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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-11-15
SIBERIAN CITIES.
though PrOspering They Never.
theless Seem Dull and De-
pressing.

Perhaps the most curious feature Of
all Siberian cities and villages is the
quiet of them, says Anna n. Benjamin,
In Ainslee's. The American finds it de-
pressing. The places seem half dead,
yet they are alive and thriving. Our
conception of prosperity in new cities
is so associated with the clang of the
trolley, the smoke of the factory, the
weird writings Of the steam siren, and
the hustle Of the popula tion, that it is
hard for us to realize that prosperity
may exist in a place of dead calm.
vladivistok, Khabarovsk, Blagovest-
ehensk and Irkutsk all present the
same features. Blagovestchensk, in
the heart of eastern Siberia, on the
Junction of the Zeya river with the
Amur. is, perhaps, the most interest
ing city. On the central square of the
city, where the market is, face two
large department stores which for size.
beauty of architecture and variety of
stock would do credit to any American
city. The bank buildings, the museum,
and other business and government
houses, are of brick or stone. Good
schools have been established, so that
it is possible for boy here, as well as
in all Siberian cities, to receive a thor
ough education. In Vladivostok a
training school for eastern diplomats
turns out graduates accomplished in
oriental languages to begin their ca
reers as Interpreters or secretaries Of
lepationS
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-11-15
CARRIED GRANDMA'S PICTURE
Prince Henry Of Prussia, who Aston
ished the Captain OF a Trad
= ing Ship.

Some time ago when Prince Henry
Of Prussia, who, as all know, is the
grandson of Queen Victoria, was at
Hong-Kong, the captain of a British
trading steamer sailing out of tha port
was walking around the craving dock
in which the princes flagship was be-
ing brushed up, when he saw an officer
standing near the gangway leading
from the quay to the ship, and being
curious to have a look over the ves-
sci, he saluted with "Good-morning,
SIR" and asked if he had any objec-
tion to his having a walk through the
ship.
Not at all," replied the officer, "I
shall be delighted to escort you round"
After showing him over the different
parts of the warshlp the officer took
the captain into his cabin. lie offered
him cigar and a glass of wine, and
they had quite friendly chat together.
Before leaving the captain happened
to glance round the cabin and saw
q photo Of Victoria. Said he to the
officer:
Il notice you have a photograph of
the queen of England"
i "Yes," said the officer, "I always
"earry one Of my grandmother's pic
lures with me-"
eatthe Captains feelings were when
y, nd that he had been en- camar-
dere with the admiral, Prince Henry
OF Prussia, can be better imagined than
described.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-11-15
HOME FOR SCHOOL-TEACHERS.
Switzerland VIII Found Place
Where They Can Spend Theis
Vacations,

The Swiss educators are taking ac-
tive measures looking toward the
founding of lehrerheim, or home for
school-teachers during their holidays,
upon the model of the admirable eisen-
bahuer-heim, or homo for railway
workers, on the Grubisbalm, upon the
slopes of the Rigi, midway between
Nitznau and the Kaltbad, says for
eign correspondent of the Chicago
Chronicle. The hotel on the Grubis-
balm, which owes its initiative entirely
to committee of workers on the
Swiss railways, has now been open for
three or four years. Any railway man,
or member of railway mans family,
may be eXcallently lodged and boarded
there at a cost of three 10 three and
oHe-half francs a day. The economical
question is cXhaustiyely treated in q
little pamphlet circulating amongst
the teachers in tho Swiss common
schools. If the railway workers can
help themselves" to so successful a
cooperative hotel and pension, why
cannot their educators do the same ?
asks Herr Walt, the writer of the pam
phlet. The railway workers home on
the Rigi not only pays its expenses.
but at the end of the last season showed
prof. Of 1900 area, which is e..
pected to increase as it becomes more
widely used. The German school-mas-
ters in Silesia have already provided
themselves with a similar cooperative
hotel and pension in the Schreiberhau.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-11-15

Before | make any business propo.
sition to you, would you mind telling
me just what your financial condition
is?"
MY business has been established
Tor % years; my yearly profits are
constantly increasing; l am known
every 'here, and have unlimited cred.
it, and have besides private property
worth half n million"
VERY good. May ask for the hand
OF your daughter"-N. Y. World.
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COULD NOT BE PHOTOGRAPHED
Railroad Men at Philadelphia Pro-
tested Miss Helen Gould from
the Camera F1ends.

When Miss Helen Gould visited the
tenth annual convention of the railroad
department of the Young Mems Chris
lion association at Philadelphia some
weeks ago the newspaper artists were
bound to sketch her as she appeared at
ths reception. To this Miss Gould OBJ
jsSted strenuously, but the artists were
not routed until the railroad men
threatened to demolish the photograph
trs' expensive camera and tear up the
artists cardboards. A score of news
paper photographers and artists ap-
peared at the Y. NJ. c. A. building early
ind were informed that they could not
enter with their machines.
A dozen burly railroad men were ap-
pointed to smash all cameras found in
side the building and tear up all artists
materials. The picture men then wait
ed outside. When Miss Gould arrived
with Mrs. Sage fank movement was
made and their carriage was driven
around to side entrance.
The men of pictures rushed to the
side door, but upon arriving there
found the women surrounded by over
so tall men, who formed bodyguard
clear into the building, shutting the
cameras out completely.
In the crush to close out the picture
men Miss Gould and Mrs. Sage were
almost crushed themselves. They
seemed amazed at the excitement at
helped to deprive the picture men Of
snap shots.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-11-15

Mrs. Borem-You weren't in when I
called the other day. l wrote to you
that l would call, Didn't you get the
letter?
Mrs. Tewkute-Why, no. Isn't that
too bad! Are you sure you sent it to
the right address?
Mrs. Borem-Oh, yes. ! addressed
it to 500 North Sixteenth street.
Mrs. Tewkute-No, you didn't. You
wrote it Fifteenth eet."-Phila.
delphia Press.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-11-15

De Writer-What are you doing
now?"
Scribbler-Writing $4,000 prize
stories for the Great North American
Literary Syndicate.
What do they pay you"'
Ten dollars II week. N. \. Weekly.
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How did you finally get rid of that
man who wanted you to become u mil
lionaire by letting him put you in on
the ground floor of mining scheme?'
"Oh, gave him 25 cents to buy his
lunch. chicago Times-lIcrald.
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The Cheerful Idiot,

81 am going to win my suit against
the railroad company" said the young
lawyer boarder. at hasn't leg to
stand on"
Then, indeed. il must he "A solclcss
corporation" said the Cheerful Idiot.
indianapolis Press.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-11-15
Iraed tn UcnNN HurLCns.

81 want to hire half n dozen men
who are used to bearing heavy bur-
dens. Do you know OF any such?'
Not especially; but you'll find lots
of married men looking Tor n job
HarDers BaKar
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-11-15
LESSON ANALYSIS

The Ten Lepers.-The prominence in
tho Gospel given to the healing OF
leprosy is probably due to two facts:
W The disease was, and is to this day
invariably (in so far as concerns phys
ical science) fatal and incurable. (2)
Leprosy is q type Of sin and its effects
Like sin, II is unClean and detiling. 1t
is contagious. Like sin, II is des,ruc.
tive. William NJ. Thompson says of the
results of leprosy that the hair falls
from the head and eyebrows: the nails
loosen, decay and drop off; joint after
joint OF the fingers and toes shrink up
and slowly fall away; the gums are alb
sorbed. and the teeth disappear; the
nose, the eyes, the tongue and the
palate are slowly consumed" Like sin,
il is often latent. its presence not be.
ing known to Others by any physical
appearance. 1t is said that modern
medical treatment removes for long
time the external signs of the disease
The cure of these lepers has a moral
significance. Science has not been able
to cure leprosy; science cannot help
the man who is burdened, diseased
with sin.
The Lepers Healed.-They stood
"afar off, because the law protected
the untainted. But they had heard
Of Jesus, and cried to him: "Jesus,
Master, have mercy on us!" There is
no VOL saye that of love which Is so
full Of meaning as that word mercy"
and II implies love of the most bound
less character One of the beatitudes
is for the mercful. 1t is Divine quail
ity. Happy Is he who emulates the
Master by showing mercy. In answer
to the prayer of the lepers Jesus said:
go show yourselves to the priests"
This assumed that they were healed.
When leper was cured he showed
himself to the priest and so restored
TO his former status as a member of
society. 1t implied certain amount
of faith on their part that they started.
On the way they were cleansed.
4 Lesson on Gratitude the
fact that we are told special emphasis
is given (verse 16) to the fact that
the one who returned was Samaritan
we may fairy imply that the other nine
were Jews. The lesson on this account
was all the more striking. The Samar-
itanS hated the Jews. \ jew might
have been expected to return TO thank
Jesus, Himself a jew, but it remained
alone for the Samaritan to come back
TO own his gratitude to jew for his
healing. The Jews, we may take for
granted, saw little connection between
the word of Jesus and the fact that
they were healed. The lesson for such
as they is this. that even though one
gives thanks unto God for what can
not be done without the Divine agency.
yet should he be grateful for the kind
ly wish and word of fellow man. The
Samaritan had probably cultivated the
grace of gratitude, and assuming no
more, yet are we in debt to him for n
lesson we all need to learn.
\ Lesson on Faith.-Yet there was
more than gratitude in the heart of
the Samaritan, for Jesus commends
also his faith. Without faith he could
not have been healed.
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The Charitable Eyotist.

He was not built upon u perfect plan,
Yet never spoke he Ill of any man.
And that IS something In these days, al
though
Tie only talked about himself you know.
Chicago Record.
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lie Tnur Il Sale.

81 don't quite Ike the shape of
these Shoes
"Thcy conform precisely to the
shape of your foot, madam, and moth.
ing could be more beautiful than
that."-Tit-Bi Bits.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-11-15

Good night, dearest" he mur
INJURED, as no prepared to go forth into
tho darkness as the cuckoo clock
chirped 1918.
Better stick to facts and make j,
good morning, young man." said q
gruf voice from the top of the stairs
Chicago Daily News.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-11-15
Ills ONLY (hnMrC

We'll" said the poet, 81 never cal
be spoiled by praise, any way"
NO" the critic admitted, mot un
less your stuff improves wonderfully
in the future. .'-Chicago Times-Ilcr
nll
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ExtcmpornncOus Remarks.

IT'S now the hustling candidate
For ink and paper reaches;
And with deep study he prepares
His bright, "Impromptu" speeches.
Baltimore American
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
November Is, 19OO-The Ten
4 Lepers Cleansed.
Prepared by II. C. Lenington.l
THE LESSON TENT.

J Prepared by II. C. Lenington,l
| THE LESSON TENT.
/ Uuke l7:ll-l9)
! H. And II came to pass. as He went to
Jerusalem, that He passed through the
midst of Samaria and Galilee.
II. And as He entered into a certain vii
lage, there met Him ten men that were
lepers, which stood afar off:
l3 And they lifted up their voices. and
said: Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
, IA. And when He saw them, He said
unto them; Go shew yourselves unto the
priests And II came to pass, that, as they
went, they were cleansed.
ID. And one of them, when he saw that
he was healed. turned back, and with n
loud voice slorfied God.
! l6. And he fell down on his face at His
feet. giving Him thanks: and he was a
Samaritan.
, H. And Jesus answering said: Were there
not ten cleansed? but where are the nine
Is. There are not found that returned to
give glory to God, save this stranger.
l9 And He said unto him: Arise. 80 thy
way; thy faith made thee whole
GOLDEN TENT.-Be ye thankful
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
J We have come TO March, \. ID. 30, a
time shortly before the crucifixion.
Jesus and His disciples are on the bor-
der line between Samaria and Galilee,
on the way from Ephraim across the
Jordan, and down through Perea to
Bethany. The events intervening be-
tween this lesson and the last are two:
Q) Jesus raises Lazarus, the brother
of Mary and Martha. (2) He retires to
Ephraim, in northern Judea, till near
the time for the feast of the Passover.
1t Is somewhere on this journey that
Jesus meets the ten lepers.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-11-15

Shelf . man has been married
twice what will happen IL he shosld
meet both wives in Heavene
He-Perhaps he'll wish ho was some
where else.--Puck.
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stimulus of OppOsitIOn,

Who that pleads for the King would
not rather face opposition than heart
less acquiescence? Missionaries write
that the Muha ammedans in Persia have
a way Of asserting readily to all they
say. Here is difficulty almost to hope
lessness. Ezekiel knew it: "And, 10,
thou art unto them as a very Lovely
song of one that hath pleasant voice
and can play well on an instrument;
for they hear thy words, but they do
them not" Bitterness is better than
mawkishness, and cold than lukewarm-
ness; and contradictions are worth
Gers - hosAst people aAd thslr causes
than sssyty eoulpA 3. riusa.
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Ftgs and Thistles.

Our dominant duties determine our
destiny.
Every Sin becomes tiger on our
track.
What 2 L. L. .p' sss'a ta.S hc
eeais 1aass far q Ws.iaiaa n ukDs
ls b .sslsA ~ nSst.
God = net ia the reASssa tsaA il
nos udnS both hands 70 lifs up men.
The raven who failed to return to
the ark is picture of many Chris
tions who, being saved, never look
back to say so.-Ram's Horn.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-11-15
The Fuel.


syJu burned 4 great uea'
Of -.---",gnt oil before you became
eminent as II statesman" said the
friend.
mo, SIR" answered Senator Sor.
ghum. ~ burned money,"-Washing'
ton Star.
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AlaOkS AlasS

OF all the bores detestable, :
There's none dlsliked so we'll.
As the one who does anticipate
The Joke you start to tell,
Chicago Daily News. "
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Clcrk-lrs; but forgot and let the
customer wait nearly an hour!-N. Y.
journal.
The suburban citizen., 1900-11-24
FOUR GuEsrs BURNED no pRATH.
Others Made Their Escape by Leaplng From
the Windows.

Oswayo Pa (SpeciaD -Four men
were burned TO death in fire which
destroyed the McGonigal House, a
three-stOry frame building, the hotel
barn, and the opera house. The three
buildings were burned to the ground in
half an hour from the time the fire
started.
The town has no fire department, the
only protection being a pump at the
tannery. The fire originated In the
McGonigal House from an overpressure
of natural, gas There were thirty peo-
pie in the hotel, which was a fiimsy
structure, Two men were seriously in
jured. Otto Kauley, a gas line walker
Of COuderspOrt, Pa, was burned about
the face and arms, and Jerry Daley
sustained a broken shoulder by jump
ing from the third story of the hotel.
There were many narrow escapes, most
OF the occupants jumping from the
windows. The flame licked up the
hotel building as II 1t were built Of
tinder Nothing remains Of the four
unfortunate men but a few charred
bones. One man had leg broken In
Jumping and several others received
minor injuries and slight burns in
making the exit from the building. The
tannery employees connected line Of
hose to the burning buildings, but on
account OF some trouble with the pump
there was considerable delay in get
ting a stream on the fire until the
DANES had got beyond control. The
property loss is estimated at $4,000.
The suburban citizen., 1900-11-24
TWO TRAINS CRASH TOGETHER
A Fatal Collision Near OH City..Seyeral Per
sons Killed and Others Injured.

Oil City, Pa. (SpeciaD "A head-on
collision between a freight train and a
passenger train occurred two miles
west Of Polk. Both engines were de-
molished, all of the passenger coaches
left the tracks, and 40 oil and coal cars
of the freight were derailed. The
killed were:
Thomas Sutton, baggageman of Ash
tabula John Kane, head brakeman of
the freight train, Newcastle; Engineer
Pltzer, Of the freight NEWCASTLE; two
male passengers and the newsboy,
names unknown.
Conductor James Paden is hurt in
ternally. Engineer Nathan Senter has
both legs and left hip broken, and VIII
liam Marvin, of Andover, o., has left
arm broken and head and face cut.
The latter was thrown off the train
over a 11-foot embankment, but walk
ed two miles TO call help for the rest
of the injured
The suburban citizen., 1900-11-24
wAsHNGTON, D. q, sATURDAY. NOVEMBER q, 1900.
TRADE NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Reviews by Dun & Co. and Bradstreets Show
Pronounced Tendency Toward
Flrmer Quotations.

New York Especially .--R. G.. Dun a
Co.'S Weekly Review Of Trade" says:
prices Of commodities advance al
most without exception and all the
changes in manufactured goods are in
the direction of irmer quotations. The
smallness OF stocks OF goods carried
is feature Of our reports from most
Of the leading centers. Scarcity OF
labor gives manufacturers in the Mid
1le States great concern.
Activity at iron and steel mills
steadily increases and there is an
equally uniform advance in quotations.
The gain has been more general this
week than at any previous time this
season, pig iron moving UP 25 cents a
ton, and corresponding gains appearing
IN bars, billets, plates and structural
materials generally. Instead Of the re-
cent agitation for cheaper steel rails,
there is now talk of an advance to s2S,
owing to the further rise In steel bill
lets.
The report of pig iron production
IN November / by the Iron Age shows
a weekly capacity OF only 215,3O4 tons
the smallest since September, 1898, but
the reduction OF $4,000 tons from Oc-
tober l In furnace stocks is most en-
GOul aBtubt lnCbt ubuAEbf Win bhC ~
tiVity in all branches of the industry,
indicates that there will be no further
reduction in output, but the December
statement will probably show more
than 200 furnaces in blast.
"A temporary furry in the wheat
market on Monday took the December
option above 80 cents. 1t was reported
that Wall Street operators were turn
inc their attention IN grain
The much discussed advance In
meats at Chicago was not heavy, but
scarcity Of first quality fresh eggs has
brought very high prices.
Failures for the week were 217 In
the United States against 219 last year,
and thirty-three in Canada against
twenty last year"
Bradstreet's says:
THE tonic effect OF seasonably cold
weather Is again testified to by reports
from practically all markets Of brisk
demand for Winter clothing and foot
wear.
Among textiles, cotton is notable
for lac. advance on the week, due to
killing frost having terminated further
growth. Estimates Of the crop aver
age about 10,25O,0OO bales.
Gold weather has been the stimulus
to the butter market and the advance
in ten days has been fully 4 cents per
pound. Among the articles declining
might be mentioned -four, on slack de-
mand, coffee and petroleum.
Wheat, including -four, shipments
for the week aggregate 4,O62, 900 bu-
shells, against 3,555507 bushels last
week, and 4,54O,O07 bushels in the cor.
responding week of 1899. Corn ex-
ports for the week aggregate 3,976,9li
bushels, against 3287627 bushels last
week, and 4,603,7 718 bushels in tnis
week a year ago"
The suburban citizen., 1900-11-24
Prohibition In Maine.

Portland, Me. (speclaD From near
ly every section Of Maine comes re-
ports of unusual activity on the part
of the antlliquor element and the opin-
ion prevails that the general wave Of
temperance reform already apparent
will sweep over the State. The awak-
ening is attributed mainly to the cleo
tion OF a Prohibition sheriff in Cum
berland county last September AL
though the new sheriff will not enter
upon his duties until the beginning OF
the coming year, evidence that a
change is expected Is apparent already.
The suburban citizen., 1900-11-24
BANK ROBBER CHIEF cONFESSES.
James B. Dunlap Admits LOOtlng Wellington
Concern.

Chicago (SpeciaD.-James b. Dun
lap, the leader of several bands of
bank burglars, one of which robbed the
Northampton, Mass. bank Of 81 ,OOO, 900,
has confessed at Watseka, H., to loot
the the Pates Bank, at Wellington ILL.,,
on March % last He has been in Jail
in Watseka ever since last April, when
he was captured in Chicago, but denied
his guilt. Finally, however, he pleaded
guilty, and Judge Hllscher sentenced
him to twenty years Imprisonment,
the extreme limit for robbery.
James 3. Dunlap, known for many
years as the king Of bank robbers.
The suburban citizen., 1900-11-24
A Iynchlnp IN Texas.

Austin, Tex. (SpeclaD The atten-
ton of Governor Sayers has been
called to the lynchng of three negroes
at Jefferson by mob The State au-
thorities will make a thorough lnyestl-
cation OF the affair
The suburban citizen., 1900-11-24
BANK LOSES $2Ol,OOO.
More Than Double the Amount Of Capi.
tai Is Missing.
THE ASSISTANT CASHIER MISSING

A Cincinnati Woman, Angry Because He Did
Not Take Her on q Trip to Yellowstone
Park, Gives the Bank Directors IniOrma'
tiOn Which Leads to an Investigation
Trouble Feared.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-21

tcontinned on Fifth Psge.)