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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-01
How Women Should Get or Cars.

Woman, lovely woman, will willfully
persist in getting of street cars back
ward before they stop, despite conduct
ors' cautions. A young woman fell fiat
on Niagara street a day or two ago be-
cause she jumped oil while the car was
moving, and that same night the writer
saw an elderly woman saved from like
fate on Main street car by the conduct
ors seizing her just as she was about to
leap. OF course the innocent creatures
think that if IA man can jump off n NOV
ing car with impunity they can. But
no man can get off at right angles
with car, putting down first { g foot
on the de toward the horses, ithout
spilling himself promiscuously on the
pavement.
If women won't wait till the car
stops, they should remember these
simple rules "a Face the same way
the car is going. GU Pull skirts clear of
the car (0 the outside foot well
forward and b.. he body back. az
Hold on with both nand until the driv-
er stops the horses. (5) Step off,
BuGalo Express.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-01
POPULAR sCIRxLE.

The Lick Observatory is to have rival
In olorado, 1000 feet above the sea-
level.
The specific gravity Of milk is about
1.033. Its actual weight is 2. 10 pounds
per quart, or Sc pounds the gallon.
A German professor says that thirty
five flashes OF common lightning would
keep an incandescent lamp burning for
an hour.
According to Pasteur and Chamberland,
typhoid bacillus is in ninety nine cases
out OF a hundred communicated through
drinking water.
The Gastroscope Is an instrument by
which the interior of the stomach may be
illuminated, and the condition of the
lining membrane determined. 1t is o
delicate and costly instrument.
The range of 20, 900 yards, attained by
by elcvating one of the newest breech-
leaders to a. degrees, has led to the CAL
culation that the ll-ton gun fired at
that elevation would carry twenty miles.
The greater part of our asbestos comes
from Canada. he mineral is also mined
in this country, but that found here thus
far has been shorter in fibre than the Can
adian, and is not equal to it for many pur-
poses.
Crude petroleum is increasingly used as
substitute for coal on account of cheap
ness aud ease of handling. The iloui
mills aud evaporator weeks at Fenon,
Mich, will be run with this 'fuel oil''
hereafter.
The metal balls inside the round sleigh
bells. are placed inside of the sandcore,
which occupies the space inside the bell.
In casting the sandcorc is burned away
and the piece OF metal Is closed in the
bell form.
DR.. Donald C. Hood has collected
many facts relating TO the use OF salicylic
acid for rheumatism. OF ,2S patients
treated with saIicylates 523 were relieved
Of their pains within seven days whereas,
| of Gl2 patients treated by other methods,
| only | 10 were relieved within the same
| time.
A new disease has broken out among
the z ape vines of Santa Anna and San
Gabriel valleys of California. 1t is
| termed the snpsour and the eau Q of 1T
no one knows The vines begin to
wther aud in n short time die. The
| ulSCtsc iS lulCCtlOus uuu SpiSauS wy
rapidly.
A new use for wire is described. 1t is
stated that in various military districts
of North and South Germany, rs well
as in Holland, trials have been made OF
wire soles covered with substance re-
sembling India rubber. These solcS are
said to be more durable than those made
of leather, and to cost only about hall
the pr ce of leather.
A novel electric railway is undergoing
construction in a suburb of st. Paul,
Minn. The railroad is an elevated struc.
ture, and the cars are hung below it close
to the street level. They hang from sct'
of wheels taking their power from the
tracks, which are charged with electricity.
A speed of from eight to ten miles au
hour is claimed for the cars.
The quantity Of ice that sometime:
adheres to the branches of trees has been
greatly over estimated, according to Nh
c. +. Bessey. Ina freezing storm last
February fine box elder, twenty-iiv,
feet high, with rounded top fully
twenty-five feet in diameter, was brill
iantly covered with crystals, who's,
weight did not exceed 800 pounds.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-01
RELIGIOUS READING.
10th sidcs-whIch 4, your.y

Whist tedious prayer meetipg.r said
John Brent to bis wife at half past eight ons
Iecent Thursday evening. "Fm glad to get
back 10 my own little cheerful flreside. Tnc
minister remarks were as long the moral
law. Deacon Paul went over tho Same
ground, with few prosy variations Mr.,
Langdon stammered and blundered till i5
was relief when he sat down. Mrs. Childs
said the same thing she has said for the last
twenty five years; at lenst suppose she did,
couldn't hear It all. Mrs Brown uttered
a Few prim, still words. just "a though she
thought she must The young church mem
bers kept up n continual silence. The snngs
were the same old draggy ones sung helter-
skelter, anywhere. without any soul or mus
to them. The pauses were the most fr, auent
part OF the meeting and l believe on my
soul they were the most impressive. IL we
are to have prayer-meeting, why not have
onef i don't like so much talk
Now, John" said Mrs. Brent show diff
ferently we look at thingsl thought it was
one OF the best prayer meetings we ever at
tended. The minister talk was lust what
needed. J had been worried all the week,
and what he told us about trusting in God in
little things fitted my case | was sorry
when he closed his Bible and said, The
meeting is open for others
deacon Paurs remarks on the same sub
ject interested me exceedingly, for knew no
had many trials and could speak from cx.
perience As to Brother Langdon, he seemed
SO much in earnest that ] did not notice
whether he blundered or not 1 was think
ing of my own shortcomings.
'The songs were old. to be sure, hut for
that very reason they touched my heart
never enjoyed singing lie lendeth me- ms
did tonight. Perhaps helped to make it
'draggy,' but the music was in my soul Tor
all that. As TO the young people I never
saw them SO attentive and quiet Many OF
them repeated verses which seemed 10 me
very fitting. One OF them told mo after
church that he had decided this night to be-
c' me Christian. On, 1t has been d good
meeting 10 mel"-,GOllen Rule
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-01
,ovEs suFFrcIENCX.

IA by the poet, IL is better far
To love and lose,
nover TO have loved at all. But l.
Imay not choose,
here has come into my life a love
SO fierce, so strong.
| I am helpless in its grasp, content
To drift along.
krst knew not twas Loves sea had
Set sail upon,
amy. f,ontei on, with half-closed eycs,
Through shade and sun;
n needed which way Invent, with him
Ny boat TO guidel-
n dangers had the unknown sen, IL he
Was by my side'
|ke to find myself in waters strange,
No land in sight;
Ehings seemed radiant. new. A mighty
OF rare delight
be DER my startled soul; she sky, the
waves
With glory shoue,
has revealed tn, rapturous thrill Of love,
Till then unknown.
now let shadows fall, let storms arise,
On his dear breast,
Ildcd and safe. | lie, while shelcring arms
Fold me to rest.
night may come, it holds no dread for
Ills tender kiss
Ehes all my fears, and fills my happy heart
With perfect bliss.
Frank Leslie's.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-01
rEMpERANoE READING.
WHO il Thy Ncirhhor I?

Ihy ghbor. IL is he whom thou
ii ,st power to aid and ui,'Ss;
VIII ,se ach NJ hea or hurniug brow
Thy soothing baud may press.
Thy neighbor' tits the fainting poor
Whose eye with wants dim,
Whom huneer sends from door to door;
Go thou aud succor him.
Thy neighborl tits that drunken man,
Whose years are at the brim,
Bent low with poverty and pain:
c. thou and rescue him.
Thy neighborl It's his wife, bereft
Df every earthly gem;
This wife and children helpless left;
Go thou and shelter them.
Where e'er thou meet'st n human form
Neath drunkenness bent down,
Remember It's thy neighbor worm
Thy brother, or thy son.
Pas not, oh pass not Needless h>
rerhaps thou canst redeem,
Himself and his from misery;
Go reason, plead with him.
Q. W. Cook, IN "Bdttis-Ar Of Temperance"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-01
A Billion Dollars Go Up In Smoke.

A. Hafner, Sr., OF Eatonton, Ca,
smokes pipe every day that tradition
says is over 200 years old. On an average
twelve pounds of tobacco are now an
nually consumed in this pipe. Assuming
that this amount has been about the
average Of consumption since the day of
its initiation, 2i0O pounds of the weed
have been burned in this bowl. The cost
of this tobacco yearly can safely be put
down at Si2. Now, If the first s12 thus
spent had been put out on compound
interest at the rate of ten per cent. it
would have grown into the snug little
sum of $l, 100, ABB, 200. atlanta Consti-
tuition.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-01
Street Cars Decimate the Horses.

The Superintendent of New York
treet railway company estimates the
wear and tear on horses ut about $50 a
year each. Each car has on the average
Zen horses, so that horseilesh worth $500
Is used up annually in each car. On
rome oil the longer lines as many as 15O
ears are run, so that the total annual
consumption of horses would seem to be
|pn these roads S75. 900.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-01

not tho world: be content with such things
as ye have; IL riches increase, set not your
heart upon them; seek first the Kingdom OF
God and His righteousness lay up for your.
self treasures In heaven. Lesson HcfDer
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-01
Light Breaking.

One in hope. IN doctrine,
One in Charity
Tho midnight has passed! Tho dnwning II
at hand. The long undisturhed slumber of
the Church is broken Signals have sounded
that have called drcnmers to become work.
ers. All through the camp there is n stir Of
liiel
We have heard Chaplain tell of having
bivouacked with his brigade upon an open
field, each soldier wrapped in his blanket,
but with nothing over him but the cold
cloudy sky. Early tho next morning he
arose, and all over the field were little
mounds like new idc graves, each covered
with n drircrv OF ilsecy snow, which had
fallen two or three inches deep during the
night, and covered every sleeping soldier, as
II IN the winding sheet of death. Directly,
while he was gazing upon the strange spec.
taclo, here AMI there n man wou Il stir, rise,
shake himself, and stand fOrti IN fhomontary
ainaz ment ut tho sight 1t was like res
urrectlDn-sc no, and failed MT to mako its
impression upon the lchuIdcr
so the Churches hnv" locn camping,
slumhering amid the iru,tS uf worldfiness
that have wei nigh filed them to tho heart,
aud the world has seen more snow covered
graves than beacon fir, =!
But nuw-thank God'--the day cometh
An alarm has sounded all along the line
TEe sleepers bcstir themsclvesl National
Cnmp-Met tings, liigher-lilc Literature, Ho-
illness Conventions, Union ENangelistic ef-
forts, and Conservation meetings, are beat
ing n reveille to which multitudcs are re-
spending in n resurrection-lifo of devotion
aud tireless energy.
o.. pppder--our. God is marching oni WIN
yCa join the aggressive campaign that will
by and by turn to n triumphal procession in
honor of the King of Kingsi Awakc-arouse
thyselfl No room for drenmers in world
that is to h. ;.nquered for Emmanuel One
prayer for help; one nl'.embracing gift to
God one act Of appropriation of tue spirit
nnd tho life of your Captain, land light
breaks to thee. REV. S. III. Platt, A. NJ.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-01

The proverb says that the good die
young. But If that's so, what hard
lot of sinners these old folks must bel
Smitheiiie (Ga.) Nens.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-01

Fro. /. Frc. .. Frc. 3. Fro. 4.
needle and bottle of arsonical compo.
sition, for which the recipe will be given
further on. A fair specimen being oh.
tanned, take some cotton waddinn and
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-01

pug up inc tllioat ana
nostrils so as to prevent
any flow Of blood from
spelling the feathers.
lake IA board, lay tho
bird on its back and part
the feathers from the in
scrtion of the nc X totho
tail. Cut the outer skin
the entire length, taking
care not to penetrate tho
flesh too deeply, or
through the inner mcm-
branc which covers tho
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-01
How 10 Skin n bird.

The necessary tools to work with are
sharp pen knife or scalpcl (fgurc y, a
pair of small forccps figure ., II pair OF
scissors tfgme -, a button hook figure
a., narrow spoon, a spool of thread,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-01

intcstncs. The skin can then be clsjlv
separated from the flesh, by passing tho
fingers ur some blunt instrument between
the skin aud the body. By laying hold
of one leg and pushing il forward YOU
will lie able to bring the bare kuco
through the opening you have made.
With the scissors cut il off ut the oiut;
pull the shank still adhcring to the leg
till the skin is turned back a. far ~ it
will go, remove all flesh aud sincw from
the bone and wrap prccc of cotton
wnddng around it,dip it in the ar'cniCal
composition and then pull the leg by tho
claw back To its proper place. After
having done this to both legs, skin care
fully around the back, cutting of the
tail, leaving it adhcring to the skin with
that into which the feathers grow, that
l., the rump or -, ope's nose serve
the wing.boncs the same as ,hc legs, cut
ting them oil close To the body; next
turn the skin inside out, down TO tho
back of the skull, in which make n cut
of the form shown in Figure - with tho
knife this is turned back like trap
door. and then with the spoon clean out
the brains inside well with the arscnical
pcsition and fill it with cotton wad-
ding.
The next operation is getting ont the
eyes. Z hi is done 10y cutting cautiously
until the Ida appear, being careful not
to cut the eye Use (, and with PAL Of
forccps, which will be found generally
useful, pull each from its socket. Wipe
out the socket very carefully, wash
thoroughly with the arscnical compost
ton, and fill it with cotton. Cut of the
neck close to the skull. wash the stump
aud whole of the inside of the skull with
the composition, and the skinning is
done.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-01

Christ in us, that we may never despair
when we are beset by difficulties; we in Him,
that when we have attained something "
may reach forward to greater victories. -
canon Westcott.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-01
ARsENrcAL COMPOSITION.

Sulphatc of aluminn. -
Powdered camphur ....2
Whit soap, powdered. Il ounce.
Spirits of wine .......G ounces
Essence of thyme. ......3 drops.
The arscnia'c of potash, sulphntc OF
alumina and soap are put into II large
mouth bottle, and the spirits OF wine
poured or them at the heat of twenty.
five degrees; cork and let stand twenty.
four hours, then add the essence Of
thyme. Shake well before it is used.
DO nt use as u beverage .-Amo ican
Agisulcsa'St.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
Showing Off at Church.

The piety that goes to church en-
wrapped in costly lace, and crowned
with fifty-dollar bonnet, is not of the
kind which strikes bee-line for the
better world. When one enters place
OF worship where the female devotees
are dressed as for the opera, and
there is an odor as of a perfumery
store, fiutter of plumy, glittering
fans, a multitude of heads tricked out
In all the bravery of Fashions Flora,
and general indication of desire to
adore the Creator a la mode, it is diff
cult to believe that the child-like SIM
plicity of soul, which is essential to
genuine religion, is a staple article
In that congregation. We should like
to know upon what principle persons
who call themselves Christians attend
public worship attired as if for fash
lonable fete?-N. 7. LEDGER.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
Compelled to Paw Duties

The following story is told at the ex-
pense of Princess Bismarck: The other
day she went to Hamburg to make her
customary household purchases, which
she never allows anybody else to attend
to. Unfortunately, she missed her
train to Friedrichsruhe, and as there
was no other train for two hours, she
told her coachman to drive her through
the district of the free port. On re-
turning into the town, she was stopped
by custom-house official, who i'm
posed duty on every one of the ar
ticles she had purchased, and refused
TO let her proceed until she had paid
in full.-M. Y. Post.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
ETIQUETTE AT VASSAR.
A Glimpse at the College Life of Bright
American Girls.

A Glimpse at the College Life of Bright
American Girls.
Vassar is a college in all that the
name implies; and thorough educa-
ton is given in all academical branches;
and it has its rules of social etiquette
Just as rigidly adhered to as in Yale or
Harvard.
Every girl in the college sallies forth
during the early days of the term, card
case in hand, to call on the freshmen in
her corridor. If the freshmen be out,
card is left; if in. the acquaintance is
formed. But in either case the call
must be returned within week. After
this calls and visits are more informal,
and parties given.
Each girl is expected to give party
in her room once in the year. These
are invariably held after ten o o'clock.
at which hour lights should be put out;
but with closed doors. carefully shroud-
ed in shawls and waterproof cloaks, the
night Waterman gets no hint of the dis
sipation being INDUCED in within.
When three girls share sitting
room, with bedroom apiece opening
out of it (for most Of the rooms are in
groups of this kind), they combine in
the giving of their entertainments, thus
saving no small amount of trouble and
expense.
Besides the individual parties or
spreads" there are the legitimate
class parties The seniors invite the
juniors, the juniors the seniors. The
sophomores give the freshmen a party
early in the year, and later on invite
them to the ''trig" ceremonies, an &C.
centric performance to signalize their
Joy at having finished their course in
trigonometry, to which the freshmen
are still looking forward.
The character of the entertainment
is burlesque. Mathematical signs and
terms are personiied, and good natured
ridicule showered on classmates, OBJ
jectionable college institutions, and
even the faculty itself. There are
occasional minstrel performances, with
peanuts. apples, maple sugar and lem
onade for refr eshments; also dancing
in the college parlors, and sometimes
powder" and costume balls-of course
confined to inmates of the house.
Golden Days.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
Smiling Gardens of Plenty

Where nature beams her brightest-in the
extreme south, on our sister continent and
in the tropics Of the Caribbean Sea-are too
often the home of malaria, the vertical sun,
copious decaying vegetation and bad water,
also cooperating to breed virulent disor-
ders of the stomach, liver and bowels. 1t
is in such regions that Hcstetter's Stomach
BItters gets in some of its most benefcent
work
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

''MY friends laughed at the idea Of $500
bone mill. but since got one of Wilson's,
advertised in this paper, the laugh is all on
my side. Every one that sees it has to ac-
knowledge it is q perfect success. i can
crack enough shells for 80 fowls in 8 min
utes; and the same amount will go five
times farther than if cracked with ham
mer. There is no waste, and child can
crack them Bones take little more
strength. 1t also cracks corn easily and
well ~
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

-Masons will be interested in the
invention by an Eastern man of two
kinds of plastering composition. That
to be used for the first coat consists of
sand, sawdust, plaster of paris, Stacked
lime. sugar and carbonate of soda,
while that for the second coat is made
of cream of tartar, pumice stone, sugar.
lime, and plaster of paris, each compo-
sition being compounded and applied
In proportions and after manner de-
scribed. Both compositions have been
patented.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

USUALLY the inconsistency is Of the man
who processes much and does little, but
there may be an Inconsistency on the part
of the man who processes nothing and does
much The profession and the character
should be one.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

HARSH purgative remedies are fast giving
way 10 the gentle action and mild effects OF
Carter's Little Liver Pills. If you try them,
they will certainly please you.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

For Throat Diseases and Coughs US,
BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs. Like al
real good things, they are initiated. tn
genuine are sold only in bOIes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

DoN'T wait until you are sick before trying
Carriers Little Liver Pills, but get vial a.
once. You can't take them without benefit
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

A PROMPT Way of Easing Asthma. Use
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27
Get Only the Best.

"Baker's Norwegian Cod Liver Oil" is
pure. Recommended and prescribed by best
physicians. Jno. C. Baker & Co., Philadelphia.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

The man who invented the typewriter
did more toward giving women their
writes than all the women suffrage asso-
Citations in the country.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

WHEN the last one of a quartet of good
fellows determines to die, the thing is o
four gone concluSion.-N. o. PicdyliRe.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

A HAPPY mediums pleasant spiritual
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

THE Chinese does not take his queue
from nature. Two-thirds of it is third
class silk.-Sdn Francisco Alta
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

A PROMINENT band-the engagement
rinS.-DetrOE Free Press
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-27

"a REGULAR high fiyer"-our American
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MEN can talk horse without having .
bad cold.