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Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-18

Fair NIaiden-Have you taken up art
as means of livelihood?
Crusty Artist-No; as means of sui
cide.-Time.
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-18
Crumbs of Comfort.

Alice-How jolly it must be to be a
bachelor! Their lives are so full of com.
fort, you know.
Gertie-Comfort? Yes, but only the
crumbs.-Burlington Free Press,
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-18

Green Grocer-'UlloI Got job at
last, ave yer3
Loafer-No, I amt; wot dyer mean?
Green Grocer-Oh, nothin'! Thought
perhaps Old Squills was a-payin' yer to
Stand outside lis shop to make folks i'll.
sRuns for it. Judy. :.
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-18
Her Idea of Heaven.

Little Edith-Mamma, did you say
that we should know each other in
heaven?
Mamma-Yes, my child.
Little Edith-You can play you're out,
though, can't you, mamma, when people
call that you don't want to see?-Kings-,
ton Freeman.
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-18

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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
Frederlck's Tall Regiment.

Frederick the Great, of Prussia, formed
regiment of the tallest men he could
procure, and insisted ON their marrying
the talest women they could find, with u
view of producing giant race of guards;
but in this he was unsuccessful. Noltaire
says that these men were his greatest de-
lighr. Those who stood in the front
rank were none of them less than seven
feet high, and he ransacked Europe and
Asia to add to their number. There is II
somewhat apocryphal story that Frederick
was once reviewing his regiment of
giants in the presence of the French,
Spanish and English Ambassadors, and
that he asked each of these in turn
whether an equal number of their
countrymen would care to engage with
such soldiers. The French and Spanish
Ambassadors politely replied in the mega
tive; but the English Ambassador replied
that, while he did not venture to assert
that an equal number of his countrymcn
would beat the giants, he was perfectly
sure that half the number would try :
AH The Year Round.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
THE soNo OF THE SEA.

Their world was world Of cnchantment;
A wonder of luminous light
Came out with iaring Of carmine.
From all the black spaces OF night;
The music OF morn was as blithesome
And CHEEKY as music could be;
But all through the dawn and the daybreak
mourned for the song of the sea.
They showed me the marvellous flowers
And fruits of their sun-benten lands:
They said, Here are vine-tangled valleys:
Forget yc the barren white sands:
For WEAKNESS unto the spirit
The dash Of the breakers must be;
SO dwell yo beside our blue waters:
Forget the sad song OF the sea"
Ana wrapped me about in the sunlight
On the marge Of dmpling stream,
And there IN a tanglc Of lilies,
wove me wonderful dream;
Md n song from my drccmlanl went Goat.
ing
Far up where the angels must be,
but deep in its under vibrations
heard the sweet song of the sea.
Niih the dew in his locks all a.glttcr.
The Prince of The Daytim, lay dead;
for the silver-whitc lance Of tha twilight
Snote Off the gold crown from his head.
And the Princess Of Night came TO SEQ him.
Her lights all about him 10 hang;
And nightingale screened in the tiickct
His song 10 tho slumbercr sang.
And the stream from the tangle OF lilies
Came winding it' way throu IA the selge
And silvcry 40 hurno IL ripplcl
Among the tall flags on its edge;
Bat its babblo faiu would have given.
For the slcep-wooing sea voices ulI
And the nightingllcs sons would have bar.
tered
For the desoate cry of a gull.
Their world was "A world of cnchantment:
And they laughed with tho laughter OF
scorn,
when turned mo away from ts beauty
In the light Of the luminous morn;
But heard grand voice in the distance
lnsstently calling to me-
And rose with a jubilaut spirit
And followed the song OF tho sea
-Hdttic I'hdsch IN BcJords Maya zinc
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
Heroic Deed OF a Telegraph Operator.

A delegate to the recent Convention
of the Order of Railway Tclegraphers Of
America in New York city who attracted
much attention was Charles Adams, of
Youngstown, Ohio. At one time when
he was in the employ OF the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad Co., Adams found freight
train directly in. the way of Il fast eX-
press on the main line, and at that very
moment the instruments in his office
broke down without warning. Unless
the freight train was headed of and got
on siding dreadful disaster was in
cvitable. The anxious operator fortu-
nately was equal to the emergency. He
climbed the nearest pole, cut a wire and
brought it down. Then he took his
stand on the steel rails of the track, aud
made connection through his body.
Calling up the next station, he received
the response by holding the end of the
wire to his tongue. In this way he sent
and received dispatches and saved the
express. The pain was eXcrutiating, anG
his tongue was badly burned. Such is
the stuff out of which heroes and mar
tyrs are made.-NeD Orleans Picdyune.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
RECIPES.

Quick Biscuit-Two cups -four. one
tablespoonful mixed lard and butter, one
cup milk, one hcaping teaspoonful bak-
ing powder, pinch salt. Handle little,
roll out and cut quickly, and bake in u
steady oven.
Chocolate Icing-Allow one pound of
icing sugar to every two ounces of choco-
late; CRATE the latter into saucepan,
and mix with it eight tablespoonfus of
water; stir well, and let it cook gently
for ten minutes, then add the sugar, and
use while warm.
Potato Soup-Three pints ofrich milk,
one pint of mashed potato, two table
spoonfuls of butter, salt and pepper to
taste. Boil the milk, add the potato and
boil again, stirring frequently, that the
potato may become thoroughly dissolved, g,
and season just before serving. Serve
very hot.
Puree of Celery-Boil two heads OF
celery in plenty of salted water with an
onion, blade of mace and some whole
pepper. When done drain them and pass
them through hair sieve. Melt piece
of butter in saucepan, mix little flour
with it, then the celery pulp and work it
well on the fire, adding little cream of
milk and some Of the gravy of the
ducks.
Horseradish Sauce. Mix two or three
heaping tablespoonfuls of fresh grated
horseradish with twice as much cream
Salt it lightly and stir in an equal num-
Der of dessertspooniuls of vinegar with u
teaspoonful of sugar. Add little pep
persauce or cayenne if very hot sauces
are liked. This sauce is good either hot
or cold. II preferred hot, it must be
warmed in double boiler, taking care
that it does not boil, or it will curdle
1t is especially good with roast beef,
either hot or cold.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
BOUQUET MAKING.

The most graceful bouquets have the
least method in their arrangement; few
sprays Of bloom put in carclcssly often
are tho most artistic in effect. A bunch
Of misty gypsophilla with half dozen or
more coreopsis blossoms, placed in a dark
brown vase and set before mirror was
n combination which demonstrated this.
Few large flowers are capable of more
arrangement than the peony. The old
time. rich, red variety forms n gorgeous
bunch by itself, or is equally beautiful
lightened with sprays of white; with
its own bronzy green foliage, it is mcst
effective. The lovely and fragrant Chi
nese varieties, with their delicate shad-
iugs and exquisite tints, when masscd on
platter and bordcred with ferns are al
most ~ handsome as roses and make a
pretty and lasting table decoration.
There is an early single peony, between
magenta and rose in color, and with u
deep golden heart. II is contemporary
with the first sturdy growth of the rib
bon grass and combines with il admira-
bly,, although, by tradition, lemon lilies
and ribbon grass are aiiinities. An old
ginger jar of Just the right shade of blue,
filled with large bunch of these richly
odorous lilies, their exquisite yellow re-
licvCd by the creamy white and delicate
green Of the grass, may quite content the
artistic country maiden who has no royal
Worcester and orchids at her command.
-Iiek's udgdsine.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
nANIsuING FILES.

Flies will not pass through ne. mado
Of thread, fine silk or wire stretched
across an open window, even though the
meshes are an inch apart, unless there Is
a window or light behind it. This nj
fords ready means of excluding these
insects from all our rooms which have
windows on one side of the rooms, flies
can only be kept out by using fine gauze
for the purpose. The best way to de-
stroy flies in room is to expose on a
shallow plate the following mixture:
Quassai chips (smalD, one.quartcr ounce (;
water, one pint; boil ten minutes, strain,
and add of treaclc four ounces. Flies
will drink this with avidity, and are
soon destroyed by it. Cold green tea,
very strong, and swcctcncd with sugar,
when set about the room in saucers, will
also attract flies and destroy them. An
Ingenious person has devised the follow
ing plan Observing that fly always
walks upward, he made window screen
divided in half. The upper half Tapped
over the lower, with an inch space be-
tween. As soon rs fly lighted on the
screen it proceeded to walk upward, and
thus walked straight out of doors. Not
being able to walk down it had no way
to return to the room. BY this means a
room csn be quickly cleared of flics,
which always seek the light.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
Statistics About the Echo.

SOMEONE has recently figured o1
exact distance that person ml!@
moved from rejecting surface '',
hear the echo of his own voice !
syllables a second is said TO be 'ns
both of distinct pronunciation aaa
tinct hearing. This gives one'n'is
second for each syllable. Whea "
mospheric temperature is slN'y''n
grees sound travels 1920 feet a'71
In one-tlfth that time it will cover y
tance of 224 feet, Hence, If a Te'a'
surface is 1l2 feet distant tno
sound of an uttered syllable wiz
turned TO the ear just as the neN y
starts on its journey. In tins 's
first fifth of the second is consuh'u
utterance of n syllable aud the n''',
of the second in hearing its ecAO
syllables would be echoed from
ing surface 224 feet distant, tA's
bles from 336 feet, and so on W.T.,
limit OF audibleness. --Ne0 l@- 1
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24

The modern idea is,observcs the .Argo-
naa', tina. it is better TO wound than to
kill. no: because it is more humane, but
because a dead man can be left lying on
the battle field, while wounded man
puts hors dc combat his comrades who
assist him. Therefore, the bullet that
passes through hali-a-dolen men, wound.
ing each severely, is preferred to the bull
'ct which simply finds its allotted billie,
and kills only one.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24

\ New York insurance paper has just
completed its figures on life insurance
for 1889, and they show that during last
year the companies increased their assets
$40, 900, 900, and their surplus, which
now amounts to $50, AZ, ,7O7, is 81, OOO,-
900 larger than it was last year. The
premium income increased $50, 900, 900,
while the total income amounted to
Slsl, ,115,SO9 an increase OF over $50 =
600, 900. The companies disburscd to
policy holders, $50, ,Gl3,7O5, and the
total premiums for the year were Sl2l,-
176,OSl. The new business of last year
increased Sl6l, 900, 900 over the pre-.
yious year, while tho insurance in force
WAS increased $3.50, ,235,25l.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
The Musical Sense In Animals and Men

The higher animals can also enjoy
music, as my house-cat shows, when she
comes at the playing of the piano to sit
by the player, and sometimes jumps into
her lap or on the key board of the in
strumcnt. i know of dog, too, in q
family in Berlin, which comes in in like
manner when there is music, often from
distant rooms, opening the door with his
paw. / knew OF another dog, usually
thoroughly domestic, which occasionally
played the vagabond for love Of music.
Whenever the semi-annual mass was
celebrated in the city he could not be
kept at the house. As soon AS the So
called Bergknappen, which were accus-
tomod to play at this time in the streets,
appeared, he would run away and follow
them from morning till evening.
Evidently neither cats nor dogs, nor
other animals that listen to human music,
were constituted for the appreciation of
it, for it is not of the slightest use 10
them in the struggle for existence. More
over, they and their organs of hearing
were much older than man and his music.
Their power of appreciating music is
therefore an uncontemplated side faculty
of a hearing apparatus which has become
on other grounds what We find it to he
So it is, | believe, with man. He has
not acquired his musical hearing rs such,
hut has received highly developed
organ of hearing by II process of selec-
ton, because it was necessary to him in
the selective process; and this organ Of
hearing happens also to he adapted to
listening to music.-P1pular Sessse
.Nonthly,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24

|, is very gratifying to those citizens
who brought German song birds to Ore.
gon a year ago aud released them in the
suburbs of Portland, rejoices lEest Shore,
to sec how they have increased in mum.
bers in one season. In few years they
will have spread over large territory,
and their songs will carry JOY TO the
ncar,s of thousands TO whom the nightn-
gale and bulltinch have bccn rs unknown
as the bird of paradise.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24

o The Bostoa CqiticI,3r sends on. this
warning: "sundry sharpcrs, with moro
shrewdnoss than honesty, arc working an
entirely new trick upon the farmers out
West. They 20 to a farmer and pretend
20 want 70 buy his farm a. once. The
price docs not exactly suit the strangers,
but they manage while negotiations are
going on to install themselves into the
good sraces Of the farmer, aud proceed
to put M at his house for as many days
a, they can. After they have stayed AS
long as they dare they take their dcpar-
turc and look up lodgings with fresh
victim. If their price is met they give
the farmer the slip at the first opportun.
ity.b
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24

General o. o. Howard, in a recent
address in Brooklyn, n. Y, referred to
worSingmen who earn $50 per month,
pay IS of that for rent and had only the
remaining S12 to support families of four
or five persons for thirty days. The
Christian hqairer says; "lt is that class
Of pinchcd, impoverished workingmcn
that is liable to rise like the blind Sam
som and hurl the State to destruction.
1t IL impossible to make such men feel
the Justice of the inequalities in modern
society,""
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24

II the cable is to bc trusted, some
Young pdrisiun bride, are TO he in luck
each year 1t is said that sum Of
money amounting to $500 has been be-
qucl;hel TO the City Of Paris by one
Pascal Favalc, the intcrcs, of which is to
he used annually to furnish dowrics to
young women from the ages Of sixteen to
twenty-five, vino must be Of good report
aud natives Of Paris.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24

The experiment Of profit sharing has
had thorough test at the Bourne mills,
IN Fail River, Mass, during the last
twelve months, and the results have been
30 satisfactory rs TO elicit from the Prc,i.
dent Of the company the opinion that it is
the beginning Of the solution to the labor
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
PARLIAMENT Houses Crum0lli'I

The British Parliament nov. N
crumbling to pieces so fast tans
constant danger of some p'I'lo.
building topping down up, up,'
members. Part of the iTou'
Stephens has had to be en'iTe2 NJ
because of the wearing away Oh n n
stone. Only Il week or two az
piece of a stone heraldic animal -
fell close to the entrance to We
Hall, in Old Palace Yard, a mea.
trance to the house which Is ~S
ored.-New York 7elegram.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24

The public debt Of the Australian colo.
ne, amounts to 1915, OOO, 900, while the
entire population-white, black, Maori
aaI Chincse-numbers four millions.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24

tial clerk, who was trusted in everything,
being caught in another theft, confessed
to that which my sisters sweetheart had
been accused of. The story he had told
to his employers OF being knocked down
in the streets of New York, where he
went that holiday afternoon, and being
thought drunk, and put into a station
house, and being ashamed TO give his
name next morning, and too sick to come
home next day, was no doubt true. His
employers advertised for him, but in
vain. And mother owned to sending him
away from the door when he came to sec
Olive. 1t is sad story. Olive cant
seem to like any one else, and the poor
fellow was so fond Of her. SO that's the
story of the quilt"
The woman stopped and gave little
cry, for the guest had flung himself
upon his knees, and was kissing that
patchwork Quilt as lovers kiss their
swcetheart's lips.
She gave another little cry in mo-
meat, and knclt down beside him, and
put her hand upon his shoulder.
"Oh. dear oh, dear!" she sobbcd,
crying hard herself. "Oh, dear! l do
believe it is Harry Martin"
Aud it was Harry Martin, who had
been TO the far ends of the earth and had
ound gold, but not happiness, believing
himself robbed forever of love and of
fair repute, and who had returned to
find both awaiting him, through the
means Of that patchwork quilt, with its
butterflies and towering boughs aud
roses.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24

chatter boasts that ancient Rome was
never so populous rs New York. In the
zenith Of her fame she did not probably
contain million people. Rrooklyn is
just such a city, as TO size, as she was in
her glory.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24

"Lucy" said Olive to her sister, few
months afterward, 'now that we are go
ing to housekeeping, want you to give
me one thing"
Anything on earth that I can," said
Mrs. Jolliycr. ~ was thinking of sill
ycr service
"Oh, Lucy, dear" said Olive, begin
ming to cry for very happiness, ''it's
only the butterfly quilt that want. The
dear old quilt. Harry says we can't
keep house without it, we both love it
So"
'I've rolled it up for you already"
SAID Mrs. Jolliver. at seems to belong
TO you, Olive
And so to-day Olives last baby sits
upon the brilliant quilt, and tries, with
his chubby fingers, to pull therefrom tho
butterflies aud roses. The Ledger.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
onSAMESrArroS OF HOUSEHOLD LINE,

OAeNhhbNA AAilON VT hOlSEhObb LINEN
The ornamcntation of household linen
should be Of kind that will not dete-
riorate by wear and tear or by frequent
washing. The popular style of open
work now claiming much attention from
housewives who desire the latest fancy
resembles Renaissance or Richelieu gui-
pure. For this the embroidery is done
with colorcd threads. The main por-
tions of the design touch each other, or
are drawn so as to be connected by small
bars. The outlines are covered with
buttonhole stitches and the pattern filed
in with various fancy stitches, as may BE-
required, lace stitch, French knots, etc.
When the design is embroidered the
material between the portions should be
cut away Care should be exercised in
selecting both the design aud the coll
ored threads, that the former, when fin
ishcd, may be sufficiently close to prove
durable and that the latter may not fade.
--Nen York World.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
UTILIZING WOODEN pLArrEns.

Table Tall tells us how to utilize the
little, thin, wooden plates now used so
extensively in sending out lunches from
restaurants and bakeries. Take two per
feet plates; cut one in heart form, gild
or bronze it inside and out; fastcn it to
the other plates by means of small holes
about three-fourths Of an inch from the
edges, through which are run silken
cords. Sketch pretty design on the
upper plate, and the result is unique.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-24
SECOND Observation-Disclosures

Hon. Judson LaMoure who re.
ceived the unanimous nomination
for senator is too we'll known in
this county and indeed, in the
whole north. west to need an intro.
duction at our hand. Suffice it to
say that in ability and influence
he is second to none of the leaders
of the party in the state, and his
loyalty to this district and county
has been proven many times. He
will he reelected by a larger MAORI.
ty than ever.
Mr.. S. L. Haight, of Midland,
nominated for the legislature, is n
large farmer Of Midland township,
near St. Thomas, and is best
known to our readers by his ser.
vices OH the board of county com.
missioners. Mr.. Haight is popular
in the section of country near his
home and will get the full republi.
can vote in the northern part of
the district which ensures his cleo.
ton. Mr.. j. d. Gordon also nom.
mated for the legislature is a large
farmer and stock raiser of St. 10.
seph township. He has made a
speciality of raising blooded stock
and has made it pecuniary sue.
cess. He is we'll informed and intel.
ligent, and the farmers especially
can place their interest in his
hands with safety, Mr.. Gordon is
an energetic and enthusiastic work.
er and when elected will be one Of
the workers in the legislative halls.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-24
Improved Passenger Service.

Improved Passenger Service.
Under the new time schedule of Tho
Northwestern Line" G., st. p, NJ.
& .. Ry., all passenger trains Of this line
make the trip between St. Paul AMI
Chicago III less than IA hours.
The Pullman and Wagner Vestibuled
Limited, leaving st. Paul at 7:3o .. 10.
makes the trip to Chicago in 134
hours and from Chicago to st. Paul in IL
hours and % minutes.
The Daylight Express leaving ST. Paul at
ISIS a. III. makes the trip to Chicago
III Is hours and SO minutes and from Chi
cago to St. Paul in - hours and 45
minutes.
This is the only line running all its
trains in less than IA hours between st.
Paul and Chicago. and while this
time is quick, trains do not have to run a t
as high rate ofspeed to make their
time as on other lines, because this line is
shorter than any other line.
In addition to these facts. this is the only
lineby which connections are assured
III Chicago with all fast line trains from
Chicago to the East and Soutl, in the
morning and ut night.
Note.-Fares by this line are always
rs low rs by any other.
For Map Folder of the line adress.
L. w. TEAsDALE, Gen'I passenger Agent,
st. Paul. Mimi.
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as u farming country!
From Other Papers,

Rev. P. Al,ern, the lost. strayed or stol.
ell pastor, has finally turned up in Que.
bee. the great Catholic city. 40 We need
not worry about him any more. The
barn. stock, hay and some grain OH the
farm, of Jas. Bella,ny, we're entirely de-
stroyed by fire last night. .....S. r. Smith,
Of Fremont, N. V. cashier of the Far
Rockaway IN. w Bank and president
of the First National Bank of Dravton
and the State Bank Of Reynolds, arrived
in Drayton last Saturday. He visited his
Reynolds Bank on Tuesday and We'd
nesday, returned to Drayton OIL Thurs.
day."...Rev. S. kerfoot and family lef,
for their future home in Vancouver on
Thursday. -DraytOn Echo.