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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-03-03
TOTAL.....
LIABILITIES.

Capital stock paid In n.,...............S $50 10000
surplus Fund lS.5OO0J
Undivided profits, less expenses and
taxes paid ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2OSs. 81
National Bank notes outstanding. IL, 800 10
Due TO other National banks ......... 2,lgl .62
DividentS unpaid. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. bl6.OD
Due TO State Banks and Bankers. l267 %
Individual deposits subject
10 cneck. lSOg921l
Demand certificates OF de- % 93JUl
post. .................. 2Oi,922.72
Notes and Biils redisc0unted. ...........
TOTAL. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. f992. .9s59S
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-10-08
MAKING COTTON PAY.

The philosophy of the cottm
culture is extremely well stated i
an interview with Mr.. Edmonds.
editor of the Manufacturers
Record, published in this paper
last Saturday. The farmers arc
too large n body to combine for
the purpose of raising the price
OF their staple, either by with
holding their crop from market,
or reducing the acreage. The
latter has been attempted with
the most mediocre results; il
would be still more difficult to
induce the farmers with one con-
sent to "hold their cotton y as it
has been to induce farmers to
"hold their wheat. y Besides, as
Mr.. Edmonds says, if our farm
ers could raise the price of cot
ton they would merely stimulate
its production in other parts of
the world. Cotton culture is not
growing in India, and it is grow
little if at all in Russia, statistics
regarding which are not entirely
satisfactory. In Egypt the area
available for the culture is at
present very limited. But sub
stantlal increase IN the price of
cotton would lead to rapid ex-
pansion of the growth of cotton in
India and elsewhere, though the
quality might be inferior to ours.
The conclusion of Mr.. Edmonds is
that of nearly all students of the
problem; it is that the Southern
farmers should raise their own
supplies, emancipating themsel-
YES from dependence upon the
West for corn and pork, and up
IN local merchants for credit for
and raise what cotton
hey can raise after providing
themselves and their stock with
'ood. Even at a low price cotton
will pay if the planter is not
obliged to turn it over to a factor
o pay for advances and supplies.
New York Journal of Com
nerce.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-10-08

The Light House, the leading
negro organ of the Delta, and a
paper unique in Mississippi, if
not in America, has homely way
of hitting the truth. 1t deals as
follows with recent killing
among the vicious and yagrant
class of negroes that haunt the
levee and contrive to live without
work;
"We regret much to say, but
we must, that our sympathy for
the murdered woman is quite
limited, and If she had killed Ed
mon we would have been about
the same way, while we would not
Ike to be understood as endorsing
While the parties in
worth the Srooa
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-10-08
The Light House And The Cake Walk

The Delta Light House attack,
tae diversion 0. aake-walking witt
some acerbity. The editor, Will
for the usual luck of editors, ha
come in Il goodIy share ofadverse
criticism, commingled with threats
of "razooiug, '''breaIling his face,
and other indications of disap-
provaI, on account of his free us,
of the good old English word
"wench. Spare the editor, gooC
people.
"Wench" is merely an old fash
ioned term meaning young wo.
man, and, if we mistake not, was
freely applied by Queen Elizabeth
to her maids of honor. Here is
the comment, which is understood
to have created so much sensation
in colored society:
"Cake walking business is be
coming to be agrand commodity.
But of course, it's an old time relic,
and the colored people seem to
love 1t best. But we would like
best to see our young men who
love 1t so well, to 90 and pay their
poll tax, and the young ladies', for
their part, we just don't know
what to say for them to do, unless
we tell them to rnn and run, till
they get out of the way Of these
Cinnamon, Dagoes, and you col
ored girls are old enough to know
who else. fyou will do that you
will have less time to walk cake or
cake walk, madame; you little
wenches you.
We do not like to see women
put their feet upon a mans knee.
and he strike match under the
bottom of her shoe and light
cigar, and call that cake walking.
Some of these lewd women will
start this cake walking business
after awhile and | declare they
will make you sick of it. Now
you good girlst9 stop men from
striking matches under the bottom
of your shoes and let them strike
it under the sheritf's of the several
counties with 50 poll tax
1t is but justice to say that the
cake walk, as performed at the
opera hall on Monday night before
a large audience of both whites
and negroes, contained no obiec-
tlonable features.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-10-08

The above letter was received a
few days ago by Mr.. lreys, and
the apples referred to are speci-
mems of variety known as the
Arkansas Blacks. They were
grown on the Ireys Plantation
near Winterville, in this county,
where Mr.. IreyS has five acres de-
voted exclusively to this variety
of apples. The trees are just be-
ginning to bear, and the fruit will
of course be finer as they become
more mature. 1t is a popular be-.
lief that the apple is one of the
few fruits which will not do well
IN this soil and climate, but the
fallacy Of the idea could not be
more completely. proved than by
the above verdict of the highest
pomoIogical authority in Ameri-
ca.
Mr.. Ireys considers this letter
an answer to the universal ques-
ton which is now going up from
the cotton region-what shall we
do! Diversifcation of products,
attention to other crops than cot
ton, and intelligent use of the un-
limited natural advantages of the
mos soil in the world,
opinion of Mr., Ireys,
of most sound thinkers,
answer to this appeal of
planters Of the Delta.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-10-08

llymore than
,ntirely on
Il the vital
+oactive,
p1r
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-10-08
MARKETS FOR Cotton.

Mr.. c. p. Brooks, of Lowell
in the transactions of the New
England Cotton Manufacturer
Association publishes paper o.
especial interest to the South nj
this time. Its subject is extended
markets tor American cotton. and
in it he says
I'VE know Of certain mills en-
gagged for the China, Africa O,
South American markets. and
occasionally read of shipments of
cotton cloth abroad, especially
from Southern mills, but these
are exceptions rather than the
ule, and rs a matter of fact our
export trade is very small.
In 1896 we shipped out of this
country 2Sl,21l,521 yards, valued
lat SIC, 6,245,077
This quantity, apparently so
large, Is shall when compared
with the exports of other coun-
tries; for example, the country of
Turkey imported from England
alone IN the year | refer to more
than the exports of the United
States to all parts of the world.
In the same year we exported raw
cotton to the extent Of 5000, ,S29,-
657 pounds. If we figure this as
made into four-yard goods, it
would come to about I2,000. 900, :
0G0 yards; in other words, forty
two times us much cotton was
shipped in the raw state as would |
have been the case if sent out in
the manufactured state. >
4 "At present only one third of
the American crop is used IN this
country. Two-thirds of it is
shipped to England, Germany,
France, Russia, India, Japan anu
other countries, there to be manu-
facturedl There is no limit to the
size of the crop. The South
could raise 20,000,000 bales Just
as easily as 10000, 600 If the de
mand existed for it, and we could
supply all the other countries with
the same amount Of cotton as we
at present send them and yet grow
a sufficient increase to use in our
own export trade without any in
convenience.
As means for the bettering of
-he export trade, Mr.. Brooks sug-
gested an improvement in the
service, a reduction Of
he expense Of selling American
cotton goods. the extension of |
The assistance given by banks, i'm {
in the methods of
,alling attention to goods and a
greater willingness to make goods
hat are required in foreign mar
lets, and not the goods that suit !
he convenience of the manufac- {
urer. In discussing Mr.. Brooks {
paper, Mr. William 5. Granger, +
If Providence, r. L., urges a
.ohsidizing Of vessels by the
and said Il think |
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-10-08

A very extraordinary adventure
befell we'll known lady on Wash
ington Avenue last week, which
is q clear indication that the city
of GreenyilIe is by no means suf-
fcientIy policed,
At midday, as the lady men
toned was passing the tailor es-
tablishment of Friedricsohn &
Son, she met a drunken whlteman,
looking like . levee laborer. 1t
was raining heavily, and the street,
which is usually thronged with
'nle at that point, was almost
"he fellow lurched in
bar the way.
him by
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-10-08
An Answer to the Question.
I, 5. Dept. Agriculture,
Washington, d. c.,
Sept. IS, 1898.
Mr.. HENRY 7. IREYs,

N''++'hA . ihElN y,
Dear Sir
Some days ago we received
through Mr.. NJ. V. Richards,
Land and Industrial Agent of the
Southern Railway Co., some APP
pies which he states were grown
by you. They are apparently of
the Limbertwig type, though
much larger than that variety.
They are so handsome in appear
ance and apparently of such ex-
cellent keeping quality that we
desire to learn more of the
variety. Can you inform us on
the subject! We would be pleas
ed to have a few Characteristic
specimens accompanied by young
wood and leaves for examination
and description. | am sending
you mailing box and frank
which will bring them free of
postage.
Thanking you in advance for
your kindness. remain
Very truly yours,
VIM. A. TAYLOR,
Acting PomoIogist.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-10-08
Planters, Attentiont

When you are in need of Gin
Repairs, or Machinery of any
kind, remember the old reliable
I. H. PERRY,
705 Main St.,
Greenville, Miss.
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-06

practical Yankee i1npudence." and ca-Is
upon Europe ito put its foot down.
while there Is yet time"
The government of GERMANY and tha
semi-official newspapers have been
silent or extremely cautious. but it "a
quite evident that Germany will not
Interfere in the settlement of the
Philippines question, nor even en-
courage interference upon the part of
others, and it is understood this has
been intimated to the Spanish govern
1nent.
The German government officials
have ordered AN investigation into the
reported ocean race between the White
Star line steamer Teutonic and the
North German Lloyd line steamer Kali
ser Friedrich on their last trip to
New York. AS the Kaiser Friedrich
belongs to a subsidized company, the
government will also be interpellated
in the reichstag on the subject by Herr
Richter, the Radical leader
The result of the diet elections so
fflr as 1t concerns the United States is
rather favorable. The number of Con-
servativeS has been reduced, so there
will not be majority outspokenly hos
tile to American imports. Unless the
Conservatives obtain the support of
the Agrarian Centrsts. or National
Liberals, in the reichstag, they cannot
frame anti-AmeIioan legislation, as
tariff measures come from the reich
stag, but anti-American sentiments
ere in season.
1t is said that Maximillian Harden,
the editor and publisher Of Die Zu-
kuDft, who has been sentenced to six
months detention in fortress for leSe
majestic, does not intend to undergo
his punishment, but will emigrate to
Austria end publish his paper there
There has been a great increase lately
in the number Of convictions for lese
majestic, and some of them are out
rageous. A respecta BILE girl of nine
teen. named Jennie Dyk, has been sem
fenced to Breslau to two months inn
prisonment in Jail for merely criti-
cislng a picture of the emporer. which
was exposed in a store window, ind
a girl seventeen years of age, at Co
logne, has been sentenced to six
months in Jail because in the presence
Of another girl, she tore down por-
trait of the emperor from the wall Of
her own room.
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-06
PESTERS A WOMAN.
EsslIIas Man Arrested at st. Louis for
His Attention 10 AnOther's Wife.

lszaIIas Man Arrested at st. LOuis for
His Attention TO AnOther's Wife.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. 5.-Harry Cor
finkel, until recently a resident of Dali
las, Tex, today solemnly promised
Chief of Police Campbell to cease his
unwelcome attentions to the wife Of
Charles Ringgold under penalty Of
prosecution.
Two years ago Ringgold was in busi-
ness in Dallas. His wife was conceded
to be one of the most beautiful women
in the Texas metropolis, and Gorflnkel
became infatuated with her. One day
he told Mrs. Ringgold that he loved
her. She was faithful and told her
husband. The Ringgolds left Dallas.
They located in Kansas City. Cor
finkel followed them there. He bother
ed the pretty wife again and again the
couple moved, this time to Pittsburg,
Kan. Gorfinkel discovered this and
went there also. A few months ago
they came to st. Louis and the persis-
tent lover arrived shortly after.
The thing got to be an intolera.ble
nuisance and the husband and wife
called on the police, with the result
as stated. If Gorfinkel resumes his at
tentions he will be arrested and given
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-06
ther; at sixty rarely; at seventy, al
ways.
But that is very cynical idth- To
turn from it to poetry is pleasant:
Els giebt nur Elm Kaiserstadt.
E,S gAht in Naip

turn from it to poetry is pleasant:
ES giebt nur Elm Kaiserstadt,
Els giebt nur elm Vein,
Els giebt nur Elm Weiberstadt
Und das ist Berlin.
SO runs the legend. Like others it Is
false. The real city of women is Wen
ma. 1t would be indecorous to describe
it as beautiful harem, but there is no
impropriety in stating that the perts of
Paradise are not as pretty nor half as
Well-dressed as are the sultanas Of the
imperial court. They have the Orient
in their eyes and lips that say, Drink
me-"
Among the beguilements of these Ia
dies Franz Josef may have faltered
bsIt he never fell. His life has differed
from that of his son, differed, too, from
that of his nephew. He may not be
without reproach, but, then, who: is?
The point is that though a royal he
has not been a rake. Even otherwise
the instances in which dilapidated old
.OngS and fair young princeSses have
been suffered to remain childless are
sufficiently fnfrequent to dispense with
citation.
To the kaiser then, hoch! To the
kaiserin, prosit! And to- their off
spring, gesegnete mahlzeit INNER! Yet
even in the toast the pen halts in con-
lecture. Though it so fall about that
the dynasty be assured. one wonders
what will be the chronicles of it. which
history shall register.
The mingling Of the Hapsburg bane
with the Bourbon blight has been eff
fected before. The hast time it oc-
Cured the result was the thirteenth
Alfonso. What a reunion of their ill
omens can accomplish now we may
surmise, yet perhaps never know Be
mind the one vista Of tragedies unroH.
Behind the other is panorama of de-
reat. The background of both is aglow
with splendor and with SIN. But above
each the three Fates sit spinning.
Edgar Saltus
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-06
CURFEW WILL RING.
ST. Louis Council PASSES Ordinance
Which Waits Mayors Signature.

ST. Louis Council Passes Ordinance
Which Waits Mayors Signature.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 5.-The city council
tonight passed a curfew ordinance pro-
viding that children under fifteen years
of age shall not be permitted on the
streets of the city after o'clock at
night in winter and 9 o'clock in sum-
mer. The bill was fathered by DR..
HCugland, the "newsboys' friend Ten
days after the mayor signs it, it will
become a law. There is little doubt
that his honor will affix his signature
to the measure.
At a public hearing only one voice
was raised in opposition to the bill
that of politician, who denounced
it as campaign buncom'be The prench-
ers unanimously favored it's passage,
and in the city council the only vote
against it was cast by Mr.. Hagan, who
protested that the hours were too
short.
The engine house bells will be rung
at the hours named, as a warning to
young ones to get indoors.
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-06
WAR INQUIRY BOARD.
Commissioners VIII Next Take Tes.
timOny in Chicago.

Commissioners VIII Next Take Tes-
timOny in Chicago.
CINCINNATI Nov 5-Before the
war board today Surgeon F. w. Hend-
ley, of the First Ohio, testified to stop
ping the forced march from Chicka.
mauga to Ringgold, in which one SOL
der was overcome by heat, and be-
came insane. The water was bad at all
three camps.
DR.. Cameron testified to analyzing
water at Chickamauga and finding
sewage contamination, but no typhoid
bacilli.
Thomas Reed, of Covington, KY, tes-
titled to finding his son in a crowded
hospital at Chickamauga- Some were
on blankets on the ground. He trans
ferred his son to the Sternfberg, where
he died two days afterward. Reed
severely criticised Maj. Griffin, who
managed the hospital
Gems. Dodge and Connor leave for
Chicago Sunday night and, with Col.
Sexton, resume the examination at the
Auditorium at 9 a. m. Monday.
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-06

this route has the monopoly Of the mail SER
vice. communication between Great Britain,
ana France was stopped
The Duke of Orleans. who is now at
Brussels, is closely shadowed by French
detectives as the French government has
been warned that he is preparing for some
important movement. Detectives are living
at the same hotel as the duke and they dog
his footsteps, even II he only crosses a cor
ridor. Daily reports of his movements and
the names of his visitors are sent to the
French minister of Justice The activity of
Prince Louis Napoleon, however, causes
more anxioety to the French government. He
is evidently awaiting an opportunity and his
chances are infinitely more favorable than
those Of the Duke of Orleans.
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-06
WITH A SHORT TURN.
Cuban General Perez Is Brought to
Terms by Americans.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA. Nov. 5.-An
incident has occurred here which is
causing much talk among the Cubans
and may create ill-feeling. The Cuban
general, Perez, who has a half dozen
times announced his intention to dis
band the troops under his command,
but has not yet done so, recently or
dered the trial by court-lnartial Cf one
Of his men on a charge of deserting
frem the army in time of war. The
prisoner was condemned to death, but
before the sentence was executed no
tification was sent to Col. Ray, of the
Third immune regiment, who laid the
matter before Gen. Wood, command
ant of the military department Of San
tiago. Gen. Perez was at once inform
ed that If the man was executed he
and the firing party would be hanged
as soon as the courts could legally sen-
tence them.
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the extreme penalty. He recorded his
promise in writing to Chief Campbell.
SAYS SOLDIERS STARVED.
Report on Treatment of Third Wis
cOnsin Men Made Public.

cOnsin Men Made Public.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Nov. 5.-R. K
Boyd, Eau Claire's commissioner to
Porto Rico, who returned with the
Third Wisconsin, publishes tonight his
report, of which copies go to Congress-
man Griffin, Gov. Scofield and Secre-
tary Alger. Mr. Boyd's story is one of
almost continuous semistarvation OF
the soldiers of the Third regiment at
Chickamauga and in Porto Rico up
to Sept Is, when round robin by the
captains was followed by improved ra-
tionS.
He describes the Charleston marches
anew and says it would be hard to find
a man in the regiment who does not
hold bitter feelings against Gems. vii.
son and Ernst, believing these marches
were prompted by spirit of wanton
cruelty and an inhuman disregard OF
the rights OF the common soldier. In
conclusion he says:
"The discipline of the Third Wiscon'
sin has been unusually good, and the
sickness from which the men suffered
is not chargeable to any fault or ne
glect of either the men or their officers.
From one day to another there was no
sport, joking or pleasantly among the
men, but all seemed weak and discour-
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-06
MISS SIMPSON SAFE.
Drake University Student Returns
to Her Home in Des Moines.

Drake University Student Returns
to Her Home in Des Moines.
DES MONIES, To-, Nov. 5. - Miss
Margaret Simpson, a student at Drake
university, who has been missing for
nearly two weeks, was brought back
to Des Moines tonight. Traces of her
were found yesterday. Her frantic
mother, Mrs. Charles Simpson, of
Grimes, little town near here, started
in pursuit. She was accompanied by
the Rev. G.. l. Jones, at whose home
her daughter had resided. They went
to Marengo and then to Victor, over
taking the girl toduy at Belle Plaine.
Tonight Mr.. Jones. refuses to say any
thing more than that Miss Simpson
was away with friends, and was very
glad, apparently, when found by her
mother. Today Mr.. Jones' wife went
to the police station and wanted some
detectives detailed to hunt for her
husband. She said she had no knowl-
edge of his Whereabouts. and believed
that he had been kidnapped by those
VINO knew he was working to find
Miss Simpson.
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-06
stage Employees win Dance.

The fifth annual ball of local union, No. 90
National Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Employees, will take place at Assembly hall
tomorrow evening. The proceeds OF the en-
tertainment revert to the organization for
union purposes and every effort has been
made to insure g. successful event. The ar
rangements have been in the hands Of capa-
BILE committee. and SO far as preliminary ef-
fort is concerned, nothing has been left un-
done. The music will be furnished by q
complete orchestra, and special entertainment,
features will be introduced. Refreshments
will be served.
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-06
HOSTILE TO AMERICA
COMMENTS OF BERLIN NEWSPA-
PERS ON ACTION OF PEACE
COMMISSIONERS
DENOUNCED AMERICAN CLAIM
Branded as Inipudent and Unheard
of and an Outrage Upon a Fallen
Fce--EurOpe Called Upon to In
tervene While There Is Time and
OppoFtunity-Germ Elections
Favorable to American Interests.

copyrighted by the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Nov. 5.-The news that the
United States now demands the whole
OF the Philippine islands has created
much interest here The newspapers
comment volubly upon it, The Cologne
Gazette says:
The interests Of Germany will be
especially injured by the American an
EeXation, as the policy Of concessions
which ruled under the Spanish flag will
be quickly ended. Moreover. the Amer
lean demand. from a humane point Of
view, is unheard Of It means the bleed
Ing or fallen foe OF the last drop Of
blood, and will react against the victor.
The sympathies of the world will be
on the side Of Spain, brutally ground
down by her enemy"
The National Zeitung points out that
the Philippine islands would, in the
hands of the Americans, be not only
of immense value commercially, but of
paramount Importance, (which all the
powers having interests in the far East
are bound to seriously consider" There
fore. the National Zeltung thinks, some
power may oppose the change of own
enship.
The Vcssisehe Zeitung lectures the
United States for its alleged greed, and
the Deutsche Zeitupg describes the
United States demands as piece of
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-06
STRIKERS USE STICKS.
Attack Employees of GouId's Factory
Who Attempt to Go to Work.

:" hp Attempt 10 10 to work.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-The trouble
among the striking girls in Edwin
Gould's match factory, just outside of
Passaic, has not been settled. Thurs
day morning the five loyal ones re-
ported for work at the factory as
usual. But the 155 strikers were equal
ly determined to prevent them
Immediately in the rear of the Con-
tinental match factory is a small
grove. The striking matchmakers
went into it and cut heavy branches
from the trees. Then they waited
around the factory corner for the ar
rival of the Gould loyalists. The five
came up the road together. The strik-
ers rushed on the loyalists and beat
them with tree boughs until they took
refuge, bruised and crying and fright
ened, in the factory entrance. They
attempted to assemble at the factory
today to repeat Thursdays perform
ance, but the police prevented 1T.