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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12

Indications point to decided fall
Ing off in the number of immigrants
landing upon our shores during the
present fiscal year, notes the Atlanta
Constitution. Up to this time only
195, 900 immigrants have entered our
ports, whereas for the corresponding
months OF the year preceding, some.
thing like 325,O00 immigrants landed
upon our shores. One reason for this
marked diminution is, of course, found
in the stringency of our immigration
laws. Within the past few years these
immigration laws have undergone de-
cided modification, and the result is not
only that thousands of pauper immi-
grants are yearly sent back to Europe,
but that thousands are deferred from
crossing the water. In view of this ex-
planation it is evident that while the
number of our foreign immigrants has
fallen off considerably during the past
year, the loss has been restricted al.
most exclusively to illiterate and pauper
immigrants. Instead of operating to
our detriment, therefore, the string.
ency of our immigration laws has
operated to our National benefit.
There is still room for improvement,
however, as the country is not yet free
from the communicating influences Of
European pauperism and illiteracy.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
Suicide of u Dog.

The tenants of Nos. 10, 12 and IA
Forsyth street, were badly frightened
by dog, which they thought mad.
Henry Wesley, the janitor of No. 12,
saw the animal first, and he says its
eyes bulged, its mouth frothed, and
its mouth snapped as it began to circle
around him on the sidewalk. He
picked up child that was playing
near and running into the house,
darted into a room on the ground floor
just in time to save his life and that of
the child. For the dog, small brown
cur, came with bump and growl
against the door. Then the dog went
up to the roof, the people in the house
shrieking the warning to keep out of
the way.
A few minutes later the dog leaped
off the roof to shed five stories below
and broke its legs. A man in the shed
was frightened out of it by the thud of
the fall, but his wife from the window
above shrieked to him to hurry back
out of sight of the infuriated animal.
A policeman came and shot the dog.
Then reporter arrived and began to
inquire among the neighbors about the
history of the dogs madness. 1t is
possible he was mad, if despair, hun
ger, thirst and ill-treatment can affect
the canine brain. For one of the
women remembered that the dog had
been seen on the roof for three days.
Sometimes it had scratched at the
doors for food or water, but it got
none. The women drove it off with
brooms and the men hurled at it the
next thing at hand. 1t was a pretty
clear case Of animal suicide which the
janitor might have prevented with a
drink of water or morsel Of food
New York Post.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
Culture OF Melons.

Watermelons are excessive feeders,
and many fail in attempting to grow
them because they do not furnish suf.
ficient plant food to supply the neces-
sary strength for vigorous vine and
fine fruit. Not infrequently water
melon vines turn yellow and die when
they should be jus. in their prime
simply from plant starvation.
prepare the ground as for corn.
Lay off in rows twelve feet apart each
way. I dig a hole about one and one
half feet deep and perhaps three feet
in diameter. In the bottom of this I
put peck or more of good stable ma
nure, tramping it lightly. Next put
in layer of soil, and follow with a
layer made up of equal parts of soil
and fine rich manure thoroughly
mixed, and, lastly, where the seeds
are to be placed, another layer of pure
soil. Sow seeds thickly and cover
about one inch. When the second or
third leaf shows thin out to two or
three plants in the hills. If excep-
tionally large melons, regular 'prize
takers" are desired, thin to but one
plant IN the hill. cultivate about as
I do corn, hoeing each hill after an
entire patch is plowed. If very dry,
cultivate often, particularly about the
hills. 1t is some trouble to thus pre-
pare the ground, but it more than pays
in the size, number and quality of
melons produced, also in the increased
length of time that the vines are in
bearing, as they remain green and in
goon condition until killed by frost. -
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
.now can you keep us in such sus-

''how can you keep us in such sus-
pensey'
''Well," replied Arthur, 'it's rather
long story, but you shall have it as I
got it from your father. The Thursbys,
you know, are very old family. They
date back further than the Conquest.
The Jarl Malise Thursbigh, for SO it
was originally spelled, is said to have
been Norwegian, who came to Scot
land some time about the year 1000
A. D. His grandson Magnus was
knight in the First Crusade. He
fought under Hugh Of Vermandois at
the battle of Antioch. During q
desperate charge Magnus' heavy Nor
man horse stepped on q wounded
Turk and crushed his foot.
"In the heat of battle Magnus could
not stop for one man, though he did
remark the noble countenance of the
Moslem over whom he had ridden.
But after the Turks had been driven
back, and he, like true knight, was
caring for the wounded scattered over
the plain, he came across this same
man. Magnus cared for him, nursed
him tenderly, and they struck up quite
a friendship. Noureddin, the Turk,
was a man Of affluence and nobility
of character. Before they separated
they exchanged weapons, Noureddin
taking Magnus' heavy Scotch clay
more, and Magnus the simitar of the
Moslem.
"They met again at Ascalon, this
time Magnus being prisoner. The
chivalrous Mussulman treated him like
prince and had two jeweled breast
pins made by n Damascene artisan,
showing a sword crossing a simitar
over heart of gold. Each took one as
keepsake, and solemnly swore-a
strange compact it was-that when the
male line of either failed all the earth
ly possessions of that house should 60
to the last surviving member OF the
others family. Where did you get
this?"
explained to him all I knew of it.
81 see," he said, "the Turk must
have been the last of his house. I
have no doubt he had all his property
arranged in this way by bank deposit,
in accordance with the oath of his an
cestor made 800 years before"
There is nothing more to be said ex-
cept that 1 went to the bank, and found
everything all correct, and my wife
heiress TO 100000. My old friend the
virtuoso l did not forget, but made
him present Of the next stock Of cur
iosities l came across. As for the pin,
it is guarded with great care and vener-
alton, and brought out only on state
occasions. -Arthur's Home Magazine.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
The New York Post states that (

The New York Post states that n
blow has been struck in Maryland at
one class of fraternal insurance asso-
ciations--the class misnamed crater
nal, which trades for profit on the
favor shown the real fraternal organi-
cations. Maryland has a good law on
this subject, requiring all fraternal
beneficiary associations to have "a
representative form of Government, ="
and to be Carried on for the sole
benefit of its members and their bene-
ficiaries and not for profit" The So
called International Fraternal ALLIANCE
did not comply with these require
ments, and on suit instituted by the
Attorney General its charter has been
forfeited. The Alliance had no sepa-
rate funds or accounts for its different
forms of business, conducted direct
life insurance in addition to the assess
ment insurance, and had no represen-
tative form Of Government for the cer-
tificate- holders. Worse than all else,
it conducted an endowment business
and failed in it signally, as did its
numerous predecessors. On one class
of endowment policies, the terms of
which guaranteed a payment of $7OO,
a note assessment of $3.50 was levied
in the last year of their existence. This
was clear confscation of the policy,
as well as an abuse of the principles Of
the corporation.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
The Farm Garden.

The garden is the most produc
acre of the farm. If it is not, il sbo
be made SO. 1t is the most indim
sable part of farm life. Hall Of
living should come from our garler
summer.
Not one-half the country people nj
an effort to have a garden. There
some that start out well in the spri
SOW an abundance of seed and Nd
look at the garden again until d
think it is time they should have
suits. They take look and cad
find any for the weeds have COW
the little plants. Then they come
the conclusion that the seed did
grow. They say all sorts Of til
about the seedsmen, and nov of
weeds aud wait until another pI
when they go through the same
cess. Now this is all wrong. Ton
the garden clean we should begns
and continue the cultivation until
1t is impossible to destroy all
weeds while we are cultivating
early vegetables. Little patche,
weeds around the garden will prod
seed enough to seed the whole ga1
next year. We should try topal
as to keep all the ground occupie
the garden. 1t will require but
more labor to cultivate cabbag
turnip in a vacant place than sia
to cultivate to keep down the We
You can SOW lettuce in July an
will be nice in the fall. Cabbage
turnip can be transplanted into
ground when the early peas cndH
toes have grown; or you can Sc. 4
and beets for winter use. Keepa
ground occupied. If clean cultivi
is given, as should be done, the VI
will be killed out and at the same
q good crop secured. Thinning
plants is an important matter in
dening; beets and carrots will not
to any size if left too thick. No1
table but the onion will stand r
ing. If the soil is rich enough %
will grow to a good size when h7
six stand together, they will g
each other out of the ground all
the roots and will bottom nicely
onion maggot destroys onions oad
good remedy is to take the soil
from the bulbs no matter if the
onions tip over; so long as tls
are in the ground they are all
By doing this the fly has no chan
put its eggs on the stalks ana
there are no maggots in the Dun
Farm and Home.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12

Cycling is the sport of sports, and
it is continually broadening its sphere
of usefulness, says the New York Tri-
bune. The reasons for its ever-increas.
ing popularity are manifold, the prin-
cipal one being that there is no other
method of locomotive that is at once
so practicable, cheap, speedy and
pleasurable. To many the bicycle is
necessity; to all it is continuous de-
light. The father will cut down his
expenses, the wife will curtail in con-
Quoting the household and the children
will sacrifice anything to get bicycle,
and generally the machine proves a
blessing to all concerned in its owner.
ship,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
For Poor Travellers.

Switzerland has always been fore
most in the cause of charity. Recently
society has been formed which has
most commendable objects. The State
subsidies and the police authorities
assist the operations of this society,
which has been founded for the purpose
of aiding poor travellers. In the canton
of Aargua refugees are now provided on
the main thoroughfares at regular in.
tervals, where bonafide travellers on
foot, who are seeking work or who are
passing through the country for legi-
innate purpose, can obtain refresh.
ment and o nights lodging. The
Berne Consul says the beneficial re-
suits Of the scheme are likely to cause
ia extension tbrc2ghp1t Sri..Sorlopd.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12

applied with a spray pump. has,
found quite useful, as it Kills al 0s1 \
flies it touches. Good results ~
been secured with fish oil 10 ,li M
about two tablespoonfuls of ca,tu u
acid to the quart is added, the m;,..
being applied with q broad. f,at Az;
brush. Two parts of fish oil ~ pay !
ton seed oil and one part of nina y |,
is successful application and tbs -
is low. At the Mississippi Esra
ment Station this mixture was ami;
to three hundred and fifty Cattle pD ..
cost of only S2.2O. These suggest"
indicate in a general way the cbars",
of the remedies to be used. AM
them require frequent renewal nc n
only protect the cattle for from N.
to six days. When dairy herds csn u
confined in dark stables durinr \
day it is best to do so, care being ,.t1
to keep the flies out.
The horn fly is propagated from sI
laid in the droppings of the cattle s|
it is therefore good plan to b,1
these up when the droppings have
come little dry. One secuH,r|
about the horn fly is that it can J
travel well unless it has cattle 10
company. If, therefore, the farD|
can prevent the multiplication Of J
fly on his own premises by the use
the remedies and by breaking up J
egg-bearing droppings, he is not likl
to be much troubled, even though
fly he numerous on the adjoining a,
Wisconsin Farmer.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
Tie Horn Ely

One of our representatives writes
that the little black horn fly is again
appearing to the great annoyance of
the cattle and loss TO the owners who
are anxious for practical methods to
prevent the loss of thrift which follows
the discomfort which the fly causes.
When the fly first appeared in this
country about ten years ago, all sorts
of wild stories were told concerning it.
Among other things it was said that
the fly ate through the horn, caused it
to rot and laid eggs in it which after
wards penetrated the brain. There is,
of course, no truth In such tales, but
the facts are bad enough, for the an
noyance to cattle is very serious and
prevents thrift in beef animals and
milk production in dairy herds.
A great many methods Of combating
It have been tried with more or less
success, those most effective consist
ing of the application Of substances Of
IN oily character. Kerosene emulsiou.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
The Cabbage Root Maggot.

The white maggot in cabbage root is
the larva of two-winged fly, which
closely resembles the common house
fly except that it is smaller. The flies
appear in April and early May and lay
eggs at the base Of newly-set cabbage
plants. These eggs hatch in about a
week. The maggots begin work in
the young roots and proceed in their
attack to the larger roots and finally
the stem. In two or three weeks the
maggots are full grown and proceed to
pupate. After some days the next
brood of flies emerges. There are
about three such broods.
The best treatment to avoid this
maggot is to put cabbage in ground
where turnips, radishes or cabbage
were not grown the previous year.
There is no satisfactory remedy to de-
stroy the maggots and save the cab
bage, but the best is the use of carbon
bisulphide. Inject teaspoonful Just
under the plant when the maggots are
first discovered in May. 1t would not
be safe to replant the same ground
with cabbage either this or next sea-
son, although late cabbage is not so
much troubled as is the early crop.
Lime or salt would not destroy or
drive away the maggots. American
Agriculturist.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12

Observes the Crookston (Minn.
Times: within the past year $50
private savings banks have failed in
the country and tens of thousands of
depositors have been swindled out of
their earnings. Countries as backward
in civilization as Russia and Japan
have government postal savings banks,
but it seems that the bankers have too
much to say about the government of
the United States for the reform to be
adonted here"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
OUR LATTER DAYS.

beloved;
thes
dayth endsi n song9
in
re-
led othesuns
Taught by slove wei earnt ov
Lee
inowh wv
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
Effect OF Ensiiing Food.

The logical conclusion of the large
amount of experimenting on this sub
ject at the Ohio and other stations is
that the process of ensiling adds noth-
ing to the nutritive value of the feed
ing stuff. 1T does add to its palata-
bility, however, when the method has
been properly employed, and in conse-
quence larger proportion of the fod-
der will be consumed. In regard to
the cost of this method, we do not con-
slider it any greater than that of the
ordinary method Of cutting and husk-
ing and stacking and grinding the
grain, and certainly all this must be
done if the food materials are to be
thoroughly preserved and made as
completely available as they are in
we'll cured silage.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12

offensive during the warm weather of
summer. 1t is wise in such case to
construct summer quarters out in the
orchard. The cut gives suggestion
for cheap little house and yard. The
end of the yard has sloping top, SO
that the pigs can lie out of doors upon
the ground, and still be protected
from the sun. The roof of the little
house can be Of matched lumber and
left unshingled.-New England Home
stead.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12

Seeing that the new tax in Pennsyl-
vania of three cents day on all un.
naturalized foreign laborers is to be
paid by the employer, the question
has been raised whether, in the case
of Chinaman, the man who sends his
shirts to be laundered will be COM
PEELED to pay the three cents.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12

Statistics show that this years crop
of honorary college degrees is unusu-
ally large. At the present rate of in
crease those classic ornaments will
soon be as plentiful as military titles
in Kentucky.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12

Where fowls are kept In COY
ment, whether the season be sa
or winter, they must be iall1
green food in the form OF cay
turnips, beets or cut clover
should not be thrown loosely ln1
pen to become quickly soiled' O7
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
GEO. W, wAGENSELLER,
Editor and Proprietor
MIppLEBURGH, Pa, AUGUST IL, 1897.

For the first time in the history Of
the Republic, Mexican bonds were
quoted at par the other day on the
London Stock Exchange.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
Bruise (piscoloratioH

To prevent a bruise from
discolored apply Immediate, .,I
hot as can be borne '.
changing the cloth as il lo;s, =,
If hot water is sfnot to be
moisten somej dry staroa
water and cover the brui''
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12

into q rack with slopinS ss' y.
that shown in the sketch N \,
reach through the slats anu y
they desire. The top slope n
they cannot roost upon it
with cabbages, etc, they ~
down to the hen ! as fast %
American Agriculturist.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
THE MAGIC BREASTPIN.
By L. e. Van N00man.

HEN l saw that it
was likely to rain all
day 1 determined to
visit my friend Azral,
who keeps the vertu
shop on Wardour
street. l had sew
eral holidays on hand
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
A Summer Hog-pen.

The swine quarters are often in
buildings connected with the house,
and in such cases are likely to become
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12

Actors like to play Hamlet, for then
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-18
PROPERLY ARRANGED BOOSTS.

firmly in a slot or mortise, as seen in
Fig. 2. Make them of two by three
scantling, rounded on the upper side,
planed perfectly smooth so that the
fowls will not be likely to get splinters
in their feet. Smooth roosts are easily
cleaned and do not harbor lice. The
prevent soiling of plumage; IA or IS
inches is about the right distance. AL
low one foot on the roost for each fowl
of the large breeds and less for the
small breeds.
In Fig. is seen handy feed trough.
1t is V-shaped and securely fastened to
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-18
CONVENIENT FEED TROUGH.

the wall of the poultry house. 1t can
be recommended from the fact that it
occupies no floor room and being up
from the floor the fowls cannot get in
il with their feet, thus soiling and
wasting the food. A trough five inches
deep and FIVE feet long will accommo-
date Is fowls. For large flock several
small troughs are better than one large
one. Put in the soft food and spread
it from one end to the other. AS soon
as the fowls are through eating the
trough should be swept out. Once a
week it should be washed with hot
water. Many bowel diseases may be
traced to the filth eaten in the soft food.
1t is impossible for fowls to pick up
soft food from a filthy surface without
swallowing the adhering filth.-Orange
Judd Farmer
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-18
MAINTAIN A STANDARD.
How to Make Poultry Raising Profit
able and satisfactory.

How to Make Poultry Raising Profit
able and Satisfactory.
In the poultry business, as in any
other branch of farm economy, the
standard quality must be maintained
by proper selection, crossing, mating
of the best specimens, etc. If any
ideal type of hen is found or a male
bird it is always desirable to make
them as near as possible the founda-
ton of the flock, which not only raises
the standard, but brings the flock up
to that very desirable quality of uni
formity of standard which makes IA
nous the f1ocks and herds of the various
Eoted breeders of domestic animals.
Such fowls in the hands of the poultry
raiser should be kept as long as they
ore productive. The average farmer
may say that the few chickens he keeps
will make but little difference in the end,
let the care be what it may. This is not a
good business course to pursue, for the
reason that the flock may be ever so
small, there is a possible loss or profit
to the proprietor, and whichever it may
be it will be set down as guide in de-
Gliding what the results will be in other
branches OF husbandry on the same
farm under the same management
Thoroughnos on the farm may be seen
in every detail if that is characteristic
OF the proprietor, and that is what
pays in these competitive times. The
farmer slack in one part or direction is
shiftless in all.-Farmers' Voice.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-18
In every section Of this country there il
nore or less land living idle and bringing the

In every section Of this country there il
more or less land lying idle and bringing the
owner but little in the way of revenue As
the country gradually becomes more thick
Y settled, taxes on real estate grow high
er and the burden from carrying unproduc-
ing or waste land more irksome. 1t is good
business to make every foot of land yield
something to help bear it's share of the ex-
penses of the farm. This may be done in
several ways. That land which is too wet
for the pillow may be dtched or tile drained,
and thus be brought under cultivation and
production. A more difficult task will be-
encountered, however, in clearing up tim
ber-land, III removing trees, stumps, grubs,
etc, etc. For this purpose several machines
have been put upon the market, but none
are better than that made by the Milne
Manufacturing Co., TAI Eighth St., Mon
mouth, ILL.,, thoroughly responsible firm,
whose advertisement appears in this paper.
They manufacture the Hawkeye Grub and
Stump machine in several sizes, and guar
antee it to pull stumps or grubs, and to pull
up trees of ordinary size. This machine, un-
like others, does not need to be moved for
every stump, but will clear out circle of
two acres at one sitting. Write this firm
for catalogue, circulars, prices, etc.