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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-02-17

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Gany queer stories are told Of the
Fsistence and clever devices Of the
llectors Of bad debts, but even pro-
Isional humorist would find II hard to
rent anything more absurd than the
kthod actually in use among the Ma
.rattas-at least. il travellers tales are
be trusted.
In that country, so they say, when q
editor cannot get his money and be-
hs to regard the debt us desperate.
proceeds to sit ''dhurna" upon his
Ibtor, that is, he squats down at tho
or Of his victims tent, and thereby
some mysterious way becomes mas
OF the situation. No one can go in
out except by his sanction. He
Either himself eats nor allows the
btor to eat, and this extraordinary
hrvation contest is kept up until eth
the debt is paid or the creditor gives
J the siege, and in the latter case the
bt is held to be Cancelled.
However strange it may appear to
aropeans, this method Of enforcing a
mand is an established and almost
Siversal usage among the Maharatas.
ID seems to them mere matter of
urse. Even their "scindiah," or chief
i'm. is not exempt from It.
The laws by which the "dhurna" is
gulated are as well defined as those
any other custom whatever. When
Is meant to he very strict the claim
II takes with him number of his
llowers, who surround the tent, and
knetimes even the bed Of his adver-
ry. to make sure that he obtains no
brsel of food. The code, however.
|escribes the same abstinence for the
IN who impose the ordeal. and, of
l1rse. the strongest stomach wins the
". After all, we have little right to
icule this absurdity, for our own
US still provide, nominally at least,
starving n jury into verdict.
A similar custom was once so preva-
It in the province and city of Benares
bit Brahmins were sometimes system
cally put through course of train
to enable them to endure long
he without food. They were then
BIT to the door of some rich person,
ere they publicly made q vow to re-
lin fasting until certain sum of
Pney was paid, or until they perished
m starvation. To cause the death
Brahmin was considered so helm
an offense that the cash was gener-
y forthcoming, but never without a
olute struggle to determine wheth-
the man was likely TO prove stanch,
the average oriental win almost as
IN give up his life as his money
Bton Journal.
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dom recla,ned-scaroely ever by the
sshool first attended
The Commissioner of Education
builds Government schools wherever
the need for them exist-indeed, when
ever the opportunity offers. Many OF
them are useless at present. as they are
so remote as TO make anything APP
preaching fair attendance out Of the
question. Federal inspectors have crit
icised the worthy Commissioner for
thus building for the future. but that
distinguished gentleman. secure in the
autocratic power conferred upon him
by Congress. goes serenely on his way,
realizing that Alaska is the coming
arena of American energy. and that in
so building he is bestowing a lasting
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-02-17
AiA skAN 1An,ANs Ar ScWoOL

ishing. though now much is done
toward the development; Of intelligence
and moral stamina-so long. that is 70
say, as the pupils are under the direct
influence OF the teachers.
Early Marriages Encouraged.
As precaution against back sliding
the students are encouraged to marry
as soon as they have graduated and to
establish separate homes OF their own
1t has been demonstrated many times
that the civilized Thlinglt or Eskimo. II
left 20 the tender mercies OF his or her
uncivilized relatives and friends, soon
relapses into savagery, Early mar
riages DO much to counteract this ten.
dency. but the Government should DO
something more to attach the risirT
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-02-17

ss mercury win surely destroy the sense ol
smeli aud completely derarge the whole system
when entering u throush the mucous surfaces
Such articles should never be used expect ON
prescriptions from reputable physicians as the
damags they will do Is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure manufactured ny +. j. Chenney a C"..
Tulcdo, o., contains no mercury, and In taken
internally. acting dire ty upon the blood aud
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Ca,arrh Cure be sure ou get the genuine.
Il is taken internally, and made in Toledo,
Ohio. by +. j. Chenney 4 Co. Testimonials
ir e.
Sold by Druggists price 75c per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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more ignorant savages will be aston
ished to learn that the Territory Is
more favored than any other section
Of the United States in the matter Of
public schools. People In other parts
Of the Union know so little Of this land
OF gold that everything concerning 1t
is now to them, but the above state
meut will be an especial surprise. Yet
it Is bsolutely true. Uncle Sam is more
generous to his children in the Great
Northwest than to any of his other lit
tie ones. 1t is NOT his fault that they
are not further advanced in knowledge
than the pubic school children of New
York, Chicago or even Boston.
Congress makes an annual appropri-
alton for the establishment and main
tenance of public schools throughout
Alaska. and the Territorial Commits
sioner of Education. appointed by the
Secretary of the Interior, has full
power to apply this money as he may
see fit, either to the building of new
schools. to be maintained entirely by
the Government, or to subsidizing paro-
chial and mission schools and helping
to support those already established.
His Judgment is final, and upon him
rests a responsibility heavy enough to
be Il burden 20 any one mantle CIV
ilization and education of all the thou
sands of white, creole, Indian, Eskimo
and Mongollan children, in whose little
hands lie. to large extent, the future
of this great treasure-house Of Amer
too
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-02-17
Noble Men mt WorlS.

Missionaries of every creed are scat
tered over this broad land TO work for
the Christianizatlon OF the native and
half-breed children, and the mental de-
velopment of the sons and daughters of
the white settlers. They are noble
workers in a noble cause, and much
good has been accomplished by their
tireless energy and indomitable cour-
age in the face of many difficulties.
But 1t is doubtful that. with all their
pluck and perseverance, they would
have achieved such great results had
not the Federal Government appreci-
sted and satisfied the need OF ample
capital with which to push the cam
paign against heathenism. The mis-
sionaries were the pioneers; Uncle Sam
is the sound financial hacker of the
plnlanthropic enterprise.
Two obstacles have made educational
work In Alaska extremely dificult-the
rowing habits OF the natives and the
stupid mulish antagonism OF the Rus
sian Church to all things American. AS
to the first. II Is disappearing with the
advance of civilization; the second is
more deeply rooted. founded as It is on
intense bigotry and violent race preju-
dice. and many years will be required
to overcome It, 1t Is inbred in every
native with the least drop of Russian
blood In his veins. and is shared by
many of unmixed aboriginal descent.
Special legislation will be required TO
eradicate the evil.
Il must be remembered that the Alas
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generation permanently to civiiizatson-
The Photograph mailed two weeks ago.
which you will probably publish here
with. was taken by your correspondent
at the Karluk school. on the west side
at Kadiak Island. An experiment made
by the Commissioner OF Education iu
employing an educated Russian and HIS
wife to run the school has. contrary to
expectation, proved successful. Your
correspondent found the school In a
fiourishing condition. with a high aver
age OF attendance and intelligence. and
noted many evidences Of the popularity
of the teachers. The Russian. having
the confidence Of the natives. has in
duced the Thlingits not only to send
their children but TO attend the school
themselves. See-woo-ak (Mountaiu
with-trees), the old woman IN the fur,.-
ground with her granddaughter. NUH
max tThe Northern Thistle), between
her knees. Is % years old Her SOU
Tipoo-chak (White FISH. who is holG
ing the Stars and Stripes. is as Az
three generations Of this family attend
school regularly
Dnngrrou. Experiment..
The employment Of Russians -
teachers in the Government schools Z.
capital idea. II those gentry may
safely be depended upon to incuIcate
American ideas while giving English ir-
struction, for the Thlingits and Eski-
mos have more faith in the subjects aC
the Car than in citizens Of the United
States. But the Commissioner Of Ed
ucation Is not sure he can find mans.
Russians who would be as loyal TO thstv.
trusts as is the good gentleman ';.
charge Of the Karluk school. and h. ..-
slow to extend the experiment. The -al-
tional spirit Is strong in the breast D(
every Russian, from imperalists to nj
hilists, and it is more than likely that
given control OF the United Statea-
schools, they would teach their o.gn
tongue, almost to the exclusion OF An
CLOS Saxon
After the thrush of gold seekers -.
the Spring thcr. viii be many more
white children in ALASKA than ut pr.-.-
ent, and Congress viii soon be asks
TO increase the appropriation at ta.
disposal of the Commlss ionar of EGa-
cation, 1t Is To T." hoped Uncle Sa,.
will prove as generous 70 his little one.
from the States as b" ras beer % nl-.
duslSy babes ~ the srimcval woods
MARK FALIoN.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-02-17
where the Dirercncc Law.

pne day last summer gentleman at
finfield, n. j., had notice served on
n by his cook.
rWhy do you leave?" he asked.
FITS too hot here for a Christian in
hmer."
It's no hotter for you than II is for
!" observed the employer. yet
e to stay"
That's the difference between you
me-" returned the cook. II
cnt."-Harlem Life.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-02-17

uE Is GOOD To HIS LITTLE ONES
IN THE GREAT NORTHWEST.

Is Favored Above All Other
Parts OF the United states I'm the
Matter Of schools, for the Terri
torial mmissioner of Educa-
tion Has Ample Authority to
Build New schools Long Before
They Are Absolutely Needed aud
TO subsidi,e Missions for the Pur-
poses of impnrting English Edu-
cation and Inculcating American
Idens-PowerfuI Opposition from
the Russian Church-Good Work
Of Other Christian Sects.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-02-17
Caution Notice

At the constable's sale recently l purchased
the following named articles and left them in
the possession OF John q. hoycr. All persons
are hereby cautioned not TO meddle with the
same
3horses lot harness, shoats, fat hog,
wagon, spring harrow, lot corn. buggy. mower,
plow. interest of twelve aSrSS grain ia
ground. lot potatoes, cook stove, lot carpet )
beds and bedding.
J. L. bvGAR, McKces Half Falls, Pa.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-02-17
coNsurLo's NEW CASTLE
American Duchess said tO Have,
bought Rryn Bras.
(Ey ABglo-AmtriSIn ryvss.l
CAkplEE. MlleS. Oct. -

(Ey ABglo-AmeriSln pyvssl
CARDIFF, Wales. Oct. -
Bryn Bras castle and estate ct aboul;
eighty acres, near the celebrated Han
beris pass. IN the county OF CsrrSrvon
has been sold by private trsSy tcs
Messrs, Hedger and Mixer of White
hall. s. W,
The castle is said to have cost some
800. 900 TO build. and has the reputation
OF being haunted. the ghost" being in.
cluded In the sale.
u Is reported that the purchaser is
Consuslo. Duchess OF Marlborough. for
merly Mss Vanderbilt. os New York
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-02-17
80 Years improvements
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Illustrations of old fashioned i'm
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A vast amount of practical infor-
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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-02-17
BARNEY BARNATO'S WILL
HEIRS OF THE MINING Ntr.,
ENRICHED FOR LIFE

His Real Name Was Dnrnett I-aar~.
hut He Called Himself BHrurvt
isnnrs Enrnato-8orn fn EuEluud-
lie Emigrated TO south Africa ~
the Age Of Twenty, in 1871, usd
Laid the Foundation Of Hts 20
lossal Fortune.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-02-17
Trial List fer Feb. Term

Margaret l. Hassinger va ". X. and G, L.
llassnger. ad'Gs of j. :. iIassinger, deceased.
Assumrsit.
Louisa Nartin vs Chas. H. Graybill and wife.
An appeal.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-02-17

I n1u A0unfr for my Perforated Stamping
Lduy hSUlllO atterns and Stamped Linen.
4. OFT, Ferrysville, d. l-?1-lm.
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Especially
SITKA. Alaska, Oct. II.

q Nf, NIdSNd, VNN' III
Via SEATTLE. Wash, Oct. -.
Those accustomed to think Of Alaska
'teii only by illiterate whites and still
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-02-17
Average of Attendance Low.

Most of the Alaskan schools. public
and parochial. are open about l75 days
is extremely low, 40 per cent. being
considered good. All that the mission
aries and Government teachers can do
does not persuade the Thlingits and
Eskimos to make their children attend
school regularly. The fact that the
parents are still forced to wander many
miles in search of new hunting and
fishing grounds frequently causes the
loss of the brightest pupil just when
to the school once lost. pupil is sell
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-02-17

kan native IL distinctly anti-progres.
sive. Thlingit and Eskimo are equally
satisfied with their respective modes Of
life, and passively resent any attempts
at amslioration of their conditions. A
Thlingit who has not, with his immedi-
ate ancestors. been subjected to strong
civilizing influences for many years.
would rather sleep on the ground. " tn
the rain pouring upon his bare skin,
his head alone sheltered under his In
verted kayak or canoe, than repose on
n new folding-bed In the best room OF
the Occidental Hotel. The Eskimo much
prefers his stuffy igloo. or hemispher-
ical snow hut, to the most commodious
of modern dwellings. Both races have
less regard for personal comfort than
any other people that has ever inhab-
tied the North American continent. A
steam heated nat would drive any Es-
kimo or Thlingit to suicide.
Truancy In Encouraged.
So when their children. after much
persuasion by missionaries or Govern
ment teachers, are finally persuaded to
go to school. the parents are miserable.
and prophesy darkly the unhappy end
OF their lconoclastic offspring. Despite
the most positive promises. they DO
their best to keep the little ones at
home as much as possible. Truancy
Is encouraged more or less actively by
the parents of nearly every native
child, while the creoles and other mixed
breeds prefer to send their children to
the numerous parochlal schools estab-
lished by the Russian Church.
The Russian clergy are just as inim-
ical 10 the missionaries of the Roman
Catholic Church as they are to those of
all Protestant denominations, and
they regard even the lay teachers di-
rcctly in the employ of the United
States Government with extreme sus-
picion. They violently oppose the in
PRODUCTION of American educational
methods, and tell the crcoles, Indians
and Esklmos that the missionaries and
Government teachers are designing
persons, whose ultimate aim Ia to alien
ate the children from their parents.
Unfortunately, this accusation Is not
without foundation. The stern neces-
stiles Of civilization require that the
pupils be separated from their adult
relatives in order that the good results
accomplished by the teachers shall not
be countcraCtcd by barbarous inilu-
ences. After ten months of seclusion
In a seminary, or twice as many Of con-
stant attendance at day school, all
that Il Thlingit. or Eskimo, student has
learned may be swept out of his mind
by brief return 10 primitive ways of
life. II Is not conducive to "A high plane
of thought to live in a six-foot igloo
with n half dozen other persons. who
keep themselves smeared with ill-smell-
ing grease and share the general couch
with n pack Of sledge dogs. Even the
semi-civili2ed Indians are intOlerable
to Caucasian nostrils.
Average of Attendance Low.
Most of the Alaskan schools. public
and parochial, are open about l1j days
In the year. The average attendance
is extremely low. 40 per cent. being
considered good. All that the mission
,;ag .nI ,,,, a.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-02-17
Rudimcnts Only Are Taught.

English is taught. of course. at all
the Government schools, as we'll as the
missions subsidized by the Commis-
sioner Of Education, and one of the in
dependent Russian schools, hut the Ian
guage of the Car Is favored by all the
missionaries of the Russian Church.
and Is a powerful obstacle to the in
PRODUCTION of good old Anglo Saxon.
Unless some educational genius deviscs
Il plan to obliterate the harsh gutturals
of the Russian tongue from the minds
Of the natives II will take a long tim"
to make English the universal Ian
guagc throughout the length and
breadth Of Alaska. This last should
be accomplished as speedily as posi-
BILE, for unless it be done 1t will he hard
to make the Indians AMI Eskimos real
lie that they are the children OF Uncle
Sam
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beneht upon the nation. He enjoys
the confidence OF the Secretary of the
Interior. to whom he is directly re-
sponsible, and rightly. for he n one Of
the most enthusiastic and single-heart-
ed departmental chiefs. In the Territory.
Thirty-nve Alaskan schools.
According to the latest national re-
port there are thirty-five schools in
Alaska, of which sixteen are main
tanned entirely by the United States,
and nineteen are controlled by
churches and benevolent societies. Two
of the latter are supported in part by
this Government. five by the Russian
Imperial Government. four by the Pres
byterian Board OF Home Missions, one
by the Board OF Missions of the Prot
estant Episcopal Church, one by the
Roman Catholic Church. one by the Sis
tcrs OF st. Ann, one by the Holy Synod
Of Russia. one by the American Branch
of the Swedish Free Mission Society,
one by the Swedish Evangelical Union
and two by the North American Com
e clause in its charter.
The Government public schools are
situated at Carmel. Douglas City (2).
Fort Wrangell, Holy Cross, Jackson,
Juneau (2). Kadiak. killisnoo. Klawak.
Metlakahtla. this city l2), Unalaska
and unga; the parochial and mission
schools are at Blagovestchensky Christ
Church Mission. Holy Cross, Huna,
Ha!da Mission, Tununuk, Sltka. Ju-
neau, Metlakahtla, Kadiak (2), st.
George, St Paul Unalaklik. VeZnesen-
sky, Yakutat and minor points.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-02-10
For City Clerk

The announcement of MT. Arthur T. Loving as candidate for City Clerk at the ensuing municipal cleo tion Tuesday, April the 5tb, will be found in the proper column of to- days issue. Mr. Loving has deeid- ed to enter the race at the solieita- tion of his many friends. He is at present chief clerk in the office of the general foreman of the car de- partment at the Cotton Belt shops,
 and is a sterling young business man. He has been a citizen of Pine Bluff for the past twelve years and has held his present position at the shops for the past six years. He is a young man of intelligence and so- Der and industrious business habits, and is amply qualified for the posi- tion to which he aspires. Should he be elected he will no doubt make the "city fathers" a most efficient clerk.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-02-10

During the extreme cold weather and storms of this winter il comparatively new danger to human and animal life showed itself This was the peril aris- ing from falling and entangling electric wires Boston suffered most. The fierce winds blew down telephone and electric light wires These fell upon trolley wires and thence dangled down to the street. coming frequently in contact with passing horses that dropped dead as from lightning Lott. One of the leading conveniences of ali elegant pri- vate residence Is always its brilliant electric lighting. yet these may i'll a high wind or from some other cause be- come crossed by other wires and set fire to and destroy the building which they illuminate, as happened i'll one of the sumptuous homes of Il Boston suburb lately
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-02-10

The people of Arkansas, irrespec- tive of politics or condition, are glad to welcome back Hon. Clifton R. Breckinridge, late minister to Russia. We are all proud of him as a citizen, and proud of the record he has made. No man in office under the late administration reflected greater credit upon himself, upon his State or his country. The warm and cordial welcome extended to Maj Breckinridge shows the firm hold he has upon the people. If he should elect to reenter public life there is small room to doubt that other public honors are in store for him.-Arkansa Democrat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-02-10

Germany's grudge at tho United States shows itself in every conceivable form. We can hardly blame her per haps. We began by taking away hun dreds of thousands of Germany's best citizens and soldiers = strong, ruddy men, with healthy Teutonio blood in their veins. For that Bismarck i'll par ticular never forgave us. Next we for warded to the Germans our flour and meat; landed the goods upon their own soil cheaper than they could produce it at home That, too, was q profound insult in tho eyes of the kaiser and his coun- cilors. We have finally capped the eli max of deadly wrong done to Germany by sending her people our delicious fresh fruits from California and else where. Germany tried to bar out our meats on the ground that they were dis eased, and now sho rules our fresh fruits out on trumped up charge that they contain ''vermin" which will attack the native fruits and trees The only '.vermin" that ever seriously attacked American fruits came from foreign lands One of these was the San Jose scale from Australia tho other the grape phylloxera, from France The real vermin ill tho present case are tho swarming microbes of trade jealousy in the German mind.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-02-10

Here are @ few testimonials, says, the New York Tribune that patent medicine men might use s'I have been unable to walk without crutches, after using your ointment I ran for office. II lost my eye sight four years ago. I used a bot tie of your eyewash and saw wood. q have been dumb ever since I was married, but the day after using your remedy I had Q speaking like ness taken Ut the photographers. " Sometime age Host the use of both arms. Shortly after buying a box of your pills I struck man for s10n q have been deaf for many years but after using your ointment I heard that my aunt had died and left me $10,OOO. "-Texarkana Journal