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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18
CURIOUS FACTS.


Texas has petrifed tree
Spinach is Persian plant.
Filberts came from Greece.
There is no in the Hawaiian alpha.
bet.
Sage is native of the south Of Eu-
rope.
Tricycle. cabs are Milan (Italy)
novelty.
The average trip around the world
comprises about %, 900 miles of travel.
One county in New Jersey sends to
New York ten carloads of lettuce
day.
France and Italy raise SO, 900 bush
els of chestnuts for home use and ex-
port
A German at home cats an average
of sixty-eight pounds Of beef and pork
per annum.
On some parts of the coast Of France
when the wind is east the mist that APP
pears bears with it n very noticeable
perfume.
Since December 2, 1892, our globe
has travelled exactly $50, 900, 900 miles,
which is only at its usual gait of 1000
miles minute.
Latreille once cut OF the antennm
Of an ant, and its companions, evil
IDENTIFY compassionnting its suffering,
anointed the wounded parts with
drops of fluid from their mouths.
The oldest fire engine company in
the country is claimed to be located at
Mount Holly, n. j. 1t is called the
Relief Fire Company aud has had a
continuous existence of Ill years.
The Bank of England destroys about
$50, 900 of its notes every week to re-
place them with freshly printed ones.
One evening in each week is set apart
for the making of this expensive bon
fire.
The largest building stones are those
used in the cyclopean walls of Baal-
bee, in Syria. Some of these measure
sixty-three feet in length by twenty
six in breadth, and are OF unknown
depth.
A new way to serve raw oysters is in
tall, handled tumblers. A dressing of
pepper and salt, lemon juice and Wor-
cestershire sauce goes with them, and
they are picked out with the long oys-
ter fork.
Mrs. John j. Aikens, of Philadel.
phia, has the pen with which Robert
Parkes, of England, inscribed the
names OF the children who attended
The first Sunday-school in the world,
lib years ago.
Canon Farrar says that the present
statistics show that the number OF
births in the richest districts of Ken.
sington, London, are twenty per 1000
every year, while the number of births
in the poorest districts of Fulham is
forty-eight per 1000.
The woolen carpet which has
covered the coiner's room in the San
Francisco Mint for several years was
recently taken and cremated
precious asues wei 2 dp' dous.,
gathered together, andby IN laborate
refining process the Government re.
covered 279 ounces of gold, worth
$1,000.
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LOVE HAS ms WAY.

"I'll never vel for love alone"
A naughty maiden said.
"The man who claims me for his own
In paths Of fame mus, tread
He must have snips upon the main,
And be Of proud degree,
Or shall treat with high dis1ain
Ills woris Of love for me-"
Ah, naughty maiden. have q care
Les; wealth end fame prove but snare,
A lover camc this mail 10 WOO
youth quito fair 70 see.
His love was strong, his heart Was true.
But yet no gold hal he
Unknown 70 fortune or TO fame
In humble paths he trol
His only wealth an honest name,
The noblcs' g,it O. God
All. naughty mlit. uc;hins thee we'll.
The power o'loye no tongue cau tell.
Tho maiden listened. first with scorn,
To lis sp'' tales OF love.
Dut soou mo-eheguteoas seemed tao morn
More bright the s:Ir. a. 'o.t.
Tor love hal lii the tiny flame
That siuwUrrcj In Lrr breast
What carol she low for wealth or fame.
Since love her soul possessed
Tho naughty maid hll learned e. know.
'ris love tha, MAJ the flowers grow.
Though sral; II, mi ;ht. the power Of gold
Truo los can never luy.
AMI yearniny hearts are not c0uso,cl
~ fame or lineage high.
'Ti- love aion" tina. rules the hear,
And -, twill to alwly.
When Cupid sends his shining dar.,
Love always wins the day
m happiness j. Away, found
Where love and ten iernes' abound.
-plcayunn
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bank of the creek had caused the old
bear to fear pursuit. She was en-
deavoring to place herself and Off
spring beyond danger. The weakling
cub was delaying her fight. SO its
mother not only removed il as me-
mace TO the safety of herself and the
other cub. but put it beyond the possi-
bility of its falling into the hands of
the foe by promptly tearing all tender
maternal feelings from her breast and
the cub to pieces at the same time.
New York Herald.
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THE EARLY WORM.
IL ALICE MA"5owAv.

: was always
earning sue
cess and re-
cciy,ng fail
urC.
He did every
thing he ought
Just as his
fri ends andad-
wiser, would
nave wished,
Hnd some uu-
expected cir
cuinsiance de
privcd HIM OF
his reward. So
I.rnNnrhirl iii
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sympathy.

Rupert think I'll pour some
cologne in this medicine bottle"
"Why?"
Rupert-"Why, to take the taste
ont Of its mouth. "--Harper's Young
People.
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explanation appealed to the


......s. -.
rs that side il well developed, 49, name
and reputation stuck TO Mort even
after he had, by strength and perse-
verance, wrenched few crumbs of
success from the clenched hand of
Fate.
He was managing the Half Moon
ranch, to get capital to stock one of his
own, when the niece of his next neigh
bor on the south, Floyd Peudleton, nj
the Bar &, came out to visit her
uncle.
Miss Eula Pendleton had the unique
and rs she found later rather uu.
comfortable position of the only girl
in Harter County.
Its ten eligible bachelors were sigh
ing for her before she crossed the
State line. As none of the euterprislng
swains saw any individual profit in
standing back to see the others make
the running, the Pendleton parlor Of
an evening soon came to look like II
jury room with an obstinatoly hung
jury-Miss Eula serving Ms the sheriff,
who, apparently, held the recalcitrants
in durance vile.
When the young woman was pleased
to attend roundup, or to ride 10 any
gathering, she never went with les,
than n corporal's guard crowd more
like sheriil"s posse usually sur
rounded her while there, and accom-.
panied her home.
Such being the state Of things, ii i.
no wonder that the report that tn,
Early Worm, otherwise Mort Willis,
had been seen all alone, except for the
presence of the two ponies and 4
steer, Mt the south Of the Bar 6 cora
giving Miss Eula lessons in roping,
awakened scornful mirth.
"That's Just it, said the store
keeper at Prairie City. who was bald
fat and fifty, and hadn't roped ,
steer for ten years but who was one
of Miss Pendleton's most devoted auj
obtuse suitors That's Just Mort
Willis! Ruunin' over there because
he lives near aud tryin' to keep til,
young lady all TO himself Poster,
her to death, of course, and hasn't
sense enough to take friend or tive
dong to take the cuss off the situa
ion when he gets left They tall
ut Mort Willis luck but | tel
"A there's more in his lack of com
on, ordinary horse sense than ther,
in his luck. Looka at i'm now, fiXin
git left ag'in by settin' up to cour
girl that hez her pick of Hartel
county, girl that can have the pick
an choice of men of means, Will
ranches an'-an' stores, an SIGH"
AS no more of these lessons wer,
ard of, after the first, and as Nor
never presented himself in the Pen
lleton parlor of evenings when thu
olemn gatherings were held, mol
tempted to join Miss Eula's little
urt at any of the roundups or ex
rsions, it came to be an accepted
nion that, with his usual luck, h'
gotten his ''yamose" even soonel
might have been looked for.
IS Pendleton carried herself n
'sed to homage, ~ade use
.cilessly, OF her sw Som
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the excellence Of his deserts and the
poorness OF his luck become that some
cowboy philosopher finally accounted
for il in this way:
at amt in what Mort Willis does.
said the oracle; ut jest hGint down
on the cards fer i'm { win. Ye see
the books say tibet it's the early ord
{ gifts tn first worm but in thet 90 dme
two can't win, an take it he's the
warm
explanation appealed to the
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-06
ny NEW YORK EDITORS.

The most charitable Interpretation OF Mr.. Oil
roy's optimism Is that he does his reading, like
his magazine writing, by proxy.-The CONNER
cial Advertiser
be the result OF the Cars death In the East
ern Hemisphere a dying sovereign may nre a
powder mine.-The Tribune
Mr. Grace seems to have got In his work dur
ing that momentary meeting with Mayor Gil
roy In a Paris barber shop.-The Evening Tele
gram.
England had better refrain from quarrelling
with France. or with Russia, or any Of the other
strong powers OF the world. The British Empire
Is a big thing, but It is weak in the joints The
hundred pieces Of 1t are scattered all over the
globe.-The Sun.
Every voter should make up his mind now to
vote for Greater New York. and not postpone the
consideration OF the subject until the last week
Of the campaign, when public attention will be
distracted by SO many other issues.-The Re
corder
Select score OF the grandest and most costly
modern structures In New York. and you Will
md that more than a majority of them repre-
sent earnings OF the people. as distinguished
from capitalists. The magnificent life Insurance
and savings bank buildings, which so greatly add
to the beauty and grandeur OF the city typity
the thrift and providence Of our busy population.
The Daily Sews
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ARE RAscALs TO BE PROTECTED ,

The Grand Jury Is acting, or sup
posed to be acting. on Judge Cowing's
charge. calling attention to the duty of
induirng into the charges OF corruption
and blackmaIl made against public Off
Gals in the Police and other depart
ments
AS usual, some reformers have de-
nounced Judge Cowing for his Inter
ference with the work OF the Commit
tee. and have urged the Grand Jury and
the District-Attorney to prevent the In
dictment of the wrong-doers.
Judge Cowing has simply done his
sworn duty in directing the attention
of the Grand Jury to these notorious
and already established crimes. The
Grand Jury will prove false to their
duty If they fail to indict these male
factors.
II the presence OF the Lexow Com
mIttee Is to have the effect of saving
criminals from indictment and punish
ment every rascal in the city will pray
that II may continue in session until
the terms OF the Senators expire.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-06
JUDGE GAYNoR DECLINES.

Judge Gaynor has declined the nomina-
ton for Judge OF the Court OF Appeals
on the Democratic State ticket
The Judges action has taken no one by
surprise 1t was not expected that he
would accept, and II was inexpedent
to nominate him. Judge Gaynor Is un-
derstood to prefer political life to a seat
on the bench. He would no doubt have
accepted the nomination for Governor.
But II was not likely that he would
change his present Office with four
teen years term for one with less com
pensation and very little more honor.
The reasons given by the Judge for
declining to run reflect with some severi-
ty on organizations avowedly working
unselfshly for high political methods
and for better government" which re-
fused 10 indorse his nomination In ad-
vance of his acceptance or refusal. He
declares with bitterness that anything
he has accomplished in the correction
OF political abuses has been done through
| his own efforts. and that he was never
helped In money or otherwise by any
politician or political faction whatever"
Judge Gaynor adds that II he thought
| the withdrawal of his name would injure
| Senator Hills canvass he would allow 1t
to remain. for he regards the Senator's
recent development In tho National SEN
ate as placing him with the foremost
public men of his day. and he says:
| Between him and his opponent he
should, and trus' will, prevail"
| At Democratic headquarters II was ex-
pected that the Judge would accept. The
| vacancy on the ticket will be filled by
the State Committee.
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BASEBALL AND POLITICS.


rms IL goou tlme TO taIk baseball
IL Is u great pity that more persons are
not talking baseball, ana FEWER taking
pohucs. baseball In the midst OF such
a poiltical campaign, Is soothing ana
soporihc' III Is good Tor the nerves.
IL releVes the strain upon the mind.
IN baltlmore, OF course, devotion 10
the game TO the extent OF attendance
upon the GROUNDS involves lhcihehtal
dangers IN the way OF stray bullets ana
other MISSILES il-aiined Tor the umpire
OF the members OF the winning team
but there ID no such trouble IN Ne"
iork'
heFe' IN tunes IKE these. there IL no
SAFER pace imam the basebhll GROUNDS
mugs ana hish"ayiheh haunt the Guy
streets ~hiie the police are busy watch
ing 'he saloons MaSoraity nominations
"''' ''"'i '""s'io"s '"i''SS "e III wan
, W, ''e'S 'o,'er ior 'he u""a'S o's'%,n'
'"e man WIZ eeIapes 'he ''uo vi Inv
"'e"""S una" - l'o,aiy ''a', oe
-, "'N Wy poii'icai ''up ieA' uas'
'"e Da'e"hn s'ou,'uS an Is u'"v , ,e"''
', ,th,y ,oop' SIS "'S 'A'''e'
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THE PERFORMING" OF SEARS.

Again at Brockway's mercy" says
the Auburn Bulletin Of Thursday, In its
headline over this story:
James Sears a young man who was sent from
this city few years ago to tho Elmira Re
formatory for the larceny OF a watch'w arrested
this morning Sears was a we'll behaved pris-
oner at Elmra and was paroled, Employment
was obtained for him at the osborne works. and
one Of the conditions OF his parole was that he
would remain In Auburn and write each month
TO the officers OF the reformatory. He did 80 for
awhile, but tired OF life In this city and sought
fields and pastures new. The reformatory author
tiles looked for him. but could not md
him, and requested the police to keep
lookout for him. Sears returned to Auburn.
with the result that he was arrested He was
confined In the City Hall to await the arrival
Of ofncer from the reformatory. who came this
afternoon
Sears will be taken back to- might.
No new crime was charged against
Sears. No fall from the good behavior
which earned him his parole. He was
not afraid to return to Auburn. But
there was Brockway, relentless and
backed by such law as a Car might
| have established.
| Practically for no cause Sears goes
back to his cell at Elmra. And this is
part OF 'reformatory" process.
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IN THE WORLD OF LABOR.

Taiiors' Union No "a has elected Edward J.
Hyland President The new Secretary is Robert
H. Davis.
Perry @ sommers is the new Master Workman
Of Local Assembly sls, X. OF l., mixed trades,
The Secretary is William 5. Flynn.
Thomas Ludwig. +. Maurhor and A. Hoefner
have been elected members Of the Agitation
Committee Of Textile Workers Union No s.
Messrs. Kalb Grimm, Weth, Zuemer and Hetz
have been elscted delegates OF Bakers Union No
IS to the New York State branch OF the Bakers
and Contectoners International Union.
The German Branch of the New York Painters
Union has elected Louis KrAemer. President;
r J. Blsn, Vice;Presldent; z Eriing, Record
W Fillmann. Treasurer; Louis Tandermann
Walking Delegate.
Walking Delegate Hanrahan found non-union
painters working on the new building OF the
yesterday, and the Board OF Walking Delegates
ordered strike.
These onicers have been elected by the United
Wood Clryers' Association; Albert kegsl, Presi-
Financial Secretary; o. Heitner. Librarian; Jacob
T. Bausch, Walking Delegate
Flnt-Glass Workers Local Union No Sc has
elected: john susey, President; George Argill
Niee-President; Peter schan. Financial Secretary
John Schnupp, Recording Secretary; G. w Lohr
Treasurer; Elmer Evans, Inspector; David HaIlett
and william Evans. Guards Henry Weigold, ].
Scible and Patrick Layelle, Trustees.
CloakmAkers will hold mass meeting at Cooper
Institute this evening discuss the proposition OF
ordering a general strike unless their demands
be granted.
Carpenters strikes were ordered yesterday by
Watkins Delegate Schulz several Jobs OF Con-
tractor Chesley, among which is the Museum OF
Natural History In Central Park. Chesley refuses
TO pay Gnioh wages There was also a general
strike against non-union mosaic workers on a
building at Thlrty-nrst street and Madison avenue
but IL was settled when the men Joined the X Of
L. hexASVn Labor Club.
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Hygicnic Table Decoration.

Take my advice and don't ornament
the dinner or tea table with candles, fancy
cakes, olives and sweetmeats. Those
things look pretty, but they are the ruin
alton Of more good systems than
science can count. Conversation is a
lost art. We are a restless, awkward
race, fidgeting all fhe time and anxious
to be doing things or going somewhere.
Instead Of talking, chatting listening, to
make and encourage mirth, and SO liven
up digestion, what do we do? Eat like
pigs Nibble and bite at everything
within reach. Well, since that Is the
habit, the fashion or the vice use deco
rative articles that will aid instead of
abate the processes Of digestion. Take
away the dishes of crackers, pickles,
chocolates, burnt almonds and iced
cakes and put little onions, shreds of
celery, fresh radishes, fresh nuts and all
the seasons fruits about. These vege-
tables exert good influence upon the
vital organs. and even in acute stomach
and intestinal troubles fruits are often
curative. This theory is advocated by a
seventy-year-old NJ. d.
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Bernhnrdt's Dresu.ker,

There is a modiste in hts who owes
the fortune she is making Mime. Bern
hardt. Her name Is onhe billheads,
tray-trunks and bandboxs but she %
known all over the profess,aal and fash
ionable world as simply"Bernhardt's
dressmaker." She picks lr customers
gets her own prices. charss like a body
OF cavalry in combat, and ,akes gowns
robes, wraps and those inderibable lace
things collectively known aconfections,
that are the envy or admiition of the
gay world. She has a doz, American
customers, a score or so of nglish pat
ronesses and hundred or rsre French
women, for whom she design regularly.
Bernhardt's dressmaker is liking the
"Gaiety Girls" costumes for hrie Tenn
pest, and they say Lillian Ru,ell Ii hel
latest new customer.
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fearful OF poison in everything he eats
or drinks: finding threats against his
life on the dressing table In the privacy
OF his own chamber. not knowing
whether the guard at his room door is
faithful or Nihllist murderer. every
hour OF his life is a torture. And when
IL Is remembered that the same fear
haunts him for the safety OF his wife
and family. the terrible sufferings he
endures without cessation, night and
day. may be conceived.
who would wear IA crown that carries
with II such horrors? What wonder
that the Car Ia stricken down by
apoplcxy, and that his overcharged
brain gives way. what wonder " he
should become a gibbering idiot even
II his life should be spared?
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CHAUNCEY's SPRAIN.

1t is not right-really, 1t is MOTTO
spread abroad a rumor that Mr.. Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew's spran has anything to
do with politics and that his leg will re-
main in a condition to compel inactivity
until after the State campaign is over.
There is no reason whatever to be-
lieve that any politician has been pulling
Mr. Depew's leg, or that the accident
from which he is suffering is not gem
u.ne one Mr., Depew may not be over
much pleased with Mr. Morton's nomina-
tion; he may believe that brains ought,
to be considered before barrels in select
ing a Governor of the great State OF New
York. But he has the courage Of his
convictions, as his politi2dl record proves,
and will eat his crow like little man,
and publicly proclaim its delightful quail
!ty.
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A Few for GIrIA.

Don't make yourself conspicuous in public
places by loud and sudden laughter.
Don't cling to your escorts arm as II you
feared he would get away from you and be lost
forever
Don't stride along the streets II you were an
Amazon your way to horsewhp some one.
Don't bully the salesman when you are shop
ping take up his time with foolish chatter
about yourself and your affairs in which he can
not possibly take interest
Don't attempt to cheaper goods the price OF
which has been told you, nor handle articles
easily stained or broken, persist in trying on
every hat and bonnet In the establishment when
you know YOU have not the slightest intention
Of purchasing
Don't discuss scAndalous gossip on the cars.
Nobody who is anything ever does that
Don't MUNICH candy while trying to carry on a
conversation.
Don't Oh. don't chew gum.
A COMING POPULAR PERSON.
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The Human Form Divine.

To the Editor:
VIII you kindly allow a reader who feels like
lifting voice in the cause OF purity OF mind and
honest admiration OF the beautiful In nature
even though 1t be d living picture to ventlste
some thoughts called forth by the unwholesome
criticisms which appear In the papers upon the
human form divine. These criticisms are aimed
more particularly at its appearance In the mod
ern bathing suit, bicycling costume and living
pictures" II you please l must admit the 'liV-
ing pictures" from the standpoint OF beauty
alone, are far to be preferred; but see nothing
vulgar. unmanly or unwomanly In the freedom
and convenience OF the bathins-suit or the
bicycling costume. Neither does any pure minded
man or I am gratihed to note that In
all the unwholesome criticism l have observed. In
only one instance did 1t come from woman
"a Man." In a letter to THE Evening World
exposes his unwholesome mental condition. and In
last Sundays World" another man poured out
such torrent OF mental uncleanness that l was
shocked but persisted in reading his article to
the end. that l might the better understand
his case and pass judgment upon the effect OF
the Puritanical training which he processes to
have had. Poor unfortunate! II his Puritanical
teaching that women have legs produced
such distorted moral and mental vision. good
Lord deliver us from such teaching In the future.
I am OF Paurs persuasion: There Is nothing I'M
clean OF itself Unto the pure all things are
pure but unto them that dehled nothing Is
pure; but even their mind and conscience Is
denied" In respect to the human form this
truth is verehed in the innocence OF Adam and
Eve in Eden. We have fallen far from their
blessed estate. and 1t seems to me these critics
and would-be retormers stand at the extreme
end OF the fall" A WOMAN.
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No. . shoes HeeIIess.

Girls who wear No. shoes are often
as heelless as babies. 1t is the practice
Of the intelligent shoe-dealers to keep
the growing girls In spring heels until
the strength Of the foot is developed.
The boots and shoes arc worn two sizes
longer than the foot, the idea being to
coax development in the Lengths" in
stead of allowing a spreading growth.
This Is done with the greatest ease in
the vegetable world, and what is a girl
any way but a slip of a woman? The
footwear, however, is carefully fitted
at the heel and about the ankle and
instep. so as to make the shoe a part
OF the anatomy. as 1t were; there being
no possibility for the foot to slip about.
soreness cannot be produced by the
leather