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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-12-03
PUNCH AND JUDY,
me Origin Of mis- Ever Popular EnsfsA
EntertainmeuA


EntertainmenA
Generations of children have found
pleasure in witnessing the antics OF
Punch and Judy. and after nearly q
century Of popularity the mimic thea
ter in which their adventures are dis.
played still gives amusement to both
young and old. The origin Of this al.
ways attractive entertainment is no,
English, M many who have enjoyed /,
may suppose; but, according to an old
book, Punch and Judy are Of Italian
ancestry. In the district Of Acezza, near
Naples, the people are very much ad.
dicted to the spaking Of wine from
grapes. and il is curious that from an.
tiquity they have been famous for their
love Of droll wit and comic fun.
Many years ago. in the season Of the
vintage, which is time when every.
body seems to be full of fun and frolic,
some comic players came along through
Acezza. They began to poke fun at the
vintagers. and in the war Of wit the
players got the worst OF it.
Now, there was among the vintagers
fellow with an enormous red nose,
long and crooked like powder horn,
and he was the very drolest and witt
est OF the whole company. The players
were so tickled with his witty sayings,
all set off by his odd face aud very
queer air and manner, that they almost
went into Mysteries with laughter.
After they went away they began to
think tina. this droll fellow would be a
great accession to their company; SC
they went back and made offers 70 him.
These he accepted, and such was the
success Of his efforts that the company
acquired great fame and great deal of
money. Everybody went to see this
witty buffoon. and all were delighted.
This example led TO tho establish
ment Of droll or bufioon i'll oil compa.
nies Of comedians, and he was always
called after the original one, whose
name was Puoco d'Aniello. This was
in tho course OF time sof.ened into Po-
lecenello. The French made 1t Poliche-
mel, and the English Punchinello. Aft
er time the English, for the sake Of
brevity, left of tho latter part Of the
word and called it plain Punch.
How Judy originated history does not
record, but il is very easy to surmise
her story. Such merry fellow ~
Punch had as good right TO a wife as
nybody, if he could get one. Why notf
One might think that his beotlike nose
would have stood in the way Of his find
ing woman willing TO marry him, but
his wit was an offset to this. Women
are fond Of wit, and Punch would have
played his part i'll II he could not have
made II cover his nose.
Now that we have supposed Punch to
have had a wife, and also supposed her
name TO have been Judy. what more
natural than for this amiable couple
now and then TO have had bit Of q
breeze? They lived wandering life,
and, like other people in their station,
took little liquor to raise their spirits.
After the effect was over, feeling lit.
tie peevish. they fell to calling each
other hard names, and hard blows fol.
lowed; 20 this is their whole history.
Detroit Free Press.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-12-03

When most needed it is not un
usual for your family physician to be
away from home. Such was tn. ex-
perience Of Mr.. j. Y. Scunec< editor
Of the Caddo, lad Ter. Banner.
when his little gir,. two years OF aye
was threatened with severe attack
of Group He SAYS: "My wife iu
sisted that go for the doctor, but IA.
our family physician was on, Of
town purchased u bottle of Cham
berlin's Cougn R-m DIV, which rr-
lieved her Immediately. | will NOT
b. with put it in the future" 2J aud
90 c-nt bottles for sale by all Dru..
gi-ts
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-12-03

Mr.. @. Gailoustte, Druggist, b,

Mr.. @. Gailoustte, Druggist, Bea-
versville, ILL.,, says: ITO DR.. King
New Discovery owe my life. Was
taken with LaGrppe and tried all
the physicians for miles abou,. but
OF no avail and was given up and
told could not live. Having Dr..
Kings New Discovery in my score
sent for bottle aud began its use
and from the first dose began to get
better and after using three bottle,
was up and about again. II is worth
its weight in gold. We won't keep
store or house without it," Get u
free trial at Graybill. Garman &
Co.'S store, Richiield, Pa. aud al
druggists.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-12-03
EATEN ALIVE.
a Fish That Watches Its Own Demolition
In . Japanese Delicacy.


1s . Japanese Delicacy.
The most dainty dish to the Japanese
epicure is mono other than living fish.
This horrible delicacy is served as fol-
lows: Resting on large dish is a mat
formed Of rounds Of glass held together
by plated threads, on which is o living
fish with gills and mouth moving regu-
larly. At its back rises bank Of white
shreds resembling damp isinglass, but
i'll reality colorloss seawced, while the
fish itself rests ON damp green alge. In
front is pile of small slices of sawfish
garnished with aradiating tuft Of varie-
gated bamboo leaves. a portion of the
raw fish from the pile i'll front Of the
living victim is now placed ON saucer
and passed TO one guest, and so on with
the rest till the pile is consumed. Then
the carver raises the skin (Which has
been already loosoned) Of the living fish,
and proceeds to take slice after slice from
the upper part. The creature has been
carved while still alive, the pile Of flesh
first served consisting of the lower half
Of the body. This has been done with
such Consummate skill that no vital
part has been touched. The heart, the
liver, the gills and the stomach are left
intact, while the damp seaweed on
which the flesh rests sutlices to keep tho
lungs in action. The miserable victim
looks on with lustrous eyes while its
own body is consumed, probably the
only instance Of "A living creature assist
ing as spectator at its own entomb-
ment. nt.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-12-03
ri! HuilErE
Cancer | Cancer |

cancer cured on the breast, head, face. lip
hand or anywhere on the external surface OF
the body da eight days. without the loss OF a
drop OF blood. No knife used. Terms very rea-
sonable. CAN at my ofllce or address
ID. X. RoTHROCK. NJ. d.. New Berlin. Pa.
p. S.-Kindly ask your druggist or merchant
whether he keeps DR., ID. X. Rothrock's rene
dies viz Two-day Cough Cure, Rheumatic Lini-
ment, Electric Neuralgia cure, Liver Pills. Head
ache Powders. Vegetable Condition Powder for
all domestic animals. Ess. Peppermint. Golden
Tincture, Perfecto Vanilla. Laudanum. ParS-
gorlc and Castor Oh. II not. tell him to order
them At once as they are sold and used every
where. DIR. RoTHRoCK. NJ. d.. Physician and
Pharmacist. New Berlin. Pa.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-12-03
Trial LIST December Term.

William 7 oui man vs.. Issac Spots
B. +. .enseller vs.. The s lins
grove Water Company.
j. z. Kantz vs. ID ,vid Meyer.
Ed. NJ. Hummel VS.. Psnnsylyal,,
Railroad Company.
Ed. NJ. Hu umel a Il T. nna l.. Hum
mel, his wife, VS.. Pennsylvantt
Railroad Company.
Charles p. Ulrich and Laura G. u
rlcb, his wife, VS.. P,Hu~ylvlnl,
Railroad Company.
Anuie nj. PIER VS.. Pennsylvaui
Railroad g C)mpanv.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-12-03
Wanted Idea r.: $:: !: s: g.;

wsiss i6SN wi6prRs6RM CO.. Cong psssns sSS r;ss. ;ssss.
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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-12-03
Guupt Proclamation,

WHEREAS the Hon. Harold NJ. Mcclure
w President Judge OF tho judicial District,
composed OF the counties Of Snyder, and
Union and jeremiah Grouse and u. II. Gem
berlng. Esqs., Associate Judges In and tor Sny.
der county have issued their ptecept, bearing
date the 2slh day OF Sept. A. d., 1890, to me
directed Tor the holding 0fan Orphans Co art, "A
court OF Common Pleas, court of Oyer and Ter.
miner AMI General Court ofQuarter Sessions Of
the Peace, at Middleburgh, Tor the county OF
Snyder. on th,,!nd Monday, (being the l,th
day OF Dec. lsy6) and to continue one week,
Notice Is therefore hereby given TO the Coron.
er, Justices of the Peace and Constables In and
for the county of Snyder. TO appear In their
proper person with their rolls. records, inquisi-
tions, examinations and other remembrances
10 do those things which of their office' and In
their behali partain to be done aud witnesses
and pc sous prosecuting In behalf of tho Com
monwealth against any person or persons are re-
1uired TO be then and there attending and de.
parting without leave at their peril. Justices
are requested to be punctual IN their attendance
Given under my hand and seal M at the sher!n's
A. D,. one thousand eight hundred and ninety
six. ALFRED SfECHT. Sheriff.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-12-03

To change ones nationality in Russia
is not at the command of every purse
The first condition is that you should be
landowner for five years at the short
est, and that during the whole Of that
period you should have resided upon
your property in that country. The next
condition is that you should take the
oath of allegiance to the czar.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-12-03
Couldn't Say.

Mr.. Frankstown-Miss Bloomfield is
as pretty as the day is long. Don't you
think so?
Mr.. Homewood-I have never seen
her except at evening gatherings. -
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-12-03

In India there is a species Of butterfly
in which the male has the left wing
yellow and the right one red. The col
ors Of the female are vice versa.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-12-03

A newly discovered West African
butterfly spins cocoon which resembles
q mask made for hamaE face
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-12-03

When nj Englishman becomes nat
uralired Norwegian. his wife and chill
trsn also chsnop their nationality.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-06-02
Plant Pumpkins.

The farmer who has an eye to the
comfort and health of the cattle and
hogs this fall will not forget to Sc
cure some good pumpkin seed and
plant it in his own way, either by put
ting the seed in the planter, or by
planting it after the corn comes up,
in the old fashioned way The pump
kin crop lis q catch crop pure and
simple, costs nothing but the seed,
and is a very valuable help along in
November or the last week in October.
Many hogs that were supposed to have
cholera, after a good feed of pump
kills have recovered, not because there
was any disease among them but be-
cause they were out Of condition. The
pumpkin seed is a diuretic as every
grandmother knows who has taught
her daughter to give the baby pump
kin seed tea when it's kidneys We're
not working properly, and it works
the same way on the hog. Plant
pumpkin seed with the corn, and if
you do not have the seed hunt up
some thrifty farmer who has grown
more than he wants and will accom-
modate you with enough for your pur-
pose. If the pumpkins We're a brand
new thing Just discovered and in the
hands of but one or two seedsmen,
the firm would make lots Of money
advertising it. Nevertheless. it is just
as good for farm purposes as though
it was a recent discovery. 1t is of ten
times the value of some of the most
Wanted discoveries like sacaline, syl-
vestris, etc. Let us get all the good
we can out of the old standbys and
then add anything new that has real
value. ''Whereunto We have already
attained let us hold fast" etc.-Wall.
lace'S Farmer
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-06-02
Turnips and the Soil.

1t does not pay American farmers
to follow English farming methods
too closely Turnips in England are
regarded as a renovating crop, not be-
cause they do not Exhaust the. soil,
but because they are generally used
on grain and linseed meal. English
farmers cannot grow corn. Ii they
could they would not grow so many
turnips as they do. The pecularities
of climate which make corn-g growing
impossible in England are just such
as the tllrnip thrives best in. Our
summers are too hot for growing tur-
nips successfully. Unless planted
very late they turn pithy early in the
winter. In England the winters are
mild enough, SO that the turnip is left
in the ground all the winter and is
fed down by Sheep which have liberal
rations OF linseed meal and grain.
The English farmers use phosphate
on their turnipS, and this crop re-
spends to this mineral fertilizer better
than any other. This indicates how
exhaustive it is Of mineral plant food,
especially phosphate. We once grew
ndII an acre Oh lufulpS III Il uelu
where corn was destroyed by the cut
worm. We had good crop of turnips,
but next year the oat crop where the
turnips grew was markedly inferior
to that ON the same field where corn
was grown and no turnips sown. Since
that time we have been more doubtful
than ever about the ACCESSIBILITY of
sowing turnips very largely unless
they can be literally fortified with
phosphate. There is no loss in this,
as what mineral fertilizer the turnip
crop does not use will be left for the
grain and clover crops which follow
it.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-06-02
Farm Notes

At distances of one by three feet
and tubers averaging four ounces, an
acre requires of quarters about fifteen
bushels.
Before planting corn be sure that
you have a good variety, and perfect
seed of that variety. 1t is little
trouble to test seeds. and this should
always be done before the work of
planting begins.
A portion of the vegetable garden
on the farm may be nicely irrigated
by economizing the Stops or waste
water from the house and laundry.
This waste will not only supply need
ed moisture, but much valuable plant
food as well, that otherwise you would
waste.
An ambitious farmer with ten acres
of land says Western Plowman, can
make an excellent living with COM
bination of dairying. swine and poul
try raising, and bee keeping. The de-
mand for gilt-edged butter will be a
continual spur. A demand for a few
hogs to consume the wastes will create
ITSELF. To the keeping of poultry and
bees he should need no urging.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-06-02

With farmers who have tried it,
there is no question but that clover
IAN be plowed under to a good adj
vantage. especially so when it is an
item to build up the fertility.
There are three ways of managing
clover in using it to build up the land.
One is to cut and make into hay and
then feed it to stock and return it
back to the land in the shape Of man
ure. Another plan is to pasture, let
ting the droppings stay son the land.
The third is to wait until a good
growth has been made, and then plow-
Ing under. One advantage with clover
Is that it not only supplies a consider
able amount of plant food but it adds
humus to the soil and tends very
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-06-02

sturdy men. all crushed as IL Dehed'h
heavy rollers. some of their heads pc
ing trampled into Il shapeless Jelly'
Retveen Two and Three Thousand.
The disaster is constantly gaining
in nronortion as the Investigations by
tbe authorities continue. IheSe are
made under difficulties, as the recovery
If the victims was conducted Dy nun
drads of volunteers and many were
carried away before they were enum-
Grated. Many additional deaths OF tue
,niured who were carried away are oc-
curing, which are only added 70 tue
enumeration after some time. 1t IS
now said that the fatalities Will
amount to between two and three
thousand, but it is Impossible yet TO
ascertain accurately the extent OF the
disaster. An official statement places
the number of dead recovered at l,356
and the seriously or fatally injured at
286.
The work of identification is most
difficult on account of the large num-
Der of victims and the trampled, torn
and mutilated condition Of many OF
the corpses, some of which are crushed
quite beyond the possibility OF recog-
milton and almost beyond semblance to
humanity All day the full force OF
police and firemen worked among the
dead. pulling bodies from heaps OF the
killed and injured and ranging them
on the ground, which was covered for
hundreds Of yards with groups of ten
and twenty begrimmed, blood-stained
and disfgured corpses, among which
the agonized friends of the missing
wandered in a painful effort to identify
them. The forces at work on the plain
discovered a disused we'll In the mid
die of the field, the plank covering OF
which had given away in the mad
rush. In the well there were thirty
dead bodies, and wedged in among
them and held down by their weight
were found two men, alive and COM
paratively uninjured physically. But
the terror and the hideOus surround
ings had proved too great strain for
their minds and they were raw g
maniacS.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-06-02
Automatic FIood Gate.

A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman says: / am anxious for a
plan of gate to put in a tidal river
that will automatically keep the salt
water from flowing in and let the fresh
water out when the tide is low. |
nave been trying to get a plan for
some time, but so far have been I'M
able to do so, and there may be others
who would like one.'' To which that
Paper replies as follows: The most
effective gate of the kind for the drain
age. of low lands on tide water is one
made in this fashion: When the tide
is down the weight of the gate itself
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-06-02

materially to ina Ee it more ffIabie
and easier worked. Then, clover acts
upon the elements in the soil and
helps to make them available.
The best stage at which to pillow
clover under is when the plants are
in full blossom. At this stage they
contain the largest per cent of the
elements of the plant food.
Care should be taken to turn as
completely under as possible, using a
chain or drag in this plan, if neces-
sary. 1t will help materially in Sc
curing quicker as we'll as better results
if a good dressing of lime is given
day or two before blowing under.
Flowing under clover and thorough
ly preparing in a good condition, makes
clover stores nitrogen in the soil, it
supplies to this extent the very ele-
ment most needed by this crop. Clov-
er takes nitrogen from the air, and
stores it in the soil, and for this rea-
son is one of the very best crops to
precede wheat.
Even when the first crop has been
cut for hay the second growth can be
plOWed under to a good advantage;
in no way can as large an amount of
valuable fertilizer be secured at as
low cost, and when land has been
cropped down the growing and plow-
ing under Of clover affords one of the
best means of building up, and should
be used at every opportunity.-Shep
in American Farmer
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-06-02

opens it. and when the water rises the
Hoat is lifted by the rising water and
it shuts the gate. 1t is very simple,
always ready for action, and cannot
get out of order unless some obstacle
gets entangled in the gate, which is to
be attended to of course. The float
should be heavy enough to help the in
side water to open the gate to empty
The drains, and have buoyancy enough
to press the gate down firmly while
the water is rising. 1t should go en-
tirely under the gate and be hinged as
shown on both sides. If made in the
form of a water-tight box, the joints
caulked and pitched, its buoyancy will
be amply sufficient There is of course
a hinge on each side. A spur and the
hinge prevents the float from going
too far back.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-06-02
CEREAL CULTURE.

GrePt Changes Necessary If Wheat
Growing Is to Remain Profitable.
The three future wheat regions Of
the world which will have most to do
with regulating supply are the great
plains of the United States, the Rus
sian "chenozem" or black earth, and
tae pampas of Argentina. It is also
true that the best quality OF grain is
grown in these regions, but particular
ly in the eastern portion of the ''cher-
nOZem," near the Ural mountains.
The very low prices of wheat, to-
gether with the continued rapid in
crease of production, neceSSitateS some
great changes if wheat growing is to
remain profitable. In this country the
tendency toward mixed farming is
helping to solve the problem, as well
as the replacement of corn by wheat
for stock feed. The quauCy of our
wheat can be much more improved by
rigid selections and croSS-breedlng,
and by the Introduction of many fine
varieties from the Uralo-CaSpian re-
gion that have never yet been grown
In this country The hard wheat re-
gion should be more widely extended
by planting northern varieties further
southwark. This has already been ac-
compliShed to some extent. The mac
Rroni industry could be greatly devel-
oped, thus giving greater home de-
mand for wheat. 70 this end. more
Of the Mediterranean varieties should
be imported for seed, since only these
WheatS make the best macaroni.
The hot water treatment for cereal
smutS, so repeatedly and widely pub
tished, seems to have attracted very
little attention from farmers. There
Is no doubt that this very simple treat
ment once generally used, would
greatly increase the value of northern
wheatS so VIGOROUSLY Smutted at pres
ent, besides increasing the yield at
least 10 per cent. The millers need
, especially to- unite in absolutely re-
fusing to receive smutted wheat.
The wheat rust question is SO little
understood that it is about impossible
to obtain statistics concerning it's raw
ages. We only know that the dam
age is enormous in some years.
Experiments carried on by the
United States department of agricul-
ture at Garrett Park, Md, in which
H65 varieties of wheat and ITO of oats
were tested for rust resistance, show
by this seasons results that many va
rieties are able to resist rust to a great
degree, but seem to show also that
the orange leaf rust, which was alone
present here, even in greatest abund-
Rnce, does very little damage. The
evidence so far seems to show conclu
siyely that even in this country we
shall have to return, after all, to the
old idea that the black stem rust does
all the really serious damage to both
wheat and oats. But as the life-his-
tory of this rust is yet wholly I'M
known in this country, there is evil
IDENTIFY much investigation needed
BY NJ. A. Carleton of Division of Veg
rtable Pathology, United States De
oartment of Agriculture.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-06-02
CoLLIDED FOR SCIENCE.
Railroad Collision Brought About to
Learn the Exact Effects.


Columbus, Ohio, June 2 = The 90
900 people who gathered at Buckeye
Park on the Columbus, Hooking Val
ley & Toledo railroad have a pretty
well defined idea of a railroad col
lision. Two forty-ton locomotives, to
each of which was attached three coal
cars and a caboose, were run together
at speed of forty miles an hour. AS
one of the engines was a little faster
than the other, preliminary trials of
speed were made so as to bring the
collision at a central point The engine
W. I'll. Fisher was started $500 feet
south of the point of meeting and the
A. L. Streeter 5000 feet north. The
engines were started on the main
track and ran together on siding in
the park. Both engines were started
at the same minute, the engineers
jumping after opening the throttles.
The engines met within 100 feet of the
calculated point. The immense crowd
was silent with awe as the engines
steamed into sight, each running at
the rate of forty miles an hour. As
the engines came together they reared
up in the air and the cars behind them
were teiescoped, but the cabooses were
only partially wrecked. Both engines
were complete wreck. Microscopic
and kaleidoscope views of the wreck
were taken by experts.