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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-21
M'Guickan Pleaded Not Guilty.

Joseph McGuickan, who was indicted
for em Dezzlement this morning appeared
for the fist time TO answer to plead. He
is charged with having EN- bezzleo si2
from his former employer In May last,
and pleaded not guilty and Judge Wilbur
required him to give bail in the sum of
$1,000.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-21

The Florists ana Gardeners Club OF
this State will hold a meeting In Swarts
Lodge Hall, 96 Westminster street, FRI
day evening, Oct %, at 3 o'clock. The
entertainment COMMITTEES will have some
thing special to offer.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-21

An alarm OF fire was sounded from box
237 Just before 10 o'clock last evening.
When tho department arrived II was
found that the blaze was I'm the Public
Market at f3 Aborn street. IL was ex-
ting before any damage had been
uone.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-21
ii Hung Chang at Home.

PEKIS, oct. 2i.-Li Hung Chang has
arrived here and VIII shortly present his
report to the Emperor.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-21

The State range was broken into last
night, but SO far as known nothing was
taken.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-21
81 Let's Get
~ Acquainted
~ ~ ~ ~ ~

XA/E live wdeawake oewearng
Providence We shoe We
We what enterprise
selling We Fall Winter trade
goods r prices right Shoe this city
buying shoes Shoes bought by for cash be
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-21

sold cheaper than the usual credit house,
that's the idea. Close buying means close
selling in order to get the acquaintance of
every wide-awake person in Providence we
shall offer special inducements on the opening
days OF our new store THURSDAY and FRI
DAY, OCTOBER 22d and 23d. Every money
saver in Providence should see our stock on
these days. for it will pay you, and we wish to
know you. We shall sell goods at very low
prices during these days, simply because
tn csc are our opening days for the new store.
1t looks like losing game at first, because
we shall lose money these two days. but it is
not We have faith in ouSbusiness faith in
the quality and merits of our shoes we know
our goods are right; we know our prices are
right we sell shoes which are honestly made,
and good leather makes good customers. We
have no doubt Of your regular custom after
you have once tried us.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09
Some Remarkable Jumps.

Long camping anSt 5J something
worth seeing, says the st. Louis Re-
public, when the winner is forced to
jump upwards of three-quarters of II
hundred feet in order to gain the
prize. At the great athletic meeting
held at Stockholm, Sweden, in 1894,
there were several competitors in the
running spring board jump" each of
whom managed to clear more than
forty-four feet, the winner making Il
record OF seventy feet three inches.
The Swedes and Norwegians, it is
true, do not Jump in the same fashion
that Americans do. They have n run
way at the athletic grounds at Stock
holm which is down the side of hill
900 feet in height. At the bottom of
this an immense spring.board is set in
such a way that the "spring" end is
six feet above the ground. 1t is from
this that the jump is taken. However,
if we think of the matter properly,
this seventy-foot flight through the
air is wonderful feat after all.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09
South Americas Resources.

The sixteen republics south of the
United States and including Mexico
and Central America have popula-
ton of over 50,000,000 people.
Brazil is the largest of the southern
republics. 1t is said to have more nav
igable rivers than any other country
in the world. Rio de Janeiro is the
principal city and it has nearly l ,000,-
900 inhabitants.
Rubber is the best product of the
Amazon valley, ,33, 900, 900 pounds hav-
ing been exported in 1883. Iron
abounds, but the mines are undevel-
oped.
The Government of Brazil controls
the telegraph system. In 1890 there
were II, i67 miles of wire and Brazil
communicates with the United States
by three lines.
Brazil's commerce is mainly with
France, Great Britain and the United
States. The principal articles export
ed are coffee, hides, tobacco, gold coin
and bullion, sugar, diamonds, rose.
wood, cocoa and rubber.
Venezuela is three times the size Of
France and of Germany aud five times
the size OF Italy. II is, in fact, larger
than any European Nation except
Russia. There are only two seasons
the wet and the dry. The climate
varies with the altitude.
Venezuela is one of the richest of
the South American republics in nat
ural resources. 1t has Inc gold mines,
rare and precious woods and splendid
agricultural facilities. Many of the
mines have never been developed.
Mexico's mines are many aud rich.
They have been worked for over 400
years and although vast quantities of
precious metals have been taken out
by far the greater part of the treasure
is yet to be mined. Humboldt, at the
beginning of this century, estimated
Mexicos mines at 5000.
Bolivia and Colombia have their
greatest wealth in mines. Their de-
velopment is very slow. however. Vast
coal fields, gold, silver, precious
stones, iron, copper, tin, lead, bis.
muth, mercury, platinum, zinc, rock
crystal, alum, tale and alabaster are
among the things which will make
/ these countries very rich.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09
How Nails Are Named.

Two accounts are given of the origin
OF the terms "six.penny," "eight-
penny" "ten.penny," and SO on, as
applied to the various sizes of nails.
According to one statement, when
nails were made by hand, the penny
was taken as a standard OF weight, aud
six were made to equal the weight of
copper penny. This explanation is
open to criticism on account of the
very small size of the nails of which
six were needed to balance even the
large sized, old-fashioned copper
penny. The other is much more prob
able. 1t affirms that six were sold for
u penny, and the name grew into use,
even when the price changed, and the
larger kinds were, from popular
mistake, called ten-penny and so on,
without regard to size or weight. OF
the ordinary six-penny nails, there
are eighty to the pound; of the eight
penny, there are fifty; ten-penny,
thirty-four; twelve.penny, thirty
nine. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09
SELECT RELIGIOUS REl
TEMPORAL BURDEN.

knew a Christian lady who | q very
heavy temporal burden. II too ,way her
sleep and her appetite. and thei WAS dan
ger Of her health breaking do, under IL.
One day when II seemed espec ~ heavy,
she noticed lying On the table ? AR her n
little tract called Hannah's E,ah." At
tracted by the title. she picked IL . and be-
gan to read II, little knowing tn II was TO
create revolution in her whole Experience.
The story was Of poor wonaOVho had
been carried triumphantly throul a life Of
unusual sorrow. She was giving Qe history
Of her life to kind visitor on on occasion,
and at the close the visitor said. A. lingly.- ~
40 Hannah. ! do not see how "a could
bear so much sorrow "
~ did not bear IL. was the guy reply
"the Lord bore IL for me-" "
'Yes. said the visitor. 'that Is te right
way. We must take our troubli to the
Lord
Yes replied Hannah. "but we must do
more than that we must leave thdn there.
Most people, she continued. "tLkc their
burdens to Hin. but they bring tHm away
with them again. and are just al worried
and as unhappy ~ ever. But tai mine.
and leave them with him. and | come away
and forget them. II the worry cones back.
| take IL 20 Him agnin and do this over
and over until at last | just forget | have
any worries and am at perfect rest. II. W.
Smith.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09
DAwNING DAY.

] saw In the early morning the sunlight
touching first, with it, morning glory, the
golden cross Of the nearest church. and the
hcavcnward-p pointing sprc OF another in
the distance. and then the chimneys and
roofs Of the houses. gradually reaching
down. lighting THEN sides and hooks and
corners, until it fell upon the earth itself,
and the world was warmed and gloriiled.
As the day waned | watched the light
slowly fading, from the lower things first
l"ssening on the sides Of the houses little
10y little. from below upwards. until the last
rays Of the setting sun touched only the
highest points, the roofs and chimncys. lin
gering longest upon the cross and spirc
which were the first 10 receive
his morning greeting. And so I think IT is
with the sun Of Righteousness. HiA
light touches first that which Is highest in
human nature. that which aspires,
though ever so feebly, and reaches
dgrlp. .eys-rit - 10 i4shtinlr chang
ing, rcdeeming from its own darknes and
as lfc's day declines. the light need,R for
the illumination Of its lower phases Athe
things which are Of the earth. and become
divine only i'm the shining of divine light -
slowly fades. and the last glow fingers upon
that which Is highest and trucst and best in
character. Mary Ella Mann.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09

As in private prayer our thoughts are
turned TO that God who seeth in secret, so
In public worship we should seek to realize
rather more definite conception of
the presence Of the incarnate God. The
human presence ysibly around US in the
church is the pledge, the token, the sacra-
mept of his. He is among them In all
the sympathies of his humanity, in all the
glories of his divinity, in all the precious
virtues of his mediatorial work. And 1t will
be found useful before the commencement
OF the service, and ut any Of the necessary
breaks which occur In the course of 1t, 10
occupy the mind with the thought of his
presence. The apprehension OF it will inn
part TO public worship "A mingled sweetness
and solemnity.-E. VI. Goulburn.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09

II is not enough that a certain stout
woman on certain little island across
the Atlantic should be called Victoria,
Queen of England and Empress OF In
dia, but she must needs be a goddess
to boot, remarks the Pathfinder.
There is q sect in Orissa, Bengal, who
worship her as their chief divi nifty,
and it is discovered that her majesty
is an object of worship in the temple
of Phadong-Lama in Thibet.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09
AN EASTER LYRIC.

Rose-tipped buds and song Of birds,
Meadows dotted thick with flowers
In low swamps the grazing herds
Come with April's freshening showers.
Soft the south winds wooing breath,
Musical the runners flow;
Closed is Winters reign OF death,
And Nature smiles TO see II go.
Now the bluebird's warbled bell
stirs the elm-top's tilted spray;
On the rail-ience--note him we'll
How the robin shines to-dayl
over meadow. knoll and hill
Green grass puts its carpet neat
And the rare song-sparrow's thrill
Never turned to song more sweet.
Fleece-piled clouds, in argosies,
Float against the deep blue sky,
While brighter grow the willowtrees
Above the brook that ripplcs by.
Burdens OF earth. and mind, and soul.
slip with dull care while away;
The Summer sun regains control,
And new life dawns with Easter Day.
Joel Benton.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09

Tho value of thoroughness in the
treatment of any subject has received
recent illustration in the case OF
Professor Roentgen, who gave the
matter of his y ray photography 80
exhaustive n study before publishing
anything with regard to it that it has
taken the rest of the scientific world a
month to catch up with him. 1t is
said that photographs taken by him
are better than the majority of those
taken by other experimenters. Pro-
fessor Roentgen's modest paper on
the subject of his discovery, says the
Scientific American, has not been ex.
ceedud in interest, clearness of state.
ment, and precision of deductions, by
oil which has been published since.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09

The enormous amount of wool now
used for making paper every year may
be judged from the fact that q Paris
newspaper, the Petit Journal, which
has n circulation Of over million
copies a day and is printed on WOO
pulp paper, consumes in twelve
month 100, 900 fir trees of al average
height of sixty.six feet. This is said
to be equivalent to the annual thinning
of 20, 900 acres of forest.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09
"sweet sylphide, I love your said

he.
And, with dowpcast lids and Grim.
soning cheeks, she answered:
"And-I may confess it now--1 love
youl"
Never we're prayers more earnest
than those breathed by Sylphide Eyer.
ton as she knelt at the sacred altar
that Easter morning; and long after
they we're married, Sylphide found the
little Easter card which she had paint.
ed-the cross and the crown Of thorns
in her husbands desk.
"Oh. Ralph" she said. "why do
you keep this poor little daub?"
He took il lovingly into his hand.
dearest" said he, "no Rembrandt
nor Michael Angelo could be more
precious in my eyes than is thisl"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09
SCRIPTURE y RAYS.

Professor Roentgcn insists on calling the
ragT wiEH 1 pfodHa%I ms wonderful 4h9iio-
guished from cathode rays. advancing in
support Of this view the two considerations
that IN th" passage through the air a small
er proportion of the X rays than OF cathode
rays Is absorbed, and that the direction of
the latter can Ice changed by IA magnet
while the course Of the former cannot. II
SO, these y rays would seem 90 afford n fine
symbol Of the infallible illumination of di-
vine truth, which enters our world but il III
capable Of being absorbed and lost in its
transit like cathode ray, and is in no peril
of being diverted from it, true course and
mission 10y any magnetic attraction of a
lower earthly character. The Scripture ray
is the superior y ray.-N. y. Observer.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09
KEEPING YOUNG.

Keeping young is matter Of keeping abreast
with the times we are in. getting out "a new
edition Of ones self every day and In order
to do that we need 10 keep out in the open.
Perpetual youth il the art Of keeping up,
living in that vital connection with the think
ing and the doing and the cndeavorng that
is in the world. that all your moving il i'm
the pace Of the worlds moving. A man.
age l. the distance between himself aud his
times reduced 20 figures. In order to keep
up with the world we require TO live life
that is u part of the worlds life. We must
keep 10 the organic idea of mankind. nor try
To bc "a man all by ourselves. Just NJ soon
a. the branch undertakes TO set up In busi-
ness for itself. TO cut the cords that bind IL to
the general life Of the tree. 90 dam the cur
retts that struggle into II from out the great
volume Of the trees collective vitality, the
branch withcrs. The tree goes on. the
branch stops. The branch gets left behind.
There Is a life in the times. There Is a life
In our kind. The race Is great deal more
than the numerical sum Of all the individual
men and women that happen at any instant
TO be alive upon the earth. And cloistcr-
culture II the process Of closing up the
sluiceways through which the currents Of
that universal fulness are attempting to flush
us. and 20 become realized factor In our
being, feeling. thinking, purposing and
working.-C II. Farkhurst, u. ID. New
York.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09

The growing influence of newspa-
pers in school education was illustra.
ted the other day at conference of
the Public Education Association in
New York, when Miss Josephine G.
Locke, supervisor of drawing in tho
public schools of Chicago, told how
the children are being trained to
search the columns of the press in
working on topics of public nature.
II should be one of the functions OF
every school TO teach the children how
to read a newspaper to the best ad-
vantage-and also what newspapers
should be read.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09
A plan has been announced in Lo

A plan has been announced in Lon
don to lay telegraph cable from
Shetland, the notthernmost telegraph
outpost of Great Britain, to Iceland
under five thousand miles of sea.
The necessary funds have been Sc
cured to assure the success of tho pro-
iect. the total cost being divided be-
tween Great Britain, Denmark and
Iceland. The caL,e wi, - 80 eYpGcJ-
ed. greatly stimulate trade between
Iceland and England, which already
amounts to considerable sum yearly.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09
The Labor World.

A Brooklyn lodge OF the United o.
Carpenters was organized.
Alderman association OF stone cut
been organized in New York City.
Northwestern lumbermen have De-
reduce the lumber cut twenty-five n
The Ellis and Lessig Iron ComA
Pottstown, Penn. has raised wages
cent.
Four hundred coal miners at y
Ohio, struck against screens. whi(
claim are not OF the proper size.
Beginning April /, the wages OF m
the Clearfi0ld, Beech Creek. CamtI
Gallitzin coal regions wes raised fiv|
ton.
The Wire Nail Manufacturers AsI
has advanced prices fifteen cents Il
The latest thing in glass is ia\
Liverpool, England. built OF glasI
with chimney, floors and shingles
same material.
Unions connected with the Unit
ment Workers Association OF AmerI
ON strike in Baltimore, Chicago, Cl
and st. Louis.
A project for compulsory yinsurand|
accidents and sickness OF its citizq
earnings do not exceed 5000 per
receiving serious consideration
Swiss Government.
Frank Sweeney, who was several y
head Of the Switchmen's National UI
who figured prominently In the M
Central strike few years ago, die'
days ago, In Chicago.
..Charlea L. Clark, for seven years
on the Omaha (Neb.) world-HeI,
been appointed Superintendent VI d /,
Drexel Home at Colorado Springs,
present district organizer Of the Int
Typographical Union.
The 500 lithographers who had
strike In New York City for seven
turned 10 work, pending arbit
Bishop Potter. The men went back
as the result OF a conference betweea
mittee OF employers and u commits
strikers.
As the X. OF l.. cigsrette-makers
admit women TO membership In th
tho Tobacco Workers Union, which
ted with the American Federation %
and many Of whose local union
posed OF women, viii organize uJ
cigarette-makers In New York CITY.
The Window Glass Workers A.
Green Glass League and Amerc
Glass Workers As9ocieiion have
The federation OF the three bodies
a membetship Of neerly $4,000. az
the strqA kest trade organization in
try. Islwill raise a special fun
capita ~, bringing IL about {
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09

A New York Press writer says that
Menelek, King of Abyssinia, had de-
cided advantage over the Italians,
whom 1t came TO question of food.
1t was next to impossible for the sons
of Sunny Italia to get their supplies
from one part of that rough country
to another, and the troops were often
Obliged to go hungry, not because
there was nothing to eat, but because
it could not be got at. Menelek man.
aged these things better. Accustomed
as his people are to existing largely
upon raw meat, they never think OF
butchering cattle for their commits
sariat, but drive them along on the
march, and when hunger begins to
pinch them they have a habit of cut
ting from shoulder and flank strips
of raw meat, which they devcur. The
poor animals staggering along till ac'
tually Aayed alive in this slow and
cruel manner. But there are no bag
gage wagons, no silver stewpans and
nOup. p.tuzeens to annoy the army.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09
gold hair and ewes Of real pansy blue,

gold hair and eyes OF real pansy blue,
like picture.
"was he, indeed?' said the rebel of
the family. al wish he'd mind his
own business" !"
"Oh, Sylphide," said Josepha,
"don't speak sol And what have you
got there? Horrid little mice, rs i
live Oh, do throw them away |"
"They are darlings," said Sylphide,
| her defiant eyes softening as she gazed
down at her drab treasures. "And
I'm going to bring them up by hand
l and teach them all sorts of cunning
l tricks. know it can be done"
ooh, indeed I" said Lesbia, severely.
l "You have time to set up a private
mensgerie, and romp with all the cats
and dogs, and ponies and calves on
the place, but you have no time to
paint Easter cards for the Sunday
school girls, although Mr.. Highland
especially requested us"
"Mr. Highland again !" burst out
Sylphide, passionately. "You may be
Mr.. Highlands obedient slaves-you
and all the other unmarried women OF
the congregetion-butI have declared
independence J"
And she ran away to the barn cham
Der, n fragrant little nook, where, ever
since she was twelve years old, she had
possessed her own little sanctum, nm
disturbed by prying eyes, to make a
warm nest for her little orphans until
she could smuggle in some milk from
the kitchen.
And Lesbis and Josepha met Mr..
Highland the next day at church with
sweet, sorrowful faces, like grieved
Madonnas.
"We are so sorry" said LesbIa.
"But Sylphido refuses positively to
help us with the Easter work"
at is absolutely impossible tointei
est her in church afiairs!" signed
Josepha.
But Mr.. Highlands heart gave a
throb of exultation when, as he was
halfway through tho service, he
caught IA glimpse Of slight, veiled
figure at the very back of the church.
at was Sylphide, he said to him
self. 81 am quite sure 1t was Sylp.
hide; but she slipped away before |
could get to the door to speak TO her.
But what nm incomprehensible little
sprite she isl"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09
Williams Little Oaks.

The Kaiser celebrated his thirty.
seventh birthday short time ago, and
a Berlin florist sent him thirty-seven
tiny oak trees William III. was de-
lighted. The thirty-seven little oak
lings were given to tho head gardener,
and will be transferred to one of the
Imperial gardens, while the Emperor
will personally superintend their
grouping. And the far-seeing florist
now displays the royal arms above his
door.-Detroit Free Press.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09
Profit From One grapefruit Tree,

The returns from the sale of the
product of a single grapefruit tree in
the Terra Celia Island grove, near
Braidentown, are gwen in u late issue
of tho Manatee River journal. The
fruit filed twenty.six boxes and sold
for $l70. The freight, carriage and
commissions amounted to S26. 36, max.
ing the net proceeds $l43. GA. Jack
sonville (Fla.) Citizen.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09

There is no need for us to lie awake
at night worrying over microbes, as
We have been wont TO regard them,
announces the New York Mercury. A
certain professor went to tho trouble
Of purifying the air OF all these germs,
and then fed il to some small animals,
which promptly died upon his hands.