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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-10-15

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in America by the Revelation.
There is sbellnsh IN the kediterra'
mean which PRODUCES q good quality Of
silk. Fabrics have been manufactured
from 1t, but only as curiosities.
In 1887, according to the Dictionary
Of Statistics" the United States manu-
factured $500, 900 pounds Of silk intt
various kinds of fabrics, chiefly ribbon.
After the cocoons have been finished
the worms are killed by the heat either
of steam or of hot water. II the insect,
were allowed to escape, the value Of the
cocoons would be lessened.
The manufacture of silken gowns wa
brought TO perfection in London in 1885
through the efforts Of colony Of French
Protestants who had fed from their no
tive land to avoid persecution.
James made serious efforts to intro
duco sericulture In the American colo
MES. He sent out large quantities o.
eggs TO Virginia and offered bounty
for the product, but the cultivation o.
tobacco soon eclipsed the infant silk in
dustry.
Silkworms and their eggs were frs
brought to Europe in the sixth centur,
of our era. A couple of monks who hat
travelled in China NJ missionarie
brought away a quantity Of the egg
and some Of the cocoons concealed il
their walking sticks. st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
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NOVELTIES.

A novelty in silver toys for cabinets
are those brought out in filigree silver.
Decorated china porTidge bowls are
attractive objects when overlaid with
silver ognamentation.
China covered with network Of sill.
yer applied by the deposit process will
be exceedingly popular this season.
With pleasing novelties for the table
are the new finger bowls of cut or col.
ored glass resting ON little silver stands.
OF the making Of toilet sets there il
no end A bewildering variety affords
choice Of ivory implements, plain and
carved. SHELL implements, ebony imple-
mssts and Implements Of gold and ot
salves.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-10-15

sent to great height. and the strings
are allowed to saw across one another
until one is cut in two and tho kite held
by it flies away. And the boy whose
kite is the best fighter is epvied all over
the nei9hborhood.
But the Chinese boy knows nothing
Of marbles. baseball. O. ;,os, shinney.
stills. skating or aiding. he does. how
ever. have few games Of his own, 80
simple that American boys would hardly
find amusement in them. He likes to
toss pennies, and he has modified
form Of the game Of battledore and
shuttlecock, only for the battledore he
uses his heels, and you may imagine
how he ia compelled TO dance around to
keep tho shuttlecock in air. Chinese
boys are great runners and jumpers, and
they also like to put on big scare masks
and frighten tho little girls, the enjoy
ment Of which some Of our boys may
appreciate Another sport is tip cat,
and there is also game of ball The
ball is made by winding string around
bunch Of snakeskin, and the boys oon-
test TO see which can make 1t bound the
greatest number of times
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-10-15

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whom theV - ont ID ne bse ya.d by
themselves In faot they 80 al the
more plsSfsl for hsing sndss u.~arsins
part Of the time.
A Chinese boy 10 surrounded b end
less rules He must nsver wall In 'front.'
on at the side Of his father. or his uncle,
m his older brother. He must follow
them in order TO show his respect Ho
is not allowed TO contradict his parents,
nor find fault when whipped, even IL
the whipping is unjust. And every
where no must DO silent and respectful,
not speaking unless spoken to, nor sit
ting down IN the house unless asked 10
do so.
But In spite of oil these things the
Chinese boy has good deal Of fun.
Every ono in China except the women
and girls plays with kites. and the Chi
nese boy is no exception. Like our boys,
IL he can fly a paper dragon that is
handsomer than the paper dragon Of the
boy in the next block he is extremely
happy. Fighting with kites is also great
sport among Chinese boys. A kite is
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-10-15
Four Handed Nut Gatberers.

Good luck TO you." said tho rosy
little schoolma am one Friday. smiling
at u group Of boys and girls from the
red schoolhouse. as they were planning
to go on a nutting frolio the next day.
Take care Of yourselves and don't hurt
the trees, for the poor things cannot de.
fend themselves. and have no four
handed friends to help them, like some
other trees l know OF"
Then the children crowded around
her to hear more, and she told them Of
the graceful Brazilian trees from which
come the queer, three sided, hard shelled
nuts called Brazil nuts. These grow
packed many together, the sharp edge
inward. almost like the parts Of an
orange, and each cluster is covered with
a hard, woody shell, making ball half
as large as "A mans head.
II monkeys happen TO be in Brazil
nut tree, and you throw something up
TO knock down the fruit, those four
handed little fellows will defend tho
tree i'll very lively fashion oy pelting
you with the hard. heavy globes, so that
you will be glad TO get out of the way
Knowing this habit of the monkeys, the
Indians save themselves the trouble of
climbing the trees when they wish TO
gather the fruit. In the nut harvest
time they just provoke the monkeys TO
throw down the nuts, and when the
shower is over all they have 70 do is to
carry tho prizes to their boats and drift
with them down the Orinoco river TO
market. Brooklyn Citizen.
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Trains leave Sc
~ IA uu Wnpk IaNg

Trains leave Selnsgrove Junction
$50 u m. week days arriving at Phil idelphia
300pm New York 53p IN Baltimore 10 p IN
Washington 10 pm
bil daily arriving at Philadelphia
II Is p III New York SO a m. Baltimore 10 10 p m
s3I Ipm. week days arriving ut Philadelphia
3Oa IN New Ork -
Trains also leave Sunbury:
50am daily arriving at Phladedhla 50 q IN
Baltimore 20 n IN Washington TI0 IN New
York . % m Weekdays, 10 rs a IN Sundays, 80
IN daily arriving at Philadelphia 10 20 n m
New York Zap. m Beltimorcs s55 IN. Washing.
ton 10 10 IN
i5J pm, week DAYS arriving at Philadelphia
se3 pm, Now York % y IN, Baltimore 90 y m
Washington IL pm
Trains also leave Sunbury at gis a IN and 5 &c
and 8 20 III. TOR Harrisburg, Philadelphin and
Baltimore
For rates. maps g., call on Ticket Agent or
address Thos. Watt, z. A. W. ID. $50 Finh Ave
Pittsburg, Pa.
J.R. wOoD.tienI Pass Agent
SM. PROVOST. aen1 Manager.
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Wanted Idea IE':s $ss s:s 5; - 81 \

Write JOHN wEDpERBURN CO, Patent Attor.
neys, Washington, d. O. for their oi SO prize ofer
and list OF two hundred Inventions wanted.
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"AiI Things Come Round..


II was terribly hot. and laid mo down
At the foot Of hickory tree,
And a squirrel above who wasn't AFRAID
Sat barking and soolding me,
And bumbloboe swung by winding path
With his surly Get Out OF my way"
And a rowing mosquito oamo blowing his pipe,
Bo what could fellow sayS
''This bumblsaso thinks that hs owas the
earth.
And tho squirrel thepo claims shs troa
And this third iits,e varist woeid tahe sii tha
rest
That's Of any importance 10 me-"
Dot you ESQ. !wAs trod and fsil asAosp
And whsn opened my oyss
fhsy fouaa sus ehs door a ths bumtaShssru
There was honey enough for prizs-
And the squirrel bad thrown me Q pnyoA q
nuss.
And nsAs On . nossins sprsy
4 robin ives singing sAsssy so1e-
TAs mesquite hAA csue his way.
H. q u<ksnnnA n ok klpe1oS
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Q 20 IN for Catawssa aud HaZelton
5 % m, 10 90 a m and 43p m for Wilkesbarl
7i0am, 10 0am, = 90 y IN, IS p IN for Shame
kin and Mount Carmel
Sunday 10 90 IN for Wilkesbarre
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04
tEMMET ANNIVERSARY.
Elaborate Preparations Being Made for
the Reception of John III.
Finerty.

The Knights of the Red Branch and
other Irish American societies are de-
termined to make the reception to John
H. Finerty something to be long remem-
bered. He is coming to this City to de-
liver the grafton on the occasion OF the
celebration of the one hundred and
eighteenth anniversary of the birth of
Robert Emmet on March 4.
A general meeting of the committee of
arrangements was held III the Knights of
the Red Branch Hall on Saturday night,
when Supervisor King was elected chair
man of the reception committee. 1t was
arranged that the reception committee,
which consists of L. b. O'Brien, }. j.
0'Brien, Judge M. Cooney. Thomas Des-
mond and Captain jeremiah Sheehy, who
is also chairman of the general com mittee.
should go to Sacramento on the evening
OF March 2 to meet the distinguished
visitor on his arrival there from the East.
The rooms to he occupied by Mr.. Fin
erty in the Occidental Hotel will be ap-
propriately decorated. and elaborate prep
arations are being made for banquet in
his honor, far surprising anything of the
kind ever given by the societies to a dis
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says it will be finished as originally
planned.
''We are Just waiting for our people to
get together" he said. "This 1 think they
will do at an early date, when the smelter
will be finished and started. 1t is a good
point for a large enterprise of this kind.
There is an abundance of ore and there is
no reason whatever why it should not be
a success.
Il have not yet been at Cripple Creek,
though l own some interests there. For
number of years have been mining near
Silyerton, in the San Juan country, and
other parts of the State. 1t is surprising
what an amount of gold has been found
there during the past year.
"Gold has been discovered all oyer.
Every camp has had renewal of life.
Leadville, which was once the greatest
silver camp in the country, is now more
than holding its own as gold camp.
The miners there have gone below the
silver ores and found gold. This has been
done in nearly all the old mines. 1t is a
gold camp, though the owners of silver
MINES are. going right along getting out
silver as formerly.
The indications are that this will be a
good year for mining all over the country.
There is an increased interest in it,
Mr.. Green has long been a heavy buyer
OF ores. For some years he has given par
tlcular attention to copper ores. He bought
and handled a great deal of the product of
the Lake Superior mines, and also of those
of Montana and elsewhere. He will be
here several days.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04
POKER IN THE BARR0OM.
The Civic Federation Proposes to
Stop the National Game
There.
They Are in Fear That the Recently
Passed Ordinance Contains a
Fatal Flaw.

The Civic Federation and the Chief of
Police are in daily expectation Of the sig
nature of Mayor Sutro to the ordinance
recently passed by the Board of Supervi-
sors, prohibiting the game of poker in bar
rooms.
Rev. Thomas Filben of the First Metho-
dist Church, and chairman of the commit
tee on public morals, connected with the
Civic Federation, has been active in the
matter Of suppressing gambling in any
shape in this City, and he stated yesterday
to CALL reporter that he and his asso-
ciates were anxious to go ahead and stop
the evil, but could do nothing until their
acts could be sanctioned by law
''Our position is simply this" he said
awe want to stop all kinds of gambling,
and will aid the police with our backing in
raiding all the dens of vice in this City. If
the City's officials will not 60 to the front
and make arrests we will do so ourselves -
Mr.. Filben is an enthusiast on this SUBJ
ject. He has spent an evening or two WIS.,
iting the gambling resorts in the tender
loin, and he believes they should be abated.
He is little dubious, however as to the
validity or rather the effectiveness OF the
ordinance, the wording of which is some
what obscure.
s'At all events" the reverend gentleman
stated, ~the Civic Federation proposes to
20 ahead, make arrests and get test case
which viii decide the validity of the ordi-
nance just passed, or show its ineffieiency.
In the latter case, why, we must look to
some other and better framed ordinan ce y
In speaking of the poker games Chiei
Crowley stated Yesterday that he had
already arrested about forty people in one
resort under former ordinances and had
got no satisfaction from the courts. Il
don't propose to move now" he said
until the Supervisors enact a law and
then will take the matter in hand. T here
is one thing, however" added the Chief
81 would sooner see poker or even faro
banks running open in this City tha n te
see the poolrooms openly conducted.
positively believe that the poolrooms
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STRONG AGAINST FUNDING
Residents of Ashbury Heights
Enter Their. Unanimous
Protest.
They Also Demand That Part of the
Market.Street Car System Fran.
chise Be Revoked.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Ashbury Heights and Stanyan-street I'M
proyement Club was held last evening at
137 Carl street. In the absence of Presi-
dent George A. Rankin Vice President F.
L. Roster presided and A. j. Fritz officiated
as secretary.
The principal business of the meeting
was to hear the report of the legal commit
tee appointed at the last meeting to bring
suit against the Market-street cable sys-
tenn to annul its franchise so far as it calls
for right of way over the old Metropoli-
tan electric system. The president of the
club, also chairman of the committee, not
being present. no report could be made
except in an informal way by Treasurer f.
w. NJ. Lange. who stated that the suit was
brought one week ago.
The residents of Ashbury Heights are
very much dissatisfied with their streetcar
service. During the Midwinter Fair they
had the Metropolitan Car Company run
ming cars every five minutes during the
day and lar into the night. Subsequently,
when the Market-street system embraced
the Metropolitan line, the cars were run
ogly every half hour or not at all, accord
ing to the will of the railroad company
The franchise calls for a car to be run
every Iifteen minutes from early morning
uHtli dliu IL 10 LEC 1iltcLtlOH OF
the club to see that this is done.
Secretary Fritz was instructed to draft
resolutions in behalf of the club strongly
oppo sing the funding bill.
E. NJ. Fritz, ]. w. Hansbrough and W.
d. Meyer were appointed committee to
request the Supervisors to cause the re-
movaI of the steam Car station at Haight
and Stanyan streets.
F. w. NJ. Lange, D. L. Westover and J..
D. Cranston were appointed committee
to request the Supervisors to order cement
sidewalks on Cole street between Haight
aud Carl.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04
TO TALK MASONRY.
Rev. W. e. Smith Will Lecture To-
Night on That Subject.

Night on That Subject.
Rev. W. Z. Smith will give lecture to-
night in Golden Gate Hall, 625 Sutter
street, on Masonry" The entertain
ment will be made more interesting by
stereopticon views illustrative of SYM
bolical, capltular and templar Masonry.
10 which the lecturer will refer in the
course of his remarks. There will also be
number of choice musical selections rem
dered by Walter Campbell, basso; A.
Harold Kayton, violinist; treble cleft
quartet, King Solomon's Masonic Quartet.
Rev. w. p. Smith is an entertaining
speaker and will not fail to make his illus,
trated Masonic lecture interesting. The
lecture will Oegin at 8 o'clock.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04
S. M. Green, the Extensive 0per.
ator and Smelter-Owner,
Is in the City.
LOOKING OUT FOR PROPERTIES
He Says Everything Indicates That
This Will Be a Great Year
for Mining Progress.

S. NJ. Green of Milwaukee, one of the
largest mining operators in the West, and
who buys more copper than any other
man in the United States, is at the Palace.
Mr.. Green is president of the Standard
Smelling Company of Durango, Colo, and
has invested $175OO0 more in smelter at
Salt Lake. He is also largely interested
in gold and silver mines near Silverton, at
Cripple Creek and elsewhere.
Mr.. Green has come here, as he said yes
terday, in connection with important gold
properties in one of the outlying counties,
but the negotiations have not yet. been
closed.
In regard to the Salt Lake smeIter, of
which he was the protector and which
enterprise was not carried. TO completion,
though 5000, 900 was put into it, Mr.. Green
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04
BARNES ASSLILANT.
He Is John j. Kreiss, n WelI-Known
Bartender.

ne As COnn u. hrelSS, Well-knOWn
Bartender.
John j. Kreiss, bartender for James
Gibbs, was arrested early yesterday morn
ing on Green street by Sergeant Anderson
and Policeman Matthewson and booked on
the charge of assault to murder.
:. Kreiss is the man who stabbed Thomas
Barnes, blacksmith living at II Russell
street, in Slavin's saloon on Hyde and
Broadway Sunday night. He admitted
the crime, but said it was done in self
defense, as Barnes first assaulted him and
being much heavier and stronger man he
was afraid of his life. His face and scalp
bear evidence of rough usage. The case
was called in Judge Conlan's court yester-
day morning and the Judge fixed Kreiss
bonds in $4,000.
Barnes is in a critical condition, as the
knife pierced the left lung. He has a pow
erful constitution and the physicians at
the Receiving Hospital are hopeful that it
will pull him through.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04

complimentary references to the captain
parentage, religion and nationality.
When asked whether he had treated the
captain for alcoholism, the doctor replied
tnat % ne had not. here being no occasion.
ne had treated Daniels for alcoholic gas
TITUS and Emery for trouble OF dif1er-
ent nature, but his chief employment DUR
ing the trip was TO attend the captain, who
was constantly getting into trouble with
ms lungs ON account of his rashness IN
Venturlng on deck when he should nave
remained in bed.
ID. M. Nice of the North American Com.
merciai Company recounted the story OF
tne unalaska ball and its aftermath,
stating that tie captain was undoubtedly
SOBER during his interview with Mr.. Gray
on the Bear.
~ hichard keane, ship carpenter on the
pear. swore that during his entire life he
nad never taken a drink of liquor. The
captain, however. occasionally did so, but
never, TO the witness knowledge, to ex-
cess. lie had been with Captain Healy
tnree years and three months, and had
found him strict but courteous with his
inIeriors. me he had heard Daniels say,
wen get him out of the way" re-
ierring to the captain, the lieu
tenants remarks being garnished with
profanity IN great profusion. On another
occasion the witness and Daniels were on
ene peacn at Unalaska, when Daniels be-
came confidential. and said he would like
TO get Captains Healy,.. .Tozier, Smith and
munger out of the way, in order that the
young men might have chance.
joseph Byrne, a seaman, testified to the
captains uniform sobriety, and TO profane
dlsrespect toward their commander on the
part OF Leutenants White and Daniels.
Goxswain Hermann Dunberg and Chris
Hansen, A. 2. Hourigan and Chris Jen-
pH
the testimony OF Byrne and said the cap
tain, while strict, was just and impartial.
An adjournment was here taken untiI
to-day.
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History of watermarks.

According to Miss E. e. Thoyts, who has
contributed an interesting article on
ssAncient Watermarks" to the Antiauary,
abent the earliest date at which they were
used was 1901. The paper of the first
books printed in England by Caxton bore
the watermark of a small black letter,
which was used from the time of Duke
Philip de Romiere in 1349. AS the marks
came to distinguish various kinds and size
OF paper they soon gave their names to the
kinds of paper, as ''foolscap," "pot, -
"post, "hand," and other designations
still familiar. The watermark designating
"foolscap'' has been traced back to 1479.
In the middle of the eighteenth century a
figure of Britannia was substituted for the
FOOLS cap in our country.-London Inyen-
ton.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04

great deal more harm than any other
gambling games can possibly do"
The men who conduct the poker-rooms
throughout the City and in hotels declare
that they are willing to Immediately close
their resorts if the courts decide in q test
case that poker games are not legal. They
are of the belief, however, that the inten-
ton of the Supervisors is only to prohibit
such games as are conducted openly III
barrooms, before the bar proper, and not
in rooms partitioned off for that purpose,
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04

tinguished American citizen. The date
and location for the banquet are not yet
settled.
Mr.. Finerty was the founder of the Irish
National Alliance and is the father of the
new movement looking to the indepen-
dence of Ireland
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04

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The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04

The color of canary, it is known, can
milk with sweet seed and hemp favor the
pale color. Saffron tea to canaries produ-
ces fine lemon tint; cayenne pepper an
orange or red color and green food sup
plies the green hue. In feeding cayenne
it can first be deprived of its strength by
exposing in moist place, without losing
It's power to color.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04
Alhan Tnwne,s Cash

has filed an exhibit of the cash belonging to
her husbands estate. The item includes cash
due and on hand, $45, ,4SQ 10: expenses, $34,-
975 10. Among the items is this: "July SAL
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04

The assessors estimate the taxable prop
erty at Brooklyn to be worth $549, 146, 112,
and the public debt is $40, ,734 600.