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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-09-14
THERE Is NO WASTE.

Everything is used. The bones
and refuse are used for fertilizer; a
department for makipglt is connect
ed with this establishment. They
use the tallow tomake butterine that
cannot be detected omgenuinebut-
ter. They make extracts for soups,
excelsior farm susage, canned meats,
white label lard, hams, bacon, etc.
etc. 1t is a veritable hive Of indus
try in which no drones are allowed
to harbor. They kill sheep andhogs
with still more speed. 1t is all one
great rush and it has been one, Of the
most interesting sights Of my life to
see cattle and sheep turned 50 quick
ly to all kinds of marketable pro-
ducts. Chickens, too, fall. under
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-09-14

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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-09-14
GREAT DISTANCES.

There are but few Eastern people
who appreciate the great distancesi in
the West. 1t takes three days and
three nights to go from here to San
Francisco, Portland or Seattle. Kan
sas City is 21O miles from Lincoln
or nearly as far as Middleburg is
from Pittsburg. In few days I
expect to be in Denver, the great
metropolis of the Rocky Mountain
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-09-14

II EAL ESTATE!
The heirs and legal representatives re Of Samue,
IL. Walter latc of franklin township, SNYDER
60. "a, deceased, will evpos-t I, ublic veudue
or on''crv nc the old Homestead il. said town.
Depot, said county. Oh
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-09-14

their skillful hands. To. show the
readers OF the "Post" themaguitude
of this stupendous plant, it is neces-
sary only to say that the coal used
every day runs from soto 35 car
loads. There is also an ice-making
plant and host of other things that
cannot even be touched upon in this
letter. 90.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-24

There is probably no one thing today
which does so much to force out the sma.
operator aud 10 build UP those trusts and
monopolies against which law and public
opinion alike beats in vain as the dis
elimination In freight rates" competition
being thus crushed, prices can be raised
and sustained. 1t is impossible for hard
times to come TO u successful trust. Me-
cessities as sugar etc, are usually chosen
for trust operations The people must
have necessities, and they must pay trust
prices for the articles governed by trusts
This makes the trusts safe, whatever may
be the price OF cotton, wheat, corn OF
WOOL etc. II is right to sustain normal
prices, not abnormal ones, II they are sus-
tanned all along the line, so that all pro-
ducers get the benefit OF the same. When
the farmers prosper manufacturers pros
per. for the farmers are able to buy;
then there Is also plenty of work and good
prices for mechanics and good business for
the merchant. The sustaining OF prices
OF staple products would assure normal
prosperity to all the producers of the
same; and consequently to the MASSES OF
the people in general But the sustaining
OF trust prices OF trust products benefits
only the few who are in the trust, and
makes the masses of the people con-
tributors to the prosperity of the trusts.
Thus we now see how competition Is
crushed and prices advanced or sustained.
Production cheapened by concentration
In the most favored localities, use of the
latest and best machinery. This is econom-
ically correct, but 1t entails terrible hard
shin by the closing of factories, thus
throwing out of employment operatives
and mechanics and laborers. Thus at the
expense Of labor the monsters profits are
enhanced There has not been found as
yet a way for farmers TO Join q trust to
sustain normal prices for their products
Farmers are at the mercy OF the railroads
and of competitive prices in the world 8
market. The prices of farmers products
are determined in Liverpool minus tho
freight charges made by combined carry
ing companies. Farmers are not protected
by either a tariff or bounty. yet for
what he buys he must pay trust prices,
and these very trusts are protected by a
tariff and tariff laws. Our enormous ex-
ports that we have been Boosting of so
much for the past four years, and which
gave heavy balance in our favor of trade,
are made up largely. three fourths or
more, of agricultural products yet the far
mer gets no protection either directly or
individually except on WOOL and make him
pay trust prices for most he has to buy,
as our tariff laws protect the trusts.
We have law against trusts. but we
have never yet had an attorney general
that would enforce it. 1t is said that the
attorney generals under every recent ad-
ministration have been corporation or
trust attorneys At any rate, the anti
trust law is practically dead letter for
those illegal organizations thrive and null
tiply in spite of it. We want lust and
equitable laws and equality under the law.
When will we get such simple justice as
this? VIM. X. Grayson. NJ. D.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-24
SITUATION IN THE pHILrpprNrs.

the National administration is beine
driven TO the humiliating necessity q,
seeking 10 treat with those whom It now
regards as rebels, but whom it insoIent,v
spurned when II could have treated with
them as allies without any loss OF NatIona,
dignity or any compromise OF a boasth,l
sovereignty. The Philippine situation is
furnishing another illustration of pride ana
stiff-neck being brought low.
Some months ago, the refusal to recog-
nize the Filipinos In arms as having anv
right to ask what were our intentions On
the Philippines was studied. They were
held at arms length, in spite of the fact
that We were invading their territory and.
Tor all they knew, seeking to set up a
despoiism as cruel as that from which they
had just escaped. We affected to despse
them as possible antagonists and treated
them without distinction as lot Of cam
nihals that had no human rights. We ig-
nored the fact that the leaders among
them We're educated. and capable OF appre-
ciating international and political issues.
We remained absolutely silent as to our
purposes and vouchsafed no guaranty 10
them even Of fair treatment. The Cubans
were treated cayallerly enough. but the
conduct towards the Filipinos, whom VIZ
dad not consider at all in our purpose in
going TO war. was most harsh and TACT
less.
What has been the result OF this high.
handed policy, National embarrassment
and humiliation today! Six months ago
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-24
HOUSTON, MONDAY, APRIL "a, 1879.
TEN PAGES TODAY.
GREAT NATIONAL FAIR.

st. Louis is exhibiting great deal Of
earnestness In pushing her movement for
big exposition in 1903 in celebration of
At an enthusiastic mass meeting held in
that city Saturday last 1t was announced
that S2.000,000 had been subscribed of the
s5.o0O,0O0 which 81. Louis will herself put
UP. This is almost a guaranty that the
balance Will be raised in the next year.
In addition the State and National gov
ernments will contribute literally and the
fair will become an assured success The
occasion, the enterprise of ST. Louis and
her central location, with unsurpassed
railroad and interior water way connec-
tions, will take millions of people to the
Mound City II the show is at all worth
seeing.
But the question arises, at last, whether
these great exposltions bring to the cities
in which they are held any permanent ex-
panslon of their business and population ?
They are, indeed. splendid exhibitions OF
enterprise, are highly educational in their
character and materially aid in giving an
impetus throughout large section of
country, for the time being, to various
industries and activities, but in nearly
every instance in which they have been
held, costly reaction, amounting in some
cases and for some time to stagnation,
has occurred, and in a year or so the mem
DRY Of the event has virtually died out.
From a practical standpoint 1t would
he possible with the six or eight mill
Lions Of money expended to add TO any
city's permanent industries or transporta-
tion facilities. agencies that would be
likely in a few years to bring more bust
ness and people TO the locality than follow
the holding of even mammoth exposi-
ton.
In this day and time the supreme en-
crgics Of the greatest cities need to he
devoted constantly to the acquisition Of
new facilities for the easy and cheap
handling of commerce. Exhibitions OF a
temporary though brilliant character have
but temporary effects. Added prestige for
enterprise and resourcefulness is valuable
in way, but We have just seen in the case
OF New York that communities can not
hold their prominence In commerce on
reputation alone.
While. therefore, the st. Louis exposi-
ton may prove a wonder In its way, It ia
doubtful II II Will realize the expectations
OF dts promoters In the matter OF perman.
emit benefit to the city. II will mean an
other one OF those spectacles upon which
millions are recslessly expended merely
for the excitement and glory Of day,
As The Post suggested only recently the
energy and enterprise that are almost
wasted in cities on temporary pageants,
would accomplish astounding and con-
unuous progress IL only the half of It we're
applied with equal enthusiasm to the de-
velopment Of the factors that work for
the permanent industrial and commercial
growth of the community.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-24
4 Poison Oak Prcyentive
n tha MATT.

To the Editor of The Post.
Cuero, Texas. April 13.--As the picni,
and fishing season is now on, and the long
pent UP denizens of the towns, villages and
cities would like to HE themselves TO the
lakes and streams, and into the woods for
days outing, there are many who dare
not enter this spring pleasure on account
Oh tne poison ivy, or what is commonly
called poison oak, which is to be found in
the woods and along the streams at this
season of the year all over the State. Now
TO this unfortunate class, who are suscepti
BILE TO this poison, and fear the horrors and
the scratches thereof, l want to relate a
niue OF my experience and give them the
benefit of what | call bit of valuable in
formation, that is, valuable if they Will
make use OF IL, and how l happened to
drop onto it,
nave been afflicted all my life. not with
poison oak, thank you, but with an ungov-
ernaole longing and uncomfortable inn
pulse, you know how it is yourself TO go
hahlng, and after / married, as is usual In
such cases, tried to drag my wife down
10 my level in this regard, but this same
POISON OAK simply said to her where |
gro" thou must not come" Poison oak
TO me Is as harmless as a grape vine but
the very presence of 1t, much less the con-
tact, is rank poison to her skin. This diff
Terence between her skin and mine w.s
strange and curious to me. so I sol ahnut
10 IND reason for it, and after thinking
over the matter for some time | comn "a
me conclusion the reason lay in the fact
mat my skin was more oily than hers and
mat II oil was added to her skin il would
render 1t as impervious to the poison as
NINE was. So not long after this [ felt
another one OF my old spells coming ON.
ana induced my wife to try an experiment
Accordingly she took vaselne and rubbed
II on ner person, not in spots, but all over.
ana sne tnen went with me into the woods
TO beautiful lake, around which poison
oak grew as thick as weeds. and we camp-
ed there and fished for two or three davs
III the spell wore off, and she tramped on
on poison oak and sat upon II. and WI.
came home and it never touched her"
since mat time. and it has been several
years whenever she wishes to enter the
Nooas ana strange to relate, she has them
spells now in the spring time. Just like I
Always did little vaseline or | thinl,
naeon skin would do the work as well. rub
pea on exposed parts render her as i'm
mune as ! am,
Now this oil only fllis up the pores in
me skin and prevents the absorption of
me poison and therefore is a preventive
ana not cure An ounce OF this prevcn-
i've is worth more than a pound of cure.
30 rao 1t on yourself your wife and little
ones ana my word for it you can then 20
INTO the woods with impunity, and a well
hiIeu ulhner basket and enjoy yourselves
as II such thing as poison oak didn't
grow.
II the use Of this information benefits
you and you feel grateful for It. tell il 10
your friends and credit my final account Of
love to my fishing fellow man and that
se'ties the Dill. Yours. etc,
O. l., Crouch
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-24
Curc fnr smnlInox.
ne Edltor of INC post.

Omaha, Neh., April 12.--In the Semi
Weekly Post of the 10th inst. noticed a
cure for meningitis contributed by Mrs.
NJ s. Rector OF Lockhart, for which l
return my thanks to the writer and to
Tho Pest.
l am sure that the people OF Texas are
interested In smallpox at present not only
In the matter of a cure but also to escape
the horrors OF quarantine and that relic
Of Aslatic barbarism. vaccination, which
has wrought more misery and caused more
deaths and amputations that the disease
itself at least in Nebraska, for have
heard OF no deaths from smallpox in this
state II Is now considered q disgrace TO
lose patient from any surface disease"
unless caused by exposure.
give the following positive cure from
the Stockton (Cal) Herald Sulphate OF
zinc, enc grain; foxglove (dlgltalis) one
grain half teaspoonful OF sugar; mix
with two teaspoonfuls OF water. When
thoroughly mixed add four ounces OF
water. Teaspoonful every hour for an
adult In twelve hours the disease viii
disappear. II has also been used with
much success In scarlet fever have
asked my brother. OF the Texas Farm and
Ranch, TO publish It in Dallas.
J. II. Cornett.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-24
Edwards Eulogy of Mayor lone,

10 the EDITOR or The Post
Alta Iona Texas, April 21-That man
G A. Edwards, as special STAFF correspond
ent OF The Post at Washington. is a
genius of marked ability-an automatic
eenslia of nerve cells. His eulogy of lion.
Sam Jones of Toledo in The Posi- Of The
zo'h inst is as commendable for him and
lhe Post as his eulogistlc words Of merit
IN behalf of Mayor Sam Jones tho soo,a,,.,
Dehneatlng such merit in a National char'
aeter is the richest food thai ear, ,eraa
i w, through the columns OF anv no,er
when eulogy is applied TO sucb a pHpes;
uharaeter OF genius for moraIitv as IT.
~ Is IKE the application of an eIectric
surrent Tor nature to do her best-,ha ~
~ ueA s'inqlapt to the powerhouse 10 s'hnoy,,
" on He says In part: "Mr Ioros ~
naar,. VINO mas an intense hatred for NV
ggeo,Sny ana assumed godlinessS-thst
neiu or graveyard where Inc daSiI
Ieigns supreme, Then again. M 1 reNl
WIZ Wis no. believe that harsh punishment
WIZ ever abate crime"-the .'eiacirie
spsrA IN al genius Of morality. Further.
,an t'onesl believes kindness and Itttia
s enue advice Will reclaim 10 Inc hanass
Ns,ks OF life the most confirmed r,,,gvsi,.
ne only power Of redemption ~, go
u,a or ever viii succeed Win ene1
os restraint and work, but never r suiu ,i,.
: 7, B,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-24
THE LATE MAGAZINES.

The Black Cat for April has hse WI
storles-"The stolen SKY scrapcr, ""Ihs III
torious Book. F" The Bicycle That Kss i. M
"Ths Disposal OF Miss Poly. ~
White Jack Rabbit"
To the Youths Companion tor mo ~
April 81 Surgeon General Wyman. =,
contributes an article entitlsi MI
Quarantine" in which he describes 'I " ID
cautions witch the government ,sNs l,.]
vent infectious and contaslous u'a csrrty
making an entrance INTO tne .,ion 10 Il
spreading from one diseased res's.
other.
The Aeolian Quarterly has an euss s, Il
article by REGINALD de Koyel on ,sr
poets OF Modern Comic opera ,,rb, rst3
Finck writes encouragiugy 81 an snss3
of Music" Rupert Hughes mas as, Il.
skin on .sMusical Cakes and As, III a
Rieshera discusses 'Faeetious Mu WA .BSl
w. j. Henderson tells oil so"' -
for Music Lovers"
The April number Of Gunton's III a
onens With an article on Trade un''. a' 4
o Orsstn :" y n snsncer writes Of ~ 81
tion of Art in Economic Eyolu. ass:rzss 81
Edwards has an able paper on spt ihs',
in Our Public School system , nhor N EpT'q::]|
an interesting account OF LSsnu,v,.lbes and \
Railroads. /" The Editorial - s.ardrclsi
various departments are wen
full of matter of value
LIQUID air. which has re'e. !, ,.is,d33
tracing so much of the atten'''- - 4 n
all over the world. has nov rs s,as Isr n
where the general public Is , asa 50 wi
rate information about H. tie M, VA n
an article is devoted TO y 10 'hwostslf. u
OF AppIeton's Popular selsn nssor Of chez 4
author. Ira Remsen. Is pI u.s and coz
at Johns Hopkins uniYefsivn,
leading chemists OF the eouA' Y
Not since the DAYS when 10y 'san,,trS Il
driven in the line of railroad so~- Xxx
Atlantic with the Pacific ecas. n ss,,, III 4
buIlt a railway of such trsm snss iccrisl r.,
reaching influence as the az NJ: ~
road In Ainslee's MaEahlns ,vpIes ~ N
John ~. Bookwaiter Of ONO mod fr'r1s +
eStsnsiye account of this ~ ps,ksssss
v,eu no,nt Of an American VA rtrlfer r
paper is charminrlv wriitsp n s,bfrt ~
news about the vast risl ,srtils N1.. N
are 81 ike our own far sua iassrixr ~
The comfort of the Trsnss'po' ( III
luxury OF the stations s~s
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-24

II the leading Filipinos hac been recognized
as men having interests and rights in the
Philippines; II Agunaido and his cabinet
had been treated with as a de facto gov
eminent and an honest and tactful effort
had been made to come to an understand
ing with them such as we have about
reached with the Cubans, there would have
likely been no clash at arms in the Philip
pines. we would have been hailed as
friends rather than as foes bent on con-
quest and the foundations would have been
laid for order. the enjoyment OF civil lib
erty and paramount American influence
for all time in the archipelago. II we had
been as anxious to confer with Aguinaldo
then as our commissioners appear to be
now, the war that has since occurred and
that has cost us so much and will ter
inmate we know not when, could have
been averted
1t is paying us In our own coin to have
the native leaders now turn back our flags
OF truce under which we are begging for
parley! The obstinate and shortsighted
administration at Washington has found
itself as the humble sutton for a "con-
ference" The world is beginning to sheer
at the "set backs" we have received!
Papers like The Post. statesmen like Mr..
Bryan. Mr. Hoar. Mr.. Bailey and other
men prominent in our National affairs,
urged conciliatory course moths ago only
to be denounced as traitors" Now the
Nation must suffer, not only in men and
money, but In prestige, because that wise
advice was spurned by the willing tools
of reckless spectators or wild imperial
lists.
Mr.. Mckinley has made his bed and must
lie in 1t. We regret to hear OF the loss
OF our brave soldiers in those far off As
lands, we feel Inundated by reverse
but we have no sympathy for the admins
traton in its growing embarrassments and
can but mock at 1t when calamity over
takes III It has sought to prostitute a
war for humanity into one OF conquest
and 1t must take the consequences
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-24

To the Editor OF The Post.
Ratler, Mills County, Texas. April Is.
In view of the growing multiplicity of
trusts and the enormous proportions they
are assuming, Is It not our duty as Amerl-
the ways and modes of procedure Of this
gigantic iniauity. trust Is combine
This combine is entered into to crush
competition. sustain prices and to cheaper
production Competition is crushed in this
way. The victim is chosen and his trade
located; then ruinously low rates are Of
fered to his patrons below cost of pro-
duction, II necessary, until the victims
trade is demoralized, and all his patrons
taken from him The trust being strong
and powerful. can continue this programme
until the individual manufacturer IL
ruined, or forced TO sell his plant To the
trust at only fraction of its value. Then
the price OF the article goes up again
higher than before, and the patrons og ~
ruined producer must begin to pay tribute
to this insatiate monster. But all his
time, remember, the price has been birh
in other places so while the trust w.
losing temporarily in one place n was
getting abnormal profits in another plane
and places. so II could have continued H.
definitely and the individual operator wa,
doomed to certain destruction sooner or
later Thus one by one the victims are
marked and exterminated. II goods az.
kind that can be shipped 10 the vsr,,, VI
parts OF the country. the victims win.s
are clipped short by discriminating trs,as.
rates and. In many instances. This IL ~
only weapon the trust needs. On scconn,
81 this great public evil law was masses
establishing the Interstate commerce ror,i
mission 70 make Transportation rates mn.
lorm and 20 prevent discriminatory RI.
Of years, yet-in its reeent.resort , svsi
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-24
Inkna,,n Mnn knea.

Hutto, Texas. April 2s.-An unknown
workman was killed by an engine two
miles east OF Hutto today at o'clock.
The man was lying on the side Of The
track aud was struck on the head BY Inc
engine The remains were brought hers
by Justice Parsons.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-24
nnxia willi. W.

Rlanco, Texas, April 22.--Davld willis
wier who has resided in Texas hfty-tvo
years, and la Blancp county forty wears
died this morning in his seth year.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-24

nsrBRHp AT THE PpsToFrcE At HOUSTON. TEXAS
AS SECOND CLASS MATTER
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-24

Esreign Offices-Eastern business office IS Tribras
building. New York (The $. c. Beckwith Spe-
eisl Agency Western 400 lThe Rookery) Chi
cago 1.-The S. C. Beckwlth Special Agency.
Travelling Apents--C S. L. Holland, Travelling
Auditor. E. r. Holland B. D. Throop. Travelling
Agents.
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Telephone Numbers: ss,ss.,., 49, AZ.

The City.The Post Is delivered to any part Of the
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$500; six moEths. 5000; one year, $1,000,
Mr.. Theodore Bering has charge OF the city
circulation and collecting Messrs. Theodore
Bering. Charles Lott and Tom South are the su-
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Under no cIrcum stances will orders given by
employees on the office be recognized and
paid, or accepted In payment Of accounts.
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THE DAILY POST. rHE SUNDAY ,. e POST
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Subscription by Msli--Dslly and Sunday Post. one
year. $500; six months. $500; three months.
sz.oo; one month. $t.oo.
the SUNDAY POST, one year. $3.50.
JHs SnMi-WHHKIy PosT Mondays and Thursdsys)
one year. $500, six months. SO cents; three
months. as cents.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-24

The alleged Lake City lynchers could not
be convicted in a Federal court. Now Let
the Northern journals give our state authori-
ties In the South a rest
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-24

The British are about on the point Of form
ally recognizing by the erection OF n monu-
ment to George WASHINGTON. "the honesty Of
the cause in which Americans fought against
them May We not hone to sec some day
in Washington CITY statues Of jefferson Davis
and Robert II. Lee?