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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09
rIonr1yo THE SALOON IN MICHIGAN.

A novel plan OF combating the saloons is
being tried in Michigan town. During
each Saturday afternoon when farmers and
traders come TO town with their produce,
the churches will keep open house. Music,
light refreshments aud non-alcoholic drinks
will be offered the visitors In the hope OF
keeping them from the saloons.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09
rur GREATEST WAR or ALL

A London paper estimates that the cost OF
all the great wars ot the world tor twenty
five years, from 1872 60 lSi7, has been 40,
O00, 900, 900. An American Journal figures
out that the cost Of intuNirant- Iu the United
States for the same period was Mt least :l5,-
00J, ,t00, 600. Perhaps the latter item should
be included in the first cU"gpry, aS r"prr-
Rcnting one OF the "grat wars auuS. tn"
peace and welfare 81 the world.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09

Tho French Academy Of Medicine recently
adopted Il series Of resolutions dtclarng that
the drink evil has become a Ierlna nent dan.
ger attacking "the very life and fo rec Of the
country" and laying stress ON the fact that
even tho purest alcohol Is "always and fun
damentally u poison" Speaking OF legal
restrictions VI. Rochard, member Of the ~
lustrious scientific body, sair ~ know that
this is fIicult to accomplish. Alcohol Is u
terrible power. The Professional hierarchy
uhe manufacturers AMI dealers) holds the
country enlace in the meshes Of aunt of ur-
nyoidable selfinterest without PITY
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Tyboe,s Tower.

Ono of the objects which invariably at
tract the interest of yoyagers approaching
Savannah by sen is the tiny round tower
a few hundred feet distant from the light
house at Tybce island, on the Georgia sido.
With tho aid of "a good pair of mapine
glasscs the tower can be deserted as built
Of stone and apparently hoary with age.
Indeed, the native Georgian has no greater
pleasure than 20 pour into the astonished
ears Of northerners the tale that 10 was
erected by the Spanish about the same
time as tho structures Of st. Augustine.
But the hard and rather unpoetic facts Of
the case are that the United States govern
mont built the place as "a defense against
the British in 1912.
1t is termed in military parlance a mar
tello tower, being copied from similar de-
fenses erected along the English coasts
when Napoleon was threatening to invade
Britain The tower saw some little active
service in the civil war, OF course, but was
even then not more dangerous or stronger
than a stone dwelling.
At present It is used as a reporting and
signal station, snd during tho bathing
season it lisa favoritc visiting place for
the guests of the fashionable hotels at
.Tybce Beach, the noted southern seaside
resort. There are few objects on our
COASTS moro striking and picturesque than
the tower at Iybee, and it only lacks "a
few legends OF Spanish possessions, sicgos,
etc, to make it famous. philadelphia
| Times
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coLoR LIE IN sourH -AERIoA.
~ Is as Strongly Drawn There as In Any
Part of America.

1t rarely II ever happens that a native
whatever his rank, is received on any So
cial occasion inside white house Indeed
he would seldom be permitted except as q
domestic servant, TO enter a private house
at all When khama, the famous chief Of
the Bn-Mangwato, Christian, aud a man
Of admittedly high character, who has
ruled his people with singular wisdom and
ability, was in England last autumn and
was there entertained at lunch by tho Duke
Of Westminster and other persons of social
eminence, the news excited general annoy
ance and disgust among the whites in
South Africa. A story was told me of a
garden party given by the wife Of q lead
ing white ecclesiastic the appearance at
which Of a native clergyman led many Of
the white guests to withdraw In dudgeon.
Once when / was a guest at a mission
sts.tion in Basutoland, j was asked by my
host whether / had any objection to his
bringing in to the family meal the native
pastor, who had been preaching 20 the ma
tive congregation. When 1 expressed sons
surprise that he should think it necessary
to ask, he explained that race feeling was
so strong among the colonists that It would
have been deemed improper and, indeed
insulting TO make white guest sit down
at the same table with black man unless
special permission had first been given.
Thus one may say thats there is no social
intercourse whatever between the races.
Their relations are purely those Of busi-
ness Now and then the black man gets
ahead Of the white, but the latter pride of
race remains. l was told Of white who
condesccnded tosbe hired to work by "A
Kafllr, but stipulated that the Kaflir should
address him as " boss
OF intcrmarriage there Is, Of course, no
/ question. 1t is not forbidden by law in
the two British colonies as It Is in most,
If not all, Of the southern states of Amer
ca, but it is excessively rare, nor does II ap-
| pear that there are now other irregular un-
ions outside marriage, as there constantly
were in the old days while slavery existed.
In this respect the ease Of South Africa re
markably resembles that OF the southern
states, where also there IL now very little
mixture of blood though thcrc was great
deal 80 years ago. Probably in both cases
It is better that the races should not minglG
their blood, for the white race would be
likely TO lose more than the black race
would gain. james Bryce, NJ. p, in Cen
! tury.
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rhs go ravorlte nooks.

tits, Of course very difficult to form any
estimate from the preferences or predilcc-
tions of a schoolboy as towhat win be the
bent Of the mind of tho monarch. His
French tutor declared that he had nmarkod
preference for French literature, and that,
in his opinion, the modern French painters
and sculptors stood first in modern art
Like most growing lads, Nicholns II de-
lighted in Julos Verne and in Robert Louis
Stevenson. Among English authors he Is
said TO he most partial to SCOTT, shakes-
pearo and Dickens, while among tho
French authors his favoites are said to be
Victor Hugo and Lamartine. OF his pref
crence in German authors nothing is re-
corded The German tutors did not live IN
the palace, and although be was educated
without any bias against Germany, it was
noticed by those in his company that the
young fellows sense Of hunior was much
exercised by the stiff, clumsy, pednntic
and sweeping Germans, whom he seldom
lost opportunity Of ridiculing when hc
could do it good humoredly. -Revicw Of
Reviews
Evening journal., 1896-07-24
PhllaaeIphia Gold pemocrats.

PHILADxLPHIA, July 24.-The commit.
tee of Democrats appointed to consider
the best method OF opposing the candi-
dates and platform OF the Chicago conyen.
tion met at the office Of John G. Bullitt
and later made public the address in which
tho reasons for their opposition TO Candi.
dates Bryan and Sowall are fully set forth.
Tho address is soathing arraignment
not enly of tho principles enunciatod In
the platform adopted at Chicago, but also
OF the methods employed by the majority
20 secure control Of the late convention.
Is concludes with the declaration that II
il be found imprGoticsble to nominate q
third ticket the energies Of all gold stand
ard Democrats should be directed to the
defeat o. the ticket named at Chicago.
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Thev Didr't scatter.

The driver Of "a heavy depot wagen, pass
ing along a Germantown thoroughfaro,
deserted short distance before his turnout
what seemed to be the red rear lights of a
couple OF bicycles lie determined 10 have
some ''nn Whipping his horse into a
gallop, he bore down upon the lights, Iner-
rily chuckling 20 himself, See me scatter
'emr' An instant later something did
scatter, and the driver found himself cx-
tended upon tho bottom of an exceedingly
moist ditch, his carriage lying on its side
and his horso tearing the harness % picccs
in frantic efforts 90 get away. Tho sup
posed bicycle lamps turned ont 10 be red
lanterns guartinga a ditch freshly dug TO re
ceive water pipes. The wind had impaired
sufficient motion 20 help the Illusion
Philadelphia Record
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Dr. wolfo and Ills oeorvIna.

In front of us stood "a stout, short, elder
" man, an unmistakable Hebrew in fea-
lures and complexion. He spoke English
fucntly but with an extremely strong
foreign accent, and his smanncr and phrase
ology were peculiar, IN a fashion which
made IL very difficult to listen TO him with
the seriousness which his subject demand
ed. He enlarged on his work in Palestine
and Asia Minor generally, which had un-
doubtcdly been of a most praiseworthy de-
scription, but when he proceeded 20 Illus
trate the customs of his race by chanting
some Of their native songs in q high pitched
voice, it proved very difficult for me, Hight
hearted enough in those days, TO hear hin
with due calm and decorum. Even his i'm
itation Of the lamentations of the Jews a
the wailing place outside the walls Of falleI
Jerusalem, which ought to have been deep
ly pathetic, became from his information
and style exactly the reverse.
The eliminating overthrow of my gray
ity came with an anecdote which he tolt
of an Arab chief who had offered him hi.
daughter In marriage and anxiously
pressed the beautiful bride upon him.
eyes" exclaimed Dr. Wolfe, stretching
out his arms toward q qniet, dignified lndy
WHO sat on a sofa netl him. Eyes, that
chief begged mo TO hive his child, with
tho brown eyes Ike lazclle to we'd her
and keep her always, but 1 said TO him.
No, mol ! have my Gcorgina at home.
want no moro wives i have my Gcorgina
in my house already and that IS enough
OH quito enough. " I must own that
had to beat hasty retreat from the effects
Of this speech on the propricty Of demoanol
I Ind becn frvinc so hnrd 20 mnintain -
Blackwo0d's 5 Marazinc
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BT FLOATS

ara quite as little inclined to reason upon
the subject rs were the delegates whom
they sent to Chicago.
:" / was satisfied before we went to Chi
cagO that nothing could be accomplished
in the direction of changing OF modify
ing the FREQ silver idea, and l said SO.
Nevertheless, 1t was our duty to go there
and emphasize the strength OF the convic-
tiuns of the eastern Democrats, and, fur
ther, to afford the country an object lesson
showing so plainly that 1t could not be
misunderstood by the un Democratic and
revolutionary spirit which dominated the
movement. 1p this we were successful
The Democratic mask was pretty effectu-
ally removed from ahe face Of the populism
which had forced itself for the time being
into position OF control That was all
that the sound money Democrats could
accomplish, and that they cid eiIeetually
ana unsclfishly.
1T Is evident the tree silver vote is TO
be united. They ara only differing at 1t.
Louis as to whether they shah unlte in
candidates now OF with Alfsrent candi-
dates divide up the electors by states. In
either case the vote will be united on cleo
ton day. It should be opposed by solid
and united sound money vote. II never
can De IT. IN ADDITION, Mcklnley DtnO
Gratis must vote for MoKlnleyism and all
that it represents. The issue OF the past
should be buried until the country hns
been rescned by patriotic action from its
present peril.
1T ought o-be plain to all thoughtful
and patriotic Republicans that the time
has come when it is absolutely necessary
for all good citizens to drop for the time
being partisanship and work together
earnestly and intslligently for the com
mon good. To trine with crisis so Sc
rious as this or to attempt TO ignore or
belittle it would be both blunder and a
crime.
The 254 delegates who refused to vote
in the Chicago convention are fully awake
TO the danger which confronts the nation
and are willing to co operate heartily and
honestly with equally patriotic members
of other parties in any national movement
to stamp out this heresy. How long they
will continue in this frame of mind no
man can tell But one fact is certain, the
present responsibility for meeting this
situation rests upon the Republican can
didates and leaders. and II they are TO act
intelligently and practically there is no
time to lose -
Evening journal., 1896-07-24
THE somANoFFs.
How the Present Reicnine Family Came
10 the Throne In Russia.

How the Present ReicninE Family Came
10 the Throne In Russia.
During the long civil wars In Russin
which followed the extinction of the RurilS
dynasty, imperial title was still claimed by
upstart usurpcr caars In 1913 a now dy-
nasty was chosen, TO put an end to therul
of pretendcrs, Michael Romanoif, the son
OF Philarct, the metropolitan Of Rostof,
was elected by "a kind Of states general con-
voked for the purpose. There had beon va
rious candidates, but letter, said to be
written by Phlaret, having been placed
before the assembly, which was couched In
terms advocating constitutional govern
ment, the son of that church dignitaIy
was elected The lettcr said that the as
sembly ought not TO confer irresponsible
power upon the monarch whom they would
appoint, but that tho Legislative power
should be divided between the czar, the
house Of boyars and tho states general
The oath imposed upon Michael Romanon
was therefore 60 the effect that he should
neithU decree laws, nor declare war, nor
conclude treaties of peace or alliance nor
inflict capital punishment or confiscation
of property upon any person except with
the assent Of the boyars and the parliament
Afterward this letter, when Il had served
A few years later the young car ordered
the charterof 1913 to be destroyed and TO
be replaced by another, I'm which II was
laid down that Michael Romanon was
elected czar and 'autocrat" OF al tho
Russias Gradually the convocation even
Of u merely consultative assembly became
less and less frequent. Finally ite exist
ence was altogether done away with. AIT.
er 1852 no conyocation took place any
more, except once, under Catherine III, for
r mere temporary objcob.
1t is TO these sporadic cases OF states gen
oral, If they may be called so and TO a char
ter enshrouded I'm some historical doubt
that Russian Liberals have in our timo
now and then, referred as TO precedent
At least they did so In writings published
abroad, Russian censorship having forbid
den the subject 70 be touched upon at all
Peter /, Catherine /, Peter IT, Anne, Eliz-
abeth, Peter III, Catherine II, Paul ],
Alexander l. Nicholas l, Alexander III,
| Alexander III, oil ruled on the strict auto
cratic principle, which Nicholas III is still
/ bent upon continuing. Peter ] the Great
enlarged upon.it by extending the liability
/ 10 corporal punishment from the nobility
| TO the imperial fnmily itself He had his
own sisters whipped He put his own son
| to the torture, who died from it. He, too,
| took delight in chopping off the heads OF
row of political offenders while quaflinp
brandy between each fatal stroke of his
| reddened axe. 1t was sultanisn with d
vengeance. .-Fortnightly Review
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nIlnnssotn colo nemaerat..

ST. PAUL, July 24.-In response TO a
call issued b. the Democratic national
committeeman, ID. w. Lawton, about 200
gold standard Democrats met at the Mer-
chants hotel and Immediately adjourned
to Mozart hail. the hotel being too small
for their members. A committee of seven,
of one from each congressional district,
wns named TO attend the Chicago confer
ence of gold standard Democrats. From
the committee on resolutions e. W. NJ.
Cutoheon reported platform. which, after
suitable preamble, declares that it utterly
repudiates the platform adopted at Chicago
and declared that the gold standard Dom
ocrats OF Minnesota will refuse to support
the candidates Of hat convention The
committee presented two resolutions and
suggested that separate vote be taken
on them. The reading of the resolution
was greeted with applause. The rcsoiu-
tion favors a calling Of a national conven-
tion by the antifree silver delegates 10 the
Chicago convention TO decide on what ao-
tion to take regarding a national ticket.
The resolutions were adopted
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operate with you and has appoiEtod COM
mittee to confer win follow your lead
Connecticut friends in town coRcur %
A telegram from Franklin McYeagh at
Dublin, n. H., said ''rhe central states
must lead Tho eastern Democrats are
hampered By their state organizations,
but will follow.
Comptroller James Eckels--I have no
doubt but that the eastern Democrats will
take as great interest improper Democratic
nominations as do the western and give
them as earnest support think the name
TO be taken should be National Democrats
Senator Villas OF Wisconsin violently op-
posed the issuing OF call by the confer
ence His speech was frequently cheered,
although the general sentiment of the
meeting seemed to incline the other way
The following is the resolution calling a
third conventions
Resolved, That It is the sense Of this
conference that there shonld hea Dem
oorntlc national convention hold, Dem.
ocratio platform cnunclated and Dem
ocratio ticket nominated for the offices Of O
president and a vice president of the
United States said convention to he held
not later than sept. ,.
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St. oIarys shin Canal.

WASHINGTON, July 24.-Colonel G. J..
Lydccker, IN charge Of improvements on
tho ship channel connecting tho waters oi
tho great lakes reports that during the
year the work Of surveying and excava.
tion was continued. Section No 2 on St.
1larys river has nearly been completed.
The ontire channel through the reef IN
st. Marys river abreast Of Sailors Encamp.
ment island viii he completed in October.
The east half Of the channel at the foot OF
Lake Huron has been thrown open 60
navigation The west half probably viii
he completed i'm September The channel
through Crosse I oint Bats, Lake St Clair
probably wiz be entirely completed this
season. Tho eastern half of the channel
through the bar nc tho mouth of the DE.
truit river has been thrown open to navi-
CATION There Is available balance Of
sl53, Ss2 Tor carrying on the work.
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THE GOLD DEMOCRATS.
VIII Hold a Convention and
Nominate Candidates.
RESULT OF CHICAGO CONFERENCE

Vhe Convention VIII BE Held as EarIy
as Sept. Presidential Electors to BE
Naned-wnIiam c. whitney's Views on
the Political Situation.
CHicAGo, July sa.--The conferences OF
Democratic gold standard men. hold at
the AuditOriuin, decided to issue call
for third convention, the motion having
been made by r. w. Shelby OF Michigan.
Representatives q the gold standard
Democracy of Illinois, Kentuoky, Missouri
Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, lhdiana Nc
braska and Ohio were present, rs follows
entucky-Littleton Cook, Ihomns w
Bullitt, w. d. Haldoman, X. w. Knott,
A. J. Carroll and George M Davis
Missourl-James c. Broadhead, f. W.
Lehman, Henry J. Kent, Rollo Wells, 81
Louis, and c. l.. G. Krauthof, Kansas
City.
Iowa--Colonel J. NJ. Martin Marshall
town; W Nat French, Davenport Thorn
as W. Bowman, Council Bluffs; Mayor
Henry Vollmer, +. W. Boynton and e. NJ
sharon, Davenport
Wisconsln-General L. 5. Bragg, Sena
tor William +. Villas and Ellis b. UsSer
former chairman state committed
lndiana-O Plckens, W. ID. Bynum
John r. Wilson, p. Frenzel, Judge Johr
J. Dye and Allen W. Conduit Indianapo
lis.
Nebraska-Fred W. Haughn.
Ohio-J. p. Lynn and 5. p Holding.
Ilinois-Henry 5. Robbins, c. A. Ew
ing, John p. Hopkins, Linden Evans
Adam A. Goodrich and Judge Thomas A.
Moran.
General Bragg. who was chairman o
she Wisconsin delegation at Chicago, wa
chosen to preside over the conference. G.
A. Ewing chairman Of the Illinois exec
utiye committee, was elected secretary.
The first business was the reading of
large batch of letters and kilograms show
ing that eastern and other states were rep
resented in spirit. A telegram from Sena
tor James VI. Palmer read cuisines
long neglected keeps me absent / an
ready to fight anarchy and Populism a
defined in the Chicago platform and IL
candidates. / am in favor Of national
state and congressional conventions
Count on me as a private in the from
rank"
Another message came from Calvii
Tomkins, John De Witt Warner and Law
renee e. Sexton of New York and read a
follows State committee Of our Dem
ooratic reform party has bolted Brya
platform and candidates. resolved to CO
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whitney on the sltuntlon.


NEW YORK, July 2i.-William c. Whit
eny. In an Interview. was asked n. I'm his
Judgment there would ho third ticket
nominated b. tho sound money Dom
ocrats lie replied:
Il think oyonts and the couso Of the
Republican leaders are making IL ineyita
bio, The gonoral situation, " he continued
lis far worse today, in my opinion than
it was ten days ago. The Ropublican man
ayers and candidates have shown no real.
izing sonse az the situation. They have
failed TO avail themselves of a great oppor-
tunity for benciiting tho country. II the
present cor dition nf affairs continues for
any length at time. sound money DEM
ocrats are bound to oraanlze, and it can
not be prevented
"Tho truih IS th3ro does not seem 10 be
in the enst realizing surso of tha serious
ness and sincerity of tho free silver move
ment. Yol may call St crago. hut 10 ha .
captarol the imagiI ation Of tic great
mass of people throughout tho entire west
and south, and IL la, mach stronger fol-
lowing in some PORTIONS OF the east not
closely allied To largo commercial ceniers
than Is generally supposed. IL is the re-
suit of trading and agitation. IL has be-
come a izea opinion aud an unreasonable
one. / t,irS it mny be accepted ms a fact
that tire vast majority cf free silver hc-
lievers no this time are NOT open 70 oonvic-
tion Their minds arr made IN. and they
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coNEY ISLAND.
A Modern English Discoverer OF New
Tork's Great Summer Resort.

Yori's Great Summer Resort.
i had pointed out to me the other day
man who discovered Concy lsland-some
two decades later than most Of us, to be
sure, but none too late for his own salts
faction. Mr.. Shelley of the Oriental hotel
was exhibiting him.
"I-ah-saw the place from-ah-the
deck of the-ah-steamer coming Ovah,
said he, and I-ah--thought I'd see what
sort of a place it was, don't you know.
And, upon me word, / find It most aston
ishing at the-ah-cheapcr end, you know,
and doosid comfortable heah. %
His formal and deliberate manner of
putting hispince nez glasses up TO his eyes,
after much bother with the chain towhich
they were attached, suggested perpetual
alertness for discovery. He never merely
looked at anything. One cannot call the
work of an astronomer looking at
things" and this Englishman brought
the same effort and aid of glasses TO his
simplest visual action. When newsboy
rushed at him with paper, meaning "a
sell it like lightning, before it became old
and worthless by the arrival of a later edi-
tion, the Englishman went through the
same serious preliminaries with his glasses
and ended by making the little arab feel
that he also had been discovered, that no
one had ever looked at him before. Indeed,
the startled lad shot his own eyes all over
himself as If he suspected that he had been
seen all over and might find himself naked.
Thus the Englishman looked at Conoy Is
land, after it had grown ancient under In
dian, Dutch, English and American rule,
and discovered it and brought TO it a case
of apollinaris and a bathtub, so as to be
sure to- have those luxuries whilo ho was
there,--Julian Ralph in Scribner's.
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..Good Grammar"

A contemporary tells the story Of rich
woman who went TO engage board for her
mother in home for the aged and desti-
tute and made the excuse, MY mother
does not use good grammar, and we would
none of us DC at ease if she were 90 table
with us Curious. Perhaps the old lady
will tell her future associates: % My dnugh-
ter does not speak good English. could
never break her of the habit of saying use
good grammar Exchange