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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-28
Money of the Mormono. '=w,

II you go into the principal Office Of
the Tithing House, says Salt Lake City
letter to the Globe Democrat, you viii see
n tall young man handling what looks
like money. lie is behind counter, and
the counter is protected by high rail-
ing. The man glances through the
window, then looks down at the bills,
and goes on thumbing them like bank
teller. He goes to and from big safe
carrying bundles done up Just as bills are,
with little bands of brown paper pinned
about them. Sometimes the young man
doesn't stop to count, but takes the
amount on the brown slip as correct and
passes out the bundle. This is Mormon
money. Il is tithing script. 1t is
used to facilitate the handling of the
grain and hay and live stock and produce
which come in. II you pick up one of
these bills you will find il very much like
bank note in its appearance. In one
upper corner is the number Of the bill.
In the lower hand corner is the in
hoe signo of Mormonism, n bee hive.
The face of the bill reads: General
Itching Storehouse. Good only for
Merchandise and Produce at the General
Tithing Storchousc, Salt Lake City,
Utah" Each note bears the signature of
the Presiding Bishop. On the back is
denomination again ana vgnette of the
new tcmpleat salt Lake City The back
also bears the wording: "This note is
not current except in the merchandise
and produce departments OF the General
Tithing Storehousc.' The engraving is
well executed and the printing is well
done The bills vary in color. There
are grecnbacks for one department of the
Tithing House, brownhackS for another
and so on. BY using this scrip the
Church is able to create market for
considerable quantities of the tithing.
This scrip is given out in dispensing
charity. 1t is used in paying for work
| on the temple so far Us the workmcn can
make use of it, Employees of the Tith-
ing House receive their salaries or allow
auces partly in scrip. In numerous ways
the Mormon money gets into circulation.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-28
Not "Siuck Ip."

Among the officers in the Northern
army of the Civl War no one was grulrcr,
drawer or more beloved by his men than
General Stannard, who commanded u
Vermont Brigade. lie was always en-
ragged by any attempt of the men whom
he commanded to steal, or forage rs
as they called it, ON private property.
A private named Hicks, on the march
to Gettysburg, remarked, chucklng, to
companion, that there was nothing
stuck up about old Stannard. He was
not ashamed to converse sociably with II
private"
elias he been talking to you! What
did he say!"
"rold me if ! didn't get out OF them
cherry trees, he'd kill mc,'
Another instance of Stannards keen
watchfulness is given by one of his sol
diers. On the march to Frederick, the
General knew that an attack was to be
made on the regiment in few minutes
The men were furnishing with thirst, and
coming to a we'll wished to stop and fill
their cantoo,ls. 5tAnnas SCI. a gucl Z
over it and forbade them to break ranks.
A certain Lieutenant Brown, who had
a wounded comradc, disobcyed the order,
and going to the well, at the risk of his
life, brought his friend some water.
General Stannard put him under arrest
and took his sword from him.
When the regiment reached Gcttys.
burg, Brown lorseeing a fierce conflict,
asked the General to suffer him to carry
his sword for the day, to be returned at
night. 1t had, however, been sent with
the baggage to the rear. Brown pro.
cured tomahawk and carried it into
the battle, and did such good service
that General Stannard at night, though
badly wounded, sent for him, gave him
his own sword, and told him he richly
deserved to carry it. IouthS ComDaH-
ion,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-28
rnr rowEn OF CONVICTION.

This is the greatest need Of the world.
Has this power departed Has it, in any
serious decree, diminished i'm its practical
effects We should not answer these and
kindred questions with undue haste. our
present field of Christian labor may be en-
compasscd about with peculiar difficulties,
such rs require patient continuance in we'll
doing IN an extraordinary sense. Time
may be requisite in order t. break the
crust OF scllishncss and indifference that has
come upon the souls that we would save
Marked exhibitions of this divine power
may seem To weary worker To be wanting
In community, when in reality il il pres.
ent. Under such circumstances let us
never give way to discouragcmcnt.
We rejoice, however, when there comes
to our notice some wonderful change sud-
denly wrought in a dcpraved heart by the
Holy Spirit. Without doubt. could we
know how widely and oilectually lie is
working among men, innumcrablc instances
of this kind would rebuke our unbelef.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-28

sor J. l.. Smith was ut frs. inclined 70
prorounce II the dried spawn Of frogs,
but as It was found under the microscope
undoubtcd characteristics peculiar to the
flesh of animals this theory was aban-
doned. Perhaps the most reasonable
explanation is that of Professor Peter, of
Lexington, KY, who believed the fall Of
flesh to be simply the result Of kind OF
post prandial disgvrging by flock Of
buzzards who had been feasting them
selves more abundantly than wisely on
the carcass of sheep. Globe Democrat.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-28
The Profit In Diamonds.

"The biggest profits in the jewelry
business are in diamonds" remarked d
well-known dealer in precious stones to 6
friend the other day. "ln no Other
branch of the trade are prices kept at
such an inflated figure. No jeweler will
tell man outside the trade the true value
of stone, lie may appraise it at Ger.
tain figure, with guarantee to buy il
back at that price any time less small
per cent They can afford to do that,
for the diamond loses nothing by age,
and the chances are that the owner Of the
stone will not want to part with it,
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Paid With Beans.

A singular circumstance recently oc-
Cured at Biddcford, Me-, which reminds
one of the days when people bartered in
beads and wampum. Two men, one a
small, slender person and the other Of
proportions in the neighborhood of 300
pounds, were employed by one of the
women in that locality to dig grave on
her family lot. They worked rapidly,
and ere they were aware, the excavation
was so large and deep that the fat man
was unable TO get out of the hole. A
machine was constructed, and after quite
a struggle the big man was once more on
top. In payment for their services the
woman short time after gave each of the
two men five quarts of gray beans
enough to keep them out of the ground
for quite while if it came to the worst.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-28
The Fly Won't Walk Downward.

Put fly on the window and up he
goes toward the top; he can't be mad,
to walk downward. A gentleman hit
upon an idea. Why not use that habit
against theml Forthwith he made a
window screen divided in half. The
upper half Tapped over the lower, with
an inch of space between. As soon as
a fly would light on the screen he would
proceed to travel upward, and would
thus walk straight out Of doors. On
reaching the top of the lower half he
would be outside. Not being able tc
walk down, he could not return to the
room. BY This means room can be
quickly cleared of flies, which always
seek the light, Picayuae.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-28
A Smart Goose.

To call stupid person goose is a
great injustice to the goose, for they have
been known to show themselves very sen.
sible, to wit: One goose that warn't q
bit of a goose, as the saying goes. This
smart goose was quite n pet of the writer,
and was very fond of feeding on soaked
bread. However, it did not disdain q
dry crust, which it would pick up and
carry TO n water trough and soak thor
oughly before attempting to eat it.
Picayuao.
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INSPIRED ny THE oLonY OF lrnoyAn.

The Rev. William Tenncnt of the Prcsby-
tcrian church after preaching one Sabbath
morning, walked into the woods To spend
the intcrmssion He was rejecting on the
infinite wisdom of God as manifested in all
his works, and particularly in the wonderful;
method of salvation through the death and
sulirrngs of His beloved Son. This subject
suddenly opened upon his mind with such a
flood of light that his views on the glory and
the infinite majesty Of Jehovah were SO
great as to overwhelm him. and he fell
almost lifcless To the ground. When
he had revived little, all he could
do was To raise II fcrvcnt prayer
that God would Withdraw himseffr him.
or he must perish under view of His in
ciiabc glory. Oycrstayiug his time, some
of the elders went in search of him, and
found him PROSTATE on the ground, unable
10 rise, and incapable of informing them of
the cause. They raised him up and after u
time took him To the church. IIo remained
silent ior n considerable time, earnestly sup
plicating Almighty God TO hide Himself
from him, that lac might be enabled 10 adj
dress His people He then spokJ to then
"A man instdrnl
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-28
mLwAUKEE's "soUvHYtRs.- "

1t Is generally assumsed by Milwaukeeites
chat everyone visiting their city has been
drawn there by a love OF beer. Accordingly,
ON the recent arrival of the South and Cen
trail American excursionists, the Milwaukee
Reception Committee boarded the train bear
ing their distinguished guests and presented
them with souvenirs in the shape of small
bottles containing lager beer. The next step,
of course, was 10 hustle the travellers 10 the
breweries themselves. Surely no one will
maintain that the dignity OF the Republic
was not fully sustained by the beer-loying
Milwaukee City Fathers THE Pioneer.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-28

A writer tells Of going down with party
into coal mine. "On the side of the gang
way grew plant which was perfectly white.
The visitors were aStonishcd that there,
where the cOal-dust was continually flying,
this little plant should he so clean. a miner
who was with them took "A handful of black
dust and threw IL on the plant, but not "A
particle of it adhered. There was a wonder
iIil enamel on the plant to which not the
finest speck could cling. Living there, amid
clouds Of dust nothing could stain its snowy
whitcness. This is n picture OF what every
Christian should be. Unholy influences
breathe incess 'ntlv about us and upon us.
But II is our mission to be pure amid all
this vilcncss, undeiilcd, uuspotted from the
world. If God can make little plant so
wondrOusly, surely lie can by His grace so
transform our heart and life that sin shall
not cling 10 us. lie who can keep the plant
stainless and white as snow amid clouds of
dust can guard us in purity in this world of
sim" There is something in the nature and
ON the surface of this singular plant which
throws of or repels every contaminating
substance which approaches. So, too, may
we repel moral pollution, If we are in a
proper state OF grace. Holiness is the recoil
of the soul from sin. Such is the state Of
heart which we need In this world Of sinful
ness.
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TEMPERANCE.
ms EvENINa WALK.

The rumseller took his evening walk =,
Past the homes where his victims dwell;
W mere pale weak women, Of suffering talk,
And children, OF hunger tell.
lie hummed a gay air as he passed them by.
Nor thought Of their hunger or cold;
For little cared he for misery's cry,
Ii IL filled his pockets with gold
George ". Cook,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-28

The Shah of Persia became infatuated
with cape coats while in England and
had large number made of all colors
and from various kinds of materiaI,s.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-28

'Slum saloons" Are there any other, pray'
Is the shop where n job is finished worse than
any other where IL is begun or passed alongY
Is 1t the last step in u flight of stairs any
worse IN character than those above IT, ls
thief in broad cloth any less thief than in
rags Let us away with these distinctions
They are all slum saloOns. .- Day Ddul.
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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-28

EN-MAYoR HEWITT, OF New York, has
bought an inhabited island, called by its fifty
or slxty people Plum Island. IL is one of the
small islands in the Sound between Long Isl
and and the Connecticut shore. 1t was sold
under foreclosure 70. $4,000.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-06-12
The Americans Tins,

The tips given by Americans in
England are almost always too large,
and by this they add to their expenses
in a manner which greatly astonishes
English people, who regard all tips as
On exaction. not to be inflated in a
spirit of liberality, but to be reduced
to minimum in q spirit of economy.
An American always likes to seem to
be richer than he is. An Englishman
does not care a button what the porter
thinks of him, and gives the man
what he thinks such man ought to
expect, and no more. In the same
way Americans always increase their
expenses by travelling first-class, on a
sort of noblesse-oblige principle, a
habit which causes infinite amusement
among the moro economical English,
and gives point to the old joke that no
one travels tirst-class except fools and
Americans.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-06-12
WOMAN'S PROGRESS.
Rights and Benefits She Has Gained in II,
Past Century.

Rights and Benefits She Has Gained in the
Past Century.
In Washington's time women had
scarcely any rights or opportunities
out of the domestic circle.
A married woman was legal non
entity. The husband was the legal
guardian of the wife, or rather he pos
sessed all the rights of both. In law
the twain We're one, and that one was
the husband.
To-day a wife is in many respects
distinct, independent being in law
She may acquire, hold, convey aud
will property. She may engage in
business, carry on trade, make con-
tracts. She may sue and be sued, may
enforce her rights and defend them.
Both married and unmarried women
have acquired political rights. In GER
tain Territories a suffrage equal to
that enjoyed by mon has been con-
ferred on them. In some States they
may vote for certain officers and hold
certain offices. Everywhere there is a
growing tendency to enlarge the polit-
ical rights of all women, as there is to
enlarge the civil rights of married
women.
Still more striking has been the
opening Of a vast and varied sphere
for the occupation of women. In lit
erature they have come to the front in
large numbers. In trade and industry
countless thousands are employed.
They are found in Office and store, in
shop and factory. A large proportion
of the SEX have ceased to be depend
ents. They have become wage. earn
ers and self-supporters. They are re-
spected and honored for battling with
the necessities Of life and earning
their own livelihood.
And this vast army of employed
women and girls is destined to in
crease with every coming year.-N
7. Herald.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-06-12
CONSOLIDATE WIDOWS.
A. Bereaved Wife Who Was Only Too
Thankful for Release.

a. Bereaved Wife Who Was Only Too
Thankful for Release.
Once / was with a friend of mine
when the news of her husbands death
was brought to her. He had been
killed in a railway accident. She was
shocked by the news and the dreadful
suddenness of it., and turned so white
that I thought she was going to faint
| made her sit down on a sofa that was
near, and she whispered in ruy ear:
"Get them all out Of the room, Madge,
l am so afraid they will see the Joy in
my face that / feel in my hearth He
had been a brute to her and to his
children. He used often to knock the
little ones down in his RACES, and,
though his wife neve" told me so,
fancy that he more than once had laid
his hand upon her by M means "in the
way of kindness"
Now, was not that a release from
misery for her and her children They
arc happy as possible now, and when
any one suggests second marriage to
AAO' OAO oAAAAOo LII q VdJ UuttU u 10" VI
her friends understand thoroughly.
Leila, our American friend, is great
on the subject of widows. Il know"
she says, ''that society expects wild
ows to sit on their husbands cofflns
and make every body uncomfortable,
and society is just the first to turn and
rend them for doing it. Just you wait
till I'm widow; I'll be a real smart
one. This is the sort of cap I'll wear, "
and she sketches her own pretty head,
with a cap about two inches square on
the top and a pair of ''weepers"
streaming on the air behind. '.There!
shan't look nice? Oh, girls! I wish
I'd been born widow, that dor'-
"Madge," in London Truth. .5
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-06-12
STRIKE CURlOSlTlES.
Queer Information Coming from A
Points of the Compass.

Queer Information Coming from All
Points of the Compass.
A Philadelphia brewery wouldn't let
| its employees drink beer during work.
ing hours and the men all quit work.
They are back now and drink all the
| beer they want.
Factory girls in Massachusetts
| woolen-mill laid off some time ago be-
| cause the foreman persisted in keep
ing a picture of white horse on his
desk. Ten of the girls had hair which
was decidedly auburn in color.
Ten men employed in a tanning fac
tory at Bergen, n. j., struck because
their employers hired a dude book
keeper who went into the tanning
yard every noon and, seating himself
on box, polzed fun at the workmen
and their ''disgusting twade."
During the recent street-car strike
in st. Paul q woman, wife of one of
the striking drivers, appeared on the
street where the crowd was waiting
for the appearance of ''scab-driven''
car, with an immense bowl of dirty
water. Lets put the scab in the
SOUP" she cried. The crowd took up
the idea with enthusiasm, and it took
the police five minutes to keep it at
bay while the ''scab" was hustled off
out of sight
just before the curtain rose for the
performance of ''Trovatore" in Milan
the supernumeraries- in num-
ber-announced that they would not go
on unless their wages were increased
one-third. The management promptly
went to work, and inside of fifteen min
utes had thirty raw recruits from the
streets at the stage doors. On seeing
these the regular supers who had on
their stage costumes, made a rush and
escaped out into the street. For half
an hour they were chased by the Off
GERS of the theater, who finally shouted
their willingness to come to terms.
A novel strike was recently declared
in Paris by a number of professors.
These professors have been at the
mercy of educational agencies extor-
tions,. but have decided not to stand it
any longer. They have formed them
selves into a corporate body, and hope
their syndical chamber will suffice to
procure them remunerative employ
ment. It is asserted that of all the
bureaus de placement in Paris, against
which so much has been said, the edu.
cational agencies are those where un-
just extortions are the most openly
and frequently INDUCED in. The pro-
fessors on strike against the agencies
met and proceeded in a body to the
Hotel de Vile to demand subvention
of 5000 francs from the municipal
council for their sYndical chamber
Chicago News.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-06-12
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

"A French circus performer has
been engaged to give riding lessons
to the young officers of the French
army. !:
-Belgium's zinc manufacturing bus
mess has developed until one.third of
all the zinc used in Europe is made in
that country.
The Madras Government is max
ing a great effort to stimulate silk
culture, three reservations of 200
acres each having been made for that
purpose in different districts and a
liberal appropriation provided.
Duke Adolphus of Nassau, who
has become Duke of Luxemborg, is one
OF the richest royal personages in
Europe. He lost his throne in 1866
and became reconciled to the German
Government two years ago.
An English Industrial paper is au-
thority for the statement that in the
Black country semi-skilled workmen
on chains and nails, working sixty and
sixty-five hours a week, are not able
to earn more than ten to fifteen shi1-
lings per week, while women earn but
four to six shillings.
In Japan dentists travel from town
to town, and their instruments of tor
ture consist of small mallets and
wedges. When man wants tooth
extracted, the dentist prizes open his
mouth, and with his mallet drives a
wedge under the aching molar until it
is forced from its socket and can be re-
moved with the fingers.
The Eiffel Tower, at Paris, is the
highest structure ever reared by human
hands, being 1,178 feet high, or over
twice as high as our great monument
at Washington. The electric light at
its summit will be visible for forty
miles, and it will be strong enough to
enable person to read newspaper at
the distance of seven miles. ::
"A coal dealer in Yorkshire, Eng,
has been in the habit of giving over
weight in selling, the weighing ma
chine being so constructed as to regis
ter about 2,400 pounds as ton. He
did this out of pure benevolence. But
strangely enough his kindness was de-
clared to be illegal by the authorities,
who arrested and fined him for falsify-
ing an official weight.
An old European custom has died
out this year. The religious service of
foot-washing. which has lasted for four
centuries in Austria, with occasional
exceptions, was discontinued on ac-
count of the death of the Crown Prince.
For forty years the present Emperor
has washed the feet of twelve old men,
while the Empress has performed the
same service for twelve old women. 1t
was a curious relic of medieval times.
The steel-casting works of Krupp
cover an area of about 1000 acres, in
which II, 211 men are employed. Over
10000 cannons of every caliber have
been produced. The gross production
of iron and steel averages 100000 tons
per annum. For the accommodation
Of traffic and shipping twenty-eight
locomotives are used, with $50 freight
carriages. About forty-ive miles of
narrow and broad-gauge railroad lines
are laid through the establishment.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-06-12

Florida people can hold their own
in the way of titles. The Palatka
Herald remarks: Yesterday we made
it our business to keep record of the
number of men in our town holding
some sort of title, and in less than
three hours the figures showed up six
Generals, fifteen Colouels, eight
Majors, nineteen Captains, ninety-eight
Judges, nine doctors and only twelve
privates, and they We're defeated cam
didates for nffica.n