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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-04-25
Making a Show OF a Whale.

The dead whale found OF the Massachus
etts coast Monday last was lowed In and an.
chored oil Liberty Island. New York. Thous
nnds OF people on shore and In boats viewed
the monster as he was towed into anchorage.
The whale Is IA female and iin back oi
abnormal size, being 10 feet In length. Mr.
Daizell, agent OF tho line that owns the whale
will have 1t prepared for exhibition. He ex
psc,s to make over $50, 900 out OF the enter
prise. A dead whale exhibited hero IA years
ago Noted more than that SUN.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-04-25

The record of embezzlement and
defalcation in this country for 1894
exceeds that of any year since 1873.
at is with regret and shame that we
note, remarks the Mail and Express,
"that New York stands at the head of
the column, with the largest aggre-
gate, amounting to 80, ,1i7, $40"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-04-25
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
KILLED BY SULPHUR FUMES
A Fatal Sheep Discase-Fined for wo,s.
on Sunday.

Deputy Coroner Woodrow went 20 dlsls.
feet house, at Philadelphia The su'pbu,
fumes he created entered neighhorinc res.
dence and killed Clarence NJ. Bowen. cbnd
who was sleeping in crib Two other chi.
dren were nearly dead when rescued.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-04-25
COLOR LINE DRAWN.
Missouri Methodists Bar Negroes From
the Epworth League.

At meeting OF the ministers OF the
Methodist Episcopal church in st. Louis, the
color line was drawn in the matter OF ad.
mitting the colored branches OF the Epworth
league. Rev. Mr.. Lenig claimed that TO ad-
init the colored branches would destroy the
plans OF the league. Rev. A. Brown, a color
ed preacher, who was present, said that the
negroes were doing all III their power for the
church, and II their color was distasteiul to
the white brethren, they would ask TO he left
out. This was agreed upon. AT n meeting
OF the Baptist preachers It was agreed to In
vite tho colored branches OF tho church 10
attend their regular meetings.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-04-25
A REC0RD-BREAKlNG RUN.
Over 70 Miles an Hour Made by
Pennsylvania Flyer.

The Pennsylvania railroad line 10 Atlantic
City had u record-breaking run, made by the
special newspaper train from Philadelphia.
Fiity-one and half minutes after starting the
tram came TO u stop in Atlantic City. The
actual running time was only i59i minutes.
The distance Is 5S $40 miles and Tue average
speed was 20 miles per hour. THIS is the
fastest time ever made by "a railroad train Tor
the distance. From Wiuslow TO AbsecUu, "a
$40 miles, an average speed OF So miles al
hour was sustained.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-04-25
Ancient Wood IN Evidence.

In will contestin Camden, n. j.. involving
10000, chunck OF wood 20O years old was
tne ch.ef evidence. Ruhannah w. Creese
brought suit against the Security Trust COM
pahy 10 ioreciose u $4,000 mortgage. IL ID
e!almed that under tne bark ol the old tree
Gto survey ors marks.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-04-25
A PAINTERS THRILLING FALL.

Reilly Hunter, while on "a scaiTod cn-aved
In painting hotel building ut New Bfl .b,on
went TO adjust tue ropes aud lost his b,ancr
and fell TO the ground. distance ul io,tv
feet He clung TO the rope. which broke hi,
tall somewhat, but his back is sefiousIf In.
iured. His cIinging to the rope douUtles,
saved his lie.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-04-25

Louis Paine, Charles Umbright and aD
other young man were out hunting near NeE
Castle. when Umbrisht's gun was accident
ally discharged anu Il heavy load OF shd
went into Paine's right groin. He wa. taktt
to hospital at once, but only nyed twenty
minutes.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-04-25

Sir Benjamin Richardson, n noted
English physician, thinks that 40
years Is about the normal duration of
human life, and says that seven ont of
ten people of average vitality would
live to that limit if they took good
care of themselves.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-04-25
GOLD In NORTH CAROLINA.
Inventor Edison in the Field with
Newly Invented Process for Ore.

Gold miners from the West are arriving
in the Piedmont section OF North Carolina,
aud there Is an outbreak of mining fever.
The discovery OF pure nugget Weighing
eight pounds, flve osnces in Stanley county,
has increased interest In mining. -four hun
dred Western miners are expected within 90
days.
Western men have purchased the McAmetty
mine. Inventor Edison has bought "a mine
near Charlotte, at which he expects TO de-
yelop u new process for the treatment OF
Nor,h Carolina gold ores.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-04-25
A FATAL SHEEP DISEASE.

A strange and fatal sheep disease ha,
broken out among tho locks ia the southern
part OF Center county. The sheep are seized
with violent shaking and in Ave ul.au.e,
drop dead. One iarncr lost II In TWO DAYS
Its first appearance was in drove OF Nurop
shircs imported from Canada by Jo.a K
Lee.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-04-25
DUBOIS nASE CASHIER PROSECUTED.

Tho other evening Constable sloppy tod
ex-Chashier WISE OF the Dubois buuk ,alt b,
was wanted III justice Hays oillc' %
charge OF embezzlemcnt. rho Vruspcuiiop
was brought by DR.. Hiudmau anI william
Wnger. The defendant appeared a44 BIS
bail WIS fixed ut 81, 800.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-04-25
r1vrp ron wonNiNd ov srypAy.

Eight employees OF the Pennsyvania Rail.
road at Altoona, arrested on the chat,e d,
NoIa,ing 'ho state Jaw Y' I,yi ny performing
victed and fined by squire AXE. Ine case
will be taken 10 court. ID. II. Kerr. IA dn.
charged employe, Is the prosecutor.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-04-25
Middleburgh. Pa. April %. 1898.

al am impressed by two things"
says an English critic of the new wo.
man. "First, that she isn't new, and,
secondly, that but for the accident of
sex, she isn't woman"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-04-25
Horses Sold for Food.

j. NJ. switzler sold 5000 horses TO a syndi-
cate, TO be slaughtered and tue meat packed
and all parts oi the carcass utilized. Inis is
now the only market lor thousands Of horses
on Eastern Oregon and Washington ranges.
The price Was lees than 50 per Aead.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-04-25
Rev. Cleveland Upheld.

A short time ago dispute at Chauno'
Presbyterian church, Walertown, =. Jr y
suited Ia the parishioDes voting 10 nsE "
resignation OF the ReF. W. n. Cleyelana
brother of President Cleveland, who has es
pastor for several years. The appeal 10 -
n. Lawrence presbytay was settled by Y
proval OF tho Rev. Mr.. Cleveland's eovIs
and his election as u representative 70 y,
General assembly OF the Presbyterian ehu''--
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-04-25
UNKNOWN GIRLS popY BURIED

The body of an unknown girl found drows
ed in the willows on the banks Of the Ohio
at Nanport on Sunday evening was giypaa
respectable funeral and Inferred in tue Gene
terry a, Beaver Falls. No clcw to her llenuiy
has been discovered.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-04-25

Five hundred garment workers strpek
st. Louis for cleaner shops, fresh air =
sanitary convenienoes.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-04-25

new process has been patented which
prints 100000 photographs u day.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-03-08

drake blossom, but, like most desert
flowers, devoid of perfume of any kind.
The spines of this cactus are filed with
highly infammable oil, and when one
of the bushes is lighted it burns with q
clear flame for some minutes, but as the
body of the candle" is non-combus-
tible, it is not good fuel. When the
candle-cactus dies, it's dead body re-
sembles the sprays of coral, that we
have all seen. The branching trunk is
a dead ivory white in its decay, and is
full of minute holes, where the spines
grew. The tourist likes to take home
with him piece of dried .'candle," and
has it polished and uses it as cane;
and curious and beautiful cane it
makes, too.
The Spanish bayonet" is the most
beautiful Of the priclsly things of the
desert. 1t has slender spiked leaves in
cluster near the ground, from which
rises tall stalk bearing on either side
pure white, bell-shaped odorless
flowers. The century plant is too
familiar to need description, but the
mother PALM" the curious yucca, Is
not so well known. Everything in ma
ture has It's uses, but the yucca is of
no great benefit to man until it has
been dead century or two, when its
petrifed trunk is exhumed from the
shrouding sands and serves as fuel to
the dwellers in the desert. It is a
brown-trunlxed tree, which looks some
thing in the body like transformed
guerrilla. A perfect demon among
trees, a misshapen, hideous monster,
which, nevertheless, in the desert, its
outlines softened by distance, possesses
sort of weird attractiveness. Upon the
trunk and branches the leaves or spines
grow pointing upward when they are
young and downward when they grow
old. These spines are from six to ten
inches long, rough and sharply pointed,
a dark green at first and cocoa brown
afterward. Twisted, tortured into all
sorts of shapes, distorted, ugly beyond
description, these trees stand by the
hundred thousands upon the upland
desert valleys They are as tough as
cork in their wood and nearly of the
same FIBER They will not burn until
they have long been cut down and ex-
posed to the sun, and then the scales
alone are combustible. A factory was
once established by an English syndi-
cate for utilizing the fiber of the yucca
in making wood-pulp paper, but it was
not an investment which paid and the
work was abandoned.
Many of the desert flowers, borne
upon priclsly stems, and surrounded by
stinging, nett'e-like leaves, are beauti-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-03-08

upon "a rare species OF swift of bright
red color"
You know all about the rattlesnakes
of the southern California country.
They are about like their relatives else
where. The natives make him an ex-
cuse for the ever present pocket flask
of "snale-bite" remedy, and will tell
you that hundreds of persons are bitten
by them (the snakes, not the fiaslzs), al
though have never heard of a single
fatality, and cannot discover anyone
who has known personally of one. The
fact is the "rattler" is a shy creature,
and will run, rather than fight, unless
he Is taken unaware.
Have you ever seen tarantula? 1
do not know why 1t is that humanity,
and especially feminine humanity, has
such an unreasoning fear and hatred of
the spider creation You know the old
story of Ariadne, and have no doubt
the Greeks used ii to account for that
trait in women, for / think that the
Greek women were exactly like the
women of our acquaintance, barring
3few' non-essentials in the matters OF
Ifrills and millinery. Ariadne, you
know, in contest in the creation of
tapestry, excelled Minerva, and was
changed into spider by the jealous
goddess. The tarantula is not one OF
the insignificant spiders that frequents
the corners Of ceilings and drives the
housepaaid to desperation. He is the
bod buocaneer of the spider kind, and
he Mas ugly as one could wish buc-
cancer TO be. 1t is said the sting of the
tarantula causes blood poison and death,
and that baking soda Is the remedy.
The cowboys and ranchmen carry some
.A this article with them when they
camp in the desert, and further put
faith in the powers of ammonia as an
I, antidote. The scorpion is brilliant
light green creature, with the ugliest
claws and the most repulsive appear
ance generally. He is mortal enemy
of the tarantula, and when they happen
to meet in the course of their promen-
'ades, battles take place that would fur.
-Sish theme for some poet-naturalist,
for they are always to the death, and
the creatures fight though deprived
mem Ner by member of their natural
weapJns, until they have given and re-
ceived fatal wounds.
1t is not only in the animal world
that the desert is rich in "priclxles and
stings." The plants partake of the
same features of inhospitality, though
they, to be sure, are rather annoying
more than poisonous. They seem to
warn every living thing away from
sheir vicinity. There Is the thorny
tuna, or ''priclxly pear" which grows
teverywhore, and bears beautiful bios
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-03-08

of the picturesque coach. When tht
railroad came in the coach went out
and for many years the cozy inns with
their glittering bars and comfortable
larders were In desuetude. Many o.
them were deserted or changed int(
houses or cheap "pules." But most o.
them were continued as inns by the
descendants of the original proprietors
with less profit, however. A few years
ago, when cycling waxed in popular
favor, there sprang up a new demand
for the country inn, and the face of the
host or hostess frightened with the
Improvement in trade.
"The Angel" at Ditton has enriched
it's proprietors during the last ten years,
and to feed 500 tourists of Sunday is
now no uncommon affair for the
''missus" and her daughters.
One of the most interesting of the old
coaching-no, cycling-inns is 1.-THE
Bell" at Berkeley Heath on the road be-
tween Gloucester and Bristol. 1.-The
Bell" is of special concern to lovers of
Dickens, for it was here that Bob Saw
yer prevailed, in hurricane fashion, on
Mr.. Pickwick to pay the score. Here
is the passage:
"'You may say that rejoined Ben
Allen; in proof of Bob Sawyer being
one of the funniest fellows alive, he
proceeded to entertain Mr.. Pickwick
with long and circumstantial account,
how that gentleman once drank him
self into a fever and got his head shaved;
the relation of which pleasant and
agreeable history was only stopped by
the stoppage of the chaise at The Bell,
of Berkeley Heath, to change horses
"'I sayl we're going to dine here,
aren't we?' said Bob, looking In at the
window.
"'Dinep said Mr.. Pickwick, why, we
have only come nineteen miles, and
have eigbty-seven and one-half to gop
"'Just the reason why we should
take something to enable us to bear
up against the fatiguer demonstrated
Bob Sawyer.
"'Ohl it's quite impossible to dine at
half-past eleven o'clock in the day. re-
piled Mr.. Pickwick, looking at his
watch.
$50 it is, rejoined Bob. Lunch is the
very thing. Halo, you, sir! Lunch for
three directly, and keep the horses back
for quarter of an ho Tell them to
put everything they did upon the
table, and some bottle md let us
taste your very best MAJ
Issuing these orders WIN Ntrous
Importance and hustle, Bob> g1r at
once hurried into the house TO supcrin-
= I n. a
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-03-08
CYCLING IN EUROPE.
Growing in Favor with the Roy
atty and Nobility
King Leopold Determined to Conquer q
Wheel--Ancient Inns Are Ope of the
Charms of Winter Riding In
old England.

Cycle riding is growing in favor with
the royalty and nobility of Europe. AL
most every royal family is represented,
inclusive of England and Russia. The
most enthusiastic king over there is
Leopold of Belgium. He is a great
patron of cycle racing and ''the kings
purse" is the most coveted prize, both
in point of glory and profit, at the an
nual race meet In Brussels. King Leo
pold has determined not to be discour-
eyed in his attempts to master the
wheel and has evidently concluded to
forget the disaster that attended his
efforts in that direction some months
ago, when he first bestrode his wheel
Since the day that he made an intimate
acquaintance with a thorny shrub in
the gardens of his palace at Laecken,
into which he few head foremost from
his saddle, the bicvcle had stood in
quiet and disuse in the carriage
house. Yielding to the entreaties Of
his nephew, young Prince Albert, who
besought him to try again, the king
has been practicing in the large ball
room, and when spring clears away the
snow and the air is again balmy his
Belgian majesty will be seen scorching
around the beautiful gardens and
through the park surrounding his coun-
try seat near Brussels. The kings
wheel is geared to 56A, has 9O-inch
wheels, the frame being inches and
inches higher than any American
bicycle, which is due to the fact that
his majesty is blessed with probably
the longest pair of legs in Belgium.
His nephew, Prince Albert, who is at
the same time the heir to his throne, is
an enthusiastic wheelman.
Cycling in England has many ad-
vantages not enjoyed by those who fol-
low the pastime in this country. In
the first place, the climate there per-
mits of riding throughout the whole
year. The winters are mild compared
with ours. In the second place, the
roads give infinitely better footing and
the winter scenery is delightful. But
perhaps the most fascinating feature of
cycling in England is to be found in
those rare old country inns which have
been bequeathed to the modern cyclist
by the dead and gone passenger traffic
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-03-08

full In the extreme. For some reason,
which / cannot explain, white is the
prevailing color in desert fora, and
next comes purple in varying tints, Law
ender predominating. There is a cor
responding uniformity in the shape of
the blossoms, also. The 'snap-dragon"
form is the common one, and from tiny
cups, almost microscopic, to huge
Haunting bells as large as those of the
trumpet vine, that shape is infinitely
repeated. Beside spines, many of the
desert flowers have 'burrs as seed-pods,
and one species has arranged alternate
ly down the stem pitcher-shaped sacks
of greenish white, which are so tough
that they hold sand or water, and des-
ert children blow them full of air, tie
them together and make sort of COM
posite balloon.
Full of strange interest as is life In
the California desert, there is no fea-
ture of 1t that Is more fascinating than
Q discriminating study Of 'Prickles and
Stings." LoU Y. CHAPLIN.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-03-08

SONS and fruit that Is delusion and a
snare, seedy, acrid and pricl<ly. Per-
haps the Mexicans do eat it, as ] have
heard they do. but they are so fond of
pepper and other biting singing prep
arations that cactus spine more or
less would probably make little differ
ence to them Then there is the candle
cactus, curious thing in the shape of
a bush formed of many candle-shaped
branches that are also about the size of
an old-fashioned 'tallow-dip." They
are the spiniest and priclzliest of ere
ated things, but they bear at the point
of the candles" a beautiful light,green
flower, the size and shape of the man
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-03-08
I. PRICKLEs AND sTINGS.

fspacial r,os Angeles (Cal.l Letter. /

Especial Los Angeles tDal) Letter.
I suppose that the early missionaries
of California had a more potent reason
for calling the land "the country of
the devil than the nature of the fauna
and flora that confronted them in the
terra incognito of their wanderings,
but the holy father who travelled on
foot from old Mexico, across the arid
stretches OF desert, was fully justified
If he deemed the animal life that he
met with there was direct emanation
from the hand Of the evil one There
is something so knowing and yet so
uncanpykin the leer of the horned
toad, and the unwinking gaze of the
lizard, that even though we know now
that they are harmless creatures, we
donot care to come into intimate ac-
quaintanceship with them. They are
not without a certain sort of beauty,
that same which we notice in the
primitive pottery of this once arid and
deserted country of southern Califor-
mia. There is the dun yellow of their
native sands, modified by black
markings of intricate and perfect geo
metric form, and it was no doubt
from UneSe tndJ Jne savage dTJlSUS Ol
bygone days copied tint and ornamen-
tation.
The little swift" a creature of the
lizard kind, is rather too rapid in his
motions to allow any accurate study,
except by strategy, but do. not believe
1t if anyone tells you thatwh he is
alarmed he drops off his tail, leaves it
as ruse to deceive his enemies, and
scuds away tailless but happy, goes into
retreat, and straightway sprouts and
grows new caudal appendage. Do
not believe either that it is impossible
to capture him, for know certain
small boy who caught one, painted it
red, and released it. have been ex-
pecting ever since to read learned
disquisition by some native naturalist
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-03-08
Mexico to Have an Exposition.

The bureau of the American repub-
lies learns that Viscount Cornely has
succeeded in organizing in the city OF
San Francisco company with a capital
of 81 200, 900 for the purpose of an expo
sition in the City of Mexico. This ex-
position, although of a national charac-
ter, viii hove also foreign depart
ment. The company Is Incorporated
according to the laws Of California.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-11-28

The Babies Own Magazine. SO cents
a year. For Baby, up to six-and
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Leading Features of the New
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Mary Ellcns Playtimes. Her ad
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Bahys Birthday Songs. Charming
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A Pint of Peanuts Entertaining
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Curious Drawing Lessons tor little
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Mother Gnns"-ish Singles and Picto-
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Beautiful Fmll-pagc Pictures that
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-11-28
Post Hole niwuiuwS

And this is how they got thcirnamc
In digging II post hole on the land of
Josh, Fowler drybonc was struck. \
company was formed consisting OF
Josh, Fowler, John PEBBLES and Chas.
Dodge. The prospect opened up good;
and the company recently sold three
car loads of drybone ut thirteen my
per ton to Snow, Of Mineral Point, and
have considerable ore in wash dirt.
The prospect Is now fine for lead We
wish them success. Shullshurg Local
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-11-28
Little Men and Women.

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Animals with Minds. True adven-
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Twelve "Songs for Children's
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