davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25
The Papal Army.

The Pope's army is divided into five
separate bodies-the Noble Guard, the
Swiss Guard, the Palatine Guard, the
%geudarmes and the fire brigade. The
Noble Guard is composed of fifty
young members of the Roman nobil-
ity. The Swiss Guard is 100 strong,
and the men are selected for their
youth and strength. They guard the
doors and entrances OF the Vatican.
The Palstine Guard is raised from
among the citizens Of Rome, and is
only called out on special occasions.
The gendarmes number 100, and are
recruited from ex-soldiers OF the
Italian army, specially recommended
by Italian bishops for their religious
fidelity and fervor. The firemen num-
Der thirty, and are always in the Vati.
can. The Pope's army has its special
daily journal, the Fedelta Cattolica. -
New York Mail and Express.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25

A woman with a history died re-
Gently in San Francisco, Cul. She
was Miss Julia Spaulding, who reached
the great age of ninety-seven years.
She was a washerwoman in the early
days, who intrusted her savings,
which amounted to several thousand
dollars, to Meiggs, shipping mer-
chant and banker. Meiggs got into
difficulties and II day fled to Chill
on one of his ships, leaving an army
of mourning creditors behind. After
several years she discovered hat
Meiggs had made a great fortune in
Peru, so she set off for Callao, called
on Meiggs and demanded what he
owed her with full interest. He re-
ceived her like a princess, entertained
her lavishly, and sent her home with
all her demands paid in full. She
%shrewdly invested in San Francisco
real estate, which brought her in q
good income. Her example induced
others to apply to Meiggs. In time
he paid all his creditors, and his
friends had n bill passed by the state
legislature giving him immunity for
his crime, committed over forty years
ago. Meigg,' discovery in another
land and his voluntary payment of all
his old debts forms one Of the most
curious episodes of pioneer life in
California.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25
Kicked the Wrong Chan,

She is his Greatly" girl and lives in
Jefferson avenue. He called ON a GER
tain forenoon to arrange for a Joint
social engagement. A January rain
was tnrued on by the weather depart
ment while lie was there, and he felt
justified IN accepting an invitation to
lunch.
1t SO happened that she and her
father were running things on a sort
of catch.as-catch. can system, while
the rest of the family were away for o
few days visit, and the larder was not
reliable as to needed supplies.
"Now, papa" she said to him i'm.
pressively, "these two pieces OF pump.
kin pie are all We have. ri not take
any, and don't you say anything more
after you and Charley have each had
a piece. He'll think the omission is
Just carelessness on our part"
But all Of poor papa's mental ener.
gies were concentrated on Il knotty
business proposition aud lie didn't
know they had pie till it came time to
eat it.
"This is tho only pie for winter
use," he declared as his piece rapidly
vanished. "You can have all your
pastries and knick.knacks, but give
me the good old pumpkin pic for cold
weather. You'll have another piece,
young man. Plenty more where this
came from and you can't eat enough
to hurt you
Charlie evidently started to accept,
but his c~ountenance suddenly changed
and he could not DO induced to have
more. When he was gone she went
at the pater with flashing eyes:
"What did you mean, papa, insisting
as you did, after / told you that was
all the pie we had, and me kicking
you under the table AS fast aud hard
as l could?"
"Why, child, you weren't kicking
me-"
Then she staggered TO the lounge
and walled for smelling salts. DE.
troit Free Press.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25
CORloUs FACTS.

The date, which has been success
fully cultivated in Arizona, needs lit,
tie water. and will thrive where the
cacti grow.
At . recent meeting Of Montana
wool growers it was decided to form q
stock company to sell their wool on
the cooperative plan.
The Chicago Historical Society has
been enriched by the acquisition Of
forty.six bound volumes of early Chi.
cago newspapers. published between
1886 and 1851.
The new naval barracks. which tho
British government is about to erect
at Portsmouth, will be the biggest
thing Of the kind in the empire. The
building alone is to cost 50, 900, 900.
There are forests OF l~esiess trees in
some parts Of Australia. They re-
spire. SO to say, through n little stem.
apparently answering the purpose Of
q leaf. The tree is known AS ''tho
leaf1ess acacia"
An Italian peddler from whom a
New York policeman demanded Il
license, showed confidently a certif.
cate of discharge from Sing Sing
prison, which he said he bought, be-.
lieving it was q license.
A frog makes his homo in the wheel
pit Of the engine oom at f. W.
Hunts tannery at Island Falls, Me-,
and comes up from below only before
q rain storm. He is honored MS a pro.
phet in the tanners country.
At an auction sale OF postage stamps
in Chicago recently Il reprint set of
thirteen United States stamps of the
1872 issue brought $3.50, Other sales
were: Baltimore local stamp, used be-
fore the Government stamps were first
issued, $3.50; st. Louis green local
stamp. same price; st. Louis lilac
local stamp, also same price.
While the head OF the house was
sleeping with a gun under his pillow
at Mobile. Ala, and his family were
also enjoying the sleep of the just,
burglars enter ed, cooked n meal IN
the kitchen, and ate it in the dinirg-
room. ransacked the house, to?k
everything portable of value, and cs-
capped without disturbing any one.
An interesting discovery has Just
been made at Woking, England, by
some workmen engaged in excGyating
earth for the purpose of laying ont a
lawn tennis court. A brick kiln, be-
tween six and seven feet in diameter,
was unearthed, and was found to cor
tain several pieces of pottery which.
with the kiln, are believed TO date
from the Roman period.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25

Nansen invented the model Of the
Fran, making her hull round and slip
perry, like An eel, with no corners or
sharp edges for the ice to seize upon.
She is the strongest vessel ever used
in Arctic exploration. He said that
pressure would simply lift her on the
ice, and SO her bottom, near the keel,
wat made almost fiat in order that she
might not capsize while on the ice
surface, and her screw and rudder
were also ingeniously protected. The
many experts who said her design
would not save the Fran from instant
destruction were mistaken, for she
met these resistless ice pressures, and
they merely lifted her out of her era
die, and she rested safely on the sur
face.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25

sun that its rays NO loneer pens.
trate the frozen interior. 1t 10 best
So"
"You call il best, then-best that
the heart, once 20 warm and true,
should become an iceberg; best that
your faith should be converted into
skepticism, your belief into unbelief.
Rest happy In your creed, then, Miss
Loring, but take care lest You do not
wreck yourself against the sharp rocks
OF suspicion"
Six months later. Edith Loring,
sitting in her school room. is inter-
rupted by Miss Elwood.
"Oh. Miss Loring." she says, "Mr.
Ratings has been thrown from his
horse and badly injured. They fear
he will not live. Is it not sad?"
"Very sad" was the quiet reply, but
as she spoke the words the ice seemed
breaking from her heart, and she fell
fainting to the floor.
During all these months che had
scarcely heard Douglas Raliings's
name. and, to her surprise, his
absence from the household had been
but casually mentioned ; and Miss Ell
wood, in her daily round of pleasure,
seemed to have no time to note that
such was the case. His words we're
true, then, when he told her he had
been to her only as a friend. Gould
it be that it was she who had honored
him, and not he her!
When consciousness returned, and
with it the memory OF their last meet
ing, her GOODNESS ano indifference, his
earnest, loving words, she knew she
had deceived herself, and the love she
supposed buried beyond resurrection
was deeper, truer, more intense than
before it had been tried by fire. Poor
child! She was weary of the fight,
and now she could never tell him that
she owned herself worsted in the
battle. But one evening n few weeks
later his card is put into her hand.
She has learned ere this of his re-
covery, but she is amazed when she
goes forward to welcome him to see
what an impress his illness has left
upon him. Pale and worn, he stands
before her with outstretched hands,
but it is with the old tone he speaks.
"Little one, L came to find my wife.
Is she here?"
Her answer was not w~ord-spoken,
but with her fair head pillowed IN his
breast, he needed none; and when,
two months later, he claimed his wife,
Miss Elwood stood with her at the
altar as her chosen friend.-New York
Ledger.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25
A Dishonest Beadic.

British institutions have received q
sever shock by the conviction of u
beadle of the Bank OF England Of
larceny. He had been thirteen years
in the service of the bank. and was
employed regularly at the banquets of
the lord mayor and the city companies,
where he filched plate undetected.
Unfortunately he stopped to stealing
from the army and navy stores. when
he was caught. and the. treasure Of
plate he had collected during nina
years from sixteen companies was
discovered.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25

In spite of the adverse conditions
which have prevailed during the last
few years it is gratifying to observe
that the progress of electric science
has not been in the least Interrupted.
This statement applies with special
force to electric railways. In 1887
there we're only thirteen of these rail-
ways in the United States, with barely
a hundred cars. Since that time,
however, the progress made in this
department of enterprise has been such
that in 1895 there were no less than
$50 electric roads in this country, OPP
Grating ovcr {, 1000 miles of track and
%, 900 cars and representing n capital
of $500, 900, 900. At the present
time, however, n still greater activity
is to be observed. From recent re.
ports there are l 1000 different lines in
the United States, including n mileage
OF -. 900 miles and operating 80, 600
cars. In 1896 alone something like
1900 miles of track were laid, repre-
senting IN additional capital of $751;
000, 900. In other lines the progress
which electricity has made during the
last few years has been no less marked,
but the above figures will suffice to in.
dictate the measure of activity.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25

1t is said that more than ninety per-
cent of the railway passengers in Eng
land travel third-class. They con
tribute about eighty-three percent of
the receipts. A goodly portion Of the
remaining seventeen percent, it is
safe to say, is contributed by wealthy
American tourists, who are conspicu-
GUS patronizers of the frst.class car
riage during the summer months.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25

Some Of the people who have q no.
ton of what they mean by the word
Evolution may be surprised to see
how closely it agrees with Herbert
Spencer's definition, which is as fol-
lows: ut is n disintegration OF mat
ter aud q concomitant dissipation OF
motion, during which the matter
passes from an indefinite, incoherent
heterogeneity to a definite, coherent
homogeneity, and during which the
retained motion u%ndergoes a parallel
transformation"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25
Tiniest Shears Ever Made.

A clever workman in q cutlery fac.
tory i'll Sheffield, England, has recent.
ly made a dozen pairs OF shears eacn
so minute that they all together weigh
less than half u grain. That is about
the weight OF u postage stamp. Each
pair was perfect, and would cut if
sufficiently delicate material could be
found. Lying GU a piece OF white
paper, they seemed no larger than
IDEAS. New York World.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25

Statistics Just made show that in
Massachusetts,. in spite of the advent
Of the trolley car and the popularity
of the bicycle. the number of horses
is greater by 3,0s5 than a year ago.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25
Christian fNDElVOR 1lS'
,YPIc FOR SUNDAY, MAR. y
what Christian Hsroism il,
Luke il. 1925, 5l-S2

Mar. q. Like Paul'a Acts xxi ~,
Mar. %. Like Dxvid's. ISam' ,,n
Mar. "A. Like Csieb's. Josh. xiv "a
Mar. Is. Like Hexekiah's. 2Ch,o.
la Va ns
Mar. &c. Like Nehemiah's. Neh p, -.
Mar. "a. Like Christ's. Marx \. sLhrA
SCRIPTURE vEAsKs.-Prov. xvi. ~,
xxi. So: Rom. viii. IL, 20; xiv. So q, vi
Eph. vi. 10. II; l Thes. v. Is; / Tim
lit. ii. II, ~; l Peter Ill. 10.
LESSON THOUGHTS.
Christian heroism Is not recklsss u,
less boldness. but a brave willingness st.
danger. p~rivation, suffering. self.s,.aN|
AFTER a careful consideration OF the co.,
Christian heroism is constant. No, :.
mittent. 1t Is a lifelong struggle sa'~|
without fiinching against the nors w u
seiishness and sin. There NAV be oo"''n, q
defeats, but the Christian hero viii Sioal|
the might OF the Spirit, to battle ~, mS q
newed energy and boldness, agains1 ,Ss
tul powers OF darkness.
SELECTIONS.
Courage 10 Q trait always asked q,
before he is enrolled among the grss,
the courage OF the battlefield. Eva, NJ
riors own that courage is more thin d,,I"@
and that ruling the spiri, Is better THAI -
Ing a city. n
Though often very tardily. the world !.
| crowned as the truest men those ,ba,
hatred and scorn, even the charge ot Sn
| ardice, for the sake OF a righteous cans.
Strength and beauty should be The A..
scteristics, not only OF Gods house. bp, =.
OF Gods people,. Young men are loo ~
| be ashamed OF ccnfessing Christ opanI,
fore men, under the fear that they sba:,s
regarded as destitute OF manlines,. h
most necessary that we should add +"
faith courage, fortitude. Our faith sh,sS
be manifested as It was In the olden tim.
q victorious strength which ia abI. 10 S,s
come the world, which fears the Lord
knows DO other.
Unselishness leads to courage. and
courage would long command adnlnn.7
the purpose that prompted it were go
Resolute following Of a chosen cours,
| spite Of all obstacles is branded as ob,,p,
and baseness, unless the motive be A M
one. To be p~raiseworthy, courage s,ir
s~elfishnoss both must spring from Ious
to truth and duty.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25

To rest from weary work ono day in aril
One day to turn our backs upon the I'D
Its soil wash from us. and strive % 4
heaven.
Whereto we daily climb, but quics 4
hurled
Down to the deep of human pride and 81 |
Help me. We powers ceiestit, 20 come laI
All, let me catch one little Slimps, With
The heavenly city, lest my spirit die.
II. v. Glk,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25
CHRISTIANS LIFE Is ,rrpu

Since u spirits are the breath Of "a
within US; since they can be only r,,rJ
by the spirit Of God; since We can N
walk in the spirit when we are in Chris N
SO are a new creation: therefore We NAV III
truly that the life Of the Christian, a sqsl
natural life. II could not be lived a, an \
by virtue Of that supernatural chang. N
blessed recreation. that new life whi4 u
draw from union with Christ. even a, N
vine branch draws only from the via, \
purple fruitfulness. =. W. Farrlr.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25

An exchange tells this dog story N
dent OF Trimble, Tenn. taught bis m
pup to remain In the yard by punist1(
when II went outside. The pup took hi
Ions to heart, and one day when I, nr
family cat 60 acros the street and ST (
1t ran over, caught the cat by the net !
and brought II no me.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25
MIDDLsBURaH, Pa, MARCH %, 1897

A movement is on foot in New York
City to get rid Of the middieman in
the coal trade.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25

Ben Hogan, the retired pugilist, 1, I'd
conducts a mission In Chicago, whssl
feeds from 1000 to 1900 persons a day
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25

And let him reign! TIL hold my soul.
Tonight.
In grand fief to this mighty Past.
In false allegiance on I cast
Deny the Presents petty toll,
Tonight!
Take loyalty, great Past, my king,
Tonight!
To-morrow's sun may thee unthrone;
Bet eyes, lips, heart-all that l own
OF tTeasure-I before thee ding,
Tonight!
Household Words.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25
Mrs. ELwOOD'S GOVERNESs
BY JENNY WREN.
HEN first Edith Lor.

HEN hrst Edith L0r'
ing realized the sad
truth that she was
orphaned, that the
father who had
lavished upon her
all that wealth could
WELD had died n
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25

William Mckinley, Garret Hobart and
Hanna are the names Of trplets recently
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Hard Of An
dsysop, Ind.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25
ED-MEMOKiES.

Strong In my heart old memories awake,
Tonight!
Live on nv lips dead kisses burr;
Hot to my eyes wcpt tearns return;
Forgotten throbs my pulses shake,
Tonight!
Love is ~avenged-my buried love-
Tonight!
The weakling Present slips away;
The giant Past alone has sway
Potential as the gods above
Tonight!
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-15
0 TROUBLE At THE ECKLEY MINES.
Cavalry Troop Had Their Wearisome
March for Nothing.
TROOPS WILL NOT WITHDRAW.
Goblin says He VIII Keep All %
Them Right Thcrc-No rorm-
liable Demonstration.

iIazleton, Pa. September A.--Despitc
variety of alarming rumors and a morning
movement by body of miners which
looked formidable, the day passed off with
out serious disturbance In the strike
region. Matters still have such AN un-
certain aspect. however, that General CO.
Tin declares that the removal o, tho troops
or any portion of thom has not been con-
,emplated,
The strike Itself is spreading With great
rapidity. Tho exact rumber OF men Who
have quit work is hard TO oNta'n, but con-
seryative figures place 4 close TO 10000
with Indications that n short time every
collicry OF Importance in tne region Will
be Idle. Although some disposition has
the outlying districts TO 'late demonstta-
tIons. they have been Of rather feeble
character aud the great majority Of the
men are docile.
The first troop of Phillielpha, which
was dispatched at an early hour this morn
Ing to the scene OF ,ne reported outbreak
at Ecklcy. found nothing for Il TO do
when It reached there at ! o'clock this al
ternoon. Several hundred miners from
Buck mountain reached Ecsley mines last
night and brought ont the men there.
few of the men who showed dispoaiion
TO continue work were roughly handled
and the mine superintendent, fearing trou-
bic. wired to General Goblin tor troops lilo
also sent word to Driftom and sev ,nty dep
uties from that place were seat over. Ihey
kept themselves under cover ut EcKiey'
| however awaiting developments. Nothing
| further happened.
! TIL. rrcr al Ecklcy Joined the strikers.
| Meanwhile the cavalry troop was sent by
| General Goblin. They had Il Wearisoiue
march over tho mountains only TO ma
| everything at Eckey peaceful. The noun
tain tourney Of the cavalry 10 Eckley al
though agreenbly disappointing OF Its pur-
! pose had a salutary effect In that 1t served
TO impress upon the miners the extent OF
the military power. At a late hour tonight
everything is quiet about beadquaH ters'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-15
JOHN BuLI.--"Oh don't know; you're not so warm"
thus deprived o, trssh material to feed

,,, s..,,,a, -, f..sh ,,,tor,l IA feod
The official bulletin OF the board oil
health Ia as follows.
New Orleans. Septcmbcr 1.-THE board
Of health of the state OF Louisiana OF
hciallv. announces the status OF affairs re-
gardine yellow fever In New orleans TO
be M follows; Concerning the original
twelve cases 1t Is stated by Or Woods, on
personal observation. that three already
reported as seriously i'll are today decidedly
better. The remaining nine have pract-
cally recovered.
OF the three new cases declared yester-
dav only ono Is considered seriously H.
Positive cases Of, yellow fever have been
declared 10 oNist at tho following places
in this oitv Two at li36 panto street.
Carrollton, ono at 1882 Dante street, Car
rollton. one at 1872 Magnolia street, First
ward one at 3ili st. Claude street. Third
district To sum up. there have been M
teen positive cases of yellow fever. rep
| rcsentine six foci Of injection
AA stated In previous builctIns, all
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-15
SUPERINTENDENT JONES



uazleton. Pa. September II, George
Jones. tho mine superintendent, against
whose rulo the miners at the Wiikosbarre
mine rebclled discussed the situation to-
day Jones came here from Stockton, Eng
land, where he spent seven years as a gu
perintendent lilo has worked his way from
the bottom To his present position.
Asked about the mlnerE dislike for him
the superintendent said II came here
year ago to restore discipline In the mines
and to operate them on a paying basis Tor
tho company At that time the men did
about as they pleased having been spoiled
by familiarity from The two previous SUI
perintendents. My habits are different.
am not a drinking man and I've never
made II a practice to hobnob with the men.
when | give orders l expect them to be
, obeyed"
I'm this policy you are carrying out the
Instructions OF the cornpany?" he was
| asked
That was what was employed for.
Then dismissed about eighty men. but
never put anybody In lfeir places. On tho
night that the strikers came TO my house
and stole 5000 worth OF silverware and
broke the furniture we were armed and
could have killed hundred OF them II
we had wanted to. IL was drunken mob
that was all, and thought we had enough
bloodshed.'
Are you not afraid OF violence at the
hands OF the strikers II they get hold OF
your"
NO: have been here every day since
the strike commenced l walk the streets
day and night without running any risk"
do you anticipate trouble when the
men go back TO work tomorrow"
mo: ! believe that the other operators
viii grant the concessions that the men ask
| for. II must come In time; wages had got
ten to point where the men could hardly
| exist II cut down any further"