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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-09
ALCOHOL IN SURGERY.

Mr.. Frederick Treves, the well.knowD
surgeon OF the London Hospital, In his
Manual OF Operative Surgery" has some
striking remarks on the risks attendn,
operations on the bodies OF drunkarrls. He
says: "a scarcely worse subject for an op-
GRAFTON can he foun tnan is provided by the
habitusl drunkard. The condition contra.
indicates any but the most necessary AMI
urgent procedures, such as amputation for
severe crush, herniotomy and the like The
mortality OF these operations among alco-
holics Is. it Is needless to say, enormous,
Many individuals who state that they do
not drink aud who, although perhaps never
drunk, are yet always taxing "a little stimu-
liant In the form of 'nips' and an occasional
glass are often as bal subjects for surgic Al
treatment as are the acknowledged drunk.
ards. Of the secret drinkers" continues NJ
Ireyes, "the surgeon has To De indeed aware.
In his account OF 'Calanitie, OF surgery
Sir James Paget mentions the case OF per-
son who was drunkari on tne sly, and ye5
not so much on the sly but that it was welt
known u mis- most intimate friends. His
habits were not asked after, and one of his
fingers were removed because joint disease
had spoiled IL. He diel in week or ten
days with spreading cellular inflammation,
such as was far IRON unlikely TO occur in an
habituai drunkard. Even abstinence from
alcohol for week or two before an opsr-
ntion docs not seem to greatly modify the
result" Dwelling on the Immense nport-
ance 10 an operator OF cultivatiny "a sur
gical hand" the same writer points out tuaI
"a shaky hanJ' may be developed by irrsS-
nlar modes OF living, by the moderate use OF
alcohol, and by snoSins journal OF lneu-
rety.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-09
A wARNING.

Look See yolr boy as he turns into
these ueat .a1ling places-;he liquor sa-
looms on his way from work. See him as he
turns in again at night. See him as he turns
out at midnight, stupiied, ,daz %. maddened,
ready for any crime, eager TOR violencs and
perhaps, befCre the sun rises, bearing the
II -rk OF Cain on his brow. You stand with
L.j pw.of the gallows. and YOU shud-
der YOU hear his last wo 1vNuor
bro, ht me here" What matteH -..al cry
OF a uish, My son, Ny son! Void 10
God could have died for your You helped
10 tring him there. Ycu voted To keep the
places open where he could bring his fearful
doom upon himself. You are cousenting
party. You were ore OF the signers OF his
death warrant. Christian patriots, fathers.
mothers, can't you see it, Won't you see
how this applies to you. .-Demorests Family
Magazine.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-09
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.


The devils MASTERPIECES is drunkard's
home.
Don't attempt to drown your sorrow in
drini you with tind that sorrow can swim.
In Victoria one out of every sixty of
the population is arrested for drunkenness.
Mr.. Moody secured 400 subscribers to the
pledge In one meeting recently in Dublin.
The number of all kinds OF distiIIeries
opened last year in the United States was
2iO6. '
Lady Henry Somerset has Just opened a
lodging house for men at one OF the London
dockf.
The consumption OF beer in Bavaria
reaches the enormous quantity of 300 quarts
year for each inhabitant.
On Guard, the organ of the Army Temper.
ancs Association, says that there are 1S,O29
abstainers III the British army in India.
mo member will be permitted TO drink
the white mans grog," is the pertinent regu-
lation OF the newly formed Zulu church in
Africa.
Az fLintorf. Dusseldorf, Germany, is the
olde5l inebriate asylum in Europa, founded
IN IL for the retention and protection of
relied "a prisoners whose lntemperancs led
70 their Imprisonment.
A leading chemist, Professor Gilbert
Wheeler, OF Chicago. is authority for the
otatoinonV euaI oser mas almost no nutfItive
qualities, but more frequently introduces
into the system dissase-prcduclng elements.
In the last five years the saloons In Chi.
cago have increased eighty.five per cent,
while tbs population has increased fifty pei.
cent. There is now in Chicago oas saloon
Tor every lis people, including men, women
and children. And this under high license.
Did you ever hear saloon-kesper Saying
70 "a wouia-oe customer In the shape or .
your money. You have too much liauor
now. Take your money and go buy some
bread WITH IL tor your starving wife and
childrenp
Out OF 21i1 ministers whose names were
ON tie official yearbook OF the Congrega.
tionsi Union or England and Wales there
are 2O3f abstainers. Ot the $3.50 students be-
ing trained for the ministry, or as mission
abstsiners.
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INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS RETARDED.

The industrial progress of many European
Nations is materially retarded 10y the drink.
ing habits OF wage-earners. In England,
Scotland and Ireland alone Professor Leone
Lew has estimated that the wage.earning
classes are spending S42j. 900. 600 "A year in
Intoxicating drink There has recently
been strong temperance movement in Be-
GUM, where the working population can
hardly be regarded as models of sobriety.
As the opponents of the movement insisted
that the evil had been greatly exaggerated,
manufacturer made a curious and practi-
cal experiment by way OF settling the ques-
ton so far as his own employees were con-
cerned. He marked 100 fve-franc coins
with punch and distributed them In equal
numbers among his workmen when hs paid
them their wages. AT the sams time ne re-
quested the keepers OF the saloons adjacsn
10 his works to hand over TO hun ali the
coins SO marked that came into their possess
sion Two days after more than three nun
dred OF his silver pieces were returned to
him by tho saloon-keepers Subsequent
calculation shovel that in less than two
days each workman had spont more than
half his salary at tue saloon. .--hic tgo News
Record.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-09
LATER NEWS WAITS.

President Harrison approved the car cou-
pier bill on Friday and the pen with which
he signed 1t was presented to Il. a. Mosely,
secretary of the interstate commerce com.
mission.
Mr.. W. p. Grinstead, of Bowling Green,
Ky, has provided a Savel made from an
oak grown upon the farm upon which
Abraham Lincoln was born. to be used by
Vice President Stevenson in his official
duties.
The President Friday evening affixed his
signature to the bill known as the Chandler
immigration and Contract Labor bill.
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taken lSt Cori,,4if, =. I
chapter NJ io-, q ttistleaI Associate, !
published recently in its quarterly bulIc.
tin some interesting suicide statistics
gathered in New England through a
period Of thirty years, states the New
York Times. From these statistics it is
seen that the suicidal tendency is stead.
lily increasing in the four States of Mass.
achusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
and Vermont, and that the increase
since 1860 has been at least ten per cent.
The data presented show that in Massa.
chusetts, Vermont and Rhode Island
there is very steady and consistent in.
crease in the rate per million, while in
Connecticut the increase has been sur
Irisingly out Of proportion, which, the
writer says, sis difficult to parallel in
English speaking countries" From 1850
to 1865, for example, the average mum.
Der of suicides per million in Conuecti-
cut was forty.six, while from 1880 to
1885 the average was 1913, which is far
i'll excess OF that shown by the statistics
OF the other States mentioned. The fig
ures presented 10y the association show
that the popular belief that the maxi.
mum tendency toward suicide is found
in the carrier ages is erroneous, and that,
as matter of fact, the maximum ten
dcncy for males, at least, falls between
seventy aud eighty. This result is found
to be very consistent throughout each
successive year. The same uniformity
is not found in the female sex, in which
the tendency toward suicide is more
evenly distributed all through life than
IN the male sex. April appears from
these statistics to be the most propitious
month for the suicidal msuia. There can
be no doubt that the maximum is
reached in that month, as the statistics
In all the States produce the same re-
suits as to seasonable laws. The mini.
mum number Of suicides in the New
England States is found to have oc.
Cured in the mouth of February. Hang.
ing may be said to be the most popular
method of suicide for males aud poison
for females. A glance through the sta
tistics shows that men prefer poison
next TO hanging, with "cutting the
throat" aud "frearms aud other weap.
ons" next in order. Women use poison
principally next to hanging and drown =
Nng. They also "leap from heights, a
" men seldom do.
doltzworth, who 10 - oo1sL,,n
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-09
STORMS CHECK TRADE.
The weither An Important Factor IN
Business the Past Week. What the
Bank C1earinRs Show.

Business the Past Week. What the
Bank clearinRs show.
R.u. Dun Il Co.'S Weekly Review OF
Trade says: Storms have greatly intcrfered
with business and at the same time none
tary uncertainty ha, been felt. While the
volume Of trade Is still very large. actual
distribution seems to have been scarcely up
to expectations OF late. though orders still
continue sufficient to give the great indus
tries full employment. The great ieatur,
for the past fortnight has heen the unusual
demands for money from the West and
South. which has drawn large sums from
New York. and telegraphic reports show
that while money Is tight at only one or
two small points, there is strong demands at
other c,nters.
The defeat Of the anti.option bill was fol.
lowed by an improvement in grain. and
while wheat had fallen 21c. IL has since risen
2c sales tor the week being 2 000. 900 bushels.
Corn is &c aud o Is H. higher but pork pro-
ducts slightly lower. Cotton declined 10
because The expected settlement of the Eng
lish strike did not come Butter and eggs
have declined sharply and copper Is weak
er. Lead IL ut 3Jc, though speculation has
lifted tin TO 2O37c. The dry goods trade is
strong. tottons are stronger sheetings be-
ing all sold ahead In the iron business
consumption Is enormous. but production
relatively greater aud concessions are fre.
qucnt Tor pig not of the best grades, whils
tar Is Mt the lowest point ever known.
Pla - are demoralized IN price. though the
mills are busy and structural works are well
employed. In general the industrial pro.
duction has never been surpassed at this
season.
The business failures the last seven DAYS
number for tue United States BOG. for Cam
ada -. or total Of 2Ji. rs compared with
30 last week and 21 the week previous
For the corresponding week of last year the
figures were 40
BUSINESS BAROMETER.
The bank clearing totals Tor the week
nnden Mnrrh 2 1871 with ,.ninlnrianna
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-09
LIVES LOST AT A. LAUNCHING.
Frightful Disaster at Bay City. 30
People Thrown Into Icy Waters.
Three Drowned and Oilers
Missing,

A frightful disaster occurred at Bay City,
Mich, on Friday, in connection with alaunch-
ing at the shipyard of f. w. Wheeler a. Co;
The steam barge Kittie NJ. FORBES lay frozei
in the ice on the north side of the slip
which the launching was to take pla
Hundreds Of boys and many men ilock
to the steamer and climbed to the hurried l'II
deck.
Wien all was ready the last hayss' W
cut and the schooner with a rush pGns1
into the slip and an immense wave on
the ice and the steamer Forbes into .le
The Forbes rolled until half over and lB0
the crowd on shore saw a sight which 'Al"'
ed them. Those who had remain % the
upper deck were clinging on for life 'he'
could find projections, while less fo-'uuas
ones were flying headlong toward th' Wa
ter, Fully 80 were thrown overheard an'
in an instant the black forms rose 10 th'
surface between the two boats and N 'H'
field of broken ice.
How many are lost has not been asc'laln
ed, but George Hawkins and Rose bnne'
and Fred Peel are missing, Fully iolra
were injured. William Battishall pp0aoP
fatally.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-09
pisAsrrns. ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

At Marksville, La. in cyclone Max
Brouilette and child were killed and hun
dreds of buildings were destroyed.
FIVE children, ranging in age from 6
months to II years were suffocated to death
during the burning of tenement house in
one of the poor quarters of New York City.
The parents had gone to work and left them
locked in. Four of the children belonged
10 one family named Bernstein.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

AT Columbus, Ind, the grand jury issued
service on 100 society leaders CT that city,
being the wives and daughters and heads of
prominent families, for playing progressive
enchre in which prizes were offered. The
professional gamblers, who are seeking re.
venge for being suppressed, are the insti-
gators.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-09

The Atlanta Constitution is authority
for the statement that General Long.
street would have gone into Hayes's Cab.
met had it not been ascertained that he
was a vehement Blaine mau.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-09

Two great Corsican families, the most
powerful in the island. the Gavinis aud
the Casabincas, have just been recon-
ciled after political hostility of more
than thirty years. Daring this entire
period the politics OF the island centered
about the heads OF these two houses.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-09
FOREIGN.

Three quarters Of the city of Raub, Aus
tria, is under water, the river having over
flown. Three hundred houses have been
destroyed and 1000 acres of land inundat.
ed, The river is carrying dead bodies of men
women and children along in large mum.
bcrs.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-09
fUGILIsrIc.

At New Dreams. after 10 rounds of. COW
hard fighting, FL Smith of Pittsburg put the
hitherto unbeatcn Barrier Champion
Joe Goddard TO sleep by ter
rihc swing on the jaw. Smith
was cheered to the echo. The fight was for
purse of $4,000 and a side bet of $500.
The losers end of the purse was $3.50.
Fully 5000 people saw the battle.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-09

You cannot tell how boy will turn
out. Professor Beatty, who for many
years has been at the head of the Dan.
willie (Ky.) College, says there were at
one time two boys under him whose
school life he remembers well-one, John
G. Breckenridge, very ordinary scholar,
who did not promise much; the other a
boy whom he thought marvel, and
who, he expected, would reach the
highest position in the land. Speaking
with Governor Crittenden, OF Missouri,
about those two boys recently, Professor
Beatty said the marvel was now teach
ing in deaf aud dumb asylum, while
the other became Senator and Vice.
President aud once was candidate for
the Presidency. OF H vernor Critten-
den's class of twenty list. - the pro-
~f,rl rot thing 5oyeFy. g qfteen of
IL rn,u Jrfeu ia eyuM -
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-09

And now italy has a great National
scandal on its hands, large enough TO
distract Italian attention from France
and its Psnama troubles.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-09

There arc 313 farmers in the Missouri
Penitentisry. the largest representa- alton.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-09

Italy expsnds every year 800, 900. 600
for her soldiers, aud less than $4,000, !
900 for schools. 1900. -
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-09

q indicates increase. ID decrease.)
The cIearings ot 7s cities aggregate
81 1870, jD.OlS, an increase of 1913 per cent.
EXclu.ive Of New York the clearings amount
to sjl5.6l0,309, an increase of 1915 per cent
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-09

now yrcrrxs ARR MADE.

Tho way in which persons often become
the unconscious victims OF alcohol Is stated
BY the "Feuiile de Hygiene ct de Police
follows "The small doses frequently re-
peated. small glasses OF liquor regularly
taken every day, are what make OF an honest
citizen victim OF alcoholism without his
having ever, perhaps, passed through state
OF complete intoxlcatiop, and without his
having suspected the danger to which he
was exposed"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-09
LEGisLS.f,E.

The Arkansas State Senate passed with
but one dissenting vote the House bill ab6l
ishing the con thin systensu =. -
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-09

WHEN you pray Tor a good me5tlnS
don't take your dog TO church
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doltzworth, who 10 - GoI1 1k,.,..
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1893-10-27
REDUCTION IN SHOE. REPAIRING.

have connected with my SHOE AND
TRUNK BUSINESS a REPAIRING De
PARTMENT, having employed competent
Shoemaker to do all kinds Of repairing on
Boots and Shoes, at short notice, as use
none but the Best Quality of Leather, all
work Warranted.
Give you few prices:
Mems Shoes, Half Soled and Heeled.
Nailed, rs
Mems Shoes, Half Soled and heeled,
Sewed, 81 90
Ladies' Shoes, Half soled and Heeled,
Nailed, 90
Ladies' Shoes, Half Soled and Heeled,
Sewed, 70
l use White Oak Sole Leather on all
sewed work.
Can Half Sole and Heel your Shoes While
You Wait Will nail your Soles and Heels
on in 90 minutes. Hoping you will give me
trial, thanking for your past favors.
M. LEVY,
215 E. Broad Street.
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1893-10-27

when human achievement will make more
sacred human life, then will the true civiliza-
ton be accomplished, then will there be over
all the earth, the wisdom that is the fear of
God, and the understanding that departeth
from evil.
And may it come soon, in our days.
Amen.
FROM THE BURG.
What Our Friends on the Rappahannock are
Doing
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1893-10-27
FROM THE BURG.

OOliiSs
Fredericksburg, Ya, October @6th, 1898.
EDITOR JEWISH SOUTH:
Your little paper has been received here, and
read with good deal of pleasure.
It supplies want, long felt by the Israelites
of this State, and our wish is that it may grow
to large size and prosperity. have been
thinking that q few items from this old city,
would not be uninteresting to many of your
readers. While our Jewish community is not
very large, nevertheless it is very interesting
one, consisting of about forty souls, and all are
in prosperous condition.
We have an organized Sunday School which is
fourishing, and we are very proud Of it. Mr.
Henry Mlhauser is the superintendent. We
also have Hebrew Aid Society, of which Mr..
Isaac Hirsh is the president.
Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur we gene
rally hold services in the Masonic Lodge room,
which is generously loaned to us by our Maso
mic brethren. The Israelites all stand well in
this community, and are very often honored by
being elevated to offices of public trust and
honor. Mr.. Joseph liable is member of the
City council, Mr.. Isaac Hirsh is a member of
the City School Board but as general thing
they do not seek office
There is now being erected over the remains
of Mary, the mother Of General George Wash
ington, q new granite monument, which, when
finished will be fifty-one and half feet tall,
and cost 1000. 1t will be the largest monu-
L..
woman. The old monument, the cornerstone
of which was laid sixty years ago by General
Jackson, who was then President, was of mar
BILE and in dilapidated condition, will be re-
moved when this new monument is finished,
which will be about December LIST, 1893. We
expect to have gala time here to dedicate it.
We expect President Cleveland, Chief Justice
Fuller, the Governor of Virginia, and other
dignitaries to be present. The Mary Washing
ton Association, of this place, consisting Of
ladies' have worked hard to accomplish this
result. Many of our Jewish ladies are mem
beers of this association, and have taken great
interest in its affairs. Mrs. Isaac Hirsh is the
first vice-president. Mrs. liable is also an
officer, Mrs. Goldsmith, Mrs. Milhauser Mrs.
David Hirsh, Miss Bertha Strasburger, Mrs.
Kaufman are also members. -
Last Sunday we had a Berth Milah here at
the home of the parents of the young prince,
MI. and Mrs. Henry Ulman. DR.. Wolf of Balti-
more offciated.
Master Sidney Kaufman, son of Herman
kaufman, was Barmitsvah last Saturday. The
ceremonies took place in the synagogue, at
washington, ID c. am afraid have drawn
this letter out too long If agreeable will let
you hear from me again.
Yours, etc,
FRED.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-06-23
COMUNICADOS
PIaesnies 4 qnlsn 10 msrece

Recibalos nuestro actual slcalde don Eugenio
Perez, quien, hacienda reluc;r su encomiada rec
tItud imparcialidad, ha empezado, en- los pocoa
dlas que leva al frente de esta Acadia, adarnoa
& conocer sus bienhechoras disposiciones. Hoy,
ya volvemos disfrutar de una plaza despeiada
de maleza, cuya vida mataba sus jardines, bun
lando la buena voluntad de las bellas Floriculto.
ras que se hab1an dedicado q gu especial cultiyo.
Las GALES, los frentes corrales de las casas
estan exentas de estacionar Intermediates por su
general impiezs.
Las entradas los fondos procomunales pue.
den sehalarse con aut6ntica exactitud, pues los
princ1pales arbtrios dada la actividad de nuestro
mesurado alcalde, se han rematado, con una di.
ferencla de nail cuatrocientos sesenta pesos ia.
vor de nuestra Adnssmsstracs6n, produciendo Ell
arbtrlo de las carnes cuatrocientos sesenta pesos
mas de la cantidad sefalada, treinta y seis el
alumbrado p1blico, quinientos cuatro de Ia supre.
sion de dos celadores para Ia vigilancia del con-
sumo y cuatrocientos cineuenta pesos, que este
arbltrlo presentaba, como defectuosa rscaudaci6n,
pudlendose asegurar que en- breve tempo pueda
este pueblo fotar, descargando sus deudas admi.
nistratlvas, pues no todcs los alcaldes proceden
con igual generosidad, perjudicando sus intereses
en- particular en- benefcios de los generates, como
10 comprueba, Ia reparaci6n de Ia plaza en- sus
desagues y impieza, la renovation y pinturas de
los postes y bancos, todo ha sido costeado de su
propio pecuo, sin recibir nj esperar la mas insig,
fcante indemnizaci6n -
Adelante, pues que tanto el Excmo. Senor
Gobernador General estara satsfecho de su re
presentante en- este pueblo, cuanto los habitan.
tes de su encomiada Adnssnsstyacs6,.
.,*-. On eontrs5Wyemts.
Toa.alta, JUNO % de 1893
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-06-23

AdemAs, 'admitido que 81 Ministro dc Ia Re.
igi6n Cat6lica Apcst6lica Romano, hubiera otor-
gado el perd6n explfcito, directo expontaneo
de los insultos que 10 imputan (o que le hubie-
ra honrado muchfsimoC 1Por que 81 pueblo no
ha seguido su ejemplo? 81 el pueblo de Manatf
es tan culto ilustrado, OCCASION ss le presenta
para demostrarlo. IA que no 10 hace2
Suyo affmo. 8. J A.,-Ua Cas6sico.