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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-07-26
Some New Woods.

Two assorted cargoes of selected
woods grown in North Borneo have
already arrived here in the ships Siberian
AID Walter Siegfried, ; and the heavy logs
of the beautiful and almost indestructi-
bic timber can be seen at the godowns of
Messrs. Startsef ~ Forbes, on the river
bank. The woods consist of Billian,
Rasack, Kurin, Serayah, ironwood logs
and beams, planks, piles, poles and rail-
way sleepers. Two more cargoes will
soon be here in the Solidor and Loong.
wha, from tie port of Sandakan, which
is near to the best forests.
These woods possess extraordinary
merits, and in many respects are un-
cqualed. The Billian logs are of alb
normal strength and durability. The
wood bears heat or cold, dampness or
dryness, resists the sea worm and white
ant, and virtually is indestructibie. When
new the wood is of oak color, but If kept
long becomes almost black. 1t is very
heavy, weighing seventy pounds to the
cubic foot, and sinks in water. 1t is
especially suitable for use in imperial
palaces or great temples, or in the
yamens of high dignitaries. The Rasack
wood is lighter, weighing tifty-fouI
pounds to the cubic foot. The kapore
weighs iifty-two pounds, the Serayah, O
very fine wood for furniture, weighs
folty-three pounds; the Kruen, OIL
Borneo walnut, also makes beautiful
furniture and house fittings. 1t weighs
tifty-one pounds. The Gagil weighs
ffty-nine pounds, and can be had in logs
of sixty or seventy feet long. There is
also very fine and indestructible tim
Der, the white ironwood, weighing sixty
five pounds per cubic foot, and very
strong. - Chinese Times.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-07-26
Women of Worldwide Fame.

The Circassian beauty is a young wo.
man with dark, piercing eyes and kinky
hair, standing out st'aight around her
head like an electrified mop. Such IA
beauty may do very well for side.show,
but she would soon drop down to the
ordinary were she to bang her hair in
front and do it up in pug behind.
Cleopatra's loveliness undoubtedly
made great impression upon both Marc
Anthony and Cgsar, but if the Queen of
Egypt was like the rest of her race, as
shown on tablets, tomb and mOnolith,
she was n 1.-THE, brown creature, with
Sits for eyes, decidedly peudulous nose
and thick turned-out lips.
According to Flaxmans designs-and
he was a most conscientious student
Helen of Troy had long nose, ending
in good deal of tip and running
down in straight line from her fore.
head. Yet by Nlcnelaus and Paris,
and, indeed, by the entire Tro. an and
Greek nations, she was considered one
of the handsomest women of the age.
Queen Elizabeth had red hair-not the
gorgeous Titan red, but an out an out
carroty red; Catherine, of Russia, had
green eyes; Lady Jane Grey had q
long, thin neck. while Lucretia Borgia
had scarcely any neck at all Even such
an expert as burly King Harry seemed to
have no fixed standard. Look, for in
stance, at his various choices. Anne
Boleyn was asimpering girl, while Cath,
arine Parr was mature, strongly feat
ured woman, and both Jane Seymour
and Katharine of Aragon appear to have
been ladies of commonplace appearance,
-R0seLelT.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-07-26
W0MAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
A Dressmakers Tuck.

smart dressmaker not only learns to
round bust, but she can so deftly pad
the sleeves that when the wrist is seen
it seems only the slender termination of
a plump arm. The gown of thin girl
in New York, one who has the reputa-
ton of being singularly good figure,
suggests a quilt heavily wadded more
than anything else Back, hips, sleeves
and bust are all the result of clever work
manship. And il is so clever that tailor.
made gowns are defantly worn by this
girl, aud the most critical clubmen find
no flaw in the outlines of her figure. -
Phiiadelphii Times.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-07-26
Corn Recipes.

Corn should be fresh in order To be
good, says Mrs. Parker, in the Courier
JOurRai, and should be cooked as quickly
as possible after being gathered, as 1t
heats and loses much Of its Favor. When
ready TO cook the husks should be re-
moved, as well as every thread of silk.
Then the ears should be pu. in kettle
of boiling water and boiled AS rapidly as
possible.
Grated Corn Sauted-Mix grated corn
with salt and pepper. Saute in u little
hot butter.
Corn Custard- Cut corn from the cob,
mix it with milk 10 thin, two eggs, pep
per and salt. Bake half an hour.
Stewed Corn-Scad inst enough to
harden. slice OFF the ear add sweet milk,
butter and salt. Let simmer ten min.
utes. Pour in half teacup of cream, in
which beat an egg and tablespoonful
OF sugar.
Corn Drops-Pour pint of boiling
water on pint of corn meal, let cool,
beat in an egg and a tablespooful of
butter, thin with sweet milk. Cut corn
from three ears Of corn, mix in, and fry
in hot lard.
Corn Pudding-Grate the corn from a
dozen ears, season with salt, pepper and
little sugar, and the yolks of four
eggs, two ounces of butter. and quart
of new milk. Bake in moderate oven.
When done beat the whites of the eggs,
pour over the top, and brown.
Succotash Have the corn from half a
dozen ears, fresh from the cob; shell a
,Nin Of xuit In
water and boil twenty minutes; add the
corn with half a pint of milk, table.
spoonful of butter, salt and pepper. Stew
five minutes over the fire and serve.
Corn Oysters Mix into a pint OF
grated corn three tablespoonsful OF milk,
one teacupful of -four, tablespoonful OF
butter, one egg, with little salt and
pepper. Drop it by the spoonful into q
little hot butter, and fry it on both sides.
Serve very hot, on well heated dish.
Corn Boiled in the Husks- Remove
the green outside husks, leaving the
cob well covered with the inner light
husks. Throw into kettle of boiling
water and boil rapidly ten minutes.
When done, take up, drain, pull the
silks from the end OF the cob and serve
in the husks.
Corn Frtters-Score dozen ears of
corn down the center of each row of
grains, then with the back of the knife
press out the pulp, leaving the hull on
the cob. To this pulp add half pint
of milk, the yolks of two eggs, little
salt, pepper, and teacup of Hour. Beat
the whites of the eggs stiff, and stir
them with teaspoonful of baking
powder into the fritter. Fry in hot
lard, dropping in spoonful at time.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-07-26
Knitting.

The art of knitting is more modern
than the kindred art of netting, though
still so ancient that no one knows Just
where or when it had its origin. Anti
quarians are divided in their opinions ON
this point, some believing it to have
originated in Scotland and thence intro
duced into France, while others affirm
that this work is Spanish in origin. 1t
is probable, however, that we moderns
have received our knowledge of the art
from the Spaniards, and they in turn
from the Arabs, the clever people to
whom the world owes so many inven
tions.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-07-26
A Pretty Girl and Her Pretty Pets

The humming birds belonging to n
pretty New ork society girl build their
nests in the lace curtains and have
raised little families in the parlor. There
are plants for them to fly about in, and
every day the florist sends basket of
flowers to extract the honey from. They
are like little rainbows Tying about the
room, and they light on the head of their
dainty mistress with perfect freedom.
She seems to have an affinity for the
fcathered tribe. Outside her cham
Der window is box for IA dove wno al
ways sleeps there at night and pecks at
the window pane when he wants to
come in. He has perfect freedom, but
chooses to remain in the house many
hours in the course of the day. THIS
same young lady comes in to greet q
visitor with "a canary poised lightly on
her head and a fluffy bullinch hopping
along after her The latter is very
jealous of the canary, and will peck him
and prosecute him whenever he gets "a
chance. .-Nen YOrk Sun.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-07-26
Mustard plastcrs for Truants

The Ladies' Protection aud Relief So.
ciety, of san Francisco, has just issued
its report for 1887. There are 2000 boys
and girls in the institution, while Boz
childIen have been cared for during the
past year Considerable difficulty has
been experienced of late with the young
boys who play truant from the institu.
tion, climbing fences and going bathing
in North Beach or running around the
neighborhOod. Various remedies have
been tried, among them the dressing of
boys in girls clothes, but the latest device
has proved effective. Half a dozen
youngsters played truant the other day,
and on returning they received a warm
welcome. The matron quietly ordered
the boys to take oil their jackets aud
then she Il Piled mustard plaster to
each of the boys backs, and now they
stop at home. -NeO York Grdptic.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-07-26
The Development Of Culture.

In the book store of the future.
Customer-"Have you any book on
culture2"
Cerk-"Yes, sir; We have the 'B)s-
tonian's Own Manual OF Self-Defense'
and Baseball as Played in New York. ,"
Customer-"But haven't you any
works on intellectual development,
mental discipline, self help in philoso.
phical research, or something of that
nature"
Clerk (doubtfullyl-"I don't know,
sir, but will see. Boy, bring me that
old box of antiques from the lumber
room. - Chicago Tribune.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-07-26

The Centennial Exposition at Mel
bourne, Australia, this summer, will
probably be the most important vet held
in the Southern Hemisphere. The main
buildings and its annexes cover twenty
acres, and have cost over 80, 900 pounds
sterling. The principal structure is of
brick and stucco. The most difficult un-
dertaking the contractors for the exter-
nal painting had to encounter was the
gliding of the gold ball which surmounts
the top of the dome, and out of which
the nagpole springs. This was a work
of much risk to the painters, who were
swung at an elevation of some 900 feet
above the ground level. .-FrdEk Leslie's.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-07-26

Political-'Papa, what is doubtful
State2" asked little Freddy, who has
been looking ovar the political news.
"Marriage is doubtful state, my son, T"
answered Brown with humorous twin
kle in his eye as he looked at his better
half. "Don't you think so, Mrs. Browni'
mo, don't think it's a state ut all, "
she answered. ITO me it always seemed
like q aterror-tory." Brown was silent.
Detroit Free Pres.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-07-26

A western man is selling large quar-
titles OF al ink which he calls slower
ink" Its popularity Is that the writin
in which it is used entirely disappea}
after ~ hours.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-07-26

The rate Of mortality among the in
dians increases about ten per cent.
year.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-05-12
THE FUNERAL MONTH OF
MARCH.

An observant met opolitan barber saw
that he can lell ones physical condition
by the state OF the hair!
The L:ole tells Us that with his hal
gore Samson lost his strength. The
! Romans considered badness Il seriou'
affection and Julius Cesar was never
quite satisfied with himself because hi:
poll as bare.
The face, however, is tho open bo0F
and one can eadly trace in its variou:
expressions, lines, changes and complex
ion the stale OF the system.
The eye that is unusually bright ano
yet has pallid brightness, the face upon
whose cheeks nature paints rose OF
singular beauty and flush, more marked
in contrast with the ala caster appearance
OF the forehead and nose and lower rant
! of the face, is one OF those whom the
skilled physician will tell you rome day
! dread the iunereal month of March, be-
! cause it is then that consumption reaps
| its richest harvest. Consumption they
tell US is caused by this, thar and the
other thing, by m crobes in the air, by
micro OF ganisms in the hood, by deficient
netritinn, ly a thousand and one things,
but whatever the cause, decay begins
with a cough and the remedy that will
/ effec,ually stop the cause OF that cough
cures the disease OF the lungs.
That is all there is OF it..
! TIE cough is an evidence of a wasting.
| To stop it efectually, remedy must be
used that will search out the cause, re-
move that and then heal the lung and
do away with the cough. This is the
power, special TO itself, possessed alone
BY Warmers Leg Cabin Cough and Con-
sumption remedy. This is no new
tangled notion OF narcotics and poisons,
but an old-fashioned preparation OF bal.
sans, roots and herbs, such as was used
by our ancestors many years ago, the
formula OF which has been secured ex-
clusiyely by the present manufacturers
at great trouble and expense. 1t is moi
a mere cold-dryer. 1t is a system.
searcher and up-buildcr and IA consnmp'
ton expellant. Where others fail, il
wins, because it gets at The constitutional
cause and removes it from the system.
J. W. Hensaw OF Greensboro, Pa, ON
Jan. Is, 1888, reported that che had &c.
rived more rea benefit f,r the length oil
time, from Warmers Log Cabin Cough
and Consumption remedy than he had
for &C RS from the best tate PHYSICIANS.
II YOU have cough. night sweats,
"po>itive assurance i'll your own mind
that you, ol-you, have no consump
tion," and yet lose flesh, appetite,
courage, us your lungs waste away, you
ma, know that soon he funereal month
OF March will claim You, unless promptly
and faithful Y You use the ;rt Gle named.
If other remedies have failed Try this one
thoroughly. Ii others are offered, insist
the more ON tying this unequaled prep
aration.
Some persons are prone to consump.
ton and they should never allow tha /
diseasc to become seated.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-05-12

m IN sea WGGGers exist in thorsgrd OF
EnH toms, hut or, eurp ssed by the m4rvrs
Hill at invention. Those hp re in need
4EAH If pr Fl able WORK hat can he dom
while living home should at on.
s'ni tht'r addr' as LA l.ti & 20.
Port AMI Maine, ana rct etye free fun il I rme-
ton bow eitl'r SIX. Of al y es can eBtn rom a.
TO S25 er day nuI NJ w,r' = wherever they llvr.
f'ua star ed fro. Ctrit rot re1net sin
have malt over $50 ia single day az this wJ4l,
ALI succeed.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-08

yond question, insuring the election ot the republican candidate. Indiana too, It seems probable, is in the republican column California seems to be the only remaining state in which there is any reasonable doubt, but its eight electoral votes cannot affect the result either way. With New York and Indiana in the republican column, and Connecticut and New Jersey in the democratic General Harrison will have 225 electoral votes, 24 more than nec- essary while President Cleveland will have 16S, or with California's votes Gf he gets them) 176.
 The causes of President Cleveland's de feat are not yet clearly and positively ap- parent, but the logic of events would seem to indicate the realization of the fear, eX- pressed in these columns several times be- fore November 6, that Cleveland would be sacrificed to the ambition of New York politicians The returns so far re ceived from congressional districts do not seem to indicate that the free trade scare worked to the presidents detriment, and the result in the manufacturing states ct Connecticut and New Jersey is further proof of this Perhaps sufficient light may vet be let in on the actual conditions, cir cumstances and methods that conduced to the result in New York to fix the real re- sponsibility just where it belongs. But whatever the causes of President Clevelands defeat, the cold fact stands that he has been beaten and General Har- rison will be the next president of the United States. The people have spoken, and the voice of the people is the voice of God. We must all accept the verdict, and accept it with good grace. 'The king Is dead-long live the king" President Cleveland will lay down the mantle of power carrying with him the respect and confidence of the republic President Harrison will take up the duties of the office with the good wishes and the loyal backing of every true American citizen. We are great people, q wonderful nation, marvellous power the pickering and banter, the quips and quarrels, the wit and wrangle, the humor and harangue, the strife and struggle of an exciting cam paign will now merge in the peace and prosperity of mighty and magnificent republic.
 President Harrison. all hail. We greet YOU as the next ruler of this mighty nation, the chosen executive of this great and glorious republic, the uncrowned monalch in whose hands are the destinies of sixty millions of people Be faithful to the trust as have the twenty-two that have gone before, and generations yet unborn will sing your praises with those of the great and good man whose mantle of pow CT you will soon take up
 President Harrison, all hail
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-08
GIVE US THE FACTS |!

We do not believe that if all of the 3, PCS men who voted for MT Cleveland in the town of Waterbury on Tuesday had followed their own convictions and acted according to the dictates of their conscien- ces the democratic majority would have been increased 25S over that of 1884. Doe ! anybody else :-Waterbury Exchange.
 Whose convictions did they follow if not their own! According to the dictates of whose consciences, if not their own, did they act There is a hint of crookedness or something in the words of our exchange. If there is anything wrong about this increased majority given by the democrats of Waterbury we ought to have the facts. Perhaps it was a rebuke to the oficious manufacturers who sent out that scare circular last week. If so it was emphatic. But won't our exchange kindly tell is what was the matter with that increased dem Ocratic majority over 1884? It has been our impression that it was all right.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-08
THERE Is \ REFUGE LEFT.

Those who are grieving that Ananias Troup can no longer fill his purse at the government mill should take comfort. There is refuge for Ananias His friend Sheriff Gates is not an ungrateful man. He takes care of his friends. Ananias was friend in need and friend in need is d friend indeed. Ananias may be appointed a deputy sheriff, His chum, Billy Higgins, could initiate him into the mys teries of serving writs. And then he woul be quite at home under a republican chief, There is a refuge for Ananias
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-08
LET THE MERRY WAR BEGIN.

Ananias Troup has begun to breathe political slaughter through his mortgaged sheet. The only novelty about this is the fact that he is doing it in print. Ananias' practice hitherto has been different He has been accustomed to be all tenderness and sweetness in print towards the party nominees-ike the cat playing with the mouse, lulling his victims into fancied se- curity-and then ripping them up the back at the polls. He has now thrown off the mask. The defeat of Clev eland, wherein he sees the crack o'doom for himself, has made him desperate. The cold shining dollars that are the pap on which foolish government has fed him never plittered so brightly or chinked so merrify as now when he sees them slipping from his greedy grasp. Maddened by the thought that soon he will be robbed of his power to play the spy on the defenseless liquor dealer, he has opened war on those who have refused to bend to the lash of his slave drivers whip.
 We'll, let the merry ..war begin. And when the anSeI or peace lets down US wings on the field of strife we suspect that Ananias Troup and his corrupt heelers will not greet the dawn of a new and per feet day. Let him do his dirty work in December-he is no novice at this particu- lar game. But if it is successful we sus- pect that it will be long time before Ananias or his heelers get another whack at the government crib.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-08
ASTRONOMICAL TlDBlTS.

Sausages, fried apples and buckwheat cakes make a suitable breakfast for man who has to saw wood.
 It can be said, aside from facetiousness, that venison, unless properly cooked and served, is dear at any price.
 Ice cream is obsolete among fashionable extremists, who relegate it now to unsophis- ticated country folk. Stewed pears to many people always sug- gests Sunday night tea in the country par sons home.
 "To return to our mutton" alleged chicken croquettes are made of it now and deceive those whose gastronomic ignorance is bliss On passing in graveyard the extremely laudatory epitaph of a cook upon his wife, Mock turtle," was Douglas Jerrold's com ment.
 The ear mark of the wild western million aire is sometimes shown when he orders hash and ham and eggs for breakfast at the hotel.
 Once more Douglas Jerrold: ''There's ego claimed at dinner, ''Sheep's heads for ever!" French chops, trimmed and pruned down to but one morsel of meat, cost more than the ordinary ones, three times as substantial to eat.
 There is no change in the fashion of we'd ding cake. It is as black and heavy as usual and guaranteed to produce thu same distress ing dreams
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-08
What We Mean Ry Ten Per Cent.


 We are asked every day how we can af ford to sell our fine clothing at such low figures We admit that no business house in the wide world can afford to sell cloth ing at ten per cent profit, but we are dire ct manufacturers and we manufacture be tween eight hundred thousand and a mil lion dollars worth of goods annually. We have six retail clothing stores in different parts of the United States. Now our ob- iect is to sell the quantity and in our six retail stores we add to the cost to manu- fracture just 10per cent, which pays the running expenses of each store. Now this is easily explained, that if between our six retail stores and our ten salesmen on the road we sell million dollars worth of goods per year, the discount on the cloths and trimmings is as much of profit as we ask for, and we are perfectly satisfied with inst making our discount on our goods Therefore this explains to you how we can sell you opr fine clothing at such low figures. Give us q call and you will be convinced that we are the most reliable, and cheapest clothing house in the state of Connecticut. Our factories are situated at 306 Market St and 43 North Third St, Philadelphia, Pa.
 Hirshs Ten Per Cent One Price Clothing Co, 135l Bank street.
 P. $. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded
 We are the restless. sleepless, hustlers and toilers for trade.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-08
A COINCIDENCE PERHAPS.

Billy Higgins is the confidential friend of Ananias Troup. Billy" Higgins was rated as a democra. until two years ago. "Billy" Higgins is now, and has been since MT Reynolds defeat for sheriff, a deputy under republican Sheriff Gates. Perhaps this is nothing more than one cf those lit tie coincidences that have been so numerous since Ananias Troup was induced to join the democratic party eight years ago.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-08

THAT newspaper men, like lawyers, are not always in line with their pleadings receives practical illustration in the fact that Gillian, the cartoonist of Judge, had all his money wagered on Cleveland. A cartoon that would express Gillam's real feelings would be mighty interesting just
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-08

To those who lost money on the election We tender sympathy and suggest that it is a good time to swear off on betting. Elec- tions cannot be affected by wagers, and the practice of betting on them is gambling pure and simple. And gamblingis neither virtuous nor profitable.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-08
TROUP, YOU'RE A LIAR !!

J. J. Splain, editor of the Waterbury DEMOCRAT, was in the tenth ward putting in all the work he was capable of against WillcoX.-New Haven Union.
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