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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-28
4 SECTION gang KILLED.
FIVE MEN STEP OFT OF THE WAY OF ONE TRAIN
AND ARE RUN OVER BY ANOTHER.

South Norwaik Conn. Jan PA section gang
~ five men were killed on the Consolidated Road
a, East Norwalk this afternoon. by westbound
freight train The killed are: J. j. Powers. fore
man OF South Norwak; John Griffin. Norwaik
John Shea East Norwalk: John Callahan. Ban
hurry and Salvador Spana. The men stepped aside
IA avoid the colonial express. and smoke and steam
enVrlop.d them and obscured the approaching
,r.ch, train on the next track. while the noise Of
.he passenger train drowned. the whistle OF the
freight engine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-28
BRITISH SHIPS GOING TO BERMUDA.
TWO IRoNCLADs ORDERED TO DUTY IN AMER
ICAN WATERS.

Washington. Jan 27.-The United States Naval
attacha at London Commander Cowles. sends the
following TO the Navy Department. dated January
10: THE Britsh) Admiralty has given instructions
for the Hotspur (ccast defence ship and the Mon
orcb uhird-class battleshp) to be commissioned at
an carly date for service in Bermuda.
on receipt Of this information Commander VAIN
wright chief intelligence officer. reported to secre-
tary Herbert that las there are at present no
armor-cads IN the British North American and
West Indian squadron. TITS indicates a considerable
increase OF naval strength in North American
waters 49,,
might nossbly lead inquiry from Secretary
Olncv addressed the British Government, as to
tho reason for such order. but IL cannot be
learned at the State Department whether such
action has been taken OF not The strategcal I'M
nortance of the Bermuda fortihcatons can be best
appreciated by the statement that they are the
centre OF a circle OF 90 miles. which includes the
North American coast line from Maine 10 Florida.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-28
RIG LEGACY TO bridgeport HOSPITAL.

Bridgeport. Conn. Jan 1.-THE appraisers OF the
estate OF Mrs James c. Tooms OF this city. reported
10 the Probate Court to-day that II would aggregate
in value s2iO.SG The testa;rix made requests
amounting to abou, $4,000 and other expenses will
bring the amount 10 about 100000. The Bridgeport
IIosD,al gets all that remains after these Gains
have beer paid. This will give that institution about
10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-28
4 CHINESE EOTiI RIGHTS SOCIETY

C,hicago Jan. 27-Ariicles OF Incorporation were
granted Yesterday at Springfield by the Secretary
~ State 10 the Chinese Equal Rights League Of
America The society i 10 be organized for the
nnr,,ose Of urging Law 10 confer citizenship rights
IN Chinese About 200 American Cinnamon have
already signed the roll OF the organization.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-28
REPUBLICAN CLUBS TO PARADE.
THEY WILL. FORM AN ATTRACTIVE FEATURE AT
THE INAUGURATION.

Washington. Jan. 27-General Horace Porter.
era nd marshal OF the Inaugural parade. In con-
ference this afternoon with d. ID. Woodmansee.
president of the National Republican League
Clubs and this evening issued an order placing the
clubs in one division and ordering that they have
the choice OF place in the civic division. President
Woodmansee is appointed marshal. with the right
10 select a staff OF fifty members All League clubs
arc directed 10 report for assignment later than
February ~. go
furnish one OF the most attractive features OF the
parada He announces the following committee In
cha rye of League affairs: John c. Cheney. chair
man: f. j. Benning. John f.. Hopey. Or. W. s
Rooze Edwin s Gill. ". T.. Rodgers. William
q pell and l.. w. Busby.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-28
c,TTLE OrlPiNTINE STOPPED

IIartfsrd Conn. Jan 2s.-fioth Houses n
oral Assembly to-day passed resolution suspendng
I'M. operatlon Of the Bovine tuberculosis law OF 1906
md directing the Cattle Commissioners TO release
any quaraniined cattle until further action VI the
General Assembly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-28
srviTOP UiRRIS'S SOY DITORCED.

Washington Jan. 27.-Iudge Cox to-day granted n
divorce 10 Salic A Harris from Charles II. Harris.
son of Senator Harris. OF Tennessee. The Court
awarded the custody OF the child. son. TO his
,nother and also ordered the defendant 10 pay SO
a month aiimony TO Mrs. Harris. Desertion Is said
TO be the charge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-28
WASHINGTON BANK CLOSED.

o'ympia Was Ian q Tho Eirs, vauo,a,paoL
d. i"' ciosd its doors yesterday because Of
c,,,'''a"al " $1,000 State funds which pre-
q be- so IN lhe liabilities OF the la nix are said
tso-s -, - dhdthe assets 10 be $500 The d-
L pad ~ III % assert that the dcpositors will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-28

Richmond Va, Jan 27--W. y. Bishop. once one
OF the proprietors OF the famous Spotswood Hotel
and known throughout the country manager
of Virginia summer resorts. stricken with
apopexy this morning at the home OF his son-in-
law in Manchester, and the worst Is feared.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-28
A BRITISH STEAMSHIP STRANDED.
THE ARDRIsHA1G HARD AND FAST on FRYING
PAN SHOALS.

Wilmington y. c.. Jan. 27-The British steamship
Ardr!shaig from Hamburg to Savannah with a cargo
OF kan Is ashore on Frying Pan Shoals three miles
from Cape Fear. in sixteen feet Of water. Tugs are
unable TO pull her off. bu. vii. try again tomorrow
The cargo is being thrown overheard 10 tighten the
Sbf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-28
SOUTH CAROLINA FOR THE TREATY.

Columbia. s. C., Jan q (Special)-A concurrent
resolution calling on the Senate PROMPTLY 70 rat,r,
the treaty OF arbitration between the United Sta
ana Great Britain. was unanimously adopted by
both branches Of the Legislature this evening
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
BottOmlcSs Meat Pie.

Mrs. Rorer gives this recipe 70,
bottomless meat pie: "Cut one Joint
of cold meat into one.inch blocks and
two large potatoes into dice. HMe
measured a tablespoonful OF SALT
quarter teaspoonful of pepper, tho
same of celery seed, and n teaspoonhl
of onion juice. Put a layer of meat
into a rather deep RE pan, then one
of potatoes, and distribute somc 9th.
parsley, pepper, salt and celery seed
through the layers. Build the piep
in this way until all the ingredients
are used. Put n teaspoonful OF butter
over the top, add a half pint o! stock,
water a poor substitute, and put on
your top crust, which must be rolled
out rather thin and have an opening
in the top so that the steam can es'
cape. Glaze this with egg, to which
a teaspoonful OF warm water has been
added, and it will give your pie thai
rich brown color which nll meat pie
should have. This is a delicious dis.
for luncheon"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08

The Philadelphia Times is egibo,,.
for the statement hat gem, ara
flicted with diseases just as inliyi1r,I,
Among the intirmities to wbi,b ~
cious stones are liable, says the T M,
is one common to all stones, tia, I
fading, or losing color, when lone a..
posed to the light. The emerali' n.
sapphire, and the ruby sutfe, d.
least, their colors being as nearly rA,.
manent as colors a be, vet elDe,i.
ments made a few years ago in IAN,
and Berlin to determine the deterion.
ton of colored gems through slpo,un
showed that even those suffered. NIB,
which has lain for two years in Il ,bo,
window being perceptibly lighter h
tint than its original mate, which VA
kept in the darkness. The causes Of
the changes are not very clear, e,,
to expert chemists, but it is ey.iep,
that the action of the light on the sd.
oring matter of the gem effects q d.
terioration, slow but exceedingly sure.
In the case OF the garnet and tosu
the change is more rapid than in thai
of the ruby and sapphire. 0pals That
have successfully passed the ordeas Of
grinding, polishing and setting do not
often crack afterward. but it is bel
not to expose them to even the mod.
crate heat involved by the wqarer ss
ting in front of an open fire, for tA
opal is composed principally Of sllic!
acid, with from five to thirteen pc
cent. of water, a combination vht
renders them very treacherous object
The idea that they are otherwise u
fortunate in the sense that they bin
disaster to the wearer may 70 d
missed as superstitious.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
THE QUEST.


There must be a Somewhere Just beyond
Our Here. withits weary miles,
Where there's NJ parting for hearts grown
fond.
And the blue sky always smiles
Butthe unseen shore Is still betors.
Though We strive till our courage fails;
And never n man since the world began
Has sighted its peaceful wales.
There must be n Sometime, better far
Than our Now. with Its gray old sorrow,
Aud though never we've won where its out
posts are,
Wen try again tomorrow.
For Sometime land has a silver strau
Aud pleasant groves to shade us;
SO we cannot rest in our lifelong quest
For joys that still evade us.
"hyshould We strain our weary eyes
For n land that We may not see;
Or dream OF brighter and kindlier skies
In n time that may never be?
All. better is hope than to crawl and grope
Through a life without its zest.
Up. wanderers all! Sound the bugle call!
And well follow the old, old Quest!
John Langdon Heaton.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
The Eye q Perfect Camera.

The eye is a perfect photographer
camera, says q writer in the Ladies
Home Journal. The retina is the dry
plate upon which r focused all OBJ
iects by means of the crystalline lens.
The cavity behind this lens is the cam
era. The iris and pupil are the dia'
phragm. The eyelid is the drop shut
ter. The draping Of the optical dark
room is the only black membrane III
the entire body. This miniature cam.
era is self.focusing, self-loading and
self.developing, and takes millions oil
pictures every day, IN colors ard en-
largod to life size.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08

japanese enterprise has developed
into an interesting aud profitable form
Of trickery in India. where large guam.
titles OF parafi ne Candles, pencils and
cheap watches branded as American
goods, but really made in Japan, have
been poured into the markets, greatly
to the disgust OF the buyers, who do
not detect the fraudulent character OF
the articles until they use them. These
limitations are greatly inferior to the
American goods, and it is not unlikely
that Japanese manufacturers will suf-
Ter for the receptions they are prac-
ticing upon the tradesmen of India,
who are more anxious than ever for
merchandise made in this country.
The trick Of tho Japanese is signiii-
cant, however, in hat it shows how
the American models and workman
ship are appreciated by the Orientals,
and it is valuable also as indicating
the cunning and somewhat dishonor.
able competition which our manu!uc-
turers will have to contend with in
their quest of larger markets in the far
East.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08

German locomotives, according to
the conclusions of a commission OF
expert engineers recently assembled
in Berlin, are vastly inferior to those
built in America, and the result OF
this decision will probably be the i'm
portation Of locomotives from the
United States. The opinion of the
Germans in this matter agrees with
that OF engineers in other countries
where American locomotives have had
a fair trial, declares the New York
Mail and Express, and the exports
from the machine shops in the United
States indicate an increasing use of
their appliances on railroads in every
part of the world. The Germans are
so reluctant to approve of American
machinery of any kind that this in
dorsement of our locomotives is a con-
cession OF vast importance.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08

The Malagasy language is to be
added to those taught ut the National
school Of Oriental languages ut Paris.
Professor Aristide Marie will be tho
instructor. He is the author of
several books on Malagasy subjects,
and commentaries on certain of tho
native works. 1t is expected that men
will be trained under him to act us
teachers in Madagascar, where the
French administration requires the
French language to be used by ma
tives in the public service. Already
a large number of pupils have been
entered for Professor Mares courses.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
Sixty-twO Years an NJ. p.

To represent one constituency fol
sixty-two years in the House of Com
mons is somewhat of a record. Mr..
Charles Pelham yilliers, who is called
the "Father of the House OF Com
MONS" has represented Wolverhamp.
ton for that time without interruption.
He recently celebrated his ninety fifth
birthday at his London residence, and
received the congratulations of a large
circle OF friends of both political par.
ties. The right honorable gentleman
takes a great interest in public affairs.
and spends much time reading and at.
tending to his correspondence. New
York Sun.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
Cheap Lands in the South.

What a noble piece OF work might
be accomplished if the capitalists Of
Chicago would invest 500, 900, or
even $500, 900, in land and improve.
ments to make homes for the unem-
ployed but deserving people of the
city, where there would not only, be II
chance for them to make their own
living, but an assurance of steady en-
ployment and constant occupation,
placing them beyond the necessity of
temptation and crime, where they
could enjoy the fresh air, with a pros.
pect of some day having a home of
their own, and not dependent on the
charity of a city like Chicago, writes
+. A. Hail, of Clinton, Ill. This
would be the means of relieving I'M
told want and misery and leading the
way to plenty and happiness, without
sacrifice or loss to the capitalists, as
at the same time it could be made a
paying investment. Georgia, North.
eastern Alabama or South Carolina
would be good and desirable locations,
giving Georgia the preference for
health, good water, fine climate and
shipping facilities. The State of
Georgia has immense advantages, be-
cause Of its situation being in the very
heart of the best section of the South,
extending from tie mountains to the
sea. 1t has every variety OF climate
and soil, and produces every kind of
fruit or vegetable or farm product
known to the other States. The an.
nual rainfall is fifty inches, and the
temperature averages forty degrees liz
winter and eighty degrees in summer,
furnishing the best possibilities for
crop development, as we'll as the best
conditions for human comfort. The
North and South are coming closer
together every day. The South needs
the labor and brains to develop her
vast mineral and agricultural posi-.
bilities. The unemployed deserving
people of our large cities stand ready
to do this if capital will lend her as.
sistance. Chicago Record.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
The Biggest Sailin, o..

The largest sailing Graf. !,
is the Potosi, now engage
nitrate trade with the IVES.
South America. She wss b. So.s
Laeisz of Hamburg, in iSa1
principal dimensions ara 80
1862 feet; breadth, 40, ts.. le'
81 feet gross register. So,.d s
and net register, 37s9 tons 20 :
a dead weight carrying car. SIC
6l5O tons, and besides b pNl'y
largest sailing shin in evis, \
also possesses the distinction os
the only five.masted one, witS ~ "
ception of the La France Of H. ls
which is of considerably snoi uaN1
mansions. During her first ra-
lquique, a distance of ll,OO6 !,
was covered in seventy.two j,Y, ny
markably fast trip. 9a1
The largest vessel engaged -
on the American coast is the O. I1
Ames, a five.masted wooden .cb
trading regularly between yasN1
News aud Providence, R. / s.s'
built at Waldoboro, Me, in ,sSs v I
Levitt Storer and her princinI H.. |
sions are Length, 345 feet < ;.S s
beam, 81 feet 2 inches ; depth 81 i
. inches. and her net toppaao = /
6S9. "a. Captain G. A. Dav1, !. \
master and owner, and her bsilins. !
is Providence. She is one of A.. !
schooners engaged in car,vins \
celebrated New River coal fron "
port News to Providence, and o,.'' ~
about 5000 tons on a draugbt =, !
feet. She is the only Gye.n,..I
schooner on this coast, the le,,ss !
existence, and she has a sail a,, !
about 1000 square yards.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
Left His Gard.

Voltaire and Pirou were enemies.
To their embarrassment they met one
day at the country house of a friend
Piron got up early, went to Voltairo's
door and wrote upon it the wcrd
"Rogue." At breakfast Noltaire
smilingly said to him II thank you
for showing your interest in my well
fare by leaving your card at ny door
this morning."
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08

had made the fre, and VA turning to
get the meal to mix for the bread,
whom there came the sound Of the
trampling OF feet without and neal to
the door. It startled both herself and
Har Sepoyer. but Harwepoyer the
more. He was evidently much alarmed.
He sprang to his feet and started to-
ward the door. He had not more than
done so when, with q loud crash, it
fell to the door, as though through
some force without. Thinking 1t was
surely an attack, that Achonhoah's
friends had come to rescue her, Har-
wepoyer, who was really a coward at
heart, turned and fed towarda pile of
wood in the corne
A terrible noise followed the falling
of the door. 1t was as though a small
tornado had struck and shook the
building. 1t made the sticks Of wood
roll all about Harwepoyer, and even
more than aver he was frightened.
Not SO Achonhoah. Though she had
been frightened at first, she had
nevertheless stood her ground, even at
the falling of the door.
As the door fell with a crash, and
within the opening almost Immediately
appeared a shaggy head, Achonhoah
nearly cried aloud, but not with fear.
"Blachita! Blachitar her heart
was saying. ooh. you precious Bla-
chita !" but she dared not say it with
her lips for fear of arousing Harwe-
poyer.
Blachita poked her scrubby little
head through the door. Her eyes
sought her mistress face. There was
all the encouragement she needed.
Every movement, every glance,
seemed to say: "Now or never, my
mistress. You called me. and / have
come. You needed me, or you would
not have called. Up and away Spring
upon my back, and we are Off like the
wind"
When Harwepoyer did look up he
was for the moment struck motionless
with amazement. There, standing
not more than ten PAGES away, was the
pony. and by the pony A%chonhoah,
her arms about its neck. Then, recov-
ering himself, he started up, but too
late! With one bound Achonhoah
had sprung to the pony's back, with
out saddle, and with no bride save a
trailing bit of rope. But. torsooth,
for what did Blachita need a bride?
Did she not know the way as we'll as
her mistress - even better? SO
A%chonhoah only gathered up that bit
of rope, rs she sprung, to prevent
Blachlta stepping upon it and trip.
ping.
The pony's head was turned toward
the door. Harwepoyer sprang for.
ward. He saw in an instant what was
about to take place. After all the girl
would escape HIM If he did not act
promptly. He reached out his hand
and clutched at the tail of the pony.
The next moment a pair of black legs
flew into the air, and when they came
down one had planted itself with sufi-
cient force aginst the shoulder of Har-
wepoyer to send him spinning back.
ward and over into the pile of wood.
where he lay an almost sensoless heap
for n moment or 80.
When he recovered himself and few
to the door it was to see the pony
with her rider already across the clear
ing and into the belt OF timber, where
they were rushing along the path with
the speed OF the wind. His wicked
plot had come to naught, his evil de-
signs were thwarted, and all through
the love of a little black pony for her
mistress. Chicago Record.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
FORETHOUdHT,

"This butter seems strong" said the
young husband, at their first breakfast
at home.
eyes," she answered; 81 talked to
the market man about that. and he
said it was economy in The end never
to buy weak butter. He said that even
though this might cost a little more.
people could get along with less of it,
and it would last longer"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08

In the last fifteen years about $780,
600, 600 has been invested in 1850
electric light central stations in the
United States, and during the same
period some $3.50, 600, 900 has been in-
vested in about 5000 isolated plants.
This shows the enormous develop.
ment OF the electric lighting business.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08

There was a large increase last year
in the farm produce imported into
England. The increase in butter alone
is estimated at over a million sterling,
and Of cheese at a quarter of that
sum.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
WON THE CUP.

"What are these cups for?" asked a
weil.dressed man OF u jeweler. point.
ing to some elegant silver cups ON the
counter.
"These are race cups, to be given as
prizes"
"If that's so, suppose you and I race
for oneg' And the stranger with the
cup in hand, started, the ieweler after
him. The stranger won the cup
Pick Ne Up.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
MIDpLIBURGH, Pa, APRIL s, 1897.

1t is reported that the Cuban Junta
has issued and sold in the United
States and Europe between SIS, OOO,-
600 and $40, 600, 900 of Cuban Repub.
lican bonds.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08

Says the New York Times: The
world is growing old and wiser as well
as better, but every now and then We
are brought suddenly face to face with
conditions 30 anachronistic that for O
moment We can hardly believe we are
living in the dawn of the Twentieth
century of Christianity and science.
The Armenian massacres in the full
face Of Europe are a revival OF the
most horrible cruelties of medieval
ism, and the spectacle of the depopu.
lation OF Bombay by the plague recalls
the stories of hundreds of years ago,
when the science of sanitation was
undreamed Of. A city with nearly a
million inhabitants in the grip of the
king OF terrors is a gruesome thing
TO contemplate in an age when a great
sayant has proclaimed with n plausi-
bili,y that won him learned followers
that he has discovered the secret germ
OF consumption, and when scientists
enable the eye TO look through flesh
and boards. Is it not a reminder af.
ter oil that man is as finite now as
when the tower Of Babel was pro-
iected, and that, strive rs we NAV.
there are still conditions of primitive
barbarism that can never be wholly
oyercome2
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
Swiss Telephones.

In Switzerland, from the smallest
village it is now possible to telephone
to any place in tho country ut a fec
from two cents to eight cents for the
most distant points on instruments
through which one can hear with
perfect distinctncss, and which are
kept in thorough repair.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
A NATURAL GIFT.

"Gee!" was all he could say when
she told him he was the first man she
had ever kissed.
"Do you presume to doubt me?"
asked the lady Indignantly.
me? Never. l was just thinking
how remarkably we'll you did without
practice. "-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
HIS TWO SUITS.

Nipper-"Look here. old chap, I've
been advised to go to Thompkins, the
tailor. Did you ever go to him for
anything?"
Clipper-"Oh, yes; got two suits
from him one dress suit, ore lawsuit.
Thompkius is a very expensive man, l
tell you."-New York Times.