The Middleburgh post. (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, November 18, 1897, Image 7

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permanency. Ot all diseases, it la
iaowa that thoaa of the blood arc
Wat obstinate, and therefore the
(difficult to cure. The medical
Uion, la fact, have virtually ad
i that a real, deepacated blood
is beyond their skill,
course, their adiniiaion ia not made
i many word, but actiona apeak
r than worda, and their inability to
titer months and often year of
-tnt, is sufficient evidence that dis
Cf tbe blood cannot be cured by
W Their mercurial mixtures, al
jl taken faithfully, only coyer up
-mptoms of the disease, inducing
Uieut to feel that he is being cured;
Atn neia sooner or later seized
Cift ininta. Tkaiit 4tl tha hnM At
pence of the doctor's patchwork
Wlusive. aucn results cannot be ex
U from the use of S. S. S. Being
h vegetable, containing no harm
Waerol ingredients, it is the only
remeay wnicn acts on tne true
We of forcing the disease from
totem, building up rather than
W down the health. No loss of
Iio stiff joints, no decrepit mercu
kecks result from the use of S.S.S.
H. I MYBRS.
H. L. Myers.of loo Mulberry street,
A.M.J., made the mistake of re
oon remedies based upon mineral
JkaU, and for the hundreds of
tebich he invested received only
intment in return. He says :
m ifflicted with a terrible blood
e, which was in spots at first, but
aids spread all over my body,
oon broke out into sores, and it
j to imagine the suffering I en
pore I became convinced that
fetor, could do no good I had
It Hundred dollars, which was
thrown away. I then tried vari
ant medicines, but they did not
the disease. When I had finished
bottle of S.S.S., I waa greatly
snd was delighted with the
.Th large red splotches on my
gan to grow paier ana smaller,
re long disappeared entirely. I
my lost weight, became strong-
my sppetite greatly improved.
on entirely well, and my skin as
i piece of glass."
is a sure cure for an manner
diseases, and disappointment
alts from its use. It is
dy Vegetable
t thousand dollars will be paid
that it contains a particle of
T.potssh.or other mineral. S.S.S.
W ill druggists.
itle books on blood and skin dls
ill be mailed free to all who ad
wilt Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
IN TBS LA1TD 0T GOLD.
Here is the Opportunity of your
Life The Investment of a Few
Dollars May Bring You a
Fortune. '
Away out upon tbe Pacific coast,
at tbe very gateway to the land of
gold, there baa recently been organ
ized a compauy of thoroughly reli
able and representative men, prin
cipally statu officials of tbe young
Stale of Washington, whose pur-
J pose it ia to outfit practical and ex
pfiiHiireu prospectors uu iiie ou-
vpeiauvf) piau auu luauguiaia a
thoroughly systematic research of
the rich gold fields of the North.
This is your opportunity. You have
lead of Alaska, talked of the Yukon
and longed to be ou the Klondike,
but for variour reasons you caunot
make the loug perilous trip in per
son. Tbe great distauce, tbe enor
mous ezpeuse and the unparalled
hazards, hardships aud privations
that one mubt eucounter practically
excludes and prohibits the individ
ual from attempting to share in tbe
rich spoils of that fabulously rich
country. But by a concentration of
means and influences all difficulties
can be overcome. It is for tine pur
pose that the promoters of tbe
Alaska Co-Uperauve 01 mine bvudi
cate have organized, aud their plau
practically iusures success aud will
afford au opportunity for those of
limited nit-iius to participate in the
labulous discoveries tliut are con
htaiitly being made in that far away
uortbland. Ibe Syndicate now bus
prospectors in the field, and will
continue to outfit others duting the
coming season. For this purpose
250,000 shares of the preferred or
treasury stock, of the par vulue of
$1.00 each, are offered at thiB time
at 25 ceuts per share. Hence, 10
shares will cost you $2.50 ; 100
$25.00; 1,000 shares, $250,00. This
slock, fully paid ud and uou assess
able, will be issued ou payment as
above. Every dollar received for
stock will be honestly and judicially
expended in out-fitting practical aud
reliable prospectors uud the result
ol their discoveries and locatious
will go into the treasury for tbe pur
pose of paying divideuts upon your
stock. The subscribers to this pre
ferred stock will receive back 25
eeuts per share, or their full cash
subscription, before tbe promoters
receive a dollar. One single loca
tion may mean millions for the
stockholders, and the tiyudicate
honestly expect to secure a huu
dred locations, including both
quartz and placer. Following are
the duly elected trustees of tbe Bin
dicate, and their official standing
should certainly be accepted as a
guarantee of good faith and the
promise of. an honest admimstra
tion of the Syndicate's affairs :
Will D. Jenkins, Secretary of
state j ttobert Bridges, State Land
Cooiuiibsiouer ; Thomas M. Vance,
Assistant Attorney General : U. li
Heifuer, State Insurance Commis
sioner : George W. Thompson, State
Laud Inspector ; Rev. Horatio Ail
ing, Congregational minister i Jesse
r . Murphy ex-ltegister U. S. Land
Office.
If you desire to iuvest in this
express niouey order or registered
letter, directed plainly to tbe uudei
signed, iteeuiber thut the 25
ceuts for each share pays for tbe
stock in lull.
Prospectus, giving full details.
with articles of incorporation, sent
application. Address,
C. G. Hkifner, Secretury,
Alaska Co-Operative Mining Syndi
cate, Ol.yiupia, Wash.
i-lice of the Peace
M- 2. STEININGER.
Middleburgh, Pa
PM- E. E. PAWLING
PAWLING,
Attorneys-at-Law.
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HEAPACnEa are tbe bano of woman's
life. Frequently relloved but seldom
permanently cured, the ultimate re
sult is continual misery. Miss Maggie Han
nah, 521 Chestnut St., Danville, 111., says in
June 18: "I cannot add to my testimony of
last year except that I am well and strong.
Two years ago I had such a puin In my head
that I ale nothing, was desperately nervous
and could not sloep
Other complications
peculiar to my sex set
In and our physician
called another in con
sultation. They de
cided I bad consump
tion and must die. I
commenced talcing Dr.
Miles' Restorative Nervine and the second
night obtained the first nights real sleep In
four weeks. 1 know that Dr. Miles' Bestor
atlve Nervine saved my life.
Dr. Miles- Remedies are sold by all drug
gists under a positive guarantee, first bottle
benefits or money refunded. Book on Heart
and Nerves sent free to all applicants.
DR. MILES MEDICAL CO, Elkhart, Ind.
v muer ;
Nervine
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T-7TDCWH' APPRAIR8MBNT8. Notice Is here-
bv o-lvftti that the tollowlnir Widows' AD-
pnttsements undnr the I3O0 law, have been med
with the tnerk ot the Or urns' Court Of SnvrW
eountv tor (Mndnnatlon on Monday, the 18th
aav or Deo., ikt.
AppralMtnent of Luoetta Sears, widow of Wm.
B. .Sean, lata of Helinnrrave. Hnvder Co.. Pa..
dee'd, elected to be taken under the f&X) eiemp
Uoalaw. Appraisement of Klliabeth fltetler, widow of
Noab HtnSler, lata of Monroe Two., Hnydar Co.,
Pa., dee'd. elected In be taken under the 1300
exemption law.
'Appraisement of Carrie Broslous, widow nf
Manolaan Broaiaua. lata of Perrv Two.. 8nder
Co., P4, dee'd, elected to be taken under, the
tBM exemption law.
RELIGION A LUXUBY.
Dr.Talmaga
tha orctt
arcta of the Blbla
rlLl ofar.,.,,oc.
It la Wednes
day morning In
naradlse. The
tbslr opening place nor the flsh take
their first swim until the following
Friday. The solar and lunar lights
did not break through the thick, cha
otic fog ot the world's manufacture
until Thursday. Before that there
waa light, but lt -was electric light or
phosphorescent light, not the light of
sun or moon. But the botanical and
pomological productions came on
Wednesday, first the flowers and then
the fruits. Tbe veil of fog is lifted,
and there stand the orchards. Watch
tha sudden maturity ot the fruit. In
our time pear trees must have two
years, before they bear fruit and
peach trees ' three years, and
apple trees five years, but here
Instantly a complete orchard springs
Into life, all the branchoa bear
ing fruit. The lnsectlle forces, which
have been doing their worst to destroy
the fruits for 6,000 years, had not yet
begun their invasion. Tbe curculio
had not yet stung the plum, nor the
caterpillar hurt the apple, nor had the
phylloxera plague, which has devas
tated the vineyards of America and
France, assailed the grapes, nor the
borer perforated the wood, nor the
aphides ruined the cherry, nor the
grub punctured the nectarine, nor the
blight struck the pear. There stood
the first orchard with a perfection of
rind, and an esqulslteness of color,
and a lusclousness of taste, and an
affluence of production which it may
take thousands of years more of study
of the science ot fruits to reproduce.
Why waa the orchard created two
days before the flsh and birds and
three days before the cattle? Among
other things, to Impress the world
with a lesson It Is too stupid to learn
that fruit diet is healthier than meat
diet, and that the former must precede
the latter. The reason there are In
the world so many of the lmbruted
and sensual is that they have not im
proved by the mighty, unnoticed fact
that the orchards of paradise preceded
the herds, and aviaries and flsh ponds.
Oh, those fruit bearing trees on the
banks of the Euphrates, and the Gihon
and the Hlddekel! I wonder not that
the ancient Romans, Ignorant of our
Qod, adored Pomona,, the goddess of
fruits, and that all the sylvan deities
were said to worship her, and that
groves were set apart as her temples.
You have thanked God for bread a
thousand times. Have you thanked
him for the fruits which he made the
first course of food In the menu of the
world's table the acids of those fruits
to keep the world's table from being
insipid, and their sweets to keep lt
from being too sour?
At this autumnal season how the
orchards breathe and glow, the leaves
removed that the crimson or pink or
saffron or the yellow or brown may
the better appear, while the aromatlcs
fill the air with Invitation and remi
niscence. As you pass through the
orchard on these autumnal days and
look up through the arms of the trees
laden with fruit you hear thumping on
the ground that which is fully ripe,
and throwing your arms around the
trunk you give a shake that sends
down a shower of gold and fire on all
sides of you. Pile up In baskets and
barrels and bins and on shelves and
tables the divine supply. But these
orchards have been under the assault
of at least 60 centuries tbe storm, the
droughts, the winters, the insectlvora.
What must the first orchard have
been? And yet lt is the explorer's ev
idence that on the site of that orchard
there is not an apricot, or an apple, or
an olive nothing but desert and deso
lation. There is not enough to forage
the explorer's horse, much less to feed
his own hunger. In other words, that
first orchard Is a lost orchard. How
did tbe proprietor and the proprietress
of all that intercolumnlatlon of fruit
age let the rich splendor slip their pos
session? It was, as now, most of the
orchards are lost namely by wanting
more. Access they had to all the fig
trees, apricots, walnuts, almonds, ap
ples bushels on bushels and were
forbidden the use of only one tree In
the orchard. Not satisfied with all but
one, they reached for that and lost the
whole orchard, do right down through
the business marts of the great cities
and find among the weighers and
clerks and subordinates men who once
commanded the commercial world.
They had a whole orchard of successes,
but they wanted just one more thing,
one more house, or one more country
seat, or one more store, or one more
railroad, or one more million.
They clutched for that and lost all
thoy had gained. For one more tree
they lost a whole orchard. There are
business men all around us worried
nearly to death. The doctor tells
them they ought to stop. Insomnia or
indigestion or aching at the base of the
brain or ungovernable nerves tell them
they ought to stop. They really have
enough for themselves and their fami
lies. Talk with them about their
overwork and urge more prudence and
longer rest and they say: "Tea, you
are right. After I have accomplished
one more thing that I have on my
mind I will hand over my business to
my sons and go to Europe and quit the
kind of exhausting life I have been
living tor the past SO years." Some
morning you open your paper, and,
looking at the death column, you find
he suddenly depamd this life. In try
lag U via Jut one more tree he lost
the whole orchard.
Yonder la a Baa with many stylps o
tnnoceat eniartalaaieat and auj-e
meat He walks, he rides, he ,-lr
tenpins la private alleys, he has boi.:-oa-
his table,- pictures ou his wall -tr.
occasional outings, concerts, lectu.es
baseball tickets and the Innumerable
delights ot friendship, but he wsr.u a
key to the place of dissolute convoca
tion. He wants association with some
member of a high family as reckless
lag oa the earth or aider the earth.
Let ail the sharpshootera of perdition
blase away.
But having Introduced you to
Adam's orchard, and carried you a
while through Solomon's orchard, I
want to take a walk with you through
Pilate's orchard of three treea on a
hill 70 feet high, ten minutes' walk
from the gate of Jerusalem.
After I had read that our great
grandfather and great-grandmother
had been driven out ot the first orch-
as he is afflnent. He wants. Instead of ard, I made up my mind that tbe Lord
a quiet Sabbath, one of carousal. He
wants the stimulus of strong drinks.
would not be defeated in that way. I
said to myself that when they had
He wants the permissions of a profit- been poisoned by the fruit of that one
gate life. The one membership, the tree, somewhere, somehow, there would
one bad habit, the one carousal, robs be provided an antidote for the poi-
alm ot all the possibilities and lnno- son. I said: "Where Is the other tree
cent enjoyments and noble Inspire- tnat WH undo the work of that tree?
tlons of a lifetime. By one mouthful Where Is the other orchard that will
of forbidden fruit he loses a whole or- repair the damage received In the first
chard of fruit unforbidden. orchard?" And I read on until I
You see what an expensive thing Is found the orchard and lta center tree
sin. It costs a thousand times more 88 mtehty for cure as this one had
than It is worth.
been for ruin, and as the one tree In
The story of Eden is rejected by Adam'8 orchard had Its branches laden
some as an Improbability, If not an lm- with the red fruit of carnage, and the
possibility, but nothing on earth Is pale fruit of suffering, and the spotted
easier for me to believe than the truth trult of decay, and tbe bitter fruit ot
of this Edenlc story, for I have seen disappointment, I found In Pilate's
the same thing in this year of our orchard a tree which, though stripped
Lord, 1897. of all Its leaves and struck through by
But I turn from Adam's orchard to an iron bolt M ,onK yur arra. nev'
Solomon's orchard. With his own ertheIe8S bore the richest fruit that
hand, he writes, "I made me gardens was ever Sphered. Like the trees of
and orchards." Not depending on the the nr8t orcnard. this was planted,
natural fall of rain, he Irrigated those M0880"""'1 and bore fruit all in one
orchards. Pieces of the aqueduct that day Paul wa8 'mpulslve and vehe-
watered those gardens I have seen, aud menl of nat,lre- and ho "aid hold of
the reservoirs are as perfect as when that tree wlth botn arms and 8hook u
thousands of years ago. the mason's 1111 the Bround 411 TOua& looked like
trowel smoothed the mortar over their orchard the morning after an au-
gray surfaces. No orchard of olden or tumnal equinox, and, careful lest ne
modern time, probably, ever had Its 6tep on BOme of the frult- 8athe"ed up
thirst so well slaked. The Iargat of a basketfuI of It for the Galatians,
crying out, "Tbe fruit of the spirit Is
love, Joy, peace, long suffering, gen
tleness, goodness, faith, meekness,
temperance." The other two trees of
Pilate's orchard were loaded, the one
vltti tha ..,!. v I. .1 . . I
tcnnriorrnl thin.. n I.. DIM- A i u "' ' "'7 uu
hi. in.,....i" . .u. ....... ? the other wltb h tender fruit of re-
these reservoirs Is 6S2 feet long, 207
feet wide, and GO feet deep.
After Solomon had taken his morn
ing ride in these luxuriant orchards,
he would sit down and write those
his illustrations from the fruits he
had that very morning plucked or rid-
pentance, but tbe center tree bow
will I ever forget the day I sat on the
den under, and wishing to praise the ., ... '...,
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2 ?trL Imonl "hi ,r!L M T center tr" 01 that onard yields the
.1 . rJ, TJ I antldoto tor th Po"oned nations,
so Is my beloved." And wishing to ,, , .... .,.... . ,
,.,. ,. , . .... . , " . Now, In this discourse of the pomol-
describe the love of the church for the , ,v . , . . .
. . . . . ... ogy of the Bible, or God amid the or-
LaV Wa 11 7 W I Itrjo, Afiuiuri U1J WILLI i i a . . .
-i-i. -.. j r chards, having shown you Adam's or
oyii.cD, iui am Bita. ui .uo, ana ue- . . . 0,m.. .v,. .
chard and Solomon's orchard, and Pi
late's orchard, I now take you into St.
siring to make reference to the white
Vi a . v r f tha intaeananlsn a i4 time ka.
h ..... . h. m . Jolns orchard, and I will stop there,
of . ZTSZ -7 h,T u'"0 for. having seen that, you will want to
of the almond tree were white, he says aaa n,' mr. . . .,
a--) a- a a q tuui we SLSe uuu uituewii,
having seen that orchard, discharged
a whole volley of Come! Come! Come!
of the old man, "The almond tree
shall flourish." The walnuts and the
nAmairPsnliM a ti4 tiA masirl -nliflB mwA
. o , , ... and then pronounced the benediction:
the figs make Solomon's writings a dl- n, . . . . .
vlnely arranged fruit basket.
What mean Solomon's orchards and
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
be with you all. Amen." Then the
hftnlahait aftvanffAllat .kiao, iha hnnlr
Solomon s gardens, for they seem to and the BlbIe doM The dear old
mingle the two Into one, flowers un- book opened wlth Adam., orchard and
derfoot and pomegranates overhead? clo8ell wiyi SL Jjhn.. orchard su
To me they suggest that religion Is a John went ,nt0 tnlg orchard th h
uxury. They mean that our religion a stone th, black htuJt of the
is the luscious, the aromatic, the pun- ,ale of Patmo.( to whIch ne nad been
gent, the arborsescent, the efflorescent. ,,ed That orchard whlcn h9 ,aw
the foliaged, the umbrageous. They wai and , ,n heaven.
mean what Edward Payson meant
While there It enough of the pomp
when he declared. "It my happiness of the clty about hwveBn for tho8e"w
continues to increase, I cannot support Uke , b . thank there
1 r ln noh mnaoe " It mAnna mhnt n-ina '
it much longer." It means what Bapa
Padmanjl, a Hindoo convert, meant
when he said, "I long for my bed, not
that I may sleep I lie awake often
and long but to hold communion with
my God."
is enough In the Bible about country
scenery In heaven to please those of us
who were born in the country and nev
er got over it. Now you may have
streets of gold in heaven. Give me
the orchards with 12 manner of fruits
It means what the old colored man and yielding their fruit every month,
said when he was accosted by the col- and the leave8 of the treeg are for ..the
porteur, "Uncle Jack, how are you?" heallng of the natlong( an(, there shall
"1 is very painful in my knee, but, be no more curge but the throne of
thank my heavenly Master, I'm cause God and ot tha ghall be ,n lt
to be thankful. My good Master Just and hls gcrvantg Bhall gerve hllIli and
gib me nuf to make me humble." "And they 8ha gee hlg fucei and bls nams
do you enjoy religion as much now. ghall be ln thelr foreheads, and there
Uncle Jack, as when you could go to Bha be no nIght there and thoy need
church and class meetings?" "Yes, I no candle nilther Bht of the gun for
Joys him more. Den I truss to de the glveth them llgntf and
people, to de meetings, to de sarment, they ghall reIgn foMver and ever."
de pray I feels glad. But all dis ain't IJut Jll8t thlnk of a place go brHlant
like de good Lord ln de heart, God's thttt the noonday gun ,halI be re.
love nere. i. means sunrise instead Inoved from the mantle of the sky be-
of sun-down. It means the Memnon
cause It Is too feeble a taper. Yet most
statue made to sing at the stroke of o M am impressed with the fact
morning light. It means Christ at thttt l am not yet flt for tnat place, nor
the wedding ln Cana. It means the you ether. By the reconstructing
"time of the singing of birds Is come." and 8an(.tfyng 0f Christ we
It means Jeremiah's "well watered gar- need to be made all over and ,et ug
aen.
ness
bridegroom." It means Luke's bad boy
come home to his father's house, telling our height.
woridiy joy xuiea L,eo a wnen ne
heard that Milan was captured. Talva
It means David's "oil of glad- be gettlng our passports ready If we
u means isaian a Dnae ana want to get lnt0 that country. An
earthly passport Is a personal matter,
earthly pass
port is a personal matter, tell
ing our girth, the color of our hair,
died of Joy when the Roman senate our features, our connexion and our
honored hlra. Dlagora died of Joy be- age cannot get Into a foreign port
cauBe bis three sons were crowned at on your passport, nor can you get in
the Olympian games. Sophocles diod on mnei Eacn one of ug tor himself
of Joy over his literary successes. And needg a divine signature, written by
religious Joy has been too much for the wounded hand of the Son of God,
many a Christian and his soul has . t0 get jnto tn0 heavenly orchard, un
sped away on the wing of hosannas. j der the laden branches of which ln
You think religion Is a good thing God's good time we may meet the
for a funeral. Oh, yes! But Solomon's ( Adara of tne flrgt orchard, and the Sol
orchard means more. Religion Is a ; omon Q the second orchard, and the
good thing now when you are in health
and when I hear de hymns sing and
and prosperity and the appetite Is good
for citrons and apples and apri
cots and pomegranates. Come in
without wasting any time ln
talking about them and take
the luxuries of religion. Happy your
self, then you can make others happy.
Make Just one person happy every day
and In 20 years you will have made
7,300 people happy. I like what Well
ington said after the battle ot Water
loo and when he was ln pursuit of the
French with, his advance guard and
Colonel Harvey said to him, "General,
you had better not go any farther, for
you may be shot at by some straggler
from the bushes." And Wellington re
plied: "Let them fire away. The bat
tle is won and my life Is of no value
now." My friends, we ought never. to
be reckless, but If, through tbe par
dotting and rescuing grace of Christ,'
you have gained the victory over sin
St. John of the last orchard, to sit
down under the tree of which the
church in the book of Canticles speaks
when it says: "As the apple tree
among the trees of the wood, so is
my beloved among the sons. I sat
down under his shadow with great de
light, and his fruit was sweet to my
taste." And there lt may be found
that to-day we learned the danger ot
hankering after one thing more, and
that religion Is a luxury, and that
there is a divine antidote for all poi
sons, and that, we had created In us
an appetite for heaven, and that it was
a wholesome and saving thing for us
to have discoursed on the pomology ot
tbe Bible or God among the orchards.
Badger The theatre Is so different
from what it was. It is but a fleeting
show, so to speak; there's nothing sta
ble about It
Wldgit That's too bad, by George,
considering the amount ot horse-play
ad death and hell you aeed fear noth- lner, it in it. Boston Transcript.
. WITH ORUSON TURRETS.
Btar Tks Xaw Tarfc nrwee Will ate
Pvaiee.ea fcy Thai Veemltable Syelaaa.
IMW TORK. Nov. I. Aa a result of
the appeal of the New York Chamber
f Commerce for additional artillery for
roftst protection, the war department
wlU erect In the harbor of New York
the most formidable known system of
defense In the world namely, gruson
turre's.
An officer of hlirh standing- In ord
nance rirclen la authority for the state
ment thut the question has been under
serious consideration by the war de
partment for some time, and that it
would doubtless have been settled loner
ago If it had not been for the (treat ex
pense Involved. Now. however, that
the people have taken the matter In
hand the war department nfflrers are of
the opinion that there will no lnKr be
trouble In obtaining from congress oil
the money that ia necessary.
The gruson turret In a Oerman de
vice, controlled at present by the
Krupps. It comes the nearest to Im
pregnability of anything known to ar
tillerists of today. So keenly alive has
the war department been to the neces
sity of obtaining some BUrh protection
for coast guns that minute particles
nave been secured from the (Jernian
makers. The Krupps. It Is stated by
ordnance men. have Rone so far on the
ruination received from this govern
ment as to have arranged with the
llethlehem Iron works of rtethlehetn.
I'n.. for the fabrication work In the
United States. The negotiations. It Is
snhl. were curried on by Captain A. K.
Plnrkowskl of the German artillery
corps, who represents the Krupps In
this country.
RECKLESS ROBBERS.
After Mowing Open at Safe ou a Train,
They Wreck the Care In a Collision.
ALnUQrKRQl'E. N. M.. Nov. g. At
lantic and Pacific passenger train No. 2
from the west was held up by four men
near Orants station, 9o miles west of
this city. After blowing open the ex
press company's safe, the robbers
wrecked the train, which ruught fire,
the express, baggage and smoking cars
being totally destroyed.
It Is not yet known whether they
were successful ln obtaining booty, but
It In thought a large amount of money
was carried by the train.
The robbers had boarded the train
at some point farther west, and when
near Grants one of them boarded the
engine and, covering the engineer with
a gun. ordured hlsk to stop the train.
The coaches were cut off and left at the
stockyards. The rest of the train was
then taken out a mile and a half from
the station, whore the express safe was
dismantled.
After robbing the safe, the robbers re
versed the engine and made thulr es
cape. The engine and baggage car ran
at a terrific rate until they struck the
coaches, which were standing near the
stockyarda. The cars were wrecked and
caught fire, four of them being burned.
Fortunately the passengers had all
left the coaches before the collision,
and none waa Injured.
A late rumor is to the effect that the
fireman. Henry Able, who wan com
pelled by the robbers to run the engine
when the coaches were loft, was killed
by the explosion when the safe was
blown open.
Hl Hotel named tijr Firebug.
ST. AUOt'HTINE, Fla.. Nov. S.-The
Hotel San Marco, one of the finest and
most capacious hotel properties In this
city, was burned to the ground by In
cendiaries, entailing a loss of about
r2f.0.ono, with less than &50.0HO insurance.
The blure not only illuminated the en
tire city, but could be seen for miles
around. In a few hours the structure
wiij4 reduced to embers. The owner of
the Pan Marco was William lleale. a
real estate dealer In Hoston, and was
leased to McDowell & Palmer. It would
have been opened next month. Fearing
further Incendiarism, those in charge of
the Hotel Ponce de Leon have ordered
steam up constantly In order to furnish
water prnftsure ut a few moments' no
tice. The cltlsena of the city have of
fered MM) reward for the capture of the
Incedlarles.
Sara He Waa Treated llrntally.
rORT TOWN8END. Wash.. Nov. 8.
Captain Lllman and Mate Hall of the
schooner Llnmann D. Foster, which ar
rived from Honolulu, were arrested by a
deputy I'nlted States marshal on u
warrant sworn out by Able Seaman
McDonald, who claims to have been
brutally treated by the captain urul the
mate on the voyage. United States
Commissioner Swan held hem to appear
before the I'nlted States court ln the
sum of t$0i.
The Work of Ghouls.
MILLVILLE. N. J., Nov. 8. C.houls
dug up the body of Mrs. Phiebe Tllton,
burled four months ago In Mount Pleas
ant cemetery, dragged It some distance
and mutilated lt by cutting open the
trunk with un ax and removing the
heart. There Is the usual talk about It
being the work of medical students, but
the awkward way In which the deed
was done seems to preclude this theory.
New York Market.
FLOUR State and western weak and
lower to sell; city mills patents. iU.Wii'
6.15; winter patents, J54f5.25; city mills
clears, f.4535.60; winter straights, J4.G0
t 4.75.
WHEAT No. 2 red opened weak and
declined under bearish cables, better
Argentine crop news and a big visible
supply; December, 9((g6c.; January,
18 Sc.
RYE Quiet; No. 2 western, 4Uc, c. I.
f., Huffalo.
CORN No. 2 opened firm on small
receipts and held steady; Decern ler.
S1HC3U4C.; May. 3434c.
OATS No. 2 dull, hut steady; track.
white, state, 2631c; track, white,
western, M4f31c.
PORK Dull; new mess, $8.509.25;
family, lll12.25.
LARD Steadier; prime western
steam. I4.83H. nominal.
BUTTER Qutet; state dairy, 12
tOc.; state creamery, 14923c.
CHEESE Quiet ; large, white, 8Tc;
small, white, Ktj?Vic
EQGB Firmer; state and Pennsylva
nia, 1I0S1C.; western, 21c.
SUGAK Raw nominal; fair refining.
SV.0S I-He; centrifugal, H test, 3&
t It-Me.; refined steady; crushed, 6"Hc.;
pewderejl, 6 I-lSc.
TURFBNTrNE Steady at 30H31c.
MOLASSES Quiet; New Orleans, K
Otto.
RICE Quiet; domestic, 46V4c.; Ja-paa,Ho.