The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-01

than on n bright day, but no matter
what the weather Is II is a poor day
when the trap will not yield fifty spar.
rows.
Austria gives prizes to farmers TO
encourage them TO recover waste lands
aud lay them down as pasturage, and
also TO erect shelters or stables for
cows In high attitudes. The Importance
Of this may be seen from the statement
that one-quarter OF the total fodder re-
quired for cattle and horses I'm the EN-.
plre is derived from Alpine districts.
In the front of house I'm the Fauborg
de Shaerbuch, In Brussels, there is TO
be seen, half buried in plaster, n can.
non ball which was fired from Dutch
cannon at the period of the revolution
of 1890, and has ever since been per.
mitted TO remain. Recently 1t was de.
| termined TO restore and refront the
house, and IL was decided to make the
repairs without disturbing the cannon
ball.
At Portland. Me, one of the crew of
IL
TO haul up some travis which were set
Off Pemaquld in thirty fathoms of wa.
ter. The usual number of cod and had.
| dock were found on the hooks. but the
man received one of the biggest sur.
| prises OF his life when he hauled IN
torty pound salmon. What In the world
the big fish was doing out in deep water
no one can explain.
Henry Elliot. who has written numcr.
GUS papers on the fur seals of the North
crn Pacific, tells how the Eskimo, with
frail skin canoe, when the craft
! heavily laden with furs. had To land it's
| freight on n craven beach, put row
of inflated sealskin floats In front OF the
| umiak (thcir skin bOaU and rolled her
high and dry. Without that prccau
| tion the thin skin bottom of their bout
would have been torn.
OF all the varied changes I'm the Yale
commencement exercises. the most i'm.
! portant Is the last step which places
the scientific department on "A clear
footing with the academic. The intro.
duction of n class day, n senior prom.
cnadc and Il high stand scholarship SO.
ciety are, perhaps. only symbolic. but
they have broken down the last bar.
ricrs which separate the academic from
the scientific departments.
In 1850, Tampa, Fla, hnd 72O inhab.
itants, and In 1894. l5.6SS Five lines
OF steamers run regularly between
| Tampa and New Orleans. Mobile. Ha.
vana. Key West and local ports Its
hotel property IL valued at S3OOO.OO0.
| The city has twenty-five miles OF elec.
trio car lines, three electric light plants.
about seventyfive cigar factories, and
Is supplied with pure spring water,
through eighteen miles OF mains. to the
extent of 100000 gallons daily.
one of the sections OF the Constltu.
tion for Utah provides that the States
Indebtedness shall never exceed 800.
900. Another forbids the giving or
loaning OF State. county, city or Dor.
ough credit TO any business enterprise.
Another fixes the salary of the Gov.
ernor Mt $1,000 n year. Another pro
vides that trial Juries shall consist OF
eight persons. and that In civil cases
the concurrence OF six out OF the eight
shall be sufficient for n legal verdict.
In Los Angeles, in jewelry store, n
three horse power motor Is used IN the
cutting OF precious stones. The ma
chine worked 10y the motor Is said 10
be the only one of the kind In the ccun
try. The stone Is held by a quadrant
which is adjusted by n set screw TO its
required position on the lap. As many
as sixty stones can bc cut AT one time
and the method Of adjustment Is sc
accurate that in no case would there
be the slightest possibility Of over,
grinding.
From the registry of visitors kept at
Stratford- -on-Avon, II appears in the
past year there have been In round
numbers II 600 visitors. Of whom 1000
were from the United States. Shaks.
peare's plays were among the first pre-.
sented by regular theatrical companies
In the American colonies, and the visit
of Washington Irving 10 Stratford, with
his charming description of IL, did more
than has ever been done by any other
single person 10 turn mems minds to.
ward the quiet old town beside the
Avon.