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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15
A Tape and Yardstick Genius.

An ingenious New York dry goods
man in the upper part Of Third avenue
has at last solved a problem that has per-
picked business men for years. Time
was when no house of any reputation
thought of displaying goods with the
price marked on them, but the great
competition of recent years has changed
even the most conservative of business
men. But displaying the mere price
was not sufficient to attract customers.
There are so many people looking around
them for bargains that it was found nee.
essary to state that the goods had been
reduced in price. In time even this be-
came rather a chestnut, and nothing but
some brand new wrinkle would attract
the bargain hunters. This Third avenue
man hits the nail on the head by marking
the old price on his goods and drawing
his brush through it, while underneath
he displays the new iigure.-NsO York
Sun.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15
A FUNNY WORLD IS THIS.

This world Is very funny,
For no matter how much money
Man is earning he will spend it. and be hard
up all the time;
To his utmost he is straining
To catch up without attaining,
Til he makes his life burden when IL should
be bliss sublime.
He who earns n thousand merely.
Thinks two thousand dollars yearly
Would be just the figures to make happiness
complete;
But his income when IL doubles,
Only multiplies his troubles,
For his outgo then increasing makes his both
ends worse to meet.
II is run in debt and borrow,
Flush to-day and broke tomorrow,
Financiering every which way TO postpone
the day Of DOOM
Spending money ere he makes 10,
And then wondering what takes It,
Till he, giving up the riddle, looks for rest
within the tomb.
Oh. this word is very funny
To the average man whose money
Doesn't quito pay for the dancing that ho
does before hc should,
And hc Kills himself By trying
Just a little higher flying
Than Is suited for his pocket ami his own
ternal good.
-Gooduirs Sun.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15
Little Tricks of housekeeping.

81 have great trouble with my furni.
ture, and especially bric.a. .brac." said a
young matron, relating her experiences
in housekeeping. "Ot course servants
are at the bottom Of the trouble. They
are always more or less careless, and
when things get little out of order, |
am often nj Il loss to know what to do.
Yet | suppose if one knew how, it is
generally easy to put them right. For
instaJce, Aunt Julia, how would you
fastcn embossed leather ON wood when it
gets loose"
Il would make a little cement of
melted india rubber mixed with shellac
varnlsh," said Aunt Julia, who is cred
tied with knowing more about the odds
and ends Of housekeeping than anybody
else in her circle.
"And how would you keep vanished
wood looking fresh and brlght"
al would rub it thoroughly with oil
from time to time Only little oil must
be used. and that should be carefully
rubbed in till it seems to be all rubbed
off. Otherwise it will catch dust, and
the last state of the wood will be worse
than the first"
"And suppose your white marble slabs
and manteIs get discolored, what would
you DOR
ii would take very strong soap.lees
and mix it in quicklime till 1t is about
like milk, and spread the mixture on the
marb C clean if off with soap aud water
after twenty-four hours time, and rub
the marble with fine putty powder and
olive oil"
GLOW do you polish oicloth2"
al use a mixture of equal quantities
Of linseed oil, bessway and turpentine,
and have the girl rub it iu well.-MaH
and ErbTe,s.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15

'Is your head very bad. missf" said
Cleo, alphabetically. "a little bay.
rum -"
"Oh, don't talk about bay rum ~ cried
Kate, hurriedly adjusting her laces.
'Give me my brooch, Cleo. and the little
silver bangles. There! Now for my
doomw
And with the courage of sheer dcs-
peration, she marched straight down
stairs, and was formally introduced to
Colonel Courtenay and Mr.. Sigourney.
''How do you do, Miss Kaswelll" said
Jack Sigourney. with the impressive.
ness Of red Indian.
He had recognized her-Kate knew
that by the sparkle under his eyelashes
but he made no sign of the recogni.
tion, and in her heart she thanked him
with an exceeding great tide of graft.
tude. And after the first meeting things
were not so bad Colonel Courtenay
had travelled good deal and Mr.. Sigour-
ncy had plenty of small talk at his CON-
mand.
The dinner went off charmingly, and
IL was not until the two elders had
stroled out, after the black Hamburg
grapes and the Magnum Bonum plums,
TO smoke their cigars that Kate ventured
TO look her late customer in the face.
"llow did you like the boating
this morning" said she, little hysteri-
cally.
"Then it was you," said Mr.. Sgour.
ney, land not the gardeners eldest
girl, or a water girl in disguisep
"les, it was !" owned Kate, redden-
ing TO the roots of the short, brown
curls.
"I am sure beg your PARDON" said
Mr.. Sigourncy.
"You won't be,ray mcl" faltered she.
Certainly not! But why did you
do itl"
"Oh for funm
And that was the only answer she
would give him.
Until six months aftcrward, when she
drew little silk crochet purse out of her
po 'ket and showed him two crumped
bills "a two and "a one.
Jack said she, "do you remember
that"
lie shook his head.
"No," said he.
"You paid them TO me for the hire Of
the boat. oh, Jack, wanted some
pocket money so much, and | did not
know how else to get it. Eut it d dnt
do me any good alter all, because, after
l had met you, couldn't make up my
mind to spend it, and-and--"
my darling grill" cried Jack, cnthu.
"Did you really keep those
because Of me! But can assure you of
one thing-you shall never be short of
pocket money while you are my wife"
And he kept his promise. --Sunday
Nighi.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15
Clearing jelly or Soup.

To clear jelly or soup an experienced
cook advises the following process /:
When the soup or jelly is made and the
fat all removed, put it into II very clean
saucepan, with the whites dignity
whipped to froth) and shells of two or
three eggs for an ordinary quantity Of
soup, jelly, etc. two whites and shells
for the first quart and half and one
for each succeeding quart is fair aver.
age, and bring it well to the boil,
whisking it all the time to prevent its
burning; then pour it through napkin
Of for soup or a jelly bag Qor jelly
previously wrung out of scalding water.
II not sufficiently clear, rinse the napkin
or bag and run the soup or jelly
through it again. The bag should he
absolutely mot relatively, as it often is)
clean, and should be hot from having
boiling water run through it. or from be-
ing wrung out of scalding water, and
last, but not least, neither soup nor Jelly
should be handled while being run
through the bag, as any pressure will
muddy it irretrievably.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15
Yellow Fever and Red-headed 6

"Red- headed girls are exempt
yellow fever" remarked proll
Jacksonville, (Fla.) doctor to d
York Sun reporter, as the latte
around the Medical Bureau chasing
items.
"Ies," continued the fever sl
al heard this claim advanced msnl
ago, before the white horse theOgI
sprung on the public, and when
here | determined to fully nye|I
the matter. l have done so, and .
my patients, 406 in number, not q
them had a 'carroty wig as we us
call red hair in college. ! have
my brother physicians if they bAa
red headed patients, and could tHl
one doctor who said he had hii
rara avis. On further question:.
l learned it was an albino. Well :
by; have an appointment IN tel
utes."
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15
A Dissertation on Cali.

The season for colds is here
announces the Detroit kta
colds have any special season-,
al ictcd in this way endure ,bs.
ings and treat them lightly
Its only n cold" and taking
extra care Of themselves. Cod'
necessary evils, and that they
even those who take them ma.
fully will admit. They are MOI,
evils than most people realize. N
nection between colds and mon
attacks of disease is not close .,
be recognized by the careless
system weakened by successi,.
not as safe from many diseases A, n
that has never been sub ;ect TO ~
An enfeebled body, on the OH.
is more liable to colds, and pr,,
caution is needful to escape fts.
The strong can rarely res st ,ha
ton to wonder mt least, il the,
openly protest, at the care the w.
to wrapping aud bundling in !.
protect themselves. But th,,
learned by bitter experience h! |
OF carclessuess. tlcanllness Of u
regular exercise, good food and J
a moderate temperature, aie ali II
able to colds. But dress has il, y
influence. and receives less a,teser
1t ought from many. Warm MI
mel, either cotton. flannel O, !
gives moie protection than IN
weight in skirts, because II Con
body and limbs closely and con
With these and one short flame
one longer felt or quilted skir, II
dress. woolen stock ings, or 1ce,l
cotton ones. and thick .soled ,h,.|
indoor dress will he warm a
Colds will now lie courted by
out in the frosty air bare MI
without wraps, or into the snow f, |
overshoes.
A short jacket of some ma,er,|
able for common wear, a scarf i
mittcns and overshoes ought 10 i
so handy that there can be no j
for running out without them. n
with sleeves is much better than |
for it will not drop oil or leave ,5
unprotected by slipping about, a,
does. II an old shawl is the ha.
it can be cut into short "a /
lined If necessary.
Whatever tends to diminish Ill
a serious ill. and time used in p,t
to avoid such ills is wisely spea, /
do not come without some cause
it is one or another of the ca.s
lead to them, they are enemies %
tolerated or entertained. bat to b.
and driven out, then kept out.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15
Painless Poultry Killing,

Mr.. E. Baden Bepger, the President
OF the British Pharmaceutical Confer
ence, adopts and recommends the fol-
lowing plan for the "happy dispatch"
of poultry. A large widc.moutted stop
pered bottle is kept charged with an
ounce of choloroform. When chicke n
has received sentence of death, 1t is held
firmly under the left arm aud its head
slipped into the mouth of the bottle
A few deep inspirations follow, and the
bird without a struggle becomes un-
conscious. Then, holding it by the
legs, its neck is dislocatcd 10y a quick
stretch. The plan is so simple that it
might be generally adopted.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15
Dishes for Tea.

Dried Beef Relish. Take the small
hard ends of dried beef, crate, and to
every cup. ul allow four tabespoonfuls
of cream, four eggs well beaten and a
little pepper. Put the meat and cream
in a stew-pan; when hot add the eggs /;
stir until the mixture becomes thick.
Dish up, and serve on squares of but
tered toast.
Italian { heese. Wash pound and a
half of beef liver, cover with boiling
water and let stand for five minutes |;
take from the water and wipe dry; chop
with pound of veal and pound and a
half Of ham; season with two table
spoonfuls of chopped parsley, small
onion grated, half teaspooniul of pow.
dcred sage, half a teaspoonful of black
pepper, II little cayenne pepper and Il
teaspoonful of salt mix all together I;
grease mold with butter, press the
meat into it, cover tightly and steam two
or tlree hours. When done, the mold
will be third filed with the Juice of
the meat, which drain Off and put over
the fire IN Il saucepan; add to it IA fourth
of box of gelatine, dissolved in cold
water, season with salt and pepper; pour
over the cheese and stand in cold place (,
when cold turn out of the mold, slice
thin and garnish with sliced lemon.
Chaud rrod of Chicken. Take cold
roast chicken, strip the skin carefully
from it and cut the meat into pieces an
inch long and wide. Put tablespoon
full of butter into a frying pan to melt,
thicken with tablespoonful Of flour,
mix until smooth, add half pint Of
cream with salt and pepper, and let boil.
Into this sauce dip each piece of chicken
and lay on a dish. Stand away until
very cold. When cold, arrange the pieces
on the dish, sprinkle them with little
chopped parsley, garnish them with aspic
jelly and parsley and serve.
Mushrooms on Toast.-Remove the
skins from fresh mushrooms, boil over
live Goals; sprinkle with salt; lay a lump
of butter on each mushroom. Have
large slices of nicely toasted bread, on
which lay the mushrooms.
Cold Meat for Tea Take the remains
of cold mutton, beef or lamb, chop tine,
with hard boiled eggs, head of lettuce,
a bit of onion, and u sprig of thyme,
season with pepper and salt, mix well,
and squeeze over it lemon juice to
moisten.
Chicken Sandwich. Spread some
thin slices Of bread with butter, and
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15
The Growth OF the Countr

The Philadelphia Eecoyd saws
Census of 1886, preparations lr|
are already being made, promise
in the United States a popus
more than 20, 900, 0OO. The BOP
in 1880, according to the census
year, was 30, 80, 1913 pers ms o.
43, i;j,S were native and ID
foreign born. The natives had il
10, ,4S4, 6yS from the figures Of
32, Oo1, l42-or 3l.5 per cent. Il
eign element had gained more 4
however, bringing the percenis.
the entire population down TO
cent. The same rate of increase /
to the Census of 1880 will "a
increase of 15,0i6,6 $50 person, I
the ten years ending in 1890.
"Thc immigration between II
1880 was comparatively light
1,l12,7l4 persons having comet
country during that decade, d
past few years, however, it ha
unprecedented. The imm gratC,I
the last census has been us iolIov,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS
Suggestion for Picture Frame

SuggestIOn TOT P1Ctur6 Fr0mers.
A critic, who considers present modes
OF framing pictures as in bad taste, sug-
gests the following as an improvement.
The frame should in some sense repeat
the idea of the picture in its decorative
or other motive, and especially in color.
Where 1t meets the outer edge OF the
canvas or panel on which the picture is
painted it should be of open or scroll
work-so that the eye of the spectator
may not be disturbed by contrast and
not limited, as pictures now almost in.
variably are, by a square. oval or circu-
lar flat band or belt of gold. York
World.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15

The Berlin BorSea u HuRg vouches for
this statement: "In 1878 the Crown
Prince Frederick William caused twelve
copies to be taken by copper.plate
process of the diary which he kept dur
ing the ranco-Gcrmun war. OF these
copies he presented one each to persons
who particularly enjoyed his confidence,
the plate being afterward destroyed,
The recipients were requested to take
special care that the diary was not pub
lshed until fifty years after the death of
its author"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15
Miss Liberty Killing the Bin

The migratory birds are beginnla|
dash themselves against the BsI''l
light, says the New York Sun. b|
ly Mr.. Wallace, the taxidermist, reCs
227 beautiful warblers that were \
at night. Referring to the
destruction of the birds Mr.. WI
said; "When we stop to think 'S|
of them are insect eating biIa'
slaughter is terrible" Amongths|
mems were Maryland yellow thIoa'
black throated blue warbler, IelJl
warbler, black throated green va
chestnut sided warbler, orange
warbler, myrtle warbler, blae,
warbler, and several varieties ol I
sparrows.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15

out of coo mcn discharged from Joliet
,IllD Prison and KEEP, track of for two
gears, over 3O) have been returned to
prison again, and not over 1870 out of
the whole lot were clear Of suspicion or
surveillance.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15

Some of the engineers think that
Augusta, Ca, will have to build dyke
to protect herself against future lrcshets.
The ChroHicic, however, takes the posi-.
tion that dyke is insecure, and when it
breaks the consequences are disastrous.
There is a disposition in Augusta to
trust to luck, in the hope that it will be
forty years or more before another bad
food comes.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15

Upon September s there was born in
New Haven, Conn, to Arthur j. and
May English Tuit!e son, who is scven;:.
in descent from his great grcat.grcat-
great grandfather, n, $. English, VINO is
but sevcnty.scven years Old, Many per-
sons live to see the sixth generation, but
this is thought to be the first case OF
the seventh on record in America.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15

The success Of the great Worlds Fai
at Melbourne, Australia, has melted san
Francisco 10 undertake. "Grcat Pacific
Slope and International Exposition" in
that city in year or two.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15

Sergeant Kendall, Of the British Army,
can cshihit forty c'ght different wounds
received in the line Of duty. A bursting
shell inflicted twelve Of the wounds at
one time aud one bullet left three scars.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15

1t is estimated that s 6, OOo, 600 n year
is spent by people in the vicinity Of New
York in railroad fares, admission to
races and bets on horses, the latter being
by far the largest
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15

A newly organized political party in
Japan has for its programme; The reduc.
ton of the land tax, the abolition of
Capitalization IN the administration, the
introduction of the volunteer system
into the army, and the revision of the
existing treaties, with the view of put.
ting Japan on equal footing with other
powers in international intercourse.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15

The last summer was the wettest that
England has experienced since 1879 and
the coolest since 1860. In most parts of
'he country the sun did not shine more
than an average of four to four and
half hours day. In Scotland the daily
average was about five hours.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15

Among European potonta,cs kissing
appears to go by rank and not, as usual,
by favor. In bidding Francis Joseph,
the King of SaXony and the Regent of
Bavaria goodbye, Kaiser Wilhelm of
Germany kissed the first three times and
the others out once each.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15

Until three years ago it is said tAat
Mexico was free from mosquitoes. If
this is true, says the Allan tn ConS'iVtjoa
it is very interesting fact Mosquitoes
are common in much colder countries
than Mexico. Where do they come from,
and what are the conditions that breed
thcml
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15

According to the statistics published
by the Minister of the Interior the total
number of cases of cholera during the
last epidemic in the Chilian republic
were 2G, 50, Of when 10, 3SS died. The
government expended the sum of $751;
5Ga29 for combating the disease.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15

A German staiistician figures up tina
England has caused the death of 80, 600, .
900 people and ha' wrought $40, ,OOO,-
900, 900 worth of destruction.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15

One Of the journals at 81. Pctcr,burg
in view Of the influx of Chinese into
Siberia urges that measures rc taken to
regulate their immigration into that
ruuu'rv
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15
Total. ..... .3s. .55s, 81 5O.l55,7 ,7S3

at is very evident that the q
element will form much larger Fi
tion of the population in 1890 thn
before. In 1860 this proport'
about l3 per cent. in 1870, / peia
and in 1887, about 10 per cent. I;
it will be not far from Is per cent
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15

The corn crop of the present season is
the first in nine years that is proportion
ate to the increase of population in this
country,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15

An effort will be made in the Vermont
Legislature at the present session TO
adopt more cfrectual and satisfactory
common.school system.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15

The English army is kicking about
rations, having discovered that the sol.
dicis of every other army in the world
draw Ion or if not better rations.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15

little dressing made by misi,,
and salad oil. Put a layer n
chopped celery and slices Of cola \
cover with another slice of !,
bread. Courier, Journal.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15
MiDDLEBURGh. PA. Nor. IS, 1888.

More than half the population of Paris
apply for gratuitous medical attendance,
and half the burials are at the public
expense.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15

Total for 10 years. ..........,.."il
"Adding this total to the inca
the native, born population at b
which prevailed from 1870 to IS
it will be found that the TI
increase in population during il.
ent decade, after making due alIoT
for births and deaths, will have
40, 2iG, $50, and the total popuIa'I
1890, native and foreign born,
479, divided as follows:
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-12-06
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which walhsa Away ana fssft . aGurdsrss
Daseling-His Confession Was Evidence
I ou0elent. t
SHELBY, N. c., Dec. A-HAturday Van
Canady, allas John Carson, . mulatto. who
was arrested last week, confessed TO the
murder Of James Philbsck on the night Of
November a. The crime was cold. bloodsd,
Philbsck being called to his door and
killed without warning, and bis wife serl.
ously shot. Upon his confession bscom-
Ing known about two hundred men gath
cred . mile west Of town and marched to
the Jail, broke open the doors and locks to
the cell with a sledge. hammer. About
twelve o'clock they took the pris.
onsr 10 the woods q mile east Of
town. Carson was allowed time TO make q
full confession, which was done without
the appearance OF fear. He confessed to
three burglaries and an attempt to wreck
passenger train on the Carolina Central
three weeks ago. He was given time for
prayer His hands and feet were tied and
hswas placed on horse, which was pull
cd from under him. The crowd was quiet
many not being disguised. The guard q
the jail was surprised and offered no 70.
sistancs to the crowd. The body was al.
lowed to hang until this evening, when tht
coroner held the inquesto
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-12-06
BURSTING DAM

Suddenly Floods q Mine -workmen for
Ten Hours stand In Water Up to Their
Chins.
HUNTINGTON, PA, Dec. 2.-The mines Of
the Rock Hill Coal Company at Roberts
dale, this county, became flooded this
morning soon after the miners had entered
upon their work. There were one hundred
and fifty men in the mines at the time, and
the rushing waters swept them before 1t to
the further ends Of the mines, where they
were imprisoned for ten hours in water
reaching to their chins. Their escape from
the mouth Of the mines was cut Of by the
incoming tide, which had burst dam
above the mines, sweeping every thing be-
fore It, The volume Of water thus sud-
denly liberated covered an area Of forty
acres TO depth Of five feet. Through ex-
cavations the current Of water was turned
from the mines, and after ten hours Of in
tense suffering the imprisoned miners were
liberated. The company's loss is very
great