fever has
developed In halt dozen instances, while
some are threatened with pneumonia and
kindred ills. Mrs. John Connolly, of Nor.
rellsville, who lost her husband and three
children, Is very low and her chances OF re-
covery are mesger. A number OF little chill
dren who suffered from exposure are not ex-
pected to live. These, together with those
who are wounded beyond recovery, are ex-
pected TO swell the rate at least 100 more.
The devastation Is far reaching. as 1t was
learned tonight that between 100 and 200
persons who resided In the six-inile- long gap
between South Fork and Woodvale have
fallen victims TO the fury Of the delugc.
Scarcely a building has been left standing
aloug this entire route. The loss In property
has been simply terrible, and what makes
II more 20 Is the uncertainty OF recovering
one dollar Of insurance. A number OF
buildings IL is true, was burned up, but that
was In the bridge conhagration after the
/ other element against which there was no
Insurance had almost completely ruined
the structure. Many workmen who bad
invested the savings for n lifetime in real
estate can now scarcely designate the sites OF
their homes. The buildings have gone; all
their household goods aud wearing
apparel are lost. Scores who were
/ in comfortable circumstances on last
( Memorial Day do not own the clothing they
wear The safes In the banking establish
ments Of Johnstown remain intact, but
q thousands OF dollars In money and large
quantities of valuable jewelry were swept
| down the river.
The police reported at IL o'clock that q
| numbe of well-dressed but suspicious look
ing strangers are wandering through the
| ruins. They are supposed to be professional
! crooks and close watch is being kept on
| them. Late tonight man was
: caught trying to break into q private
4 residence in Prospect, hamlet on
! the hillside. When discovered he ran to-
ward the river, followed by n large crowd
! bent on summary vengeance. The burglar
escaped in the darkness
Mrs. David Lewis, of Sheridan station,
| who was in the water for three hours on Fri
day before being rescued, died tonight from
exhaustion.
The question of rebuilding is now being
discussed. 1t is generally conceded that
| property in the fiat has greatly fallen in
value. and il an effort at rebuilding is made
the hill lots will get the preference.
| j. Twenty-Five officers from Pittsburgh aud
ten policemen from Allegheny have been
sworn in as special deputies.
Gen. Hastings told me to- night that he
would not order out the Fourteenth Regi-
ment. Since then a rumor has reached here
that the command named is now at Sang
| Hollow, 81 miles away, aud that 10 10
coming here in the morning.
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Laying Tracks b. Machinery.

An invention which promises to rcvo-
lutionilc the present method of railroad
construction was put to II practical test re-
Gently on the Green River branch of the
Northern Pacific Railroad in Washington
Territory. George Roberts is the invcn-
tor, and the trial of the new machine was
made i'm the presence of the eupcrintcn.
dent of construction, the chief engineer
and about 300 railroad men. The ma.
chine worked beyond the expectations Of
the inventor and to his entire satisfaction,
the men laying at the rate of two and %
half miles of track per day, and twelve
men doing the work of Scycnty-fvc by
the old way. II handles ties aud rails Of
the heaviest kind-uscd in constructing
mountain roads-with the greatest ease,
placing them rapidly and accurately in
position. The machine is So constructed
that it can be used on any ordinary Hat
car. All construction material is moved
on rollers from the rear To the front,
where the machine takes up the rails and
the ties, laying them very rapidly.
Where the test was made the grade was
steep and difficult. The great success at
tending the trial has caused the Northern
Pacific to secure the refusal of the first
machine, and the inventor is now arang-
ing for building two more machines to
cost Sl20O, and the inventor receives u
royalty of $50 per mile, -EHginoa'iHgand
Mining Journal.
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BUSIN ESS.
Ruin TO Some VIII Bring Prosperity
to Many Others

r. @. Dun g. Co.'s weekly revisw oftrade
says: Tho calamity at Johnstowu
has touched all he arts, and seriously inter
rupted business at many points. Other dis.
asters by Il od in Pennsylvania, Maryland,
New York aud tho Virginias have involved
enormous loss OF property, interrupted traffic
even more than tho blizzard of last year, and
entirely changed the situiton in the
Il .stera lumber trade, the coal.
iron and steel trades Producing
companies OF the first impor ,ancs have sud
denly ceased operations, and their orders
must b, filled by others or delayed. The
flooding OF many coal mines cuts Off supplies
of fuel for m my manufacturing works, aud
tho stoppage of the Cambria mil AMI fur
naces, which produced yearly over 30O, 900
tons OF iron in various I rms, will affect
the trade for some time The des ruction Of
more than forty bridges, about half of them
on the Pennsylvania Riilroa !, besides m,
locomotives, C irs aud miles OF track, creates
sudden dem md which is felt In all iron
aud steel markets. Vast quantities OF lumber
have beon swept away, and thous nis Of
house, and other buildings must bs quickly
replaced. with vast quantity of supplies
and stores.
II is imr oSsib,c as yet 10 estimate the effects
in various branches OF trade, hut the demand
Tor many kin Is OF / on and steel products is
already felt in a firmer tode aud advancing
prices. Pig lro,. however, dos no. change
as yet, tho produ ,tioi prsvi )us t. the dis ;.
ter having boen much in exc 81 OF c,nmmp-
tion, AMI while some producing capacity Is
cut of quit rs much OF the consuming ca
picty is also stopped by the destruction OF
manufacturing establishments, o. their C,
sltion for lack OF fuel The Southern sales Of
| pig have heen heavy at former prices, but
j,O0j TO of rails havo been sol |, AMI the
price il iirncr at S!5, while structural, plate,
tank and bar iron are stron ,or, aud an ad
vance is looted Tor in nails.
Transactions IN anthracite coal having heon
| limited, at the late advance, but the tone is
stronger. Many soft coal mines are cut for
tho present, aud tho movement from the
Pittsburgh district is interrupted by lack o;
boats.
Wheat and oil have been lower, but In
other speculative markets this general tend
ency has be,n toward higher prices.
! The reports from the interior show a fair
volume Of trade in progress, eHcep. whore dis
nsters have interrupted
At Philadelphia rec 'ipts OF wool are cut of,
but II Is felt that the growers are asking
more than manufacturers can pay, and signs
OF reaction in their d mand are observed in
some quarters.
The white lead trust appears 70 have | cen
completed by the purchass Of two St L1ui.
! concerns
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The Weather Crop Bulletin.

The weather crop bulletin for the week
ending Saturday, June 8, says, The week
was generally favorable for all crops IA the
upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys, and
the corn is rapidly recovering from tn,
effects OF the recsnt frost, considerable be.
ing replanied. More rain is needed in Moths
ern Minnesota and Dakota. In the States
In the Ohio Valley, conditio 0
favored wheat, oats, grass and
tobacco; but the we thsr was too cold aud
wetfor corn. In Kentucky and Tennessee
the weather has improved ths tobacco crop
much more than was anticipated, but previ.
Gus injury will doubtless prevent full crop.
In Texas all crops were bsn Atel exc pit
ing cotton, the growth Of which was retari>
ed by cool weather. Recent rains aud fresh>
cts in the Middle States and North Carolina
have greatly damaged growing crops, On
In loc ilities escaping the freshets tho wealth,
or was 30 cool as to prove injurous
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13
Ruins of the bay lsypro..

A gang OF worknel have Dcated tho Day
Express which was swept away at Cone-
naugh. The ruins Of the train lie about
100 feet from the fourth buttrtss from III,
western end osthe stone bridge. Parts of the
oarlor cars have bson found, rs well as ira %
,es OF the p ssengers The baggage Of Miss
Ami. Chsm, Of Nashville, Tenu., was found.
She was missionary, on her way to Brazil
or the Women's Foreign Missionary Soci-
.ty OF the Metho list Church.
Among her effec was the Bible, and IN it
was "A message to be filed at t))n,, a1d
,idressei TO the Mcthodi,t Concern at No.
90 East Tenth street, New York, au ounc
ing that she was on the train. Her watch
some money and Greek I, stament were
also found.
1t is evident that many lives wer5 lost on
hi train, more than n, first supposed. The
whole trtil affair /, still mystery, at lolst
hopasSen gers have 81 far no, boon found or
cated. 1ho boly Of nicely dressed lady
was found viii IN was 50 much decomp).ed
hat it could not be lenlii Il, The effects Of
Miss Chism were mt TO Alt oOna.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13
Facts About Lamps.

Oil has been burned in lamps for many
centuries, but no real improvement in oil
lamps was made until about 100 years ago,
or about 1888, when NJ. Argand, IA Swiss,
who lived in London, invented the
cylindrical wick and burner, which has
since borne his name. Soon after the
glass chimney was introduced and light
ing oil was fully revolutioni2ed.
These two improvements multiplied the
light to be obtained from lamp, and by
producing II perfect combustion of the
oil obviatcd the smoke and bad odors
previously inseparable from the use of oil
lamps. Other improvements followed,
one of the most notable being the placing
Of the reservoir of oil below the burner
instead of above, making the lamp much
more convenient. This was discovery
of Philip Girarde, a Frenchman, about
1907.
Another Frcnchman, Carcel con-
rived II mechanism to regulate the supply
Of oil, but his contrivance was super
:eded by the moderator lamp, introduced
about sixty years ago. Some further
notifications of lamps followed the dis
,overy Of petroleum, but these are the
principal features included in the lamps
of the present day, the Argand principle
being substantially unchanged. - Good
Housekeeping.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

HENRY +. DIxEY has shelved "Adonisn
"PISAFoREn has been revived in Boston.
BUFFALO BILL has captured the porisi,ns
ups T,vcruv ho, Ia a,I,,,,,,..., 80,
49,. .'' So,i @ all .'er SeeIery ana
r., .rnor,. q, e,,,o.s,,
z>nhVLl 80, a quoteu as pelhS the rich
-. si'sei oi 'io Aiheric"l stage
QUEEN mARGUERIrE, OF Italy, is one of
;he best Nioloncello players OF the day.
LYDIA THOMPSON, the English burlesquer
ost money on her late American tour.
LOUIS JAMES has decided TO add Orchard
ILL.," 10 his repertoire for next season.
BoorH .Np BARRrrr have concolod ali ~
sagements. and Modieska will mi th.i,
Pacific coast dates.
S,nyop Noy,n, ,ho ,,..u,
,ns 49,, a,,o,,a ~, ,no mvl,-hliomn paSso,
arat;n us d, ~ Iip,i.I at., uuIlng her
,pe'"''' 'ou' III '"0 o''i'eu states next WIN
s,xcp Ii,tlo Els,o 7 osI;o ,,,.,. .,, -.
,,c,oss l., ~ It'll "a Ea,',,,," sucn sreaI
~ nbi11 oo,ar' Ses bao,,'a'. 'y tne crop
iaa5 .,ii'N az WI nus '''o''o very iarBe' h-
''eu
ETELKA GERsTER, the once famous prima
ionna, now lives secluded from the world in
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13
The Health Bulletin,

The following bulletin has been issue by
the State Board o' Health and sp,,ks for
itself. II was posted in every c,uspicu ,us
place about the town. Tho encour lging
words OF DR. Grofr will do much toward, ~,
lieving the anxiety OF the ma " th,u,a id, Il
survivors and wo-kingm,n In tn, s'rickc /
vail y who have feared the outbreak of al
epidemic. For this reason many Of the II
have deserted the town Moro ara constantly
arriving however. Thelu inr,ts
Health Bulletin-Thc general cDniitipn of
health in Juhnstown and vic nifty is cxc,l>
lent. No epidemic di,ass OF any kinI pre>
walls, nor is II cNpsctcd that any vii ari 90.
Tho whole region has been divide into co j.
v,nient distr.c aud ca h placed under "A
q mp stent Iniiariln. Tbs State Bbnrl OF
Health Is prepiredto m,et all cmbrgcn,tc. as
they arise. The AIR Is wholcs lme AN the
water generally plrc. Tho good people OF
the devastated Gi,orict will 20 - ., ~ they
have 50 10 jly dJie for tho past we,k. in
their efforts to c,ean up the wr, X tge, an |
good health will cor.ailiy hn m ultdi'l
GEO &. GHlFF
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13
=. MEASURES OF RELIEF.
-.ord,nsry Responses to the APP
neal for Help.

u.d,ssd,y Pitt .burgh had coitri-
p~ c,.b nearly, or little above s'lo.-
,,bou, countiug the Thousands OF dol
III ot goods donatel. Owi'g to the
Mr. Thompson has been un'ole to pre-
.onnlete statement, but the Il .ur' 9
.h IN the neighborhood of sl,OOO,OOO
~ .hs country at large for this suffer-
Rulklcy, OF Connecticut, telegraph
arrropriation OF s95, coo by the State
{',.,nre Notice was also received that
~ h,d been raised at Newport, KY;
{ra ,rom Rockville, Tom $1,000 from
u.hrao Benevolent Society, OF Los An
c.l aud $1,000 from the Mayor OF
snsc,aiy, N. Y. Mayor Root, of Hart
.,rds sass " Of an unexpendel balance
[ ,.ro,r contribution for the sufferers OF
y a. eood as the first eustallment from
tiord
covernor has thus far secured about
mo for the relief Of the flood suffers.
total amount received Tuesday by
or Gran. aud the committee appointe
i'm for the relief OF the Johustowh suf-
IA so!.qj7 C2; received Monday $22,
qr,nd total, sll4,9oi %.
,u,on. Ohio, after hasty canvass OF the
has secured So 900 for the Johnstown
.rr.. This amount, with two carloads
Ilohing, provisions, etc, is Can,on's con-
ution.
.v York's aggregate OF Il hbol subscrip-
rrporte in Ass ciatel Pres disp tches
various sections, is s57l,O0). The og'
alto reported Monday night was $780,
ie,co purposes sending substl"da' hslp
10 J5bnstown sufferers The committee
lei over by Mayor CreIier, hopes and
.r,s 70 raise at least 5000
ubenyile. Omc, has sent in $500, ant
lei carload Of provii'ns aud clothing
,pver. Col, has sent s. 90 ior Johns
10 Geo. W. Childs in Philadelphia.
,yGsrowN. o Tho call issue by Mayor
gomery for relicfto the Johnst,wn sulf.
has been literally responde 70 by the
ens, - 900 in cash has been raissi, be-
two car loads Of provisions and clothing :.
SctyNArL The amount subscrioel on
ng for the be ell OF fennsylvr /,
suffers $. htsrsachs a tosil OF Sl2,0W
meeting OF ciliz,ns OF Covingtoi !, ky.
was subscribed in n few minutes.
NBRlDGE, O.-Citizsns meetings were
here iu tleinterest Of the Johnstown sui,
they resulted in contribution
hitting to 500 ish.
rIsvlLLE. KY.-At meeting at tn,
d OF Trade of bui iess men, sl.1I9 wa
bribed for the Pennsylvania foo suff,r
IcHEsTER, PA.-The citizens OF this plqc
rais d 81, So in cash for the JohnstJwi
sulferela
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Food well mesticated is virtually haf
digested.
Color-blindness seems to be developed
by civilization.
Street railway road sweepers, TO be run
by electricity, are being constructed by
the electric companies.
The great want is a storage battery that
has good life high efficiency, light
| weight, and easy 20 handle.
Pepper has no food value. II is anun.
wholesome condimcnt It's excessive use
is often followed by hemorrhoids
When food is perfectly digested and
| assimilatcd there is no fermentation or
iatulencc in the digestive organs.
A Maine scientist, as the result of
series of experiments reports that man
can live for an indefinite period on parched
peas and spring water.
The more saliva sccrcted the more gas.
trio juice sccrcted. Hence the better the
| digestion. The necessity of chewing the
food well is thus apparent.
An exceedingly sensitive electric bell
has lately been introduced which will
ring through quarter of mile of wiro
when only one Lcclanchc cell is used.
Amateur photographers are rejoicing
over the new developing agent, hydro
| quinonc, which is neither patented nor
| poisonous, and comes in ColorlcsS CRYSTALS,
! easily soluble in water.
The manufacture Of artificial coffee from
| burnt flour or meal is carried ON in CO.
! lognc, Germany The artificial beans are
made in specially devised machines. and
resemble closely in appearance the natural
ones.
Wool is distinguished from cotton LAX
and hemp 10y dipping the sample in
| boiling solution Of caustic soda Let il
remain for two hours at u steady boil, and
nll the wool will bc dissolved, leaving the
vegetable substance unchanged
A botanist and chemist Of rcr'in
have given two years to an investigation
| Of the wood of the beech, cutting up in
the course of their work more than 100
trees of all ages. An account of the re-
suits forms large book of 23S pages
The value of dried potatoes rs nm art.
Gle of food is urged 10y DR.. Jakov VI.
Shmulcyitch. Among the advantages
claimed is that it keeps much better than
the fresh potatoes, and, being far lighter
and less bulky, is more readily trans.
ported Before cooking, the dried potato
is maccratcd in water for ten or twelve
hours.
II was not many years ago that the cot
wood tree was considered useless for
the purposes of lumber. To-day it is
crowding white pine out of the market
for certain purposes and large fortunes
are being made all along the Mississippi
! River oGt of this wood which was once
dcspiscd as much in that field as gar
fish always has been among fishermen, !
lfa ladlc Of iron is accidentally spilled
it will of course almost inevitably do some
damage or injurc some one. But the
chances for the man getting AWAY from it
ere fairly good unless water is cncoun-
tered, when there is Immediately such q
violent explosion and scattering of hot
metal that there is very little chance for
the escape of any one without injury. A
combination of melted iron and water is
as dangerous rs gunpowder, and iron.
workers should always take pains to pre-
vent such combination being possible.
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The strikes in Bohemia arc sprea ling
rapid y. Over 700 men have struck work
At Pilsen and their attitude is extremely
nenacng.
Letters from missionaries report that tho
Madhist fanatics have slaughteroi thousands
of native Christians ia Western Abyssinia,
aud sold thousands OF 9th rs into slavery.
The mutilatei corps, OF John Hollihan,
son OF n pr minent cltiz,n of Birmingham,
Ala, was found Saturday at the b)ttom Of "A
well on neighbours premises. The p )lice
have no clue.
At Wheeling Saturday six>yoar-oll son
OF Fred Mclaughlin ato some cabbage on
which par green had been put for worms,
aud though medical aid was soon summoned
he diel IN the evening.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13
How TO Tell Her Age.

Girls of a marriageable age do not
like to tell how old they are, but You
can find out by following the subjoined
instructions, the young lady doing the
figuring; Tell her to put down the
number Of the month in W h she was
born, then to multiply it by ., then to
add 8, then to multiply it 10y 80, then
to add her age, then to subtract 365,
then to add 115, then tell her TO tell
you the amount she has left. The two
figures to the right will tell you her
age and the remainder the month of
her birth. For example, the amount
is 800, she is twenty-five years old and
was born in the eighth month august.
Try it.-Reading Telegram.