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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-05

Mutual fire insurance among farm
srs has proven wonderfully success
'ul, remarks the American Agricul-
.urist. The Legislatures of the Mid
dlo States have douo much TO aid this
movement by passing about all the
avs they have been asked to. The
auudicds OF farmers mutuHls in New
York and Pennsylvania ropresentmany
millions oi dollars worth of property
and without csceptIon tho members
report adequate protection and n
great saving in premiums. Actual
losses and the necessary operating ex-
penses are very snal. The money is
retained in the community and does
not go to till the Golfers OF those al
ready rich. 1t is a practical demon
stration of cooperation which can be
practiccd in other lines where farmer,
are honsst and can trust themselve!
and each other.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-05
LIFE.
A H.:ie tine for labor.

A H..ie tine for labor.
A little time for play,
And then there comes eternal night
Or else eternal day.
little time for joying,
A little time for grief,
And then we fall into the grave,
As falls the autumn leaf
A little iimo for laughter,
A little timo for tears,
And then an ocean gathers up
The measure Of our yearsl
A little time for loving,
little time for hate.
And then, with swift and shidd'rlns iecr.
We open an unknown gate!
A little time for singing,
A little time for wall,
And then our sails are torn TO shtvA
Before an unknown gale!
A little time fer meeting,
A little time TO part,
And then q cruel hand tears away
The flowers born in the hearti
A little time to waken,
A little time to nod.
And then, in glee, worms feed uE
The image Of the God!
--uamilton jay. IN Florida Times-Uniol
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-05

The Southern States Magazine, OF
Baltimore, publishes reports from over
300 correspondents in all parts OF the
South as to the financial condition of
farmers. "These reports show that
the Southern farmers as class are
less burdcncd with debt than they
have been ut any previous time since
the war"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-05

In hundred years" said Napo-
Icon the Great nj st. Helena, Europe
will be Co,sock or Republican.
Russia has been doing her part TO
realize the prediction for the Cossack,
observes tho Chicago Times-Horald.
The Russian frontier has been moved
toward Berlin, Dresden, Munich,
Vienna and Paris about 700 miles.
Il has been moved thousand miles
in the direction of Teheran, 1909
miles nearer British India and 800
miles on the road to ConstaDtinople.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-05
WEATHER WA7NlN cs HELPFU!
ivaEcG NU.s' y, 49, nv
Saved Millions o. u 20.

Professor Moore. of the " Gather Bud
made a special report - the Secr'
criculture in regard to the actual me
, OF cold wave Warnings to the poop
hi country. with special reference TO
q De wave OF January 2 to 3. 1895.
That was wave of unusual seve
spreading over the entire country east OF
Rocky Mountains, with the exception 4
southern portion of Florida. At
Weather Bureau station through0utQ
region the cold wave flag was dlspl1
and warnings were distributed, at
twenty-f9ur hours before the cold WI
curre1.
Reports received from 1O2 station
cate that these WARNINGS were direc
strumentai iu saving from desyrN
property exceeding $500, 600 in value.
estimate takes no account OF properly
as the result OF warnings distributed
the Weather Bureau stations to ihOU
OF small towns ard cities from which J.
been impossible to obtain reports.
The largest saving reported WAS by Of |
ana shippers of peri,hable produce.
pines were protected i'm factories, res
and public buildings. and tue size o,
! was regulated by railroad officials,
/ florists and ugrlculturists protected
| not-houses. Reports OF direct benefits
received from fuel dealers, owners
! harvester. farmers and stock raiser
| men aud business men generally. 4
the lattgr declares the Weather Buri
active partner in every mans business
Another benefit widely reported, but
sarily not expressed in figures, was ths
lection to health ana the increase 4
comfort OF tho public generally on a
of these timely warnings.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-05

A London weekly paper recalls the
fact that at the breaking out of the
Napolconic wars, which lasted, in all,
twenty two years, England had about
10000 mercantile scagoing vessels.
During the wars no less than lO,S7l
of them we're destroyed or captured
by the enemy.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-05
legend on a "PraIrie Schooner"

The old legend, "Pike's Peak or
Bust" which used to adorn the can.
vas covers of emigrans wagons in the
old days, has been succeeded by vari.
rous signs appropriate to the changed
and changing location of the boomers
paradise. A big prairie schooner
passed through Osborne. Kan. bound
east from Oklahoma last week bearing
the inscriptions "Oklahoma Tor
etaryatioD,j Kansas for desolation.
Texas FOR IdeSssfations Nebraska for
damnation. Going to Ohio to sponge
ON wiie's relations"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-05

DR.. Jameson is reported to have
taid IN an interview that "our Maxims
could have knocked the spots out OF
them, but We had no ammunition. ="
That is going to be the trouble with
the machine guns, especially for armies
of invasion, predicts the Atlanta Com
etitution. No ammunition train, no
matter how long, can carry cartridges
enough to feed these greedy corn
peppers which shoot away IN u min
ute as many rounds as a soldier can
carry. The Maxims and Gatlings are
oil right in their place, but they will
not lessen the importance OF accurate
small arm fire. A beleaguered fortress
with big magazines might be able to
fill the air SO full OF lead that no liv-
ing thing could approach, but an
army in the field will still find it nee
essary to shoot to hit. and it will take
sharp oversight to keep the soldiers
from wasting too much leGd even with
magazine rifle, to Say not hing OF
machine gun splitting from 900 to lOO'
bullets q minute.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-05

The New Orleans Ficnyune announces
that "lhe Heelcy motor is noting again,
but in the line OF its former -cnder-
ful achievements in noting cash out
D. its stockholders pockets.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-05

Tho late Congressman Lawler. OF
Chicago, once told Chicago audience
chat tho majority of the people of this
country constituted the bulk OF the
population and was vociferously APP
plaudcd.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-05
law broke clearly and the villagers

day broke clearly and the villagers
arose.
The weary parson and his true
hearted little wife had lain awake late
the night before, for heavy hearts
make sleepless eyes, and they slept
4 little later than usual this morning.
But at last they were all mp anu
dressed. The simple breakfast, con.
sistinc of coffee, warm biscuits and
butter, was nearly ready when Willie
and Laura took q notion to run to the
front door and see how deep the snow
was on the front porch.
Through the little parlor they trot-
ted, Willie first. and Laura following,
20 the front door, which, with some
little trouble, they pulled open.
And the next minute the cottage
rung with their bnsty shouts.
"pal pal mamma mamma do
come herel Come quick Run here
TO the porch, quick, both OF you
Greatly surprised, and slightly
frightened, not knowing what had hap
pened TO the children, the good par
son and his wife rushed to the front
door, upse,ting the cat and the coiiee'
pot in their haste to reach it.
What sight met their eyesl No
wonder the children shoutedl The
snow had been carefully swept from
the front porch, which was set out
l. with tempting array of various arti.
cles. Right before the door stood a
barrel of flour, on top OF the barrel
were laid two Juicy hams, and astride
the hams sat grent, fat turkey, all
d dressed ready for cooking, at which
y Willie and Laura set up great shout.
le An open barrel beyond was running
a. over with plump red apples, and sec'
N ond barrel full of big, comfortable
IN looking potatoes and row OF crisp
le cabbage.heads kept guard ell around
3 the barrel.
Then there was box, packed will
ne papers OF sugar, coffee, ten and rice, {
as sack OF dried peaches and several cans
n of fruit. And another box, wher
ne opened, displayed two new pairs o
1t shoes, lust the right size for Willie
and Laura; sundry rolls of flannel
'rt muslin and calico, warm stockings an'
IL mittcns, and several small articles, no
forgetting a well filled basket OF nut
ell and candies. which proved that some
'r, body knew what children love, an
n. which set Laura aud Willie to dane
'es ing. liko little Indians.
In the bottom of the box was thick
-. warm grny shawl, with Mrs. Rove
all name pinned in it. And when tn
shawl was uufolded, there dropped on
he an envelope directed to Parson Rowe
er. inside of which they found the amour
ed of the delinquent salary ia good, ne
grcenbacks, and n card upon whic
was written:
ior "wiE onr pastor accept the little surpri
Gift viii IN accompanies his salary. with Il
i'll, love ot a grateful pelplc?'
sad ooh, what pleasant, pleasant su
lie, prisel" cried Willie and Laura t
getber.
aid "What a wonderful mercy, rather
rise sal the mother "John, didn't Il
nit you The Lord would help us?"
eyes, Mo-" --. ---'~--' che pasto
- ~ .ercies
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-05

Baltimore as we'll as Brooklyn is
city of churches, each having greater
number in proportion TO the popula-
ton than any other cities in the
United States.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-05
The Minister'S Surprise,

iRLY one charp, cold
morning when q heavy
snow lay upon the
ground, n portly, COM
Portable sort of II man
in n chocolate brown
oveScoat opened the
gate 81 PsSson Rowe's
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-05
EOlcT AGAINST DEATH DANt
Usage Indians Ordered to Cease ths
tom by Their Chief.

Chief Debolt, the head medicine nj
the Usage tribe OF Indians. and the
politician. has issued, from Pawhuska
homa, an imperative order disconi
death dances In the Nation. When an
dies. according to a long-established c
all his relatives go absolutely nuke /
the death dance. which occurs thirti
after the fatality This custom oil
naked has played havoc with them, Y
them subjeYt to colds that invariably
Ia consumption. Seven per cent.
adults OF the tribe ara now In the lastI
OF consumption. ant It is this glarpi
that callet forth the edict, , The i'm
OF the measure Is so great th al deatl
will be treason against the n alton.
England to Strengthen Ter NJ
! II is stated that sS5, ,0J0,0s " will b\
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-05

Professor Becker, OF the UnIteu
States Geological Survey, who has just
-oturned from the Alo"'-" ~ 'ds
x that although .---~'
-. ads in aSaeerent pal $ of
gold seekers should take into acc t
the hardships and chances of ill-for-
tune that they will encounter. Food
and other necessaries are very expen-
sive. Notably rich mines already
developed are the Treadvell, on Doug
las Island, which produces $500, 900
worth of ore yearly, and the Apollo
mine, near DelarotT Bay, with yearly
output of 100000.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-05

The whole English press is full oil
ridicule fJr Poet Laur cate Austin.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-05

hppLKsrRd, PA, March ., 1896.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-05

And in the little parlor they all rev.
erently knelt, and never n more fer
vent thanksgiving went up than as
cended from the little circle in the
parsons cottage that happy winter
morning.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-05

cottage.
II was Squire Glover, one of the
"pillars of the church," aDd he was
coming to consult his pastor concern
ing some church matter. just as he
was about rapping at the door 1t
opened, and Willie Rowe came out
"Just walk right in, squire, and sit
down." says Willie. "Pa'll be in di'
rectly."
Away he ran, and tue squire stepped
III, and sat down in the little parlor,
waiting tho appearance of his pastor.
Presently he heard steps aud voices
in the adjoining room, and then n
child's voice said:
"Pa, just look at my shoe. It's all
ripped
al think il is, Lanra," answered the
parsons tones. "Let me see-per.
haps-no, 1t is too worn to be mended
again"
"Well, pa, please, I'd like to have a
new pair. Won't you get 'em for
me?"
Gas soon as pa can, no surely will,
daughter, said the father, in sad
tones. "Be good and wait little
Laura"
al have waited ever so long" saic
Laura, ''and Willie's shoes e~e worse
thnl mine, and he hasn't &C init
ther."
a." inte--rr ell
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-05

IT'S sweet 10 love;
And It's just honey
To love a girl
With lots Of money.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-05

"run and feed your l ems, 81
don't worry papa now."
The child ran out, and the parson,
never dreaming who was in tho next
room, hearing every word through
the crack OF the door, said:
''They can't worry me more than i
am worried, Mary. / don't say much,
but feel all our needs, not for my
self, but for you and the children.
1t made my heart ache, n little while
/ ago, to hear Willie ask If We could
never have. meat for breakfast any
more, and know there wasn't a pound
of meat in the house"
"Nor any sugar, either, and hardly
any flour, and not n dime in the purse,
John, but for oil that we wont starve, "
said the little woman's CHEEKY voice.
"Huve you lost your faith, Johu?'
"No, Mary, hope nor," came the
answer. "But II does seem hard,
when my salary is so small it can't hc
paid, so we coull have n few comforts
NJ least. Sometimes | think | must
give up here, and try somewhere else. u
ooh. no, no, joint" pleaded the
wife. "Not yet, anyway. We've got
such pleasant homo here, and oul
people are SO kind, don't give up yet
Let's try on little longer, aud may
bo help will come"
"Well, don't know from whence
Mary. I'm sorry to say so, but I've
lost heart lately, till Pm really not fl
to preach. If the Lord don't help rs
and that soon, don't know who will !
Then there was Il sound OF mans ris
ing, and Squire Glover, feeling rs
he didn't want to see his pestor JUS
now. up and slipped out before Parsol
Rowe came in.
And when the good squire got SAFE
" out of the gate his face was red
and he was putting Tor breath.
"Welli well! God bless my sonl
he painted, Gs he trotted on. "Here
pretty state OF things! No mea
-, no money, no shoes-why. Goo ble'
my souli This must be looked aftel
: Shall be, tool I'll see the deacon
D and If they won't, l will, out OF IN
8 own pocket, too, God bless my sou
b. That brave little woman shall hay
some help to keep up her husband
: heart, or I'll know the reason
n Racing along, flushed and excite,
e he met Deacon Jones, He had I'll
II deacon by the buttonhole in a minute
and after short consultation the
. both went off to Deacon Robinson's.
IS And that afternoon there was mut
o stir in Glenville, little groups co
p stantly meeting and consulting
- every store, and on every corne
- While the day seemed to close in da
G. and cheerless in the parsons lit
Se cottage.
rs A fresh snow fell that night n
IN served to make noiseless the sle
which drove softly up TO the ministe
~ cottage with the very first faint sire
" of dawn. The inmates of the lit
dwelling were all sleeping sound
but one awake and listening mig
have heard mutiied footsteps, whispl
and cautious showing and pushing
heavy articles. These, however, 30
oaaoad and all ,yaa nuiAt unlil
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were blistered on the hot rocks. / went on
and on. thinking that no one cared Tor my
soul, when one night Jesus met me ana He
said. poor thing, go home! Your father Is
waiting for you, your mother is waiting Tor
YOU. Go home, poor thing And, sir,
was too week 20 pray, and was too weak 10
repent but L lust cried out sobbod out
nv sins and my SORROWS ON the shoulders OF
Him OF whom il is sal l, the Lord hath laid
on Him the iniquity OF Us all. -,
There Is young man who would say; III
had Christian bringing up; l came from
the country to city lifei / started we'll; had
good position-a good commercial position
but one night ut the theater l met some
young men who did me no good. They
dagged me all through the sewers OF inl-
auity and lost my morals, and lost my
position, and was shabby and wretched.
was going down the street, thinking that no
| one cared for me, when young man tapped
| me on the shoulder and said; George, come
| with me, and will do YOU good looked
| at him to see whether he was joking or not
| 4 saw he was In earnest, and / said, what
do you mean, sir2' Well, he replied, Il
mean that II you will come 10 the meeting to-
night will be very glad to introduce you.
| will meet you at the door. viii you conner
Said /, Il WILL l went TO the place where
was tarrying. fixed myself up rs we'll as
could. buttoned my coat over ragged
vest, and went to the door OF the church, and
the young man met me. and we went in. and
asI went in heard an old man praying and
he looked 80 much like my father l sobbec
right out, and they were all around, so kline
and so sympathetic, that / just there gav'
: my heart 10 God, and know that what yoI
, say is true; know It In my own expert
/ ence." ION Him the Lord hath laid tn
! iniauIty OF us all. Oh. my brother, withou
stopping TO look whether your hand trem
1 bles or not without stopping 10 look whsthe
Q your hand is bloated with sin or not, pu
. It in my hand and let me give you on
y warm, brotherly, Christian grip and inyii
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-12
Was Man an Amphibian ?

Man was said to have descended from a good many types, by different in- quiries into ancient history, some go- ing for monkeys or apes, and others for various species of animal life; but some curious cases of hereditary web bed hands and feet in human beings seem to show that our ancestors may have been amphibian.
 An instance of this kind of heredit- ary peculiarity has been reported by Doctors w. R. Smith and J. S. Nor well, in the case of a family, nearly all the members of which were affected by malformation of hands and feet
 In the subjects examined by those gentlemen, the second and third fingers were webbed to the tip, and the bones were disposed in an extraordinary manner.
 Each foot had six toes, all more or less webbed, except the fourth, which was comparatively free.
 These peculiarities have persisted through several generations, and 1t was found that twenty-one persons out of twenty-eight had been uniformed in this way, and in all cases in both hands and feet
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-12
Fascination Of Years.

Many woman over twenty heSitateS to meet the great and inquisitive Lii Hung Chang. She doesn't care to ac- knowledge the burden of her years which, just possibly, the viceroy, being a student of history, lays to the credit of her Vaccinations. Helen of Troy was over forty when she was a party to the most famous elopement on rec ord. Cleopatra was over thirty when Antony first loved her, and ten years later her Vaccinations were in the as cendant. At thirty-Six Aspasia was welded to Pericies, and thirty years afterward she yielded undisputed in- fluence over men. Anne of Austria was quite thirty-eight when she was de scribed as the handsomest queen in Eu- rope; Louis XIV. welded Mime de Maintenon when she was fOrty-three years of age; Mile. Mars, the celebrated French tragedienne, only attained the zenith of her power and influence al forty-flve, and Ninon de PEnclos is pro- verbal for her wonderful attractions at Seventy-three.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-12
hlNgz z1gs s.s s's,g

Opie Reads new story, "My Young Master" Is announced for immediate publication.
 Henry D. Lloyd, of Chicago, is to be the United States correspondent of the new London magazine called the Pro- gressive Review, to be edited by J. A. HobsOn and William Clarke.
 The Scribners' collected edition of Kipling is to be sold only by subscrlp- tiOn. Limited editions on Japan paper, both of Kipling's and of Barries works, will appeal to wealthy book lovers.
 If we may trust the unanimous yer ningtOn Caffyn's Qota's) new novel, "A Quaker Grandmother" is a delightful surprise of genuine cleverness, with no trace of the Yellow Aster' in it.
 The camera is assuming a large place in the field of modern illustration. Cliff ton Johnson has taken his camera to Thrums and produced the seventy charming illustrations that distinguish l A in Thrums."
 Richard Le Gallienne promises book entitled ''The Quest of the Golden Girl" Gabriel SetOun is putting forth a col lection called ''The Child World" Vol umes of poems are about due from A. c. Benson and John Davidson.
 "The Political Situation" is the title of the book on Africa and the Jame- son raid that has just appeared in Lon don from the pens of Olive Schreiner and her husband, c. s. Cronwright Schreiner. It is said to be an unusual ly able and dignified indictment of Cecil
 James Lane Aliens forthcoming nov el, ''The Choir Invisible" is by far his most pretentious work in scope, length and general construction. The plot is laid in the pioneer Kentucky days when the fiery English-Virginians began their epoch-making movement across the Alleghenies. Under MT. Aliens exquisite literary workmanship this new material cannot fail to be produc- tive of a novel of supreme interest.
 Marie Corelli Is preparing to run amuck again-this time against society. She will do it in a story for the new London magazine about to be started under the name of the Lady's Realm. By the way, Miss COrellrs last novel, ''The Murder of Delicia," has already exhausted its first edition of 2S,000 copies, and new edition of 10000 cop ies Is in preparation. Though she de- spises the bicycle she is certainly bOtf a record breaker and scorcher.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-12

her husband. man royal i'll body and soul. Hearing the door open, he raised his head "Ah, here comes the little mistress of the foundry, he said, smil ing. 'Take seat. The money is ready for you to pay off the men. suppose that you will never relinquish the pleas ure of putting money into the mems hands. No wonder you are so popular with them.
 When she came to Dick Flanaghan's s bench and he had counted his pay, he nodded and said. "All right, missis. !" Then, taking his clay pipe from his mouth, he continued, "And have ye heard the news about Luke, a'am?"
 ''No, indeed. What is it?' eagerly inquired Mrs. Sterns.
 "Well, Luke went down to Pennsyl- vania to work in a coal mine. His name was Hugh Brierly down there. Luke he thought there was going to be a strike among the miners, and he niver could kape out of a strike nohow, missis Luke was boss in the riots there last spring, and he carried on wild. He wouldn't let the trains move, and so the governor sent down the meleeshy to smash tho miners. Luke and a gang of men behind him met the train that was fetchin the sojers and pitched rocks down the bank and ditched the train. Then them sojers just chased after the strikers and shot lot of them. Luke got ball through his heart.
 "Poor Luke" said Mrs Sterns, with unaffected sorrow. 'Poor, misguided Lukel"