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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-16

"Oom Paul's' salary as president Of
the Transvaal, works ont nt about
$50, 200 per anuum, with 81, 600 a
year for coffee money j. e., for en-
tertaining purposes We may add
that tho old gentleman keeps we'll
within the s., 600, for his official en-.
tartainmcnts are neither numerous
nor costly. As regards his private
fortune, this may be put roughly at n
million sterling. How hc made it is
known only to himself aui va VI
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-16

The Atlanta Constitution claims that
'the people of the northeast and
northwest are tired OF bliz2ards aud
droughts. They are seeking homes in
the sections where the conditions of
existence are more favorable. Already
they are sending large colonies south
ward, and the wiping out of sectional
ism will bring millions of them here.
The next decade will see big tide Of
immigration pouring into the south
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-16

hocKortou, who was stuly.ng law
there.
Young Rockcrton came from good
family, was rich, good looking and in
every way eligible; but when PHYLLIS
wrote to her "papa" informing him
of her tender passion aud asking his
consent to her engagement, she re.
ceived telegram (ho was so urgent
that he would not wait Tor the post to
carry his retusaD:
"No. Come home at once"
Phyllis hud 80 rarely been denied
anything that she was angry, aston.
ished, ,dumbloundcd, brokenhearted all
Mt once. No mere words can accurate.
ly describe her feelings. However.
there was no help for it. She must
obay. Aud so, after m interview with
her lover, in which thcv vowed eternal
attachment, she procipitately threw
mp her studies and her newly found
hopes of bliss and returned to New
York
Her father received her kindly, but
with a firm set countenancc, which she
ings with others indicated that bis
mind was made up, and that nothing
could alter it.
She, OF course, burst into tears to
begin with. But it made no visible
effect on her parent.
"My dear Phyllis" he said, "you
cannot imagine how it pains me to be
nh ~ 20 a.,
sires, but when have explained mat
ters to you, ! hope you will agree with
me and give up the idea of marrying
this young Rockerton."
"When | was lad my father had a
farm ont West, the adjoining farm to
which belonged to Ralph Rockerton,
the grandfather of the young man you
have met.
81 need not go into details; it will
suffice for you to know that my father
and old Rockerton had bitter quarrel,
and that n foud arose between the two
families which can never be healed.
81 would rather see you IN Your
collin,' he added, melodramatically,
"than see you the wife of one of that
brood"
But, papa" urged Phyllis, sit is
very long time ago, and l don't think
that "A quarrel between my grandfather
and his grandfather should be any
reason why Geo-I mean Mr.. Rocker.
ton should not be good husband to
me. He is rich. I've always done as
you've wished, and now, when | feel
that my hfe's happiness is at stake,
you make this stupid objection.
She sobbed afresh, but her tears
were thrown away on her obdurate
parent, so she tried to crosse examine
him on the subject of the quarrel.
'lt must have been a very dreadful
quarrel, papa, for you to harbor re-
venge all these years. Tell me more
about it. If my life is to be blighted, >"
she said, signing deeply, 81 should
like to know it,"
Mr.. Monrough felt himself getting
into corner with his daughters wiles
and tears, and he got q bit angry"
sit would be of no use," he replied
shortly; "my mind is irrevocably
made up. But may say that, as was
common in those days, the quarrel led
to fighting. and until your grand
fa+',e-'~ dcath which berrepad about
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-16

1t IL proposed in Utah to organize
in cooperation with ucighDoriug
states an Grid Region exposition, "
10 be held succcs,iycIy in the priuci-
pal cities Of the Eus', for the purpose
Of showing the products and resources
Of the arid region and of trying to
dispol the notion that still exists in
some quarters that the country be-
tween the Rockies and the Slerras is a
hopeless desert, given up TO sage brush
and coyotes. Specimens of products
from tho fields aud orchards would be
shown, with samples OF the mineral
treasures OF the region. The eXhib-
it's would be displayed in the chief
cities first, and then divided up for
exhibition in smaller cities and
throughout the Eastern states The
main idea is, of course, that such an
exhibition would attract immigration
and capital to the arid West.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-16

The elder man started at this obser.
vation, he couldn't understand the eap-
plication of. However, he passed it
over.
"Well, George, my boy" he said,
as he shook his hand in hearty grip,
"1'm truly glad to have you for son.
in.law. And, how's your father?"
"My father?" echoed George. Hes
been dead this ten years or morei"
"What does all this mean?" cried
Mr.. Monrough, in amazement. "Am
i mad, or what is it? You've Just left
your father, my brother-in.law, Tom
Spander, in England, haven't YOUR
Phyllis threw up her arms. and, with
n wild shrek, fell down on the thick
est part of the soft fur rug that lay be-
fore the fireplace, in what appeared
to be dead faint.
The two men bent down Mt the same
time to attend to her, and bumped
their heads together, and everything
was confusion.
"My names not Spander," said
George, hurriedly, rs he rubbed his
head with one hand and supported
Phyllis with his disengaged arm.
"My names Rockerton, and went
all the way from college in America to
England, 10 secure your daughter.
The pen refuses TO record Mr.. Mon
rcugh's forcible language when he was
thus suddenly made acquainted with
the fact that he had given his consent
to his daughters marriage with the
son of the family to which he had
sworn deadly hatred, and the very
man he had before refused, while all
the time ne had thought Phyllis was
marrying George Spander, his broth
er.in.law's son.
For about five minutes the place
would hardly hold him, and his anger
WAS such that he took no means to re-
store his daughter, leaving her new
found husband to "bring her round"
rs best he could.
However, by the time he had roarei
himself out of breath, he saw the fu.
tlity OF his further opposition or re-
sentiment and, like the good business
man that he was, he veered round and
met the wind as it blew.
"Well well!" he said, "1've been
done! But what's done can't be
helped"
He then turned to assist Phyllis,
but by strange coincidence that
young lady had just "come to-" and
in a burst of hysterical tears. begged
forgiveness for the little "misunder-
standing"
81 forgive you, You little witch"
her father cried. "But / have my
about the 'mlsunderstand-
ing"
And Mr.. Monrough mas never cen
able to decide in his own mind wheth-
or it was accidental or of "malice pre-.
pense" on Phyllis's part that the "mis-
understanding" occurred. He has, on
severa! occasions, tackled his daugh-
ter on the subject, hut 81 has always
most skiltully
question and Ga she and ..-- --.
are the happiest couple imaginable,
and George ''is not such bad chap
after ALL" Mr.. Monrough has long
since ceased to inquire further into
it, and has also, OF course, "buried
the hatchet" with the Rockerton fam
Bits.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-16

Borchgreyink, the Antarctic ox-
plorer, says the reason there are fewer
Antarctic expeditions than Arctic ones
is that 1t Is colder around the South
Polo and results are less promising.
His next expedition, which starts from
England in September next, will have
for its object the discovery OF the
South magnetic pole.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-16
WHAT ISTEMPERANcE DOES.

The New York Journal, in an artii
which II counted up the financial aud
cost of intemperance in its city, conclul'
follows:
But Father Kuickerbocker's loss is nd
20 that of these citizens themselves.
years army OF unfortunates whom N
led TO law-breaking, II placed in sing1
allowing each person two feet TO Wal
would stretch from the Tombs prison ilI
York 10 the jail In Newark. N. j. ST
weary, woeful line never marched IN all
world; no spectacle so horrible as this
centration OF the drink-born horror Ol
York alone was ever presented to ciyI
tlon. But II II were, its frightiul thiI-,l
unseen. Those who watched this greg|
line would see 23, 900 men whose 4
manhood alcohol had defeated; 5000 VI
from whom liquor had stolen all thtI
best and highest. But they would n
the wrecks. To fully sense the drI
meaning OF the sud line they would Il
see q parallel procession containiu.
marchers as they were before their faL
And even that would not half tell tL,I
rid tale. II would only show the VI
liquor on the ones who had drunk IT,
other and even greater army would II
cruited II those who suffered In 1895 tbrI
the intemperance of others were ga.Sl
Wives bruised and bleeding from drl1
husbands brutal blows would be IN ths|
ray; children neglected and left to stsnI
drunken mothers would tottsr weakly 4
ranks; mothers distressed and broken n
sins Of offspring, liquor-wrecked, 4
walk, weeping; husbands. gloomed hni
perate through the wickedness OF y
drugped wives. would march blindly. j
That "at the end 1t stingeth like an a
is shS wn by the city's hospital reports
huncted and eighty deaths were ~
caus'd by drink in 1895. or tho 57fl
lost trough pneumonia, at least dnrI
the tcctors say, might have beon said
the la,tims not been weakened byl'
, Con -tmptfon claimed 520i victims
and n,these 1000 might have lived %
hao hit used liquor. And so the s.dAv
It.cl weary, weary story OF miRV
wre et and death. No Temperament
eve vlooken was half 80 powerful \
4 re against strong drink, whicl Il
, DIR own awful work shouts to \
w Nen. \
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-16

Birmingham, Eng, manufactures
not only the gods for various races,
but the crowns for their kings While
a great many Of the gods are cheap
affairs, some are rather costly and ar
tistic in design. Crowns range in
price from S. to $500. There is a
slight falling off in the demand for
crowns, however, since so many say
age kings have taken fancy to the
silk hat and wear it on state occasions
in lien Of n crown. The cheapest
crowns are truly gorgeous, being dec
grated with diamonds and other pre-
cious stones, all of glass. "On one
occasion" says an English traveller,
"when l was out in Africa, ! saw no
fewer than twenty small chiefs with
crowns of this kind upon their heads
and remarkable body of men they
looked. One OF them decorated his
royal person by wearing pair OF
trousers as a coat, while pair of old
CATERS we're the only article OF cloth
ing upon his legs"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-16
TEMPERANCE TOPICS.
And ca,ved thereon your name.

And ca,ved thereon your name.
Look yonder at that broken wreck,
With tottering step and slow;
He was young and honored man
A few short years ago.
ii" had OF wealth a boundiess stora
Loved smiled upon his way;
His life held every happiness,
But what is he to-day?
A broken, bloatei, ragged wretch,
Men pass him by with scorn;
Better II were for him and his
He never had been born.
What made him what he Is to-day
What robbed him, do you think?
What stole his honor and his name2
The cursed lend of drink.
Would you, too, tread the downward way,
And BE TO rum a slave,
Till false to truth, 10 honor lost
You Ill drunkari's grave?
Don't say; "I'll only drink Just once;
That surely is no harm"
That fatal glass, the irst you take,
Unnervcs your steady arm.
You say that you can stop at will;
IL Is not 20, my friend;
After the first the second comes.
And soon you reach the end.
It's the first glass that makes the sot,
Then shun il while you can;
Be true 20 honor and yourself,
Gods noblest work-a man.
Don't tread the rapid downward way,
To hll u drunkards grave;
Look up to Him. IL you are weak,
Who has the power TO save.
Don't drink that first, that fatal glass,
Twill dim your beaming eye.
For honors sake, for loves dear sake,
For Gods sake pass it by.
Mrs NJ L. p.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-16
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.


The fact that there are drunkards is proof
that moderate drinking is not safe.
Does il pay the State TO hang one citizen
because another citizen sells him liquor2
The consumption OF Intoxicating LIQUORS
In New Zealand is decreasing year by year.
One dollar for religion and hvs hundred
for rum is about the ratio in this day of
modern civilization.
II does not pay to have fifty working men
ragged in order to have one saloon keeper
dressed in broadcloth and flush with money.
The saloon produces the grand majority
OF the paupers, and then the sober people OF
the community have TO support the product.
II does not pay TO have ten smart, active,
intelligent boys Transformed into thieves in
order to enable one man to lead an easy life
by selling liquor to them.
DE. Nansen, who Is said to have found the
North Pole, has put himself on record as be-
ing opposed TO the use by arctic expeditions
OF intoxicating liquor In any form.
Gilbert, the man who paid the penalty OF
his crime on the scaffold, in Boston, recent
ly, publicly declared in his latest utterances
that liquor was the cause OF his downfall.
"Show me the child" said woman lee.
turer the other day, "and will tell you the
habits OF the father" She's right, the drink
ing man is known by the poverty OF his
family.
1t does not pay, says the Temperance Ad-
vocate, TO have fifty working men and their
families live on bone and soup and half ra-
tions In order that one saloon keeper may
flourish On roast turkey and champagne.
All the leading newspapers are talking
about the liquor traffic, admitting that II Is
an evil thing and suggesting some means
for taking care Of the results This means
thinking, and thinking means much for the
cause OF total abstinence
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-16
A Singular Jubilee.

A singular jubilee has just been
celebrated by famous Austrian poll
tician, DIR. Smolka-the fiftieth anni-
versary of his condemnation to death.
As a young man DIR. Smolka was sent
enced for belonging to treasonable
society. and only escaped the death
penalty through general amnesty.
Afterward he became loyal subject,
aud rose to be President Of the
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-16

A French newspaper says that
Europe will one of these days have to
take up aud dispose OF American pre-
tentions in regard to American terri
tory. 1--WE are thus notified before
hand what we are to expect" remarks
the New York Tribune.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-16

1t is hardly TO be credited, but it is
authortatively stated, that the people
Of the United States annually chew
$50, 600, 900 worth of gum.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-16
RoCkerton's Sweetheart,

r. ALP HE u 5
Mourough II nd
made his pile rs a
speculator, prin.
cipally in rails, A"
but he still amused
himselfby dealing
now and again to
the extent of S1,-
600, 600 or so, al
though for gen.
eral business he
had dpractically re.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-16
Studcnts' GhastIy I,ranl.

Some pranking students stole the hu.
man skeleton belonging TO the high
school at Freeport, Me-, the other night,
and ran II uD by the halyards TO the
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-16
Blast Was Prematurely Exploded.

The premature explosion of blast in the
tunnel works OF the Pioneer Electric Power
Company, about four miles from Ogden,
Utah, killed five men and horribly mutilated
seven others. This Is the company in which
Mr.. Bennigan, q Rhode Island rubber mag
nate, invested heavily. Senator Frank J..
Cannqp is the general manager.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-16

The United States and Europe to-
gether have 2j2,7ij blind people.
something loss than one in 1000.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-16

either family took every opportunity
OF trying to take the life of some mem
ber Of the other. After fathers death
we sold the farm and came East, and
so the enmity ceased actively; but I
could never consent to your marrying
into that hated family--never !"
"But, papa" insisted the girl,
"what was it about2 What led to the
quarrcl?"
at was about stream, my dear,
which ran between the two estates.
Old Rockerton insisted that the water
was all on his land, whereas it was the
boundary, and we had the right on
one side of the stream and he on the
other. But it really distresses me to
think about that dreadful time, when
for two whole years l walked about
with my life in nay hand, so to speak.
! beg that you will say no more on the
subject"
"Well, just one question, pupa, ="
asked Phyllis, with nn eye to future
contingencies. "Was any one killed. "
"No. No one was killed." answered
Mr. Monrough; "hut your grand.
father was shot in the arm, and never
can forgive them - never never :"
Her father then insisted on her
promising him that she would not
marry without his consent, which she
d / readily enough, but she saw it was
useless arguing with him any further,
and for the time the matter ended.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
BRIEF PERSONALS.

Chas. a. Cooke, Of Rollins Institute,
WAS in the city yesterday.
R. L. Gregory returned yesterday
from business trip through Ohio.
P. G. McCabe, a travelling salesman OF
New York city, Is here on business.
A. II. Sowder, business man oil
Jacks Mill, was in the city yesterday.
A. P. Staples returned yesterday from
Richmond, where he has been for some
time.
Mrs. Hoffman, OF 100 Seventh avenue
s. W., returned yesterday from q visit TO
Radford.
j. E. M. Wright returned to Lynch
burg yesterday, after spending several
days in the cisy.
j. B. Powell returned to Norfolk yes
terday. after pleasant visit to his
family on Fourth avenue n. g.
R. T. Moormsn. OF Hardy's Ford,
Franklin county, is In the city looking
after his real estate interests.
Miss Eula B. McNeer. of Lynchburg,
who has been visiting Mrs. r. D. Air
heart on Belmont Hill, returned to her
home yesterday.
w. w. Coe, chief engineer OF the Nor
LUX huu Ueht6rui 10 III Philadelphia ar
ranging the final plans for the new gem
eral Office building.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Bransford have
returned from Richmond, where they at
tended the funeral of Mrs. Lathrop,
mother of Mrs. Bransford.
j. t. Bernard, who has been in the
city for several weeks on furlough,
owing to an injured hand, returned TO
his post at Blueheld yesterday, where
he will resume his run on the railroad
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
a Misrepresentation Corrected.

To THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES: Motto
ing an article in your paper this morn
Ing to the effect that Jos. Kelly is visit
Ing Roanoke as representative of the
Atlantic Dynamite Company, OF Will
mington. Del, 1 desire to inform you
that this ia Misrepresentation. Mr.
Kelly Is In no way connected with the
company In question, nor have they any
Intention of establishing works in this
locality. g. n. KERR,
Travelling Auditor Atlantic Dynamite
Company. Hotel Roanoke.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28

The bells The bells The bells
The bells are ringing on every street in
the city. Listen W: X. Andrews e.
Co.'S belled teams are delivering coal,
wood and coke to customers. Thew
keep an ample supply of every kind.
They keep the best Of every kind-they
keep it dry under sheds-they cannot be
undersold. Send in your orders to 2l9
Salem avenue.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
BuckIen's Arnfoa saive.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores. letter. Chapped Handa,
Chilblains, Oorns, and sll Skin Erup.
lions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price Is cents per box. For sale by
Massie's Pharmacy. 100 Jefferson street.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28

HEADQUARTERS for new field seeds
chop. hay, corn, OATS etc., at Farmers
Supply Co., Market Square.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28

ExPEBIES CE is the best teacher. Fiji
teen years. experience has taught w. K
Andrews 81 90. what tn Roanoke people
need in the way OF fuel, and they are at
all times prepared to deliver on short
notice. dry coal, wood or coke Look
out for their belled teams. You NAV
know their teams by the bells.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28

Notes.-l. s. leads our old friend, tho single.
ton in the hope of gaining trick or two by
ruling. W., from his own hand. knows that
3. has not led from strength. He, therefore,
though with only three trumps-
2 Leads n trump.
D. The finesse here over the queen is perfect
iy sound. 1t Is conservative play, proper
when trumps are weak.
d. Having cleared out trumps except his
partners turn up card, W. proceeds with his
long suit.
W. and f. make every trick. Had s. origi-
nally led ace Of clubs, W. and T. would have
made no moro than the odd trick.
DIEDRICH.
knickerbocker Whist Club New York.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
GAME 1II.-LEAp FRoM sINaLEroN.

Cards held, South-Hearts, Q, 3, g; clubs A.
Q, TO- T, 4: diamonds. J spades, 0, 8, s, g
Cards held, Wcst-Hearts A, j, 5; clubs, 8,
diamonds, A, X, 10, 8. 5, 4, 2: spades, A. g.
Cards held, North-Hcarts, TO- 0, 4; clubs, r.
j, 8; diamonds, Z, 6, 8; spades. X, Q, TO- A.
Cards held. East-Hearts X, s. z, g. clubs, g.
D. O. 2; diamonds, Q, o; spades, J, Z, O.
The eight of hearts turned rs trumps to the
East. South leads. The underlined card wins
the trick, and tho card below is led
, 1896-06-27

Publication.

RT is hereby made known that
- a balance Of intere amountin;
to S105.81 will be on hand for dis
tribution the 28th July a. c. from
Their Royal IIighness,s Crowl
Prince FHEDHRIK and Grown
Princess L)UI|E'S Silver Wedding
Memorial Fund for the benefit Of
worthy INDECENT persons in St.
Croix.
Applications con aiming the re
quisite informations and duly certi-
fed, to be forwarded t. tn Govern
ment OF the Danish West India
Islands within the 10Th July a. e.
Government S,cretuy's OHIO, st. CIoix,
the 18th June 1875.
LIMPRICHT.
, 1896-06-27
BekiendtgjoKelse

SIS EFT bekjenItgiores herved. at
VIZ der af Deres Kongelige Hi
Meier kronprinds FREDERIKS og
hronprindscsse LOUISES S0lv-
pryllupslesat til Fordel for vprdige
I~rangende paa st. Croiv vii vpre e
hentebel0b af sos 81 til UddeIing
den 2Sde JUL d. A.
Andrayender. indeholdende de
forn0dne o. bah0ri-t kolStaterede
O~plysninger, Vile yHra at indsende
til Gouvernementat for de dansk-
vestindisko Ger linden den 2)te
JUL d. A..
Gouvcrnemeats Seerc,ariatet. st. Croix,
den l8de in i 1896.
LIMPNICHr
, 1896-06-27
new PUBLICATION.

mHE undersigned begs to inform his Gus
toners and the public in general hat he
Will from tomorrow Sunday supply them
with excellent beef a loo. per ib. In making
this reduction he begs at the same time to
notify the buying public that he has made
arrangements for a supply of young cattle
aud hopes to be able to give satisfaction.
EMILE A. CORNELIUS.
West End. st. Croix, 10Th Juue 1896.