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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02
BOTH TO ONE COMPANY.
Newport News Wsn Get Both the New
Battleships

Secretary Herbert has practically conclud-
ed to award the contract for the construction
OF battleships and to the Newport News
dry dock and ship building company, of yir-
Pinia. at their bid Of & ,25O, 600 for each chip.
II was found upon careful inspection OF the
law authorizing tho construction Of slips
that the department could not 90 behind the
face OF the BIDS, 50 II was not possible 10 al
low the other bidders TO scale down their
bids to meet the low bid Of the Newport News
company save with their consent.
While II was the intention of Congress 20
have one Of the ships built on the Pacific
coast II the terms were reasonable, In order
was obliged TO declare that the difference be-
tween the Newport News bid Of %, $50 600 for
one ship. and the Union iron works. of San
Francisco, bid Of ~, FAC, 600 for one ship was
only reasonable difference, which he could
scarcely do, in the face OF the decision made
by his predecessor, Secretary Tracy, that that
difference should not in any case exceed
three per cent,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02
DISASTERS BY STORM AND FLOOD.
AWFUL LOSS OF LIFE.
Many Sailors Go Down on Stranded Ships
Lashed to tho nas.s.

The British ship Moresby. Capt. Coombcr.
was stranded Wednesday of the Dallina-
courty lighthouse, pear Dungarven, about a
mile and a half from the shore. Her crew,
numbering thirty-six men, were lashed to
her rigging throughout the night.
Later in the day lifeboat succeeded in
getting the Moresby and rescued several Of
her crew. The others. however, remained
lashcd 10 the rigging The Morcsby, at the
time the lifcboat was driven away from her,
was breaking up.
In spite OF all the efforts made TO save
them, nineteen of Moresby's crew perishcd,
including the captain. his wife and son, and
all the officers. The captain, with his son
strapped 60 his back. made IA gallant at
tempt to swim ashore, while the mate swan
with the captains wife strapped to his
back.
A large thrcc-masted vessel was seen fly-
Ing signals Of distress in Kingstown bay. A
liieboat which went TO her assistance was
capsizcd and her crew Of sixteen men were
drowned.
A schooner has been stranded on the
Tyne and wrecked. the crew Of sixteen men
drowned.
The trawlcr Sunrise took refuge at Aber-
decn IN much damaged condition. five Of
the men ON board having been drowned
Friends of the crew of the distressed vessels
gathered on the shores. and there were heart
rending scenes among the helpless lockers
on at the hayic wrought 10y the sea.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02

Thine AMI tide wait for no man" saith the
ndage-but there are many other things of
the non-waiting kind which will not be put
of and ousht7.ot to be. Half the misery o,
the world Is caused by delay, and Rheuma-
tism Is one of those insidious ills which
demands prompt attention. especially in
midwinier. whom the cold arcelerates its nc.
ton and intensities pain. II allowed to have
its WHY u will wait for no man in its rnpid
development Of the chronic stage. When
this is reachgd. then come troubles. not only
In its misery but In many ways where helm.
less conriition throws the sufferer out 6f
work aud money. But whsthcr in it's acute.
chronic or iniiammatory stage. don't wait.
The tide OF pain viii go on and so will loss
oi time IT the same time we all know tha,
st. Jacobs Oil is made and sold for the cx-
press purpose OF curing the worst cases in
their worst form at any stage. II has cured
and wilt cure In nine cases out of ten.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02
The English in India.

Not so very long ago heard civil
surgeon gaily tell at a mess dinner
how the other day ne had felt con.
strained to teach native somewhat
forcibly his respectful duty to the
'rulipg race" The native had his
whiskers and beard tied up--as all ma
tives like to have them when travelling
when he met him on n country road,
The doctor pulled him up and demand
cd to know why he had not undone his
face cloth when he saw sahib coming.
Then, suddenly remembering that he
had pair OF forceps in his pocket, ne
dismounted, and, taking the poor
mans head under his powerful arm,
extracted two OF his teeth, saying,
'Now tie up your mouth, my man.
You have some excuse now." That is
how some Of us try to teach the poor
natives to be loyal. A similar lesson
we give in a slightly different way to
the wealthy and noble native. 1t is
"r' e. ! believe, that Governor
ny felt constrained to with
ON the membership of the
ub when he found that the
barred him from inviting as
st any native whatsoever, no
how distinguished or noble.
vas the Governors protest
the arrogance of his fellow.
ymen and their supercilious
.ent of the natives, and the of.
world OF Bombay never forgaye
Tor it. it.-Contemporary Review.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02
TINY REPusLlCS.
Small Countries that Maintain Their
Independence.

i
Independence.
The number of small republics that
/ have stood the test of time and pre-
served their autonomy In spite of the
ealousies of their powerful neighbor
5 greater than most people imagine.
: Pitcairn Island, situated In the Pa
:iflc Ocean, has long remained In tho
/ peculiar position of being independent
and free from Interference without
ever having had It's national existence
formally recognized. Its first settlers.
from whom the present inhabitants
are exclusively descended, we're the
mutinous crew Of an English man-of-
war, Ii. NJ. 8. Bounty, famous In story.
Lying In the southern seas. In the re-
gion of the Australian continent. is The
, Island of Frauccvile. One Of the New
Hebrides, II is not far from New Gale
donia. In area cfghty-fve miles, 1t is
mainly occupied by about 500 natives,
the white Inhabitants being less than
hundred. France, which originally
had control of this place, gave II, in
| 1879, n charter of Independence, prom.
ising that no other power should bo
permitted to interfere with it. The
people elect n President, who governs
with the aid Of an advisory council Of
| eight members. The President In addt
ton to his administrative functions, eI:
| ercises judicial powers, and there is no
| appeal from his decisions. Although
no office can be held by colored ciu.
zens, universal suffrage prevails, with.
ont distinction of sex or color, just
now the President is an American, r.
| II. Polk.
To Europe. however. We must look
for the smallest of all self governing
peoples. Some dozen miles from the
Sandman coast to the northeast, the
long, narrow island OF Tavolara rises
from the sea. Five miles long and
about half a mile wide, it's soil Is cul.
tivatcd by the natives, ouly 90 lin.
itcd extent, fishing being the staple In
duStry. The republic OF Tavolara dates
from 1856. The island has popula.
tion Of but fifty or sixty souls.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02

III sNhS'lc5S puhH ciuScu bN n uciectlN
rms hu-per ND - ~ 49,. - nr~ 80.
old Front street It Baltimore, "a
people were Killed, injured and ten
more seriously hun
Almost all the Vi TINS are Of Polish na-
tivity and Hebrew extraction. and many OF
the injured were taken 10 their homes by
friends, rendering Il almost impossible TO get
complete list at the time.
The theater, which Is probably the oldest
in the city, was illeu from pie t0 dome with
people, who had us' cmbled to listen 10 He
brew opera, which las been given In the old
house twice week for the past month The
ticket office receipts showed that over 1900
tickets had been sold.
Ten minutes after the curtain rose one of
the attendants went up to the second tier TO
light gas jet, which appeared to have been
extingushed. As lac turned 90 cock and ap-
piled match the ight ilarc1 up, and It was
seen that there wa no tip "a the burner The
JET was wen down toward the stage, on the
left side OF the hounc. in plain view OF the
greater part Of the audience. hut AS the glare
from II showed against the wall. someone in
the gallery shouted "Fire! Fire. Fire"
In an instant there was mad scramble for
the door, in which the whole audience took
part.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02
Had No Us, for Another Fortune

a laborcr employed in one of the iron
mills in Allegheny earning the mund-
cent salary OF Sl.lO a day for wheeling
ore In whcclbarrow, received tclc-
gram announcing that relative IN Ire
land had died ana left him 100000. lie
left his job, went to ireland. secured
the cash and started upon career of
luxury and high living. TWO years later
he reappearcd in pittsburs. asked foI
his old position and went back 10 wheel,
Ing ore. One day another telegram
came announcing that n relative in En-.
gland had died, leaving him $4,000. lie
threw up his hands IN despair. "Hiv.
ins." cried he. Must Oi trow IN me
Job and go over thcr aud waste another
year or two in spending that? It's q
shame to handicap decint workin'
man like thot. Olll sind word to thin
Oi can't do 81"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02
RAVAGES Or A RIVER.
Farms are Flooded and Much Property
DESTROYED

Destroyed.
To the farmers who live along the banks OF
the Usage river in Central Missouri CHI q.
mas brought only Woo and gloom. ~ =
prccedcnted rise in the river of 35 "A
three days spread all over this sec and
many farmers have lost ever thin. ,ucy pos
sesscd. Some Of them had thpir corn In
shocks, others I'm cribs. Tho food has takcn
oil that nv In the low lands. Not only have
many oi the farmers lost their crops. but
their stock and buildings ~ we'll.
At Bngncil. the end of the Lebanon branch
Of the Missouri Pacific, the river il three
miles wide and uo train hgs been able To Get
within mile and u half OF the town for four
days. The town Is shut of entirely from
telegrnphic communications from the out
side world,
At Iuscumbin. the county seat OF Miller,
terrible condition exists, nearly the entire
town j. partially under water. Only the
roofs Of many Of the buildings, the post
Office among them, can be seen. large
nOurlng mili the printing onlcr Of the local
paper. and several small stores and resi-.
ccnrcs are entirely submerged.
Twenty cars loaded with railroad ties ore
standing on sid" tracks at Bagncll, aud
there are thousands OF ties floating about on
the river and hack wutcr. The loss of prop
orty In this Immediate section Is estimated at
: 900 900. The river is' higher even than
during the famous flood OF 1874. Tho suffer
ing of the people whose land and property
have been devastated will undoubtedly be
terrible this winter.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02
STEADY,
Blue sky smilin' through the st<rm,

Blue sky smilin' through the stNrm,
(Steady now, believersD
Fires where all our hearts may warm,
(Steady now, believersD
Spite OF all the prophets say,
Country sees brighter day;
More sweet roses meet the May.
(Steady now, believersD
Though the lightnings flash along
(steady now. believersD
Music's in the thunder's song.
STEADY new. believersD
All the storms will soon be past.
From the billow and the blast
Safe within the port at last
(Steady now, believersD
p. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02
PITH AND POINT.

The best of us do something. now
and then, to retard the millennium. -
Truth.
Money talks, and the man with the
deepest chest has naturally quite u
voice. Philadelphia Times.
A child being asked, "What ia tho
plural of forget-me.not? answered,
"Forget.us.not. Household Words.
Benedict-"Why don't she marry
youp Is there another man in the
case?" Singleton -"Ycs; her father"
--Tit.Bits.
"KodacNe is lazy scamp" "That
SOP eyes; Mrs. Kojcckc takes in
the washing and no does the rest. 80
Boston Courier.
Ethel-"Shc forgave me-" Jack
"How divinel" Ethel--"And has re-
minded me OF il ever since" jack
"How human PUCK.
Teacher How would you describe
Henry VIII. OF England" Student
~ would describe him rs n prolcs.
sional widower "--Tlt.Bits.
az csn't use this as poem, MSS"
said thc editor. "out il you'll shorten
II n littlo I'll publish it rs new col.
lege yell. Chicago Tribune.
Teacher-"What does tine reign OF
King Charles |. teach us?" Tommie
-"Please, sir, not to lose our heads
in moments Of excitement, sir. -
Truth.
ut didn't seem TO me the audience
was very enthusiastic. "lt didn't?
How little you know OF Wagnerian en-.
thusiasml Didn't You notice how
they talked at the end Of each act -
Chicago Tribune.
Statesman "a hardly know how to
deal with my people on this money
question" His Secretary That's
easy; when they tackle you don't
deal, but continue to shuilla"-In-
dianapolis journal.
In the Crowded Car: Excuse me.
madam, but is my foot so small you
don't know you are standing on it?"
"a thousand D tons, sir No; IT'S
t" LARGE Il II was my hus-
jlnce." B.
"What's the matter now?" al have
got to raise S99 by three o'clock to.
morrow" "Why do you require pre-
.isely S90?' al have to pay "a hun
ired-dollar note in bank, and I've got
The other dollar. Texas Siftipgs.
Bighead-"It is strange how things
even up in this world, if you watch.
Softly y-''For instonce?" Bighead-
al was in hurry this morning and
Just missed the car | wanted aud, at
the same moment, one going in the
opposite direction Just missed me. H.
Puck
Clara Whats the matter, dear?"
Dora-"'lts too much to bear. Mr..
Faintheart hasn't proposed yet"
Ulara-"But You told me you wouldn't
marry him." Dear-"Of course
wouldn't. But after all the time I've
wasted on him, think he might at
least give me chance to refuse him.
Tit. Bits.
"Here," complained the aggrieved
father, "I have spent nearly $25, 000
on that girls education, and now she
goes and marres young fellow with
an income of only $3.50 year"
"Well," said the friend OF the family,
isn't that five per cent. on your III.
vestment? What more eau you expect
in these dull times ?"-Tit-Bits
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02
Prosperity Came Through Pines

The region OF the Landes, which, nifty
years ago, was one OF tho poorest and
most miserable In Frdncc, has now
been made one Of tho most prosperous
owing to the planting OF pines. The
increased value is estimated at 1000.
100000 francs. Where there were, fifty
years ago, ouly few thousand poor
and unhealthy shepherds, nere are
now sawmills, charcoal kllns and tur.
pentlne works, intersperscd with thriv.
ing villages and fertile agricultural
lands
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02
BATTLE WITH DEPUTIES.

MoOnshiners Make a Desperate Fight
Against Revenue Officers.
News Of n terrible battle between revenue
officials and moonshiners In the Cumberland
mountains has just been received. num-
Der of revenue men Under charge Of the
famous kid" Greer In aied Letcher county
In quest OF iilicit stilis .hcy were surprised
by the ''shiners, who were behind a L'yh
embankment.
Greer received bullet in his hip and
other in his shoulder. Jim Winfield. on,
the sinners, was killed, and David and s
Collier and Marion Brown were taken pris
ers. The revenue men arrived at Prest
burg, In Floyd county where tho
their experience. Greer Is not b
Several stills were cut 10 pieces,
1000 gallons OF brandy ard whisky
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02
flows This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
II. j. CHENEY & Co. Toledo, q.
We, the undersigned, have known +. \. Che.
ney for the last 10 years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable IN all business transaction
and financially able 90 carry out any obliIa-
ton ma q by their firm.
WEST s. rRU AK, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
WALDING, KGNNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls CNtarrh Cure IS taken internally, act.
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
aces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
'rice. 1jc. Der bottle Sold by all Drug ,sts.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02
Cruelty to Men but Not Animals

Z Curious features at the Danbury
Comm fair included monkey who
lodged rubber balls thrown at him. An
agent of the Humane Society interfered
In behalf of the monkey, and II colored
youth took his place.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02
ONE ENJOYS

the method and results wher
p of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
refreshing to the taste, and acts
yyet promptly on the Kidneys,
and Bowels, cleanses the sys.
eflectually, dispeis colds, head.
and fevers and cures habitual
ipation. Syrup of Figs is the
y remedy of its kind ever pro-
ed, pleasing to the taste and &C.
table to tie stomach, prompt in
action and truly beneficial in its
IT'S, prepared only from the most
Ithy and agreeable substances, its
~ excellent qualities commend it
all and have made it the most
,ular remedy known.
syrup Of Figs is for sale in so
1t bottles by oil leading drug
5. Amy reliable druggist who
' not have it on hand will pro-
it promptly for any one who
he's to try it. DO not accept any
lstitute.
hLiFORNiA FlG SYRUP co.
SAN fBhgcIsc0. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. kE AEw YoRM ~
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02

frs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
hing, softens the gums, reduces inflainR-
1.nllay pain. cures wind collie. % c. "A bottle,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02

IT'S stopped tree by Dir. KLINE's GREAT
RIVE kEsToRElt. No fits after first days use
uVelOus cures. Treatise and 500 trial bot
free. Dr. Kline. y3l Arch ST.. phila.. Pa.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02

After physicians had given me up was saved
lisps Cure. --RAlPH EHIEG, WilliamSport,
November -, 1898.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02

Hallway laborers in Holland average from
. I0e per dnY.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02

corGH, CoLD or SopE THROAT requires
'diate attention: "BrOlrI's Bronchial
Cs" will invariably give relief.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02

cru was named from the river Paro.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02

Jinet makers in Floience receive 4sc to
r day.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02

ondon has / 900 fireman.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02
MANY PERSONS WERE KILLED.
Twenty.fSur Crushed to Death During
Panic in a Baltimore Theater.

In senseless panic, caused by defectiy
rns hu-npr n-fi - ~ "r- ~ rro %.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02
Opera House bestrove

%he Parkersburg, w. Va,
burned at m early hour Mondaym
inc a loss OF $4,000, with insGra'
amount The fG
way before disco
destroyed, tho,
let. The Mount
.rdman's pllimbI
e company, o,
2sers, alth
a
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02

r, ,kilmer's swAMr,-Roor cures
i..,phlet and consultation free
Laboratory Binghamp0n. NY.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-17
Analogism.

When Jeptha the Gileadite. mighty
man OF valor, a great Jewish general
had whipped the Ammon:tes who made
war on Gilead, and when he had des-
troyed the Ammonites the Ephriamltes
being enraged because he did not let
them share in the honors of conquest,
threatened to ''burn his house upon
him with fire Jeptha gathered his
forces and smote the Ephriamites and
captured the passages of the Jordan,
and when the fugative Ephriamites at
tempted to escape across the Jordan
the Gileadite guards attic crossings
would ask them if they were Ephriam-
ties and they would say no; then said
the Gileadites say ''Shiboleth, and
they would say Sibboleth because they
could not sound the Ssh" and then
they slew them, land there fell ut that
time of the Ephriamtes forty and
twenty Thousand" When Lincoln was
elected President Of the United States
the Shibboleth Of the tire-eating
democracy of the South was ''seces.
sion" and the Union men could not
stay the tide, and then fell millions of
the flower of this land, and poverty
like deadly flight fell upon the
masses of Gour Southland. When the
honest, confiding, oppressed farmers OF
this land organized the Alliance and
i'll judged policies and tactics imposed
by the ''snollygosters' made the OcAla
deman is the Shibbolelh of the Ali.
ance, overriding conservative council
disaster and dispersion followed, .and
| hope died in the farmers breast. Inc
democratic conservative hosts orgauiz-
ed and led by Cleveland once more
created rift in the dark clouds and
he and his brave, honest, able secre-
tary Carlisle, offered financial policy
to the people, which would have proven
"oalm of Gilead" for all their tinan-
| cial woes, bnt free silver" was the
DnlUUOlcID, duu bhC NOhSSi'ueA'Nr
true and tried democracy at Chicago
were trampled upon, spat upon and in
suited as were the anti-su btreasury-
ties at.Starkville by our Alliance, and
as Patrick Henry said judging the flu
ture by The past, the democracy is
doomed to destruction, slaughtered as
all their other causes were by their
own misguided, selfish ambitious
leaders.
SIS there not some chosen curse
| Some hidden thunder in the stores OF heavn
Red with uncommon wrath to blast the man.
Who owes his greatness TO his country's ruin!
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-17
ELECTRIC BIrTERs,

Electric Bitters S medicine suited
for any season, but perhaps more gen.
erally needed IL the Spring. when tila
langud exhausted feeling prevails,
when the liver is torpid and sluggish
and the need Of "A tonic and Alternative
is felt. A prompt use Of this medicine
has often avered long and herhaps IA
tai bilious ftvers. No medicine will
act mora surely in counteracting and
freeing the system from matarial pois-
on Headache. INDIGESTION, Constipa-
ton, Dizziness yield to Electric Filters
Only fifty cents per lo,u at i + Joies
Drug Store.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-17


If it required an annual outlay Of
800 90 TO insure a family against any
serious consequence from an attack OF
bowel com plant during the year there
are many who would feel It their duly
to paa it: that they could not afford to
risk their lives, and those Of their FAINT
" FOR such an amount. Any one can
get this insurance for 50 cents. that
being thu price Of bottle Of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. In almost every neighbour
heed some one has died from an attack
of bowel complaint before medicine
could be procured or a ply stefan sum
moned. One or two doses of this rene
dy will cure any ordinary case. 1t
never fails. Can you afford TO take the
risk for SO small AN amount? Tor sale
by b. E. JONES, Druggist.