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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-05-27

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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-05-27
TO CONSUMPTIVES.

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eral years with severe lung affection, and That
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used. which they will md sure cure for Con-
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and all throat Aid lung Maladies. He hopes all
sufferers will try this remedy as II is invaluable.
Those desiring the prescription. which viii cost
them nothing. and may prove q blessing. will
please address
Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON,
y-l0-lyr Brooklyn, New York
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-05-27

800 PER BOTTLE at all Drug Stores,
or sent by mail on receipt Of price.
D00KS Containing Invaluable information OF
sSss interest to all women, will be sent
Fhes to any address, upon application, By
fAs DRADI1ILD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Go
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-21
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS FOR ,eee

Statement Relating to Merchandise,
Gold and Salver Issued.
The monthly statement Of the exports
and imports of merchandise, gold and nil.
yer for the month Of December, 1893. and
for the twelve months of the calendar
year 1895, shows a. follows: Exports of
domestic merchandise during December,
$'16,126,3S4, and for the year, $080S71,-
256. This Is gain Of $25 ,O62, 600 for the
month, as compared with the December.
1893, and gain for the year Of $780,
$4,000. The imports Of merchandise
during December amounted to $57 1885,
OO0, and for the year $3.50, ,223. OF
the amount for the year 1921 1851, 500 was
free Of duty and 1858, CO.., TOT was dutia-
BILE. The gain for the month IL about s.
100000 and the loss for the year about
1921. liz, 1000. The exports of gold during
December amounted to $4O5, $3.50 and the
imports to $2,572.271. For the year the
exports aggregated 6,742,844 and the
imports $1O2, 766, ABB. The silver exports
during December amounted to $6810, 545
and the imports to $1,279, sol. During
the year the exports amounted to $685..
O29,336, and the imports to $12,5O4,5 SIT.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-21
Thursday.

AuOGHSA6ys
But very little business was transacted in
the senate on the 14th. The appropriation
bill covering expenses for sixty days SEES
sion was passed with only two dissenting
votes. The principal bills introduced were:
Amending the school laws limiting the
price to be paid for school books used in
country districts; defining the duties OF
school officers; authorizing the governor
to agree with the governor of Nebraska on
the boundary line between the two states;
providing for the appointment of judges OF
vhe supreme court only till the next general
election; authorizing county commits
,sloners to compromise taxes; making the
,embezzlement OF public funds punishable
Joy imprisonment from one to twenty years,
according to the magnitude Of the crime,
land imposing fine Of double the amount
ienbezzled.
!; Representative Bruce introduced bill
~ the house on the 18th requiring Tux Of
~ cents . head on range cattle Of n0n-res-
!dents; and making the tax due the moment
me cattle are driven into the state. Other
oills introduced we're: Fixing the salaries
OF state attorneys at 800 for the frst l,00o
population or less and 500 for each add
Honal 900 Of population; quarantining
diseased swine; accompanying B0tte
county for expenses Of . murder trial COM
aitted IN IN adjoining unorganized county;
making i unlawful for bondsman g a.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-21
SLAUGHTER IN cJsA.
DssDssats yattle ralses mace, Il
Which Many Men Are Lost.

Dsspsfats Rattle ralses mace, II
Which Many Men Are Lost.
The New York Press claims to have re-
ceived news through private channels that
Gen. Maxine Gomez stormed and cap
tured the important city. Of Santa Clara
on Jan. p, and 10 now moving on Havana
with 5000 men, The famous cavalry
leader, Qufntin Banderas, was MORALLY
wounded, according to the Press, and
Gen. Luque, commanding the Spanish,
was also wounded. The news received
said that the losses were: Spanish, esti-
mated, killed and wounded, 800: prisoners,
100; cannons captured, IL; battle stand
ards, 4; rifles in the Spanish srsenal, s.
600, with plenty of ammunition. Cubans
killed and wounded, $500, which IL coo
more than the Spanish loss. The Press
quotes Carlos Rolof as saying the report
10 credited. $50. go. .-, d. H..
A Havana dispatch to the World says
couriers who have slipped through the
Spanish lines in Matanzas province
bring the news that Gen. Gomez 10 un-
doubtedly marching ON Havana slowly
but surely. and that hts advance guard
10 laying In waste the country 40 they
proceed. In less than q week the ad-
vance guard Of Comes army has destroy
ed by fire twenty-one of the most valuable
estates in the province of Matanxas, and
the work of destruction continues M the
army moves along. The people Of Ha-
vana are at last becoming thoroughly
alarmed at the situation, and all who pos
sibly can have already left the place.
Those who have been detained are max
Ing preparations to leave with all possible
haste. Many of those who have been out
wardly loyal to Spain have lost all CONT
dence In Gen. Weyler's ability to handle
the insurgents. and they now actually
fear for the safety of Havana. Skir-
mishes occur every day in Pinsr del Rio,
The insurgents are under command Of
Ruis Rivera.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-21

Davies county is the banner tobacco
county In Kentucky. Her product for
1896 IL reported 1t 1861, 12O pounds.
Graves County II good second, with
12,416,9OO pounds, and Henderson
comes third, with 1881 $50 pounds.
Hopkins County shows up with 9,1O3,-
600 pounds, with Webster close up,
with 8,2S5, 966 Logan County reports
7,642.3OO, and several counties are
credited with over 100000 pounds.
The total yield of the State for 1895
was 2o0. 072. 1872 pounds.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-21
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>'P'RE5s

Out in San Francisco that Durant case
still continues to hang, while Durant him
self doesn't-Cincinnat Commercial Bull
letin.
The murders Of 1896 exceed those Of
1896, but then last years comic songs
certaiAly were good deal more irritating.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
1t appears that there Is an impression
among some persons that they, can mako
good bank officials Of themselves by COM
hitting suicidA-New York Journal.
Now New York has begun war on the
tall church bonnet This loks very Ike
Q movement against feminine piety In
it, most popular form. Boston Herald.
We are sure that this Mr.. Angel, who
wants to come to the Senate from Idaho,
would feel very much out Of place ON The
roll call Of that body.-Wa shington Post.
Georgia IL unable to see why such q
pother should be made over Kentucky's
ak lynchings in six days. Georgia some
times has nearly that many on one limb
At time.-Kansas City Journal
Recent events in Western banking cir
cles are likely to Increase the popularity q
the stocking heel and the chimney q
places of safe deposit for people of . cav
ing disposition.-New York Press.
1t was very thoughtful in the makers ef
New Year calendars to have the figures
90 large and black. Hang one of 'em ON
the wall and you can tell when . nete falls
due without getting out of bed.-Atianta
Constitution.
The delights Of holiday buying have
now been followed by the equally keen
pleasures Of post-holiday bargain kunt-
Ing, and the soul of the shopping wouaan
70 full Of energetic peace and joy.-Bal-
timore American.
China IL establishing schools fss the
teaching Of English. II II not surmtsed.
however, that the demand for teachers
will interfere to any considerable extent
with the laundry business In this country.
Houston Post
Mayor Pennoyer, Of Portland, Ore. de-
cided that his salary was too large. and %
he offered to give back one-half Of Il.
There are various degrees Of this malady.
but it IL not very often elected to once.
Baltimore American.
White Ghost, Sioux chief, has gone b
Washington to collect little bill Of 32oA-
600 said to be due his tribe. II no u sue
cessful in his errand 1t win not b. neees-
sary for this Ghost to walk back fes lack
Of car fare.-New York Press.
Frederick Starr, professors Of aathro-
pology at the Chicago Univeesity, a.
nounces that the American people ars -
generating into Indians This theory %.
counts for the increasing popularity g
the college yell.-Chicago Journal.
One Of The most sublime anA xld3eulous
attributes Of human nature = the pssen-
alal assumption that II few men VI
Meet and pass law agaiAs4 N evil, tAa1
en- win at once set scared anA Aoe Z
parts unknown Ot. Loals RApnhlic.
II u reported that . woanan = phlIaaG1
phia who has been : ksptomAniae ~
oeen permanently cured by snE11eal -
InA3on. The surgeons hAye ~ ~ p
!. 1eeted the nature az ths opeea&1eo, - 4
j. snpiY Involves IL any q 1
i 1hGoE1 ~ cure = noe ! q
- lnins. I1dianapolis =
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-21

The heat of the moon 10 only about
one-one hundred and sixty thousandtn
part Of that which we get from the sun.
The moons temperature is about that
OF the freezing point. A strange. unex-
plainable phenomenon Is that when the
moon 10 eclipsed it, heat suddenly d.
appears. and does not come back for
IN hour and half after the eclipse =
over.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-21

pose Of his property after he becomes .
bOndsman until he has given notice OF his
Intentions to certain officers; requiring full
citizenship to be eligible to vote.
Gov. Lee signed his first legislative meas
ure on the l4th. 1t was the bill granting
Treasurer Phillips ten days more in which
to make settlement in cash, as provided
by law, according to the Populist interpre.
tation of the statute.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-21
AN ARMY OF LABORERs.

Census Bulletin shows SO Per Cent.
Of the People Hard at Work.
Much interesting data about the occu.
pations Of the American people 10 given
In a bulletin Of the eleventh census Just
furnished the press. ,.., e6
It shows that the total number Of peo-
pie engaged in occupations of all kinds In
1890 was q, 735, 651.
This 10 an increase OF over 6yOOOOOo
working people in a decade. This. whole
number Of working people consists Of
those 10 years old or over and makes up
over 80 per cent Of the entire population
and almost ~ per cent of all persons 10
years old and over. sea- s
OF, the whole number Of working peo-
pie the females form 1922 per cent. d.
vided by classes the working people Of
the country are AZ follows:
Agriculture, fisheries and mining, o.
| ESD, 1896.
Professional, 044 1873.
Domestic and personal service, 430O,-
SIT.
Trade ama transportation, 8,826122.
Manufacturing and mechanical indus
tries, 5,O0t, 93.
The domestic and personal service In
eludes hotel keepers, sailors and marines,
laborers, BARRIERS, detectives, etc. The
first named class shows q tan years. Gain
Of over LOCO, 900, or Of almost 8, 100000
for . score Of years.
Considerably more than four4flfths of
the illiterate male population Of the cOun-
/ try and over one-fourth of the iEiterate
female population are working.
/ Over 50 per cent of the workingmen are
married, over 81 per cent single, over 8
per cent widowed, and ons-quaster q I
per cent divorced. b.
| OF all foreign whites at work here ~
per cent of the males and 13 per cent o.
the females cannot speak English. There
10 IN element Of S12 per cent Of the men
eMpleyed in domestic and personal Ger
vice who cannot speak. English, anA IL
most per cent in the manufacturfne and
mechanical industries.
Manufacturing and mechanics ennbeacs
the largest number of females who cannot
speak English-over A per cent-with do
mestic service close second.
l In Massachusetts,, Rhode Island and
Connecticut the males engaged In manu-
featuring and mechanical industries In
! 1880 conStituted very nearly one-half OF
| oil men in gainful occupations
In twenty-four States and territories,
including all In the south central and
most Of those In the north central and
south Atlantic divisions, the males en-
gagged In agriculture, fisheries and mining
constituted more than half Of MI the
working males. OF the females ct work
By far the greater proportion were found
IN Domestic and personal service IN . large
majority Of the States and territories
/ In manufactures and mechanics the
carpenters and joinefs, numbering 611,-
l62 make up the greatest element with
dressuAkers and milliners following With
400, ESQ There ere : little over 1,Oo0,O 0u
bookkeepers, clerks. salesmen. 6o006e
meeeAants and dealers &, 201p07 fAx1n
~, paanters ana oyefseers, aA4 0yO04oo
agricultural lAborerA 6l0 6G2 nntnegu, ~
only I little over 01O0O 1ahGgusSn ~
oystermen.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-21
Wednesday.

In both houses on the 18th George F..
Houghton submitted grievance to the
legislature accusing the courts of the state
with corruption and ex Senator Moody and
Edwin Vancise, of Deadwood, with rob-
bling him of 100000. 1t Is said that al
though Hought0n had frequently sought to
air his trouble in past state legislatures,
this is the first time he has been able to get
iton the records. His grievance grows out
OF mining litigation in the Black Hills fif-
teen or twenty years ago. In the senate q
bill was passed giving the state treasurer
an extension OF time in which to qualify.
This Is designed to afford Treasurer Philips
further time in which to procure the cash
belonging to the state. Bills were intro
duced as follows: Allowing . states at
torney to bring suit in the name of the
county; providing for county boards Of
equalization: relating to the property of
deceased persons; providing for railroad
mileage books good in the hands Of any
person; defining bastardy and providing
Tor the support of the child; for the pro-
lection Of live stock from injury by rail-
Epads; boiler inspection bill; to abolish
the ONCE of engineer of irrigation.
In tho house only routine business was
r. ouoecUcu Uu IuclOlu. n0 ApPIOPEIStaOu
bill, the fifty third measure introduced In
The house, was the first bill to become .
Jaw. The most important bills introduced
were: Providing for uniform system OF
education for South Dakota; to amend
section l, chapter 20, laws 1889, FORGETTING
oil interest where bill calls for more than 10
per cent; relating to sales of land in tax
sales, providing that it be sold to the party
accepting the lowest rate Of interest; re-
0uirtng the listing of notes and mortgages
as moneys and credits; relating to the linn
atations of actions; requiring state and
county treasurers to give bonds in guaran-
tee insurance companies; relating to the
establishment of state banks and regufat-
Ing the control of them; providing for the
appointment of a board of steam boiler
examiners and defining their duties.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-21

At Is said that Adelina Patti il aux-
ious to secure the decoration of the L.
gion of Honor.
Kate Dunn. q years old, q servant
living at New York City, was shot in the
head by Michael Minneter, q laborer.
Minneter then shot himself in the head.
The third and last Of the torpedo boats
being built for the United States 1T the
Columbian Iron Works was successfully
launched. Her total cost will be $07 500.
She Is 100 feet long and sixteen feet
broad.
The Brighton elevator Mt New Bright
on, 4 suburb Of Minneapolis, owned b.
the City Elevator Company, burned with
Ito contents, 100000 bushels Of oats and
wheat. The total loss Of the elevator and
contents was 500. 200, fully insured.
Frederick A. Gregory, private secretary.
Of Proprietor John Hold, Of the Tit
House, 1t Buffalo, and chief clerk Of that
establishment, has disappeared, leaving
bohind numerous bad checks and takine
With him, II II alleged, several Thousand
dollars Of his employers money.
Dr.. Cellot read before the Academy ef
Medicine ut Paris remarkable papoe
describing ! decades experimsnts y
strengthening the spines Of hupchbaeks
By pressure. The novelty coasists q ~
msans adopted 70 keep the spine aeiAieAt
Tor ten mouths hy which time q cure Il
effected.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-21

The greatest naturalist was J.innae.
US.
The greatest Roman General was
Caesar.
The father of modern chemistry was
Lavoisier.
The keenest critic OF any age or coun-
try was voltaire.
The greatest conaucror OF ancient
times was Alexand
Copernicus ia justly deemed 1.-THE
Father Of Modern Astronomy"
Archimedes u considered to be thu
founder Of the science of'rhysics.
Bossuet was the most gifted orat v
the Roman Church ever produced.
Herodotus was the greatest historian
and the father of al written history.
The greatest Methodist was John
Wesley, the founder OF this denomina-
ton.
Cuvier was the most famous COM
parative anatomist and the founder Of
the science.
The most famous English admiral
was Nelson, who destroyed the French
power ct sea.
The most noted Roman orator was
Cicero, who won his renown In his ora
lions against Catiline.
The most famous tener was TAriael.
h Il was said Of him, 'TAcre = one
Go0 and one Farinelll"
Nontaigne was the most e6oCt4vp
essay writer. and the teuAAee q IT.
Slyle of composition.
The Cook County herald., 1897-07-03
THE POPULAR IDEA.

But They Are Not All Innocent Me
Who Go to Siberia.
Ihere was a popular idea that the
wastes OF Siberia are peopled with men
who have been unjustly exiled from
Russia and that the criminal is really
as dlthcult to find as the traditional
needle in the bunch of hay, says Tit
Bits. Facts, however, do not substan-
tiate this theory any more than they
do the large majority of popular i'm
pressions.
A great sensation was created two or
three years ago by the finding of seven
Russian exiles or prisoners who had
maze their escape from Siberia. They
were in an open boat in the Pacific and
were taken to San Francisco, where
they became the objects of popular
commlseration, as we'll as the text for
the denouncing Of the Russian meth
DDS OF dealing with political offenders.
The Californians, ever ready with
sympathy, gave them clothes and
found them work to do. It now an
pears that during the interval that has
elapsed between their arrival in San
francisco and now every one of them
has been punished by the law of the
land. The last of the party has lust
been sentenced to twenty years impris-
onment for burglary, while one of his
comrades only short time ago was
hanged for two murders which he had
committed.
Investigations which have been made
show that every one Of these men had
been sent to Siberia for reasons which
would have earned him a correspond
ing period of exile from the haunts of
his telloW-men if not absolute deporta-
ton from the country in any other part
Of the world.
The Cook County herald., 1897-07-03
The Origin of Petroleum.

Scientists are greatly engrossed in
the discussion of the origin of petro-
leum. Some of them contend that it
is a contemporaneous production; 9TH
ers insist that it is, and has been for
ages, stored in the great arteries of
the earth. The artificial production of
petroleum has suggested that changes
of temperature and pressure may pro-
duce the various substances that 20 to
make up this complex article. If one
pressure gives one ingredient and an
other pressure produces another arti-
Gle, why is it not possible that away
down in mid-earth the currents and
counter-currents, with the varying con-
ditions of heat, cold, dryness, moisture
and pressure, may not be constantly at
work producing not only petroleum,
but other substances of which. it is al
together likely that we, up to the pres
ent date, know little or nothing?
The Cook County herald., 1897-07-03
On the Housa

"Talk about trained dogs" SAT- Lar
ry Phillips recently, as he was standing
before downtown mixed-goods res
taurant, they amt in it with Mike.
Come here, Mike!" he shouted and
Mike, three-legged bull terrier. WALL
eyed and lopsided, with an upper lin
like County Kerry squire's, sauntered
up. His owner walked into the saloon
and laid quarter behind a cuspidor.
Mike" said he, when he returned. 81
left quarter in the room yonder. Go
in and get it, Mike looked up intefli-
gently and ran into the room, coming
back presently empty mouthed. ttThat's
the first time he ever failed me,'' said
Larry, with some chagrin, as he walked
in and picked up the coin. Then. look
ing at it closely: why, no wonder
the dog wouldn't touch it, The blamed
thiag's a counterfeit Who changed
that quarter?" But the bartender only
remarked: Guess they're on the
house. Larry. Philadelphia Record
The Cook County herald., 1897-07-03
The Tempering of Springs.

It is a nice job to temper, steel
spring properly. Like many other
things, the preparatory work should be
we'll done or the tempering proper will
never De a success. The forge work
should be done with rather low tenn
perature and gentle taps. Smiths are
beginning to understand that very
many bits of forging have the life
pounded out of them by heavy and
continuous beating. Light taps smooth
the surface and create what is equiv
Ealent to a cuticle over the metal. This
should be carefully preserved. Light
hammering consolidates the particles
of steel and toughens the forging. It
is said that continuous, steady and
| light blows with hammer will mag
netize steel. 1t seems to put life into
it. If it is necessary to grind spring,
do it at the outset and before much Of
the hammering is done. Do not put it
on an emery wheel. 1t breaks the Gu
| ticle and destroys the integrity of the
metal. The hardening may be done by
heating a large piece of iron to a red
heat, then putting the spring on the
iron until it is heated through. An
other way is to hold the spring over a
bright fire until it is sufficiently hot
It should be kept some distance from
! the fire, so as not to heat too quickly.
| When it is of light red and all of a
color plunge it into cold water. Do
not use ice water, as is so often sug-
gested. Be careful in putting in the
| spring that the sudden cooling of one
| side does not draw it out of shape. If
| it is put in slowly it is warped by the
sudden cooling Of one portion. When
| fully tempered polish the spring with
emery cloth until it is thoroughly
cleaned and bright. Saturate a piece
of paper with oil, light it and allow
! the smoke to collect on the spring un-
| til it is entirely coated with the black.
Then heat it over the forge fire very
slowly. Do not let one part burn off
| clean while the other is still black, but
| let it disappear all over the spring at
the same time if possible. The perfec-
tion of temper comes from slow and
| careful handling and the utmost delib-
Grafton in heating and hammering.