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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-09
NO ARGUMENT IN ITS rAvou.

II n man, says n leading advocate of total
abstinence, steps up to me and says that ale
cohol IL good for heat, remember the terri
bly, hot weather when the thermometer at st.
Louis went up 60 l02 degrees In the shade,
and there were 100 sunstrokes in the city In
one day, and ninety-nvc OF them were beer
drinkers. II men say that alcohol Is good
for cold, | reply that the three men who
went fnrthest In the search for Sir John
Franklin were cold water drinkers.
The cold water drinkers can stand moro
hot and cold weather. do moro hard work,
have better health, and make better fathers,
citizens and Christians than the liquor
drinkers OF this land.
The fleet deer, whom heated in the chase,
pants for the water brooks, and bounds with
'oyto the cooling stream, slakes its thirst
IL away. challenging tho huntsmnn' =
90 ~ 4 the speed OF the bullet. The
cattle from n thousand hills seek nature !
treasure with delight that only the faith.
ful herdsmen can describe. The rose and
lily drink in tho refreshing dew, and breathe
their fragrant gratitude upon the air of sum.
mer. The blossoms OF tho orchard trees
hold their painted colors towards tho clouds
OF fspring, to catch the magic pearls OF life
that turn the blossoms 10 fruit Meadows
sip from the silver-rimmcd goblots Of the
sky, from the crystal rills, and smile with
verdure and flowers. The broad fields OF
the husbandman drink in the generous
showers, aud their sides shake with rustling
harvcsts All life, all health, all develop.
Inent In nature demand natures sweet stimu.
liant, the beverage browod amid tho lightning
and In the rocky watts Of the mountains. OF
nll Gods creatures man alone has spurncd
the sparkling principle Of life. and raised t.
his parched lips the cup of fire and death, the
draught that scorches the brain, maddens the
passions and consumes tho life. We might u,
reasonably expect TO raise good cattle and
horses anu fruits and grains by substituting
alcohol for water for their drink, IA 10 cx.
pect to raise good, stroAg, handsome
brawny men ON lager beer.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-09
oLonY IL THE cRoss OF CHRIST.

'Cross-bearing calls for strenuous effort.
And by cross bearing we do not mean chas-
.isemement. Cross-bearing is doing for 9th
ers. The cross is the pre.eminent symbol OF
altruism. The cross OF Jesus represents u
voluntary WORK which he took up in behalf
OF suffering man. The cross Of the Chris-
tian is participation with Christ in tho 'reat
propaganda, in his effort TO build up the
kingdom OF truth aud righteousn - on
earth and so TO deliver the race from sn. 1t
was with this intent that our Lord sal, "lf
any man will come after Slc. let him deny
himself, take up his cross aud follow Ne,
The work OF the universal churcn /, cross
bearing. To do good at the sacrifice OF por-
sonal preference aud convenience. 70 do
good as fishers Of men. On the bessedness
Of this servce-to grow weary in toll beside
the Son OF God david j. Burrell, d. D., in
"The Spirit OF the Age"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-09
eALooNs IN rfrfEs.

A study OF the figures OF the number OF
saloons In other large cities Is interesting.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-09
Tus "PuBLfc HOUSE.

The London Times, England's gH ---
nal, says OF the liquor tram, in that coun.
try; at would be imposs BILE TO find any
thing which stands for so much loss 20 soul,
body, and estate as the public house. Even
II we accept the best case that can bc made
for II in principle, the fact Is IL Is still a
huge nuisance and misery, there is not u
vice, or disease, or disorder, or calamity
OF any kind that has not its frequent rise In
the public house. The public house de-
grades. ruins and brutatzes n large faction
Of the British people"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-09
Venezuela Commission.

President Cleveland announced the ap-
pointmont Of the Venezuela commission as
follows. David J. Brewer, Of Kansas, Justice
OF the United States supreme court Richard
II. Alvey, OF Maryland, chief justice OF the
court Of appeals Of the District OF Columbia,
Andrew ID. White, OF New York. Frederic II.
Coudert, OF New York, and Daniel G. Gu
man, OF MARYLAND.
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sunk With all on Board.

captain Mcqueen on Saturday last 1is-
covered sunken for and aft SCI Joner OF
800 tons burden about six miles ea. of Pelea
island, Lake Erie, where it hal ,yidently
been sunken very recently, as the q ars had
not been damaged by floating ice. his ship
no doubt went down in tho storm oi tho nth
inst. II Is believed that all on boar perish
ed, their being no means OF escape ON 10
count Of large quantities Of fioating zoe.
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TEMPERANCE.
nrzrnnrs nopY AND MIND.

Intemperance can not dwell in n sound
frame, or at least II never does Disease OF
the mind, too, is not far on. 1t may be de.
lirium or insanity, temporary or confirmed;
or IL may stop short OF that, resting at senile
driveling and childish folly. The moral
sense is blunted, and the better part OF man
sustains both degradation and decay.
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In philadelphia there are 1850 retail liquor
licenses. u decrease ot 5000 since the high
license law went into operation. Tho sum
of $1,000 Is paid for each license. The issue
of the license is under the control and direc-
ton exclusively " the judges Of the courts
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19

licans in New Jersey we offer you to-day. ne
is in the prime of life, never-faltering frleno,
with qualities of leadership unsurpassed ol
sterling honor, of broad mind. OF iioerai vie"s,
of wide public information, OF great business
capacity and, withal, parliamentarian Wno =
would grace the Preside ncy OF the senate VI
the United States native OF our State, lne
son of an humble farmer, he was reared 10
love of country in sight of the historic neio oi
Monmouth, on which the blood OF our ances-
tors was shed that the Republic might exist.
From poor boy, unaided and alone, ne mas
risen to high renown among us.
In our State we have done for him all that
the present conditions would permit. He has
been Speaker of our Assembly and President OF
our Senate. He has been the choice for United
States Senator of the Republican minority IN
the Legislature, and had it been in our power
to have placed him in the Senate OF the Unlteu
States he would long ere this have been there.
His capabilities are such as would grace any
position OF honor in the Nation. Not for him.
self, but for our State; not for his ambition,
but to give to the Nation the highest type OF
public official, do we come to this convention
by the command of our State and in the name
of the Republican party of New Jersey-uncon-
quered and unconquerable, undivided and in
divisible-with one united voice speaking LOT
all that counts for good citizenship IN our
State, and nominate to you for the ONCE OF
Vice-President OF this Republic Garret A. Ho-
bart OF New Jersey.
Mr.. Humphrey of Illinois briefly sec
onded the nomination OF Mr.. Hobart in
the name OF Illinois.
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HASTINGS SPEAKS FOR QUAY.

at the close of Mr.. Thurston's effective
speech CRIES of "Vote' were raised, inter-
spersed with cries for Quay" In the
midst of this Governor Hastings took the
stand and placed i'll nomination the name
of Matthew Stanley Quay. He said:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Conven-
ton: Pennsylvania comes to this convention
giving you the cordial assurance that, whoever
may be the National standard-bearer, he will re-
ceive of all the States in the Union the largest
majority from the Keystone State. There have
been no faltering footsteps in Pennsylvania
when the tenets Of Republieanism have been
at stake Our party's principles have always
been held as sacred as Independence Hall or
the memory OF her dead soldiers. Having
within her borders mere American citizens
relatively who own the homes in which they
live; whose principal daily avocation is to sub
due and develop her greatstorehouses of native
wealth; whose wage-earners, skilled and un-
skilled, receive, one year with another, the
highest average American wage-rate-the Re-
publicans of Pennsylvania, by their chosen
representatives, come 10 this convention and,
with you, demand, and their every interest de-
mands, a system of National currency equal to
the best in the world.
They demand as well that the Government
they love and for whose flag they have foueht
and still stand ready to defend shall pay its
debts in money and not in promises. They in
sist that dollar is not created by the fat of
the Government, but must have 100 cents of
intrinsic or exchangeable value, measured by
the worlds standard, and that any debase-
ment of the standard would be fatal to bust
ness security and National honor. They be-
lieve in the old-fashioned custom of living
within their income, and when the income is
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19

"a a matter of fact, it was neither Judicial nor
foir The issues made were false and the tes-
+imonv garbled. The decision changed the
600 of the returns. Enough votes were taken
troro what he had received to give his op-
nonents majority. and to ehange MS election
into defeat. The grounds for the rejection Of
the votes we're not that they had not oeen cast,
nor that the voters were not legal voters, nor
that the Judges of elections had not Deen fully
satisfied of their right to vote DsIore Receiving
their votes. All these facts were admitted, but
en- decision was put on the ground that,
though the voters had paid their poil-ta1 and
had receipts showing the fact Tor the time
roouired by the law, such receipts mad not
haen nroduced before the officers holdlng the
election. and those officers, for that reason,
had no right to receive their votes.
Tntbts way thousands of citizens were robbed
NJ their votes. and q man never elected Gov
ernor Is now holding the ONCE IN tennessee
The people of Tennessee feel that great
wrong has been done them, ana they Waht an
opportunity OF expressing their puDhc con-
demnation of the act. They want an opPor'
tnn,tv of showing the confidence they have In
tbe citizen who has thus been defrauded OF
the Office to which they elected him. They
belieye he is worthy OF any othee WITHIN the
gift of the American people.
REPRESENTING them here, name lot vice
President of the United States Henry Clay
Evans.
The nomination of Mr.. Evans was sec
onded by Mr.. Smith OF Kentucky "a
colored delegate), who declared that the
Republican party was 1.-The grandest Or
ganization this side of eternity" Laugh
ter and cheers.] No Republican conven-
ton for the past thirty years had failed to
declare for the sanctity of the ballot, but
it was necessary to do something more
than words. The convention had an
opportunity to do for Southern Repub-
licans that which it had done for North
ern industry, by giving to them a candl-
date for the ice-Presidency who should
be to them renewed courage and hope.
Elect Evans to the Vice-Presidency, he
said, and there would be a new fence OF
Republican States in the South.
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AN EPITOME OF REPUBLICANIsM.
the Of O
Chairman Of

ndh areadyp
of law dorer;
O uigp
of civilized
dophan of
O and
dng whoseboo
practices m the safety
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The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19
ONE BALLOT DECIDES 1T
Ohio Casts the Vote Making Nc
Kinley the Nominee.

Ohio Casts the Vote Making Mo
KinIey the Nominee.
CONVENTION HALL, ST. LOUIS. Mo-,
June 19.-Amid hush the call OF States
was begun, Alabama starting off with for
Morton and 10 for Mckinley. Arkansas
and California cast their solid votes for
Mckinley. Connecticut cast votes for
Reed and for Mckinley; Delaware solid
vote for Mckinley Florida 8 FOR Mckinley ;
Georgia, for Reed, 2 for Quay and for
Mckinley.
One of the colored delegates from Flori.
da, amid angry protests, insisted on chal-
longing the vote, and Senator Thurston,
who had resumed the chair, decided that
the right of challenge should be given to
every delegate. The delegation being
polled 1t was found that Morton had 2
votes in Florida and Mckinley only 6,
instead of s. as announced by the chair
man of the delegation. A challenge of
Georgia followed, and resulted in confirm
ing the vote as previously announced.
colored delegate from Alabama here
followed with challenge of the vote Of
that State. which resulted in showing
that, instead of casting a solid vote for
Mckinley. the vote should have shown l
vote for Morton, 2 for Reed and Mckinley
19. Illinois vote, announced as 46 for
Mckinley and 2 for Reed, was challenged
and poll resulted showing no change.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19
HoBART's EASY VICTORY
The New Jersey Man Chosen on
the First Ballot.


CONVENTION HALL, ST. LOUIS, Mo,
June 18.--The call had only proceeded as
far as South Dakota when it became evi-
dent that Hobart had been nominated on
the first ballot and the delegates and the
crowd in the galleries began TO leave the
building. The chair informed the couven-
ton that it would be necessary to appoint
two com mittees to wait upon the nomi-
ness for President and Vice-President and
notify them of their nomination and he
requested each delegation to choose two OF
its members to act upon these committees,
which he said would meet tomorrow
morning at the Southern Hotel.
Resolutions were then offered and
agreed to appointing the chairman, Mr..
Thurston, and the temporary chairman,
Mr. Fairbanks, chairmen respectively of
the two committees to notify the NOM
inees for President and Vice-President.
Resolutions of thanks were also offered
to the chairman, the temporary chairman
and the officers of the convention, and
suitable acknowledgements were made by
Messrs. Thurston and Fairbanks.
The result of the ballot for Vice. Presi-
dent was then announced by the chair as
follows: Hobart, 5321z; Evans, 2771z;
Bulkeley, SO; Lippitt, 8; Walker, "a;
Reed, 8; Tnurston, 2; Frederick Grant, q;
Depew, 8; Morton, 1. Absent, 3D..
Chairman Thurston then formally de-
clared Garrett A. Hobart of New Jersey
the nominee of the convention for Vice.
President of the United States and the con.
vention adjourned sine die at 7:51.
The detailed vote for Vice President fol-
lnwS.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19
FOR WALKER OF VIRGINIA.

Mr.. 1. c. Walker (colored) of Virginia
put in nomination his fellow-delegate,
James A. Walker. He told the conven-
ton that the financial plank in the plat
form was ''strong medicine for the Soutn-
ern States, but they proposed to take it
like little men"
A delegate from West Virginia reported
that that State was solid for sound money,
solid for Mckinley und solid for Hobart
of New Jersey for Vice-President.
The balloting for Vice-President then
began.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19

the second place on our National ticket Con-
necticut man; man who represents the sem
tlments OF the Republicans and projections
lists and sound-money men; a stanch and tried
Republican; man equally distinguished for
his rare courage, his energy, his integrity and
his ability. nominate Hon. Morgan G. Bulke-
ley OF Connecticut for Vice-President of the
United States.
Mr.. Fessenden sketched Mr.. Bulkeley's s
successful career, and said he was now at
the head Of one of the largest business en-
terprises of the State, and had been
thrice elected Mayor of the Democratic
city OF Hartford, and had given them a
magnificent admins istratinn
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19
RHODE ISLANDS CHOICE.

The rollcall of States was resumed and
New York made no nomination. When
Rhode Island was called Mr.. Allen of that
State came to the stand and nominated
for the Vice-Presidency Charles Warren
Lippitt. He said that that little State had
given a hero to the revolution in 1776, q
Burnside to the Union IN 1861, and that it
now had in Congress the father OF the Nc
Kinley protection act, meaning Senator
Aldrich.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19
Special to the Calt.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, June 19.-Andor
Saxlehner, of the firm of Andreas Saxleh-
ner of this city, proprietor and exporter of
the celebrated Hunyadi Janos natural
aperient water, has bsen decorated by
Francis Joseph /, Emperor of Austria and
hins OF hungary, with the Cross of the
Iron Crown, order III. on the occasion of
the Hungarian Millennial Celebration now
being held in Budapest.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19
IRBY NOT 4 CANDIDArE.
The South Carolina Senator WuE Not
Risk Humiliation.

Risk Humiliation.
LAURENS, s. c., June Ex-senator
Irby announces that he has decided not to
enter the coming contest as a candidate
for the United States Senate. He is re-
ported as saying that, from advices re.
ceived from different portions of the State
he concludes that his motives and official
acts are misunderstood by the faction of
which he was charter member, and that
the machinery of the party government
has been organized to defeat and humili-
ate him.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19
FOR SECOND PLACE.
Several States Present Names Of
Favorite Sons.

SeVeral states Present Names OF
Favorite Sons.
CONVENTION HALL, ST. LOUIS,
Mo-, June 1s.-When the applause which
greeted the announcement of McKin-
ley's nomination had subsidized Lodge
moved to proceed to the election of Vice.
President, and that the nominating
speeches be limited to five minutes. Not
withstanding many expressions of dissent
and cries 10 adjourn this motion was de-
clared carried, and at $50, the convention
having been in continuous session eight
and half hours. the roll of States was
called for nominations for Vice-President.
BULkELEY'S NAME PRESENTED
When Connecticut was reached Fessen-
den took the stand and said:
Two acts have already been performed by
this great convention, which should receive
the hearty and the enthusiastic approval and
ratification of every loyal Republican of the
United States. The first is the nomination OF
the soldier, patriot and great statesman OF
Ohio. Governor Mckinley, as our choice for
the Presidency. The second Is the adoption of
q platform, which in unequivocal terms pledges
the Republican party of this great nation to
MAINTAIN an honest currency and the present
standard. We have also made declaration in
favor of American industry, always so ably
championed by the candidate we have chosen.
Now, the people of the State / represent were
foremost in expressing their belief in an hon
est dollar and single standard, and that
standard gold Connecticut is vitality inter-
ested in this question and though classed as q
doubtfurState, we believe we shall carry her
in November for the candidates of the Repub-
lican party.
have the honor and pleasure of naming for
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19

An1erican legislation should conserve and
defend Americdn trade and the aUdges of
american soorkmen. BENJAMIN HARRI-
SON.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19
Totals. -. 5351a SO 2771a

T9 als-Lippilt 8, James A. Walker "a Reed g.,
Thurs on 2, Depew 3, Morton l, Grant q
Absent-Montaua g. Nevada 3. Texas z, Colo
rado 3; total absent 49, Necessary 10 choice 4AS.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19

Blank, 4.
Necessary to o choice, 454.
Total number delegates present, 906.
Senator Lodge, rising in his delegation
and standing upon his chair, said:
Mr.. Chairman; The friends of Mr.. Reed have
Followed him with the same loyalty which he
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Opening and Closing of the Mails.


Northern mails close at 7 80 and SO q. m
and ID 30, 45 and 8 80 p. IA. Open at
8 90 a. m, 10 90 m. and 90 p. m.
Southern mails via Charlottesville. close
1t 7 so and 10 40 g. m. and 2 Is and
$50 p. m. Open at 8 90 q. N. and 90
p. n.
southern mails, via Richmond, close at
10 40 g. m. and 13 and 8 40 pm.
Manassas Division mails close at z so q. m.
aud 80 p. m. Open at 10 40a. m.
Alexandria and Bound Hill mails close at
8 40 g. m. and 90 p. m. Open at 8 90 ar
snd O0p.m m.
Chesapeake and Ohio mails close at 2 10
o. m. and 8 80 p. m. Open at 8 90 a. m. and
90 p. m.
Washington mails close at 7 80 and As q.
"a. and 70 80, 80, As and 8 80 p. IA.
Open Mt 8 90 and 10 90 a. m, ID 90 No. and
3 90 and 80 p. m.
ohice HoursLOpen at 90 a. m. Close a.
Sunday Houn-open at 90 g. m. Close
1t 8 80 8. m.
Carriers' Schedule Collections made on
inside routes-6 80 and 10 90 g. m. and
8 90 and 80 IN. Full route-6 80 q. m.
and 80 D. m. Sunday collection 5 90 p,
m. Carriers window open Sunday 8 90 a. m.
and close 80 q. m.
Deliveries made at 8 90 q m, u 90 N. and
800 p. IN.
All mail should be in Office fifteen minutes
before hour indicated for closing,
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LEGAL.

UIEGINIA In the Clerks Ottice OF the
CORPORATION Court of Alexandria, on the
21st day Of February, 1896.
Benedict Wheatley, who sues for himself and
ON behalf of all other creditors of Mary d.
Wimsatt, de- eased, who may come IN, join
in and become parties to this suit and con
tribute to the costs thereof. vs.. Mary V.
Wimsatt executrix of the last will and
testament of Mary b. Wimsatt, deceased,
and in her own right, and Samuel J. WIN.
satt her husband, E. Percy Wimsatt and
Wimsatt his wife. Richard ID. VIM
satt and - Wimsatt his wife, Charles
Wimsatt and Violet Wimsatt.
Memo: The object of this suit is to obtain
decree for the sale of tho real estate OF
which Mary Il. Wimsatt died seized, or SO
much thereof as may be necessary for tho
payment of the debts aud liens yet remaining
d and unpaid in event that the personal as
sets are not sufficient for.th purpose, and TO
state and settle the account of the executrix.
1t appearing by an affidavit filed in this
cause that the defendants Mary Viola VIM
satt, e1ecutri1 of the last will and testament
of Mary II. Wimsatt deceased, Mary Viola
Wimsatt. Samuel J. Wimsatt, Z. Percy VIM
satt and - Wimsstt his wife, Bichard d..
Wimsatt and Wimsatt his wife, Charles
Wimsatt and Violet Wimsatt are non residents
of this Slate, it is ordered that said defendants
appear here within fifteen days after due publ
cation of this order and do what is necessary
to protect their interests in this suit, and that
COPY of this order be forthwith inserted IN
the Alexandria Gazette, newspaper pubhsn-
ed in the city of Alexandria, once week for
four successive weeks, and posted at the front
door of the Court House of this city.
A copy-teste: "
BY J. T. CALLAHAN, d. c.
James B. Cation. p.q. feb22 W4w