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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-19
The Power OF the Jaws.

Bv means of a spring instrumor.
provided with a registering device Di
q. V. Black took records of $50 "hite,o
of different persons. OF these, ftv
have been preserved as character.,u,
of the ordinary man, woman, aal
child. The smallest pressure recorded
was thirty pounds by little girl seven
years old. This was with the incislrs
Using her molars, the same child eI.
erted a force of sixty-fve pounls
The highest record was made bvs
physician of thirty-fve. The ilstrs.
ment used only registered 27Opoual..
and he simply closed it together with.
out apparent effort. There was 70
method of determining how far above
270 pounds he could have gone. TL,
test was made with the molars. Sey
eral persons exceeded n force Of ll|
pounds with the incisors and 200 with
the molars. DIR. Black found that il
the habitual chewing of food much
more force is exerted than is nece;.
sary. In chewing a piece OF beef
steak, the crushing point of which was
from forty. to forty-five pounds, iron
sixty to eighty pounds stress was sc
tually employed at each thrust Of The
teeth. The principal articles of food
tested had crushing points as follOH;
Steak, forty to forty-five pounds;
mutton chops, thirty-fve to forty
pounds; broiled ham, forty.fye to
sixty pounds; roast beef, forty.iye TO
sixty pounds pork chops, twenty 70
twenty-five pounds; aud the choices
parts of cold boiled beef tongue, three
to five pounds. The tougher parts Of
beef and mutton. required crushlas
force of ninety pounds in some Il
stances. Literary Digest.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-19
The Persian Horse.

Persian horses are TO be admired
and liked, says Mrs. Bishop in Jour
ueys in Persia" Their beauty is
scarce of constant enjoyment. and
they are almost invariably gentle and
docile. 1t is In vain to form any reso.
luton against making n pet of one of
them. My new acquisition, Boy. in
sists on being petted, and his enticing
ways are irresistible. He is always
tethered in front of my tent with
rope long enough to give him consid-
erahle liberty, and he took advantage
of it the very first day to come into
the tent and make it apparent that he
wanted me to divide lemon with
him. Grapes were his preference;
then came cucumbers, bread and
biscuits. Finally he drank milk out
of soup plate. He comes up to me
and puts down his head to have his
ears rubbed, and if do not attend to
him at once, or if cease attending
10 him, he gives me gentle but adj
monitory thump. dine outside the
tent, and he is tied to my chair and
waits with wonderful patience for the
odds and ends, only occasionally rub.
bing his nose against my face to re-
mind mo he is there. A friendly
shuttle is the only sound he makes.
He does not know how to fight, or that
teeth and heels are for any other uses
than eating .ahd walking. He is
really the gentlest and most docile of
his race. The point at which he draws
the line is being led. Then he draws
back, and mulish look comes into
his sweet eyes. But he follows like a
dog, and when | walk he is always
with me. He comes when ] call him,
stops when | do, accompanies me
when l leave the road in search of
flowers, and usually put his head
either on my shoulder or under my
arm. To him am an embodiment of
melons, cucumbers, grapes, peaches,
biscuits and sugar, with good deal
of petting and ear-rubbing thrown in.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-19
Gold Lining in Rats.

]. 3. Lake, a representative OF the
Waltham Watch Company in this city,
says it is a common practice for the
boys in watch and jewelry factories to
kill rats and burn their bodies to get
the gold from them, and that the
amount thus obtained in the course of
of year is considerable. In every
large plant like that of the Waltham
Watch Company many oiled rags are
used in furnishing watch cases, and
in time become strongly impregnated
with gold. The boys about the fac.
tories are supposed to keep these rags
out of reach of the rats, but they
don't do so. On the contrary, know
ing the keen appetite of the rodents
for everything greasy. the boys care
lessly leave these rubbing rags lying
about where the rats can get at them
and eat them. Six months of this
kind of diet fills the interior mechan-
ism of the rat with gold plating he
cannot get rid of. II sticks IN him
closely, and so long as the supply of
oily rags holds out the rat sticks to
the factory. In order to make sure
the yoraciops rodents will have an IN.
ducement to gorge themselves with
gold, sharp boys drop butter and fatty
meats from their luncheons on tho
floors and rub them we'll into the wood
by shuflling their feet on it. AT night
the rats come out and nibblc the floor
ing. They don't care for the gold in
it, but the grease attracts them, and
in getting at the grease they take u
dressing OF gold with it.
Twice year the boys have q grand
round up. Rats are caught by the
hundreds, aud after being killed are
put into a crucible and burned. The
intense heat drives oil all animal sub.
stances, leaving the gold in the shape
of button. The amount collected in
this way depends upon the number of
rats the boys can catch. 1t is hardly
large enough to attract an investment
of capital, but it gives the ingenious
youngsters considerable pocket money
and encourages business tactics. -
Chicago Tribune.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-19

Nogent-sur .Marne. a city not hin
erto celebrated as a sporting cen,,a
has rendered itsel' famous by ipap,n
rating series OF running contests r.,
wooden-legged athletes. Not long aso
in response to a general invitation. =,
fewer than sixty-seven individuals VIII
had lost either leg or thigh CON.
peted for a number of prizes, the di,.
tance to be covered amounting !,
every case to 200 metres. The ep,e,'
prising cripples were divided I'M,
cuissards and iambards, and, contra,v
to what might have been expectei
the ''grand champion" turned nm
among the former class. NJ. Roulip
whose thigh had to be amputatel IN
1887 In consequence of an accident
succeeded in getting over the cour.s
(about 220 yards in the very remark.
able time OF thirty seconds wherea,
Nj. Florant, the most speedy iambarj
took thirty.six seconds, aud wa.
moreover, easily defeated by the sec.
oud and third cuissards, as we'll a5 Inv
the champion. There was also rae.
for juniors, but the youngsters failed
to approach the veterans, the winner,
time being thirty-fve seconds. Tho
proceedings ended with course da
consolation, which was carried OF IN
thirty-three seconds by NJ. MansIra
but whether this gentleman wa, t,
cuissard or a jambard is not stated
Altogether the meeting, or match a,
our French friends called it, was,
great success, allording endless de.
light to both competitors and spact,
tors. II n similar show were TO be or.
9anized in this country it would
doubtless be productive of large sum
in gate money, which might be de.
voted to some charity connected with
athletics, or, better still, be added to
the Hospital Sunday Fund. Tho Lla,
Get.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-19
Some Everyday Mistakes.

Current natural history is some-
times very amusing. An observant
country boy can give you more re.
liable information in half an hour
than many of the writer's who are
accepted as authority. Two examples
OF the fallacies of the latter have been
going the rounds. One was an article
on the cricket, which was described
as very dainty insect, with delicate
appetite. There is in reality but one
that is more voracious, and that is the
cockroach. The cricket has robust
taste for almost anything, especially
farinaceous matter, and it is very de-
structive to clothing. A housekeeper
had her lace curtains eaten up, and
the writer remembers once visiting in
house where the walls had been
ceiled and papered. The paper hung
loose here and there, due to the
crickets that gnawed through to get
at the paste that had been used by the
paper hangers.
Another story was of the marvellous
self-control OF man who discovered
that black snake had concealed itself
in the pocket of his coat, which he
had thrown aside in the field and
donned again. very stupidity, without
discovering the reptile. This of itself
was surprising, as it is generally from
four to five feet in length, and weighs
several pounds. The black snake of
the Northern Middle States is as harm
less as the toad, and, moreover, is ex-
tremely cowardly. Its greatest fault
is its destructiveness of young birds
the broods of those species which nest
in low shrubs or upon the ground.
But a man might carry one in each
pocket, aud come to no harm, if his
pockets were large enough, and If he
did not have the inherent animosity
of mankind toward reptiles. Chicago
Inter Ocean. -
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-19
Pink Snow,

DR.. J. P. Hale, of Colorado, hn
his possession u package OF pinh y
palpable powder, the history ct Sl
is very interesting. 1t is the resllS'11
Of a quantity of pink snow that ieu
and around Winfield, Col. last Ae',l
z. H. Symons, of Winfield, VINO
it to him, thus describes this pecu1
snowstorm: Last Sunday it clou'l
up and the clouds had pink eS'
them. About 8 o'clock the cloun
the north became very dense 81
dark pink, and at G o'clock II was
dark to read. have seen ~
strange skies here, but that VS.
most strange. 1t began to
about 8 o'clock, aud in the mo'1
there was one and a half inches
gether; a half-inch of the bottom
very pink, and when the snow 'p'
it left coat of slime on the g
and boards, and our walk is plnA
to-day" The powder is beiie'
be of volcanic origin. San Fran
Chronicle.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-19
WHEN THE CHICKENS CROW.

It's well enough Of winter nights to snuggle
down in bed
An draw the homespun kiverlid around your
face an head,
An lay an snooze till daylight comes
a-sneakin' in your room
An takes the age Off o. the cold an drives
away the gloom;
But when it comes to summertime you'll find
twill allus pay
To git up bright an airly, when the chickens
crows fur day
1t looks SO cam an peaceful like, 1t makes
you want 90 shout.
An in the sky single star that hasn't been
put out
Keeps winlin' and a-blinkin'. like It tried to
nirt with you;
An then the sun comes perkin' up, an
sparkles on the dcwi
An II you want a tonic 70 drive the blues
away
You git up bright an alrly. when the chick
cus crows fur day
You hear the jay-birls callin in the oak an
olum trees
An through the open winlcr comes the cool
rcfro,hiu' breeze.
A-waitin spicy odcr- from the tossles on the
corn
An the ,milin' face Of nature makes you
thaukful you was born
o., it, better then % circus. an makes YOU
pcurt an gay.
To git up bright au airly. when the chick
en-, crows fur day
You hear ;hc cows a-mooiu in the barn lot.
ono boy one.
A-a-Siu' plain %. may Doe whom the milain'
wIlbc done:
An YOU hustle out 20 milk EN-, a whistlin'
a. you pas.
An turn 'em in the pasture, while the dew is
on the grass
An ifyou want to prosper, youl find twill
alus pay
T. sit up bright an airy, wncn the chick
cus crows ia" day,
Helen Whitney Clark.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-19
The Bacterlology OF Clothes.

Doctor Seitz, of Munich, il th
British Medical Journal, says tha. %
examining worsted stocking b
found 9J6 colonies of bacilli, while %
a cotton sock there were 7l2. BoiA
these articles had been worn, but ll
information is vouchsafe1 as to tl,
personal habits of the wearer. Thirty
three colonies were found Oh a glove
twenty on a piece of woolen stun, aai
nine on a piece OF cloth. None o'
these articles had been worn, Ol
piece of cloth from n garment whl'l
had been worn week there we'9
twenty-three colonies. OF the mlcEF
organisms found on articles OF CLOTH
ing, relatively few were capable \
causing disease the pathogenic 'pF
cies were almost without excepilo'|
staphylococci In one case, howevet
Doctor Seitz found typhoid bacilli Y
articles of clothing from twenty'oal
to twenty-seven days and the siapa!t
lococcus pyogenes albus ninels'7
days after they had been worn, ~
anthrax bacillus found in clothes Vl
still virulS after a year. The I
crobe OF erysipelas, on the other haa
could not be found after eighie'
hours, nor the cholera viblio ahs
three days. DR.. Seitz studied VII
special care the question whether
tuberculous subjects who sweat Pi'
fusely the bacillus was conveyed
the perspiration to piece OF Ilaa
worn for some time next the skA
the chest. The incubation o!
guinea-pigs, however, gave neSiH
results.
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tall end straight and handsome, real.
lzlng for the first time just how she
felt to Ned Norroway.
81 couldn't have gone without good.
bye, Audrey" said Ned. YESTERDAY
and last night, with all the strangers
about ut the picnic, gave me no
chance. Will you think of me now
and then?"
wv? '',," w.. ~ : SS'Ti III o~@' ak sps
They sat down under the grape.
vine.
81 have great hopes of this jour.
ney, said Ned. ''Uncle Edward
promises by and by to take me into
partnership. He's very wealthy and
bachelor n nice old fellow, Audrey.
You'd like him."
"Should II" asked Audrey, think.
i-s only that she should like no one
overmuch who had tempted Ned away
from Bloomland's slopes.
And I'm TO board with him." said
Ned, 'and we shall get on splendidly,
I've no doubt; and when I'm Junior
partner
just then whistle sounded. 81
shall have TO run for it., said Ned,
catching up his portmanteau. "Well,
goodbye again, Audrey"
A vague disappointment thrilled
Audrey she had thought so much /;
and he had said SO little Just then
he lesnt toward her. "One kiss ut
parting" he said.
Audrey drew back She was no
prude; she would have given her lips
to any friend leaving her, without n
thought of wrong; but she could not
even let the man she loved kiss her it
might be betraying ordeal, who
knew? Everything or nothing for
Ned Norroway, and he had never ut.
tered one word of love to her.
"Good-byc," she said, and gave him
her hand. And he took it and went
little dashed, and just a little wounded.
When Mrs. Dew came home sh
wondered what made Audreys eyes 81
red.
oh, women's lives how they glide
on, for the most part tangled in the
mesh of little things! There was the
parlor to dust. rutiles to flute and the
cake to bake; blue bow TO be made
to wear with the white dress; hand.
kerchiefs 10 hem; afternoons to be
spent at friends houses; friends TO
entertain at home; book mark to
be made for the Bible; very important
nothings to be done from dawn until
dusk but through it all one thought
Tan-a thought born OF maidenhood's S
first love, as bright and pure and ten.
der as any ever sung by poet, though
she was but plainly reared country
girl and he IA nobody with hopeful
heart gone out to seek his fortune.
The time OF roses passed away, and
grape time came,
Somebody-it was Tom Pepper
had had letter from Ned, who was
very well pleased with New York.
"He's been to see everything" said
Tom. ''Wait it's quite what / call d
historical Kind of letter, dreadful
interestin' want 10 read it?"
II wouldn't mind" said Audrey.
So Tom gave her the letter. 1t wa'
sewing circle at Mrs. Doves, and il
minute more Audrey slipped VI
into Mrs. Doves bedroom, aud there
read the letter Just such bright
account of himself and what he saw a
any intelligent man could have writ
tea; but to Audrey it was q miracle
of genius, and above all, ho wrote it
1t brought to her soupcon OF hi
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-19

oh, mother, I've been 40 wretchedI
and am SO happy nowi"
And in these words she told the
other woman all her story.-New
York News.
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Aud.
rcy."
Audrey gave
her hand to Ned
Norroway.
Good o. bye"
She said. "And
You came the
whole wey across
to see sac again {!
Thanl, you.
And then she
looked ut him, SO
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-19

Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir
to the throne of Austria, who recent
ly made trip around the world, has
published his diary at the request of
many Of his people.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-19
AUDREY'S LOVE STORY.

In. OOD.RYE Anl.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-23
ANOTHER TOURIST PARTY HERE,
Mr.. Gates Brings His First Excursion
With Good Results.

Another manager Of Eastern excursions
has recognized the advantages offered by
the Sound country and Yellowstone Park
as resorts for tourists by bringing here
an experimental party. He is Charles II.
Gates Of Toledo.
The permanently Of his present venture
will depend entirely on the success of this.
the initial trip. Forty persons were in
the party when II left Toledo July 9, but
after a week in Yellowstone eleven of
them returned 10 their homes. The re-
mainder came on here, spending a day
AMI a half IN Portland. two and a half
hours in Tacoma. and will leave here this
morning at 1918 on the Kingston for Vic
toria. after visiting Lake Washington.
Mr. Gates said last evening: "In the
past l have been conducting the winter
excursions ard every time have been an
able - accommodate the applicants. The
present trip is only a experiment. but II
looks like IL would succeed, as the cool
summer weather on the Sound is a great
drawing card and all of the people who
have experienced II y i'll tell their friends
AMI viii sec that II IS thoroughly afveT-
tiSod The importance % the country can
not b. over-estimated. as the money
spent here Is only a small item as COM
pared with the number OF people II may
cause 20 locate here permanently
80 have never been here before and a.
WAYS thought that Tacoma was larger
town than Seattle. As well as many Of
tha party. ] have been undeceived IN short
order w oniv regret that our stay here
is 50 short 1ut next time ! viii see 10 z
THAI more time IS given 20 Seattle"
The ears which carried this party 10 the
C1as; are amoIg the Finest ever nanufac-
tnref
The party il as follows: Nj and Mrs
Charles = Cafes. Mrs. William Gates NJ
and AIRS ". II. Parmelter. Mr.. and Mrs.
: v. Nettleton. Mr.. and Mrs Z p
breckenridge Miss Maud breckenridge.
Mss Edith breckenridge. Mrs. E r. Col
Nos Harry Halsted. Mrs 4 +. Messenger.
Mr. Charles Messenger. Mr.. and Mrs D.
-. shaw. Toledo. Ohio: Afr. and Mrs. \. J.
Wilson T-tica. Ohio; Mr.. and Mrs y. Pan
ming Nss Kate BafIning. Cincir -,
chIs. Mss VI. =. Hebron. Mrs. II. ?. ).
Ceta Miss Lou Drake. Detroit Mich:
Rev J. J. Mueller. Dayton. Ohio; Miss
Agnes Mcintyre. Grand Rapids Mich:
Charles T. Munson. Columbus, Ohio
q W Austin, OF -. Paul assistant gen
eral passenger agent % the Northern Pa
cihc, accompanies the party. and will re-
tava East AFTER reaching Victoria
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-23
Highest of all Lesvenng Powe-Latest u Govt Report
R3H!a.!!! RsklH$
ABSOLUTELY PURE

land Office Is concerned by decision
against the contestants. who are ne pro-
jectors Of the Bonanza mine. Iney oasea
their claim or the fact that certain MN,
erals had been fourd. The register aaa
receiver OF the land Office az Sitka: nov"
aver have In their decision stated that no
vein Of quartz-bearing gold. silver, CHINA
bar. lead. tin or copper has been Louha
and that work on the shaft OF the al!eseo
mine has failed 70 develop either OF THESE
Ex-Gov. Swlneford. who is cniet ihspee-
tor OF land Offices. while recently N Alas
ka, has forwarded report 10 asniils
ton City stating that on simlar sao"
t,vs n sueh claim would hold. there
Is practically no land IN Southern Alaska
that Is non-mfleral,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-23
BY SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.
Railroad Man Tells How Big Forest
Fires Are started.

r'There are many ways in wnlcn a Forest
fire may be started" said a railroad man
Yesterday, but 1 saw something lie
ether day that made me open my eyes.
was watching a giant pine among a scat
tering growth in the upland beyond Lake
washington. when all at once 1 saw 1t
burst out into flame. The time was MID
day. and the son was hot. / saw the
fame run up the side OF the tree ana
break out in spots where pltcn lad COL
iected. The circumstance struck me IS
heing so remarkable that l have been
thinking about ii ever since. and 1 can
advance only one explanation rs TO the
cause Of the fire. The tree was one or
those rugged m0narchs which had stood
,,arhaps for 4 hundred years. and from my
avnerience with Just such treas | ( m sat-
iseed that scattered along the trunk were
numerous knobs of Gear. almost trans
,arent pitch. Evidently one OF these pitch
Knots clear and finty-Eke, had acted the
part Of a sun-gIass, and by conc eNtrat'ns
The RAYS upon a given spot had caused
aerpes 70 break forth spontaneously. once
40 Gre was started. the entire tree vas
soon enys,oped. 1 see now that there Is
heavy fire raging across the lake.
Although forest fires seem 10 nave
broken out in many PAGES west OF me
Ces~ades. the railroad lines are clear
~ the-n. The Lake Shore. the era
Northern ana the Northern Pacihc ON
Gals all report that there is no s.gn of
err except smoke, which becomes hefNI.r
"a one approaches the shore OF the sound
T-he conclusion is inevitable that what
ever h-ee are burning are either wei n
,or1 ~ are IN the olympic country
--,.,li--t7na sra has been ragirg for
-. 7aIs raS+ IN the vicinity 81 Rent0n
T4v ana s. said TO have been startet by
80 bovs irving 10 burn out hornets
~nS.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-23
JOE TEABO'S GOLD NUGGET.
He yai,tlv Searched Olympic Fast-
nesSes, for Others Like IT.

A good story Is told OF a rich ina by an
Indian in the recesses OF the olyhlplc
mountains which shows that there may
be some foundations for the traditions OF
-nineraI wealth of that region, if the old
Indian spoke truth, and also Illus .ra.es
the Yankee smartness Of Joseph Ieapo'
the civilized Indian Of Port Orchard.
In 1884 Joe Teabo, now living at Tracy
ton. was driving an express wagon aiohs
Front street when he was accosted py an
old siwash and gave him ride On the
way he exhibited a piece of curious SUD-
stance about the size of a turkeys egg.
and asked Teabo If he knew what
il was. Teabo found it to be
very heavy and evidently metal.
black with oxidation, rouph upon
the exterior. Suspecting that II might pe
of value but not desiring TO snow hlinseil
anxious TO possess the specimen ne hahd-
ed II back with the remark that IL was
probably nothing but a very heavy stone.
A little later on the trip, the Indian again
pulled forth the stone" asking II ne
could sell 1t for money. the owner oeing
anxious to make some small purchases.
Joe was entrusted with the specimen 10
ascertain it's value. He took II TO proml-
nent jeweler now dead, at the 1901 OF
Yesler avenue. A glance showed the jew
eler that IL was q rare find. Joe was asked
the price, and said he thought it should
bring $780, He was offered $50 and departed
to see what kind of a bargain he could
drive with the Indian. The owner parted
with it for SO; Joe pocketed his $40 and
was afterward informed that the gold
nugget was really worth 81: %
The siwash was questioned regarding
the locality where the nugget was found.
II was In the Olympics, where the Indians
were wont to go each season to XIII Elk
and dry the meat. a promise was given
that at the next hunt Joe should be shown
the exact spot where the old siwash had
scooped the specimen from a half-opened
spring from which he was preparing 10
drink. But the Indian had been called 10
the happy hunting ground before another
season rolled around, and though ne had
given Toe a close description of the local
itv and the trail leading to 1t. the latter
spent the greater part of the two follow
ing seasons in a vain effort to discover the
snring or precious metal.