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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-12
A Curious Love Story.

Here's curious story of love and
courtship. About two years ago q
young gentleman of this city, while
in Savannah, got into street car with
q heavy umbrella under his arm. Like
a great many other careless people he
held it at dangerous angle. with the
point sticking out behind him, and
ere long the car gave n lurch and
lady just behind him emitted an ear.
splitting scream. Everybody jumped
and looked, and to his horror the
young man found that the point of
his umbrella had come in contact with
the nose of the young lady seated just
betind him. OF course, he apollo
gized, or tried, but il was like apollo
gizing for murder over the body of
the victim. for the lady's nose was
bleeding and she was almost in con-
vulsions with pain.
The car was stopped at the next COR
ner, where there happened to be
drug store, and the young man, aided
and abetted by one or two elderly
ladies, who at once took lively inter-
est in the case. helped the young lady
off and into the store and posted OIL
after doctor. One was found, and
the unlucky nose was soon put in work
ing order, and the owner, attended by
the married ladies, was sent home in a
carriage.
The young man took her address
and hunted up mutual acquaintance,
with whom he called the next day to
see how the nose was getting along.
The nose did well, so did the young
man, for by the time the nose was out
OF danger he had got in the habit of
calling, SO that it became natural for
him to step around in the evening.
So in the course of time they were
married, and she is the only lady in
the United States whose courtship be-
gan by q punch in the nose from her
future husband. Athens (Ga.) News.
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A Featherless Chicken.

Edward Harscher, of Pittsford,
Penn, has Plymouth Rock chicken
about four months old, and, instead
of having a coat of feathers, it is part
ly covered by something of silky,
downy appearance, from one to two
inches in length, and somewhat re.
sembles the hair of an Angora goat.
1t is only partly covered by this strange
covering, the back and other parts of
the body being bare. Rochester
Tines
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he would still have lacked the power
of speech. He realized that this ven-
geance Of the smugglers was not so
much return for his interferenc IS
with their actual trade as for tho few
words he had spoken with Maggie
Opie and he knew that her treachery
had betrayed him. His heart was Bit
ter against her.
He waited and waited.
Suddenly he awoke rs il from a
drugged sleep, and found that day was
breaking. The waves we're far re-
moved. And Maggie stood in front Of
him, the red handkerchief in her hand.
She looked at him strangely, and he
endeavored to recall the events of the
night. Maggie cav his difficulty and
spoke.
"Are 'ee better now2" she said.
''T'was me that put zee there. told,
and the men swore they would punish
zee for a joke, so they fastened 'ee
there, taking care to put zee just where
the tide would stop when it came up.
And laughed over it when they came
back ard told me what they had done.
But. soon rs ! was abed, began to
think what fear you would have-I
could see you standing there waiting
for death twas as il / stood there
myself. / knew twas but joke, and,
Lord knows, I've no love for revenue
men. SO I fought against il at first.
But, ut last couldn't stand against IL
no longer; came out to set zee free"
She cut the bands, and he took tho
gag from his mouth. In q moment,
Maggie was on the other side again.
"Look !" she said, "you won't make
q row about it. Twas only joke
with them. The tide never wetted
more than your feet.
John Coffin turned and looked at
her in silence.
"No," he said at last, al will say
nothing. But you are hard on a man
whose sin was that he thought you
the prettiest maid ho had ever seen. "
He turned away from her and
moved stifily and slowly toward the
path which led up the face of the cliff.
Maggie watched him as he went.
81 have no love for revenue men,"
she had said; which is curious, for
when she was married six months later
she took the name of Coffin.
had this very story from II grand
son of theirs, himself coastguard,
and afterward discovered il was still
told by the older folk among the in.
habitants of Trewarne. Strand Mag.
nzine.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-12
MUSIC AND ANIMALS.
On Some 1t Has n Subduing Effect
Others None.


The notion that music has subduli
influence on the spirits of animals
not true, although some animals a
affected by 1t. Dogs sometimes Sl1
their appreciation of music by eml'uI
sympathetic howls. Cats, on the OF
hand, are apparently disguised w
harmonious sounds as produced
human agency, and at once retire
distance, solacing themselves win ~
own vocal renditions. Singing O'i
however, are charmingly affected j
trill as If their little breasts "01
break in their effort to surpaSs Iht
former. Hyenas. rhinOceroseS' hl
potamuses, pigs, ostriches, deer Ilan
tigers, lions and leopards appaTe
are not affected by music, eAeep
that they occasionally show some
rloslty.
Mice seem TO have Il great ionuD
for all sorts OF harmonic souhus'
have been known to come out ol
holes and listen attentively to
whistling. Cows care nothing ~ d"
music, nor. as far as can be learp'
asses. Elephants and horses %
other hand, are In some deErve
scious OF its charms, and WI"
when marching in a procession u,
modate their step to the beat o.
music. But though music has ~
for the lion and tiger, It has pe'D
covered by a naturalist who has
conducting some experiments
London Geological Gardens tn''
animals are instantly and pow.
affected by the smell of lavehue'
Under Its influence they becoH's
cile as lambs, forgetting even
The effect is not unlike that g
uDon cats by catnip and mn"
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Strange AdODiiOnS.

The record OF singular adoptions on
the part of animals is SO long that it
seems almost safe TO say that an ami
to bring up the young of any other
species not greatly removed from her
in size. All that seems necessary is to
exercise proper care in presenting the
mother with her foster children.
Hens have adopted kittens, and
mother cats have adopted chickens. A
female monkey "mothering" young
cat was an interesting spectacle at q
recent exhibition. COW had been
known to do her best for baby colt.
Sometimes the adopted progeny
gives the foster mother great trouble
with its difference of manners and GUS
toms. The case of the hen with the
swimming ducklings may be called n
classic; and the distress of the hen.
mother with young turkeys, when these
infants follow their instincts and run
far atield, disobeying her calls. is
scarcely less than that of the hen with
the ducklings.
Ordinarily, indeed, the young tur.
keys do not understand the language
of the hen. Language with them is
apparently not matter of education
but OF Inheritance, of instinct. Young
turkeys, for instance, understand the
turkey hens warning against hawks
the first time they hear it. The hen.
mothers warning they do not under
stand, and continue to range while it
is being uttered, to the great agitation
and alarm of the hen.
An amusing case of similar distress
is recorded in u journal devoted to
natural science. A country gentleman
who happened TO have q young hare,
several days old, without n mother,
made the experiment of letting cat
find it, as if by accident. among heI
nursing kittens The experiment sue.
ceedel. The cat made no objection &c
the little hare, and the hare, for his
part, was we'll contented with its sur
roundings.
But trouble began when the cat at
tempted to teach the hare to catch
mice. The little creature steadfastly
refused to engage in that work. The
cat boxed his large ears, and returned
again and again TO the task. but edu
cation proved unavailing against ma
tural inclination.
One day, when the hare had had hi
ears boxed anew, he ran to the lawn
close by, and began to browse tn
grass. Following him, the cat say
him thus occupied, and seemed to b'
greatly astonished. Presently her as
constituent seemed to change to indig
nation. She first advanced as if L
box the creatures ears, and ther
turned by sudden impulse and RAJ
away. Youths Companion.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-12
AwFuL DESPERATION.

AWFUL DESPERATION.
Hopeless Lover--''That's your final
.nswer, is 1t, Marie2"
Unresponsive Maiden--"It is, Har-
I'D. I cannot be your vile"
'Then there is nothing left for me
Iut DEATH"
(At restaurant half an hour later,
b waiter)-"Bring me q few oysters
u begin with. It'd
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-12
QUITE SECURE.

az want to consult you on a GER
tain point" said Miss Cash to her law
yer.
'T am at your service, Miss Cash. "
"You know Mr.. Squildig?"
"Very well, indeed"
"He has done me the honor Of pro-
posing marriage" "
"Ahl"
"What 1 wish to ask is if you think
my money would be safe ill his hands
If / we're to marry him?"
1T would be SO secure you could
not even get IL yourself. l." Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph.
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leliver your address at the Sorosis TO.
right on The Absurd Influence Of
Dress on Womeny"
"No. I'm not"
"why?"
"My dressmaker disappointed me
lgain, and my lovely new gown has
lot arrived. New York Ledger.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-12
sroH AND SONG

Daylight dying. dying;
Night, whore shadows throng
Little time for signing
And little time for song.
Life on feet wings flying
From the right and wrong;
Little time for signing
Little time for song.
Star TO st0- replying
Echoesi 1soul, be strong
Little time for sighing-.
Little time for song!"
F. l.. Stanton, in Chicago Times Herald
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-12
THREE MONTHS DIE.

Mrs. OweingtoR-"That is one OF
my best cups and saucers you have
broken, julia shall take it out OF
your wages!"
Julia -"Will yez take it out ov the
last months wages, Mum, or the
month before that. or this month,
Mum ?"-Puck.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-12
Significance of ..Spain -

The name of Spain was bestowed by
the Phoenicians from the word span,
signifying "a rabbit" an allusion to
the great numbers of this animal on
the Spanish plains. The country YVES
formerly called Iberia from the tribe
of Ibert, who took their name from
the River Ibro or Ebro.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-12
THE NEW BROOM

JRING the good old
days of the French
war, when Eng
land was so occu-
pied upon the seas
that she had little
time TO guard her
coasts minutely,
the people of Ire.
warne were snug
glers to a man, aud
throve exceeding
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-12
An Iron Soldier.

A Spanish inventor has co''su
an iron soldier. Ills inner orEaI
machinery. He is fed on caiN' -
and he carries a rife, when Il
turned In any direction ana "
10000 shots In fifteen minutes
machinery is set In motion y
tricity, but the fiGEse itself VIZ
stand and shoot .-- =
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-12
YELLED MYSTERIES.

Ethel-"T suppose / shall have to
wear this veil; it's the only one /
have. It's so thick one can hardly see
my face through it.
Edith --"Oh, wear it by all means.
Everybody says you never had any
thing half 30 becoming. "-Boston
Transcript.
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Middle.aaed Novice-"I'm just off
for tour in the contributing all
the way. It'll be tour weeks bebre
I'm back in my fat again. a,'s"
Candid Friend-"Ahl Bet it won;
be four hours before you're fat Oh
your back again Punch.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-12
A PRELIMINARY.

'If give your friend place. said
the banker, she will have to give a
bond. / suppose you will go on?"
"Bond?" exclaimed the other man.
"Why, he can be trusted with un-
counted millions"
"Yes; but all the money we have is
counted. d."-Indianapolis Journal.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-12
RIGur WHERE SIZE LEFT orF.

Husband-"Wh are you brooding
about this EVENING""
Wife-"lm studying how to get
even with those horrid people in the
fiat upstairs"
Husband-"You might take up your
singing lessons again !"-Chicago Rec
ord.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-12
AN IMPROVEMENT.

Preacher-"Yes, my brethren, thge
is only one thing more beautiful, more
important, than to have faith in lu-
manity, aud that is"
Wealthy Stock Broker lin a whispr)
ITO get humanity to have faith III
you. Truth.
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CARELESS READING,

"Dear me-" said Mrs. Wickwire,
looking up from her paper, "but wo-
men are getting brave, nowadays"
"Brave?" echoed Mr.. Wickwire.
"Yes, here is story about a woman
who shot mouse. She-pshay !
read it wrong. 1t was only q moose. "
indianapolis Journal.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-12
POSTPONED.

Strawber-'I thought you intendel
to announce your engagement two
mouths ago?"
Singerly-"I did; but she suddenly
decided that instead of a carat-and-l-
half she must have a three.carat ring"
Judge.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-12
EXPERT OPINION.

"a trout is the queerest fish," said
Brickley; sit will bite, get hooked
badly, and bite again"
The widow looked at him absent.
mindedly for minute, and then
added, eyes; but the poor fellow is
to be excused; it's human nature, you
know"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-12
UNApPREcIATED LIBERALrrY.

"You are going to be tried before a
worry liberal Judge" said n lawyer to
his client.
81 am glad of that"
"You needn't be. If you are found
guilty he'll give you all the penalty the
law allows. Detroit Free Press.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-12
TIE ONLY WAY.

He--"rell me, confidentially. how
much did that bonnet cost you?"
She-"George, there is but one wal
in which you can obtain the right t.
inspect my millinery BILL"
He popped.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-12
CALLED HIS BLUFF

ooh, by the way, can you cookP"
aid young Mr., Spudds to Miss Gar
oyle.
"May I inquire if your query is
rompted by matrimonial inclina-
ionP" asked the young lady.
"Why-or-er-well, yes" stam-
nered the young man.
"That being the case, will answer
you fully. Yes, can cook terrapin,
canvas-back duck, brook trout and
venison, besides tenderloin steak and
delicacies. Can you provide them in
their raw state ?"- Harper's Bazaar.
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Romantic Miss--'Have there not
ben moments in your experience
when lifo seemed full of unsatisfied
wnts?"
Mr.. Hardhead--"Y .e-s, that's so !"
Romantic Miss--"At such times /
e,ways fly to M dsic for relief. What
O you do. Mr.. Hardheadf"
'Mr. Hardhead- -"I advertise. -
]ehoboth Sunday Herald"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-12
THE DIFFFRENCF.

Little Muggins-''Because am not
like other men, suppose you think 1
am simply awful?"
Miss Tudor Sharp-"Just tho re-
verse, Mr.. Muggins-awfully simple
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He ian undesired visitor)--"Nice
dog, veryl Have you taught IL any
new tricks since was here last ?"
She (sweetly)-"Yes; it will fetch
your hat il you whistle"
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KNEW HIS BUSINESS.

Baron-"Show me the most Start
ling thing you have"
Tailor-"Certainly, Mr.. Baron; you
shall see your bill in a moment. -
Fliegende Blaetter.
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BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

On the Quiet-A Discovery-Thc DIFF
ference-aFatal Disease-A Nice
Dog-Knew His Business
The Way Only, Etc.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-12
A FATAL DISEASE.

Pat-"Phwat does they use grape
shot for2"
Mike" "Shure, il is to give the inc.
my appendicitis. Puck.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-12
A DISCOVERY.

Mamma-"Why did you give the
baby that drum?"
Papa" Because he makes less noise
when he has the drum. Life.
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Meier did man on earth abide.
With genius, or with lack OF II,
Who did not fondly hug his pride,
And reck himself a famous wit.
Puck.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-12
woAiAN'S WAY.

"WelI. dear, are you all prepared to
The record-union., 1895-12-14

the taxpayers money in a treasury
vault withdraws it from circulation,
tightens the money market and makes
interest higher. It is cited that in more
| than two-thirds the States, the public
funds are kept in banks, and that in but
three cases have there been losses, and
| in two others some money has been
tied UP, and only after many years;
| that in fact the Independent treasury
system" has been outgrown by the
country.
| The reply to all this is simple and d.
rect The laws of California do not
now provide for banking the public
funds; when it is proposed to amend
them so that it may be done, it will be
time enough to discuss the proposition.
| There is now no authority for taking
security from banks for use of the pub
lie funds; there is no law by which
for use Of public funds counties,
cities or the State can re-
ceive any reward for the use of
the funds While it is true that in some
thirty-six of the States public funds are
banked, in twenty Of such cases the
banks pay the States a good rate Of in
terest for the use of the funds, and in
most cases ample security is given for
the money by the deposit of collaterals;
as, United States bonds, or State or
county bonds, or by bonds given by the
bank, much as a Treasurer gives
bond, etc.
1t will be seen therefore, that what
ever may be said about the withdrawal
of money from circulation, nothing
whatever can be said in extenuation of
violation of the law which commands
the Treasurer to have and keep the
money intrusted to him. giving County
Treasures, however, liberty to make
special deposits for safe keeping" not
for banking uses. This clearly intends
that the bank should be treated in such
cases only as a place of safe-keeplng,
and that at any moment when called
upon by due authority, the Treasurer
shall be able to produce the identical
money originally intrusted to him.
When it comes to the matter of
amending the law, so that public money
may be farmed out for earning, and
perfect security be taken therefor, the
Record Union will be prepared to dis
elevated standpoint and in the public
interest only, and irrespective of any
other considerations.
The record-union., 1895-12-14

There is a good deal of wasted senti-
nent in the debate about the use by
Cuban military commanders of dyna-
mite to blow up trains of the enemy car
against the insurgents. 1t is said that
..it is barbarous TO employ this destruct-
i've agency" and that the fact that the
Cubans use it to destroy their enemies
should withdraw sympathy from them.
We apprehend that more depends upon
the particular method in each case than
the use in general. If the preparation is
used in war, as would be any other de-
structive means to reduce or check an
army. it is not reprehensible simply be-
cause il is more destructive in its work
than black powder. We have just COM
pieted at San Francisco a battery of
guns, the sole purpose of which is to
throw shells filed with nitro glycerine.
the explosion of which at the moment
of impact with the walls of modern
ship of war, it is believed, would send
her to the bottom with a rush. What
klistinction can be drawn between such
employment OF the explosive and the
planting of it beneath railway track
by the Cuban party for the purpose of
exploding it when a trainload of the
scidiery of the enemy passes over it?
The record-union., 1895-12-14
KREPING=PuBL1o MONEY
Comment on the Action of the State
Bank Commissioners.

BANK COnlillSS1OnefS.
(From the San Francisco Cal)
In its recent editorial on the decision
rendered by Judge Dougherty of Santa
Rosa, the Call was misled by the incom-
pletenesS of the telegram announcing
the decision. In the editorial Judge
Dougherty was praised for deciding
that it is the duty of the County Treas
urer to produce the money when it is
demanded by the officers charged with
the duty of counting it. 1t now seems
that Judge Dougherty rendered no such
decision, and that the praise which the
| Call gave him was misplaced He de-
cded in effect that as the law permits
/ tie Treasurer to make a special de-
post under certain contingencies, it is
proper for him to produce the banks
certificate for it and have it counted as
cash.
1t was possibly a fear that the courts
would establish such dangerous pre-
cedent that has induced the State Bank
Commissioners to make an order di-
recting banks to refuse to accept State,
| county or city money except as special
deposits, and even then the money shall
not be touched by the banks, but shall
| be kept separate and subject to in
slant delivery ON demand. A special de-
post held by the Treasurer is by no
means the same as cash, as it still per,
\
der these circumstances if the bank
should fail the county would have no
rights above those of other depositors
If it should be legally prohibited from
using the money its use would be en-
bezzlement, and would lay the banker
liable to criminal prosecution.
Such decision as Judge Dougherty's
would make possible the danger which
the Bank Commissioners have deter
mined to prevent. They have discov-
cred that in many cases banks have not
the money on hand to pay immediate
demands by public treasurers for
money placed on special deposit. The
banks are solvent, but besides the fact
that the city or county has the right to
demand its money and may have inn
mediate use for it, is the danger that
from one cause or another the bank
may become inSolvent. In addition to
all that is the manifest error of a policy
which permits any enc to speculate
with public funds or handle them for
any purpose other than public use.
1t is fortunate that Treastrers are
row indirectly compelled, through a
regulation affecting banks, to be ready
at all times to produce the actual cash
with whose custody they are charged,
and it is fortunate for the State that an
instrumentality exists for requiring
this wise plan to be followed, the courts
having failed to do SO.
The record-union., 1895-12-14
MADISON BABCoCK.

High Tribute to a Former Principal of
the Sacramento Grammar School.
The Public School Journal of Illinois.
one of the most ably edited and widely
circulated journals of its class in the
United States, has the following notice Of
a former school principal of this city:
madison Babcock, former resident
and teacher in Illinois, who has been for
years Deputy superintendent OF the
schools OF San Francisco. has been elected
Superintendent TO fill the unexpired term
OF A. J. Moulder. There is no man on
the Pacific Coast more worthy of this
great honor and trust than Mr.. Babcock.
lie is q devoted friend of the teachers.
and no man is so popular as he with all
of the children, who know him person
ally in every portion OF the city,"