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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-08-18

:. long who lives near Lennon, Mich,
tbe pioneer farmers Of Venice town.
sne eSh;swassee county, and By his industry
hSa in which many hardships were en-.
Y ' he now has one Of the best farms in that
aoI I..,,s an interesting story Of when his
Z, - in danger during his pioneer days.
nsSrrt November I, 1894, on starting to
af ~ from the dinner table, was taken
w main in my back. and found myself
NJ 70 move. The pain increased aud
J .J over my entire body. ! was obliged
n ~. 10 nv bed. The physician who was
"sSiaiely summoned pronounced my case
r.slar rheumatism accompanied by lum:
He gave me remedies and injected
sas;ne into my arm 10 ease the pain.
Y%tiv disease, however, gradually became
until thought that death would be Q
s..me release from my suferings. could
|. .,srp but would lie awake all night and
.DTh;. D%; Continued for about four months
..;Sss INV regular physician also con.
LssS another doctor but he gave me no en-.
Placement % and said his medicine could dc
'sI Vas finally induced through reading
-. accounts in the newspapers regarding
~ rondertul cures wrought by DR.. Viii
E.ms' Pink Pills forPale People, TO try then
Ehich / did as a last resort
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-08-18
500 Reward, 500.

The readers OF This paper will be pleased to
learn that there IL at least one disease that
science has been able TO cure In all It's stages
and that is Catarrrh. Halls Catarrh Cure Is the
only positive cure now known TO the medica,
fraternity. Catarrh being constitutional dis
ease, requires unconstitutional treatment. lIalls s
Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. acting dlrotly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF tho
system. thereby destroying the foundation OF
the disease, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting ma
ture In doing It's work. The propretors have so
much faith In itS curative powers. that they
fails to cure. SEND for list OF testimonials.
Address. F,J. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hairs Family Pills are the best.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-08-18

NiUl Es@E@ gel your -oorc "
the great tIr' M.
to be- realized from the wonderful discoveries
already made nud to he made IN this New Klrh'
dixie -Aaska-Elduradp THE WASHING
TON GOLD FIELDS ENrLORATluN com
PANY under IT. character = authorized TO pros.
pact for and acquire Minin Claims aud lr"i
critics in the wOrdcrul fields Niunu,ir
and Alaska. immcu-c fortunes Hv' E'irady
been r'ullzcGnnd m'Ilio more II 'c made
there. Wll yu'l ALLOW ilIS godch Opportunity
to pt.s you-by? \ few dollars invested IN
in thlS undertaking may he the iourdn'on 10
your fortune. The rush TO tie Wonderland nee.
csSitltcs Immediate actinu. The first in the
field t1u first In fortune No such opportunity
has ever been pIcscu'cd 10 the people Ci the
present gcurrnt.u ~ is 'irrrch iu t"' kiuu-
dixie Alrska Gold Fields. Al shareholders
rot their 'ull propurti ~ "i all pr"H'- No diV'
dends lrc made ON ,tocl; Remaining uusold
Send Your orders enclosing One Dollar for each
share of fully paid-up aud worcestershire stncE
desired to the WASHINGTON GOLD FIELDS
EXPLORATION COMPANY, Tacoma, Wash
ington.
The following Tacoma dealers IN supplies :oI
the Klondike and Alaska trade are ~tocklLp II.
ers in the COMPANY and willinfDrni you regard.
ing the reliability of its officers Monty Il
Gum, Groceries; 4. +, IIoska, Harness Co.
Morris Gross Co., Dry Goods and Clothing W.
G. Rowland Outiittcr, Hugo Foitl, Tents
Tacom. Hardware Co. tO-9'.lyr.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-08-18

Mr.. John Matthias, well known
stock of Pulaski, KY; says: After
suffering for over wesk with tlux,
and my physician having failed to
relieve me. was advised to try
Chamberlair's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. and have the
pleasure of stating that the half of
one bottle cured ne." For sale by
all Druggists.
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A starter.

willy-Papa has compelled me to 60
into business with him, and Two just
made n start.
Algy-Oh, really! Bought n new of.
Zee desk and a safe, suppose?
Willy-No! ordered four business
suits.-Puck.
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Senriuy the Brink

lie feeling his way)-1-I wish we
were good friends enough for you to
TO cali me by NY first name.
She (helping him along)-Oh, your
las, name is good enough for men. Y.
Weekly.
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The OMcc boys Romance.

mir. jenkins, I've got an uncle,
brother and two cousins in this war"
81 see; you're fixing to get off to
baseball game every time we hear ru-
mors OF n nttic."-Chicago Record.
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Zim-liow did l!eupeck pluck up
courage enough to er.list?
zam--IIe happened to be at home
one washday when it rained!-N. Y.
JoNrnnl.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-08-18

Cheruh-Why did you let that bad
man in?
St. Peter (weariIy)-IIe used to be a
book agent, and either had to let him
IL or hc bored 10 Acath.--N. Y. Weekly.
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Browne-Why did you refuse to shake
hands with Smith?
Towne-lle's Il great secret sociey
man. and was afraid I'd get the grip.
N. y. World.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-08-18

.andlady-Yes. that dish is very
tragiie-looking. but it is much strong
er than it looks.
Boardcr---It must he. | see 't holds
the buttcr.-N. Y. journal.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-08-18
Mitisatiun.

"lour play is enough to drive man
TO drink"
please suggest how it might he
improvad?"
well. l would split it up into more
ncts."-Stray Stories.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-08-18
In the UsunI Way.

First Farmer-Are you going 70 take
IN boartlers, this summer. neighbor?
Second Fnrmcr-That's the way !
expects to tnkc 'cm.-Ionkers States
tnnn-
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-08-18

""ris strange" quoth the tramp as II
trudged through the rain,
Heaying hefty sigh.
"Tha. can thus get 80 confounde1 wet
And still be so awfully dry"
Evening journal., 1898-08-27
FUELING wARsHIps.
How Commodore bradford Keeps the
Bunlsers OF Our Great Ocean
Fighters Full Of Coal.

One of the greatest triumphs Of the
war which has been hidden from pub
lie observation has been the work of
the several bureaus of the navy de-
partment in furnishing supplies and
equipments for the troops, says a
Washington dispatch in the Chicago
Record. As Secretary Long remarked
jn a recent interview, their duties have
been quite as valuable as those of the
feet in Cuban waters or the harbor
OF Manila. But for their foresight and
executive ability the ships might have
been helpless for the lack of fuel. am
munition and food. The superiority
Ct our naval organization and the abil-
ity of our bureau chiefs has been dem
oustrated in a striking manner. One
of the most remarkable has been fur
nished by the bureau of equipment in
the distribution of coal No matter
how frequently or suddenly the scene
CT naval activity is changed, the yes
sells must have fuel. and il has been
Commodore Bradford's business to see
that loaded colliers were on hand
NhSH lucl were wanted. NllnOul the
employment OF an extra clerk and
without the slightest parade he has
succeeded in keeping the bunkers of
every vessel in the navy full of coal
from the beginning of hostilities, no
matter whether they were on the
North Atlantic coast or in the Carib-
bean sea, or in the ports Of the Pacific
or the Philippine islands At the same
time he has been able to furnish fuel
for the army transports in both oceans
without allowing his coal piles at the
source of supply to be diminished.
Some idea of the magnitude of this
task is suggested by the fact that
within the last four months 10000
tons of coal have been delivered to the
ships of the United States navy in va
rious parts of the world, at cost of
nearly 81 ioO0,Oc0. Over $4,000 tons have
been distributed from Key West alone
and 10000 tons from Honolulu.
Evening journal., 1898-08-27
AN OYSTERS AGE.
Measuring the Size of
the Shell.

1t is just as easy TO tell the age of an
oyster by looking at its shell as It is to
ascertain the age of horse by exam
ming its teeth or a tree by inspecting
.he circles revealed by the ak or saw
when IL is laid low. When the oyster
is six months old 10 is as big as a dime;
when one year old IL will cover a silver
half dollar, and when two years old
win be about the circumference of
silver dollar, says Pearson's Weekly.
The oyster, unlike the crab, is not
obliged TO seek new quarters or build a
new house every time he grows APP
preciably. The extensions that he puts
on to his house are clearly marked by
e well-defncd ridge.
Oysters are esteemed to be at their
best when between four and five years
of age, and the planters endeavor to
protect the beds for that length OF
time. Conscientious oystermen-that
is. men who are not inclined to kill
the goose that lays the golden egg
always return to the bed oysters that
nre too young, but in case a patriarch
IS brought up, over whose shell the
tides of from eight TO twelve winters
and summers have ebbed and flowed
be is sent TO market. where he is put
al the bottom of the heap and sold
with his younger and more luscious
companions.
Evening journal., 1898-08-27
ADJ ANCIENT BOOK.
IL Is IA Mammoth Volume $50 Years
Old and IL Owned by Mnssa-
chusctts Man.

One of the recent additions made by
George Walter Vincent Smith to his
collection at the art museum is of un-
usual interest. 1t is an immense book
CT missal dating back to 1889, in which
are inscribed the words and music Of
the Gregorian chants of the old Cath
olic churches, says the Springfield
(Mass.) Republican.
The work in this book is beautifully
done, and its great antiquity is evident
from the first sight. The words are
inscribed by hand in Latin, and the
music is written out in some obsolete
kind of notation. The pages are OF
parchment, and In an almost perfect
state of preservation. The initial let
ters are beautifully illuminated.
A single page isnearly four feet long
by about two feet wide, and one man
can hardly handle the wood. 1t IS
bound with boards of wood, covered
with leather, somewhat worn, and the
brass when is used for trimmings is
corroded. The book was evidently in
tended for use on some kind of a stand
in some fine old cathedral.
1t is said TO have come from Seville,
Spain, some time ago, and TO have been
sold because of the poverty of the
parish in order to make repairs on the
building. There is said to be but one
other such book in this country, and
that is at Detroit.
Evening journal., 1898-08-27
New York Markets.

FLOUR-State and western dull, but
firmly held; winter patents, S3.75@41O;
winter straights. SS.65G3.S5; Minnesota
patents, S4.40q465; winter extras, S2.65
6315
WHEAT-No. 2 red more active and
stronger on foreign buying and disap-
pointing receipts; May. 672sQ67%c. ;
August 73hQ74c.
RYE-Steady; state. 45@46c.; No.
western. 44c., c. /. f., Buffalo.
CORN-No. higher on fears of frost
and sympathy with wheat; September
34%c.; December, 34%c
OATS--No. dull, but steady; track
white, state, 29Q3Sc.; track, white, west
ern, 9s0SSc.
PoRK-steady; mess, S9.5oa1O; FAM
lily. S11.50Q12.
LARD-Dull; prime western steam
S. 40. nominal.
BUTTER-Weak; state dairy, 13617c.
state creamery, 14l5Q1shc.
CHEESE-Weak; large, white. 7h9
re: small white, 7Tsc
EGGS-Steady; state and Pennsyl-
vania, 15G15isc.; western. 15c.
TURPENTINE-Firm at 2SA G29Ac.
RICE-Steady; domestic, 5bG6Ac.;
Japan, 5Nq6bc.
Evening journal., 1898-08-27
PATRIOTISM AT WEDDINGS.
Now Is the Time When Invited Guests
Can show Their Love of Country
I'm Their Gifts.

With the advent Of the Spanish war
patriotic weddings came into vogue.
Likewise patriotic presents were also
considered stylish. No bride Is
thoroughly IN the fashion these days,
says the Chicago Chronicle, unless
large proportion Of the gifts that come
to her have reference in their design
and colors TO the war and the United
States. Favorite wedding presents OF
this sort are flag picture frames, which
may be found in great variety These
have flags painted on background Of
white enamel, or the frames them
selves are made of flags of silk draped
on a foundation of wood and covered
with glass. Wedding gift novelties
such as these are unending, and they
are the rage of the hour TO send to a
coming bride. There has been already
at least one patriotic wedding Of i'm.
portance. AT this the star gift was a
pin that was said TO have cost $500. II
had three stones-a ruby, turquoise
and diamond-as close to design OF
red, white and blue as can be produced
In Jewels. When made this ring wai
unique, but the design has since beer
widely copied. Another present that
came to this bride Of the patriotic we'd
ding was a dinner set Of white china,
each piece of which was adorned with
hand-painted American flags. Yet an
other set Of gifts were lamps Of red
white and blue, with shades of the same
| colors decorntiNelY mnde.
Evening journal., 1898-08-27
N THE FAR EAST.
relations Between China and
England More Strained.
MEXICAN MISSIONARIES IN DANGER.
onsui Asked to Appeal to the Imperial
Government For observation-disclosures
In Manila-Insurgent Active
In the Provinces.

LONDON, Aug. 27.-The Picking cor
Hspondent Of The Daily Mail says:
The situation has suddenly become
;fute. The relations between the tsung-
|yamen and Sir Claude Macdonald, the
british minister, are strained to the
pint of rupture. Sir Claude Macdonald
3as intimated that any failure by Chi
II to observe Great Brtain's wishes
+ III be accepted as a casus belli.
n In support Of Sir Claude Macdonald
Pc fleet has been concentrated at Wei
zh-wei and Hankow, and all the war
4ips under 5000 tons have been moblliz-
II in the Yang-tse river. The naval
NmonstratiOn is solely directed against
Hnina, as il is semiohicially stated that
4e existing relations with Russia are
8rdial Lord Salisbury has abandoned
Ne policy of the open door, substituting
ID ii policy Of spheres of influence.
II Diplomatic conferences have been Of
Mnstant occurrence within the last few
&ys. Lord Salisbury insists upon the
#cognition by the powers interested in
#lina of the boundaries Of Great Brit
Jus sphere of influence. In the same
"A &strument, whereby Great Britain rec
nizes Russla's position in Manchuria,
s. 8lssia Is required to acknowledge the
81 ramountcy Of England in the Yang
n valley and guarantee that our ter
Nj orial requirements shall be perma-
ntly respected.
81 Great Britain is willing to drop her
81 otest in respect to the New -chwang
ilway but Russia is required to can
6 her agreement with China, that the
e untry having the largest financial in
#Fest should arbitrate in disputes con-
cted with the PelSing- -Hankow rail-
".
# The negotiations are confined TO Pc
& ng. The British ambassadors at St
tersburg and Pelxing are in close COM
inication."
u rhe Daily Nails Hongkong CORE
= ondent telegraphs:
M The British consul at Kiung-chau
imam, has asked the American consul
Canton to urge the viceroy to send
M diers to Nodoa, near Hoi-how. tc
W Dtect the lives and property of Ameri-
b missionaries there. who have beer
IS iged to flee for their lives from No
Sz and seek the protection Of the Brit.
consul at Hoi-how
III The American consul at Canton noti.
the viceroy Of the state of affairs
requested him to Immediately tele.
- lph peremptory orders to the Off.
g Is Of the disturbed district to dis.
-se the rioters and protect the lives
property of the Americans.
3. Reports just received from Hainar
icate renewed successes on the par
the Triad society, who. strengthened
8! horde Of pirates. looted and burn
M number of villages in the Hoi-hov
* trict on Aug. 10. The British consu
pealed to the taotai to protect tn
"A Hkeatened Americans. and soldier
M re dispatched. who succeeded in res
ng them and escorting them from
doa to Hoi-how."
Evening journal., 1898-08-27
HOW CHINESE RISE.
The Feat OF Cutting on u Mans Head
brought One Monaghan n
Fortune.

A correspondent supplies us with the
biography of a high Chinese official,
who is now one of the leading authori-
ties on foreign affairs. This man, it
seems. was born in Fatshan, and re-
ceived a good education. He inherited
some money, which he squandered,
and, being regarded by his family as
bad character, he was turned out.
lie then came TO Hong-Kong and set up
as fortune teller in Taipinshan, where
anyone could have his destiny told
him for a few cents. Finding he could
not make much in this line, he again
returned TO Fatshan, where he started
an opium divan. When his friends dis
covered this they again tried to get
rid of him. and he agreed TO go away
for good If he was paid 100 taes. The
money was found and the ex-fortune
teller started for Shanghai. When a
clansman with whom he had in
gratiated himself was promoted to the
grade of futal he rebeived an order
from the throne to behead a certain
eunuch, who was in disgrace. but as
the eunuch was a favorite of the en-
press dowager, nc one dare undertake
| the execution of the order until the
subject of this biography undertook
the task He afterward met III Hung
/ Chang, and his promotion was then
rapid.
Evening journal., 1898-08-27
BRAVE ACTS.
Quickness In Time OF Danger Has
often Saved the Lives of Many
Persons.

On jubilee day, which commence
rated the discovery ofgoldin California
in 1s40, squad of battery /, of the
regular army, was firing a salute at
Lime Point fort, near San Francisco,
says the Youths Companion. One load
1.-The charge was so pounds Of powder
inclosed N a woollen bag-did not go
Off, and the officer in command or
dered il TO be pulled out of the can
non.
The charge was withdrawn, and, as
Il dropped to the ground, it was seen
that one corner of the woolen bag was
on fire. In an instant the powder
would have caught and the seven men
with their officer would have been
killed. Private John NJ. Jones jumped
toward the smoudering bag, rolled Il
in the mud and, with his bare hands,
pastered the singed edges with damp
earth.
1t was quick, brave deed, and had
the hero been n British soldier IL
would have brought him Victoria
cross TO wear on his breast.
During the sepoy war n young cap
tain of artillery saw an ignited shell
fan near his battery. Instantly he
lifted it up, carried it a distance, and
flung 1t away. just then il burst, shat
tering his left forearm.
In the Crimean war, Capt. Peel, OF
the royal navy and son OF the former
prime minister, Sir Robert Peel. com.
mandcd vessel before Sebastopol
One day lrage shell, its fuse burning
fell into the battery near where Pee
was standing. Picking II up, he car
ried 10 to the rampant and tossed II
over. It exploded before it reached
the ground.
Evening journal., 1898-08-27
rhe cnlor un. ImmatcrlnI.

Here is story about Commodore
schley that is told in Washington:
About the time that he was looking for
feet the question of painting the
ships OF the navy war color was un-
der solemn consideration by some of
the precise officers of the big building.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt was
bothered daily by the question of tints
submitted TO him by a board on war
ship color. when Schley remarked that
he did not care what color his ships
were painted so long as he had ships
Paint them red if you like,p said he,
or paint them black, but let me have
them. Colcr is immaterial."
Evening journal., 1898-08-27
TERNATIoNAL CONFERENCE.
nmissIoners Maintain Strict Silence as
TO Their Doings.

QUEBEC, Aug. 27.-The story Of the
Iitration commissioners proceedings
|terday is the same as the story of
day before. the same as the story
each days proceedings will be II
|ir plan of silence is carried out. They
Hare that developments thus far in
|ate that the questions which they
|re undertaken to settle eventually
D be settled and that better and more
Iitable relations than ever before ex-
ID will finally exist between the Unit
States and Canada. That is all. That
i he extent to which the commission
will take the public into their con-
Ince. wait" they say, "for the con-
+ sion Of our deliberations and all will
known"
10th the American and British dele
. ions held meetings by themselves
|terday. No joint meeting will be held
& il next Monday. On Friday of next
ok they will adjourn until Sept. 90
4 II is probable that before the recess
8aken some intimation will be given
to whether or not anything Is likely
be accomplished. Just what subjects
. Fe been discussed so far is not known
s outsider is permitted at the meet
5, and nothing whatever is said by
q commissioner as to what has been
1ed about.
F he opinion is expressed by some
Ne that the whole scheme of settle
bit of the various questions viii go to
res on the rock Of preferential tariff.
+ Neral Of the Canadian papers have
ted that the United States would
|ler consent to make concessions and
Nust specific questions so long as
Hyland is given so great an advan-
- over the United States in the Ca
liam markets. When asked about this
hit. the commissioners declined to say
e Ether or not it had been mentioned
8thei- talks. To this question their
s. wer is the same as to all other ques-
IS: 1--WE are getting on splendidly.
& be patient"
# onight the commissioners are to be
&brtained at the Garrison club by So
or General Charles Fitzpatrick.
4 er similar events in honor of the
missioners are being arranged for
B future. The delegation of newspa-
correspondents who reached here
& in the week have nearly all left
# their homes or gone on a vacation
M her down the st. Lawrence. They
s. e all assured by the commissioners
it was useless for them TO remain,
absolutely nothing would be given
& he press until the work of the COM
s. ' sion was finished.
4 b Wilfrid Laurier was called away
X night on account of the death OF
g brother. He will be absent for some
Evening journal., 1898-08-27
REGISTERS ORDER.
BUcIsTERs ORDER.
REGISTERS OFFICE,


New Castle County, Del, June "a, 1898.
Upon tng application OF Alice h. Lloyd,
admiuistrntriN of John b. Lloyd late
OF Wilmington hundred In said county,
deceased, Il Is ordered and directed by the
register that the administrators aforesaid
give notice OF granting Of Letters OF Ad-
miuistration upon the estate OF the de-
ceased, with the date of granting thereofby
causing advertisements TO be posted
within forty days from the date OF such
Letters In siN of the most public places OF
4he county Of New Castle, requiring all
persons having demands against the ea-
late to present the same, or abide by g.
act OF Assembly IN such case made an~
provided, and also cause the same to b.
Inserted within the same period IN the
Evening journal, a newspaper publishec
In Wilmington. Del, and 20 be continued
therein three weeks (e. o. ID
Given under the hand and seal
OF office Of the Register afore-
said az Wilmington. In New
H. 81 Castle County aforesaid, the
day and year above written.
CALVIN W. CROSSAN,
Reglster