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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-06-25
Hanna Made Chairman.

The new Republican National committee
met in ST. Louis, June 10. Secretary Man
ley, Of the old committee, called the new
one to order. and Powell Clayton, of Arkan-
sas, presided. on motion Of Mr.. Scott, Of
West Virginia the vacancies were filled with
one exception of Alaska and the District Of
Columbia. which were lett TO the Executive
committee. Mark A, Hanna was nominated
for chairman 10y Mr.. Payne. OF Wisconsin.
and seconded 10y the members from Pennsyl-
yania, Ohio and New York. He was elected
by the unanimous vote OF the committee
Mr.. Hanna accepted the nomination In Il
short speech that was received with ap-
plauSe,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-06-25
Crushed BY a Boiler.

Robert II. Blair. OF Pennington, Butler
county, Pa, IA well-known pumper, was
killed on the Beatty farm. about five miles
northeast of Butler. He was sitting under
n boiler disco meeting the blow-off pipe and
getting ready TO move the boiler. The boil
er was proppod up with post under the
rear end and in some way 1t fell out and the
boiler fell on his back, doubling his head
between his knees and crushing him almost
to jelly, death being instantaneous. lie
was found dead about twenty minutes after
the accident by two men who were working
on the lease. They raised the boiler and re-
leased him. He was about 80 years OF age
and leaves wife and nine children.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-06-25
Where Fairs vii, Be Held.

The dates of fairs in Western Pennsylvania
and Eastern Ohio.are as follows: Taretum
August 1928; Hookstown, August 1919;
September la; Mercer, September 20, Octo-
ber L. Parker, September sill Greenvllle
September l5-l7; Stroudsburg, September
SIP; Cochranton, September 1918; Jefferson
o., September 22-25; Washington September
22-25; Commemorative, September -, Octob-
er /; Akron, o., September 20, October 2;
Burgettstown, October 6-s; Stoneboro, Sept
ember 22-2i; Bloomsbury, October 1917.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-06-25
Lee Makes a Statement.

Consul-General Fltzhugh Lee has wr.,
President Cleveland letter regardln, a
Cubans in which hc takes up their cnse =,
puts II strongly before the president 7,
new consul advocates "a the only soluti,,
the Cuban question autonomy on ce,,,,
lines. Lees letter seems to indicate Id
that the insurgents have by far the bo,,
the argument. That there is much grov,
for this belief is verified Ia dispatch h,
Madrid saying that the government ~
making preparations to send in $4,000 n5,
trOOps.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-06-25
PERMANENT ORGANIzATIOy
The committe, Gets Together and Hs'
Its Business Quickly.

The committee on permanent organH
met at the Southern hot1l Immediately
the adjournment cf the convention,
Grosvenor OF Ohio was made chairman
out dissenting vote. 1t was some tin
fore quorum was obtained, and Y
meantime II was ordered and approved
that the honorary Vice presidents name
the various state delegations be ratified
out further formal action.
Delegate Trummel, of Nebraska moved
Senator John NJ. Thu ton be selecl'
permanent chairme,.rrsawithout
negative the motion lpqi1ed. 1t ws
ordered that the te'ah ,.rary secreiaI!
his entire staff. be de permanent
committee then adjofoied sine die.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-06-25
BRIEF MENTION.

The Florida Democrats nominated W. ID.
Bloxham for Governor.
The Spanish Government has bought two
new IA, 900 ton ironclads.
Brooks periodical comet has been observ-
ed by the Nice observatory.
The Arkansas Democrats instructed for
BLAND for President by a vote of i20 to
327.
The great popular ovation by the citizens
OF Colorado to Senator X. NJ. Teller will take
place July 4.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-06-25
Settlers Being Massacred.

Teegrams received from Buuwayo indi-
cate that the Mashonas have Joined the Mat
abele rising and the situation Is much moro
grave. There urc numerous eases OF isolated
settlers being mRssacred. The people about
Salisbury and Fort Charter have been order
ed into laager. The whole Mazoe district Is
full OF revolt. dispatch TO the Chronicle
from Buluwayo SAYS that the situation IL 30
serious that the cape mounted infantry has
been ordered 10 MashonalGnd and the i'm
PeriGl troops have been ordered up from
Mafeking,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-06-25
TEN WERE KILLED.
A Bursting Boiler Blows People in All
Directions.

At the Taylor cycle park. one mile west OF
Little Falls. n, y, where the state meet of
the l.. A. W. was to take place, the steam
yacht Titus Sheard exploited her boiler as
she was being moored Thursday afternoon.
died while on the way to the hospital, three
were fatally and six seriously injured. The
boat was blown to splinters, and pieces Of
the boiler were thrown 800 feet. Three OF
the bodies have not been recovered and are
believed TO bs in the Erie canal. where the
catastrophe occurred. The explosion IL be-
lieyed to have resulted from the defective
working Of the pump connected with the
boilers.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-06-25
Walling Convicted.

The trial OF Alonzo NJ. Walling. joint
d.cted with Scott Jackson for the mln
Pearl Bryan, Jan,6,ry sist, ended onih'
with conviction ond the death "a
The evidence. hisl yn included, shows
he knew Scott J sons purposes 10 J
lug Pearl Bryan 'inclnnati ever sins
lst.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-06-25
OVER 1000 KILLED.
Terrible Loss Of Life Caused by Earth.
quakes in Japan.

News Of terrible disaster, involving a
loss Of over one thousand lives, comes from
tho Island Of Yesso. which contains the
northern province Of Japan, including
Shircbeshe, Oshima. Furi. llitaka, Tokachi,
Ishikari. Kirshiro Teshiwo. katami and
Nemora. All these sections of the Island
seem 10 have been more or less shaken.
The subterrancous disturbance lasted
about 20 hours. and during that period the
utmost terror prevailed. The ground rum
blings are described as resembling the roar-
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-06-25
Suain Raises Obieotion.

A dispatch from Madrid says that the
Spanish government declares that tho claims
for damages made by Americans In Cuba are
mostly untenable, and some OF them ridicu-
lous. For instance. one man demands S25.-
900 because he suffered with nephrlts while
in prison in Cuba and another asks for pecu-
mary damages because he was afflicted with
smallDOx
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-06-25
GARRETT A. HOBART, OF NEW JERSEY,
Republican Candidate for Vice President

mounted chair 10 respond. When II had
ceased he, without the least sign OF nervous
ness, excitement or evenemotion, addressed
the people, his first speech since he spoke In
the Methodist Conference at Cleveland
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-06-25
Nominated for President ON the
First Ballot Amid Cheers.
HOBART FOR VICE PRESIDENT
Pennsylvania Solid Vote Cast
for Him, Giving Him a Vic
tory Over Evans.
OHIO CLINCHED HER SONS TRIUMPH

Unbounded Enthusiasm in the Convention
Hall When the Ohio Candidates Name
Was Presented by Foraker Some Of the
Silver Men Furnish a Mild Sensation by
Leaving the Convention After Protest
by Teller and Cannon Against the Gold
Standard Plank
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-06-25
Iron Mills Resume.

Tho Addyston iron, steel and pipe works
OF Cincinnati Is in operation in all its depart
ments. For several months 1t has been prac-
tically idle. The Newport works will also
resume.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-06-25

ing OF distant cannon Shock followed
shock In almost uninterrupted succession
about every eight minutes. In all IL Is esti-
mated there We're lj0 shocks Of more Or less
force
The Meeker herald., 1896-10-24
HE HAS HIS TROUBLES.
1Fsals sf Messenger Boy for the Tsis
graph Company.

9Tials sf Messenger Boy for the Tels-
graph Company.
A telegrhaph messenger probably sees
as much of the other side of human
nature as doctor. One told an Atchi-
son Globe writer recently that woman
never opened q telegram without turn
ing pale, and, when the message was
not alarming, they looked disappointed.
He delivered about two death mes
sages a day -four birth messeges.a great
many business messages, and once in q
great while love message that makes
him tired to carry it. He carried one
recently to q young man in town that
read:
''How are you to-day darling?"
The answer went promptly back by
the boy and was to this effect: II am
better, love" He once carried a mes
sage of death to a colored woman, and
after reading it her emotion overcome
her to such an extent that she caught
the messenger in her arms and soundly
boxed his ears. Another colored woman
refused to open or sign for a message,
but walked the floor and beat her
breast, and screamed, supposing It an
nounced death. When all the neigh
bors had come in, one more venture.
some than the rest read the message.
1t was simply notice that the woman's
sister would come up from Leaven-
worth that evening to see her.
The Meeker herald., 1896-10-24
PRACTICAL.
vslas Of Good Ear for Masis Apart
from Music.

valss sf Good Ear for Mssls Apart
froA Ausic.
1t is probable that good ear for
music has some value apart from music,
but 1t is not great. In the management
of rapidly moving machinery a mu-
steal ear, which quickly detects varia-
tion Of pitch, and, therefore, Of speed
for the pitch of the sound depends on
the speed-is Of considerable use. A
farmer with good ear can detect at
once IL the thrashing-mnchine is i'm
properly he'd" for its speed increases
and the sound it emits 10 of higher
pitch when an Insufficient amount of
corn is supplied, and in the same way
the electrician can tell il m electric
motor is running at it's due speed. With
u musical ear the physician more read
lily interprets the sounds elected by
percussing the chest, and the potter
more easily separates the sound from
the unsound. 1t il q moot point
whether the musical nre naturally the
better readers and speakers, but there
is no doubt that they improve more
quickly when taught eiocution, for
they can appreciate the pitch of their
own voices and SO correct their errors.
A good ear includes an acute nppre-
ciation of time or rhythm, and this is
OF use to, for example, the stroke of
boat OF drill-sergeant.
The Meeker herald., 1896-10-24

jority on the first ballot convinces me
that the people of the state appreciate
the faithful work Ihave done behalf On
Of the taxpayers of the state.
have full confidence that ,l,e whole
Silver Republican Democratic fusion
ticket Will he elected by fair majority.
| earnestly hope that no citizen of Houtt
or Rio Blanco county will believe the
bitter personal attacks made for po'iti
cal purposes by one of the Denver papers
against Governor Alva Adams. That
same paper llut!ed him to the skies up
TO the time he was nominated for gov
ernor on our ticket. The charge that
he is under corporate influence. is abso-
Iutely untrue. know that an entirely
different man was corportion choice. l
further know that the powerful cnrpor-
atoms of Denver have utterly refused TO
contribute nick'e to or campaign
fund, and it gees without saying that
their money goes with their friendship.
And now as to my hopes in this cam
paign. 1t will occur to YOU, my con-
sti,uents, that my Prospects and stand
ing in the state will depend in the fu-
ture. as in the past. largely upon the
support You give me on November 3rd.
|, therefore. ask you to RENE mber nv
over four years services to our country
in its lime OF peril; my Years of almos,
ceaseless pain, caused by wars expcs
ures; my successful services to nv dis.
trict and the Who'll. state as a legislator,
and | ask your united support in this.
which is probably the last battle shall
wage in public life. I am conscious
may have made mistakes, and offended
some. Few in public life escape that
misfortune. But trust that all will re
member what have accomplished and.
forgetting any mistakes, sustain me a
this time when l need your assistance
For reasons which you will readily ap
preciate, it will he impossible for me To
canvass in that section. but hope that
those among you who feel that deserve
it, will fight my battles for me.
Faithfully and gratefully yours.
JOHN W. LOWELL,
The Meeker herald., 1896-10-24
THE IVORY INDUSTRY.

q Nsaas Dsash to ssveaty- Five ThsasaAA
Elsphaats Annually.
One-ffth of the worlds commerce in
ivory comes TO Great Britain, and It will
astonish most people, says Answers.
to learn that $4,000 elephants have to be
killed every year to keep our markets
supplied with the precious substance.
Altogether, to keep the whole world in
ivory-apart from fossil tusks-7s.0 900
elephants are slaughtered annually.
Africa il the great ivory country; and
in the Congo basin, the best hunting
ground, there are supposed to be about
200, 600 elephants, worth altogether
about 6 100000. The average weight
Of ivory obtained from @ single ele-
phant Is about so pounds. TuskA
weighing about 100 pounds each have
been procured, but this In very rare.
The most expensive tusks are those
used in the manufacture of billiard
balls; they cost, as rule, f110 100
weight.
Ivory dust and shavings are used by
confectioners to stiffen the more ex-
pensive kinds of jellies. The scrapinga
are often burnt and made into paint
known as "ivory black" worth about
& 90 ton.
The hardest of all ivory il that OBJ.
tained from the hippopotamus. twill
emit sparks like a piece of flint when
struck with steel, and is principally
used in making artificial teeth.
The Meeker herald., 1896-10-24
A DEEP SILENCE FELL.
The Figures Seemed to Warrant . Thea
ter-Goef'S Demand.


ter-Goer's Demand.
II beg your pardon" said the man
with the slightly bald head, who sat
in a parquet seat near one OF the boxes
in downtown theater the other even
ing. 81 beg your pardon" he RI peated,
''but would you mind looking ut the
figures on this check and telling me
what they are? I'm . little near
sighted"
The youngest member Of the noisy
box party, an amiable-looking youth
with highly plastered hair, suspended
his conversation, says the Chicago Trib-
une. with She interesting blonde in the
green dress n moment, leaned over the
front of the box, and, in answer to the
questioner, who had risen to his feet
and was smilingly holding out for his
inspection the check end Of . ticket,
he said:
Certainly, sir. Tho figures arc
$780,"
"Well," rejoined tho questioner.
that's exactly what paid to hear this
play tonight, and Tn going to get
the worth of my money or I'll lift my
voice right now and raise a fuss and
make scene! You'll oblige me by tell
ing the rest of them"
lie wns not disturbed again during
the evening.
The Meeker herald., 1896-10-24
Why LATIN IS USED.

ossA nsassss fer . Deetsr's WFiti.g .
frsses1p<soa n . Dead LAAssAgs.
"Why doesn't the doctor write his
prescription in English instead of
Latin?" asked . man of q druggist.
whose reply the New York Herald pub
fishes:
In the first place, Latin is . more ex-
act and concise Language than English,
and being a dead language. does not
change, as all living languages do.
Then. ugain, since a very lnrge part
OF all drugs in use are botanical, they
have in the phnrmacop1ia the same
names that they have in botany-the
scientific names. Two-thirds of such
drugs haven't any English names, and
30 couldn't be written in English.
But suppose doctors did write pre-
scription in English for an unetlucated
patient. The patient reads it, thinks
he remembers it, and 10 tries to get it
filled from memory the second time.
Suppose, for instance, it called for
iodide of potassium, and he got it con-
fused with cyanide Of potassium. He
could safely take ten grains Of the first,
but one grain of the second would kill
him.
That's an extreme case, but it will,
serve for an illustration. Don't you see
how the Latin is a protection and u
safeguard to the patient? Prescrip-
tions in Latin he can't read, and con :
sequently does not try to remember.
Now for final reason. Latin is q
language that is used by scientific men
the world over, and no other language
is. You can get a Latin prescription,
filed in any country on the face of the
earth where there is a drug store.
We had prescription here the other
day which we had put up originally,
and which had since been stamped by
druggists in London, Paris, Berlin. Con-
stantinople, Cairo and Calcutta. What
good would m English prescription be
in St. Petersburg?
The Meeker herald., 1896-10-24
Cook Ride . NIKE.

A lady living in the upper part of New
York wanted y cook who would go
home at night, and put an advertise
ment in the paper setting forth her
needs. Among the applicants was n
negro woman of huge proportions. The
lady looked at the uegress and thought
Of her little kitchen. She did not want
to state the real reason, for feor Of Civ
ing offense, 30 she said: I'm afraid
that you would not get here in time
in the morning, you live 80 far down
town." Don't you fear about that,
honsy." said the negreas; "it won't take
me NO time TO come up on my bike -
The lady regrets now that she did not
ask this wheelwomAn whether she wore
bloomers or knickerbockers.
The Meeker herald., 1896-10-24
Density of Population In Two c,t,...

The density of population in this
London area WAS 313 persons to the
acre, against les persons to the acre
in the whole of Bcthnal Green. There
ore three wards in New York city more
densely populated. OF them the Tenth
ward shows n density OF more than
osl. This is in large measure due to
the greater height of the New York
buildings; but, covering rs they do
In some especially bad blocks almost,
II not quite, as large proportion OF
the ground area Us those destroyed in
London. it is not likely thnt their upper
stories get more light and air than the
two stories which made up the London
rookcries. and it is likely that their
lower stories get great deal Less
Edward Marshall, in Century,
The Meeker herald., 1896-10-24
A "cLEAN" SHAVE.
Prosecutions Which Might he Adopted fog
the 1Afsty Of Cuseomafs.

Prosecutions Which Might he Adopted foz
the Safety Of Cuseomsrs.
Nothing u easier than for contagion
to he conveyed from diseased to a
healthy skin during the act OF shay
ing, and many cases have now been re-
corded, says the Medical Press, prov
ing that diseased processes have in this
manner been propagated. Probably
the readiest manner available to the
barber for preventing such untoward
occurrences would be by sterilizing his
instruments" by means of heat, either
by steam or boiling water. Razors
should he made 30 that their handles
would not suffer from the exposure to
ighdegrees of heat, and the rule should
beepforccd that in no case should any Of
the "instruments" be used consecutive
ly without having first been submitted
to the sterilizing process. Under this
rule. then, each customer would be
sure of having q Clean" shave in more
senses than one. OF course, also, on
the principle OF q fresh pot of tea for
each customer" q freehly scalded-out
lather pot should be included with each
shave. Unless these or similar pre-
cautions he carried out in barbers'
shops, cases of the conveyance of in
fictitious skin diseases from customer
to customer cannot fail to occur.
n n vl-t,t
The Meeker herald., 1896-10-24
A Card from John W. Lowell.

DENVER, Colo. Oct 90, 1895.
To the voters OF Rou,t and Rio Blancc
counties
AS my candidacy for auditor Of state
on the Silver Republican and Demo
cratic tickets takes me out of the do
main of local politics in the district
have heretofore represented in the legis-
lature, cannot take up my allegiance
to the greater constituency of the whole
state without turning with most CRATE,
full heart to acknowledge my profound
obligations 70 You who have been kinder
to me than brothers.
l fully comprehend the fact that l
have attained the position hold in the
the generous and flattering way in
which you have sustained me as by any
abilities that have been able to bring
to the discharge o! my duty. To have
been elected twice by such large ma.
jOrities in a district always regarded be-
fore rs doubtful, gave me prestige
among all thoughtful citizens of the
state that nothing else would have done,
and from the depths of most grateful
heart say, God bless you one and all
for your great kindness to me, an old
soldier past sixty years of age, and
much worn with pain and prolitless toll.
1t probably matters little to you now
to know that in my opinion must have
ere this succumbed to the inevitable
had you not called me from my ardous
labors and unhealtbful surroundings to
course of life. in which the physical
alllictions under which l have suffered
more or less for over thirty years, have
been much alleviated.
In return for all this, God knows, and
l think YOU know, that have labored
as faithfully as any man ever labored
and with all the ability possessed. for
the benefit of my constituents and the
whole state. I have the utmost con-
fidence in the candid judgment of the
people of ny district, and believe you
all recognize and appreciate that it was
10 small matter for ranchman to drop
his irrigatiDg shovel and other instru-
ments of toll, go up to this capitol
among strangers and fight his way to
recognition as an able legislator and the
recognized authority on the states
finances.
The uniform commendation which the
Republican and Democratic press Of the
state extended to me, is well known. !
think that the people OF my district, as
well as myself. have right to take just
pride in the following, which is copied
from the Rocky Mountain News, the
leading Populist paper of the state, and
consequently opposed to me in politics.
] quote verbatim from its article MOTTO
ing my appointment last January to be
examiner of public accounts:
"Mr. Lowell is recognized as one OF
the most capable and trustworthy men
that ever held q seat in the state legis-
lature, and has for three sessions been
one Of the most gopular members OF
that body. The appointment Of such a
man is regarded as specially fortunate. y
Many of you know that felt little
confidence that would be nominated fol
state auditor. did not determine to be
candidate until after the convention
mad assembled. When the voting began
4 did not expect to win. That should
tlavn been nominated BY nearly zoo ma
The Meeker herald., 1896-10-24
Gray Hair Frosen Black.

DR.. George w. Grif'iths reports the
case of man 65 years of age, who had
had gray hair for eight years; 70. three
years his hair had been perfectly
white. He was exposed one night to
severe cold, and his eyebrows and whis-
kers got wet and were frozen stiff; II
was found next day that his hair had
turned black.-Popular Science.
The Meeker herald., 1896-10-24

THE HERALD is a lite bit late in
getting out this issue, caused by the 10
ticket ballot, which in turn necessitated
issuing double number. The official
ballot this year is twice as large as ever
before.
The Meeker herald., 1896-10-24

gIIugus Il Co.'S shelves are full to
overflowing of the choicest line of dry
goods ever shown here. Choice stylish
goods in all lines-hats, caps, shoes,
clothing and furnishings. Our line of
groceries is complete, aud prices can't
be beaten. Bear this in mind and call
on us before making fall purchases.
The Meeker herald., 1896-10-24

j. II. Beard and the force of men
under him. did fine job of work on the
foundation walls of the Odd Fellows
building. This imposing structure will
rest on solid foundation.
The Meeker herald., 1896-10-24

After very enjoyable vacation spent
in this town and vicinity. Rev. Fleming
departed for his home at Leadville.
where he will resume his pastoral duties
with renewed bodily and mental viSor.