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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27
RECIPES.

Baked Stuffed Fish-Wash thoroughly
and dry 10y rolling in towel. salt and
pepper to taste; ill the cavity with
stutiing sauce as used for fowl, sew up
and place in baking pan with u cupful
of boiling water and two ounces of but
ter. Bastc two or three times during
one hour, which it will take to cook it.
Serve with white gravy or mashed po-
tatocs.
Ham Toast--Grate a suiiiciency of the
lean of cold ham. Mix some beaten yolk
of egg with little cream, and thicken
it with the grated ham. Then put the
mixture into saucepan over the fire and
let it simmer awhile. Have ready some
slices of bread nicely toastcd-all the
crust being pared oif-and well buttered.
Spread it over thickly with the ham mix.
turc. Send it to table warm.
Bean Soup-Soak one quart of small,
white beans over night in cold water. In
the morning cut fine about two pounds
of fresh lean beef and put in all the bones (;
when it comes to boil, skim and add
the beans, aud cook until the meat and
beans are all cooked to pieces; strain
through colander, put back in kettle
and season with salt. Do not use pepper
unless you are sure all your family like
it. Keep hot until you wish to serve it..
Ohio Tea Cakes-Mix quart and a
pint of flour with two tablespoonfuls of
lard and small level teaspoonful of salt.
Rub the lard into the -four, and make il
with milk into stiff dough. Lay the
lump of dough on the paste-board and
beat it on all sides with the rolling pin
till smooth and light Then roll it out
very thin. Cut with the edge Of a
tumbler into round cakes and bake it
well.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27
CUTTING AND ARRANGING FOOD.

1t pays to be nice about it. Never use
any but the bread knife TO slice bread,
and if possible cut no more than is ac-
tually needed.
1t is good plan TO follow tic modern
fashion of "slice IA wanted" though
this may SAVIOR of stingincss to our coun-
try mothers. A lot OF bread dry is not
economical. 1t does not add to the at.
trsctiveness of the table, especially If a
lot of crumbs are allowed 90 remain,
hence we say cut just enough.
See to it also that your knife is sharp,
or your slices will be ragged and irregu-
lar. Evenly cut slices, not too thick or
too thin, are more tempting.
In cutting pie that is to grace table
before serving, it is well to bring
gcometricl fitness to bear. The eye and
II little trained carcfulnesS will generally
do it, A chicken pie so cut that some
pieces are third larger than Others is
not illustrative Of this carefulness. In the
cutting Of pies, AS all other things, it is
"a good plan to do it we'll A pie that is
carefully, neatly trimmed around the
edges in making looks nicer upon the
table or plate and slips upon the knife
better.
Perhaps all housekeepers are not rs
careful to have cake knife as one for
bread, but consider it quite essential.
Only yesterday ate piece of cake ! am
sure was cut with knife used in peeing
onions just before, and it did not add to
the flavor OF the cake. And again, cut
cake into regular blocks; calculate a lit
tie before beginning; you will have nicer
looking dish for your table.
We have not quite become accustomed
to "cut as you go' in cake, but am not
sure but the day is fast approaching.
Sauces for tea in "a glass dish with glass
preserve plates beside adds to the tea
table. 1t may he less conventional. but
surely has cheerful look, especially if
the berry spoon rests near.
The butter plate also receives less at
tcntion in many homes than it should.
Glass is, | think preferable, and shoud
have good cover. Two covered butter
dishes are within the means OF almost
every family. They should never be used
for anything but butter, and alternate
often. A tidy butter dish will sometimes
redeem poorly set table, and really there
seems little reason why we should even
have poorly set table, yet such is the
positive fact, notwithstanding many costly
Injuries are upon it Good Li9uSeketptag
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IGOR BETTER. FOR WORSE"

ouoth he Sweetheart. thou art young and
fair,
And thy story has just begun;
But am as old
Asa tale that's told.
And the days OF my youth are done"
"O'er ruins olden the clinging moss
Doth mantle OF velvet spreac;
Shall the climbing flower
BE more to the tower
Than to my Love" she said
Qouth he, Sweetheart. thou hast lonls
and gold
And thou knowcst not want nor woe;
A a bcggar poor
stand at thy door
And I only can love thee 81"
Through loaflcss forests the sunbeams
creep.
All the wealth Of their gold to shed;
Are they more fair
To the woodland bare
Than ! 10 my Love- she said
Cucih he, sweetheart, thou art good and
ilnd.
-Ail'l W .'lt'lS I ltNNl lil' iNN'1i N'llllt
Eut the storm Of life
with it, toll and strife
Has rendered me hai sh and stern"
"rhc broosiot nurlur, it, sweetest lays
A. IL mltes for the rocks ahead,
Shall the strcam.ots song
Re more brave and strong
Than FOR my LoyeT she said
QuJth hc, sweetheart thou art blithe anl
go,
And tuou never hast known a care,
But my face is worn
Aud my heart Is torn
WITH the sorrow I've hal t. bclr"
"lh" stars nc'cr spangc the sapphir, sky
TIL the brightness Of day has fcl:
Shall tn, palc starlight
Bc ;rucr 20 night
Than 90 my Loves she ,aid
Quoth No., sweetheart, VINO art yong and
fair,
VIII thy wonderful love to mo
Through sorrow or shame
Ec always the same"
"Nay, it rather will grow" said She.
Again ha cried, "Will it last. Sweetheart,
Til thy lover lies cold ani dead,
Aud thy latest breath
Ia, been hi~hcd in DEATH"
"Ay, longer than that, ," she said
-hUea Tho nrYcroU Fowicr
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27

Every large city in this country Is
lied with respectable, gentcel looking
men asking for light employment. They
are not able to stand rough outdoor
labor, and they are qualified to ill
clerks and bookkccpcrs' places But
they can not find work, and the question
is, remarks the Atlanta CoH,titvtioH, what
shall be done with them! How are these
men to live, and what will finally be-
come OF them. The chances are that the
majority will become tramps or drift into
criminal career. They can not all he
expected to commit suicide, or to accept
hard labor beyond their strength. They
will Join the anarchists, and live by prey
ing upon society. The increasing mum.
Der OF women engaged in light occupa-
tions make, it more difficult every year
Tor a young man TO secure c!crkship.
We have reached point where the poor
man must bc master of trade OF stagyc.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27

Twenty tons ot dcni cats wa, the pre-
siou. cargo which arrived the other day
At Liverpool from Alexandria The
number of cat, wa, lSp, ,oJO They were
taken from the tomb, OF ancient Egyp-
tians about one hundred miles from
Cairo. The ca; va, annicnty a sacred
animal in Egypt, aud "a, 1t, death it was
rmbalmcd ami buried with great ccrc-
mony-an attention which the modern
eat seldom deserves and never receives.
Its bones have rcpo,cd in Egyptian soil
for ages, but modern enterprise has dis
covered that mummiiied cats make good
fertilizer, and "tabby's' grave is now
seing dcspoilcd 10y seekers after gain.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27
HOUSEHOLD MATTRRS.
suEr As A HOUSEHOLD REMEDY.

A drop Of warm suet applied to SORE
lips at night. Just before retiring, will
soon cause the soreness to disappear.
This is also an excellent remedy for
parched lips and chapped hands. II
should be applied at night in the liquid
state, and well rubbed and heated in be-
fore brisk fire, which often causes
rough numbing sensation to the hands; by
this treatment they will often be restored
to their natural condition by one applica-
ton. II every one could but know the
healing properties of so simple a thing
as little mutton suet, no housekeeper
would ever be without it. Get little
from your butcher, try it for yourself,
run into small cakes and put away ready
for use. For cuts aud bruises it is almost
indispensable. and where there are chill
dren there are always plenty of cuts and
bruises. Many deep cash that would
have frightened most women into send
ing for a physician at once, has bceu
healed with no other remedies than
little mutton suet and plenty Of CASTLE
soap. A wound should always be kept
clean, aud the bandages changed every
day or every other day. A dreuching of
warm soapsuds from the purcst soap that
can be obtained is not only cleansing but
healing; then cover the surface of the
wound with bit of old white muslin
dipped into melted mutton suet. Renew
the drenching and the suet every time
the bandagcs are changed and you will
be astonishcd TO see how rapidly the
uglicst wound will heal.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27

The brigands and outlaws are having
a gay time just now with Cuba. Since
the strong hand of Captain General Salu-
manca has been withdrawn they have in
creased in numbers and audacity. one
night an attempt was made to blow up
the Antilla Cabana Cigar Factory at
Havana, 4 dynamite bomb was eX-
plodcd close to the walls Of the main
building. Hardly had the people reco>
cred from their fright when a tremendous
explosion took place in the Batavins Rail
way station at the Plaza de Armas. The
station was destroyed and thirty injured
persons were taken from the ruins, many
of whom aftcrward died. The ware
houses OF Henri Zurrieta, at Cardcnas,
were destroyed by fire, causing loss of
$500, 600, The brigands are fairly
swarming in tine country around Puerto
Principe, and two wealthy men of the
latter city were carried off to the mount
aims and held for ransom.
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JIM, THE TRAMP.


He was bnd lot. Magistrates, jail
'napIains and police had all at various
times told him 50, and lac quietly ac-
ccptcd their judgment, knowing 1t 10 be
pretty near ;nc truth An outClst from
his very hJbyhood, what claucc had he
ever had' Lief, 10y an uuiccing mother
to die in roadside ditch, he had bccl
taken 'p thcncarc't Union, to bc brought
up a worNhouSc ioundling, until he wa,
ol' enough to he bound prentice and the
guardians could wash their hands OF him
entirely. \ drunken Slddlcr coycnantci
to clothc. board, a~d teach him his trade,
an" az ms handS poor jim had a dog
ne, until, goaicd tp madness by every
species OF iii-trcatncnt, he struck his
master auu hci For whli" ne tried
hafi To get work IN the villages through
winch hc passed, bi' Hn one would tIic
ON the strange, iuoHIl'SS lad, and he
mad" up i,s mlnd 81 enlist for soldier.
bH' H'-.u"h would not let him -. lie
wa, routci oul ui Hn old stable ny u
2rllout m'm1rt %, tun clty police, and
charged nest day with sleeping on at
night, or ''"r equally hclnouN crime, the
result beng that hc "~ commttci TO
prison !oss"ve" days. THIS broke down
his last shred of self respect, aud when
that happens ip man or boy, heaven help
him, for hi, COON j, sealed.
JIM came ONT OF laIl utterly reckless,
with ~ WILL Hatred OF cryhody and
everything. llc thought no more of sol.
dlerIng or getting work, but let himself
"rilt rcsptul,!y to the bad. lie soon go;
INTO vicious company, sud before many
weeks w"r' over was again IN the clutches
OF the law, The dOwn-hill road is an
easy one, and the pace always rapid, and
50 at thirty years o. age hc WAS pretty
widely known I" the authorities rs a con
iirmei rogue and thief, who would not
stick at tribes whcn once he was reused.
lc', there was no doubling it, he was
an out-ano-out bad lot! And he looked
It, too, as ne slouchcd along the country
lane with hands deep IN his empty pock
cts and his head bent 60 meet the rain
which ih" November wind drove in his
face. liut he was too much used to dis
comfort 20 heed the weather, and pioddcd
Su!lcnly on through tic puddlcs in the
deepening gloom, half asleep, and so ut
tcrly carcc,, Of everything around tha,
il" never heard the beat of hoofs until u
chccry voice cried: "Now, NY good icl-
low, il YOU do not waui the WHOLE road
to yourself, perhaps You will let me
pass,
Jim never looked round, but slurii
closer to the dripping hcdgcrow, and cy-
pccting the horseman to ride on without
another word, but something quite un-
expected happened, tor the chccry voice
sand Thanks"
1t was the first time any one had ever
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27

Statistic, have been published in Fer.
lin showing the military expenditure Of
the great Powers during the pas. three
gear, France spent 5.oS2, 1000, GOO
marks. Russia 3,2ji. .OO0,OOD marks,
Grca, Britain 2,i7j, 900. 900 marks, Ger
many 2,l3O, 200, 900 marks, Austrin-
Hungary .352, 900. 900 mark, aud Italy
t,25LOOO. 600 marks.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27

belgian farmers have become alarmcu
4, the way in which the frogs are being
exhausted by French pot hunters, and
have pctitioucd the King TO forbid kill
ing frogs during certain months OF the
year. rs is done with other game. The
farmers regard the frog, as valuable slug
and inscc, dcs,roycrs.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27
The miracle Gun"

The Germans are said to be much in
terested in NJ. Paul Gifiard's repeating
air-rihe, well-named "the miracle gun. F"
1t uses II steel cartridge about foot
long and AS thick as mans thumb,
which is charged with liquefed air and
contains 300 shots. The shots are ex-
PEELED with great force and accuracy, and
witaout flash or smoke. The weapon is
very expensive.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27

The young Chinese Emperor is break
ing up the gambling establishments Of
Pekin, and is trying to reduce the cX-
pcnscs OF the administration Of the Gov
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27
THE MlDDLEBURGH POST.
T. u. HARTER, EDrroR AND PRo'R.
mDDLEBuRG, "a. MARcH y, lsoo.

Tie arrests for drunkenness in Great
Britain the past ten year, are said TO
have reached total OF near tw, mill.
,.,ya
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27
LIVESTOCK MARKET.
Movements and Prices at the Ceh''
Stock Yards, East Liberty, IA

AAIllEs -.
We quote good 1900 TO l,Gp'b ca,ST,%
4.65(d4. IS; good 300 t0 l,ih-b 90 ~ IN
Ale; fair 100 to |, ,-OO-ib do. iGtlici coh'n,nJ
9Od to 600 n do. 1905. &c; slochtls ais
feeders, of which there were but lew o. oail ,be
may be quoted at 2l@34c; oxen H"Ia AL
way from 3I6t4lc, according TO weghI5, T.,
ity and condition. Bulls sold at -H-,oj \,
inferior % common and 3Gjic Io' bo,,Iy
prime, Veal calves were IN liOe'a lt,I
for Monday, over 2OO head, ana pIlyes, cam
&c lower IN consequence; sold aohb a.
ll@5lc.
SHEEP. -u.l,A
Following is pretty full ana ii,ambs
port of the sales: | car 1O-lb. OhlV 'I TO-" ,ar
6fc deck mixed so 10. sheep at 'lI q tor
Western sheep, lbs lbs, all wetheTs Nv " c,rs
/ car Western mixed, los lbs D. ~, ohio
Western, 9S lbs, all ewes, q I'asn W., =
lambs, ~ lbs, &c: car good ONO sH' II 7c
lbs, &c; Al head spring lambs ~ lo'h. lU' ius
80 ewes Just taken from the laInS or sale
noted at 4.90c. Twice the suppH .tbont
could have been disposed OF to-day m,e ,nroye
any trouble, and that, too, at tue i'Nf
ment in prices noied.
HOGS. ri, lie
Philadelphia hogs we're in very coun.
mand, and then there was very, lhals,,.oding lal,
try trade, so thai the pens, notwi n"' Yors
the bearish attitude assumed DS ~ IN tho
buyers. were pretty well cleared ear al A "a.
day. The cool, dry weather a,so aa"y inv bly
yorable influence, causing goou lnno'npiI olb.
ers to buy more freely than they ~. sd
erwise have done. Philadelphla V,tS,s 39
| at 4 40Gei 45c; Workers, l-iC@f '''' lo
@i lOc.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-06

anything more than proposition. but it has
served to draw renewed attention to chap
ter OF history which New York city has no
reason to be proud of. When Gen. Grant died
New York was selected as his burial place
because New York requested it, promising to
erect monument to his memory worthy of
his fame. A monument costing between
100000 and $2,000.00 was proposed, and
subscriptions were begun. But they soon
Jagged, and 1t was not very long before they
stopped entirely. Today the fund amounts
to but little over $780, 900, and from that is to
be deducted the expenses of taking care OF
it. which are said to be considerable. Ihis
Is far from the million of dollars proposed
and far from sum sufhclent TO
build an appropriate monument. And, fur
thermore, be it said that there is little chance
that it will grow materially larger unless
the people of the country in their individual
capacity or collectively through the national
government take hold of the matter. The
first way might, perhaps, succeed, but it is
somewhat uncertain. The second is the only
way that is sure and it ought to be adopted.
The government should build monument
to Gen. Grant suitable to his fame and the
great service he has rendered the country.
The proper place for the erection of this
monument is in the national capital, and
thither Gen. Grants remains should be re-
moved If practicable Washington should
be the site. but if this is found impracticable
by reason of the reluctance of the Generals
family to allow the removal of his remains,
then it should be erected in New York II
is shame to the nation that statue of the
man who did more than any other single one
to discover the Union should stand in Rich
mond, while the grave of its preserver goes
almost unmarked
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Anticipating Vacations.
New York Tribune.1

lNOW 1oIh lTlDuues
One cannot begin too early in the year to
ponder the question of the annual vacation.
No matter If you do not expect to leave town
until the third week in August, and cannot
afford to be absent longer than fortnight.
The man who is wise begins to turn his
thoughts toward his summer holiday early
In January. For experience has taught him
that so far as vacations are concerned the
pleasures Of anticipation have a habit of
totally eclipsing the pleasures of reallZ ttion.
Hope always flies over the vacation woods
or the vacation waters with the joyous wings
of the butterfly. but hobbling memory not
infrequently comes down upon those woods
and waters with dull thud. The summer
hotel in the bush is frequently worth two at
which you have been guest.
Oh, yes; it is the part of common sense,
upon which plays the fierce, white light of
experience, to take vacation by a good
long forel0ck. Suppose one starts promptly
on the 10Th OF January, at noon, to ponder
upon the vacation problem, and continues
faithfully to ponder upon it until the 10Th of
August, when he takes the noon train for
mountain or seashore or country. This gives
MIN seven solid months of the pleasure of
nope. What will it matter, then, if this
!aalanI vacation of hope, seven months long.
y IoIloWed by a concrete vacation of two or
hoSv a weeks so Wnich Is but WEAKNESS to
perfectly splendid time during your long
anticipatory outing, and it is the part of ins
gratitude to rebel simply because the insie-
niicant vacations OF reality has not fulfilled
its promise.
The Importance of this piece of advise
touching vacations appears all the more vail
liable when we consider that it often hap.
pens that man finds as the summer ad-
vances that he will not be able to leave town
at all. Business is too pressing or money is
mr. hQ he ic lar 4 O
Why, then of course, unless he has taken
the precaution to give himself an antlcipa-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-06
A REPUBLICAN,
STATE CONVENTION
will be held in
f2cranite Hall, Augusta, IT,
THURSDAY, JUNE l2th, 1890,
Al II O'Clock A. MI.

For the purpose Of nominating candidate for
Governor, to be supported at the September cleo
ton. and transacting any other business that may
properly come before It.
The basis Of representation will be as follows
Each city, town, and plantation will be entitled
70 one delegate, and for each seventy five votes
cast for the Republican candidate for Governor
In 1888; an additional delegate, and for fraction
Of forty votes I'm excess of seventy-nve votes, a
further additional delegate. Vacancies in the
delegation Of any city, town or plantation, can
only be filed by residents Of the county in which
the vacancy exists.
The State Committee will be In session In the
reception room of the Hall at nine O'Clock on the
morning OF the Conventio for the purpose Of re-
ceiving the credentials Of delegates
The voters Of Maine who believe in the policy
Of protecting home industry, to the end that the
iaborer shall have steady employment with ade-
quate compensation for his toll who believe that
the agricultural industries of Maine should be
freed from the injurious competition of foreign
products who Join in the policy Of prohibiting the
traffic In liquors, as immoral, injurious aud dan
serous TO the best interests OF society; who be
lieve In the wisdom of a well regulated civil ser
vice; who approve all measures for the restora-
Non Of American shipbuilding; who uphold all
measures for assuring an Independent suffrage to
ARE cordially invited to Join with the Republi
cans In choosing delegates to this cow, ntion.
Per order Republican State Committee.
f. E. SoUTHARD, Secretary.
Augusta, Maine, April %, 1890.
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The Hon. Thomas B. Reed was first nomi.

The Hon. Thomas B. Reed was first nomi-
mated for Representative to Congress from
the First Maine District in 1876. He is now
serving his seventh consecutive term. Mr..
Reeds record has been one of steady growth
In power and influence, and he is TODAY bv
virtue of his commanding talents, as well as
by his position as Speaker of the House,
among the very foremost Of the leaders of
the Republican party Of the nation. Mr..
Reeds distinction is the achievement of
solid merit. He leads today, not by accident,
but because he has demonstrated that he has
the capacity for leadership. His triumphs
have been the triumphs of intellect, of pure
personal character. of indomitable will and
OF a straightforward, open, manly cour e.
His denomination every two years comes
now as matter of course, simply because
the people of his district are proud of his
talents and his achievements.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-06

There is such wide difference between
the statement Of what occurred at Bay St.
George on the Newfoundland coast made by
the commander of the French frigate and
the story of the Newfoundlanders that fur
Their evidence Is needed to show just what
did happen. But it is pretty evident that
the Newfoundland fishermen and the French
fishermen cannot prosecute their business
In harmony. While the present conditions
exist there there will be rows and conten-
tions. and eventually somebody is likely to
get hurt. Perhaps the cheapest thing the
British government can do is to pension all
the french hshermen wnu nvw-ply their oe
cupation on the Newfoundland coast for life.
provided France will consent to the abroga.
ton of the treaty which is making the
trouble.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-06

The Boston Globe essayed canvass of
the delegates to the Democratic State con-
vention to ascertain their views on various
political questions, foremost among which
was who should be the Democratic nominee
for President In 1892. Out of 239 replies 1856
name Cleveland as first choice, 2S name Hill;
five Carlisle, and 20 William c. Whitney.
For Vice President Gov. Campbell of Ohio
leads with sevent6-three, while William l..
Putnam is third with 81. The only surpris-
ing thing about the canvass is the strength
OF Hill. To be sure 1t numbers only tenth
OF the delegates who expressed an opinion,
but year ago 1t would not have amounted
TO hundredth