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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-05-17
NEEDS OF THE NATION.
HOW PROTECTION TRICKS THE
LABORER.

senator Vance's Eighth Article on
the Tariff Question.-Taxing one Man
to Suppc rt Another.
The fact that the protectionists
claim that high tariffs are chiefly ben
efieial to labor will justify little fur
ther notice of that fallacy. 1t is about
the only pretence they have left to
appeal to popular sympathy and
catch votes, and yetit is the boldest
one eyer adyancad bY the "slave. ira
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-09-06
Go>sip with an Opiician.

You wish TO know whether all my
customers are really nCar.sightcd said
an optician to IA New York Ii 9rim re.
porter "Of course they are With the
exception of dudes, who consider an eye.
glass as essential to their general appear
uuCe as clothes, few wear glasc who
are not ali .olutcly in need Of them"
"Net more men and women wear
glasses now than in form years"
"Qutc true for Americans have
learned to use their eye, with discretion.
Taking into consideration our increase
of population, the proportion OF near
Sightcd persons is not greater than
twenty or thirty years agp. Formerly,
when children complained that it hurt
their eyes to read and study, wcl.mcar-
ing but ineNpe fenced mothers either
believed that they were trying to avoid
going 10 school, or supposed that they
had caught cold, and Immediately adj.
muistcrel poult.cc or gave them
medicine. They 70 got, no doubt, that
myopy is hereditary.
"Nca sighted eyes are elongated; as
they grow older the eyes natten aud the
sight becomes stronger, if proper care
has been taken in the use of suitable
glasses. It's singular that the ma ority
of near-sighted persons have light blue
or grayish blue eyes. Possibly the lighter
co,ors indicate greater visual weakness.
The Germans are blue.eyed race. You
would be surprised to see the number Of
German students in the universities who
wear spcctacles. Pondering over their
books at night the constant strain Of
their eyes must have prematurely weak
ened them sooner than the dark ones.
Sewing also strains the eyes as much as
reading. In fact. it is the case with any
fine work. Look at my clerks, for
instance. Most of them, who have been
in my employ number of years, are
comDcllel TO wear nlas ses. -
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-09-06
A Penny Wise, Pound Foolish King

King Ludwig l., of Bavaria, whose
name ls being recalled at the present
time in various ways, was as much noted
for his lavish expenditure of money in
identifying his capital as for his economy
in minor matters. 1t is said he wore
the same old coat to be shaved in for
forty years, and whenever it rained sent
Il lackey for his old umbrella, saving il
was too bad to use the new one, for il
had ost seven guldcn. The following
unecdotc is quite characteristic of the
King: Among the many pri ileges en-.
ioycd by all persons in the slightest way
connected with the court, during the
reign Of his easy-"oing predecessor, King
Max, from the chief marshal down to the
oven-hcIter, was that of having thcii
soiled linen washed in the royal laundry.
Shortly after King Ludwig's accession,
as hc was stan ling one morning looking
out of the alqcC window, his wonder
and curiosity were aroused by seeing
numerous wagons drive up, one after
the other, in front of he royal residence,
all laden with mysterious looking bun
dies, which disappeared within the
palace walls. Sending for his castcllan,
the King inquired the meaning of this
strange procession. "lIay it please your
Ma iesty," replied the aStonished castcl.
Ian, ''it was ever the custom of our late
King Of blessed memory to allow few
needy and deserving persons to send
their washing to the royal laundry" A
few persons" exclaimed Ludwig;
'nearly an hour have ! been standing
at this window, and still there is no end
to the procession. This is an imposi-
ton, and it shall go on no longer" And
he gave strict orders to have the bundles
remain unopened, to keep them till Easter
Tuesday, when they were to be returned
unwashed, with strict injunction never
to be sent again. The result was, adds
our chronicer, that half of Munich
had no clean shirt for Easter. r.-Ne,o York
/ p,st
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-09-06
CALM AFTER STORM.


Life Is tho long and dill campaign,
The glndintor's struggle on the sand,
The ships contention with the furious main
While ccase.ess Y the silver trumpets strain
Is calling us in conhdencs to stani
With palm and incense mid tho peaceful
bani
Blow, trumpets, blow, and bring again the
dream
That thrilled the ecstatc ou'clst on his isle;
s.hough we may mover loose our grasp the
while
On blades still baroi, and long the wait NJ
seem.
Til gates Of pearl turn on their hinge
aman,
And storm and battle vanish in the glcam
Shat forth from streets untrod by guilt or
pain,
Whore heavens own hosts their wishei.fol
welcome smslc.
The ChurchmdH.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-09-06
CURIOUS FACTS.
A silver penny was thirteen cents.


A hog will not eat watermelon.
Collegiate DEGREES are coeval with
universities.
An cphah, or bath, coutains seven gall
Ions and five pints.
Photographs have been taken by tho
light from a fireplace. VI.
Calming the sea with oil is now regu.
larly and Systematically done.
A Biblical days journey was about
twenty three and one fifth miles.
A French laundrymau cleans linen
without soap by rubbing it with boiled
potatoes.
Mr. Burlington, OF Georgia. has Just
baptized his own wifc--a case never
heard Of before.
Transplanting teeth has been revived.
1t was done twenty-five or thirty years
ago in very rare cases.
1t is proposed to build three foot.
wide cinder path between New York
and New Haven for bicycles.
Masters and doctors existed Nd. 500.
Those in law are traced up to 1i49, in
medicine TO 1884, in music to 1863.
A vulture, measuring nine feet from
tip to tip, was lately shot near Julien,
Cal, as it was sailing away with a full
grown sheep in its claws.
A Scotch paper has this singular ad-
vertisement: ITO be let, beggar's
stand, in n good, charitable neighbor.
hood, bringing in about thirty shil-
lincs per week. Some good will is re.
quired."
Gov. Crttenden's iavorite daughter,
upon her death bed, asked a pardon for
Stevenson, a convict who had used his
leisure to make toys for the child, and
so won her heart. The Missouri Gov
ernor granted the request
Parchment was invented for writing
books by Eumencs. Of Pcrgamus. the
founder Of the celebrated library of Per-
gamus, formed on the model of Alexan-
dria, about 1870 H. G.. Parchment books
from this time became most used.
/ a campaign torch is being made in
! large quantities with an air tube up the
handle. by blowing in the tube the
flame can he made to leap up about two
feet for an instant. The effect of q tnou-
sand such spurts of fire at once will be
striking.
Edison is perfecting device consist
ing of n female face, which he proposes
| to Let in the face OF clock The lips
| of this figure will move ut the hour, the
/ head will bow and the fictitious lady
will say: GOOD evening, ladies and
/ gentlemen, il is bedtime"
/ In the rolls Of the British Parliament,
/ 14ij, is petition from two counties set
ting forth that the number of attorneys
had lately increased from six to twenty
four, whereby the peace OF those counties
had been interrupted by lawsuits. They
asked that the number be reduced to
fourteen.
Captain George Murphy, of Philadel-
phia, possesses among other relics, the
barrel of John Browns rifle. 1t is an
octagonal smooth bore Springfield,
weighing about twenty pounds, aud has
a telescope attachment Near the butt
isa little silver plate set in steel, bearing
the name of John Brown.
The battle of the Thames was fought
by General Harrison on the 5th of DC.
tober, 1913, against the British and the
Indians under Proctor AMI Tecumseh.
In this battle Tecumseh was among the
! killed. The result of this victory was
the recovery of Michigan AID the termina-
ton of the war in the Northwest.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-09-06

The Minister of Agriculture, says a
Paris letter in the Piyayuac, has been
taking census Of the fowls Of France,
and he informs us that the country
contains 10, 900, 900 hens, worth on an
average 50 cents apiece. One.iif h of
these hens and 1000, 600 cocks are killed
annually, and they sell for ~, $50, 900 in
the market. The other 3j, coo. 00) hens
lay about ., 900, 900 eggs every year,
worth Ii cents Gee; this sums up
up to not less than SO, 10000. There.
fore the chickens of France produce
96', 200, o00 year. They form no un.
important item of the rational debt and
whether fried, roasted, boiled or stewed,
they are the most tender specimens OF
The fcathercd tribe you ever tasted.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-09-06
A CuriOns Cane.

Mr.. f. G. Gsgood, Of Maine, has a
curious walking cane. The stick is oc-
tagon in shape, and is of white maple
with cherry head, the entire body being
made hollow, with tine displaced wood
made into different designs and left in
the hollow space. In the carved head is
set compass; in the first joint or hol-
low space are three loose balls; in the
second, three dice; in the third, a
mounted cannon; in the fourth, a roll
ing pin; in the ilfh, chain in the
sixth, sailors log, and in the seventh
a dumb-bel and nondescript somewhat
resembling an hour gllss. The whole ls
tipped off with an octagonal ferrule OF
brass. In circles around the cane is the
following inscription: "Made by L. G,
Osgood, Portland, Me-, in 1884. Total
abstinence all that intoxicates--E.
G.. o." Mr.. Osgood has been offered
quite sum Of money for the stick 10
place in the Boston museum. --UetrOi'
free Press.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-09-06

Mrs. Da2, wife OF the President OF
Mexico, has laborcd for years, accord.
ing 10 the New York Gyoptir to
amciiorate the condition of the poorer
class OF her sex. She has established
variou, institutions for the employment
Of poor women and girls, and has
popuarilcd work which, until she be
came its protecting patrouc,s, was looked
upon ~ unbrcomin" aud contrary to
established customs Under her patron
age these institutions have Lccome
iouri,hingaud afford respectable employ
mcnt to hundicl, of her sex. She is ever
siudying some new scheme Cor the
advancement Of the Io5rcr classes, and
her name will be "a future household
word associated with bcucNolcuce and
kindness.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-09-06

FRIED TRTPE.-Boil till tender
in beaten egg, sprinkle with bra
cracker crumbs, season and fry
brown.
SrEwED CARROTS. Wash or
ten or twelve carrots and put 10
water, with salt, to boil till a
Drain and put in a pan with pcpp|
chopped parsley, or with the 'l,
one lemon and sprinkle with su-.,
LHNoN PUDDING.- Half por|
bread crumbs, six ounces of lou
ounces and Il half of sugar, one 01I
butter, half pint of milk, n lemon. |
the peel fine, mix with the crumis
Juice, add the flour and the buttern
together, and sugar. Mix with th
to Il soft paste. Boil two hours
half.
LADY FINGERS. Take the wei
nine eggs in powdered sugar az
weight of eight eggs in flour. ID
yolks of the eggs and add the
melted in a half pint of water.
the beaten whites and then the
sifted; flavor with lemon. DT
buttered tins, sift sugar over theu-
when baked, stick together while
CANNED VEGETABLES. Peas,
beans ant corn can be put up
way: Put the raw vegetable IN
cans and cover well with watei
the cans air tight, cover with
water and let boil about an hou'
prick a hole in the top Of the cai
the gas escape, after which solde'
boil again aud set aside to cool a''
BRowN BETTY.-Cut several 10
! Piles into thin slices; have ready
tered dish into this put layerG'
bread crumbs, then layer OF sl
plies, and over this sprinkle sug'
so on alternately, bread, apps
sugar, until the dish is full, leul
top layer be of bread crumh
three large Jumps OF butter on
in oven and bake brown. Server
butter and sugar sauce.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-09-06

A very curious case is reported from
Wilkcsbarrc, Penn. one of the young
women employed At the silk mills of that
town was taken with an epiicptic fit.
She fell to the floor, and the other girls
gathered around aud became most
alarmed and excited. Suddenly one of
them gave n wild shrek and fell over in
violent Mysteries. The excitement in.
creased, aud in a minute or so another
young woman was seized with hystcria
The girls were now almost wild with
nervous excitement. aud one after another
was seized with hysteric convulsions.
Their cries and struggles as they lay
quivering on the floor combined to make
the scene Ga.eytFaordiuary and alarming
one. sixteen OF the girls were thus pros
Grated. 1tedital aid was summoned, and
the girls w,,r. revived and sent home.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-09-06

There has been on exhibition at tho
Alexandra Palace, in London, a steam
iifcboat built of steel. 1t Is absolutely
unsuitable, is uncapsizablc, worked with
twin screws placed in. position where
they will not be lifted out of the water,
and can be raised instantly on coming to
shore Tho engines aud fires are per-
fectly protected, and the draught of the
vessel with fifteen men on board is only
twelve inches.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-09-06
A Persian Fable.

A rat, says Persian Fsop, seeing a
cat approaching, and finding no avenue
OF escape, went boldly up TO her aud
said: "Madam, have Just swallowed u
large dose of bane, and in accordance
with the instructions upon the label
have come out Of my hole to die. Win
you kindly direct me to spot where my
corpse will prove peculiarly offensive"
"Sincc you are so ill.," replied the cat,
81 will myself transport you to spot
which think will suit" So saying She
stuck her teeth through the nape OF his
neck and trotted away with him. This
was more than he had bargained for, and
ae squeaked shrilly with the pain.
"Ah." said the cat, "a rat who knows
he has but few minutes TO live never
makes fuss about little agony.
don't think, my fine fellow, you have
taken poison enough to hurt either you
or me-" So she made a meal of him. If
this fable does not teach that rats get no
profit by lying l should he pleased to
know what in the name of common sense
or uncommon sense it does teach.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-09-06
why Uncooked Meat SpoiIs

For some hours after an ANIMAL
killed the muscular iiJcrs are soft. a.
consequently tender. il is only after
vital heat has passed away that the ie.
becomes hard from the gradual stiiTa
ing of its muscular portions. once I'd
tense condition of the tissue is ests
lished it remains until the relaxation a
in which precedes decomposition; wI
this relaxation the flesh softcns; aud
comes tcndercr as it progressc. uni
the meat is upon the verge Of putrchI
ton. Until the meat taints it is suita.
for food. When meat is upon the yeiI
Of putrclaction the color becomes VI
dark, the odor gradually offensive,
the iibers moist aud Oft rs puIrefach
advances peculiar grcenish, damp mos
forms upon the exposed surfaces
the odor grows intolcrable Id
and moisture favor this de,tn
ton of animal tissue, which
commonly called tainting. In dad
summer weather meat which has b
preserved by the agency of ice sla
quickly after it is exposed 10 non
summer temperature, probably becil
this generally combines heat and lad
ure. When freshly killed meat is
jccted 10 "A dry summer heat it is rap
converted into the wcll-known "erk
beef" of the plains; this methol
preservation is as widely known a' &
primitive Meat dried by the acta
sun and air, after being cut in strR
subsequently powdered and mixed
fat in the form of pemmican. lIua
and explorers prefer this prescrvs
of meat to any other because it Vi
the greatest amount Of nourishmea
relation to bulk. The preparato.
pemmican is quite within po'sibl
for housholdcrs who are removed
trade centers, when they do not wil
salt meat. -IIouseUite.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-09-06
Gloss for Collars.

To starch and iron collars so as to hays
a good gloss requires the skill that come,
from practice. Add little cold wate,
totwo tablespoonfnls of good starch and
rub to a smooth paste with spoon.
pour boiling water slowly upon thu
starch, stirring briskly to prevent lump.
ing When mixed smooth add lit,I,
salt aud piece of mutton tallow O,
white wax the size of hazel nut Man,
good laundresses add also. tablespoonful
gum arabic solution made by pourin,
water upon white gum arabic and lettin,
it stand till clear. Boil the stared
twenty minutes and strain through thre,|
minutes. Use starch scalding hot an
rub it thoroughly through the linen d
that no Jumps arc left on the surface
After drying the liars, dip them, al
hour or 30 before ironing, into col
starch made by dissolviug tablespoon
ful of starch in pint of water. warml
but not hot enough to scald the starch
Roll them up in clean towel and bcfor
ironing rub over W tn fine damp cloA
Iron quickly aud polish with polishir
iron on bosom board. Mo VI
World.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-09-06
A Chameleon Fish.

A Maine fishing schooner
caught on the Georges Bans
halibut trawl, a queer fish. ~
seventy-fve pound, aud is dec
being "about as large as the
hogs head and almost as broad \
When first taken from the wa's'
of a bright red color and marA
silver spots, varying in size frop|
q three.cent piece to that o.
dollar. After the fish had pe
the water a while the red beca9i
except on the fins, which re'al
vivid hue. The fins. three ID
were small in proportion 10
and the tail was short aud bT0
York Sun.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-09-06

There are periods observes the New
York Iimes when the weather by its
persistent atrocity becomes national
calamity, and England is at present in
that fix. such a summer has not been
known in fifty years. There have been
only four days OF undeniable sunshine
since last November At present the
rain is pouring down as calmly and tire.
lessly as Niagara. Allcgorcal painters
are considering picture of July as a
symmetrical maiden, with macintosh
and an umbrella sarcastically presenting
10 Jupiter Pluvius hoihouse bouquet,
and recent arrivals at the American
Club declare that the true reason why
the sun never sets on the British Empire
is that it never rises. Shopkeepers in
Rcgcnt-strect, OXford-street, and less
fashionable quarters haze suffered Sc
riousiy. They had neither spring mol
a summer trade. Their stores are filed
10 bursting with dress goods, bonnets,
sunshadcs, fans, laces, etc, for which
there have been no purchasers. Every
trade dependent upon summer and sun
shine has lost money. Those Americans
who were debarred from crossing tn,
pond this year can congratulate them
selves. Along the Rhine, in Paris, and
at all the watering places there has been
the same persistent downpour, and Tho
complaint OF travellers from al the pop,
ular resorts OF the Continent echoes tho
same disgusted cry.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-09-06
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS


Any properly conducted household
has an abundance of old newspapers.
Many uses can be found for them, but
none moro important than In the kitchen.
Nothing Is better for cleaning lamp
chimneys. Instead of backing the stove
every day, take n newspaper and rub of
the covers and top of the stove while still
warm. II grease is spilled on cover.
turn II over and let it burn off before
attempting to clean. Brighten up the
tea kettle and coffee pot by the same
means. IL you have greasy skillet or
pan, wipe out with piece of news.
paper before washing. The paper will
absorb most of the grease, and hot water
with a little sal soda or washing soda
will complete the cleaning with les,
detriment to the hands than usually ex.
pc fenced. Farm, FieM and .Stockman.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-10-10

I sulphate of lime are said to be increased fer- l mentation and brighter and more perma- nent color in the wines, which will also keep much longer. The objections are that the chemical changes render the wine injurious to health, for it is said that the bitartrate of potash contains in wine in it's normal state, when brought in contact with the ''plaster," !" forms an acid sulphate of potash, and there is precipitated an insoluble bitartrate of lime, varying according to the degree of al- cohol. The quantity of sulphate of potash in the wine is increased from five to ten fold
 by the action of the "plaster." Moreover, in wine treated in this way sulphuric acid is found in free state, well as suiphate of magnesia. The effects of the practice on the health of the consumers of the wine so treateds were discussed in the Academy of Medicine, and one of the members, M. Mar ty, has made report on the subject. As
 far back as 1857 the doctors in the depart
 ment of AYeyron found that persons drink ing sfplastered" wines had an unquenchable
 thirst (cephalalgy) and an insupportable dry
 ness of the throat; but different authorities
 health of the consumption of these wines.
 Hygienie committees reported they were
 harmless; chemists said they were injurious
 to health; but M. Marty appears to settle the
 question from a hygienic point of view. It
 is an incontestable fact, he says, that ''plas-
 tered" wines occasion functional troubles
 and organic injuries; they act as purgatives
 and caustics in certain cases; but it appears
 that moderate clustering" is necessary to
 the utilization, preservation and transporta
 tion of certain of the poorer grades of wine,
 and in such cases it is recommended that the
 proportion of acid sulphate should not ex-
 ceed two grammes per itre. As 8 general
 conclusion the academy is of the unanimous
 opinion that clustering" wine is 8 custom
 detrimental to health, and advises that the
 laws against it be rigorouslY enforced.