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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-26
Blades Of Toledo.
she said,

The Spanish towns were celebrated
throughout the civilized world for the
excellence of their swords, and among
them all Toledo stood unrivalled for
the temper of her steel. The Toledo
blade, famous in song and story, was
so keen, so flexible, and withal SO
strong that its fineness became pro.
verbal. When the Moors overrau
Spain in the ninth century, they were
already masters OF many of the arts,
and especially were they adopts in the
working of metal. Their swords were
highly valued for their delicate temper,
and their special decoration which we
will call damascening was also justly
priced. 1t was from these conquerors
that the Spaniards learned much OF
their skill in forging and tempering
steel.
And that the completeness OF the
noblest weapon men ever made should
not be marred by the lack of auy ele-
ment, natural or artificial. the fairy god
mother, Nature. contributed one more
gift. On tho banks of the TGSus there
is an abundance OF fine sand. In the
process OF forging, the metal is taken
white hot from the furnace, and is SUD-
iected to a cooling process. 1t was to
the peculiar properties of this white
Tagus sand, in which the cooling blade
was buried, that the Toledo swords
owed their unequalled hardness and
great hexibility.-S Nicholas.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-26

The astonishing statement that
Russia is the country that will pres
emily lead In music is made by Ysaye
the famous violinist. "rhe Muscovite
Empire" he says, "has some of the
characteristics of those carly ages
which give us the masters in the arts.
She has that tranquility, that repose,
that isolation, under which master.
pieces come to perfection. The Ger.
mans who, according to the New York
Independent, musically live in their
own past, cannot be induced to take
up the works of the Russians, though
Ysaye has requested several of the
German managers to make the attempt.
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through tears Of mingled oy and
pain. G1
'The bicycle amt broke aid the
driver but neither Belindt rJohn
heard him.
"Why, your wrist is ling"
John said, and he tried to en- his
handkerchief about it, b, either,
because Belinda looked at b SO hard
or because he wished to L long so
pleasant task, it took II many
minutes.
''Better git in, Miss Bell "" in
vited the driver, lifting the -lycle TO
the front seat; "you can't Q home
IL you've hurt your wrist"
"Ob, it isn't much," Be, do pro-
tested. But John helped heA inl to the
barge aud, perhaps becauS Iof an
almost impcrceptible motionpfl hers,
perhaps because of the look hte had
seen in her eyes, he sat dowi iulst be-
side her.
perhaps I'd better not It down
here" he ventured.
"Oh, yes!" Belinda said.
'T'm glad we ran into each o .ther,"
he whispered, adding, gallantl, "but
I'd rather we'd been the one to be
hurt"
ooh, moi" Berlinda cried lifting
frightened eyes to his; and John
moved a little nearer.
81 didn't known you was ridin' n
bicycle, Miss Belindy," said the driver
from the front seat.
'Ive got one, too" John said.
Belinda turned to him with u sud
den radiant smile, then her face
clouded little.
"Sarah doesn't know about my
riding" she whispered.
John looked at her in amazement.
"You're braver than you used to oe,
Belinda"
There was sad significance in his
voice, and Belinda looked down.
"Yes," she answered tremulouslv,
then added, Frightening: "I've grown
q good deal drawer since / learned to
ride. IL was going to tell her about
it tonight" she ventured, after a lit.
tie pause.
~ WbS imDOosiblc III bOuh W iuONO
any closer, but instead he bent over
to whisper:
"Suppose we tell her together"
The driver had just looked back to
ask Belinda how much she paid for her
wheel, but he turned quickly to the
front again with low whistle OF sur
prise, though he was undoubtedly
gentleman, as his broad back thereaf-
ter testified.
Suppose we tell her something else,
too" John whispered; and Belinda
heaved sigh of content.
"But what will Sarah say ?" she asked
little after. when they had come to
the village, and must sit further apart,
and could only surreptitiously mold
each others hand
'T don't care what she says now,"
John answered, gayly; "do you, Be.
linda?"
Belinda looked up at him thought.
,s;iE, iE,Thi5sess.'-'''' 4. =, happy
"Wtlt.vno; I ddh.s o&inafss'aI,2S,l"
she said, bravely.-New York Ledger.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-26

The Journal Of insanity says that
'genius oftentimes seems to have
about it touch Of madness, AMI in
sanity sometimes shows streak OF
genius, but the relation between the
two is accidental, not essential. If
this has been said before, it will do no
harm TO say it again, rs an antidote to
the mixture Of each to which Nordaus
and Lombroso and others are just now
treating the civilized world"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-26
After.Elects Of Grippe.

No one has, up to date, been able
satisfactorily to diagnose the after
effects of this remarkable epidemic.
An eminent authority, in comment
ing on its peculiarities, says that fresh
air is the best tonic and restorer.
Among the most serious symptoms OF
apparent convalescence is the extreme
depression to which the patient is
liable. In this state n suicidal tend
en1y is often developed, and hysteria
is not uncommon. This is specially
noted in cases where there has been a
great deal of pain in the head. Pleas.
ant and absorbing occupation is one
of the best helps to recovery. Nour-
ishing food, not too concentrated, a
rea sonable amount of exercise, stop
ping far short OF the point Of weari-
meas, are also advantageous. Above
all, indulgence in depression should
be Navoided, as this may develop into
chronic melanchoiia. and end in q
m4ntal disease OF serious character.
As summary Of treatment, take
plenty of fresh air. simple tonics,
n9urishing food and laugh and enjoy
everything that comes in the way.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-26

advocates OF the single tax have
tolcctcd the State of Delaware for
their propaganda and experiment, and
already have n very large following.
They show by the report of the United
States Consul AZ Auckland that New
Zealand has become wonderfully pros
porous since adopting the single land
tax system chronicles the Detroit
Free Press.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-26

The worst anticipations OF General
Weyler's cruelty are moro than full
filled, declares the New York Tribune,
by his own proclamation. According
to that delectablc document, any per.
son who innocently repeats story
of Spanish defeat or an insurgent
victory which some one else may have
told him commits capital crime.
And yet General weyler says the in.
turgents are mere set of cut.throats
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-26

The extraordinary meteor which
frightened the people of Madrid re-
Gently, illustrates what is the danger
TO which We are always exposed. In
this case, declares the New York Inde.
pendent, huge aerolite, the size of
which has not yet been computed,
passed over Spain, and was seen from
different cities in full daylight, and ut
a height computed at twenty miles.
There was an explosion which fright
ened every one, and the conclusion Of
which did damage to houses in the
city. 1t is the largest one on record,
and was possibly a mile across. II
came near enough to the earth in ITS
erratic course, flying perhaps at rate
OF twenty miles a second, TO compress
the attenuated air before it, so as to
raise the front side OF it from TEN.
perature ofperhaps 200 degrees below
zero to white heat, and to cause
huge fragments TO crack from it. So
far as yet known, none of these frag.
ments reached the Garth, and the entire
mass with its immense velocity passed
speedily out Of tho sphere of the
earth's attraction, Yet u very slight
difference in its direction or in the
position of the earth would hive
brought it the surface, with whatresult
it is easy TO imagine. 1t would have,
of course, destroyed everything in
its neighborhool, would have blotted
out city or town on which it might
have fallen, and might have slightly
affected the length of the year. One
or two cases are known in which a
small meteoritc has fallen upon house
and injured il, and yet the largest
meteorito tAus far known only weighs
a few tons, a mere nothing compared
with this Of Madrid. We know chat
invisible masses OF matter are llying
through space, some Of them aggregat.
ed IN cometarY streams and others
solitary. Possibly this one was the
head Of comet. II by no means rep.
resents the extreme magnitude, foI
there are doubtless dead suns, perhaps
as large as our own, which have lost
their heat, and are. therefore, iavisi
bic, and which, as IN the case of new
stars, can recover their heat only by
being drawn into the sphere of attrac
tioR OF some other body. There il
always q possibility that the earth and
our sun may perish in such collision,
or rather be reiuvenated, and once
more from a condition Of molten or
gaseous heat beginsthe round of con.
densatiop, cooling and habitsbility.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-26
A SUNSET FANCY.
Tonight. as l sat at my window,
While the west was all agleam

dOhikhts ~ cot NJ Wy "thooWt
While the west was all agleam
with that strange and wonderful splendol
That is fieeting as a dream,
thought that the hands Of angels
Had flung heavens gateways wide,
And caught some glimpse OF tho glory
From the hills on the other side.
1sit not comforting fancy,
This sunset thought OF mine,
That always the gates Of heaven
Swing open at days decline
That those whose work il all ended
From our earthly woes and ills,
May pass to the peace and gladness
That crown the beautiful hills?
Perhaps while sat there dreaming
or the gateway in the west
Some weary ones went homeward
To long and endless rest
Went In through the sunset gateway
To the city paved with gold,
To dwell in the hills Of heaven,
And BE- no longer old
--Eben L. Rcxford, in saturday Night.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-26
MIppLEBuno, PA. March 90, 1896.

Whena new Russian Car is crowned
be receives congratulations in more
than fifty languages and twice as many
dialects from his own subjects. The
pageant is made as gorgeous and spec.
taculnr as possible in order to impress
these distant and scattered people with
sense of tine grandeur and power Of
their ruler.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-26

Taken as a whole, Central Al
offers a fair field for foreign
prise. BY young men Of self.dl
and sober habits. possessing a ]
of from $1,000 and a tolerable \
edge of the Spanish language. !
either in commerce, agricultu,l
mining may be confidently a
upon. but they must avoid an
ference in local politics. In thI
In all other countries. the fo,I
whose character and mode of MI
mand respect will very seld
ever, suffer molestation at the
of the authorities. The Mica,
canal. If once commenced I'm o.,
will open up the almost inexhag
resources of that republic, and h
gincerlng works alone will offer
tive employment TO thousands o
eigners. Its physical difficult.
Insignificant compared with
Wnlcn LeSseps never overcnmp o.
lsthmus Of Panama; and, perhar
greatest obstacle to contend Nj
the sitting of the alluvial depos
the mouth of the San Juan rive
Atlantic entrance TO the canal
whole length will be 104 Engllsh
40 of which are included In the
lake of Nicaragua. 1874 feet abo,
level. whose total superficial Al
3,66S English square miles. A
cutting will connect this Lake
that Of Managua, 15G feet ahoy
level, with superficial area ,
English square miles, being ~
long and - miles broad, with an
age depth Of i've fathoms.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-26
A Remarkable Address.

An Irishman in Manayunk. Penn. :.
received a letter the other day from
his sweetheart in Ireland addressed as
follows: "Seville Schofeld's mill Of
fee, Main street. Manayunk, Phila-
delphia. United States of America, in
care, of Mr.. Edward Clegg, to give to
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-26
Round the Uenrthstones

Household necessities, cheer AMI VI
in winter. require the building OF mos
A cheerful, warm Fireplace is grociog
fort, but the harm fire may DO has no
Hoarthstones have storied legends, an.
are stories OF how houses nre burned
by carelcssness. But II is because ".
more fires that there are moro lurl
scalds. the treatment of which, to al.
once the torturing pains, requires snr.
for immediate use. No household sh.
without It. and st. Jacobs Oil suppl
need. Used according to direction. IL
soothcs and cures, and leaves no sg4
hind.
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Sour

Stomach, sometimes called water \
and burning pain, distress, ns-
dyspepsia, are cured by Hoods Sd
parilla. This it accomplishes bec
with its wonderful power ns b
puriier, Hoods Sarsaparilla &c.
tones aud strengthens the stomach
digestive organs, invigorates thol.'
creates an appetite, gives ref-c.l
sleep and raises the health tone.
cases of dyspepsia indigestion
seems to hRe "a ma ~
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-26
StO)I'77 MAJ: ;a;:CF

with severe pains across my shoulder
great distress ! had violent nausea, vi
would leave me very weak and faint,
cult to get my breath. These spells d
oftener and more severe. / did not res
any lasting benefit from physiclan.,
found such happy effects from u tr.-
Hoods snrsaparllla that took several
ties, and mean to always keep it 10
house. am now Rblo to do all my
work, which for six years have bec-
ablo to do. My husband and son haya
been greatly benefited by Hoods sarsa,
for pains in the back and after the gr.
gladly recommend this grand blood d
cine" MRs. PETER DuRBY, Leomins,cr y
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-26
A Ride to Independence.
BY FRANCES BENT prLL1SaHAM.

1LINDA came soft.
ly down the stairs
and looked in at
the front room
where her sister
was sewing.
"l'm going ont
for q little walk"
she said in her
gentle, half.apolo-
getic voice.
Her sister looked
mp sharply. 'Well,
don't be g o n c
long, and you'd d
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-26

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrupfor CiI
teething. softens the gums, reduces iufs,
tion, allays pain; cures wind cole. 70 al
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-18
FEED UPON SALT WATER.
Countless Living Things That Exist in the
Depths of the Ocean.

The salts of the sea have fed through
out all time countless things which
have thronged its waters and whose re-
mains now form the rocks of the con-
tinents or lie spread in beds of unknown
thickness over 66,OOO,OOO square miles
Of the 143,00O,O00 square miles of
the oceans floor; they have lent the
substance to build the fringing reefs
Of the land and all the coral islands
of the sea, and there are at present,
on the basis of an average salinity of
3H per cent, in the 0O,7OOOO0 cubic
miles of water which makes up the
oceans, 9O,OOO,OOO ,OOO, 900, 900 tons, or TO-
10000 cubic miles of salt. This is
sufficient to cover the areas of all the
lands of the earth with a uniform layer
Of salt to a depth of 1000 feet.
1t seems, says Popular Science
Monthly, that the sea was made salt
i'll the beginning as part of the grand
design of the Creator to provide for the
system of evolution which has been GO
ing on since the creation. Many dis
tinct species of living organisms live in
the sea as result of its salinity, and
their remains have largely contributed
TO the growth of continents. The three
great factors in accounting for the sys-
TEN of currents in the ocean, by which
il becomes the great heat distributor
of the globe, are changes of tempera-
ture, the winds and salinity. The last
mentioned becomes an important fac
tor through the immediate and essen
tial differences of specific gravity and
consequent differences of level that it
produces in different parts of the ocean
through the action of evaporation and
rainfall
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-18
Trustees Sale.

Whereas. on April 6, 1892, +. Krisch and
wife, E. Krisch, executed and delivered unto
j. T. woodruff a deed of trust on the following
described property, situated in San Antonio,
Bexar county, Texas, on the n. W. corner of
Flores and Houston streets, and described
by metes and bounds as follows, viz: Begin.
ming at the corner of Houston and Flores
streets; thence n. along the W. line of said
Flores street 13R feet to property of
Stuenke; thence W. with 8. line of said
Stuemke property llA feet, to the property
formerly owned by J. Y. Cassiano; thence 8.
along the g. line of said Cassiano property to
Houston street: thence e. with the n. line of
said Houston street to the place of beginning;
said property known as krisch Convention
Hall property; deed of trust recorded in
Bexar county, Texas, book l09, vol. 2ls; said
deed of trust given TO secure Elizabeth C.
Gardiner in the payment of twenty thousand
dollars, evidenced by one promissory note,
the sum of s2O,OOO.O0, due and payable three
g9 years after date, at the bank of
T. C. Frost, San Antonio, bearing
10 per cent interest per annum and
able quarterly, after date, and said note pro-
viding that If said interest be not paid the
entire sum, principal and interest, shall be-
come due at option Of holder Of note, said
note executed by F. Krisch, ST., and row
held and still owned by said Gardiner, and
whereas default has been made in the pay
ment of said interest and principal and the
said entire sum is due, and the request hRv-
ing been made on me to advertise and sell the
said premises, as in said deed of trust pro-
vided for, therefore l, J. T. woodruff, trustee
as aforesaid by virtue of the express author.
ity conferred upon me by the owner OF said
deed of trust and in conformity to law, will
sell for cash all the above described property,
at and before the court house door, in San
Antonio, BeXar county, Texas. at public ven
due, on the first Tuesday in April, 1896, the
same being the 18th day of said month, between
the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and o'clock D..
m. on said day; and by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the terms of said deed of
trust will in the name of said f. Krisch and
f. Krisch execute and deliver unto the pur.
chaser a warranty deed in fee simple, forever
binding upon them and their heirs.
Witness my hand, in San Antonio, Texas
on this, the 9th day of March, 1896.
1T. Woodruff,
392it Trustee.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-18
Chinese Fear OF a census.

Even so simple n governmental act
as taking a census awakenE in the
minds of the people suspicious that
some other end is in view. Mr.. Smith
cites a case, known to him, in which
the younger of two brothers concluded
thattaking census meant compulsory
emigration, and if that were so he must
go; therefore, rather than take long
journey-which, be it noticed, was an
entirely gratuitous superstition on his
part-he committed suicide, thus
checkmating the government!"-Prof.
c. NJ. Cady, in Century.
ALI the rivers which flow into the
Arctic ocean are frozen solidly to the
bottom during about six months in
every year.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-18
OLDEST EX-SENATOR.
George Wallace Jones and His
Eventful Career.
He Was the First Senator from the State
of Iowa, and a Great Friend of
Daniel Webster and other
Famous Statesmen.

There is good ground for the belief
that the human race is longcr-lived
than it was a few generations ago. A
dence of increased longevity, the ages
of some prominent men of to-day,
notably some members of the United
States senate who participate actively
in national affairs at an age at which,
80 years ago, they would have been
deemed ready to be laid on the shelf.
Another notable example, says the
Illustrated American, is General and
ex-senator George Wallace Jones, of
Dubuque, Ia, who is now in his 92d
year. Gen. Jones was born at Vim
cennes, Ind, April IL, 1904. He was
frontier lad, yet he was early alive to
the fact that his part of the country
was not always to remain the frontier.
He was graduated from Pennsylvania
university, where he was classmate
of Jefferson Davis; at the same time
Zachary Taylor and Lewis Cass were
students at Pennsylvania. After grad
patton he entered the legal profession,
huu uOO 1Ollt1 d1NSl "d4u 1OlIuSN q UuoE
ness partnership with Daniel Webster,
with whom he purchased the site of
the present city of Madison, Wis. The
spirit of the frontiersman was in his |
veins, so he moved westward in the ear
1y thirties, and was made congression-
al delegate from the Territory of Mich
igan in 1888. He was largely instru-
mental in securing the division of
which came the territories of Wiscon-
sin and Iowa, and he held many i'm
portant offices in the new region.
Gen. Jones was the associate in con-
gress of James X. Polk, Alexander II.
Stevens and Abraham Lincoln, and,
after being elected the first United
States senator from the new state of |
Iowa, sat in the upper house with |
Thomas II. Benton, Charles Sumner,
Stephen A. Douglas, William H. Seward
and James Buchanan. He was warm |
personal friend of John C. Calhoun,
Martin Van Buren,, Henry Clay, An
drew Jackson, John C. Fremont and |
Franklin Pierce, and his intimacy with |
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-18

such men, and his native diplomacy, as
well as his interest in and knowledge
of the needs of the new northwest, made
him of great service in furthering many
measures for the development of the
new empire of the west. He was aide
de-camp to Gen. Henry Dodge in the
Black Hawk war, serving through that
campaign, but had earlier served his
country in the field, for while a mere
boy he was a drummer in our army on
the Canadian frontier during the war
of 1S12-1815. On leaving his seat in
the senate in 1859, he became minister
to the United States of Colombia; n
notable event in Washington, before
his departure, was the dinner given in
his honor by William H. Seward.
The prominent politicians of half a
century ago had some social duties
which their modern successors would
scarcely know how to perform credit
ably. For instance, Gen. Jones acted
as the second to Jonathan Cilley, of
Maine, in the celebrated duel in which
that gentleman was killed by William
j. Graves, of Kentucky. He was also
chosen as best man" in IL other pro-
jeCted duelS, in seven of which he was
able to prevent the combatants ex-
changing shots. In 1897 he had a 'lit-
tie affair" of his own of this nature
at st. Louis, where he was challenged
by Lieut.. Williams, of the regular army,
after a discussion which grew out of
the attempt of the lieutenant to remove
the glasses with which Gen. Jones had
been serving some ladies with refresh
ments. The lieutenant, learning that
Jones was a dead shot, withdrew the
challenge, and the affair of honor
stopped at that point.
On his Goth birthday, April ~, 1894
the state of Iowa rendered Gen. Jones
public reception Mt Des Moines, the
capital of the state. The governor pre-
sided, and the Legislature, in body
the executive council, the judges Of
the supreme court and many of the
distinguished citizens of the common
wealth attended.
In. person. Gen. Jones is of command
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-18
SILVER KING SALOON

Cor. Flores and Commerce Sta Ess, edo ,,u,
sary Plszs, II you want drink of the ceia-
orated g, q B. 1892, PensyIvania RYE WS, SSt,
9 peeeve goT and Bourbon Philadelphia and
+; TUTTLE, the Genial Proprietnr SIIra a.
Ming saloon, who always keeps the f,nsst
brands OF imported and Domestio W,nes