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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-05-19
9sr1ns Used in Army and
NAVY.

Interested in the movemsnts Of the
|.sny and navy, the average reader
" not unlikely to heconie confused
|Yh the multiplicity Of terms and
ses employed in the newspapers.
hemay make the mistake for instance.
fof thinking that a captain in thenavy,
isequal in rank Of a captain in the
infantry, or that the captain in the
infantry isa bigger man than naval
lieutenant. He may be interested
to know that there are two kinds of
squadrons, one which runs on land
aud one whi,h travels on water !;
that a regiment of artillery consists
Of twelve batteries Of six guns each,
and that a regiment OF calvary is
composed of twelve troops, two or
more Of which form a squadron.
The relative rank of the officers of
the army and navy and the divisions
IN the formation ofthese two branches
OF the service are af follows.
RELATIVE RANK OFTHE OFFICERS
OF THE ARMY AND NAVY.
Army.
General, or commander-in-chiet.
acknowledgement.
Major-general.
Brigadier-genenl.
Colonel.
Lieutenant-colonel.
Major.
Captain.
First lieutenant.
Second lieutenant.
Navy.
Admiral.
Vice adm iral.
Rear admiral.
Commodore.
captain.
Commander.
Lieutenant-cOmmander.
Master.
Ensign.
DIVISIONS OF THE ARMY.
Squad-A subdivision of COM
pany commanded by sergeant or
corporal.
Platoon-Half of company.
commanded by a lieutenant.
Compapy-Not more than 1901
men, commanded by a captain.
Battalion-Four companies, COM
manded bya major. |
Regiment-Three battaIions, conf
manded by a colonel.
Brigade-Two ormoreregiments,
bya brigadier-general. |
Division-Two or more brigades,
commanded by Il major-general
Corps-Two Or more divisions
by acknowledgement.
DIVISIONS OF THE NAVY.
Squadron-A detachment of a
fleet employed on any particular
service.
Flotilla-A fleet OF small vessels.
Fleet-A large number of war
vessels under one commander.
lnview of the probable fact that
much of the present war news will
come from the sea, the terms used
in naval affairs are particularly
novel interest to an inland people.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-05-19

To-day Thursday is Ascension
Day.
Our readers will find the war
news on the 9Th page. A great deal
'of war news has been suppressed.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-05-19
Mrs. A. A. Romig Dead.

The wife of ex-Commissioner A.
A. Romig died last week and was
buried on Saturday at st. Johns
cemetery in West Beaver twp. Rev.
Zweir OF Beavertown officiated at
the funeral. Her maiden name was
Lucy Nerhood. Withher husband
abe had s children, 6 of whom are
living. Three are still home. Aged
about 81 years.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12
Felt 1t Wns Worth IT.

The woman who overheard the re-
mark is telling with much horror of an
objectionable something a Washirg-
ton matron said right before every
Dody in the dining-room of Il hotel in
the Virginia mountains. The Virginia
mountains-that is to say. certain por-
tionS of them, at least-Were scratch
ing in the misery of an acute attack of
heas, and the Washington matron is
a very attractive women. even to
1leas. 1t was at dinner one day that
she burst cut with the remark which
horrified everybody so. She was wear
ing slightly decollete gown, and she
was unmistakabIy uneasy. The waiter
asked her if she would have a Gozen
or so different things she didn't want.
"No," she said. finally, Il don't want
any of those things, but I'll give you
dollar if you'll just take this salt cellar
and pour it down my back" And she
paid the dollar, too. - Washington
Post,
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12
WIT AND WISDOM.

II is lard work to do nothing, tor
that is work which a man always at
tends to himself, personaliy.-Detroit
Journal.
Our respect for old age depends
great deal on whether it be applied
10 men and women, or boarding house
poultry.-Chicago Daily News.
In No Hurry. Beasl2y, are
you going to Heayen?" asked the little
boy. - s'pose I'll have to, some day or
other" answered the old man.-Cin-
cinEati Enquirer.
Artist tjoyfully)-"Ilurrah! l sold
my masterpiece to-day for $500"
Friend--"You'd better lay low for a
few weeks until the trouble blows
over. TOWN Topics.
Gerald;ne-"You have been sick,
haven't you?" Gerad,-"Ies. l was
threatened with brain fever" Gerald
ine-"Well, you had one comforting
thought; you couldn't have it in any
thing but mild form."-Town Topics.
A love story doesn't suit girl of 16
unless the lovers quarrel and part for
ever, at least once week. After she
grows older she worries over the fear
that the man may not come back, and
is more in favor of peace.-Atchison
Globe.
They say Scribbleton, the novelist,
dictates all his stories to stenograph-
err is that so? l didn't know he
was married" "Who said he was mar
ried?' Nobody; but surely a man
who writes novels for living can't af-
ford to hire a stenographer." Chi
cago Daily News.
His EnViable Lot.-Mr. Pitt-"Since
your friend Biinkins married Miss
Bonds he has been leading the life of 4
dog" Mr.. Penr-"I'm sorry for him.
I'm not" Don't lou sympathize with
him." Not at all. He has nothing to
Go but to eat, sleep and amuse himself.
It's the life of a pet pug dog he leads"
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12
GEESE CARRIED A MESSAGE.
Seighb0rs Who Have TroubIe-
some Fowl.

Down in the Neck" two neighbOring
households once dwelt in amty. They still
dwell there, bat in amity no more. Let
them here respectively be called the Hod-
kinses and the PodkiHses for the very good
reason thaOthOse names are unknown among
the truck plantations. The Hodkinses are
keeping geese this year. The POdkinses are
not keeping geese-Hot II they know It. Now
the llOdklns geese acquired the habit, when
weary Of disportlng themselves in the big
ditch of resortng 10 the front lawn OF
the Podkns demesne. These invasons the
Podkinses resented. Their remonstrance5
failed of effect. A condition Of strained
relations ensued. Mrs Podklns, kindly old
soul, said she didn't want ter git tn men
folks a-scrappin' and a-miXin' things up
over a passel O geese" SO she organized
board OF strategy, consisting Of herself,
her daughter Sis and her boy joe The
result of their deliberations and certain
preparations, where figured needle and
thread, some grains of corn and some bits
OF cardboard, became evident next morning.
The Hodklns geese appeared as usual, hut
returned home quickly, squawlling SO nos-
lily as to bring the Hodklnses in a body 10
the front door. What they saw paraIyzei
them. Descending from each fowls bill was
bit OF thread, the inner end anchored
to grain of corn in the bird S interior de-
partment, while to the other end of the
string was attached a card bearing this in
scirption: "Plese kepe Yur Durn Ole Coos
es Home" The Hodkins water fowl are
now recOncentrados upon the Hodklns
home ranch.-Phladelphi Record.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12
A FATHERS STORY.

From the Evening Crescent, Appleton. Wis.
A remarkable cure from a disease which
has generally wrecked the lives OF children,
and left them in condition to which death
itself would be preferred has attracted a
great amount of attention among the resi-
dents of the west end of Appleton,
The case is that Of little Willard Creech,
son of Richard D. Creech, well known
employe of one Of the large paper mills in
the Fox River Valley. The lad was attacked
by spinal disease and his parents had given
up all hope of his ever being we'll AGAIN
when. as by miracle, he was healed and is
now in schoo as happy as any of his mates.
Mr.. Creech, the father OF the boy, who
resides at 1862 Second Street, Appleton,
Wisconsin, told the following story:
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12
WRECKS AND DERELICTS.
The Dynamite Boat Vesuvius Very
Successful in Removing These
Nenaces to Navigation.

| A stranded vessel is not menace to
naviga tion, and is therefore left Sc
verely one; but a wreck sunk in a
few fathoms Of water, in the track of
coastwise shipping, is dangerous OBJ
| struction. The large, heavy masts
of surkcn coaster ight rip up the
| bottom of a colliding vessel, and a
ledge of rock would not be more fatal
than The submerged hull. In one year
the United States photographic Of
flee, which is branch Of the bureau
of navigation Of the navy department,
has received nearly 1000 reports Of
wrecks and dangerous distractions.
and ordered me destruction of as
many Of these as was practicable. The
work is done with torpedoes. After the
explosion there is no torpedo left, but
there is also no wreck.
1t is impossible to say how much
damage has been done by collision
with wrecks and derelicts, as ships
abandoned at sea are called. Sunkcn
wrecks are hidden dangers. The sky
may be clear and the sea-way light;
they smitc the unsuspecting victim
from the depths, and add one more
to those disasters which are the more
tragic for the awful mystery that sur
rounds them. During the seven years,
from 1887 to 1894, As such collisions
nine, or nearly one-fourth, resulting
In total loss, the others in great dam
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12

Town Crier In Nantucket,

Nantucke., Mass, still has IL town
crier, who is engaged by the merchants
to announce their auctions, and by
summer visitors TO call attention to
social events. Once in awhile he has
spread the alarm when a child is lost.
On his own account he meets the
steamboats,, gets the newspapers, and
runs through the streets calling out
the principal headings. The old resi-
dents can keep abreast of the times
merely by listening to his cries.-Chi.
cago Chronicle.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12

Uncle Erastus-Wart to know how
to cure that wart, sonny? Take a dime
an throw it over your shoulder an
walk away. You mustn't look after it,
an you mustn't know where it went.
Charlie-Well, guess III try it some
other time, uncle. If threw 1t over
my shoulder while you were around
I'm afraid would know where it had
gone.-Harlem Life.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12
THE SERGEANT'S ADVICE.
lie Says a Soldier should Never Ad-
init Ignorance Until lie Is
Sure of II.

The artillery sergeant was giving
one of his rare and highly priced lee
lures, with illustrations from his own
experience, to an audience of respect
full recruits. His text was that the
true soldier should know every thing.
and if there should be anything he
didn't know, to conceal carefully his
lack of knowledge.
Now, look 1T me-" he said. 81 am in
the service more years than you boys
has got hairs on your chius, and at
that there ups and comes something
now and again that have to learn.
DO admit to my superior officers that
l don't know it? Not me. lets on
that it's all A 3 C to me. and goes at it
olind till learn it. When | was down
at Governors island, not so many
years ago, there was a new kind of
fancy gun arrived at Fort Slocum. and
the colonel got orders to send a man
up there to learn the boys the use of it,
Sergeant says he to me. 4 want
you to 60 up to Fort Slocum to-mor-
row and drill the men there on that
Brown-Robinson piece
Yes, sir says |, saluting.
DO you understand the mechanism
OF it?' says he. looking at me very
sharp.
ITO be sure, sir says I. 4 seen
then shooting with it at Fort McPher-
son two years ago
That's very curious says he. see
ing it's only been in use in this coun-
try for less than year and he gave
me the laugh. But you go ahead. any
way says he, for if you can't put it
through there's no man here that can. ,
You may guess that | got on the
train thinking mighty hard, for I'd
picked up enough to know that the
new artillery was no more like any
other kind of gun than a peashooter
is like a bow and arrow. and | was
thinking I'd make a scrumptious dis
grace of myself before gang of
strange Johnnies. Talk about soldiers
luck-if didn't run into my old cap
tain on the train, man that always
keeps up with the latest thing in the
artillery line. He asked me to sit down
by him, and l said something about
the new gun. That started him. lie
was all over the place with enthusiasm
about it.
But, sir says. that's a queer ar
rangement about the breech.' feeling
him for rise.
"'Queer| says he. Not bit when
YOU understand it. Now. here. I'll
draw it out for you and he fshed ont
bit of paper and pencil and went
to making diagrams.
THAT was just my meat. so led
him on from one thing TO another un-
til I'd the whole arrange ment down on
paper. and | clapped eyes on the gun
it was smiling at me like an old friend.
J put the men through a drill on that
piece that made 'em think was a past
grand master of the whole business.
And the moral of this is: Never say
you don't know thing till you're sure
you don't, for luck and 4 mans brains
viii! pull him through many a hole
with glory Private McManus. if you
have the mate to that cigar in your
pocket | can use it in my business.
Thanks. IN. Y. Sun.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12
Practical Remedy.

Caller with manuscript Then you
can I use the poem? May | ask what
ails it?
Editor-Well, it lacks what might be
called the true poetic fire.
CaIler-Couldn't that be-ah-im-
parted it in some way?
Editor-Well, you might try sticking
II IN the stove.-Chicago Tribune.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12
GiNin& a nlessInU

kev. Billwhacker received a pres.
ent OF dressed chicken Tuesday.
wednesday church brother from
out OF town brought his family of five
10 eat dinner at the parsonage, and
they were a little puzzled when the
parson said grace"
What did he say?"
The Lord giyeth and the Lord
takcth away."-Judge.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12

why has She never married?"
"She insisted that she would only
marry hero"
well, they are not so very hard to
find. There's a good deal of heroism
in this world"
Yes; but she wants a hero with
money"
"Oh. that's different. Two ideals in
one. ."-Chicago Post.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12

Isn't Jinks man rather inclined to
borrow trouble?"
Il should say so. Talk about the fell
low that worried for fear his halo
wouldn't fit when he came to he an
angel, why Jinks was so sure when the
war broke out that he would be draft
ed before it was over that he hired a
substitute for $500, and the substitute
never so much as caught cold. De
troit Free Press.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12

Caller-Mrs. DeStyle is not in, you
say? Why, saw her through the win
dow as | came up the steps.
Servant (bIandly} - Shure, mum,
that was only her shadow you saw
n Y. Truth
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12
just what He SuDuosed.

"Confound it, sir Do you think my
feet were made for fool to walk on ?"
exclaimed the angry man to the fell
low who had stepped on his corn.
Yes; that was what supposed"
replied the stranger.-Yonkers States
man.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12

The loss of Cuba means to Spain the loss of
the very sustenance Of the nation. Already
her tax ridden people are crying for bread.
In the same way the loss OF your once Wig
orOus appetite means poverty and starvation
to your body. If any reader Of this paper
and wants to fully enjoy hearty meals, we
can recommend Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters. 1t cures indigestion, dyspepsia and
constipation.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12
No Deviation.

Agituted Young Bridegroom Gimme
diately after the ceremony)-Serena,
shall-shall I-shall we-shall we kissP
Sslf-Possessed Bride (her third en-
perience)-It is my usual custom, Will
liam.-Harlem Life.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12

The man was lynched The jury held
The inquest and its breath
AS the coroner said: THE man is dead.
What instrument caused his death?"
What Instrument! the witness said.
With cold, sardonic grin,
We'll, every day he tried to play
Upon the violin''
L. A. w. Bulletin.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12
Revised to Suit.

MY motto" said the new bourder,
is to pay as you 60"
The landady shook her head.
1T wouldn't do in my business" she
said. "A man might hang around a
month and then forget his motto.
My motto is pay Saturday night OF
go."-N. Y. Journal.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12
New National Hymn,

DO you know" remarked Mrs. Dor-
ley, Il rather wish that the report
would prove true that the United
states is to buy Greenland?"
Why asked her husband.
In that case, From Greenlapd's Icy
Mountains would become one of our
national hymns" Judge.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12
Before nd After,

Like candidate for Office is the man who
loves maid;
lie Is free to promise everything before;
And, likewise, after taking. he forgets the
part he played,
Nor is under obligations any more.
Chicago Daily News.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12

kitty, | suppose you won't write
to me at all, now you are married?'
Yes, will. Nan; Jacks awfully
sweet of course, but | can't talk to
MIN about my new clothes. Chicago
Daily Record.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12
The Dream That WINS.

In youth he sought a hero's crown,
Alas, he thinks of that no more
To-day his sole ambitions just
To raise nine children as he must,
Upon an income built for four.
Chicago Daily News.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12

II suppose" said the frequently dis
appointed politician, "that | may refer
to my latest experience as "A historic
defeat"
"Yes," answered the somewhat sau-
rical friend; ''in the sense that history
repeats ;tself."-Washington Star.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12

He finds her love was merely art.
The merccnary thing!
For while she gives him back his heart.
She keeps his diamond ring.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12

Mabel-How is it that Edith, who
used to be so pale, now has such rosy
cheeks?
Dolly-Iler new beau has very
tough beard. = Philadelphia North
American.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12
Financial Talent.

We'd say a man had wondrous power
Who made fortune In an hour.
Maude won man of large BANK STOCK
In fifteen minutes by the clock
Chicago Daily Record.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12
An oversight.

"The paths of glory lead but to the grave"
A pessimistic poet once did truly say,
And he might have also truthfully added
that
Paths inglorious lead the self-same way,
Chicago Daily News.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12

Claribel-They say he is worth half
a million at least.
Matlea-How | should like to be his
w!dow!-Boston Transcript.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12
The Autumn Young Man.

He finds he is. socially, not on the turf,
She smiles, but no longer on him.
In those old seaside days they were both In
the surf,
But now he is not in the swim.
washington Star.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12

"Our boy was absolutely helpless His
lower limbs were parayzed and when we
used electricity he could not feel it below
his hips. Finally we let the doctor go as he
did not seem to help our son and we nearly
gave up hope Finally my mother who lives
in Canada wrote advising the use of DR.. vii.
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People and /
bought some.
"This was when our boy had been on the
stretcher for an entire year. In six weeks
after taking the pills we noted signs of vi.
tality in his legs, and in four months he was
able to go to school.
ut is two years since he took the first of
the pills and he is at school now Just as hap.
py and well as any of the other children. It
was nothing else in the world that saved the
boy than DR.. Williams Pink Pills"
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12

Rcporter-Now, Mr.. McBett, how do
you feel after being whipped in the
big fight?
McBctt-Oh jest say l feel like one
of dem Spanish victories.-St. Louis
Republic,
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12
DisappOint

lhey are very careless about be-
stowlng names in this country" re-
marked the critical tourist.
some names are rather inappropri-
ate"
"Absurdly so. Why, was in Indian
apolls two weeks and did not see
single Indian. Wa shinpton Stor
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12
Crowded Out.

He never told his love because
Her lively tongue made such din
That, though he much desired pause,
He found no chance the girl to win.
Chicago Tribune.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12

"Is there any jam in the cupboard?"
asked't the boy.
"Have you been there?' inquired his
mother.
"Yes."
"Then there isn't."-Chicago Post.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12

The Gentleman (who has been wait
ing)--It strikes me that the women OF
the hour are those who promise to be
ready In a second.-Judy.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12

1t was stated in q London police
court recently that eight or nine shil
lings a day can be made by begging
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12

A waitress should always wear fetching
ccstume.-Chicago Daily News.
Times-promoter., 1898-11-12

A good many women carry amiability too
far.-Atchison Globe
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EXCURSION RATES

To points in the East and Southeast
via the Cotton Belt route"
For the following events reduced
round trip rates win be announced
n due time:
Southern Baptist Convention May
0th-12th, and Woman's Baptist Mis-
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To Washington, D. c.. for the
annual meeting of the National Edh-
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To Nashville, Tenn, for the Inter
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To Atlanta, Ca, for Ex-Confeder-
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For further information please call
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G. A. r. Reunion, Shawnee, o. T.,
May II to 20, 1898.
For this occasion the Santa Fe
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turn at a rate of one fare for the
round trip. Sell May 16 to 20, inclu-
sive. Limit May 81, 1898.
State Druggist and Pharmaceutical
ASSOCIATION, San Antonio, Tex.
May II, 1898.
For the above occasion q rate Of
one and one third fare on the GER
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Presbyterian General Assembly, New
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For the aboVo occasion the Santa
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Meeting Mexican Veteran Associa-
ton, Temple, Tex, May 20, 1898,
For the above occasion a rate of
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pie will be made. Date of sale May
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1898.
AnHua1 Meeting Benevolent and Pro-
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G.. A. X. Reunion. Shawnee, o. T.,
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