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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-02-13
CURIOUS YACrs.

A baby weighing exactly one pol y
was born in San Francisco last Chi u
mas Day. T
Missouri apple trees wear corn hVi
bloomers TO protect them agaia
marauding rabbits bso
The old Central Congregatiol,s
Church in Providence. r. l., is bet Il
made into q theatre. lTl
Curtains were employed for bdnntj
steads in the eleventh century; thty
were alterward transferred to wiki
dows. H
The house in Afford street, Lon lose
England, formerly occupied by tin
celebrated "Beau" Brummell, has bee, =
demolished.
AT Algona, Kossuth County, Iowai
there is "roaring" we'll, forty.fivd
feet deep. which has boiling hot watet
at the bottom of it.
Teapots we're the invention OF either
the Indians or the Chinese, and are of
uncertain antiquity. They came to
Europe with ten in 1910.
Tho famo bread fruit is botanically
akin TO the fig. II is big, round
green fruit, whose inner kernel really
somewhat resembles bread.
Mr.. and Mrs. Durgin, living near
Portland, Me-, have reached the age
of 102 and nnety-nine years respec.
lively, and both are hale, hearty and
happy.
The pith OF the sago palm, the root
Of the cassava, the fruit of the banana
and plsntain are oil used for flour in
tropic climates. Or the banana is
roasted whole.
st. Andrews Church, New York
City, has n genuine Murillo hanging
above one of its altars The subject
is "Ihe Martyrdom of st. Andrew"
II belongs to Mr.. Benjumea, who in.
herited it from his father, a native OF
Seville, Murillo's city.
"Regicides" in English history are
the commissioners appointed to try
King Charles l., 150 in number; OF
whom seventy acted, and fifty-nine
signed the death warrant, Jauuary,
1919. Of these last twenty.niue were
tried and ten executed.
One buyer and shipper of turkeys in
Laucastor, KY, killed IL, 800 turkeys,
agsregating $4,000 pounds, during
the Thanksgiving and Christmas sea.
son last year. There are several other
turkey dealers in that place. who each
did an almost equal business.
Vermont's oldest citizen is Moses
Pierce, OF Derby, who is a little more
than l02 years old. Mrs. Eliza A.
Pinkham, OF Millbridge, Me-, cele-
brated her hundrelth birthday re-
Gently. She is in excellent health,
and her eyesight and hearing are
practically perfect.
1t is believed that Mrs. Clarissa
Spencer, of Manchester, Conn. is the
oldest church member in that State.
She has been a member of the Con-
gregatonal Church for little more
than eighty years, and a constant at.
tendant and active worker Turing the
whole period. yShe is now ninety-six
years old.
Indian corn is supposed to be in.
diSenous in this country, but it no
where grows wild. Johnnycake is
mighty good, too, and eaten in Asia,
Africa and some parts of Europe.
France takes to it kindly. Germany.
nit. In Mexico corn is hulled in weak
lye, cracked with roller and baked in
tor.illas.
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country.

The Rev. II. II. Haweis, who has re-
turned to London after a prolonged
soiourn in this country, says that tho
distinctive thing about American re.
hgious congregations is that they pre-
fer what is unconventional and up to
dnte.
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1t is a curious fact, and one not gen.
orally known. except by those who
carefully study their almanacs, that
the last month of last year had two
full moons, an event which has not oc-
cured in any December since the be-
ginning of the Christian era.
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We John A. Sllzcr Seed Co., La Gross
|, pay high prices ioF now things. Tn,
htly pail $500 FOR yellow rini wa,a
IN, $1,000 for % bu. now oats, $500 h
De. OF potatoes, ctc., cite! VOL, pric
otatoes will be high next fall. Plant
Iy Mr. wiieawake! You'll make mono
fr's Earliest arc ft to eat IN 90 laysa;,.
Eng. His Champion Of tho World Is a
st yicldcr on earth and We challcn
produce It's eqnal. ca
~oU VIII SEND o. 10c. in stamps
IN A. Salzof See Co., Ia Crosse, WI,
y u get, free, ten packages grains al
gi including Teosiutc. spurry, Gu.
Irlite Clover, etc., and our MANN b,
cIIu". Catalogue alone &c. Tor maili'i
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The Thin One-Dear me. You a,
losing all your outlines. Tho Fat On
And you are getting TO be nothia
\ ise.-Cincinnati Enquirer
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Miss Beacon Hill-Dear mo, Strange.
but cannot rememJcr WLors Is
Dresdeni Young Lakcsido-O, tlht's
easy. In China. Saw the address "a
a show.wind0w toGay.-Truih.
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Ethel taged OIL don't love you np1
more. grandpa. Grandpa--why NOD
Ethel? Ethel-'Cause | love you !
much already that I couldn't love yo]
pny more 70 tried. Please give me fivl
tcnts.-Judge.
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HERSQUEER f0DGER.

ES, / think" the land
lady said, "that the
most mysterious and
altogether interesting
experience / ever had
the misfortune to be
mixed up in was n lit
tie drama that was
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Railway travelling in Norway is
cheaper than in any other European
country
The sun., 1896-10-16

maker OF steel rails and railroad equipment can
double the price Of their commodities. then the
la6orcr can double the price Of the commodity
he has to sell. That is his labor. But he can't
do II because the railroads can't pay II. Don't
you how plain it is7 The railroads sell
transportation. Tho law fSes the price that
they can charge. They can only get so much
money. II they can get only so much, they can
spend only so much"
There is one way in which the railroad COM
panies can save when II Is absolutely necessary,
which neither of these railroad men mentioned
They can cut down tho number Of men they
employ. The report Of the Interstate Com
mcrco Commission for 1896 shows that in 1893,
before the panic and tho hard times, the number
OF mon employed on railroads wns nearly S75,-
600. After the panic tho total number OF en-
poyees was 779.00O. Nearly 100000 men were
laid Off or discharged. Where four men were
used to operate n train the roads got along with
three. Where fifty men were employed in q
machine shop the roads got along with thirty
fve. and so on all the way down the line. Where
Ave or six new rails had been laid, only one was
laid. Then, in addition to getting their wages
In 53-cent dollars instead OF 1O0-cent dollars.
the 300. 900 men employed the railroads In
America are in danger OF getting fewer 53-cent
dollars than they get now Of 100-cent dollars.
and many of them are in danger of losing their
jobs altogether.
The sun., 1896-10-16
IN UNPOPULAR TKANsA cr1oM.
Gambling on tho Treasury's Gold Not In
Favor In Wall Street.

Gambling on tho Treasury's Gold Not In
Favor In Wall Street.
The first large withdrawal OF gold from the
Sub-Treasury in this city since exports OF the
metal ceased In the summer and were succeed
ed by imports. which are still In progress. was
made yesterday by Watson & Brown. one of the
larger houses doing business on the Stock Ex-
change The amount withdrawn by them was
$500 900. ana as they apparently did not wish
the public to believe that they had withdrawn
the gold of their own volition or for their own
account. they stated that they had made the
withdrawal for a customer and had deposited it
for his account in the Chase National Bank.
Their explanation as to the destination OF the
gold Withdrawn by them was hardly necessary,
as the Wall street news agencies, which ars
ever alert To the transfers of imoney into and
the Chase National Bank. and announced the
fact before the brokers making the withdrawal
made their statement
Treasury to the Chase n National Bank promptly
attracted attention and provoked comment.
w. Cannon OF the Chase Bank, who said ha
was constrained to make public the details OF
s rs fa,s that tho os
said that a customer OF the bank Informed Il on
wednesday that he held a IL, maturing g. call of OF
Eold; that he had notified the, sellers OF
Chase National Bank for his account. and
he wished the bank to receive 1t and pay for 1t.
r. s. Smithers IL Co. hotihe tho holder OF their
privilege that the gold would be delivered by
Kuhn Loeb & Co., and that firm signifed It's
acceptance of Smithers IL Co.'S instructions by
communicating with tho Chase National Bank
Wednesday afternoon, to the effect that they
would deliver to IL the gold called for by the
privilege held by the customer OF the bank.
Tho gold was delivered about noon by rep
resentative o. Kuhn. Loeb d. Co and check
to their order was given by the bank IN pay
ment for II. A shortage in the weight of tho coin
WAS subsequently made good by the Arm de-
livering II. Whether the privilege WAS sold by
+. s. SInithers g. Go. for their own account or
for the account Of one of their customers. the
fact remains that some ono received M per
cent. moro for the privilege of ninety DAYS
ago Rs privileges of that character commanded
from IL TO 2 per cent. at that time and that
the obligation was discharged by withdrawing
gold from the Sub-Treasnry. The reputation OF
+, =. Smithers & Go. Is such that tho street
generally believes that they were simply acting
as brOk ers In the entire transaction.
AS the Chase National Bank has repeatedly
contr buted large amounts Of gold to the Treas
ury whenever II was desirable to do so to ro-
pienish the Treasury's gold balance, and has
constantly declined to withdraw gold from the
Sub-Treasury when asked to do so by some of
Its customers. President Cannon said that he
thought IL due to the bank to make public the
facts Of the transaction, that the policy Of the
bank might not be mlsconstrued nor Its position
misunderstood
The sun., 1896-10-16

at Iron Mountain, Mich, yesterday. He and
his friends have said some pretty rough things
about Chairman Hanna. The main feature of
Bryan's visit TO Iron Mountain was the order
from Mark Hanna TO close his mino for three
hours In order that the 600 men might hear
Bryan. which was taken as evidence that the
Chairman of the Republican National Commit
tee is not intimidating his mon to any alarming
extent The men were paid in full for the time
lost.
Ex.Gov Roswell P. Flower of New York spoke
last night at Anderson, Ind. to an audience
composed OF factory workers, manufacturers.
farmers, and business men. The Popocrntic
headquarters and speaking auditorium is d.
rectly over the hall in which Mr. Flower spoke.
No speech was booked for the night by the sill
verites, but the hoodium element got together,
and 400 or 500 of them got into the hall. Local
speakers addressed them. They Jumued up and
down on the floor and made such n noise that 1t
was impossible for the people on the lower floor
to hear what Gov. Flower said. The police
were called and queted the uproar. Mr. Flower
will be In Indiana the rest Of the week. He will
then come to Chicago.
The sun., 1896-10-16
WHEAT GOING HIGHER.
Another Exciting Day Among when,
Brokers In San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15.-This has been
another exciting day among wheat brokers, and
wheat took another big upward jump, Decem-
ber advancing 80 cents per GENITAL and May
wheat going UP Az cents above yesterdays best
prices. Experts who have watched the market
carefully say that to-days bulge was duo TO
many private dispatches from Chicago. saying
that an English syndicate was buying all wheat
offered there. This, II Is assumed, is being done
under orders from London. where the only
trustworthy Information about tho probable
wheat demand of India is held.
III this demand should be larger than expect
ed 1t will clean up all the available supply hero
and will Justify even higher figures than those
quoted to-day.
More conservative brokers declare that the
present prices cannot be increased materially
without danger of n bad break in the mark ct.
Meanwhile the result of this great advance in
wheat has been to stimulate business, for many
men who werc In doubt about leasing wheat
lands have closed contracts, and banks which
held mortgages on farms are more confident
over receiving their interest. The advance IL
Is estimated. has added SIS an acre to tho value
OF ali wheat lands in California.
The sun., 1896-10-16
lyman IS FREE AT LAST.
HE DRIVES TO 4 CARE CRYING
"LoNG LIVE FRANCEio

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"" O"er huA"r'es he Indignantly
Discinims Connection with any Dynn-
mite Plot and VIII Return Home soon.
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W., ,.os u,,a..., 80, ,us rte"eh "oNern-
~. r..,. -, '.o"i p''o'n 'h'' evening.
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nern,,,ed ~ h.r. 80. ~ p,IIon ne was
rnnsn ,aS,.ss ~ s,. aAu S,nel ,,l., ,uAuries
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orrcs, IN onso, o,a p ne', INV, Ho" unoer
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ps,., N consequently feiee'eo IN
Az ta III,
ni nv WI. sa' resaru,hs 'hom Is that they
dnno ,,.r ,i,,,,n p..,n T %nu 'l''o ,ney h"ve
uohe. After visiting Paris lyman will 20 to
Cherbourg, whence 1t is expected he will sail
Ioynox oot ~ nh. n.n.. ~.
sh hVSnuN, ,ouo,so us. i'lhe Daap Ns.s viii pub
Mer contras,ine Tho ,rss,,an, 80 u,ORn0.sur- T SUI.
,ho, ,ho,' pa,.Ia, 'no Iren'heht OF lyman with
mat OF British subject who had fallen Into the
hands of the French police
The Enrlishman wa. condncted b.ndoreoa
. 49,, ,,,,-'. ~ 'u''eu hanuouHeo
W 'he fokestohe boat yesterday by officers and
expelled from the country on susnicion ,bot h.
was an Anarohis, 's Irn a "" susp'c'on that no
-, ,,', 10 h"u oeeh cohhheu IN
prison Tor ninety-six days. but the authorities
were unable to prove anything against him
A despatcb frop, po,,oona 90 ,h C.,
=. >.f, " noo'osuo W Tue SontrA
News says that the delay in setting lyman ut
liberty was due to the intlscrction of the wasb
in,,on f,ov.rpmn,, T., ,,,hrih, -. 80. w w - -,
l So. '''. ',i'n' ~ puo'sh'ns commuhlca-
tion from Ambassador Eustis saving that Ty-
mans release was CERTAIN befora NJ uon,,.,x
,h Ir,,h N,,I... - -, ~
VIZ rfehch -hih's'er Vi fore'gh AHairs, mad An
swered Great Britain's demand for his extrndi-
ton.
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The sun., 1896-10-16
ADoLPHUs CoHES CAUGHT.
The swindline italian banker Arrested q
Philadelphia.

philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. .l5.-Adolphus Cohen, alias
Coles. who was q banker at 2ll Canal street.
New York CITY, and vino. 1t is alleged en- bezzled
thousands of dollars of the banks funds was
arrested this afternoon by Detective Donaghy
In the Broad street station of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. The detective was assisted In the ar
rest by Alfred De Mayo of this city. an Italian
interpreter; Leonardo Morrelli. the late partner
of Coles. and John Diu, an Italian citizen. Nor
relli was in a local cigar store when he was sur
prised at seeing Coles enter. He had not seen
him since Dec. 24. 1894, when. he alleges. Coles
got away with money which belonged to l55
Italian banking houses in New York and Penn
sylvania.
When Coles left the cigar store Morrelll fol-
lowed him to the railroad station. DE Mayo got
Detective Donaghy who arrested Coles. Coles
was arraigned before Magistrate South and
committed to await the arrival of requisition
papers from New York. He said the Ionly
thing that he will have to defend is that he
failed for $4,000. lie denies that he embezzled
the money
Detective Sergeant Krauch of the Central
Office will be sent to Philadelphia to-day tn
bring Cohen to this city On a warrant sworn out
by Pedro Palladius of So Baxter street. who
had lost $500 through Cohen dishonesty.
Cohen Was at one time employed by Laden
burg. Thalmann Il Co., 40 Wall street. Early
house of Paladini " Co.. 2ll Canal street. He
had been with this firm only short time when
Mr.. Paladini retired, and the firm became
systematic robberes.
In the latter part of December, 1894 Cohen
To have been about Sl50.OOO. several OF the
bankers who had been taken In by Coheu
managed to get their money by seiZIng SONS
property which he owned in Rome, Italy. but
the majority OF them lost every cent.
The sun., 1896-10-16
NoHEL RAILROAD DEMONSTRATIONS.
Indianapolis Turns Out to See n Great
Sound.moncY Parade.

Indianapolis Turns Out to See n Great
Sound-money Parade.
INDIANAPOLIS. Oct. 15..-M. L. Ingalls,, Pres-
dent OF the Big Four" railroad. q formet
Democrat, addressed a packed audience In Tom
linson Hall tonight in behalf OF Mckinley.
The speech was made the occasion OF monster
demonstration OF railroad men. who came in on
special trains from Illinois, Mich gan. Ohio. and
Kentucky. Chicago was represented by thirty
two clubs.
The parade was witnessed by $4,000 people
packed along the line OF march There were
bands and transparencies galore. The post of
honor was given to locomotive of usual size
which was propelled by trolley power along the
street car tracks. 1t had enough steam. how
ever. to whistle, and the stack emitted smoke.
Its name was Sound Money" and an engineer
and fireman peered out OF the windows upon the
multitude.
Its headlight was electric and It had an elec-
trio keystone in front. Following AN old-fash-
ioned street car drawn by mules and labelled
Before crime Of '73" was a handsome electric
train filled with shouting people and bearing
in electric letters After crime Of '73."
Tho wind-up Of the parade was a caboose sur
mounted by an electric search light. Tho
parade surpassed anything ever seen here in
novelty and enthusiasm.
The sun., 1896-10-16
DON DICKIxsoN,s FUND.
ne Collects sJ1e.O 900 TO Aid the Palmer
and nuckner Cause.

DETROIT. Mich Oct. 15.-The rumors which
have been current for week that Don NJ
Dickinson had received u substantial sum of
money with which to push the sound money
campaign during the last two weeks OF the can
vass were to-day verified. This rumor was to
the effect that the ex-Postmaster- q ener-
al had placed to his order the sum
of 100000 to be used in making An
aggressive sound-money campaign in Michigan,
Ohio and Indiana. Mr.. Dickinson himself
could not be seen, but n clerk in his office
Charles b. Warren, was not guarded about CIV
ing out information. He was asked IL it was
true that Mr.. Dickinson had received a large
sum OF money. and replied at first that it was
untrue. When pressed further he said:
1T is untrue that any money has been sent to
Mr.. Dickinson. He simply went for that amount
and got it,"
II has long been known that the silver Demo-
Gratis had saved their money for the last two
weeks of the campaign on the theory that the
souEd-money Democrats had nothing. and in
the closing fortnight all that had been done for
honest money could be counteracted. Now that
the old-line Democracy Of Michigan has more
than half what 1t usually spends in tho Presi-
DENTAL campaign, and that is to be expended in
the last three weeks. the silverltes are much
put out, and doubt tho success of their cause.
The sun., 1896-10-16
FUSION IN wArsoN,s owx STATE.
Georgia Popuiists Mako Overtures to tho
Popocrats TO That End.

Georgia P0puiista Make Overtures to tn o
Popocrats to That End.
ATLANTA. Oct. l5.-The Populists have taken
tho initiative toward fusion on electors with the
Democrats here in Watson's own state The
Populist State Committee gave out to- night as
one Of tho results OF their all.day meeting a
series OF resolutions in which they cite the
strong advocacy Of fusion in other States by
Popocratic managers. and incidentally refer to
the fact as It appears from their standpoint
that the Popocrats had agreed TO withdraw
Sewall II Bryan was endorsed. They declare
that as q test of good faith OF tho Popocrats to
this proposition. the Populists will withdraw
seven Of their electors. the Popocrats to with
draw six and to make n fusion ticket.
This starts the ball rolling for fusion In
Georgia. The Populsts wind up their resolu-
tions with the declaration that this must be ac-
cepted within five days, and that II IL is not
their committee is instructed to 20 ahead with
a full electoral ticket and use their utmost en-
deavors to elect the Populist Congress nom nees.
The tone of the letter is not altogether friendly,
but 1t is the opinion of Popocratic politicians in
the city tonight that the Popocrnts will meet
the proposition aud fusion will be accom-.
plished.
Definite steps were also taken toward fusion
in four of Georgia's Congress districts. The
fusion Is to be with Republicans for the pur-
pose Of defeating the Popocratic Congress nom
inees. The four Democratic nominees particu-
larly aimed at are w. c. Adamson. in the
Fourth district; L. +. Livingston. in the Fifth;
j. w. Maddox. in the Seventh, and Carter Tate
in the Ninth. Livingston, Maddox and Tate
are members OF the present Congress.
y great deal OF money 10 being spent in
Georgia in the registration of coored voters
for whom back taxes must be paid. and this is
especially true in the districts mentioned. The
proposed fusion is brought about the re-
suit of recent conferences between the Populst
National Committeeman. Mr.. Reed OF Bruns-
wick. and Chairman Buck Of the Republican
State Committee. and, although Col. Buck
partly denies 1t, the general idea is that his let
ter advising the Republicans to vote for the
Populist nominees in the State election was q
part of the deal
The sun., 1896-10-16
REBUkED At Il WEDDING,
Rector Buckley Stops n Stampede from
Church TO Sec Bridal Couple.

Church to Sec n Bridal Couple.
WATERBURY,, Conn.,, Oct. 15.-A sensation
was caused at the conclusion of q fashionable
wedding at Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church
early this evening by the caustic remarks which
the Rev. Frederick d. Buckley, the rector. ap-
piled to the spectators.
The church was crowded and as the bridal
couple passed out to enter their carriage the
people arose in body and started out in order
to catch glimpse Of the bride and bridegroom
Advancing to the altar railing Rector Buckley.
in severe tones. commanded the audience to re-
main seated until the bridal couple had de-
parted.
'Thi- Is not public exhibition" the rector
continued. 1T is a divine ceremony. Hereto
fore 1t has been the custom at wedding cere-
monies at this church for the people to crowd
around the bridal pair. So that it has been al
most impossible for them to reach their car
riages, but it shall not occur again during this
rectorship."
AT the conclusion Of his remarks the people
sank back into their seats in astonishment.
The sun., 1896-10-16
DIR. SEWARD WEnn. LEGISLATOR.
sworn In Member OF Vermont's LeEIs.
iature- Interest In His Duties.

sworn In u Member OF Vermonrs LegIs.
lRture- Interest In HIS Duties.
MONTPELIER. W.. Oct. l5-Dr. W. Seward
Webb member-eeCt TO the Vermont Legisla-
ture from the town OF Shelburne, took his seat
In the House Of Representatives to day. Though
the town of Shelburne boasts OF only a small
population, Its political aspirations are OF q
colossal nature. and when the time for election
OF town representative was at hand the fathers
OF this Green Mountain hamlet began to cast
about for something new In the representative
line. The town is somewhat famous us the
summer home OF w. Seward Webb whose
country seat, "Shelburne Farms" is situated
there. lie has greatly assisted the town. and
its citizens understand that. Accordingly.
when a unanimous vote was extended the
Doctor asking him TO represent the town. he
cordially accepted this opportunity to enter the
political arena as a compliment to his adopted
home.
Consequently as tho Oflic al gavel of tho House
OF Representatives announced the call to order
OF this, the seventh day OF its session. Or. Webb
atives. After the customary Opehing exercises,
the Speaker Of the House appointed commit
tee to conduct the Doctor 10 the bar OF tho
House, where he subscr bed to the oath ~ Office.
DIR. Webb travels in his private car, special
track for which has been out down at tie cRpi-
tai. Although he has had the experience OF
only one day in actual lawmaking in Vermont.
the Doctor SEEMS To be desiTOus uf becoming ia
miliar with legislative routine, He spent part
OF The day IN waiting tho various departments
and in meeting the officials. He has been ap-
pointed n member OF the Committee on Rail-