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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-01-14

Senator Chandler. in executive session Oh
the United States Senate at Washington. Oh
iered n resolution directing tho COMMITTEES
on Foreign Relations to Investigate the re-
cent paymcn, by Spain Of the Mora cia,n,
apd'to ascertain In connection therewith II
any assurances OF any sort we're made l.
Spain rs TO tho attitude OF this Governmen.
toward the Cuban insurgents; ana also 10
ascertain to what individuals me nohey
paid by Spain in the settlement oil th's c'a'm
was distributed.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-01-14
Norfoik's Postmasfor Il rn,yeJ.

At Norfolk, Va, Postmaster William W.
Degge and his assistant, r. NJ. Henry, were
suspended from Office by UGited States Post
ONCE Inspector Clum, OF Washington. tho
latter having found q shortage OF S5s4O in
the Postmaster's accounts. W. II. Ii. Trice.
one OF DeSge's bondsmen, was temporarily
appointed Postmaster, ana OK Postmaster j.
W. Long was appointed assistant. Degge's
bond was $50, Zoo. and he made good the
shortage by deciding over TO his bonGsmen
all Of his property.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-01-14
Good IiOrscn "a Drug.

Good horses must be q drug on the mar
ket when Il0O. pound teams soil for els 0 n
team, aud OOO.pound horses, broken to ride
or drive, bring S2.50 u head. These were
tho prices eighteen head OF horses brought
one day recently Mt m auction sale OF horses
OF the Northern Pacific Railway Company o.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-01-14
sras,aehu,etts,s New Executive.

In his inaugural address, delivered De'ore
both branches OF the LEGISLATURE. Governor
wolcott reviews at length the affairs Of the
H.ate during the wear. At tho line oil inc
death OF Governor G~reenha'ge Mr.: Wo'"o..
was Lieutenant. Governor, and since sro
death he had been the Acting Governor, uni
II - ~ insugurated as Governor:
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-01-14

George X. Landers. postmaster ut New
berry, "a suburb Of Wiliiamsport. shot nnd
seriously wounded Select Councilman = r.
fOrcsman. ForcsmGn is one of Laudcrs'
bondsmen, and the latter is said to have had
trouble with his accounts. Foresmnn was
shot In the stomach aud cannot recover.
flanders was arrested and lodged In Jail. In
"a statement he said the shoe Ing was acct.
dental, and 1; was his intention to commit
suicide. For'smau says the revolver wa.
aimed at his heart.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-01-14
Crusade on Tobacco.

There il great CONSERVATION among Ccntc,
county 2 male school teachers. When the
county directors met in annual convention
during tho Teachers Institute they missed
resolutions denounring the usc.of tobacco hy
teachers and inlorsed tho law prohihiting
It's use. They demanded that tho COUNTY
superintendent enter on every certificate
granted whether or nor the holder is u use,
Of tobacco.
Tho directors arr quietly investigating 10
hnd out how many Of the teachers uso TO.
barco, with Il view Of demanding that they
either quit Its use or resign. As II good
many OF the male teachers either chew OF
smoke, there Is every promise of consider.
able reform along the whole line or II great
number OF dismissals.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-01-14
RUN AND INSANITY,

Forming our conclusion upon 354 cases
IN which the facts were ascertainei, we find
1874, or about 50 In every 100, In which tho
intemperance Of grandparents was oo-sld.
son.-Chicf WadlIn, OF tho Massachusetts,
Bureau Statistics Of Labor.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-01-14
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
Senate and House Well Attended at OPEN
ing Session.

mated appr~ -aucn Tuesday morning, there
being. beside the Senators, II large attend
nnco OF visitors. who crowded the Hobbies
and corridors and the space back OF the
seats. A number 81 lHlios were present.
Tn" handsome chamber was made moro
beautiful 10y III" many pretty iloral tributes
placed 10y friends ON tho senators desks.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-01-14
Millions for Dividends.

1t Is estimated that cash disbursements by
banks and corporations for dividends, etc.,
on January l, aggregated 300, 00O, O0) In
New York City. sl3. 000, 900 IN Boston and
90, 00J, 900 In Philadelphia.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-01-14

Prince DImitri Khilkoy, o Russian noble
man. has followed the advice OF Count Tolstoi
and divided his estates among the peasants,
resciving but seven acres for his own cult
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-01-14
Ei~0HTEESTH DAY.

The debate In the House OF Representa-
tives on tho Pacific Railroads finding bill
was ended without any important amend
ments being adopted. The House vacated
the order for the arrest OF the 29S mem
bers absent from the session on Friday
night.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18
THE INDIANAPOLIS THEORY.
Self-Styled Finnnciers Declare for
an InfiexibIe Currency.

Self-Styled Ffnnnciers Declare for
an InfiexibIe Currency.
Confidence was pronounced by the
bankers and business men who met n t
Indianapolis as the principal ingredient
needed for better times. This they
propose to obtain by authorizing the ma
tional banks to issue currency up to the
par value of the United States bonds
which they have deposited, by retiring
the greenbacks and United States notes.
which compete with the banks, and by
reducing the tax on national banks.
The bankers would, then, surely have
confidence" that they could make
money; but would not other people call
it confidence game" of another sort?
President Patterson, chosen perrIa-
nent chairman of the convention,
named number of things in which all
present could agree. Some of these had
big Ifs" in the way as, for example,
1--WE can agree that bimetallism would
he desirable if it could be secured by
international agreement and be made
practically effective" All his sugges-
tions were based upon the maintenance
of the gold standard. If an enlarged
and increased use of silver" were to he
tad the silver coins were to be con-
yertible into gold. There was no hint
of any escape from the grip of the gold
manipulators, no hope of stopping the
depreciation of property and the fall of
prices of products.
The circumscribed amount OF gold in
the world must, in the view of these
business men," always and inevitably
be the total measure of the total prop
erty of the world. If the property
should increase n hundred-fold or Il
thousand-fold, it might still be meas
ured by this lump of gold, and hence
with the increase of property which is
constant and continuous, there must
come diminishing price of the larger
total as measured by gold and dimin-
ishing price of any particular fraction
al part rs measured by gold; in other
words, inevitable falling prices nf all
and all products. Men,
with this theory. assume to know
all about finance and currency and
expect to dictate legislation. It
is for the people of this coun-
try-not of the cities MERELY rot
financiers. not merely money.
changers nor board of trade operators,
nor even lawyers-but the intelligent
citizens of every profession and occu-
patton to determine whether this the
ory enunciated at indianapolis is TO be
the one on which our financial legisla-
ton is to be framed.-Farm, Field and
Eireside-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18
economy in road

be demonstrated by the fact that the
counties having the best roads will
maintain them at less cost than the mud
roads, with all their inconvenience,
are maintained in their wretched condi-
ton. The work required by law of
able-bodied men, together with the
road tax, gives to the road supervisors
of our state the expenditure, in money
and labor, of vast sum. Much of this
is wasted by reason of incompetent
management. The railroad tax for
highway improvement, in some road
districts of our state, is so manipulated
by the road supervisor that the money
inures more to his benefit than the i'm
provement of the thoroughfares. In
some instances in our state, broker
age business is carried on, and money
is made out of trafficing in this road tax.
While some of our road laws need re-
forming, the manner of their execution
needs revolution. When competence is
made the test in selecting supervisors,
and taxpayers see that they discharge
their duties, we will find some improve
ment in our highways without addi'
tional tax.-From the Inaugural Ad
dress of Gov. Mount, of Indiana.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18
ORCHARD PRUNING.
Don't Go at 1t as Though You Were Cut
ting Cord Wood.

OoA OO a. H as lou were GH1-
ting Cord Wood.
Don't get crazy fit and go into your
orchard with al ak and cut and slash the
branches off and think you are pruning.
says II. f. Van Deman. Every stroke
with a tool on a tree is a stroke at its
life, unless very wisely made There
need be no elaborate or stylish method
of pruning adopted. Common sense is
good guide. but if person judges his
knowledge of pruning by the amount
of brush he makes, he is sadly lacking in
common sense, and should never be al
lowed to prune.
All dead or sick branches should comt
OF, all that cross or chafe each other
should be relieved by the removal of
the one which can best be spared. Do
not cut great open spaces in the tree
tops and so let in too much hot sun
shine and injure the limbs that have
been used to being shaded. II is dan
gerous to prune cherry trees at all:
they are rarely benefited BY so doing,
but are often injured. Train old or
ehard trees TO have low, broad heads,
which will shade the trunks, lessen the
purchase OF the winds. and make more
convenient the gathering Of the fruit.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18
PRIsoN-LARoR PROBLEM.
How to Avoid Competition Between Con-
Wet and Free Labor.

How to Avoid Competition Between Con-
Wet and Free Labor.
The prison-labor problem presents
difficulties at every turn. The aboi-
tion of the contract system of dispos-
ing of prison labor was undoubtedly a
wise step, but it by no means effected
solution of the problem. The compe-
tition of prison-made goods with the
product of free labor is bad thing
yet it must be remembered that the con-
victs can scarcely be employed at all
without competing more or less with
outside labor. In the nature of things
this must be SO. If the convicts were
not in prison they would be at work
outside competing with other laborers.
Seeing the demoralizing effect upon the
market of prison-mads goods, leaders of
organized labor have asked that con-
victs be employed in making goods for
use by the state and its political sub
divisions. In accord with this sugges-
ton, which has decided merits, Gov.
Tanner has recommended that convicts
be employed in making text books for
use in the public schools. And, natur-
ally enough, though certainly incon-
sistent, at meeting at which the gem
eral policy of employing prisoners in
tee manufacture of goods for the state
was commended, the particular PROPOSE
tion to employ them in making text
books was condemned by the represen-
tation of the printers that was in at
tendance. This episode serves to illus
trate the difficulty and completely of
the problem, and should inspire in all
a spirit of liberation in considering the
subject.
The only way prisoners can be EN-
ployed without competing directly with
free labor is to put them to work on pub
lie improvements that could not be con-
structed for years to come but for the
utilization upon them of labor of this
sort. In this way there may be secured
improvements of inestimable value for
all time that the public might not have
felt warranted in constructing under
other circumstances. There is no doubt
TINT good roads would be worth almost
ary amount to a community, but it is
practically impossible to get taxing
bodies to take from the people the sums
necessary for their construction. Max
ing of good roads would be in many re-
spects ideal employment for a portion
of the states convicts, and the PROPOSE
tion so to employ them has been revived
in New York. The chief objection tc
the plan. peculiarly enough, is senti.
mental one. 1t is argued that the pop
ular sense would revolt at the sight
of convicts under guard at work in the
presence of the public. This objection
has some weight, but it should not be
made to appear insuperable.-Chicago
Pecord
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18
ABOUT BITTER MILK.
Cleanliness VIII Remove Most of the
Causes Which Produce 1t.

Cleanliness Will Remove Most of the
Causes Which Produce 1t.
Bitter milk has three causes-some-
thing eaten by the COW, advanced period
OF CESSATION and pure cussedness. 1t is
not pleasant thing to contemplate,
but there is a great deal of horse ma
nure eaten by cows. The best way
after regulating the ration is to fence
off part of the yard, and put the horse
manure in it, or else fence off the cows.
L have read that rag weed would cause
bitter milk, but as my cows would
never eat it l cannot say anything from
my own experience on that score.
For the second cause there is no cure
that I am aware of, and the third is al
most as hard to prevent. Briefly stated
in its natural state milk after GER
tain time gets sour because of the action
of certain kind of bacteria whose bust
ness it is to make milk sour. But if
these bacteria are prevented from get
ting in their work owing to cold wealth
er (they work only in warm weather or
in warm temperature then nature,
which abhors even a vacuum of bacteria.
Immediately sets another gang of bac-
terra to work whose job it is to make
milk bitter. And if politicians attended
to their job as well as bitter bacteria to
theirs we would be much better off, for
it takes much work to persuade them to
quit work. The remedy is first to wash
with boiling water every vessel with
which the milk or cream comes in con-
tact, or. better still. put the vessels in
boiling water on the stove for 10 or 1s
minutes. This kills off all the bitter
bacteria. Then to get the sour bacteria
to work for few days keep all the milk
at a temperature of 20 degrees and put
little sour buttermik in the cream
This will give the sour bacteria
chance to get firmly established. Then
do not let the mix get too cold or ii
will all have to be done over again. AS
two sets of bacteria cannot get along at
the same time the bitter bacteria give
up the educational Stockman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

The travelling dairy schools of Can
ada have done splendid work in rails
ing the grade of butter in that coun-
try.
Brine sailing of butter is wastefui
and inaccurate. The most satisfactory
way is to salt on the butter worker.
weighing both salt and butter
The power to consume, digest and as
simulate nutritious food is what is de
sired of the cow at maturity; ard 20
zee Give this the calf must be we'll fed
An old lesson, not yet we'll learned,
Is to have good ventilation IN the milk
room. clean floors and walls, and to
harbor nothing which viii produce bad
edors.
No other matter about the farm viii
SO poorly stand being made thing OF
secondary interest as the dairy. A
very little neglect will go long way
toward destroying the profit. Neglect
is sure to attend that which is not OF
a first eonsideration.--Ru Rural World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18
re

ter in the pipe and set up constant cir
culation through the whole box under
the slate. All the water in the tank will
in turn pass through the pipe and while
the lamp burns the water circulation
will keep in motion. Even after the
lamp is put out the water will remain
warm for several hours. On snowy
days, in a warm room, the lamp can be
put out during the day and started uE
at night, and on cloudy. cold days
Such propagating tank would hold
about 500 ordinary plant cuttings and
should give their crop between January
i and May 1. A few days trial would
soon show how much the lamp would
have to be used to maintain a regular
heat in the sand.-Charles Barnard. in
Orange Judd Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18
Tools of the Lake DweIlers.

Since flint is not plentiful in Switzer-
.aEJ, We find the larger implements,
such as axes, generally made of diorite,
serpenine and the other hard stones,
and even of jade. The presence of the
latter stone is a matter of great in
terest, inasmuch as it probably was
imported from the far east. 1t there
fore seems to bear witness to the fact
that the lake jewellers had commercial
relations with other countries. Jade
is not found in Europe, but occurs in
China. India and Egypt. This subject,
however, is still rather matter of con-
troversy, for, though in spite of many
inquiries, no site for native jade has
been yet discovered in Europe, some
authorities believe that the people
found it somewhere in their own neigh
borhood. 1t is certain, from the pres
ence of chips in many places, that they
worked it up themselves on the spot,
and that gives some countenance to the
idea There are as many as 1000 speci-
mems of jade from Lake Constance
alone. Two other minerals. known az
jadeite and chloromelanite, closely re-
scmble jade, and these are also found in
the settlements. as well as in dolmens
in Europe.-Prehistoric Man and Beast
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18
a R.nnhlican siIverite.

Senator Mantle, of Montana, says
that he is a republican who puts the
cause of silver above party, and there
fore will not enter the republican eau
ems in the senate. Nevertheless, he is of
the opinion that the silver men should
permit the republicans to put through
their tariff bill and give them every
chance to make good their assertion
that prosperity would follow McKin-
ley's election. He adds that steps will
soon be taken to organize free silver
republican party, in the belief that only
himetallism can give relieS to the peo-
Item.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18
PRoPAeATlNG TANK.
0ns Can BE Made at Home at q Really
Trihing Expense.

One Can BE Made at Home at q Really
Trining Expense.
Most farmers, particularly those rails
ing early vegetables. sometimes wish
they had a good propagating tank for
starting cuttings. Many an odd dollar
can be picked up in the spring with
few hundred Towering plants or early
tomato and lettuce plants. A little sand
table, with gentle heat, would be very
handy in the house. A hotbed may be
inconvenient or troublesome and
small greenhouse out of the question.
Such a propagating tank suitable for
window can be easily made by any tin
smith or gas filter. Have the gas man
join up with elbows" three pieces of
common inch gas pipe; two pieces, a,
three inches long and one piece. b, five
feet long. Joined up, they would look
like Fig. 1. Have zinc box made five
feet long, two feet wide and six inches
deep and made water-tight. At one
end, in the middle, cut two holes, SO
that the piece of gas pipe can be laid
in the box, resting on the bottom and
projecting two inches beyond the box.
Fig. 2 shows how the pipe is placed on
the box. The openings where the pipe
enters the box are to be soidered up wa
ter-tight. The box is then placed on
table with the pipe end of the box pro-
iecting beyond the table as seen in Fig.
3. The box is then filled with water.
covering the top of the pipe as shown by
the dotted line, c. Place in the water
pieces of brick and on the brick lay
pieces of roofing slate to form a loose
slate top two inches from the top of the
box and half an inch above the top OF
the water, as shown at d. Leave small
hole in one corner of the slate to supply
water to the tanks. Fill the whole top
of the box over the slate with sand, e.
In this sand cuttings can be raised, as
the tank, when in operation, will be full
of warm water, giving gentle bottom
heat for the cuttings.
For heat use a small kerosene lamp,
+, placed directly under that part of the
pipe which projects beyond the box
The engraving shows the position OF
the box on the table and the lamp
The heat of the lamp will warm the wa'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18

I kissed hin-my life's life is there.
On his forehead. his lips. and his cheek:
To others he may NOT seem fair
But TO me-O, never can speak
The half of the Heaven know
When hold him and kiss him-sol
Let the day be curtained by cloud.
IT'S the same as though cheered by the
sun,
If only at noon-time allowed
In play with my darling to run
To run, and at end of the race,
To hold him and kiss his dear face.
Do you think when man he Is grown
I shall love him an atom the less
No. off in world of his own
Ny own he will still be to bless;
The world is too narrow to part
Ny boy from his true mothers heart
Dorothy Alden, in Home and Country.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18
H,. Time for Talking.

One morn at breakfast Mrs. Bunce to Ar.
Bunce remarked:
ssT'd like to know, John Henry, on what
mission you're embarked;
For In your sleep you talk and talk, and
keep it up so long,
That I'm sure that alrs not right. Now tell
me what is wrong.
But Mr. Bunce said not q word about his
troubled sleep;
He only gulped his coffee down and looked
both wise and deep.
And then he said: I'm sorry, dear; don't
look at me aslSance,
talk at night when you're asleep, cause
then have chance"
London Tit-Bits
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
REFORM BADLY NEEoED.
1ndiana's Governor Discusses the en-
forceuent of Road Laws.

lndiana's Governor Discusses the En-
forcement of Road Laws.
Good roads are essential to our high
est development socially, intellectually
and financially. Many counties in our
state, actuated by commendable spirit
of progress, are rapidly improving the
highways. In the near future some of
our counties will have complete sys-
tenn of free gravel roads. The main
thoroughfares in these counties, hav-
ing been graveled and received by the
county commissioners, are kept in re-
pair at the eounty's expense. The
supervisor, being thus relieved from
care of the main thoroughfares, is en-
bled to concentrate the labor and tax
at his disposal upon the lateral roads;
hence all viii soon be improved. The
economy in road improvement will soon
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18

The first bricks made in this country
for building purposes were manUfac-
tured by colonists in Virginia in 1912.
They were used in the construction of a
church edifice at jamestown and the
residence of the governor of the state.
\ part of the jamestown church is still
standing. and the bricks are in good
state of preservation, showing that tine
coIonists believed in making articles
to resist wear by exposure 10 al kinda
OF weather.-Boston budget.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18
Her Opinion.

The children built a snowman
Down by the garden gate,
But, early in the morning
(Sad story to relate),
They found that dissolution
Had been the snow-man's fate.
Twas at the breakfast table
The children had their say.
eve built our pretty snowman:
We wanted him to stay.
We left him there last evening;
What made him run away?"
The maid of eighteen summers
Looked wise and shook her head.
A snowman at the garden gate,
Whence other men had fed!
"What made him run away" they cried:
at guess twas pal" she said.
ELLA Randall Pearce in Brooklyn Life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18
Plenty of MoneF.

Seattle had bank close, under these
rood gold standard times, where liasili-
Ties all told were but $4,000, and it
had first-class assets of 100000. OF
course there is plenty of money.-Min-
reapolis Penny Press.