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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-12-21

Encourage all improvements.
Help all industries that give EN-
ployment to those who need it. Sc
linsgrove and Middleburg both have
secured new industries lately. There
are other towns in the county that
should have place to employ their
idle men, boys and girls. Every
improvement has a beneficial influ-
ence. An idle man has no place in
this world, and enforced idleness is
due to the fact that unemployed
capital is not properly used. Vol
untary idleness is an inactivity OF
quite another character. 1t neither
receives nor deserves encourage
ment, but there is enough ofentorced
iuleness TO demand the attention OF
every business man and capitalist in
every village and hamlet in Snyder
County.
what heart can think, or tongue express,
The harm that groweth OF idleDess."
JouS HEYwoop-lDLENESS
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-12-21
MCCLURE.

Edward Kinney of this place is
now nightoperator at Middleburg.,
The Evangelical Sunday school will
hold an entertainment OH Christmas
evening. Don't forget your good
friends on Christmas. Our old
veteran, Israel Young, killeda pork
er last week weighing 4S2 lbs. 80.
John Stuck spent Sunday under the
parental root. =. Mrs. Specht OF
Beavertown deserves much credit
for the grand musical concert render
ed to us by herself, and class ofthis
place last Thursday evening. =. Il
had the pleasure of grasping the
hand Of my fellow teacher, William
Zimmerman of Paxtonville VINO de-
livered an able address at the music
al concert Isaac Dreese and Andy
Odoncll are busily engagedin shipp-
ing poles and prop timber.
Hurley Romig, wife and daughter,
Margaret, of Adamsburg spent a
few days at this place. :. Mrs. X.
F. Krebs and two daughters of Sun
bury are visiting friends at this place
at present The teachers institute
held at the Ridge shool was a great
success, all the teachers but one be-
ing present. Last Wednesday ev-
ening the members and sweethearts
of theG G. A. X. Post of Mcclure
held an oyster supper in the Hall
and report having had good old
time.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-12-21

The Lewisburg Saturday Ne%N
says that Union County will have a
tull-hcdgcd candidate for State
Senator. This remark was madeby
our much esteemed contemporary in
reply to the posT's statement that
Union County would probably not
ask for it owing to the fact that ex-
Representative Focht would ask to
be returned to the lower house at
Harrisburg. 1t appears now that
the Hon. Benz. X. Focht has been
called by the powers that be and he
will step torthto become a candidate
for State Senator. He is the one
who will be a full-Hedged candidate
for State Senator next year. Snyder
County will be asked to give Union
County the State Senatorship next
wear and the President Judge in
1901. Union County does not want
much. They might ask for the con-
gresham, too.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-12-21
Thursday, Dec, 21, 1899.

The date of the National ReplIb-
lican Convention having been fixed
for June 10, all state conventions
must beheIl earlier than usual and
county primaries will be called
earlier so as to select delegates tc
the state and national conventions
Hence, it is likely the Republican
primary will be held earlier this yeal
than last year.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-12-21

The principal of the Middlebnrg
public schools righttully aliudes to
the English language as a living
language. 1t must be 50 OF necessity
owing to the progress Of the age.
The words "gramophone" an d
"phonograph" are new in onr Ian
uage owing to the recent discovery
of the articles to which they refer.
Lexlcographers will not be slow to
accept such words and philologists
will be prompt in endorsing them
because every new article for con-
venience must have a name. The
best English writers ofthe day will
use them, but how is it with words
that are coined by novices to sabsti-
tute for good established words?
"Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last TO lay the old aside"
PoPE-EsAy on CRITICISM.
A tyro shows exceedingly bad
taste, first to use words before they
are accepted by the verybest writer's
and secondly he assumes a stillmor
nonsensical position in making a
puerile attempt to justify the use Of
such words. The newspaper writers
who have a sufficient reputation to
Justify the use Of new words in our
language are exceedingly rare.
Charles A. Dana in his time might
have done it; Alexander Mcclure
might not be criticised ifheattempt-
ed to introduce good word, but we
doubt whether either ofthesegentle-
men ever thought. Of risking their
reputation in using q word before it
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-12-21

We congratulate ,he people OF
Philadelphia and also the people of
Pennsylvania on having secured the
National Republican Convention. 1t
will meet June 10, 1900 to rcnom-
mate President Mckinley who will
be the first President of heTwentieth
Century. There were four contest
ants,-New York, Chicago, st.
Louis and Philadelphia. Pennsyl-
vania is the father of Republican
ma.joritcs and it is fitting that the
next National Convention should be
held within its borders.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-12-21

found place in the dictionary, ex-
ccpt in case of Il word 10 apply to
an invention or discovery. Prot.
Killian's articles on Language are
well worthy of consideration and
should be most carefully studied
where they obtain theirpublicity.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04

tho opportune moment we shall see VII
liam Mckinley and Joseph Wheeler
march 10 the footlights. hand-in-hand,
the nag above thcm-beneath them en-,
blazoncd on a strip OF red. white ana
blue: "The land We love from end 70
end. " or words 20 that effect. and then
what7 What arc the Democrats going
TO do about N2 How are they going TO
meet it?'
There are quite number OF people
who think that sort OF thing Is "Oid
Horse Sense sitting I'm the rocker
though neither we nor they have very
definite idea OF what "Old Horse Sense
sitting in the rocker" is But, to The
Times mind. while there may be great
deal OF "Old Rocker Horse Sense In
tho notion. there IS about as little COM
mon sense in 1t as in anything we have
met with.
When the Democratic party finds II
necessary TO boost itself up by nominat-
ing an open. avowed and lifelong Re-
publican as it's candidate for President
we think IL about time the Democratic
party should go out Of business. and let
a party that has some common sense
II no "Old Horse Sense" takes its place
As TO the Coloners query What arc
the Democrats going TO do about it?'
we answer that the Democrats have
been acting so foolishly OF late years
that we don't know what they are going
10 DO about IL. But we have no diff
Guilty I'm suggesting what they ought TO
do about 81. We would have them nomi-
nate an old-fasioned. dyed-in-the-wooi
Democrat who has real convictions in
connection with the eternal division be-
tween Democracy and Republicanism. We
would have him also march 20 the foot
lights with the flag above him-beneath
him emblazoned on strip Of red, white
and blue the land we love from END 10
end. " ana we would have him also de-
clara that he intended TO preserve the
limo that separates Democracy from Re
u,iblicanism broad and distinct lhat
we intended 10 preserve the gold stand
ard. but that he was going 70 look into
the causes that raised up the terrible
cutlery for free silver and right the
wrong that brought it about. That as
the state Of our currency laws was that
cause. he would have those laws amend
cd So that all men could get the credit
accommodations that they were entitled
TO and n the Democratic party did that
it would elect its candidate.
And that is what the Democrats should
do about H..
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04

why not then advocate a protectorate
over France, Russia, Italy, Germany Nor
DO 1 agree with you that amending the
treaty by rejecting the Philippines pro-
tracts hostilities. Nothing is more COM
mon than to amend treaties-0f course,
they are not final until amendments are
agreed TO. OF course, Spain would in
stantly agree 20 it A prOtectorate and
annexation are substantially one and
the same thing-invOlve the same respon-
siblities-same expenses big army and
navy-see England in Egypt and the Sou
dan. You have virtually endorsed Nc
Kinley's Atlanta speech-"Who Will pull
down the fag?'
Bryan's CW J) position IS nonsense
20 ffght expansion after we have exc
panded-not 20 oppose confirmation of
treaty. The Finpinos say that we have
relieved them from a tyrannical govern
ment. but they don't want us to govern
Thorn so let them alOne-as we do the
Russians and MeXicans Mexico has the
most autOcratic government in the world.
Why not reform Mexico ora cur hordlr2
Answer: They don't want u.s. Neither
do the Malays Why are we under spec
cial obligations 90 the Malays2 We have
not taken from them anything th 81 want
ed to keep. Why should we force on
them wh1> they don't want2 Why not
do the same for the Russians? Instead
Of thanking us the Malays viii fight us
just rs Red Cloud and Sitting Bull did
DO YOU think them unerateful2 7 SUPP
pose YOU do. BY prOtectOratc you mean
protecting FiNpinos from themselves
why not protect MeXicans I'm same way2
WHY NOTE ANTI ENPANSIONlST
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04
Rettcr Than Mnttcrson,s.

Rear-Admiral Dewey and General FItz-
hugh Lee are ornaments 20 the mil tlry
and naval service OF tile United States.
For the work 60 which each has been
trained neither has "a superior iu the
United States. Admiral Dewey name D.
already a household word. while General
Lee has Il wide reputation Admiral
Dewey Is not politician, neither a demo-
crat nor free-trader. His Intimate friends
say that III no took "A practical interest in
politics he would be Republican Ger
tsinly any man who halls from Vermont
would instinctively, II not from cOnvic-
ton look coldly upon the free-trade pro-
gramme 10 which Colonel WattersOn has
long been devotedly attached. Gen. Fitz-
hugh Lee also has never given much att
tenu0n TO economic questions and pro-
badly has a very limited acquaintance
with the "star-eyed goddess oi reform
The General is a dashng soldier and a
very charming gentleman. Ike admiral
Dewey but as tariff reform missionaries
IL Is greatly 10 be feared that neither the
Admiral nor the General would prove 10
be phenomenal.
Assuming. however. that Colonel Wat
tersOns dream should be realized and
that n Vermont Republican and "A Virgin
national Democratic ticket. the next step
In the programme would be TO prepare a
platform upon which these heroes could
stand Fortunately that fine soldier Cen
eral Merritt who Is said % be 4 Demo
crat. and is undoubtedly an cNpansionist
has ALREADY supplied one which would
"ft the bill' most admirably. Colonel
VattersOn suggests THE Stars and
Stripes. God bless them General Mer-
ritt's Is better. The General has the cour-
age Of his convictions and recently Is re-
norted 10 have said. In discussing the OBJ
iectlons 10 Imperialism We have OUT
esrown the constitution and II Is not worth
while 10 discuss it."-Baltimore sun.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04

Now comes another suggestion Of an
eccentric character for the Democratic
nominee i'm lam peu., and titz Ice
90 '''''
these Suggestions come from quarters
not wholly orthodox from either the old
.f,,, 80, ,l,.. ...,.-ti,,.. .,,.,i,.,. .,f r,.,,~,
IeOy' 4"'9 'ino u ~ ile"iy eiS'"
in the Louisville Courior-J0urnal. and
Mr. Watfcrsou ia NOT ALWAYS a sound
-.
Nat'ersoh suggestion or Dewey ana
Lee Is not. therefore. illogical 10 IS
quite what might have been expected
-. .,... ,...nt.... ,.... .....t. ,,-,....,
-i0i' ''' ID ''''''''' Out '''1''' oo'''''''
but the Ooiohei reasons Tor ms so6-
gestlOns are quite as loglcal as the sug-
....tio, ts.if
rear MN STATE DDS case he says
10 come oo"h t' nara lo5lcM I"cis-
Old Horse Sense sttins in the rocker
the issut Of free silver being relesated
10 the limb of busted shades, the tariu
Issue pedeeiuiiy repoains upon the shelf
where the Cleveland administration LETT
80 20 wait Tor free trade under new COM
ditions-the season OF famine ended and
the season OF plenty arflNed-what are
the Democrats 70 90 for national plat
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04

Editor The Times:
Sir.-I am sorry 10 see that In Your
editorial Of the 24th-"Free Silver VIII
Kill Imperialism''-you virtually surren-
der opposition to annexation OF the phil
ippines by saying: "Our proposition must
be that we will exercise "A protectorate
over them until they are able 20 rule
themselves" The Sioux Indians are liable
TO rule themselves" in their own way
not ours: so are the Fflipinos. Why are
We under obligations TO protect them
any more than the orang-outangs OF
Borneo? or the Javese? The proper thing
Is 10 come away from there-leave them
alone-iust as we do other peoples-e z.
New Caledonia. Again. a protectorate.
such as you speak of-that Is OF being
ft 20 govern acknowledgements annexa-
ton for several thousand years. Do you
think the French 'able TO govern them
selvesr Tried by American and English
standards. they are not-Dreyfus cass--
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04
Al ENentide.

sometimes the day drags heavily aions,
,rbe waves of tumult in the busy street
strike on my heart with soulless, cease
less beat
And / can frame no song
Then comes the eventde. and in place
Upon whose Intel 1 have written
Home.
rest AS one love-crowned on a throne
Forgetting Sorrows face.
A little child. a cuddly. baby thing.
close To- my breast from smiling dreams
awakes.
Dear God, What balm 10 ease heart
that aches
This motherhood doth bring!
My eyes grow dim for sorrows-not mine
own.
But for the gricfs my sister-women bear
Who have no baby eyes TO daunt oe-
spair,
no chiId-iove TO atone.
Grace ID. Boyiand ia Baltimore Amer
lean.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04
ALTERNATE.

Deputy Attorney-General Peter l..
Cooper. Jr.. of Delaware, says he thinks
no one is entitled to the reward of 5000
offered by the State for the arrest and
conviction OF MINIS. Botkin. the poisOner
Of Mrs. Deane and Mrs. Dunning.
A Springfield Qll) special says: Some
time on Saturday night the Governors
office at the State House was entered
by thieves and $3.50 stolen from a drawer.
The crime is surrounded by mystery. as
all the floors of the building are guarded
by watchmen.
At the coming Of age last month Of
Robert Hamilton Kemp. eldest son and
heir OF Sir Kenneth Kemp. the fact
transpired that the Gissing estate in
Norfolk, Eng, had descended twenty
one generations-in fifteen instances
from father 10 son, in three from brother
10 brother, and in two from cousin 70
cousin-for a period Of six hundred
years.
II is said that the approaching mar
riaso OF William X. Vanderbilt Jr.. and
Miss Virginia Fair is likely TO bring Will
liam X Vanderbilt and his former wife,
Mrs. Oliver II. +. Belmont. to social uni
son. Miss Fair has long been Mrs. Bel
m0nt's best friend. and Miss Fairs sis
ter. Mrs Herman Oelrichs. and Herman
Oelrichs' sister, Mrs. William jay have
for years been Mrs. Belmonts intimates.
Mrs Belmont brought about the match
which Is so satisfactory 10 Mr.. Wander
bit.
Three bluejackets from the battleship
Texas. sister ship of the Inflated Maine
rowed at Sunday noon to the wreck Of
the famous vessel In Havana harbor and
holeted d large American flag 70 the
peak OF the wreck The flag was saluted
by the shipping in the har0or
Rain or shine. while the President Is
I'm the White House a splendid silk flag
always waves from hag-pole on the
Executives Mansion. When the Chief
Magistrate leaves Washington IL is taken
down and folded away until his return.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04

THE QUESTION.
Why paint We Time an ancient man,
Ills limbs grown weak and old,
And Boo his nerveless hold
A rusty TuHsmanf
Hath Time grown oldR
Doth not the sun his course fulfill;
Tho noeting Seasons follow on
From ruddy Spring TO Winter wan,
T'nceasing. constant stilE
Hath Time grown old?
one Day Is as another Day
one Year is as another Year.
Yet with the passing of his bier,
A Man doth fade for aye
Hath Time grown old?
Unto an things. OF earthly brood.
Tie Ruling Wisdom hath assigned
A resurrection. I'm their kind
Man never is renewed
Onward the soquent Ages roll
Relentless. though the Hope OF youth
CrumbIes 90 Age. Ambitions tooth
Sun gnawing at the soul
Time grows not cold!
TIE ANSWER.
Peace Man shall but begin 10 be
When. like "A crumpled scroll,
The skies to ruin roll
When dawns Eternity!
When Time grows old,
Edward +. Garesche in the Catholic
Magazine.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04

in duiiest seasons has been running on
full time and has been most profitable
Richmond Is pre-eminently a manufac-
turing city and those who believe In
Richmond and in Richmond's advantages
will now have an opportunity Of putting
their faith to the test We think the
facts will bear US out that Richmonders
who have invested in home enterprises
have had better results than Richmond
ers who have invested in the boom towns
of the West. 4.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04
Before thy course be done.


And thou shalt love. and learn what love
is worth.
And thou shalt trust and learn TO value
men.
And all the sudden mysteries OF earth
Shall open TO thy ken.
.
What wilt be flying? Am I. then, too
staid?
Can not smooth the meditativs brow.
Flash through the sun and otter through
the shade.
As birds from bough TO Dough?
what dos, thou linger7 All. my dear,
how much
Thou givest. couldst thou only UNDER
stand
The kiss Of childish pity. and the touch
or thine absolving hand.
Arthur Christopher Benton in the At
lanta Journal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04

Sunday school Teacher-Who was the
shortest man mentioned in the bioIet
Bright Pupil-Petert
Teachcr-Why. j wasn't aware OF any
reference being made 90 ms stature
Bright Pupn-ie spoke or IL nlilselr
s,hen he said. silver and gold nave
none Gould anyone bee shorter?-Chi-
cagn NeWs.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04

old signs are written in thy tender face,
Desires. regrets that thou hast never
known,
Thou art the heir of thy aspiring race,
Heir OF a troubled throne;
OF hope that hardly dost portend the
morn.
And sadness. that hast scarcely guessed
az pain.
God takes the characters OF fate outworn,
And writes them fair again.
Those little feet that scarce the light turf
press.
Those little hands, so brown with wind
and sun,
God grant they tremble not for WEAKNESS
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04

"Whv. grandpa. you used 20 say tnat
Won killed six Indians with one shot'
then you cut il down 90 hVe' no" you
say 10 was four
.,NeI wen. my child . suppose that's
be.ause INV memorys failin u little
every year. Brooklyn Life.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04
A McnoniO.

OF presume you carry a memento OF
some sort in that locket OF yours?
precisely. IL is a lock OF my husband 8
hair"
"But your husband Is stu alive
"Yos. but his hair is all gone. "-Ex-
change.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04
Whnt Sic Mantcd.

"The idea OF a girl Of her social posi-
ton becoming infatuated with a contor-
ZIONIST"
OF think she saw FRI him a man she
could wind around her little finger
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04

Stayieight-Tommy. DO you tnink your
sister ls fond OF me-
,-,rnmy-l don't know. She gave me a
ouarter 20 set the clock half an hour
fast.-Jewish Comment.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04

'IIavo you heard Bob lngersolIs last
lecturer
"N0 and 7 don't expect 10 as long as
tho pulpit keeps on advertising hlin'
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04

ct believe Katharine is older than she
SAYS she is"
Why"
"She has the shoulder-shawl habit -
Chicago Record.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04

Josh Aiedders-Your Fran'pa lived 10 a
green old age. didn't ho2
Abney Appledry-Y he bought gold
bricks. lghinin rods and cycloPeaees
to the last.-Harpers Bazaar
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04

Two actresses and one actor Of New
York. with liabilities OF $4,000, have been
adjudged bankrupts. Why don't some
body arrange 10 capitalize nerve and save
these folks.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04

We speak Of the years Of "ninety-eight
and "ninety-nine" but for next year the
Boston Globe says, only "a year now to
"oughty-ought" That is truly naughty
naught.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04
southeruers in Northern Army

Elitor Of The Times.
sr.-A good deal Of criticism is being
INDUCED in az General Wheelers eX-
pense because he said the slave-hoidins
States furnished a largo contingent 20
tho Union army during the war ls6l-6 90.
The accompanying table is taken from
the World Almanac. 1896. page 53l. Num-
bers are not given for Georgia. Virginia
and South Carolina. and ] have estimated
their quotas at 5000. No statistics. SO
far as 1 am informed. have ever shown
the Confederate armies 10 have had
more than 10000 men. or whereabouts.
SO General Wheeler was not far wrong.
7 have often made the same statement
II is bOouess. 20 speculate what misht
have been If the South had been united
in the great struggle. Tho truth Is "a
divided South confronted solid North.
and whenever that happens-in battle
with bullets or with baiiots-the result
IS not doubtful I know that people do
not like 20 be bothered with facts now
adays and had far rather be Jed upon
hystorical defamation and emOtin3l
gush but once IN. a while 20 may he we'll
To offend them with the TRUTH
Rfchrnond Va Dec q Isgg
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04
Atthe Hub.

Pertaining 10 culture in Boston.
Tho latest report is the crowning
That even their beans must possess cor
rect taste
Ana go through fun course Of brown
ing Judge.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04

Some Of the good resolutions are begin
ming TO show jimmy marks.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04

Roosevelt has been twice married and
has six children. His has truly been an
eventful career.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04

freeze one day and a thaw the next
gives the plumber a lead-pipe einch.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04

Mr.. Pulitzer has announced his circua-
ton figures for 1898, and again we are
reminded Of the old days Of sounds of
heavy bombarding in the Windward Pas
SAGE"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04

Quay still boasts OF the only winter
bearing plum tree known 10 science.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04

way 7 can get YOU just as we'll at the
tcher's-Fllegende Batter.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04

Judge Day stuck sharp pin in the An
glo-Saxon Alliance air-bag.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04
FOR DISEASES OF THE LIVER
STOMACH AND KIDNEY

phur Springs Is the most valuable In
America. Purcen. Ladd & Co.. wholesale
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-04

PETERSBURG AGENT,
NIt5 s. G. HUTCHINSON. Z LOMBARD
STREET.