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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-01
Graduates Sighted

President Mckinley sent to the Sem
ate the nomination of Charles McCaw-
ley as Captain and Assistant Quarter
master Of the Marine Corps. Mr.. Me
Cawley is a civilian, and in making his
nomination the President has ignored
and set aside the claims of 43 Lieuten-
ants, nearly all graduates of the Naval
Academy. for advancement Some of
the men ignored have waited 20 and %
years for Il Captaincy.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-01
Train Derailed.

passenger train bound from Ha-
vana to Matanzas has been dynamited
by insurgents between San Miguel and
Campo Florido. The, locomotive was
thrown from the track and capsized,
and two cars Were derailed The engi-
ncer and fireman were injured.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-01
They We're In Doubt.

During the panic caused by the salute
fred I'm honor Of the jubilee to Queen
Victoria at Constantinople, the Mus
sulmans trooped into the streets. arm
ed with bludgeons and asked the police
whether the Greeks or the Armenians
We're to be attacked.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-01
Our Superior Navy.

Laird Cloves. the naval expert. in an
article In the London Daily gaii'' on
the Spitbead review. highly praises the
American use Of electricity for various
purposes In neD-of-war and declares
thai in this matter kpglspd Is behind
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-01
Bet his Last Dollar and wv :,

William Bierley. aged 81, 'sa
George Helt's poker room ~,
mouth. o. The betting haa Il
and Bierley had been iosins, WI
usually a cool and succes'H, q,
but his losses excited him. =, n n
bet his last dollar on an ar ~
his opponent. George WiIs Win,'
down q straight hush
rose, and. with o sn,othe,us
tIon. dropped back deld. ~
laid out on Z BLIZZARD tno,e"
and only the o4lC@ o. 'ns
prevented the 01ller men !. y
ing the gnsne. fThe CoroneE
den&h raoul(p1 {com hes
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-01
Cost Of the Jubilee.

The ceremonies and decorations Of the
jubilee cast the British public not less
than 3l0.000.000. while the loss OF busi-
ness By smaI! trsdesmen Il estimated
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-18

Some years ago the Naturalist. NFosse found
that tho blood OF cells. particularly int Of sea-
cells, contained = poison which acted, when
transferred INTO the human system. similar to
the venom % vipers, althopgh weaker. Inas.
much AZ the eel poison brought about a similar
reduction OF the temperature OF the blood as the
snake poison.
based upon this fact, Prof e. Phisalix made
very interesting researches. which he presented
recently 10 the Academy Ot sciences AZ Paris.
He concluded that the blood Of cells possessed
iInmunifying agencies upoa snake poison. He
succeeded by heating a solution OF eel poison TO
So Centlgrade to destroy is vlrulence. 80 that IL
was possible To inoculato the fuid with a guinea
pig. the only effect being III raising q OF the tenn
perature by q few degrees. This reaction " tho
to resist the poison u The yipers which was ad.
hours after the incubation with eel blood. hut IL
absolutely failed 20 Kill the animal. Even a
very small quAntit- OF the heated eel serum
was suficient to produce immunity from snake
poison. This discovery is most Important, stree
Ia can be employed for immunliyinV human
beings against snake bites, and. IL not too lar
progressed. !. WIZ even ins9fe a more rapid re-
previously been immuninsd with the serum.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-18
senator Aldr,eh and the Chapla,a.
From th> Chicago Record.

Senator AldriCh OF Rhode Island IL an au.
thority on the tariff, and one Of the most indus
triOus and efficient members OF the senate, hut
he does not always appear in his scat Mt tho be-
ginning OF the session, and several years ago
was, punished In a rather unexpected manner
The Rey.. DR.. Milburn, the famous blind man
eloquent" IL now chaplain or the Senate, hut
then 1t was the Rev. lr. Butler. pastor OF the
Lutheran Church OF this city. who made it a
rule to call upon every member OF the Senate at
least once during the session. Unfortunately
evening Just as that gentleman and his wife
were leaving for the theatre. The senator re-
ceived him kindly, however. and. explaining
the engagement, requested him TO como again
at D O'Clock. the next mOrninC. DR.. Butler
begged on, but Mr.. Aldrich, who Thought ho
showed him out Of the door and bade him good
niEht, repeated the invitation. The pext
morning promptly at y O'Clock the parson rang
the bell, and was shown into The Senator's IT.
brary. The latter dropped the morning paper
which he had beer, reading, shook hands with
"Sow. my good man, I am going to do the
best ! can for you. We may rot be able TO get
the place You want, but we will keep trying
until we get something. Have you hIed an ap-
plicAtion any whereP'
you are evidently laboring under a misap-
Embarrassment; i am not candidate for
office. | am the Rev. DIR. Butler, Chaplain Of
the senate, and | came around last night %
make u sort Of pastoral call. | thought you
did not recognize me, but you seemed so anx-
i9us that should come again this morning
Mr.. Aldnch made all sorts Of apologies and
promised to be in at prayers eyerJ morning
thereafter II Or. Butler would agree not to Aay
anything about the mistake
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-18

tcr tho prosecution. very .timidiy, and y-as evt-
IDENTITY embarrassed. By. the crowd and Inc tn
multi without and 81 :the presence Of distin-
Enon Robinson sat in rather Juvenile attire
evidently a dramatic idea Of counseiI and wear
SLIGHTEST bravada Ms, RosinS foSnssenS a w Sns
i hSeinson and also The cloak: She swore 70 hav.
lamp BURNING, in the back room near 10 the door
outsider obtaining admission to the honSss
WWa.hopt her, knowledge. On crossexAmina
si1n Is, she could not sseribs any motive to Robin
lire other men in the house ut the time Of tho
nluruer. Counsel Price, n very adruit crosse
Of these men. might have done tSS deed and
EEere found in order to throw suspicion on
Then followed evidence, about. the fence.
wnitewash, cloak, and Ratchet, and the escape
links of evide Ire were forged in a circcmstan-
tial chain Robinson preserved the utmost
e@m@nimisy, and yet the stmospherc Of the court
when Counsel iMsIrs opened eGT for the d itSense
he would prove for his Client 3 most complete
Abb. Z this nothing had previously been init
t m"s show A sba, p inttETodueing testimony tending
. cloak as was found. the defence called tho
Keeper OF a saloon on Church street much fire.
,h-~A ohAANs NoIluk ny EIuutnIS VI I'LL
oia College. which was then hard by in Park
place, and by young clerks. He was q well.
Known maj named Furlong. He swore that
but whom he identified. was often in his saloon
and Wa there on the Saturday evening in ques,
ton between half past 9 and half past 10. and
dld not leave until near midnight. He fixed
uhe times by-curtously enouRh-sn inspection
OF the watch carried by Robinson, which watch
being handed him in court, he identified. A
fellow lodger at Robinson's Dey street boarding
midnight; Upon this alibi Ogden Hoffman-ot
whose silvery flow of language. ardent style,
and pathetic voice and magnetic eyes no idea
with any later member OF the New York bar"
mainly summed up and in eloquence that
charmed into almost breathless silence Judge
lated REALISTICALLY upon the absence OF any mo-
tive in his c~lient-whom at every sentence he
nellifiuously called this poor boy'-to kill the
girl. And earnestly he argued that jealousy
or some man not only TO the murder, but to
turning suspicion toward his client. Most
pathetlcally he repeated again and again this
sentence, "and the stern law has closed thi,
poor boys speech so that he cannot aid his alibi
and deny thc story of his presence" During
this appeal Robinson broke down and wept.
applause and even cheers were heard.
The summing up for the prosecution was
painfully wanting in force and persuasion.
T ,i6i5 :, the p 70 u 10 t, sdd Fss. and The The
echoes Of the Hoffman eioluence fingered.
These echoes went into the jury room and in a
very short time the jurors returned with q YER
diet Of RcQuittal-
But later the suicide Of Furlong. who had es
tablished the alibi, threw a strong doubt upon
the verdict and suggested that remorse at per
rush toward Texas set in. and Robinson Joined
the pilgrims. There he married, became q sue,
ceSStul business man, raised n family, and died
respected even by nciShbors who knew OF his
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-18
The Geassis or Bryaaisn.

TOPEKA, Kan, July lO.-The annual meeting
OF the trans Mississippi Congress-. TO be held az
Salt Lake next week. recalls a little political
history that Is Of interest. Six years ago this or
ganization held its meeting In Kansas City, Mo-
AT that time there was a split over the money
question. The silver forces were led by the late
Charles Crisp OF Georgia. ex-Speaker OF the
House of Representatives. II happened that w.
J. Bryan was a delegate from Nebraska to that
congress. During the carly hours OF the fierce
fight over silver Bryan sat on the fence He did
not know which way to jump Senator II. B;
Kelly was a delegate from Kansas and presided
hottest Bryan went to Kelly, and asked which
horn Of the dilemma he should take
81 must confess that / don't know what to do,
said Bryan. II can't get 1t through my head
that free silver is what We want. or that 1t will
bring US the desired relief"
West is favorable to silver. II you have any
political ambition you had better not arraign
yourself on the side OF the gold sta nda 1t
will mean your ~politica, death In the West"
believe that's right" said Bryan, and
guess l will take the fres-silyer end Of the deal"
Bryan did so. and he has been a free s~tlVeFite
ever since. At that time hls convictions were
trembling In the balance. Had IL not been for
Senator Kelly Il is probable that Bryan would
now De as strung a goldbug as he IL . silyerite.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-18
INCIDENT OF TROLLEY TRAVEL.
A Prsat Seat Passenger Sees tho Conductor
Operate n safety switch.

A man who was enjoying the air and tho
scenery from the front seat of a trolley car In the
State OF New Jersey saw against one OF the
rails Of the track ahead, when the car had come
to a full stop at a railroad crossing, a tongue
that looked something like a switch point. He
did not at first realize what this tongue was for,
but he saw that the point OF 1t was toward tho
car. and that it was also clear Of the rail. SO that
II IL had been attempted 10 run the car ahead
without first closing the point up against the
rail- the car would have been run OF the track.
The conductor got down and went ahead to
the railroad track and looked to the right and
left to see that everything was clear and that it
was safe 10 cross. The man sitting on the front
seat OF the trolley ear expected that the motor.
man would take this opportunity to get down
and close that switch. or that he would bend
over and close u with a car hook, or somehow
from the car. but he didn't do anything OF the
sort; he just stood still; But the conductor hent
over and put his hand into a ring. set bet wee
tho tracks Lifting this ring he drew up a rod
that was connected with the tongue in the
trolley track and by this means closed it so that
the trolley car could pass over. And thus II was
discovered by the traveller on the front seat
that the tongue was q safety continuance, which
could be operated only by . man actually stand
Ing on the track 70 BE- crossed
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-18
IS BOOMING.
lt May Become q state Before Eisher View
Mexico or Arizona

MexicO or .Aff1ona-
Oklahoma was organized as a Territory in
May. 1890. a little more than seven years ago,
having been cut of from the Indian Territory.
At that time the population Of the Territory
was 60, Ooo-33, 600 male and 1900 female
and was almost exclusively native-born white
inhabitants. the total number of foreigners be-
ing 700; of colored inhabitants, $500; and Of
Mongolians. $500. Oklahoma was the last OF
the Territories to be let in, Arizona having been
admitted d. in 1863. and New Mexico in 1850; but
its growth has been so rapid that there Is now
talk OF making Oklahoma a State. It is said
that no other Territory ever gained population
so fast. and II the proposed new State were ad-
mit.ed now it would outrank fifteen of the
present States in population. The present
population of Oklahoma Territory, It is said,
exceeds 500. 900, and the number is increasing
at q rate so rapid that unless it be stopped
Oklahoma will have. before many years. not
only a larger population than Chicago has. but
even, though this seems incredible. a larger
population than Chicago claims.
The development OF Oklahoma has been pro-
Territory. The railroad business has been de-
veioped largely within Its borders, and the
carts, and ON prairie schooncrs. have now ali the
facilities OF modern railroad travel In lssOthere
were not 800 miles. OF railroad in Oklahoma
and the Indian Territory, then united. On the
admission OF Oklahoma there were not 100
miles OF railroad within its borders, though at
that time the Indian Territory had 200. On
Jan. l. 1892, the railroad mileage Of Oklahoma
had risen TO 800. On Jan. !. 1896, II was 4So,
and it is now nearly 800 miles.
Oklahoma is modern in some other respects.
In 1896 there were more business failures in 1t
than in all the other Territories combined
more business failures in the year than in New
Hampshire and Vermont together. But busi-
ness in Oklahoma has been good and there are.
it Ia said, 1000 individual farm owners. The
material prospects OF Oklahoma have been i'm
proved greatly during the last three or four
years by many additions through immigration
OF women. who now are nearly a. numerous
there as the men. There are enrolled in the
Oklahoma schools more than 10000 pupils and
there are nearly 2.o00 teachers there.
The soil and climate OF Oklahoma are favor
able to the production OF corn, cotton, sorghum,
flax. and fruits. and it is remarked as an en-
couraRinR indication of thrift that the in
hnbitants, unlike those of New Mexico and Arr
IONA. have only seven holidays a year, Wash
inyton's Birthday being one and Decoration Day
another. some $1,000 votes were cast in OKLA
homa at last years election-11. 900 more IAN
in Florida, and %. ~ more than In Delaware
and of these the plurality for the successful party
before 1900 and It's desire may be realized
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-18
DEAF MUTE CrCLING CLUE.
The Only Organization or the Kind In the
World.
From tAe PhRad>lpaia Times.


CHICAGO, July "a most unique orTnniza-
ton OF wheeimcn is the Pas.a.Pas Club OF Chi
cago, the only deaf mute cycling club in the
world. II was organized = year ago. and there
are twenty-five young men who are entitled to
wear the handsome l!;t!e blue ename!Ied hut
tons with the golden letters p. 4. p. From
every handlebar tloat- a blue ribbon. and each
OF the members carries a key TO the pleasant
clubrooms, at 100 Washington street. The
other occupants OF the building are never an
rOycd by the demonstrations OF the Pas-h- Pas
ClnS. In fact, the memhers OF the organization
quiet. Many .rarl> aud Ration ,lrtle- are repre-.
scntct, the only requirement Tor membership
being n good moral character. Walter RcSbRck
is the crack man for fast riding. as he won sec
ond place in the great Chicago road race a
couple Of years ago. There arc ~ n'.mher NJ
century riders, and among those who are Cr-
titled to wear n string OF gold bars are Fred
kanfnlnn. Matthew Schuttler, J. +. Sweeney,
W. Gilpln, and G.. G. Goldman.
Socially the club - very active. as aside from
the regular club runs there are piCnics. parties.
moonlight sails, and kalls. which are heconing
a feature among the ~deat-uutes OF the city. The
officers ot the club are &. e., COimnn. President;
y. ii. itegenshnTS. Secretary y Fred Kaufman.
Treasurer, and j. F. sweeney. Captain.
The parent Pas-A.Pas CLUB OF Chicago. from
which the Pas-a'Pas tennis, baseball, and wheel.
organization in the United States. ana this rlub
made IL possible to hold the congress OF deaf.
mutes during the Worlds Fair. The club takes
a leading part in educational affairs. which has
resulted in the marked Improvement OF local
and State schools for dcal-mutcs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-18
Ay AMERICAN FROM PARIS.
Foruer Cousal-Genern Morss Hiehie4 nj the
Gayety or the Continental City.
From. the Fundamentals Journal.

Coyety OF the NouGneDtni Nuys
FSom the Indianapolis Journal.
Samuel E Morss, retiring Consul-General to
Paris. arrived home yesterday afternoon.
II found life very pleasant there he said in
reply to the question OF q Journal reporter,
.and enjoyed my stay very thoroughly. There
Is much in Paris To add to the comfort and
pleasure % living. though when 1t comes to the
matter OF domestic luxury and convenience the
French and every other people that l know OF
have less than the Americans. But they have
music and art. they care for the beautiful. and,
thrifty though they are, they find time in their
busy life for a little leisure and recreation And
they are not in a hurry. Paris uses the omnibus
and the horse cars. They will not allow n trolley
in the streets, nor an elevated road. nor any
thing that Is unsiRhtly. The French character
SHOWS q curious combination OF the intensely
as shown in their ability to utilize
everything and get the most out OF IL, together
with a keen sense OF the artistic and the poetic.
This latter will crop out IN everything. When
the FrenchmEn ties a bow OF ribbon about q
bunch Of flowers. he gives It a twist that Is
essentially French. You cannot tell In what IL
consists. but you do know that 1t is not TO be
found anywhere else. This sense Of the beauti-
ful comes 10 the surface In their business As we'll
as in their play. They are as careful to grow
and preserve beautiful trees upon the business
bouleyards OF Paris as in their parks. They
regulate the height OF buildings according to
the width OF the streets and sky-scraping mon
strosities are unknown
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-18
Hor-.-swap,.nE pa, n, tn. Fair.


The horse traders ABOUT Wlntcr will set aparr
a whole week in this nonih i0r horse sNdpJlug
and all the "sw Ipprrs in GN4nncIl, alton
and Jackson counties are 10 D." invite 1 20 At
tend. The Invitations VII h' stI; oI' ~ SCOTT
as the time Is d iEitely agrc,G On. and wi,
include all who are sNippors, whoever ~ .ntrd
% swap, or wh1eyrr Intend TO swap horses
mules. jacks, or lent ;, AMI all attend. ng TilI
be authorized to also -wap as many lies as posi-
BILE. This meeting h, intended TO bo IN Ii, / Of
the Waltou-Jack son-G wiuneLt far, about which
y good deal was said a short time since.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-05-15
MaidenSYille Items.

Melvin Perry is building dam at Otter
Dale Mill for E. Reindollar, Taneytown.
The dam will be built entirely of wood thus
doing away with the old earthen breast.
Uriah Englar, near here, has erected new
grain she'd Crumbacker Bros. carpenters.
The members of Winters Church recently
erected new tent and covered the floor with
a new mating.
Emanuel Fisher has had several rooms OF
his residence plastered and painted
The sale of wood at Mrs. E. Roops farm
was well attended and fair prices realized for
the lumber, but the wood sold cheap.
The John Q. Senseney farm near here was
sold to Joseph Englar, Linwood, last Satur-
day for $50. so per acre. 1t contains about
40 acres.
Mr.. 0. H. Crumbacker, recently put spout
ing to his house.
Samuel Benedict has erected buggy shed.
Daniel Toup, colored, has built a new fence
around his yard.
Our apiarist, Geo. Waltz. hived his first
swarm of bees on May 8. He has also taken
% pounds of delicious honey.
Miss Edna huff, of Westminster was the
guest of Misses Eva and Ode Fisher, Monday
Mr.. Harry E. Coombs spent Sunday with
friends in Walkersville.
Mr.. Ed. Shaumer and Stephen Winters, of
Altoona, Pa, were visiting friends at Patap-
SEQ, this week,
Mr.. E. Fisher and wife were the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs o. H. Crumbacker, one day
this week.
Mrs. Charles Crumbacker and daughter,
Tene, and Miss Engleman, were visiting Mrs
Geo Waltz this week.
Communion services were held at Winters
church last Sunday by the pastor, G. W.
Baughman. There were l12 communicates
The Seventh Annual Conference of the
Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the Middle Conference, Maryland
Synod, Lutheran Church was held Friday,
May IA, 1897, at St. Luke's winters
Church, Uniontown charge, Rev. g. W.
Bachman, pastor. There were about so dele
gales present from throughout the state.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-05-15
Uniontown Items.

Edgar Myers spent Sunday in town, return
ing to Bs'timore on Monday; was the guest oil
Mr.. ana Mrs. T. F. Myers and other friends.
Clarence Davis played ball last Saturday
with the Westminster team against st. Johns
College team at Annapolis, Nd.
Miss Margaret Fox, of Washington, D. c.,
and Miss Florence Weaver, OF this place, re-
turned from their visit to Taneytown on We'd
nesday. Miss Fox and Miss BERTHE Yeakle,
of Arlington, are guests of Miss Weaver
Mrs. j. t. Shreeve and Miss Margaret
Cover spent last Sunday at Taneytown, (the
st Of Mrs. Eva Eckard) attending the
special service at the Lutheran Church.
The arrangements for the Carroll County
C. E. Convention which will convene in the
Lutheran and Methodist Protestant Churches
May 2I-22, are being pushed forward by the
several committees The first service will be
held in the Lutheran Church on Wednesday
evening, sermon by Rev. Mr.. Batemen, Re-
formed minister of Taneytown. Convention
proper will open in the NJ. P. Church Thurs
day morning at $50.
The annual lovefeast of the German Bap-
fists will be celebrated on Saturday, May Is.
Public preaching has been continued every
night during the week.
While Mrs. Lavina Senseney was attending
the ovefeast service at Beaver Dam last Sat
urday, she was taken sick. She was brought
home on Sunday and was confined to bed sew
eral days.
Miss Lucy Fleagle, of Middleburg, is the
guest of her sister, Mrs Mary Harbaugh.
Miss Elizabeth Haifey attended the annual
lovefeast at Beaver Dam, returning home on
Monday.
Mr.. Robert Fuss and son Norval, of Union
Bridge, visited friends in town on Sunday.
On Tuesday Mrs. Rebecca Seilhamer Reign
ter and daughter, Elizabeth, went to Lances-
ter City, Pa, on her way to Leechburg, Pa,
where her husband is employed.
The new coat of paint on the Church OF God
parsonage and the improvements in front of
church has made quite an improvement in the
general appearance.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-05-15
Silver Run Items.

Farmers are nearly all through planting
corn, and are wondering whether the cut
worms will be around again this summer.
Quite a number of our people attended the
dedication at Taneytown last Sunday.
Rev. DR. Dreisbach preached at Christ
Church, near Littlestown, last Sunday morn
ing
Cyrus Roller, of Delta, Pa, spent several
days this week at Rev. DR.. Dreisbach's.
T. H. Bemiler, cur watch and clock re-
pairer, caught seventeen rats in one trap last
Tuesday night, and it was not a good night
for rats, either.
Geo. E. Bowman and wife and son Walter
visited relatives at Hanover last Wednesday.
Mss Celia Burgoon, F. 7. Cover, H. NJ.
Lippy and E. q. Eckard attended the organ
concert held in the new Lutheran Church at
Taneytown last Monday evening.
Services tomorrow, Sunday, at the Re-
formed Church in the morning at 1870
O. clock, and in the evening at 7.30 O'Clock,
and at the Lutheran Church in the afternoon
at q so O'Clock.