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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-19
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REPUBLICAN LAWS.
For che Mlddleburgh Posr.
The Republican / " of Snyder
every otbar good organ


The Republican / " of Snyder
...s every othar good organ
atloii, is governed bv certain lave,
which, from time 10 time, have been
enacted by our Standing Commit
tee: and which are to be found, or
should be found, recorded upon the
minute book of said organization.
What these laws are, every man in
the Republican party of Snyder
county should know; and has a
right to know, in order that what
ever hc does for his party, may be
done with Intelligence and under
standing.
The 'e laws, rs rules OF action, un-
less repealed by the power cnacting
them, provide for at least three OBJ
iects, viz "The manner Of making
nominations, the conducting of elec-
tions, and determining the result Of
the election OF the first it is not
cur purpose to speak; but by the
recent action of our Standing Com
mittee, our attention has been call
cl to the conducting of our Primary
Elections and the determining of the
result.
The recent action to which we re.
fer, rs near.as we are able to recall
it, was as follows :
WHEREAS, At our General Elec.
tions, it is deemed wise and
proper that ballots should not be
counted until after the close of the
polls, and also that watchers are
permitted ut said elections, there
fore.
RESOLVED, BY the Standing Com.
mitteo of the Republican party of
Snyder county, that at our Primary
Elections, no votes shall be counted
until the polls have closed and also
that all cannidates for nomination,
shall have the right and privilege to
place Watchers nj any or all the elec
ton places, if they deem proper
said watchers to be compensated by
the candidate placing them there"
We have spoken with a number Of
candidates for nomination, and
others, since being informed of the
above action, and their expressed
opinions have invariably been that
of approval; they Mt the same time
admitting that this action would
protect every candidate against any
ground for complaint, should he be
unsuccessful in obtaining nomina
ton. On account of the heated
rivalry between the political parties
at general elections, the State law
providing for the manner of count
ing, and the placing of watchers, hat
been found advantageous and W,
all have realized that it is a good
position, grown out of experience
Hence it has received our heasge
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Have we not also noted
the heated rivalry that exists in our
own Primary Campaigns and Elec-
tions. and are we not as ready to
acknowledge that that which we de
sire and oppose in the one case, is
equally desirable in similar case 7
That is, if fair dealing, and honest
results, are our desire.
We believe our Standing Commit
tee has done lust and wise act. in
passing that law at its last meeting.
There are party laws governing
candidates, election officers, and re-
turn judges; and now comes this
last act of justice, favorable to all
candidates, providing cor their pro-
lection and fair play.
Nh. EDIToR, get these laws AS
soon as possible, publish them in
your paper, and by so doing, meet
the earnest wish of many Republi-
cans. That issue will be very in
teresting, and in great demand.
1t is time that every Republican.
especially the younger members of
our party, should know by what
laws he aud his party are governed.
Without law, there is confusion ;
and with law unobserved and de-
spised there must be dissatisfaction
and ruin. The time has come, when
every candidate claiming nomina-
tion in the Republican party, must
appear before the Return Judges
with clean hands, and unviolated
party laws, ere he can hope for
their approval in placing him upon
the ticket, as the choice of his party.
This is rs it should be and we are
satisfied that our Standing Commit.
tees have been working 20 this end,
for some time. The day of the
trickster is past and the Republi-
can party of Snyder county has no
use or place for him.
Let all our primaries be conduct
ell in fairness, and in accordance
with the honest and just laws of our
party. and we will continue to grow
in numbers and strength. Then
will there be no one to complain,
and candidate thus placed in nom
nation, will receive the hearty sup
port of all.
The Republican party of Pennsyl'
vania, to-day stands pledged in ia.
vor of intelligent and honest poll
ties, and has so declared. Whether
ever recognized with party nomi.
nation or not, that is the platform
on which we have taken our stand ;
and that is where we always want to
find the Republican party of Snyder
county. Therefore, let us have all
1.-THE light. there is. i every man
know our party laws. Let our Re
publican Editors publish them, and
let Snyder county be known as keep.
ing pace with the intelligent ad-
vancement of the Grand Old Party.
We look at our Republican papers
for great aid in all that is desirable
Their issues are the vehicles OF in
telligence. Let us have the intelli.
gence. III. ALLEMAN.
Dec. II. 1895.
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NOAH'S GREAT FLOOD.

Tho Mcj ave Indians Tradition About D
Similar One.
To the north of Needles, near the state
line between California and Nevada,
rises a rough. broken pssk that the mas
tives hold in awe, and under no circum>
stances can an Indian be induced to
remain on its summit after dark. They
seldom visit it even in daylight. To
them it ia haunted, and any Indian who
should be unlucky enough TO be caught
on the mountain at night would, they
say, never return. The Great Spirit
would take him away. Far up on its
side and near the summit the walls of
rock are covered with hieroglypbics, ap-
parently chiseled into the cold rock.
The Mojaves say they were written with
the finger of the Great Spirit. Mans
foot and hand prints there are in the
solid rock. also footprints OF many kinds
OF animals as well as birds.
The markings on the rocks, or finger
prints on the walls, are sait by the Mo-
jives. who are iosth to tell of them, to
be the record OF great food. The leg.
end aergathefed from them is that a
warning came from the clouds that there
WOuiO w kIOhJ Whlot buoV WOulu
all perish. Only one family of all would
believe in this warning and they took all
of their belongings and made haste to
the mountain. There came up great
storm and the water rose and drowned
everything that was in the valley, and
when she water subsided the family that
was saved came into the valley and
brought their stock and belongings with
them. From this family sprang all the
Indiana. They returned to this moun~
tain at times and saw the spirit there,
and it wrote as they saw him with his
finger IN the solid rock record of all
that had occurred. And it is there to-
day; the hand of time has dealt gently
with the record and perhaps some
learned scholar will yet be able to de-
cipher the Mojave handwriting on the
WALL. @. D., in Needles Eye.
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There is a general customs duty eimi.
lar to our tariff which ia raised or low
cred according to the condition of the
Mexican finances. Then there is a tax
from one state to another and from one
town to another. For example, if q
case OF beer was shipped from Arizona
to Pasadena it would be obliged to &C
cept stamp on passing through each
town, which wonld make it rather ex-
pensive even for Pssadenans.
SOME OTHER TAXES.
Then there is an income tax. This ia
a municipal and state tax upon the bnsi-
ness transacted per month. Some of
the larger houses here pay as high as
5000 per month income into the treas-
ury Of the city and state. Also there is
stamp tax. Every time you render a
bill under 81 yon put a two cent stamp
on it or 60 to Jail; over 81 and under
$l2. two cents more; above 500, three
cents for each S. This government
compsls purchase OF special books in
which q complete record of all tram
sactions is made. After you have paid
these taken If you have anything lefs to
sell and sail it, you pay tax. The man
who buys it OF you sets aick of his
bargain, he pays tax if he works it of
on some other fellow, 90 on down the
line.
These taxes. by the way. are purely
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Bunker Hill fought. Msynower landed.
Joan OF Arc burned &c stake. battle OF
Waterloo fought. Bastile destroy ed,
Declaration of Indep signed,
battle of Marenso fought. Julius Ce iar
assassinated. Moscow burned, Shakes
-p-ate. bIrn, King Charles l bsheaded.
battle OF New Orleans fought, Llncaln
assassiDated. III
Friday, rs was also shown by the pub.
LEGATIONS OF the club, was the lucky day
of Column bus, who left Palos on that day
on his irst voyage, discovered the New
World on that day, reached Spain on
his return on Friday and sighted His
PAMELA on his second voyage on Friday.
Nov. %. 1893. II was on Friday that
Henry VIII gave to John Cabot his
commi scion which led to the discovery
of North America, and on tho same day
of the week Hendrix Hudson sailed
through the Narrows and discovered
Manhattan island.
FRIDAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
Burgoyns surrendered on Friday.
Major Andre was captured on q Friday
and it vas on Friday, Oct. 10, 1852, that
Lord CORVALLIS surrendered his entire
army at Yorktown. On Friday the
first gun was fred at Fort Sumter, and
for four successive years almost TO day
the flag OF secession 6oatsd there until
Friday, April IA. 1866, when the Stars
and Stripes took its place.
These are some of the facts spread
broadcast by the Thirteen club in its
campaign against the popular prejudice
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arbitrary. You may pay $40, which is
the city tax per month for conducting
barber shop. and your opponent, rival
or compeer pays 81. You ask why ?
Quin sabe! You pay just the same.
TO REPLENIsH THE TREASURY.
I-have receipt in ray pocket which ia
headed Contribution Direct"-that's
the translation. This 10 the price to
live and includes none OF the incidental
expenses of eating. etc. The receipt 10
for 1913, itemizsd in!four psrte. Tho
second item reads, $50 per cent ad-
di.ional". the third item 100 per cent
additional. the fourth item 40 per
cent additional. asked what tho word
Additional" signifed. They told mo
that some time ago there was dis
covered deficit in the city fund. That
is to say the expensea we're too heavy
for tho income. Various methods OF
taxation were resorted to, until finally
the additional" seemed to be more
statesmanesque than anything pre-
viously tried. So it was ordered and
adopted. H. l.. VAIL.
Mazatlan, January 10
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Thursday, saying he changed the day OF
hanging because Friday, known as the
sixth day of the week, had been given
too much of the disgrace attendant upon
such occasions.
Executions are now ordered upon all
the days of the week, except Sunday, in
different parts of the union, and Friday
has ceased to be known as Hangman's
day.
SHIPS NOW SAIL ON FRIDAY.
Many vessels now sail from New York
on Friday of every week. as we'll as from
other ports OF the world. Thirteen years
ago such sailings were not 30 common.
while there was q deep-rooted super"
stition among eailors against sailing
upon any ship which left port on that
day. Lieutenant Peary. when leaving
on the Kite for the Arctic, in July, 1891,
deferred the sailing one day because the
sailors protested against leaving port on
Friday. The members oil the Thirteen
club now believe, however. that TINS
absurd superstition has beea shaken IN
the minds Of sailors through the cub
propaganda. aud that in u lew years II
will disappear altogether.
In connection with this campaign
against an old superstition the following
list oil events which occurred Oh friday
was circulated by the Tnr toen cinb;
Washington born q ,cen Victoria mar
eied, Napoleon tonaparts bora, battie Of
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and other eatables. The market oocu-
pies half square. and in that space
are crowded couple of hundred petty
brakeman. Here comes comely
seflorits, with long swinging braids.
Watch her make the rounds with her
basket. First comes out a long-necked
battle. that is for pint of milk; then
she buys three or four eggs. handful
OF string beans, quarter OF cabbage
and the same measure OF cocoanut; now
come two bananas, half loaf OF bread
and yard and half of meat; next
comes "a quarter of pineapple and
thin slice OF cheese, and possibly stalk
OF celery. Onion or garlic is added. and
the young woman departs for the morn.
ing. So the same process 10 repeated
morning after moning. L. ia the only
occasion on which the Mexican feels
called upon to move early and promptly.
With him it is usually run1ana-the
halcyon Spanish time-tomorrow the
! time that ia always coming. but never
comes the time that never has been,
but always ia to be. Msilana the Mex
lean will see you on business; mail ma
your friend will keep his appointment;
msfiana be will pay his bill. But
| msiiAns Coca on like Mr.. Tennyson's
! book. to the end OF recorded time.
MAEYANA METHODS OF BUSINESS.
Speaking OF mafiana reminds me OF an
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incident which is recorded here against
O certain young American from Los An
geles county. Tho young man in ques-
ton desired city license for certain
purpose which does not appertain to the
narrative. He called ct the prefecture
and waited till be became impatient for
an sudiencia with the august mayor.
Time kept right on till the hour for
closing. Then the young mans case
was heard He was told to 60 right on
and step around maiiana and settle with
the captain. The next day he came and
the next, each time to be met with q
bland smile, and wave of the hand with
the magic word, msiiana. Time came
to leave for another city and our Yankee
friend decided with himself to let the
license rest awhile. Before he had
travelled far, however, the white panta~
looned policeman had him in tow, and
for nearly six months the united efforts
OF the American consul and tntire
American colony were exerted to get the
lad out before mailana. This happened
many, many years ago.
MUSIC FOR THE MASSES.
When you have seen the basilica and
markets, see the parks and plazas. OF
which there are several. Each alter
noon, from 4 O'Clock to 7, the military
band plays music that is music" on
the plaza principal. Then folks who
have dinner to go to adjourn till $3.50.
when the music strikes up, to be con-
tinued till 10 o'clock.
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to his digestion. There are in fact about
5000 people. as near as | can arrive at
tho facts without counting, These peo-
pie subsist by the way Of three impor-
tant resources mining, agriculture, such
as il lie, and wholesaling throughout this
and border states. From these sources
the ctzene manage to make pretty
fair living, and are not obliged to resort
to eating strangers.
TREATMENT OF TRAVELLERS.
In fact verything for the traveller lie
reasonable. To begin with, your boat
weighs anchor two miles from shore. You
and your baggage are brought in by &C
commodating boatmsn to the hotel for
81 Mexican money, which, under the
present ratio here. means just 81 cents
in America coin. AT the hotel your get
large, clean, airy rooms, good table.
good service and good deal OF politics
neas for $1.50 Mexican money, If you
want to walk you can do 80. but riding
at 20 cents per hour is cheaper when
YOU consider shoe leather AMI nerve
tonic.
Fruits are cheap; bananas 4 cent
each, cocoanuts 2 oents each. pineapples
a dozsn for2 cents; parrots, which fly
wild by the thousand, two bits for one.
To see Mexican life as it is lived you
should rise at and first attend mass in
the basilca or cathedral. This insttu-
ton has been under way more than 40
years, and is even now not more than
half grown. doubt if it ever reaches
that point when the finishing touch will
be applied. Each successive padre
brings with him new ideas on church
building, and proceeds to put them into
some kind of shape. The result so far is
q huge, shapeless mass of grandeur, in
side and out. If you ever come to Ma
zatlan | don't think you will regret a
couple of hours loss Of eleep to Gee the
basilica.
From mass it is about Is steps across
to the market. Here from O'Clock to Q
you find copgregated representatives. o.!
every type in Mexico. They come to
get their daily bread, vegetables, cheese
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George P. Powell John Mills, Edwin
Dew and Marvin r. Clark.
As result OF the talk about super
stitions at this dinner the club was
formed. 1t achieved wide celebrity as
soon as its objects aud customs were
KNOWN and there was rrsA OF new
members. From Is members in Jsnu-
airy, 1892, the club reached a member
ship l3 times Is in 1885, 26 times IS 10
1856 81 times 10 in 1887 and 100 umes
Is, which was the limit decided upon,
in 1889.
Branch clubs were organized in other
cities, the original clue here granting
them charters. Other unique organiza-
tions started into existence. such as the
Opal order, whose mem bers wore opals
the Ghost club, the Whitechapel club OF
Chicago and the Suicide club Of Bridge
port.
The Thirteen club of this city has,
however, followed the original lines laid
down at it's opening dinner, and pro-
poses to go right ahead, in spite OF the
fidicule heaped upon it in some quar-
ters, and in spite Of the charge that its
members are superstitious men whose
greatest superstition is sitting IL at
table.
The present "chisi ruler" as the head
OF the organization is called, is OK As
semblyman W. W. Niles, and among
others who have held this Office are
Judge David McAdam and Surrogate j.
II. V. Arnold. The honorary mem bers
include Chauncsy M. Dspew. Ben amin
Harrison, Grover Cleveland, Abrsm S.
Hewitt. William R. Grace, Roswell P.
Flower. Judge Van Brunt and Judge
Dugro. The initiation fee is 81 IS, ard
the members address each other as
"Yours thirteenly."
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ALL WANTED TO BE BILL.
The Ambition of Men on the Border
Early Days.

The Ambition of Mon on tho Border in
Early Days.
"That famous scout and mar-killer,
Wild Bill, wasn't Bill at all when you
come down to facts. His real name was
Jim Hickok," said the old stage driver,
Jim Sheridan, to writer for the New
York Sun. but to be a Bill of some
kind was fashion OF his day, and every
man out ON the western frontier who
wanted to be thought devil OF fellow
must take that name, and then he would
sit up nights thinking what he should
do to get handle to it. 1t was rather
trying on the English language to fur
nish adjectives to all the Bills that
came along at that time. There were
Texas and Arizona Bills, Dssdwood and
and Leadyille Bills. and Bills from every
other country state, town and ter-
ritory; Pistol Bills, Curly Bills and Son
of.a.gun Bills. You'd see fellows wear
ing something or doing something diff.
ierent from other people so that they