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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-13

Conscientlousncss may render itself In
tensely disagreeable aud repcllent II may
so manifest itself that. even II people con-
cede that 1t deserves a certain respect, they
make the concession reluctantly and are not
drawn TO initiate the virtue. Jesus always
mado clear in his own conduct the distinc-
ton between the conscieuiousness which
Is pure and unn.iXed aud that which il
blended with seillshncss and the disposition
10 domineer Nobody ever suspected him
OF merely wanting to carry his point, to have
his own way. OF how many OF us Is this
trueP tactless, overbefing conscientious
nos' may be genuine, but 1t sometimes does
moro harm than good Let us pray TO
be kept humble and made wise ms we'll us en-
abed to be loyal 10 our sense OF duty.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-13
To Preserve Gettysburg Battlefield.

United States Di-trict-Attorney Elicry T.
Ingram fled petition in the United States
circuit court mt Philadelphia asking to have
condemned the two striis Of land belonging
to tho Gettysburg electric railway company
which are wanted by tho United States 10
preserve the Gettysburg battlefield. The dis
trict attorney proceeds under the national mil
itary park act, approved by congress F5bru-
sry II. 1895.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-13
rApE DRUNK nrronE BEGINNING nusrSrss.

1t was stated at a late meeting OF the st.
Petersburg Hygienic Society that two OF tho
oldest tribes in the Russian Empire. the Ost-
iaken and the Samojcden. the original inhab-
itants OF Siberia. are fast dying out, and will
before long haveto be numbered amongst tho
extinct races OF human history. The dis
tricts which have been inhabited by these
tribes are already becoming dcsolate wastes.
Two direct causes and one indirect cause
were given by different speakers for this
melancholy phenomenon. Tho direct causes
are want OF sufficient nourishmont and tho
increasing use Of spirituous drinks. The in
direct cause and the original blame Is at
tributed to that old and worldwide offender
against aboriginal races. the greedy mercan-
tile advcnturer. Merchants, with their
heartless middlomcn. have been In the habit
OF visiting these tribes every year, and have
managed TO appropriate them Of nearly
everything 10y an iniquitous system OF bar
ter. II mas been the recognized "custom OF
the trade" To- mako the poor Samojcden
drunk before beginning 20 do "business," as
this made IL easy for the "merchant" To get
his wares at n price rdiculousy below their
real valuc.-ScOttish Eeformcr.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-13
TIE LoRD's arpPER.

Tho character Of the Lords Supper must
be determined by the language Of Christ in
instituting 1t and by the attendant circum-
stances There are NO other sources Of evil
dence in the case. As to the language OF
Christ, we are dependent upon accounts by
three OF the evaDgelists and by Paul
Matthew was an eyewitness OF the institu-
ton OF the supper, and Paul says that he
had his account OF 1t from Jesus himself
What, now, on this testimony is the charac-
ter and office OF the Lords SUPPER Simply
that OF memorial. ''1his do in remem-
Drance OF me, said Christ These are the
supreme and decisive words in the case. 1t
Is memorial OF Christ as the Bread Of Life
pnd the institutor Of the new covenant in his
blood.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-13
Had tho Hends Resalted

Four carloads OF saltod heads OF rebel
Bahama uiUesnen have arrived at RuLat on
their way TO fez. On arrival a. RaDat tho
heads were found 10 be IN such bad coudl-
ton that tho government officials compelled
number Of Hebrews TO rcsalt them.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-13
TEMPERANCE.
RUINED nv cfprr.

A speaker once addressing an audience Of
boys and girls. told, among other things,
that cider started the appetite for stronger
drinks. Atthe close Of the meeting poor,
oesotted. broKen-down man came up and said
70 the speaker; "You did right in warning
the BOYS aud girls against using cider. Just
look NJ what aml II was the cider on my
iathor's farm that made me drunkardl'
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-13

Here comes the carriage. Maud!
Fancy having 10 20 and pay calls In
such weather! It's enough to give one
ones death of coldw Worse than
that, mother! Everybody's sure TO be
in!-Boston Budget,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-13

MY moJner-m1aw never understands
Joke" says correspondent. $50 |
was surprised to receive letter from
her few weeks after my little boy
had swallowed farthing, in which tho
last words We're, Has Ernest gotten
over his financial difficulties yetT"-
Tid.Bits
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-13

n. lave 1a, only to be patient, to pray and to
Ind s,,S, WI, according TO orr present light
h on en1gth, and the growth OF the soul viii
(sr eoni me plant grows In the mist and un-
ee hssnas as truly as under sunshine. SO does
lhs @'eniy principle within.--w. IL. Cham
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-13

The great difficulty In life is to bear, and
not to light. 10 fight is easy. Combat brinrs
its own stimulus, But hands down, eyes
blinded with tears, face to face with an IN
hnita vacancy, so cold-so cold that ice would
warm you-then to Say, 1T is well"-he who
can say that in tho right spirit is In heaven.
Rev. DR.. Joseph Parker.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-13

Pennsylvania has been allotted Sl.5ls, OF
Of the $4,000 appropriated by Congress for
the naval militia. OF which she has l67 men.
Arizona republican., 1895-10-17
HE SPOKE OUT IN MEETING.
And It Was the Cause in After Years of
 Another's Doing Likewise.

And It Was fhe Cause in Alter Years O1
 Another's Doing Likewise.
 A pleasing story of Rufus King as a young man, told by one of his friends to another many years ago, has re gently been retold.
 It seems that MT. King, then a young lawyer in the practice of his profession in Boston, had been detained over a case which called him to Plymouth un- til late one Saturday evening. It was necessary that he should be back ill Boston Monday morning, so he mounted his horse early on Sunday and began a leisurely journey homeward.
 After several hours travel he came to plain little wooden building on a roadside knoll, through the doors and windows of which, open to admit the balmy air of summer, he could see an assembled congregation apparently en- gagged in religious services.
 Alighting, out of difference to the day, MT. King quietly hitched his horse to a tree, entered and sat down, ex- pecting to be presently edifed by hymn or ser mon. Much to his surprise neither was forthcoming, and he pres ently perceived that he was attending a Quaker meeting in a season when the spirit did not move any of the worthy brethren to discourse.
 Dead silence prevailed and continued, with no prospect of break, as long as the unexpected guest could endure it. Then he rose in his place, and, without explanation or introduction, delivered an address upon suitable topics-a most excellent impromptu sermon, in fact-to which, good as it was in mat ter, his manner, which was that of the born orator, his youth, his dress of ''the worlds people," his handsome presence and the surprise of his auditors lent still further effect.
 He spoke for some twenty minutes and then slipped out as unobtrusivelv as he had entered, leaving behind him an astonished and delighted congrega- tion and a mystery that employed the tongues of the village gossips for months to come.
 It was at length solved-to the sur prise of MT. King and a very different kind of audience-some years later, when the young lawyer, then a dis tinguished man, rose during session of the Massachusetts constitutional convention to make a motion He was no sooner upon his feet and facing his honorable colleagues than a Quaker member in a back seat came suddenly to his feet also, forgetful of time and place, and cried, in an irrepressible out burst:
 "1hats the man that spoke in our meetin'!" Youths Companion.
Arizona republican., 1895-10-17
INDUSTRIAL MATTERS.

THE value of standing pine timber ill Minnesota was officially estimated in the last census at s6O,OO0,0OO.
 EDIBLE snails to the amount of 23O,- 900 pounds are annually shipped to this country from France. At the place ot exportation they are worth about s4. 50 per 1000.
 Two HUNDRED miners of Banksville, Pa., have accepted the proposition of Operator Roger Hartley and will run his mine on the cooperative plan, pay ing him one-fourth of cent per bushel.
 Our of the total population of France (3s, 133, 1855 in 1S9D nearly one-half Q7,- 435, 5,sS3) derives it's living from agri- culture, 3,57O,O16 persons tilling their own land. In the last forty years the agricultural part of the population has diminished 10 per cent.
 MANCHESTER seems to be turning the tables on Liverpool. Cargoes are now being sent to Liverpool via Manches- ter, the steamer going up the ship canal, and unloading at the Manches- ter docks, the goods then being taken to Liverpool by canal boats.
 ACCORDING to an exchange, the bulk of fine gloves made in Russia are made from foal skins, an industry in which Russian workmen excel. They are generally cut and sewed by hand. Out of 800 skins from 1900 to 1,50O gloves of the best quality can be made.
 TEA culture on large scale is to be tried in the Caucasus by the Russian imperial domain, 15O, ,000 acres of crown lands being set apart for the purpose. A commission of experts will be sent at once to China and Ceylon to study the methods of cultivation, and will bring back from China 100000 young tea plants. .sa.-. --. - =-----.--
Arizona republican., 1895-10-17

A GOOD rule in selecting varieties of strawberries is to take only those that have shown the best results in many different sections, rejecting those that appear to be variable, and have exhib- ited weaknesses elsewhere.-Farmers Voice.
Arizona republican., 1895-10-17

The WoEFd's Fair Tests showed ro baking powder s0 Errrs oP SO great In leav. enins power as fife Royal
Arizona republican., 1895-10-17

Free medical treatment to those applying before November l. Dis eases of women a speciality. D. D. Briggs, M. D., of Cincinnati, Ohio Office Mahoney building.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-10
The Mighty Trust.

PHILADELPHIA. April "A stir was
created among Philadelphia men today
by an order issued by the sugar trust,
directing them to stop handling all i'm
ported sugars. A number of brokers
say they will not be materially affected
by the order, as they ordinarily handle
but little of the imported article.
The dealers who will suffer the most
are importers and small jobbers and
the firms who trade in ''Scotch yellow"
brands. The latter brands, which are
imported, undersell the lower domestic
grades and are used largely by c%onfec-
TONERS. 1t is stated that about 60, 900
bags Of Scotch yellows" are imported
Annually. The order will be obeyed. it
is said, Cor the reason tina; q disobedi-
ence would give the trust 20 opportu-
uity to crush recalcitrant dealers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-10

Norway is more properly Norea,
meaning North Isle" 1t is called by
the natives the North Kingdom"
Oue.iourth of the visitors to New
York's Metropolitan Art Museum dur
ing 1894 congregated there on Sun
days.
Ceylon has IS, 900 square miles, or
about the combined area of Vermont,
New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
The crown Of Italy was founded in
1868 as a distinction to those who
were instrumental in bringing about a
consolidation of public opinion and the
uni6catiou Of the country.
English Catholics, headed by the
Duke of Norfolk, the Marquis of Ripon,
aud Lord Chief Justice Russell, are try
ing to remove at Rome the prohibition
to Roman Catholics to enter Oxford and
Cambridge.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-10

minutes and didn't die Go: up AID
locked a; ;he bottle, drank some more,
and again recliued ou the bed-lhouget
surely | must die. Wai:ed about ~
minutes longer, aud, if anything 'el'
better. Thought there was something
mighty strange. and took the bottle
with its remaining contents to a chem-
list for analysis. lie told me i; was dis
titled water.
The young mans feelings could
then be better imagined that expressed
in words, and upon receipt OF a cable.
gram from him, his parents quickly
sent sufficient funds to cover his pas
sage back to America. He doesn't say
much about his first trip across tue
briny, except to a few of his intimate
friends"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-10
The Colonel's Judgment.

at was a hot fight, an 10 mistake,
sab !" observed the colonel when the
brush at Burnt Hickory was mentioned,
saws the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
..You were there, colonel p
Il shud say | wuz, sab. | wuz 10
command Of my regiment, with powah
to use my W discretion, sab"
Aud you led them in
Not the resuvs, sab not the re-
resuvs-"
Your men were in the reserve p
LET me explain, sab. You don't
seem TO grasp the idea. sab. | led TO
bundled and sixty men
Gin the regiment
Yes, sah 4 car'ful Commanded
ncvah takes in bis Whole :o'ce tlll IT
becomes a despit case case. sab. When
the enemy cou,e up il rife shot, an
made a stand, san, | selected all my
fo'ce but the resuvs. an we sailed right
up to pistol shot distance. an shah we
stood ouah %grouud, sab. not a man
hlnchin', not a uaa uovin', for twenty
minutes, while the bullets few around
US like sand. sab
How many men did you lead in.
colonel p
1.-TWO bundled an eight"
But why did you not rush in your
reserves and cud the 6ght right
there
"Sbows youah lack o military skill,
al. We had recommended the ground,
% found we couldn't fight DC mon
two bundled an eight men
why so, %colonel?"
Why. gud Lawd, sab, tbah was
only two bundled an eight trees ID the
patch"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-10
A Suicide that was a Failure

Talking about suicides remarked
a well-known railroad man the other
day, to the Pittsburg Dispatch, ere
minds me Of the experience which hap
pened to a young friend of mine, who,
at one time had more money than
horse sense. About a year ago, he
got CO a terrible spree in New York.
and, while 10 a condition of alcoholic
recklesspess, concluded that it would be
quite the thing to take a trip abroad.
Without giving any one the slightest
inkling of his intentions, he boarded a
Cuparder. and by the time she got to
Liverpool. III bet be had her rigging
festooncd with empty bottles. Ar
irving 10 London be continued his de-
bauch, and threw his money away in a
manner which made even the bablsues
of st. Jimmy's' and the Supper
Clubs tremble. In the course of time,
be got fat broke. The rest Of the story
might best be related in his own words.
"'When | realized the predicament
I was 10. l can assure you, old man.
my feelings were anything but COM
Portable. l recollected that | had over
drawn my account at the bank, and the
thought that I had acted in such a fool
ish name made me wretched and
desperate. l felt a delicacy about ask
ing assistance from any one / bad met
over there, and finally concluded the
only way out of it would be to commit
suicide. During my stay in London |
had made the acquaintance Of a proml-
nent young physician, aud one day
while in his office, | noticed on the
mautcl a large colored bottle, filed TO
the cork. aud upon which was pasted a
poison label. showing the customary
skull and c~rossboaes. With the craftl-
ness of desperation. i succeeded in
making away with the bottle without
being detected, and hurried 1t to my
room.
81 took about half a dozen stiff
brandies aud soda to nerve me up to
the point. | wrote a long, incoherent
letter 10 everybody telling how had
been misconstrued, uuappreciated, etc,
ETC., lay down on the bed and drank
about a pint of the liquid-waltcd FIVE
minutes aud didn't dic-waited ten
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-10
An Expression on Currency.
Illinois Democrats to Make Their
Position KnoWn---Free SILVER.

SPRINGFIELD, III April 1.-The
Democratic State committee held an
important meeting this morning.
There was a full attendance. The
object was to discuss the calling of a
State DELICATE convention to fix the
currency views Of the Illinois Demo
Gratis for the next campaign. The
sentiment was nearly unanimously III
favor of the convention. 1t was
decided to call one to meet in
Springfield June 4th. Each county
committee is instructed to call a con.
vention for an expression Of views
and sending delegates to the State
convention. The basis of represen-
tation is one delegate for every three
hundred votes cast for Claggett for
State treasurer. The Democrats are
urged to turn out to the county con-
ventions aud to give free expression
to their views 80 that there may be
no more doubt as to the position of
the party The vote was II ayes to
8 noes. Mayor Hopkins of Chicago
favored a delay of twenty days and
left for Chicago before the vote was
taken. Chairman Hienricasen of the
State committee gives out an inter
view on the subject, asserting that
there is no question that Illinois Dem
ocracy is almost unitedly for free sill
yer and he believes that the conven-
ton will so declare. He expects a
tremendous outpouring of Democrats
to the State convention. He declar-
ed to the United Press correspondent
that be has had considerable trouble
holding county committees back
from expressions in favor Of the
white metal and that the sentiment of
the Democracy of the State is 80 over
whelmingly in favor of some early
and emphatic action that the State
committee, could not do less than
call the convention.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-10
The Political Committee.
It's Report Filed at Boston-schemt
of National Labor Laws.

BosroN, April 4-The Globe says
that from what can be picked up
from the gossip around the State
House, it appears that the labor Sec
ton of the committee OF mercantile
affairs on their trip South to find out
why the mills Of Massachusetts wish
to go South, is one upon which there
is a wide difference of opinion
among the various members.
The committee claims to have
found out that in spite of the appar-
ent prosperity in Massachusetts,
among the cotton mills, a large
amount of Massachusetts money has
been sent South. That there is moth
ing in the charters Of the new cor
porations formed under Massachu-
sets laws that will prevent them from
organizing in Massachusetts, and
going South. Reference is also made
to the fact that there is at present
nothing to prevent the cotton corpo-
rations of Massachusetts, from putting
all the money they want to in South
ern mills.
The report will prove that cotton
manufacturing in the South is not a
new industry, but since 1892 there
has sprung up in that section condi-
tons favorable to Massachusetts cap.
i~talists. In substantiasion of this
there will appear a long array Of
figures which will give some surpris-
ing results.
The report will net speak hopeful
" of the scheme of establishing mills
near cotton fields or near coal mines,
as cheapness will be equalized by e1-
penses in another direction. The re-
port will give the following seven
distinct causes which are attracting
the cotton industries of New Eng
land to the South:
Nearness to cotton fields, cheap
tenements, cheap coal, mild climate,
low taxes. abundant water power and
absence of restrictive labor laws
The labor question, which really is
the most important part OF the report,
is where the division of the commit
tee is really the greatest, as the por-
ton of the report submitted advises
national legislation in the hours Of la
Dor of women and children and asks
that the commonwealth take steps to-
ward securing such legislation
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-10
The Nicaragua Canal.

WASHINGTON. April 3-The Presi-
dent has selected. under a provision of
the suodry civil appropriation bill. the
following persons as a board to investi-
gate and report upon the feasibility,
permanency aud expense Of the Mica
ragua canal over the route proffered
the construction company: From the
army. Major William Ludlow. corps of
engineers; from the navy, Commander
NJ. T. Endicott, c. E; from civil lifef
Alfred Noble Of Chicago. member O.
the American Society Of Civil! Eugin.
GERS.
Major Ludlow was born in New York
aud appointed from that state as. a
FIRST lieutenant of engineers in June,
1864. Little more than a month later
he vas brevetted a Captain for gallant
service in the defense at Allatoona
Pass and before the end of the year
be vas brevetted as major for gallant
service in the Georgia campaign, and in
March 1865, he received another brevet
for g~allantry in the Carolinas and was
made major in 1882. Colonel Ludlow
served as the engineer member of the
board of commissioners for the District
of Columbia. He is at present light
house inspector for the Detroit light
house district. A few years ago be got
into q difficulty with the light house
board over a question as to the advisa'
bility of placing certain lights in tse
S.. Mary's and a court Of inquiry to de-
termine whether Major Ludlow should
be tried by court martial resulted. The
board was vindicated in the question Of
dicipline, but Major Ludlow was mol
court msrtialed.
Mr.. Endicott, whose rank of com-
mauder is relative and not actual, was
appointed q civil engineer in the navy
from New Jersey 10 July 1874 He
stands second on the list Of civil eogin-
GERS.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-10
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