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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-01
THE NATIONAL GAME.

Hr. Louis has signed Catcher Gunson.
EwINd. OF Cleveland, leads the League In
base running.
BuRKE, Of the New Yorks, leads his club
IN base running.
ASsoN, Chicago's Captain, has been twenty
five years In harness.
THE New Yorks lost eleven out of the
twelve games they played away from home.
CARuTHEns and Darby, young pitcher
from Philadelphia have been released 10y
Cincinnati.
CLEVELAND has strong hopes that little
more practice will make Hastings one of tho
leading pitchers OF the League.
CARTER. Of Yale. has tho "strike-out"
record for the season. He retired sixteen
Princeton batsmen. He has struck out 1877
men already this season.
The best base running nine in the League
would be Doyle, catcher; Stratton. pitcher
Beckley, Ward and Latham. basemen ;
Dahlen: shortstop Brown, Hamilton and
Ewing in the field.
TIERNAS. of New York. is making quite n
record as home run batter, he having
made four in three games His batting
record In those three games was seven hits,
with total OF nineteen.
No matter how strong the pitcher, most OF
them feel the disadvantages OF the new rules
the game. The large number OF games being
lost or won in one inning shows this.
OSE OF the greatest dangers to ball players
Is IN sliding to the home plate. where tine
catchers are allowed TO deliberately block
the runner of. The base runner should be
entitled to n chance to reach the base.
THE old timers this year dating service
back 10 1883 are Bennett. B-outhers. Daley.
Richardson, Stoyey. Strickcr. Ewing. Arson.
Mullane. Comiskey. McPhee Latham. Keefe.
Clements. Thompson, Connor. Ward. Kelly,
Pieifer. Welch, Glasscock, Larkin, Radford,
O'Rourke and Wise.
AT Brooklyn 1924 persons paid for admis-
sion to the Sunday game played between the
New lorks and Brooklyns for the benefit OF
Darby O'Brien, the player who is i'll with
consumption. More than $1,000 will go to
O'Brien. The Brooklyns won by thirteen TO
seven. The clubs exchanged batteries.
CAPTAIN TEBEAU is well pleased with new
Cleveland catcher. Boyd. lie is IL marvel
ously speedy and accurate thrower. and
backs up pitcher with nerve and certainty
that give confidence not only to the pitcher
but TO all the nine. This gives Tcbeau plenty
OF catchers for almost any contingency in
thinner, Ewing, OConnor and Boyd.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-01
IrIcked BY the Jolly Tars.

A pretty good story is told Of the
way III which the officers of n certain
sloop-of-war of the North Atlantic
squadron succeeded in getting their
ships slow and antiquated steam
launch replaced by one of later and
more fashionable type. 1t happened
that the vessel hauled into u navyyard
for its periodical repairs While there
the launch was loudly complained of
as too heavy and unwieldly for sloop-
of-war to carry, and u careful weigh
ing by the yard authorities verified the
complaint. Thereupon n new and swift
little craft which cost Uncle Sam ever
so many hundreds of dollars was sub.
stituted, and the sloop-ofwar steamed
exultantly away. But when the old
launch was sent to the boat shop for
overhauling the workmcn found snug
ly slowed away out of sight along the
keelson nearly thousand pounds of
supertluous ballast iron. The nppnr-
emily unaccountahlc weight of the re-
lectcd boat was readily explained. -
Boston journal
Mrs. Albert Sturdcvant is the City
Wcighcr of Danbury. Conn.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-01
NEwsY GLEANINGs.

JERUSALEM reports q real estate boom.
OxAHA, Neb., is to have a school for Ere
men.
Locusrs are ravaging the Province OF Sara
toc, Russia.
nese exclusion act.
CABLE cars have started running on Broad
way, New York City.
about New York City.
GEoRaIA's yield OF watermelons this year
will amount to $4,000 acres.
The first steamboat from Galveston via
Trinity River has arrived at Dallas. Texas.
THERE Is not n single country in Europe
actually without interior or external turmoil
spArS and Portugal have financial crises
which are leading them surely and quickly
10 bankruptcy.
The boy King OF servia Is to have his like
ness in a generals uniform on Servia's new
postage stamp.
BoHEMiASs placed n bangman's rope round
the statue OF the Austrian Emperor, Fran
els l. at Prague.
THE severe storms OF the winter have con-
eiderably damaged the battle monument at
Bennington. w.
A POLISH paper declares that the Gar OF
Russia Is Ill and that rumor says he is suffer
ing from cancer.
THE Southern Presbyterian Assembly nj
Macon, Ga, chose Nashville, Tenn, as the
next place OF meeting.
The fullbloods In the Choctaw country are
reported on the verge OF starvation on ac-
court OF the withholding offunds from them.
The official estimate Of the Bengal India)
wheat crops for the season just closed is AS.
249 tons, against 2i9, $50 tons in the previous
year.
INFLUENZA OF n virulent type IL spreading
rapidly in the Grand Duchy Of Baden. The
same disease In a fnilder form 10 epidemic In
various parts OF Switzerland.
THE drought I'm Germany remains un
broken. Official statistics concerning Pris.
sian crops show that the kingdom has suf
iered heavy loses. The crop is a complet,
failure.
THE reports regarding the crop Of winter
wheat In European Russia shows that in l2I
districts Il is excellent In 3O3 districts good
and In ten districts bad. Summer wheat il
the southern provinces is generally promis
ing.
The prolonged draucht continues In Swift
erland. There has been no rain since Marcl
~. Cattle are reduced to skeletons and ar,
dying 10y thousands. In consequence OF tn,
fodder famine the duty ON maze has beer
suspended
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-01

Little Peter is slow at school,
apparently bright enough everywhere
else. The other day at table his
mother alluded TO him as a back.
ward boy
The next morning In dressing he
but his JACKIE. on by accident the
wrong side before, and instead OF re.
moving II and readjusting IL, he had
his sister button IL up at the back,
and went down 10 breakfast thus.
"Why, Peter!" his mother ex.
claimed. "What do you mean by
coming down In that wayp"
-Oh," he said, Il got IL on that
way, and as you said / was a back.
ward boy ] thought maybe that was
the best way TO gol"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-01
THE LABOR WORLD.
has 100, 900 union men.

SWITZERLAND has l30. 900 union men.
OMAHA (Neb.) policemen get S2 q day.
prTTsBURo, Penn. has 500 union statesmen.
WOMEN hotel employees are 10 be organized.
BRITISH trading vessels employ Chinese
firemcn.
CHICAGO hoi carriers get SO 10 1926 for
eight hours.
SOME Boston street car hands work eight
cen hours a day.
THE Ohio State Labor Bureau has secured
situations for 3S, 500 persons.
CHICAGO machinists in n locomotive works
refuse to run two machines.
THE Lancashire (England) cotton strike
cost $4,000, 900 in wages alone.
San FRAScIsco (Cal.) union men are fined
S5 for smoking non-union cigars.
NEW YORK union trainers get a minimum
wage of forty-hve cents an hour.
ST. LOUIS clerks held a parade to celebrate
the victory for early closing OF stores.
ST. LOUIS barber makes $40 week by
working at the homes OF his customers.
ISDIASAPoLis (Ind.) plasterers want to do
their own lathing, and demand forty cents AN
| hour
CLEVELAND union bootblacks will establish
n clubhouse and the Secretary must furnish
| IA bond for SIS.
| nine hours and nine and half hours pay.
Others wish TO continue the ten hour day.
! HELENA (Montana) printers will establish
q paper. The unions Secretary will receive
| $50 year and other officers will serve with
out pay.
The X. of l.. I'm the Pittsburg district re-
| ports boom In union men and has 5000
members. At one time the organization
numbered 5000.
The Cambria Iron Company has failed In
| its attempt 20 colonize colored men from the
South at the big Johnstown plant. Carnegie
had similar experience
PRIME MINISTER GLADSTONE at Hawarden
addressed deputation OF workingmen, con
graduating them on the advances made by
the labor party In England.
TIE Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers
was formed In 1863 with @ dozen members.
To-day there are SIG divisions with $4,000
| men, and 1000, 900 has been paid In insur-
Anoe the past twenty-five years.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-01
German
Syrup

NY acquaintance with Boschee's
German Syrupwas made about four
teen years ago. | contracted a cold
which resulted in hoarseness and
cough which disabled me from fill
ing my pulpit for a number Of Sab
baths. After trying a physician,
without obtaining relief l saw the
advertisement of your remedy and
obtained bottle. received quick
and permanent help. | never hesi-
tate to tell my experience. Rev. w.
II. Haggerty, Martinsville, N. J. o.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-01

II is said ,ha, for the pieces farmor
in the Splitter collection the most
wonderful srmor in the world Herr
Splitter had frequently refused 81 $50,
600
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-01

The largest church in the world is
st. Peters, in Rome; the smallest, n
church ten feet square, in the Isle OF
Man.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-01
-. r,.o a.. sys.e~

ually yet gently, when costive or bilious
,p the blood /. impure or slussish.to to per
ptly cure habitusl constipsticn. to awsk-
tidneys and liver TO healthy activity,
but Irritating or weakening them. to dis
k,edsohe-. colds or fevers, use syrup OF
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-01

J. c. Simpson Marques. W. Va, saws
| " Halls Catarrh Cure cured me or n very bad
| case of catRrrh." Druggists sell II, 1jc.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-01

The average height OF the elephant is
feet.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-01

Tortoises have been known to live 800
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-01

Mornings fccchams Pills with drink OF
water. Becchams- others. - cents "A box
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-01

|-re are as varieties Of the common
/ fv.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-01

For Pneumonia, no other cough syrup equals
Hatch's Universal. - cents at druggists.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-01

A single tobacco plant will produce 100000
seeds.
Ifa1licted with sore eyes use DIR. Isaac Thomp-
toms Eye-water. Druggists sell &c per bottle
The Progress., 1893-07-29
Snoilcd a CAtAatrnple.

A few weeks ago, while the United
States cruiser "Philadelphia' was en-
gagged in a sham battle near Baltimore,
u cartridge exploded prematurely on
deck, severely injuring the officer in
charge; while nothing but the heroism
of young gunner's rate saved the
vessel aud all on board from dostruc-
ton. Down the iron chute leading to
the room whore powder and cartridges
are kept, fell piece of burning can
vas A single spark in contact with a
grain of powd might have touched
off the whole magazine and blown up
the ship. Everybody in the magazine
ran for she deck, with the exception
of this gunner's mate, a young man of
%. With his feet and bare hands he
extinguiShed the fire. and, when men
arrived with water, all danger was
over.
The young man was Harry Ellers
For his brave act he was raised to the
rank of gunner, decorated with a
medal and complmented by the Secrc-
tarv of the NAVY. Lives may yet be
rislIcd for the good of others
The Progress., 1893-07-29

In response to prize offered by a
New \ orll paper for the best definition
of Il gentleman, the following among
other replies were received;
"Manhoodfram
"The American gentleman is he
who lives up TO the constitional ideas
of equality, liberty, fraternity
"One who always practices the
golden rule
"o9e who is manly among men,
gentle among women
zone who regards his duties as scru-
pulously as his rights"
"A gentle man.
"A candid. courteous, ,consideratc and
courageous man"
"A male human being whose ego
tistic and altruistic tendencies are in
state of stable equilibrium.
"A man true to his loftiest ideals. at
ease with himself, and gracious
towards others"
IAN honorable man of perfect breed
ing, whose courtesy is but the flower
ing of a kindly heart
My idea of true American gee
tleman is one who respects others, re-
spects himself, loves his country, ard
defends his rel gion.'
He is Il gentleman who is gentle
without weakness, brave without
boastfulness, courageous without tira-
idity, and who strives after the ideals
of refinement aud good breeding. not
for his own sake, but from noble de-
sire TO elevate and ornament his kind. 9"
The Progress., 1893-07-29
A Helping Hand.

1t was at the mission Sunday school.
The pretty young teacher was just
giving her class of small girls a new
set of mite boxes" for the foreign
missions. One of the tiniest girls in
the class looked most distressed and
piT ed up. 1--WE just filed mite box,
teacher" Eyes, l know, dear" was
the reply, "but this is for summer, and
| want to see what little girl will save
the most pennies. See what pretty
boxes they are!' Still the child was
discontented, and closer inquiry
elected the information that Mrs
OFlaherty in our alley is going to get
a divorce, and | promised to save my
pennies to help her."
The Progress., 1893-07-29
HIS CLOTHES DIDN'T yIT.
And the Young Man Was Started on the
Road to Affiuence.

And the Young Man Was Started on the
Road To Afiuence.
A group of weil-dressed and pros
perous.lookiug business men sat about
table in a famous New York restau.
rant a few days ago, chatting on oil
sorts of topics and watching the
smoke wreaths from their cigars
float up to the frescoed ceiling Ihs
conversation drifted after time into
tales of business successes, and the
oldest and most imposing member Of
the party did his share by telling the
following story;
Il owe my present prosperity,' 10
began, "to. the fact that when wa
q lanky youth OF II my clothes dla
not fit me. To be more explicit was
at that time in dreadfully hard LUCK
My people were dead. l hadn't !.
friend to. whom / could turn l nM
lost my six-dollar-a-week situa'lVl
and was half starved. and my one su'
"a cheap John affair-had snrun.
until the lower edge of the waistc0"
and the band OF the trousers We"
absolutely divorced.
"One Sunday morning In Dccem"'
l was trudging along Fifth aYenus'
principally because my room vs
even more comfortless than the siusu,
streets, and / remember how raii's
at everybody and everything. I've
passionately fond OF music and ss.'
into the first church | came =.
traeted solely--I must coniess-g
the thought OF the warmth ana ~''
Ody | would enjoy within. a..
81 was too bashful to sit while ".
congregation stood, and there'".
rose every time and as my wais0Os'
ar trousers displayed a wide zOns~ Y
shirt front, l was forced TO lean ~ y.
ward in n most devout manner sii ~
time. a..
"As turned to go ont at the clv'' ..
OF the service an old gentleman
hind me slipped card into my n'I. !.
and said: i like to see reverencs :
young man. You look as II ~
were having a hard time OF IT, Oor, !.
to SEQ me tomorrow and may
able to help you as
Il went and got a good oe,- =,
his Office, and from that workee -
self up to comparative wealth e
isn't to,'
The Progress., 1893-07-29
Good Feeling at Cettysburr,

Major William \. Wallace is fun of
anecdotes of the celebrations and dedica-
tions at Gettysburg When the blue
and gray" reunion was held there, but
tons were at premium. After the first
day one couldn't tell which was John
ny" and which was "Yank." They ex-
changed buttons. badges and in some
instances whole uniforms. SO it was
that former foes were so intermingled
that no one knew exactly where he was
at" Major Wallace started out one
night in quest of "A Confederate badge,
but could not find one excepting on the
breast Of Union veteran. He gave mp
the quest and made up his mind TO rest
content with button. Finally he found
"reb" and begged the gift. The sol
dier from the south smiled audibly and
said: Look at me, Yank. haven't got
button on my person. am skewered
and a walking paper of pins. II | get
home with ny clothes on, shall be
playing in luck. but You can have one Of
my shoe strings if ye like. Albany Ar.
gus.
The Progress., 1893-07-29
Rams Horns for Boys.

There are people who can swear
without saying a word.
Sin is not only Gods enemy, but
every souls enemy.
All who try to make others happy
get paid for it in Heavens money.
Selfshness always drags down.
The only real good is the good of
all.
Life is not worth living unless we
live it for somebody else.
Money lost can be recovered, but
time lost is gone foissser.
Whatever God does means some
thing for our good and his glory.
The best investment any man can
make 10 to give as God expects him to.
The Progress., 1893-07-29
Condensed Wisdom.

Think that to- day shall never dawn
again.-Dante.
What ] believe. that l become. .-
Phillips Brooks.
Flowers are the smiles of God good
ness. ss.-Wilberforce.
Perfect love is a kind of wandering
out of ourselves, a voluntary death. -
ScougaL.
In a divided church we see the
energy which was meant to subdue the
world preying upon itself. H. New
man.
Quietness under ones roof and quiet
ness in our own conscience are two
substantial blessings, which, who
ever barters for show or pomp, will
find himself a loser by the exchange.
Seed.
Nothing is impossible to a man who
can will. This is the only law of sue
The Progress., 1893-07-29
4 ENr WITNESS
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Doe "'""'''' I''' jUa. finished ..
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"'"'" n'' 'n ''' .'''"'ng compar.
m'H. WIN I'n I''b mp as il b.
'""'' '''l q r''iJ "'0'-"II II he wor.
-N".' .'"''l 'i-''" S">' The Dc,rot.
ri'' ..-,.
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"A' 'l '''.' rt In F"'|''l" Kind Of mo,
VINO E'l"" 'II'-- 'H''''INcIy
'I' '~h i Inu'n' said the grav.
"a''''i '''''' '' "''.''
nan a "'''' Ih' ''F said VIE,
"' was '"'"''- ''F .'' definition -
the W'r0 iH''I'I' r'i that's AN
RIGHT HIN' Us '.'' story replied Tia
njui'iN' person
"N 'II. 0d'' th' man. .traightos.
'u- "P' "s"'n' y''' AGO. when in,
certain ''ciIo" "' '"' "e~- the ,leep.
my cars "'r' 20 H'''''y tl"y hada
Wm'" man "n ono "' our roads iora
porter l'' was mean fellow and
h"l a way "l "'"lH'''lng around
shat "a-n p''a-'''. ii" wac COW.
ara. though ana ~ I''''' oi mua tia,
m'' nun lace L" l''- 'ne night
got on ot the 'oWn "h'r' lived and
TINS porter wa u@l.'' IMAM usuai--so
u"iy, M iac'. tNa' ] pulled gua on
hlm ana at the nl/]i' %, 1T chased
him up and down an' Kicked hin
'vom one end oi tn" c''- to the other
1here were rl@ht or '@n passengcrg
i'm the cav with m'. ard p, midnigh,
wilson the porter "ar ao"c' half drunk
aud We were ready To 20 to bed.
thcy adv 1@cd mo To watch him, as he
would probably try d" get even by
some und'rhaad'd method
laughed 1T oil ana SAID WASH { afraid.
but just the same, whlIe the porter
was dczinG lh scat lh ih@ corner,
hAcd up "a dummy 10 take my lower
berth and ! got INTO vacapt upper
M the other side OF the oar The
rcSt mUrninS ] was awakened by
some one calling Tor the porter, but
no porter answered.
%" Hos dead drunk out there in
the smoker. J said. sticking my head
through the 'Srtains.
~ guess I'll 60 aud sec. said the
inquirer. and ! got up. too
I'VE found two or three Of our
party ahead ~ rs
"llelloV said ono to me- 'did you
have any trou5ie with the porter 10
the night
The Progress., 1893-07-29
An Authority on Dante.

Mrs. Ellen NJ. Mitchell of Boston,
has made a special study of Dante,
and has delivered course of lectures
before the University of Denver and
elsewhere on this subject. She is the
author of a work called "A Study of
Philosophy" dealing chiefly with
Greek philosophy, and is one of the
little group of hegelian students Of
this country-the school of thought o.
which Prof William T. Harril b enc
Of The most prominent memberA
The Progress., 1893-07-29
Historic Houses.

II tradition may be believed, La
fayette and Washington each slept in
houses enough to furnish forth a
metropolis Fliegende Blatter tells OF
another sort OF house, which perhaps
may be found in even greater num-
bers.
Guest to hotel-keeper, who hos just
handed him his bill: Tell me, Is not
this the house where the poet Schiller
lodged for one night before he wrote
Ass play, "The Robbers?"
The Progress., 1893-07-29
Puzzling.

On a certain Western railroad, for
convenience, the locomotive is made to
push the train down to the terminus,
instead of, as on the return trip, pull
ing the train after it.
This circumstance occasioned great
bewilderment of mind to a freshly
made citizen of the place, who was of
Milesian origin.
III kin aisy understand" he OBJ
served, after watching this phenom-
enon one day, "how the injine pulls
thin cars oop, but I'm bothered in
toirely to understand howiver thin
cars pulls the injine down."
The Progress., 1893-07-29

A little girl, aged years, grown
tired of play, was unusually thought
full.
Mamma" she said, very solemnly.
I'VE Will all die some time, won't we?"
"Yes, my dear" answered the
mother.
Everybody viii die but the hack
drivers" mused the little one.
"Why, what makes you say thatT'
questioned the mother, between
amusement and wonder. 'The hack
drivers must die, too"
There will have to be somebody to
bury the folks, won't there?" o.
The Progress., 1893-07-29

lNNt- Nm LITTLE lNJlNSs
Z sn little chickens under 8 vine.
Hen stepped on one-then there was miss
Nine little chickens stnid out too lete;
Cne caught cold-tben there we're eight.
Eight little chickens left ont of eleven:
One in n water trough-theE there wer
seven
Seven little chickens in an awful fix;
Mink took one then therc wCre six.
Six little chickens before hive:
Zee stung one-then there were five.
Five little chickens on barn floor
Horse hit one thon there were four
-Four little chickens under tree
Cst wanted one--then there were three.
1hree little chickens all wet with dew;
Group took one-and left only two.
Two little chickcnS-see how they run
Here comes n hawk-Now there's ono.
One little chicken left NIL alone;
Coyote came by-and now there's none