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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-16
CIGAR WRAPPERS FROM MEX:
Their Use Not Yet Incrcnsed By
Present Troubles in Cuba.

There is a growing idea among 81
crs that. owing to the trobules in c.
there will be a scarcity Of Cuban
tobacco, which will soon affect bo,l
quality and quantity of domestic q
Havana cigars. and a rumor is pre-
ent that already many of the soFi
clear Havanas are covered with "
can tobacco, and that it cannot l
tected by experts. The hest-n,-
persons in the trade deny this r-
and state that most of the large Aq
can firms have enough Cuban 'o!
to last them for year or mor'i
that there Is little or no to'a.r
Mexico suitable for the fa,,.l
smoker. They say, also, that Men
tobacco Is detected easily NJ sight,
while il may be possible in futur,E
TO produce tobacco for wrappcg, ST.
will compete with the Cuban aria
will be long time coming, rs "
date no effort has been made ll|
Mexican growers to cater 10 this
ket. The Mexican leaf is thichcl
dullcr in appearance. without Tue
gloss of the Cuban variety So a'1
tive to American smokers. WI
still more to the point, 1t rapid.
tcriorates in appearance after 4
worked UP into cigars. Still 40
reason is that all the available \
can wrappers worth anything
called for by the Mexican tiad3
firm Of which Is said to he under
tract with Englishmen for u
cigars every two weeks.
The government statistics aIso
an important hint in this mat,e5
total export of filler tobacco
Mexico for 1893 was only iS,i5ll y
of a value of S11,45G; in 1891
pounds, valued at SlS,5OI, W.u
total amount of wrapper tohac
1895 was but thirteen pounds, '
at 81. This country imported
Cuba in 1893 1904 sol pounds.
Mt Ss,940,05s; in 1894, some h'
pounds, valued at S5,S3SJGL a
1895 some 20,147 600 pounds, yl.a
81, 233,4T4. The total amount
ported wrapper tobacco from
paying duty into the United
treasury during 1895 was
pounds, valued at S3S,320 TI"
the facts In the matter, and ass
Mexican tobacco begins 10 come
use on domest!c-made clear
cigars It's arrival will be shoWn
weekly tables Of imports publ.,
trade and shipping organs.
very likely is that the consumer
ana cigars will soon have to
darker tobacco on his cigars p
has been wishing for lately y"
Sun.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-16

The London papers contain the an
nouncement that mosquitoes have act-
ually appeared in England. A Hert-
fordshire correspondent writes exert
edly to warn the public how to dis.
tinguish them from other insects,
which is, it seems, by the length of
their proboscis and also by their hum
ming noise, and he gives tobacco
stepped in salt vinegar as a remedy
for their bites. He thinks the mos
quitoes must have been imported in
some cargo of lumber, and he speaks
as gravely about the invasion as if
lives depended on it.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-16

''lf all the bicycles in the world we're
brought to central point and recon
structed into one giant machine"
says one of the leading bicycle pubH-
cations, "the result would be u ma.
chine six miles long and over four
miles high, with wheels almost three
miles in diameter. To construct such
monster would require about l5,-
900, 900 cycles, and if built in propor-
tion of weight and thickness the only
available course over which some At.
las might hump his back and scorch
would be on the boundless prairies of
OF the West, or in the heart of the
Desert OF Sahara. The average hu.
man mind cannot well conceive of 49, =
600, 200 modern bicycles all thrown
into one mammoth machine, the
wheels of which have circumference
OF nine miles, 10 more than the trav-
cling capacity OF such a wonderful
thing could be even remotely con.
ceiyed."
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-16

Chicago spent millions in securing
n water supply from the lake. Then
sLe poured her sewage into the lake
and polluted the water until 1t was not
fit to use. Now she is spending thirty
millions or more on ditch to convey
her sewage elsewhere, to poison the
waters of the Illinois River and to
make even the Mississippi foul. Why
not dispose of the sewage decently
and properly? asks the New York
Tribune.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-16

England must graciously permit
America to join her in laughing at the
extraordinary enterprise of n London
fire insurance company. There was n
fire recently in the historic house Mt
Brontford, once occupied by Nell
Gwynne. The insurance company
thereupon forwarded its prospectus
marked urgent" TO "Niiss Gwynne. T"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-16

The Bishop of Raphoe, in Ireland,
has issued strict orders to the priests
OF his diocese that they must preach
in tho Irish language wherever the
population is 1rish-speaking.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-16

Those who Imagined that bicyclins
was merely temporary spasm con-
iess themselves howildered as the
steadily multiplying evidences of their
error. 1t is beginning to be realized
that, instead, we are in the presence
of vast rcvolution in the manners,
habits aid economics of National life,
which must profoundly alter every.
tning.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-16

A German paper has discovered that
Queen Victoria does not allow petro-
leum, gas. OF electricity to be used in
the interior of her castles, but that she
still uses, ns she did fifty years ago,
rape.seed oil imported from Germany.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-16

Japan has forbidden the importa-
tion of opium into Formosa, except
for medicinal purposes, and it can only
be had from Government officials.
Formosa is the original home of opium
smoking, and tho vice spread from
there to China.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-16

A little start-a sudden prophetic
droop of the long eyelashes, then the
splendid head was raised haughtily-
Rachel turned and went in.
Gaylord was lounging on low seat
by the FIRE; Captain Jack stood oppo.
site, with his hands crossed behind
him. She went forward quietly and
stood by Captain Jack. Gaylord rose
at once, flushed to the temples. He
would have spoken, but the old sailor
interrupted:
"Rachel," he said, calmly and kind
ly, "Mr. Gaylord has been talking
with me. II you are willing and / am
willing, he wants you for his wife. He
knows my mind-your will in the
matter is my will"
Not muscle of her beautiful face
moved.
"Thank you. I appreciate Mr..
Gaylord's kindess, but i regret that L
am obliged to decline it,"
Oh, how cold and clear the voice
was An innate delicacy in Captain
jacks great heart made him turn his
head away as Harvey Gaylord grasped
at the mantle, his handsome face pale
as death.
"Rachell" he cried imploringly.
She looked ut him with calm, TO.
lentless eyes.
"We are friends, Harvey-never
anything more"
"Never, Rachel"
al do not love you-you know it,"
"Then you love another"
The words we're shot at her like so
many arrows-he watched to see them
strike. Only quiet uplifting of the
brond, white lids, then his own eyes
fell before hers.
"Good night, she said icily.
"And this is all, Rachel?"
Gaylord turned and left the room.
The rain beat softly on the pane |;
the long, low sighs OF wind from the
seas shook the poplars. There was a
dead silence in the room-it was Cap
tain Jacks voice at last broke this
deep strong voice. with o culver of
dreariness running through it.
"My child, who is 1t you lover"
Her face was averted-she did not
answer.
II know it isn't my right to ask,
said Captain Jack, in the same weary
tone; 81 might have known couldn''
keep you now; but l never had {
home, child, and / thought"
The fire danced before Captain
Jacks eyes; something like a smoth
cred sob swelled his broad bosom.
Rachel went up to him und laid her
little hand on his arm.
"Yes, know. | am rough ant
old-you are out of place with me-
The soft, bewldering black eyes
looked up into his.
captain Jack. 1 will stay with yoy
always il you want me-"
He held her oil, aud searched he
face n moment, catch his breath.
az am old"
"You are not!
81 am brown and rough"
81 do not care"
''You love someone else?"
The dark eyes smiled up in his face
"No, Captain Jack |"
His face was transtigurod with sui
den light. He cried out, passionately
"Oh, my child. will you stay will
me and be my wife,"
Trembling at his own boldness. h
stretched forth his arms to her in Ia
beauty and youth, and she spraug II
him aud held her head down upon hi
breast.
ooh, guardy, best, dearest-yo
are all that | love in the world-tak
) me!"
Reverently, as if she had been 0
angel, tenderly, rs his great lov
prompted, he drew her to his heart
the brave, true heart that was to bea
for her SO many happy years.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-16

or the late Sir Henry Parkes, Of
Australia. writer in the London
Times says: "Rorn n scri on the cs-
tate OF an English noblemnu, he lived
TO be Prime Minister of great and
powerful colony, under the Governor.
ship of that nobleman's son-in.in.
Io,v -
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-16

A certain snrdonic individual was
not far wrong when he said that one
Of the surest means of dying Of old age
in the United States was to commit
,n1r1ar
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-16

Pocket-picking by young girls is
said TO be offence on the increase in
Paris. Upon one of these criminals
recently detected thirteen purses were
found,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-16

Signor Camilla Bancia, of Italy, TO-
Gently played the piano for forty.six
consecutive hours. No wonder the
Italians are emigrating in large mum.
bera
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-16

He-I should have been here earlier,
outbusiAess IS picking up little, and 1
was detained at the office. She--Oh,
DO hope your business will continue TO
improve. Mr.. aashman.'-Brooklyn
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-16
A SAILORS WARD.

DESOLATE, TO c k y
beach ; n broad waste
of sea, looking gray
and desolate in the
early morning.
Captain Jack Brain.
ard can @ whistling
along the beach, with
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-16
CntiI.

CntiI.
The Bishop 20 young WIDE
sister, l dare say you find com!C] j
thought that y on made your
happy while he lived.
Young widow Yes. Poor
In heaven till me dled,-Plek'S|
About 9H the people you
know 10 We lots Of children
poor.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-16

Ii was the same desolate coast of
fifteen years before. There were the
light house and the reefs on which so
many gallant ships had met their
doom; here, the gray beach, the slip
perry shingles, the old boat houses and
yonder, the sand hills, the fishing
hamlet and the rocky pasture lands
facing toward the sea. Captain Jack
Brainard, standing alone on the shin
ming sands, looked ut each and all
steadily he had not seen them before
for many years.
'It was somewhere here" mused
Captain Jack, "that Dave Bent always
moored his boat. I'd be obliged to
him if had it now to take me up the
cove-it's growing dark already"
The soft dip of oars struck sudden
ly on Captain Jacks ears-he looked
up. A boat was gliding around tho
Point, impelled by single rover.
"Boat ahoy!"
The slender oars Of the dory fell in.
stantly. The rover turned and looked
at Captain Jack. 1t was q young girl
OF seventeen or eighteen. ---- --'---
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-16

1t had been raining all day. The
poplars before the inn were dripping
still, and the clouds rolled dark and
sullen toward the west. Rachel stood
in the porch and watched the night
fall down on the rocky shore, singing
softly to herself the words of an old
song;
40 Douglas, o Douglas, tender and true. "
"Rachel," called Mrs. Lane from
the doorway, 'come into the house,
child you'll get consumption ont
ther( in the wet, and Captain Jack
and Mr.. Gaylord are asking to see
(xou."
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-16
Silver Once tho Unit Of Value.

Recognizing that the money question Is
paramount 10 all others at this time. we In.
vite attention TO the fact that the Federal
Constitution names silver and gold together
ns the money metals OF the United States
and that the first coinage law passed by Con
gress under the Constitution made the silver
dollar the unit OF value and admitted gold e
free coinage at a ratio measured by the silver
dollar unit
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-02-04
A COAST DEFENSE SQUADRON.



New York Feb i-The World this morn
ing says: Naval officers on duty In this
city and Brooklyn declare that IL is the
intention OF the government to place the
navy on as complete a war footing as pos
sibie in time OF peace and demonstrate
what the United States can do in the way
Of commissioning. not a flyius squadron,
for which the United states has no need
AZ this time. but q coast defense fleet 10
guard our shores both on the FaCtnc AMI
the Atlantic. Commodore MoutEo-i1cry
Sicarl. Commauiart Ct the brooklyn navy
yard. got orders last niVht - have the
new monitor Terror r,&dN to Eo iu gou-
under construction tor YEATS au1 it Will
tax the capacity of tho Nari fn finish hDr
in time The orders arr however it1-
peratiyc.
The coast defense squadron which thc
government y about Co place .u commits
sion would he ccwrd~rl cf tfo nov ram
katahdin nov az the Nr'nkiNu navy
ror. also az this station tht tNuhic tut-
reted moriic. NantnuowaH wt.et Is ~
o. pulled uH; % tsr mud %; t.caEuc stand
navy yard. near Hhilp itlpf.a ans r-corn-
M ssiou.d. the ucw wC~ltrr Nc0sGvcok
sister ship OF tho Terror. -flfluc ycwriC-
ton az the Mare island navy yard, near
san Francisco
An tn shirs are ~ b. rut IN aciivN
service and furnished With otfCerS and
crsws within ,ihC ntN' tgtCc Fccke TIC
other ships 90 thls t-cr.il3 81 ia IroG al
ready .u commission ARE DO On tE. Hrst
class h1tueship Indiana. thr sr'nul lass
ho ot'lrship Naiuc ROW 90 Hampton Eca1s,
and the double tnrrrttI monitor Auphl-
tr.tc. now az Key West.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-02-04
WESTWARD BOUND.


Topeka. Kas. Feb 5.-lspsciaI0 Preei-
dent Ripley and other Santa Fe officials
passed through Topeka without stopping
last night and are to-day travelling west
ward upon their tour Of inspection Tho
Journal representative made n canvass Of
tho heads Of departments today 90 u..rov-
er what significance. II amy. was placed ups
on the Western "trip OF President Ripley.
NO one rrufrsssl to ba informed Of any
changes TO be made. but AN aEr.sd that re-
trour hmsu's along tho line OF economy
might be- expected 20 follow cutting down
expenses has already commenced Tn she
operating department. and like cuts are
likely 60 be made ~ an of the departments.
Indeed. while nothing tangible can he lt'I
hold of. the air Is SO full OF rumprs that
picture drawn hy ON. OF IN. general office
clerks. which displayed Pfssiaeu' Ripley
s'riIiug Westward with ain aN in his hand.
seemed to express the popular opinion or
that otHrlal's present trip over the road. ~
Is uuphuially reported az headquarters here
that President Ripley has issu'l orders TO
close the freight offices nt Philadelphia,
cleveland Minneapolis omaha Bufaio
and quincy and liz 'hargo The employees AZ
each of thsm other s0-caliel foreign
freight passenger Offices will likely be
,losD4l within a few weeks
" is also reported here that heads %
douartments hora have been notified to
furnish q list Of employees who can easiest
be- dispensed with.
II g. supposed hero that President Ripley
aud his party viii continue thgir tour ~
the Pacific coast.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-02-04
WANT THE BOOTHS TO STAY.


New York. Feb. AT mass meeting
held IN Ccrncgle han tonight, it developed
that the people represented. as well as
the rank and file OF the salvation Army,
are opposed TO the recall of Commander
and Mrs Ballington Booth TO England.
Among those present were: Or Chaunccy
N nI-peW. tishop + g Andrews, William
r. l}9is,. key a II Eradtort Robert
thousands 0f others They we're ali on
posed g il, and said So n Us many words.
meeting He read a cablerrarn from Brarl-
Wei Booth 70 Mayor strong explaining the
recall Tho speaker said Thar The rather
ing was not Tor the purpose of taking issue
Win anNihine contained ia the cableeram,
nut 10 express our own Fi. Ws. No mat
ter what LONDON will think about Il. The
MANI winch has grown large. IS very
much alive and liable TO kiHk'
We are here tonight" said pr Devcw.
TO- pay tribute to tho two leaders-tfen-
cral Booth aud Cornmaua,r B5lliucton
Booth. 10 General Booth. Sc say We fully
rrcogn.zc Your power, The system YOU
ht,a1yTs.. , nut about The recall, of Commnnier
suggestion TO make Being se0 miles
away. our customs are different. ana we
,.i.;, lake leave TO present petition and i1,
qNte, can they be replace 10y stranger
"Aul thu re- is another reason. continued
Or bepew. Commando and Mrs Eootn
h1v" become naturalizel. ! mot them on
an excursion steamer going TO EuioTt
fnw wears ago. The pls1-ui.-ssokcrs were
in the first cabin. the ministers and school
teachers in the second cabin. Mrs, Booth
was iu The second cabin and SUGGESTED
to tie go In the first gahir-thc fashion-
able crowd. who at u. crand opera are
known as the crowned heads. because they
wear liamords-that sh. o. taken into
the FIRST cabin. They I'D 30. and thsv
found Mrs Booth a pure ana intelligent
woman. and she sucpr..Ipt I'm converting
the ion. not 10 the Salvation Army but 10
US uses and services In the world.
They are part and party " the United
states. and in their ieharf We win ass.rt
the Monip" uoctrtne. 'iAnGhterl We
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-02-04
ENTIRE CITY WAS SHAKEN,
triThtiul Explosion at lawrence. Mass
Two Men Were Killed and Property
grcstly Damaged

Lawrence Mass.. I'eh. "a fri-htfui *.
piosiou from causes unknown. at io.s1 to-
rEh; tore up a portion of Broadway. TN
South Lawrence. causing loss cf life and
sreat damage % property Tho entire
city was shaken. ard excitement is intense.
Two men were killed They are John Lee.
Of Melrose. and Alexander Gordon. Of Ruf-
idl'. y. Y. the erClncer and fireman In the
engine house. ia which were two large IRON
comp, sStd air tanks for furnishing yowsr
% drills used in the construction Of the
sewer.
IL Is not yet determined what causcl the
explosion, but IL is Thought the tanks nrst
exploded from uvrrprt ssurp, which was
followed by another explosion IN the sewer
trench. The cou,ussiou was SO severe trat
great quantities Of window glass IA the
ueishborhocl We're wrecked. ani the shock
was felt in Lowell ana Haverh,ll. ten miles
away, east and west.
The scene of the explosion was al the
Shanty pond sewer which WAS being built
by Contractor Byrne, OF Medford The
conditions Just previous 60 the terrible
shock are unknown. 50 that only a rigid
Investigation by daylight Will determine
the cause. Sever Eas a. cause was first
given aS a solution. but workmer say that
no gas was IN the sewer. Two large boilers
am two air "ompressiug tanks In the en-
ginc house We're completely shattered
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-02-04
SITUATION IN The TRANSvAAL,
London Times Intimates That II IL Much
More serious Than Appears on
the Surfnrp.

New York. Feb. "a dispatch 20 the
World from London says: The Times inti-
mates that tho situation in the Transyaal
Is much more serious than it appears to be
on tho surface. II calls attention 10 the
iar' that th" appeals against the beers
ami the dispatches stating that there Is
Imminent danger, cabied 20 81 by the Uit-
landcrs, are sent from points under Brit
ish rule. thus showing an absolute conaor-
snip OF ieleErams by the Trausvaal au-
thorities. as the Eastern Gable Company
reports that the lines are all right.
Mr Bayara speaking as AN eN-sccrctary
or state, says OF she suggestion already
ma ]" IN this correspondence OF the poss ibIy
great alyautag" uf such course that the
sending OF % United States muu-Jf-war to
DelAgoa bay or cape Town. with instruc-
tious 90 the captain or other officers In
command to proceed 10 Pretoria ana watch
the court proceedings, In behalf Of Ham
woui and the other accused Americans.
would be- entirely within the province OF
tac president and very advisable, II a rpe-
cial representative OF the United states
government cannot be dispatched in time
Tor the trial.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-02-04
EXCEEDED ITS AUTHORITY.
An INJUNCTION RESTRAINING TuE
TExAs RAILWAY COMMISSION.
Great Westerns Application for Extension
on q. A u. Tickets sed-Changcs
on the santa Te-Frcsident Ripley
and Others westward Bound.

Austin, Tex. Feb 3.-JuIee Morris, Of
thc iifty-thiti district court. to-day granted
an Injunction restraining the state raG-
road commission from operating its com.
pres regulations He finds that the com.
mission has no authority 90 make such reg.
ulatuns because they are compress ratcs
and not ffeiEht rates such as the conluls-
sion ts authorized 20 regulate The ques,
,ious involved In the case We're:
First. that tho commission has no au-
'hori'y 20 make such regulations because
they are compress rates ana not freight
rates such as the commission is authorized
TO regulate.
Second 70 it iil have any authority in
such matters the -uls applied to tho Hous-
ton y Texas Central was unreasonable and
unjust
Third. that commission was seeking 20
apply rule 20 interstate and International
iuE 90 rcgJlnte commerce between this state
hnt other nations, which was without IT'S
power
Tho iu1ec IN rendering his opinion IN ;hc
case holds. First that commission had
no authority TO- max" The rates ami reVu.
Htous. second. To- properly pr'par" tho
case for appeal 'he facts were fullv dis.
"ussci ana tho court hsl1 that the rules
and regulations if within the power Of the
commission We're unreasonable and unjust
as applied 20 'hs Houston n Texas Gems
central had failed o. satisfactorily provo
that th'. com mission was applying the
rules ami regulations 90 interstate or In
'rrultipnal commerce.