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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09
Took Charge or Him.

1t is often said that benefit con.
ferred does more To promote friend.
ship than a favor received. IL you
would cultivate a friendly feeling to-
ward another, do him a kindness; IL
you would secure his lasting friend
snip, get him to do you a kindness.
There is some truth, at any rate, In
this view OF the case; and IL applies
even TO dogs, as is shown strikingly
by a story related in Gold. Sport and
Coffee Planting In MysOre," by Mr..
II. II. Elliot
Mr.. A. told me that he once
wounded tiger which afterward
sprang on him, knocked h III down,
aud seized him by the hand and IN.
With Mr.. A. was large dog, which
at once attacked the tiger, and di-
vertcd him from Mr. A. After driv.
ing of the dog, the tiger returned to
Mr. A., and commenced worrying
him, but was again attacked by the
dog.
The dog was driven OH three or
four times, but the tiger was all the
while losing strength, and finally
died. The dog was uninjured Now
comes the curious part Of the story.
The dog, which was not atIectionate,
belonged TO Mr.. A. 's'brother, and pre-.
viou,lv had taken no interest in any
one but his master. Now, however,
he refused TO 20 home with his
master, but stuck closely TO the
wounded man, and when some car.
bOlic acid, which caused pain, was
applied by NJ. AS brother TO the
wound, the Gos lcgan TO growl and
show other signs OF displeasure.
He would not allow anyone 10 come
near Mr.. A. except his own special
servant, and lay under the bed with
his nose sticking out, keeping close
guard.
When Mr. A. was carried to the
doctor some thirty-tive miles away.
the dog went, too and on the doctor S
applying carbolic acid and setting the
bones, whhiSh-- Caused the patient TO
cry out the dog at once seized the
doctor 10y the leg,
In about three months Mr. A. vas
quite cured. Ate that the dog lost
all interest in him. and returned TO
mis- master; anu lf he met Mr. A. by
chance, merely acknowledged his
recognition OF him by the iaintest
wag OF his tail.
A year afterward, happening 10
meet the doctor, whom he had not
seen In the meantime, he at once
few at h IN and sci ed him by tho
trousers.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09
THE LABOR WORLD.
Iowa has 1000 X. OF l..

Iowa has 1000 X. OF l..
ACToRs' labor unions are the latest
LAuSDRyMES talk of n National union.
DETROIT, Mich. has an ice wrrkers union.
CHINESE miners get eighteen cents a day.
CHINESE brakemcn get IS to $40 month.
ToRoSTo, Canada, has a general laborers'
union.
BUFFALO, Y. Y, has cooperative stove
works.
THE United States contain 5000 union
bakers.
A NATIONAL Boarl OF Arbitration Is pro-
jected.
IN Germany female servants average SO. IS
week.
BosToS will try to abolish the padrone
system.
CHINESE are invading California fruit
farming.
PATERSON, n. j., has 500 union textile
workers.
Denver (Col.) newsboy strike leader was
Gncd $l0
PurLAprLPHA bricklayers get forty-ave
cents an hour.
PIcKERs OF wild blackberries in Nebraska
town get fifty cents day.
The wooden industry OF the United States
employs 225, 900 operatives.
THERE are 10, 900 empioyes OF the tele-
phone companies In the United States.
In Australia some textile operators work
from seventy-.wo to ninety hours u week.
ToRoSro's Wholesale Clothing Tallors
Union will accept girls into the association.
AMERICAN laborers work on more days In
yenr than any other laborers save the Hun.
garians.
The Brotherhood OF ofLocomotive Engineers
has paid out $4.Ooo, 900 In relief to members
and their families.
A Paterson IN. J.l alderman advocates
the New Zealand methol OF creating work
for the unemployed.
FoREIoS laborers are barred from Buffalo
On. Y.) municipal work, and contractors
must pay union wages.
ACCORDING 10 Secretary Hayes. OF the
Knights nj Labor. workingmen are 10 be
urged to form themselves into military com
panies.
The voters OF Switzeland decided by ma
jority vote OF 293. 900 against 10000 against
the proposition that the Government should
provide work for the unemployed.
SALFoRD (England) workingmen want the
Government Labor Bureau abolished on ths
ground that II makes known the surplus in
the labor market and, as consequence,
tends TO reduce wages.
THE building trades OF New York have
probably never been so badly demorilized as
theyare at present. There are In town about
$4,000 men who are engaged In these trades
when times are good, or enough, with then
dependents, 20 populate a city half as large
as Newark. Not more than one In three oi
these men. or 10, 900 In all, can now find en-
ployment at their trades.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09
PATTISON ON LABOR TROUBLE
The Governor Charyss immigration as
the Cause.

the Cause.
In explaining the labor situation In Penn
sylvania Gov. Pattison in an interview said
the most dissatisfied class was the miners.
They were kept down In wages because
number of unmarried miners in Virginia
we're working for 80 cents per ton.
"The present commercial and financial de-
preston" he said. sis not as bad as others
that we have had. The country has been
plunged into financial panic and trade
stagnation about every twenty years. II
comes as a ratural co-9elu.lce. w. are N
the midst OF a migration 81 labor. Men who
have been willing TO work for reduced wages
In all trades have forced out men who were
employed and employers have been compelleS
to make the change"
''Now, what will become OF the men who
were thrown out2 They will have to go
hungry or work for the reduced wages which
the men who pushed them out get. People
talk about our immigration laws and the In
ilux Of foreigners who come here and work
for little or nothing, but they do not consider
the business side o...he question. The steam
ship companies haNt pncardcd Europe with
their announcements to carry passengers to
the United States, and their agents are work.
ing industrionsly 10 drum up trade. When
the man who makes the trip arrives in New
York the railroads are ready to carry him to
any part OF the United States, and the news
papers lend aid 10 the transaction by publish
Ing the rates and time cards OF both steam
ship and railroad lines.
IAN these concerns are connected with the
emigration OF foreigners from the business
there Is in II. and the only way we can keep
out people who do not come here with the ex-
pectation Of making good citizens OF them
selves is TO impose fines and penalties upon
the corporations which make tGoncy out Of
the passenger traffic. Until we separate
business interests from the exactions OF good
government we will have labor troubles lik 9
the present"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09

Are you superstitious? If you are,
you may find something among the fol
lowing to fit your peculiar state Of
mind:
If bees swarm on rotten tree u
death in the family will occur within IA
twelvcmonth. Il is unlucky for a
stray swarm of bees to alight on ones
premises.
When cats wash their ears more than
usual rain is at hand. The sncezing
Of a cat indicates good luck to u
bride.
Cattle give warning of an earthquake
by their uneasiness.
A cinder bounding from fire is
either purse or coffin.
If milkmaid neglects to wash her
hands after milking her cows will go
dry.
Crickets bring good luck TO house.
II is unlucky to kill them,
If crow croaks an odd number of
times, it means foul weather; if an
even one, fine.
The clicking or tapping of the
beetle, called the death watch, is an
omen of death.
1t forebones evil to the child if any
one rocks its cradle when empty.
Dogs give warning of death by
scratching at the door Of a house.
If rat or mouse, during the night,
gnaw on cloths, it is indicative Of some
impending evil.
Pigs running about with straws in
their mouths fOretell rain
If you count the number of fish You
have caught you will catch no more
that day.
1t is unlucky if hare runs across
the road in front of you.
To eat the food that mouse has
nibbled will give a sore throat.
A fried mouse is specific for small
pox.
To meet SOW with litter of pigs
is very lucky.
A spider worn in nutshell around
the neck is cure for fever.
If swallow builds on house it
brings good luck. TO kill a swallow is
unlucky. When swallows fly high it
will be fine weather, and rice versa.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09
An Animated t;ripsack.

oligb men sat side by side at a table
5 chicago restaurant. One of then,
! dj yidently city-bred man. while
her looked like hoosier farmer.
Reple floor, by the side of his chair,
lalite had deposited small car.
'hbdE AS he sat waiting for his or.
and e city chap thought he noticed
Watp move. He regarded it closely
lie w moments and then felt sure
or moved.
Tu| lat have you there-pups?" ?" he
cas- the hoosier.
IS sdw they amt pups" replied the
N uI How, as he proceeded with his
II II grip rolled half over from the
.oye ious force inside, and the city
,s;n curiosity got the better of him.
NJ. lat have You there, anyway" he
np' ll, I'll tell We, said the granger,
W ately. I'm takin' home a cou.
auu game cocks. What? Yaas, |
e ock-fghting is agin the law, but
ehu got 'em for fightin'. It's just
craV s My oil lady has chickens en-
d garden. We're each proud nv
et partments. But her chickens
ker' my garden an scratch up all
DIS an beds. Now I've got these
ocks, an I'm goin' to please her
n the oil lady they're fine chick.
HIS fhell put 'em in her coop an
IS D kill every darn chicken she's
In I'd rather have two chickens
Wat in in my garden than twenty
o." maybe one of these cocks'll
IL other after they do up my wife's
Frui u.s."
soc city chap opined that it would
lief1 ry good scheme if it worked.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09
Petrifying a Human Body.

The authorities at the county morgue in
Pittsburg are trying to petrify n body 20 pre-
serve II until word is received from the
friends of the deceased, who live In Cuba,
The body Is that Of Ernest Schwab who was
killed on July 26. at Brushton. The expert
ment was begun last week and IN two days
II was noticed that the hands and feet, upon
which work had been commenced, were very
hnrd
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09
British Steamer Ashore.

The British steamer Empress Of China.
Capt. Archibald. which sailed from Van
couyer on July 10, is ashore at the entrance 10
the port Of Shanghai China. All attempts TO
iloat her have proven futile. II Is thought
that she must discharge much OF her cargo
and then wait for the full tide 10 foat her.
Apparently she is no danger.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09
CLAIMS AGAINST CHICAGO.
The Gross Amount of Damages Already
Up in the Millions

John @. Neumeister, a Deputy City Clerk,
Chicago has been served with bill for 1885,.
600 which the Columbian Exposition Salvage
Company claims is due it from Chicago for
damages for property in jackson Park caused
by mobs and rioters July g. That was tho
date when several OF the Worlds Fair struc.
lures were swept away by fire.
An immense number OF shippers have filed
claims against the city for damages occasion
ed by the s.;iks. y5e grosg amount lost is
already well up In the fiiiions.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09
For the Motorman,s Comror,

An Ohio law provides that every
electric street car shall be provided,
during the months from November
to April, with screen of glass or
other material TO protect the motor
man from the wind and storm. Pen.
alties are attached for violation OF
this ordinance.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09
Coke Strike Over.

So far as the English-speaking coke work.
ers OF the region are concerned the strike IL
ended and IL is said that within week all
the old employees who can secsrc work will
have taken II at the Frick scale. The men who
will return to work are ready to accept il on
the terms OF the Frick scale. rs cents hun
dred for mining and AZ cents for drawing an
oven charged with 100 bushels Of coal.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09
Cholera and yellow Fever.

The Marine hospital service is In receipt OF
y cablegram from Council Rogue. at Rotter-
dam, who reports one case OF cholera at that
port ON n foreign vessel bound Tor Germany.
DR.. Irwin reports cholera at Marseilles, and
Consul Hyatt cables intelligence OF yellow
fever at Santiago, Cuba,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09
Frosts of 80.

On the night OF June II, 1852,
there were heavy frosts all over New
England, and in Livingston County.
New York, 400 sheep that had beer
sheared few days before were frozer
To death.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09
Score One For China

An official telegram from Tien-Tsin says
that in the battles fought July ~ and 2S at
iashan the japanese were repulsed with
loss OF over 1000 men. Twenty thousand
Manchurian Chinese troops have crossed the
Corean frontier and are marching upon
Seoul
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09
Unique GIFT to Grover.

President Cleveland has been pre-.
sented by colored missionary with
a mat made OF wood fiber by q tribe
In the interior OF Africa.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09
A Huge Dog Dead.

'sKIng" the champion English mastif, and
largest dog in Indiana by four pounds, met
death by poison. His owner. Jacob Mass, re-
fused $500 for him. liking" was 8 feet I
inchss In length, 8 feet inches tall and
weighed 20S pounds.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09

Commends to public approval the California
liquid laxative remedy, Syrup Of Figs. 1t is
Pleasant to thetaste and by acting gently on
the kidneys, liver and bowels to cleanse the
system efrectually, itpromotcs the health and
comfort of all who use It, and with millions
it is the best and only remedy.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09
COiOrs.

Red denotes courage; blue, truth;
white, purity; green, Jealousy; vel.
ow. Inconsistency; black, mourning;
)rown, melancholy; gray remem-
)rance; violet. sympathv.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09

Karrs Glover Root the great blood purifier.
gives freshness and clearness TO the complex
ion and cures constipation. IS cts, 30 cts, 81.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09

Or. kilmer's SwAMr-Roor curey
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation FREQ.
Labratory Binghampton, NY.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09

During digestion the flow Of blood to the
stomach is increased tenfold,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09
Pure and WboI.sonc ou,li,v

Peruvian euano was first brought to this
country in 1882.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09
How They Stani.

The following table shows the standing OF
the different clubs composing the National
Ense Elll League;
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09

A MAN who has fished much, can
readily detect lie in u tsh story.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09
Halls Catarrh Cure

The size Of woman's shoe should bc Just
halt that Of her glove.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09
Giant Vegetation.

IL afflicted with sore eyes use Dir. Isaac Thonp
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at 2jc per bottle
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09

Is taken internally. Price zoe.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09

Chicago. .- Cattle Receipts, 10000 head;
market firm for good cattle. easy for COM
mon: common to extra steers ~. T0M4 20;
stockers and feeders si.75Ca g. 25; cows and
bulls si. .250 1926; calves Sl.75d425. Hogs
--Receipts SO 900 head. market weak; heavy
"a. 75d :. 90: common to cioice mixed "a. 7On
T. %; choice assorted "a. 9jM 90; light $40
m4.95; pigs si.i0@iS0. sheep Receipts
5000 head market easier; inferior to choice
$1,000 81 90; lambs s2.25@i.3j.
Cincinnati Hogs Select shippers. none.
select butchers, Sj.lj@5.25; fair 10 good
packers, $1,000 5.l5; fair 10 good llCht. ~. 10
M5.20. common and rouVhs si.500 !. CO.
Cattle--G Good shippers. :3.75mi.25, fair to
medium. S3.l0m3.Gj: common. S22jCc a. co.
Sheep-Ex,ras, :300@3.3j; good to choice,
S2.25M 500: common to fair $1,000 90
Lambs Extras. - ln0H4 %, good TO choice,
$500; common 10 fair. sl.00m2.75.
Petroleum Market.
At Oil City 900 barrels sold at the close at
10 3-4c. The September option ranged ~
follows; Opened at 10 5-s; highest 10 "a;
lowest ~ So; closed at 40 81.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09

~ are willing to play stepping
ou have no right to complain
feet
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-05-10
MEN AND WOMEN.

long, strong thumb, states an au-
thority, indicates great will power
and force of character.
young man was fined SIS by a
Providence Judge, few days ago, for
kissing girl on the street.
A Mr.. Samuel Lewis is said to have
won over $50, 900 at trente ct quar- ante
ut Monte Carlo in four days recently.
An American colored woman, Mrs.
Amanda Smith, is a temperance
evangelist in England now, lecturing
under the auspices of Lady Somerset.
Mile. Coralie Brach, dancer of the
Paris opera, died lately, and her es-
tate foots up 5000, 900, all of which she
is said to have evolved by her pro-
fession.
overheard in the museum: 81 feel
that am not long for this world,'' re-
marked the dwarf Il. also, am
nearer heaven than most people, "
sighed the giant.
The visiting card of the German en-
peror is four times as large as the ordi-
nary card for gentlemen, and on it is
engraved: Wilhelm. Deutscher Kaiser
and KONG Won Preussen.
''You think" said Sammy Softleigh.
that it actually hurts man to be
hit with one of Cupid's arrows?"
No" replied Belle Pepperton; las a
rule he merely becomes senseless for
a time"
A collection of tools, said to be used
by the workmen in building the pyra-
mids of Egypt, are on exhibition by
famous Psychologist These indi-
cate that many tools credited to mod
ern ingenuity were in use when Moses
was troubling the Pharaohs.
Three ladies mounted the platform
of tramcar in Paris only to find all
the inside seats occupied. A gentle
man at once got up, and with grave
courtesy remarked, Ladies', allow me
to offer my seat to the eldest of you. {"
He was not called upon to surrender it.
She-Do you remember what day
this is the anniversary of? He-Well,
l should say l did. She-I thought
you would. He--Humph! Who could
forget the day his own house was
burned down? She-George! He
What? yShe-It's the day you pro-
posed to me! Tears and scene.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-05-10
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to ,.rsonal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attes..
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
Ii has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and ST bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-05-10
Growing Popularity OF the oxford Sew
Ing Machines.

There is nothing more truly household
treasure than good sewing machine. 70
be without il is to be willfully deprived of
the immense advantage of one Of the great
est of all inventions. A machine once
bought is a perpetual treasure. 1t demands
no wages, occasions no expense or trouble,
and is always ready without Il moments
notice to render the work of the laborious
housewife tenfold more efficient and ex-
peditious Some machines combine the best
ideas and suggestions which have been so
abundantly introduced in this remarkable
mechanism.
A machine which exhibits in liberal com
bination all the best features introduced is
the Oxford Sewing Machine, made by the
Oxford Manufacturing Company, Chicago,
with lock-stitch, shuttle running light and
quiet. These machines have the following
important features Cheapness, perfect,
self-adjusting and graduated tension, are
under control of the operator and are
always positive in their working. They arc
entirely self-threading in all points, includ.
ing the shuttle. The needle is self-setting,
the attachments are quickly and easily
placed and fastened. The shuttle has an
easy oscillating motion, causing it to keep
its proper place against the race. Their
Oxford, No. If and Columbia machines,
with attachments, were awarded the medal
premium at the Worlds Columbian EXPOSE
ton, Chicago.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-05-10
QUEER TITLES o.
ne

Rev. James Murray publSl. 20 n
176s, three large volumes OF 'Serm, o !,
to Asses
During the reign of James /. wri-
ter named Sylvester published poem
entitled, Tobacco Battered and the
Pipes Shattered About Their Ears
Who Idly Use So Base and Barbaroas
a Weed"
The British museum has book pub
lished by an anonymous author in 1860.
1t has the odd title, Ibid You Ever
See Such Stuff, or, So Much the Bet
ter, Being Story Without Head or
Tail, Wit or Humor."
The Radcliffe library has black
letter book entitled, "A Chrystall
Glass for Christian Women, Exhibit
ing the Goodlie Life and Death of
Katherine Stubs, of Burton, upon
Trent, in Staffordshire.
In 1895 an English preacher pub
lished a sermon entitled "Quippes for
Upstart Newfangled Gentlewomen.
Containing Pleasant Invective
Against the Fantastical Foreign Toys
Dailie Used in Women's Apparel"