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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-26
The Ccrruptinr Ballot Box.

Helen VI. Lewis Pres. North Carolina T.. $. A.
Women of ordinary intelligence
are staggered by the bold and con-
vinciug manner in which it is SC
commonly asserted that politics are
too corrupt for women, and that the
cesspool of the ballot mus be avoid.
ed by the gentle sex. Such asser-
tions are made on the presumption
that man is a superhne article, and
like solid silver.ware, it matters not
how blackened and corroded he may
become a little brushing up and he
is as beautiful and as bright as ever.
We poor women are supposed to typ.
Iify the cheapest kind of Britannia
ware; by the slightest blemish we
are undone forever; the magic touch
of Allidan can never restore our
pristine luster.
If a woman must necessarily be.
come polluted by entering the politi
cal arena, why is she not contamin.
ated by intimate association with
those who have occasioned this IN or.
al leprosy? And yet amid this noble
army of men who 50 heroically guard
the honor of American womanhood
by shielding it from the dangers OF
the ballot box, we hear no mention
of one of them condeming himself to
celibacy or stunning matrimony fol
the lofty idea that his society would
degrade and debase women. Oh, no
the weakest woman on earth is sup.
posed to be invulnerable to a 36s
days contract with the originator Of
corruption, but would be smirched
in ten minutes by approaching a bal
lot box once year.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-26
Republican Standing Committee

Adams-Tobias Mitchell. TroXelville W. II. Her
man. TroXelvle
Beaver-ChaS +. Specht, BeavertOwn, James VI
Kline, BeavertOwn.
Beaver w.--Geo, j. Specie. Mcclure. T. A. Wag
ner. Mcclure.
Centre-Elmer Shambach. Middeburgh, ID +
Bingaman. Penns Creek.
Chapman-W. II. Kerstetter. Mckees Half Falls
Edgar Relsh Hoffer.
Franklin-W. ID. GIT, Paxtonville, j. w. Eisen-
hour. Middehurgh,
JacksOn-J. $. Yearlck, KratZerville, Isaac Bill
ger. New Berlin.
Middphurgh-Geo. W. Wagenseller, Middle
burgh. n. A. Bowes. Middleburgh.
Middlecreek-P. l.. Row, Kreamcr, Il. b. Hum
mel. kreamer.
Monroe--Geo. IL. Leirler, shamokin Dam, j. ii.
RhoadS.
Penn-C. l.. Wagner, Salem, Daniel Knouse, Sc
lnsgrOye.
Perry. y. BrOsius. Nj Pleasant Mills, II. f,
ArbOglst. Mt. Pleasant Mills.
Perry W.-B T. Nauglc. Rlchneld, Dan. Man.
eval, Richneld.
SellnSgruyc-N. :. Fisher, SellnsgrOve, +. ii
Smith, S"llnSgrOye.
Sprlng-pr A. VI. smith, Beaver Springs, i. f
Rpigcl, Beaver Springs.
Union Geo |. Flanders Port TreyertOn, .. q.
RcA Port rrevcrtOn.
Washington Jerry Charles, FrccDurg, W. ii
Grimm, FreeOurg.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-26
the FocHT BILL.

Providing for the return of pdupers
and INDECENT insane parsons not
hdUing a legal settlement ioithin
this Commonwealth to any other
state or country to tchich they
may belong:
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representa-
tives OF the Commonwealth G of Penn
sylyania in the General Assembly
met, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same, that in all
cases of commitment of INDECENT in
sane person to any of State hospit-
ais for the insane it shall be the duty
of the court in making such CON-
mitment to determine to legal resi-
dence of such INDECENT insane per-
son, whether such settlement be
within the Commonwealth or in any
other state or country.
SECTION 2. If upon such investiga-
tion the court making commitment
of aforesaid. shall find that such
person whose commitment to the
said institution is necessary has not
q legal residence within the State of
Pennsylvania, or if the question of
his legal residence is doubted. it shall
be the duty Of the clerk of said court
without delay to notify the State
Board of Charities, and if said court
commits such person 10 any of the
State asylums for the insane, not
withstanding that he has not gained
a legal residence, it thall be the duty
of the court to give the reasons for
such recommendation.
SECTION g. 1t shall be the duty of
State Board of Charities, either by a
committee of its members, or by it's
secretary or by such agent as it may
designate to investigate the question
of the legal residence OF. such person
as tLall be reported to the said Board,
and such committee, secretary or
agent shall have authority to send
for persons and papers and to ad-
ministers oaths and atfirmations in
conducting such investigation.
SECTION 4. If upon investigation
the said Board or it's agent shall find
that the said person is not a legal
, resident of the State of Pennsylvania,
but has legal residence in some
other state or country there may be
a proper order addressed to the trus-
tees of the lunatic hospital to which
such INDECENT insane person has been
committed, cause him to be returned
to that state .or country where he
has a legal residence, or to that state
or country whence he came to the
State of Pennsylvania, and the &C.
tual necessary expense of returning
such person shall be paid from the
State Treasurer. by warrant drawn
by the Auditor General on the State
Treasury on an account settled by
Auditor General, like proceedings
shall be had in all cases where any
such INDECENT insane person is con-
fined in any county prison or poor
house.
GSEcTIoN 5. The State Board of
Charities is hereby authorized and
empowered to enter into agreement
with the authorities OF the other
states which shall adopt legislation
consistent with this act for the arbi-
tration of disputed questions be-
tween the states and the state of
PENNSYLVANIA respecting the resi-
dence of insane persons, paupers
and other dependents and for the
return of such persons to their
nrnrar rnoilnnna
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-26
ONE OF TWO WAYS.

The bladder was created for one
purpose, namely, u receptacle for the
urine, and as such it is not liable to
any form of disease except by one of
two ways. The first way is from
imperfect action of the kidneys. The
second way is from careless local
treatment of other diseases.
CHIEF CAUSE.
Unhealthy urine from unhealthy
kidneys is the chief cause of bladder
troubles. So the womb, like the
bladder, was created for one purposes,
and if not doctored too much is not
liable to weakness or disease, except
in rare cases. 1t is situated back of
and very close to the bladder there's
fore any pain, disease or inconveni-
ence manifested in the kidneys. back,
bladder or urinary passagei often, by
mistake, attributed to female weak-
ness or womb trouble of some sort.
The error is easily made and may be
as easily avoided. TO find out corr
rectly, set your urine asida for twenty
four hours, sediment or settling
indicates kidney or bladder tronble.
The mild and the extraordinary effect
of DIR .Kilmer'r Swamp-Root, the
great kidney, and bladder remedy is
soon realized. If you need a medicine
you should have the best. At drug
gists fifty cents and one dollar You
may have sample bottle and pam
phlet, both sent free by mail. Men-
tion the Middleburgh, POsT and send
your address to DR.. Kilmer u Co.,
Binghamton, n. Y. The proprietor of
this paper guarantee the genuineness IS
this offer.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-26
Duty.

II is duty we owe to ourselves. as well as
those who are dependent upon us 10 preserve
our health and strength. Aunt Rashaels Peru
Wan Malaria Bltters are found to be an unfail-
ing and valuable assistant In maintaining the
vigor OF the the and system In keeping II In tone.
Excellent for those subject to maisrial fevers,
females and weakly persons TO give an appetite.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-26
A Great Junketing Trip.

We are apt to suppose that unket-
ing trips are the peculiar privilege
of City Fathers and politicians in
general, and it is a surprise to learn
that the greatest junketing trip on
record has been inaugurated by the
Sea Board Air Line. Nothing com
parable with this undertaking has
ever been heard of, or even dreamed
of, in the annals Of railway manage
ment. Imagine railroad company
sending off an entire train laden
with all kinds of edibles aud delica-
cies. and conveying large company
of men and women whose only oc-
cupation for several weeks to come
will be to travel from place to place
and hold open r-picnics in the
market places and public squares in
the towns and villages through
which they may pass Strange to
say, the stockholders and others in
terested in the Sea Board Air Lime
have raised no note of complaint
against these extraordinary and un-
heard.of proceedings.
This railroad company has under
taken most creditable and novel
work, which originated in the brain
of one of its officials. The Sea Board
Air Line runs through sections of
the South where the people are poor,
ignorant and thriftless; they conse-
quently contribute but little to the
support of the railroad. 1t is clearly
impossible to remove these people,
even temporarily, to more highly
civilized regions, and thus to edu-
cate them to a higher plane so the
proposition was made, and acted up
on, for the railroad company to
equip train of cars with every con
ceivable household and farm ap.
pliance which ought to be in daily
use among these people to enable
them to cultivate the soil and to live
in comfort. Then Mr.. John f. Pat
rick-for he Is the originator of the
selected a company of 20
men and women to travel with him
through the Southern States in the
special train, which is called the
"Sea Board Air Line Industrial
Training School Outfit this some
what lengthy name being painted in
large letters on the cars.
The Railway Age has secured
photographs of the train, of the COM
pany encamped in the town of Che
raw, S. c., and of the country people
hocking i'll to see the "circus;" and
in its description of the scenes from
the local papers we learn that the
women of the party give cooking
lessons to the farmers wives. They
make apple butter, jams and other
delicacies, and explain the mysteries
OF drying 1rult with homemade
evaporators, constructed before
their eyes, and give instruction in
many other useful arts. While all
this is going on under the trees the
men of the party give practical les
sons to the farmers in good road
making, and show the use of various
agricultural and other implements.
There is no advertising of special
makes whatever. The aesthetic fea-
ture OF the educational exhibit is not
forgotten.
Every one knows how depressing it
is to the mind of the cultivated trav.
eler to pass through miles and miles
of desolate country, such as the Sea
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-26
So SDak1 the Old LADY

Our reputation is our stock IN
trade. We must maintain it and
keep it at its best. When YOU want
fresh groceries, stylish dry goods,
notions of any kind, be sure to come
and see us. BE sure to buy of us
before buying elsewhere. Come IN
as You pass by and buy.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-26

cTnD NQIMX is cure for drunkenness
SIUC.UnIisA which can be given with or
without the Knowledge of the drinker and will
completely stop the desire for liquor. Women
can secretly administer STOP DRINK and effect
cures. Its merits have been proven in thou
sands of cases. Mailed in plain sealed wrap
DOLLAR. Particulars and testimonials free.
SEARLES 4 CO.. 80 Park Place, New York.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-22
war Without Quarter.

The shooting of Colonel Joaquin
Ruiz. the Spanish envoy, by the Cuhah
insurucnt colonel Nestor Aranguren
now fully confirmed 10y both Spanish
and cuban gdmiasions, will doubtless
he made the text of much misdirected
comment Therefore it is essential
that the undsputcd facts should he
borne in mind.
Prior to the beginning of the present
iusurrcction. Ruiz and Arangurrn were
warm friends. Lately Ruiz wrote To
Aranrurcu under the cover of that
friendship i'm the endeaVor to persuade
him t. a"rcpt the autonomy offer ot
Spain. AranCurcn replied that under
the orders of his supcriors in the cuban
aim, ana in obedience to his own JudS-
mont.sautorOmy was not to ho consld-
cred: that Ruiz must not approach him
ON that mission. fer to do 50 would he to
incur the risk Of being condemned to
death rs a spy, in accordance with the
orders or Conner and Garcia to hang
all emissaries of Spain who should APP
proacn any insurgcnr camp to negotl-
ate Cu an! o.hcr basis than that Of
Cul as absolute Independence. In spite
Of this solcr,n warning Ruiz ap-
preached Aranauron in the prohibited
manner aud his execution was the
result.
Those who cnCurcd with cquanimity
the horrors Of Woylerism. by which
1J0.Ou0 innocent -cumhatants, men,
,,nnr,u and children. We're doomed to
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-22
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-22
The Genuine Civil
Service Reform.
From the Philadelphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times.
GT HE TIMES was one of the ear
liest and has been one of the most
earnest and consistent supporters
of civil service reform since the
agitation began a quarter of a
century ago. and it sincerely desires to
have a stab" civil service policy that
cannot he kicked from post to pillar by
every change of party power The way
to make civil service reform enduring is
to make it sensible. 1t is now IL COM
plication of grotesquc incongruities.
which make IT odious not only to politi-
clans who are clamOring for the spoils,
but to fair-minded people who want q
liberal and practical civil service policy
that no party will dare to assail As long
as the present complicated and in many
instances obviously unjust civil service
system prevails, no party will feel bound
TO enforce ii. and there is grave danger
today that the system may be practi-
CallY OVerthrOwn because of needleSSly
offensive details The principle of civil
service reform has commanded the APP
prOVal Of the more Intelligent citizens of
all parties. but the civil service law as
administered a present is its own mos
dangerous foe, and will surely defeat it.
self unless it shall he liberalized and
placed on an invulnerable foundation.
1t is u sublime absurdty to require a
postmaster to select his immediate sub
ordinatcs who handle large amounts Of
money. by the diCtation of any commits
sion and it is equally absurd to make
the private secretary of any public Of
tlccr, who has necessarily the most con-
tidential relations with his superior. clig-
ibe only on a certificate from an out
side body. \ system that requires physi-
clans. who must have a certificate Of a
Creditable medical school. to he examined
for the position of pension examiner and
at the same time allows nearly hun
drcd lawyers to be appointed in the de-
partment of justice without examination,
is so absurdly contradictory as t. make
the system burlcsquc. \ system, also.
that requires collector or postmaster
to make appointments only from list
| of examined applicants, and take them
| i'm their order that allows a director Of
| the mint to make the same appointments
| to large extent without any eXamind-
| tion and that requires persons seeking
employment in the navy yard to he taken
| in the order i'm which they are registered,
| reEo rdless of fitness is so destitute OF
| Co-tinuitY of purpose and effect as to de-
| StrOy respect for it.
| Let the friends of civil service reform
| libcralize it. and libcralizc it broadly,
and then they can sustain and perman-
| entity incorporate into our government
| thoroughly efficient and cOmmcndable
| civil service system. It wants common
| sense more than anything else, and cspc-
| Cially is common sense much more need
| ed than finc-spuu theories which rarely
produce satisfactory results. Let civil
| service reform be saved by making il
| thoroughly consistent with itself and
| consistent with the liberal and cnlight-
| oncd government in which it is to be APP
piled
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-22
"THE CHANGING YEAR,

The bikers melancholy days
Have come around at last.
And now he jogs along the streets
Where oft he swiftly passed.
He'd like to "hump it" all the year,
And sadly he complains
When nature on the earth let's loose
I1er chilling blasts and rains.
Far out upon the country roads,
Where he was wont to spin
The mud is waiting for chance
To take the bikcr in.
And though a stiffcning freeze will come
1t cannot end the woe,
For when the mud is hardened up
Therell be- a fall Of snow.
The wheel is in the attic stored,
Where mice can chew the tire;
Upon the hiking suit the moths
Now feast to their desire.
The iaunty cap is on peg,
Accommodating dust;
Thc stockings with deceptive pads
In secret place are thrust.
But while with faces showing gloom,
The bikcrs make lament,
Another class OF mOrtals find
4 time of sweet content:
For now pedestrians can walk
About the streets at will.
And "scorchcrs" do not dash along
To injurc or to kill.
But melancholy days will go,
And hiking days will come;
And then again ON every side
The whirrinG wheels will hunt
The hiking youth and hiking girl
VIII fiirt for all they're worth,
And every "scorcher' I'm the land
win think he owns the earth.
-Pittsburg Telegraph.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-22
HAD FAIR WARNING.
From the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
If Colonel Ruiz has been executed by
the insurgents for an attempt to cor
rupt the commander of an insurg"nt force
ne received only what he had been fairly
warned he would receive if captured
while upon such an crrand. Secretary
General Congosto cabling here from Hav-
ana, speaks of 1.-THE ferOCity of such an
act and describes ii further az conduct
unworthy of Savages." Such talk from
a Spanish official in cuba would be anus
ing hut for the gravity of the subject,
The devil has the richest of all vOcabul-
ariesin rebuking sin, but his dcliveranccs
excite only contempt and dcrision.
%
As soon as General BlanCo's "poiCy of
paCihCatiOn' was announced General &c
mcz took notice of it i'm an official letter
General Weylcr had posted the insur-
gents as bandits. and had excused the
rgOr of his treatment Of them on that
score. General BlanCo, still holding that
they We're bandits, merely proposed a
new treatment, This procedure, as much
as General Weyler'S had been was to be
against bandits. The Weyler policy had
called for bloody eNtcrminaton, The
Blanco policy was calling for Corrupting
the insurgents, II was assumed that men
who had kept the field for nearly three
years with arms In their hands could be
bought with little money,
The BlanCo policy was well calculated
to excite i'm the bosoms of the insurgent
leaders the most intense indignation.
They replied To IL promptly ana properly
and publicly They warned General
Blanco that the policy of corruption could
not succeed. They informed him that
any agents of his taken in an attempt 10
execute IL would be hanged. They meant
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-22
ANATURAb QUERY.
From the Chicago Post.

From the Chicago Post
IL am getting NJ a little article about
men Of wealth" explained the reporter.
as he entered the great merchants office,
''as a sort of lesson for the young men
of today. Would you mind telling mo
how you got your first real start in life:
"Not at all. not at an replied the o'd
man. pleasantly. 'Do YOU want the truth
or the regulation biographical romance
that is ordinarily used? It's immatcrial
10 me. ."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-22

The eminent English dramatic critic.
Clement Scott, who asserted practic-
ally that all actresses are morally bad,
has not. so far as we can observe. pro-
NOTED purity on the stage, but he has
succeeded i'm getting a vast deal said
about Clement Scott, and this may
have been his primary purpOse.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-22


* & ~
a child born Oh this day in the vicinity
of the LaCkawannu county court house
will he of the opinion that $1,000 was quit"
larg" sum for the commissioners to pay
for AN elevator to he used solely by the
janitorS.
Since the recent Ninth ward surprise
party it is said many Cf the school teach
ers feet more at liberty to economic in
the matter of life insurance.
Probably no one can measure 50 aC-
CuratclY the amount of genuine religion
ahoat I'm one family as the hired girl.
Two things to bc dreaded at this sea-
son Of the year are the grip and the fei-
low VINO 81 ellis il "N-mas.
The average small boy Is now worryn.r
for fear his stocking viii not be large
enough.
1t is better to give than to rccclvc--os-
pccially in boxing match.
AjaCchus' Advice.
If You feel an inclination to sneer at
Santa Claus, take something to aid your
ii.rCSt tiOu.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-22

what they said and General Blanco had
every reason TO believe that they did.
If, therefore In the face of this warning,
he has sent mon out on such II mission,
their blood, whenever she'd will be upon
his head.
II is claimed that Colonel Ruiz was not
on an official mission. That on its face is
mere evasion. Tic was a Spanish officer
and was in friendly conference with an in
surgcnt officer and there was every right
to assume that his business was within
the rule of prescription. He was in erect
Il spy, and the report Of his death. If true,
only shows that he has met u spy'E fate.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-22

a measure has been reported favor
ably by the house committee on inn
migration requiring all applicants for
naturalization to submit to a literacy
test similar to that provided i'm the
Lodge bill for immigrants. 1t is as
serted that this measure will be pushed
with viEor after the holidays. 1t ought
to be- Naturalization should he award
ed to none who cannot give ample proof
that they are fit for it and for what it
implioS
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-22

There is something pathetic in the
announcement on the authority of the
Chinese minister at Washington that
China wants Uncle Sans friendship.
In China's present peril Uncle Sam is
powerless to help, and if he were not,
the experience of Cuba shows that
mercy and humanity are not at pres
Cnt i'm his line
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-22
Common Sense on the Civil Service.


That vas very pointed ana timely
testimony which the commissioner of
pensions gave on Monday before the
senate subcommittee which is invcsti-
G3tirP the operation "f the present civil
service law. We printed in Yesterdays
Tribune a brief summary Of il, but
some points in commissioners tes-
timOny are worthy of second refer
encc
Mr.. Evans said that he would remedy
the evils most frequently encountered
in the civil service by placing under
the onoration of tn" law Only those
Workers I'm subordinate position whose
duties arc largely pcrfunctory and me-
CnaniCal. such rs clerks receiving less
than 81, 100 a year. All above that limit
should in his Judgment take their
chances, lie did not believe chiefs of
divisions or others occupying places
I'm the special confidence Of the head Of
the bureau should be selected by the
ciyil service. Iic never hcard, he said,