The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-12-13
CURRENT COMMENT.

NSNNLNl NohMLNI.
Catherine Anderson, ofLvons, n Y, is the la
stparty to become distinguished by poking holes
through the window of railroad coach in order
to get fresh air. She was arrested.
Corporations sometimes rummage about and
find a sou, for some particular occasion. Rail-
roads did Il million dollars worth of free trans.
portation for the Galveston sufferers
Six thousand dogs at the show of the London
Ladies Kennel Association were considered worth
giving $4,000 in prizes. This shows that poor
Tray was in pretty good company that week.
Photographs have been made with light from
the planet Venus, instead of from the sun: show
ing that planet-rays, although weaker, are of the
same nature as are those of the great luminary.
IT Is announced that the regular army will
probably be increased to 100000 men, and the
mere suggestion has thrown the Bryan organs in
to spasms The cry of 'imperialism" will be
heard louder than ever.
EXPERIMENTS in forestry are being carried on
in California, the idea being to determine as near
as possible the value of timber TO IA watershed.
Tie rainfall in the lands which have been set a
part tr the experiments is accurately measured,
and the relative amount of run-o is carefully es-
tlmaed. The experiments are being conducted on
very extensive SCALE SO they will undoubtedly
prove of great value.
a CHINESE banknote, issued during the Ming
Dynasty, about A. d. 1890, has been placed in
the British Museum, among the specimens Of early
printing from China. The surface OF the note is
black with age, though the characters upon the
face of it are quite discernable. This is supposed
to be the earliest specimen extant of a bank note
issued from any country, and is about 800 years
anterior to the issue of the first note in Eurore,
from Stockholm.
A DISPATCH says Jerry Simpson has moved in
to Missouri. Now bleeding Kansas beeds as she
never bled before and the folks are wearing weeds
on the wild Neosho shore. They wall in Osawat-
omie, they weep in Pottawatomie; the signing and
the sobbing drown the Crooked's awful roar.
There is rending Of locks, for the Sockess packs
his socks and will live in POOR old Kansas no
more, alas, no more! We shall nevermore be merry,
for we have lost our Jerry, and thrice fortunate
Missouri will never restore our Sockless Socrates
wherefore with tears and these poor sorrow songs
our Jerry we ever shall dcplore.
In a recent issue the POST depIored the fact
that Snyher County was decreasing in population.
This decrease was shown to he due to emigration
and emigration is forced upon those who can not
obtain employment here. There must be more in
dustrial development, more manufacturing plants
and knitting establishments. Selinsgrovc started
shoe factory, and hosiery mill, Middleburg shoe
factory, Beavertown shirt factory, and the Ad-
amsburg Soap Company should manufacture their
soap at home, then Adamsburg would come in
line with soap factory. Now what do the other
towns Of the county have to say for themselves?
There are Mcclure, Troxelvile, Centerville,
Krcamer, Frecourg Port Treverton, Mt Pleasant
Mills, Shamokin Dam, Paxtonville and other
towns in the county Why don't they have some
manufacturing plant in their town? Population
will continue to decrease until employmentis pro-
vided All who want work around Middleburg can
get it. What is most needed is houses so that ad-
ditional families can move into town. The shoe
factory is over run with orders and skilled labor
can readily get employment. If the Sensgrove
and Niddleburg shoe factories had not been estab-
lisded, the falling of in population would have
been greater than it has been. The POsT has named
nine towns in this county who should have some
industry. Which Of the nine will be the first to
act? 1t remains to be seen which town has the
most enterprising citizens.