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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-28

Al , moor thing 10 sit always looking
hon lifp'- past joys and blessings, II
IA more miserable and more paralyz-
50, ,r to sit looking back upon Its sOr-
II ralamitios. You know how much
a ARE always doing this. They mark
xsnrn Of life by its troubles. They
krrything from IT, black-lettcr days.
Hhry want tu identify some past time
j Tho week before | broke my leg =
h., winter when all the children were
lryith measles = or THE year after we
In great loss In business. Lots wife
I lave dated everything from the time
Il thay were burnt out from SOdOm.
1npytr seem to get over these things.
NOW how, after one of life's bercaye-
some people seem TO dwell ever
" the tomhs. In spirit they are always
mining. They have no heart for any,
. They cannot make any effort. All
nil, they used 20 be- interested In. .havo
|. laid aside. You may begin to talk
thcm on the most different subject, but
N hy they are sure To bring IL round TO
trouhla. | 60 not want To speak hardly
tthis: IL IL something very touching
pItful. But Il l. not the true way.
never meant US TO keep turning over
n tho soil on our graves. II
Dill let them alcne, grass and
~ aud sweet spring flowers will
'oyrr the mounds where our dear ones
Anil, and sweet. happy memories will
'pycr all the thought OF their life with
Rdually changing sorrow into quiet
1hat IS how God keers His world co-
1.iie ha, always work TO do. Look
Ri and not back" No mere lingering
) the ashes Of the past Live right ON
Iway Of lifo's busy duties; 1t Is the only
= from that paralysis OF an INDUCED
ppeles7 grief. Brooke Herford, ID. D.,
Irmons Of Courage and Cheer.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-28

sn who really means 70 get out OF his
pest results spiritually will not only
lltiyate II, but he will fence 1t. And
do that If possible in the springtima,
ksoming time of his years. The timd
pp the fences is while the fields are
~ bare and brown. Christ calls es-
n Tor young men and young women
3their hearts and energies to Him.
Fhe sprihgtime Of their lives rs we'll
3prlngtime Of the year. To serve Him
el not only plant the vineyard. but
II. Accept Christ, and he will give
yer ~ become sons OF God confess
hnd that act will throw about your
defences that shall ward of spirit
iherlngs, safe amid n thousand foes.
Jennings, III n. Y. Observer.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-28

'it God heaven would be no heaven.
ln heaven is not first II locality. but
I one Is IN his presence there is tho
HE. Not heaven in its fullness,
III clements Of the heavenly life.
NJ then, into his presence here and
u our daily common interests, we
|rfed into aspiritual kingdom where,
we live in sympathy with it.thpre
spiritual harmony; where there IL
'ompulsi0n, but the perfect SCR
4 perfect freedom whore the will
great loving Spirit is evidently 50
w. 50 Just and so true that any ono
sympathy with the heavenly life
rmony with II rs II It were his own
fAop Lawrence.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-28
He Died 10 Forger.

Less than ono month ago Nashua (N. H.
people honored tho memory Of the Hon. Ed
ward o. Blunt In an imposing funeral. He
was lauded for his honorable career as bus
iness man aud public official. Now he is
known as a forger. He swindled friends,
rich and poor, by means OF worthless notes.
Paper to the amount OF $4,000 having his
signature and the endorsement OF mis- sister,
Mrs. George Z. Holt, which the latter de-
clares TO be forgeries, has been found.
Bluntswas u member Of Governor Smiths
Council.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-28
Buried In the Ruins.

A section OF tho Senaca street front OF
Browns Building, in Buffalo, N. Y, collapsed
burying a score Of persons In the ruins.
Three persons were killed and twelve were
injured, one fatally. The dead are; Jennie
Grifflth, cashier In barber shop; George
sIetE. a barber; william p. Straub, contrac-
tor.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-28
TUE SOCIAL GLASS.

eo u9th breed a habit In a man."
'nsidious beginnings should be re-
social glass;" as It Is Innocent
parties. weddings and the like,
sIeM deal more OF harm than is
ceppossd. Young men aud women
ans lust TO be social" and be-
,Nl' low i are bound BY u habit im-
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-28
sunday Opening of Muserms in London

The success of the Sunday opening OF pub.
lie institutions in London is beyond dispute.
The National Gallery, the South Kensngton
Museum, the great working class palace az
Bethnal Green. each Sunday since the move
ment began, three weeks ago, have contained
well-dressed crowds, conducting themselves
with the decorum OF church meeting. The
innovation is justified so far aspublic porals
are concerned. The religious press admit
the success OF the movement Us tested BY its
orderliness. --
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-28
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED.
PIPE LINE CHANGES.
Banker Wright Found Guilty-Murder In
the Second Degree.

BY doing away with five small pump sta
tions In the southwestern part of Butler
county and laying IS miles Of gravity lines,
the National Transit Pipe Line Company is
greatly facilitating the handling OF the oil In
that field. A large pump station and re-
ceiving tanks are being erected at Eiderman
TO receive the entire production. From there
the oil will bc forced TO Bear Creek station
In Armstrong county, a distance VI 40 miles.
These improvements In the handling OF this
oil will. when completed cost ~ 500.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-20

|RH q! RRskidHg
ABSOLUTELY PURE

the said decision Of April 22nd, 1892,
which definitely determined the status
of said lands.
1t appears from the foregoing that
the signers OF the petition enclosed
with your letter have no standing UNI
der the law, except as trespassers upon
reserved Indian lands, they having
made settlements either in ignorance
of the status Of said lands, or with the
expectation of obtaining future relief
from congress. AS the law now stands,
they will have the same opportunity
as other parties to acquire said lands
when they are legally disposed of as
provided for by the act OF Jan. II, 1889.
Said act requires an examination of
the ceded Chippewa lands to determine
which are agricultural and which tim
Der lands. Timber lands are TO be APP
praised and sold at public auction to
the highest bidder, provided the price
paid is not below the appraised value.
Agricultural lands are to be disposed
OF under the homestead law, with GER
tain notifications. The examination.
OF the Mile Laos land, as provided for
by said act, cannot be begun until the
,allotments to the Indians have been
completed, as it will not be known un-
til then how much of said lands will be
subject to disposal as aforesaid PHO
1leer Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-20
will Potatoes Reach Fifty Centse

Potatoes are said to be very scar e
in commission circles in the cities and
it is reported that the price will climb
to so cents a bushel before spring
opens This will be good news to
those who filled pits and cellars last
fall with tubers hoping for an advance
in price. A large amount of potatoes
have been fed to stock, much has been
destroyed by frost, starch factories and
the regular consumption for food has
reduced the supply in a considerable
degree, and there is sure to be a short
ge.-ROYultOn Banner.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-20
$0ZSS2

serve that he shall not give a proxy,
but the vacancy caused by. his failure
to serve shall be filled by the delega-
tion BY the election of some qualified
elector who resides in their election
district. If the whole delegation fails
to serve, the county convention may
select qualified electors, if such be
present at the convention, residing IN
the said election district, to act in lieu
of the delegates SO chosen. In case no
qualified elector Of the election dis
trict, represented by the delegation,
is present at the convention, to fill the
vacancy caused by the failure Of one or
more delegates to serve, then the dele
gates present shall have the right to
cast the full vote Of the delegation
A violation Of any provision Of this
law is made a misdemeanor and pun
ishable by fine of not less than 1926 nor
more than $500, or Imprisonment of
not less than thirty days nor more than
six months.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-20

State Auditor Dunn announces that
he will hold sale of State lands early
this spring in Mile Laos county. ALI
holders Of State land certificates who
are in arrears With their interest pay
ments should make an effort to bring
their payments up to date Immediately,
not later than Feb. 90, and avoid hav-
ing their lands advertised for resale.
Although the snow blew off. the roads
to a great extent the logging condi-
lions have been greatly improved by.
the recent spell Of weather. =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-20
Married.

In Ballard, Wash, Clement Blakney,
formerly of Princeton, and Miss Emma
B. Wilcoxen, of Ballard, Rev. Clark
Davis performed the ceremony in the
presence of a large number of friends.
The young couple will reside in Seat
tie, where the groom's business inter-
ests are.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-20
TWO JUNKETS.

Marty Of pr;ncoton Z . ,s.<oor,
nosed Of +. y C1aooatt O. T st.nlos,e
John Patterson w r R;oo7ow n
Jesmer Frank Peterson Is Rrioos
and q Mitche11 v;s;tod Ct C,1o,d los+
Saturday and witnessed tho confarrino
Of the third rank on two candid ates hy
tho ST Clond lodna Tho ,ro.l, was
texcellent and tho hove ware = Job f,;l11
entertained II might ho vol 70 s+,+
at this time that coma Of +bo hove will
waa, tho ine;nn;o of unlro11ar -
o., > ri ,a.;nst noss;h,a snrnr;soe shon1a
5thevs visit tba Granite Citv I .. J oeaip
Uael AM. avaru. N ! !, ,,ar i ba ,,a rtu
snealxs hiphlv Of the hosnita1itu Il tbe
81 Cloud hrathron
-.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-30
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

!. Tariff. not only to furnish adequate
revenue for the necessary expenses of the
government. but TO protect American Ia
Dor from degradation to the wage level
Of other lands. g. Reciprocal agreements
for open markets and discriminating du-
ties in favor Of the American merchant
marine. 3. Maintenance OF the existing
gold standard and opposition 10 free COIN
age of silver except by International
agreement with the leading commercial
nations OF the world. 4. Pensions and
preferences for veterans of the Union
army. S. A firm, vigorous and digniiied
foreign policy "Gud all our interests N
the western hemisphere carefully watched
and guarded" 6. The Hawaiian Islands
to be controlled by the United States; tho
Nicaraguan canal to hc built; a naval sta
tion in tho West Indies. :. Protection of
american citizens I-d property in 'iurley.
g. Rcasscrtion OF me Monroe doctrine.
Eventual withdrawal Of European powers
from this hemisphere aal union Of all
Eng!lsh-speaE.ng people on this continent.
g. The United States actively 10 use inllu-
ence to restore peace and give independ-
ence to Cuba. 10 Enlargement OF the
navy. defense OF harbors and seacoas,s.
il. Exclusion of illitcrlte and immoral im-
migrants. i2 Reapprovai of the civil SER
vice law. 10, 4 free ballot and an honest
count. II. Condemnation of lynching. Ii.
Approval of national arbitration. H. APP
proval OF a free homestead law. II. Adj
mission of the remaining territories. rep
rescntat!on for Alaska and abolition OF
carpet-bag federal officers. IS. Sympathy
with legitimate Efforts to lessen intemper-
ance. 10. sympathetic reference TO "the
rights and Interests of woman. '-Con-
denscd By the rimes-I Herald.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-30
To Holders of Life Insurance.

The New York Life Insurance COM
pany, by its president, John A. Mccall.
has issued circular letter to its 2S7, 1000
policy holders, in which it unequivo-
cally denounces the financial here
sizes" of the Democratic platform. The
circular intimates that IL the prin-
ciples Of the Democratic money plank
were carried into effect the insurance
companies would be forced into paying
the claims of the insured in debased
currency for the reason that they
could not, even If they were willing,
provide for the payment Of their claims
in gold" The letter is practically an
official appeal to the public and holders
Of insurance policies to be on the side
of sound money. 1t is as follows:
The life insurance companies and asso-
Citations Of this country operating in the
state of New York, as it appears from the
report Of the superintendent of insurance
department, issued in 1896. number more
than 100000 of policy holders, divided as
follows: Industrial, 6G7i. .G32; old line
1,s77,SOS; fraternal. 1,2Ol,44s; assessment
4S3,sS7; total. 1O,407.S75. If to this is added
the benefciaries Of the insured, 1. e., their
wives and children. except industrial pol
icy holders, there are at least y. 900 900 per-
sons interested in the payment of claims
by these companies and associations.
During the year 1895 these several organ
izations paid to policy holders and their
beneficiaries s165. .103,6l0. Similar payments
for the last five years exceed $3.50. 900
1t Is within reason to assume that the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-30

of money for payment of balances and re-
demption of credit has not increased In
greater ratio than the gold supply. Gold
Is To-Day the one safe and stable standard
OF value. and any nation that uses a
different one is at a disadvantage.
iron miehts be used as a standard Of
value. but 1t would take a hundredweighr
or SO to make a dollar. and the ease.
cheaphess and abundance of production
would render the fluctuations in its value
100 great. even il there were an interna-
tlonal agreement for its use and an ap-
preparation of vast quantity for curren>
cy purposes. 1t obviously would not 10.
Copper might be used. but il 1t took ten
pounds for a dollar and a pound for ev-
cry dime, it would evidently be incon-
Venient. and 1t is likewise too plentiful
ana produced under too great q variety
OF conditions to be held stable in its value.
Next to gold, silver serves the purpose
best. and it formerly served IL better than
II can now. As the amount of gold in the
dollar or unit Of value Is very small. some
article OF less value Is needed for the dol
lar coin and for fractions of a dollar, and
silver serves that purpose well. For a
long while. when commerce was less de-
ve!oped and the supply OF both precious
metals was much smaller than now and
subject to little fuctuation. IL served pret-
~ well as standard. But OF late II has
been produced in so much larger quantity
and at so much smaller cost that It's value
has not only fallen greatly, but has be-
come so subject to variation as to make it
unsafe as a standard even in coins of the
full value of the present gold coins. The
silver In existing silver coins has gone
down to little more than half its former
value. and. of course, to make them the
standard would upset everything that de-
pends upon stability in the monetary sys-
tenn.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-30
THE BEST STANDARD.
From the New York Times,

II ia obso,uto,v recass,,y to b,vo so-,,
co,nmoIitv of vain, for this nurnose ana
II ia necessary that II shouId contain in
its.lf int,i,,sir,IIv ,be volua II nurnorts
tn renr,scnt II ia ohvinuslv d.sirahI,,
th,t II shnu,a contain tba ,mo,,nt of
vain. repr4septed NV tba unit and tic Iover
m,It,ults saw. from ous IN twenty dollars
in small ,omnass # mist therefore h.,
nm orticl. nf tigb yaIu. in comn,rsnn
with other commodities en- th,t m. sums
which have o., no h,ndIad nj tr,n.nort.I
In trade shan NOT ha too huIkv II mnst
a., In ,,n,v,rsoI ,.a a,a as,e.,n ,ha norlS
ov.r and no sasiiv tr,nsnor,ed from ni,ca
10 n,,ce Anothsr imnnrtant uuaiitv is
tb.t II shall he reodiIv livided into narts
renree.nting different DENOMINATIONS in
,he .vst.,n os maasmr.mant Coinags y.
not,in., hnt tho nrocos. of ,naking ,5sces
of the standor ri material representinr tha
mi, ord ;ts u,u,tin,s. nith :, yovsrn7nent
s,n,,,, ,',,toh onnI.,,. ,ha a,,orontan ,hnt
80 .,,,ont,,,, ansnas, and ,sa,,,s ar,, thara
- snn,,,L, n co ofo,,,a,., oro;n,t 60
tarso;,ing In ,rsorinr w,sight or nat.ria,
,r,. @ 80 ,'i,,, -, - ,.,
roit o,;,' az f',, ,,ai,,a tor ,hnro r,o,,i, 10
~, ,r,G. IN ~ Na;thar 10 thara on,. Wal
&c p,a, ..,,o, ,o,,.n - a,, ,,o,houd
Ut, oaotntIa to ,,a,,r,on, 10 on,,th'',,,
eo'' a'eep''o'e -, pa','e"' VI any '"'"e'
l,, %
, Nn9.ns' S,n, uuny T., ~ .ne nna.e..a, .. ~ our
81, e,a"ua.u, ~. 80, 20 VI. ma. mp any "a
an ~ 'Na. 80 ~ Ie.a.'ons ~ wa.
u. u,nei .,,,S Vi .,s. '.ai ,. ue 20
& s,n"ie 90 posS. . p e MAJ MAJ
rial possesainS W. o.ner qua''e.es necess
sary UT oesl,au,e , ,n a senea, ilieu,ui.i = W
s eNcnanse NJ, wniIn 20 .no H"s. suoJ' ~
'aria';oh. he! ii"y os iio ." az
soiu.e'y Wt'nou. '~a.'au.eness' ~ r",, as We
Naiue' that 10 pIs' "hose lapllt! ~
charse - Ieas., ~ Is seheral lac. tnat
coh''Houities "h.ch eHlst III coH'p'''u,Ne,
si,,aii uuaiI,s' Mnio, ."' oe pto'uecu
ana prou,.ht mo use o'Iy at hisn GUS,
ana "h,ch consequently nave iarse Vaiue
IN smaii COMPASS are ieast supJect 10
chanse IN Faiue' because the Variation III
the relatVe oehianu anu supply Is slight
u u
NOW, goid mas Deeii proved py the ex-
perience OF ages 10 oe OF all substances
the best adap,ed 10 become general
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-30
Why Silver Has Fallen.


1t IS asserted by free coinage advo-
Gates that the recent fall In the bullion
value of silver as measured In gold has
been brought about, not by an OVER
production Of silver. but by an artificial
restriction OF the demand for 1t, in the
shape Of laws suspending or curtailing
Its conversion into legal tender coin.
The free coinage men argue that II the
old demand for silver We're restored. its
old value would come back to 1t. and it
would again be a fit companion for gold
as standard money.
Before considering this point fully. It
deserves to be noted that Mr.. Bryan and
his colleagues do not propose to restore
the old demand for silver. They can't.
They have no power to reopen the
mints of England. France and Ger
many. Even IL they were enabled by
next falls election to establish free
coinage in the United States it would
not be equivalent. or anywhere near
equivalent, to O restoration Of the de-
mand for silver which existed through
out the world prior to 1870. On the
other hand, the available supply Of sill
yer today is several times what 1t was
In 1870. Therefore, 1t would be a sheer
impossibility for this nation to restore
silver to a parity with gold. It could
only abandon gold and go to q silver
basis, which means that the silver dol
lar coined on that basis and irredeem-
able in gold would. like the Mexican
dollar, be worth only about so cents in
gold and would circulate outside the
United States only at 80 per cent. dis
count.
But now to the facts as to silver pro-
duction. By reference to pages 242 and
243 Of the report of the director of the
mint for 1895 we find that for twenty
years. ending 1873. the worlds produc-
ton Of gold was about $4,000. 900 ounces,
and for the twenty years ending 1893,
about 111,0Oo,O00 ounces, while the
worlds product of silver for the first
period was about 7s5 100000 ounces, and
for the second period about / 1,9s2, ,OOO, 900
ounces. The census report shows that
the population of the United States
was 41,677, 900 in 1873. and Gs,946,O 900 in
1880. Taking the ratios of these figures
we find that while our population had
increased by about 60 per cent. in twen-
ty years, the worlds product of gold
had decreased about 10 per cent, and its
product of silver had increased about
152 per cent II from the mint report we
take the figures showing the worlds
annual production, and ,use the figures
Of 1858 as a basis, we will find that the
product of 1893 will show an increase in
gold products of 1S per cent, and in
silver Of 4s3 per cent. In other words,
the worlds product of silver in 1893 was
nearly six times as great as 1t was In
1851. notwithstanding the decreased de.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-30
Mr.. Blaine and Free Coma &c.

If the Scranton Times We're honest
with it's readers it would tell them that
the sentence which it credits to James
G. Blaine in favor of bimetallism is so
picked from a speech which he made in
the senate on Feb. Z. 1878, as to convey
a wholly wrong impression. We re-
Gently gave extended extracts from that
speech. showing that Mr.. Blaine occu-
pied precisely the position taken by the
st. Louis Republican platform; name
ly, in favor of bimetallism when rem
dered possible by international agree
ment, but opposed to it as an indeper-
dent venture fraught with deterrent
hazards. For the benefit of the Times
we now requote portion of Mr.. Blainc's
speech. and beg leave to say that IL
necessary we shall republish all Of it,
so that there can be no possible mis-
apprehension.
"If," said he, Eve coin a silver dollar
Of full legal tender obviously below
the current value of the gold dollar" as
Is proposed today, the discrepancy
amounting at present almost to 80 per
cent. whereas at the time when Mr..
Elaine spoke it amounted to only about
8 per cent. 1--WE are simply opening our
doors and inviting Europe to take our
gold. With our gold flowing out from
us we shall be forced to the single sill
yer standard and our relations with the
leading commercial countries of the
world will not only be embarrassed but
crippled" in 1878 we had only $lGO,VVv =
600 Of gold. the withdrawal of which Mr..
Blaine feared unless bimetallism were
effected on an international basis. Sill
yer then was worth $l.15 an ounce. To-
day we have 5000. 0.0O0. 900 Of gold which
would be lost through independent free
coinage, and the silver which would
try to take its place is worth only 70
cents per ounce. In other words, the
risk of free coinage now is nearly five
times greater than 1t was when Mr.
Blaine refused to sanction independent
action, yet the Times tries to make its
readers believe that the great Maine
statesman would today If alive favor
the election of Bryan.
The sentence which we have quoted
above Is indicative Of the general tenor
Of Mr.. Blaine's speech. The sentence
which the Times quotes does not fairly
present the case for the reason that
notwithstanding Mr.. Blaine's strong
belief in the wisdom and equity of the
joint standard "a belief shared then
and now by large majority Of the ma
tiOnal leaders in Republicanism) he
explicitly refused to sanction any at
tempt to re-establish that standard in
dependently Of the other principal ma
tions and fought with all his matchless
ability against the efforts Of the silver
ring to secure monopolistic concessions
from the United States government.
------
Mr.. Singerly says Protection is "a
dead carcass" II he wants to know
just how dead it Is he should consult the
election returns of November. 1894.