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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04
Spoiled His Fucker.

Felix Nickel, a French horn player,
valued his ability to pucker up his lips
at Just $4,000, aud because his lips will
not pucker up as they used he has sued
Ries Brothers, grocen, Of First avenue
aud Eighth street, for that sum.
OF the 1000 musicians in New York
City there are only thirty-fve French
horn players, as the French horn Ia Il
particularly difficult instrument to play
we'll. Mr.. Nickel until last November
was one Of the best OF the thirty Ave.
He was employed at hmberg's Theatre,
and the sweet notes that he would draw
from his beloved horn pleased Leader
Nathan Frankie OF the orchestra nightly.
Mr.. FRANKIE paid Mr.. Nickel $35 9 week
for his services, and did not consider
that that he paid any too much for
them.
On November "a. as Nickel, with his
French horn under his arm, was crossing
Second avenue and Eighth street, Res
Brothers grocery wagon ran into him
and knocked him down, aud he was in
jured severely. He was taken to Bellevue
nOkplIdl, huu tue HCAb uty W MS uOLhSt
where he was ill in bed for week.
From beng a strong, hearty man be-
fore the accident, he became the very re-
verse. When he went back and took his
seat in the orchestra at Amberg's, he
found that his old-time skill had de-
parted from him. His lips would not
pucker as he wished them TO, aud the
sweetness OF his notes had gone. Try
as he would, be could not get the
melody out OF his horn that he did be-
fore the accident. Leader Franko found
fault with his playing, aud from being a
highly -prized member OF the orchestra,
Nickel soon began to be considered as Of
little value as musician. Leader
Franko and several musicians examined
Nickel and his playing, and they said
unanimously that he did not play as me-
lodiously as he did before the accident.
|" Mr.. NiekHl then brought SUIT, only ast
the firm Of Ries Brothers for S2000.--
New York Sun.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04
Care OF Country Roads In Germany

The highways Of Germany are built
TO last forever, and their excellence Is
not surpassed anywhere. In addition to
the main road there is a sidewalk for
foot passengers, and another path for
horseback riders. All along the sides
trees are planted as soon as the roads are
finished. Usually these are fruit trees,
the crops of which furnish a part OF the
income Of the men who take care of the
road, or of the toll gatherer. For every
vehicle, small toll is collected for a
given distance, except farm wagons.
which are free. Heavily loaded trucks
have to have broad tires on their wheels.
The cost OF building and maintaining
these roads is not put on the rural popu.
lation alone, but the cities, desiring to
secure the rural traffic, assume tho
largest share Of it. The principal high
ways are macadamized and are built by
the State, which has also the control
Of them. Agriculturist.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04
RECIPES.

Peach Pie-Linc pie dish with pastry
fill with sliced peaches and half cup OF
sugar; cover with crust with opening in
the top. As canned peaches mast nov
be used, add little flour.
slaw-Chop half head OF cabbage,
put in deep vegetable dish and sprinkle
with salt. Beat an egg, mix with hall =
teacupful of vinegar, tablespoonful oi
melted butter, a teaspoonful of mustard
and a little pepper; set on the stove, stii
until thick, pour over the cabbage. SCI
aside to cool.
Sugar Taify-Three pounds Of brown
sugar, one pound OF butter, enough
water to moisten the sugar; boil until
crisp when dropped into cold water,
then pour in creased thus. This often
requires from thirty to forty-ive minutes
to boil. 1t does not require stirring un
less there is danger of boiling over.
Chicken Salad-Boil fat, we'll.
grown chicken; when done and cold,
remove the skin aud cut the meat fine
(do not chop. Wash and cut the white
stalks on celery iu pieces; to every pint
OF chicken allow two-thirds OF pint OF
celery and pint Of mayonnaise dressing.
Mix well, set on ice and garnish with
white celery tips.
Apple Dumplings-Take light bread
dough, and shorten with little butter.
Roll and cut into balls the size OF
dumplings. Drop these into boiling
water, with q little salt added. Boil
one or IL hours. Have ready dish OF
apple-sauce, break open the dumplings
and spread with the sauce. Put the
dumplings together again, and serve
with sweetened milk. In this case you
know that the apples are done.
Steamed squash-Select Hubbard ol
other good winter squash, wipe clean,
then with hatchet cut in pieces, scrspe
out the seeds and inside, place IN I
steamer over kettle Of boiling water
when done take off steamer cover and lei
the steam dry of. With a large iror
spoon scrape the squash out OF the rind
into hot pan, mash and add plenty o
butter, a little salt, and II pretty dry, ,
little sweet cream improves it.
Coffee Rolls-one pint hot milk, one
half cup butter and lard mixed, one
teaspoon salt, one-half cup yeast, one
egg, -four to mix. Mix with knife ss
soft as can be handled, and cut il
thoroughly. In the morning knead we'll,
make into large balls, then roll each
ball between the hands into rolls sir
inches long. Place them so they will
not touch in the pa. after rising. When
light bake ia q hot oven.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04

grasped the halter and pressed closely
to her.
But Rose had her eyes about her. She
gave loud scream, and dealt the pony
stinging blow on the nose. The ami
NAL sprang back and the gypsy fell fat
on his face. When he rose to his feet,
he had an ugly knife in his hand.
"The coward was going to kill my
pony" cried Rosie, in terror.
Stoutly built though the miscreant
was, Constable Finn seized him by the
collar and shook him until his teeth
chattered. The crowd surged down
upon the gypsy, to do him further harm,
but Squire Barlow interfered.
"Look here, you scoundrel, he said
in great rage, ''if you are not out OF
the township in half an hour, your whole
gang, bag and baggage, lock, stock and
barrel, you'll find yourself in the county
prison. Now be sharp"
The gypsy sneaked sullenly away, Con.
stable Finn following closely at hi,
heels.
The bystanders con graduated Rosie,
and cheored her heartily as she vaulted
unsided upon the bare back OF the pony
and rode home with 1t. For weeks
Roses case before the Squire was topic
Of conversation.-Yankee Blade.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04
HUTTON BOX.

The best kind OF button box we have
ever seen is made as follows:
Paste together SIX pasteboard boxes,
,uch as druggists use in preparing pre-
scriptions for powders.
These boxes slide out like little draw
ers, and button is sewed 10 the outside
to indicate its contents.
A white pearl, bone, fancy or shoe
button is placed on the drawer designed
for holding these particular buttons,
while hook and eye aud safety pin
sewed to another will readily explain the
contents.
A yard aud a quarter of satin ribbon
two inches wide is tied above the whole,
with bow at the top, fornings neat
little case, which some people will prefer
to button bsgs.-Home Queen.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04
Hooyonr In SWEEPING.

The advissbility Of giving every apart
ment vigorous "broom cleaning" at
least once week has been so st'euuously
insisted upon by some notable house,
keepers that it has by many been con-
verted into an imperative duty. But
looking at the nattar in an ssprejudiced
light, one cannot clearly see Why a
drawing room, Inhabited, perhaps, only
for few hours of the afternoon aud
evening, or an unoccupied guest chamber
should require the same amount Of puri
fication demanded by sewing, sitting
or dining room. The dustpsn and brush
are labor saving machines that do moi
receive due appreciation. BY their aid
in removing little dust hero and a little
there, the business OF sweeping a whole
room may be deferred st times. when al
the first glance anything less than
complete routing out Of furniture and
dirt together would seem impossible. -
Now York Recorder.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04
Thousands OF Frogs shipped Abroad.

Some notion OF the enormous qua nti-
ties Of frogs consumed in Europe may be
got from the fact that they arc fetched
continually to Vienna, Austria, from the
country in patches of 80, 900 TO 10000.
At the Austrian capital they are sold to
great dealers, who have conservatories
for keeping them. These conservstories
are big holes in the ground four or five
feet deep, the mouth OF each covered
with boards, or in stormy weather with
straw. In these pits the frog never
becomes quite torpid, even during the
hardest frosts. As by instict they get
together in heaps and thus keep them.
selves wet by preventing evaporation, no
water being ever put with them. New
York City consumes go, 900 pounds OF
frogs legs annually, which retail at
thirty cents pound. Recently attempts
have been made TO can the legs foI
market.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04
now To LARD A BIRD.

Not every one understands how to lard
a bird successfully. Two articles are
necessary, u good larding-nee lie OF prop
er size aud good larding pork. Tn,
pork should be white and very firm, and
should be cold when it is used. 1t is q
good plan to have bowl Of broken ice
at hand aud to lay the lsrdoons on Il
after they are cut. Put the strip OF pork
in the top of the needle, pressing 1t in
firmly. Thrust the point OF the needle
through the flesh of the bird or in thu
meat to be lsrded, upward. About hall
an inch OF the lsrdoon should show ou
each side after it is put in. The lsrdine
should be inserted at intervals OF abou
an inch apart aud in even systematic
rows. When bird is rich IN fat like a
duck, II would be absurd to lard it. On,
would not think Of larding q sirloin OF
beef. A fillet OF beef, however, is always
larded, because it has little natural fat.
Game biris of all kinds, except ducks,
are improved by larding. Domestic
fowls are not often treated this way. A
roast of veal is usually much better for
larding; aud most braised meats are
larded because lean pieces OF meat are
usually selected for this kind OF COOKING
New York Tribune.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04
"LOVE IS ETEHHAL-s

Love Is eternall so she sings
And the lutte breathes forth a sigh;
Lightly her fingers touch the strings
Softly the echoes die;
But Just as long as the wind has wings
VIII the low plant go where the breeEes
blow,
And Danish the cares that the rude world
brings.
Love is eternali sweet the strain
Tender the worns Of the song;
Across the vale, the grassy plain,
The twilight shadows throng;
And just as long rs the stars shall reign,
When fair castles rise in the sunset skies,
VIII the sound OF her voice come hack again.
-Flaye Scott Mines, in Harper's Bazaar.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04
A Very Old Bible.

Probably the oldest Bible in Philadel.
phia lies upon the bookshelf of Hugo
Roger, of No. 1850 Geiser street. Tho
rare old tome was printed in Witten-
berg, Germany, by Hans 5ufft, In 1877,
just little over thirty years after the
death OF Martin Luther. Only the books
of the Old Testament have been spared
by Father Time, but these are set forth
IN good old German print, with elaborate
illustrations. The record of its varied
fortunes is inscribed upon its pages,
where appear the signatures of the diff
lerent owners through whose hands 1t
has passed. AS the first Bible printed in
The German language was issued only
about 1540, this old script is undoubtedly
,ne of the earliest Bibles.-Philadelphia
Record.
In an Anti-aambling League, all
bets arc declared "off,n-Puck.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04

NEW postal cards for ladies' use are
% be a delicate shade OF pearl-gray.
Men OF aesthetic tastes must content
themselves with the scal-brown tast,
OF the mucilage on the stamps.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04

WHEN 70 Is remembered that 37,'
600, 900 babies are born every year the
extraordinary discrimination OF the
Astor baby in its choice OF parents be
comes more awc-inspiring.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04

AND now all the work OF the anti.
corset people has to be done ovei
again. A Philadelphia woman wss
saved from the bullet OF her crazy
husband by her trIsty corset steel.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
PIES WITHOUT AN UPPER CRUST.

When you make pie without an up.
per crust, it is always desirable to have
q very heavy edge; make this by wet
ting the edge and laying on a narrow
strip; pinch it up together, or when cut
ting the crust around the edge of the
pan, holding the knife well under the
outer edge of the pan aud pinch it be-
tween the thumb and finger right on top
Of the pan.-New York Journal.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04

You occasionally hear Of n young
girl who is too proud 10 wear patches
on her shoes, but did you ever hear
Of one who was too proud to weaI
patches on her face?
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04

'.-.aaE admission Of Jay Gould TO the
four Mundred seems TO put watered
stock on a parity with aristocratic
family stocks.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04

SEVENTY babies arc born every
minute. oh, MalthuS, where is thy
sting? oh, Bradlaugh and Besant.
where is thy victory?
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04

MEssRs. SLAvIN AND MITCHELL
evidently belong to the peripatetic
school Of pugilists, because they do
nothing but walk around and talk.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04

WHEN your family skeleton gets
put and dances for the Amusement Of
gour neighbors. you will always find
It was your intimate friend who un-
locked the door and is pulling the
string.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04

a,'I5 MOB in Iowa lynchcd Swede ac-
used OF murder. The Sheriff OF the
county recently died, and on his
death-bcd confessed himself the MUIR
ilerer. "The best citizens" who COM
mittcd this crime, should be brought
J 70 book.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04

a GOOD many artists who make
money in art and spend it In whisky
think the man who made his money
In whisky aud spent it in art a vulgar
Philistinc.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04

The case OF Edward NJ. Field,
diagnosed at this distance, seems to
be one that will yield readily to the
proper treatment. lie is just about
insane enough to be sent to the peni'
tenth ry.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04

IT remained for New York paper
20 discover a direct buggy road from
Detroit to Windsor. 1t tells OF a
medical student who dressed a skclc-
ton In female attire and drove right
across the line with the customs OH.
GERS looking on.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04

Y Miss FLORENCE ST. JoHN, the act.
\ tess, may have been roughly handled
81 by the English divorce courts, but an
mt'ttemnt to. compute the value OF the
already onro-, ,u5. ...5 toeov ,N''''''
To onnoin the insane asylumns.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04
R0SIE'S CASE
QUIRE BARLOW
by FRANK II. sTAUFFER.

QUIRE BARLOW
was fast asleep in
his Office, his head
resting on hii desk
lie was excusable
for sleeping. He
was well advanced
in life, the day wa.
= hot one, and he
had tired his brain
in an effort TO un-
tangle the accounts
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04

y strike OF Philadelphia COM
tors serves TO remind the world
at there are newspapers published
ere.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04

WE are not 50 sure about the cor.
rcctncSs Of the code of ethics which
torbids lawyers and doctors TO solicit
business or to advertise themselves as
specially well qualified to handle "A
certain class OF eases. If man in
tends To build house and lets IL he
known, contractors and builders can
rail- on him by the score and solicit
. she job and nothing Is thought Of il.
And yet they are all honorable men. -
Merchants are, as class, men Of
brains and intelligence and stand
2 about as well in the community rs do
their fellows who practice law and
medicine. Imagine, If you can, the
sbsurdity OF merchants having a code
Of ethics which forbade them To insert
anything in the newspapers save the
simple announcement OF name and
place OF business. At this point, too,
II might be well enough 10 pause and
reflect on the effect such n code would
have upon the newspapers themselves.
The builder who seeks the job OF
building your house points with pride
g 10 such and such cdllccs as samples Of
his handiwork. They stand rs eloquent
witnesses TO his assertions that he is
a skilled and capable workman. Doc.
tors and lawyers, however, cannot do
this, at least not openly, and II done
at all subjects them to professional
shame and disgrace. Seriously, we
have no sort OF sympathy with char
latans, quackS and pretcnders in any
OF the callings OF life; but we fail TO
see wherein there is anything inner
emily wrong in either doctors or law.
pers advertising In a modest, sensible
way, nor in their soliciting patronage
In the same manner. The mere an
tiquity OF a custom more often COM
mands our respect and fealty than on
account OF any inherent merit the
custom itself may possess.
- -
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04

M Unc9N Revolutionary times butter sold
'uU UOIst.25 per pound, but as George
\ 1ngton truly remarked that was
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04

IN an Anti-Gambling League, all
bets are declared "oif,"-Puck.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-04

MiDDLEBURG. PA. FEB. I, 1892
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-02-04
IDAHO COUNTY BONDS NOT
WANTED.

The effect Of the vicious division
legislation is beginning to be felt in
North Idaho.
Shoshone county, with a taxable
aggregate of 100000, has va,nly
endeavored to bond her indie bsedness,
which amounts to less than 5000, 600
although the bonds are to run from 1C
to 20 years and to earn per cent
interest. Although thousands OF in
quirles have been made only one ac
lual bid has been received, and even
that is liable to be withdrawn.
Investors are evidently afraid OF
Idaho legislative ways.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-02-04
Not Used to II.
Chicago Tribune. !

Chicago Tribune.l
The Sunday school superintendent
had requested all the children who
desired to live in better world than
this to rise to their feet, and all rose
except pale intellectual little fellow
who had lately begun coming to the
school.
why don't you rise, my SOM" IN
quired the superintendent.
They never used to ask any such
ridiculous questions in Boston," re-
piled the little boy, wiping his spec.
tac'es thoughtfully and still keeping
his seat.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-02-04

done much better by them than any
community OF the same size ever did
before; and the officeholders must be
content with the rich plums that they
are already enjoying aud abide the
time when the development of our
resources will enable US to create
moro Offices and increase the salaries
and fees of the Office. holders.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-02-04
-AccordiuR to cabIed accounts

-According to cabIed accounts
the future Duchess de la Rochefou
cauld Miss Mitchell, of Oregon) is re-
ceiving many cosi y presents from
wealthy Ame ricans in Paris. The Duke
is evidently all that he has been painted,
since, after waiting three years f r
his beautiful bride, during which
time he largely increased his fortune
by lucky Investments in Persia, which,
he superintended on the ground, he
takes her without a sou of dot.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-02-04

= .prr sfs.: Far ip.crm sc Of a. c.,
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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-02-04
Protecting Capital.

New York Prcss.l
Country editor Ito the printers
devil)-Jamsie, subscriber has just
been in and paid year in advance.
The devil-Yes, sir.
Country editor--There's now 50 II
in the safe.
|. The devil-Yes, sir.
Country editor-If any man carry
ing valise should happen to come
around wanting to see me, mind don't
let him in.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-02-04
SHORT TARIFF SERMONS.
A Free Trader on Revenue Tariff

A Free Trader on Revenue Tariff.
American Economift.I
Free trade cannot be more clearly
defined than in the words of Professor
Summer, himself a noted free trader.
He says:
The term "free trade" although
much discussed, is seldom rightly
defined. 1t does not mean the aboli-
ton of custom houses, nor does it
mean the substitution Of direct for
indirect taxation, as a few Ame rican
disciples of the school have supposed.
II means such an adjustment Of taxes
on imports as will cause no diversion
Of capital from any channel into which
it would otherwise flow into any other
channel opened or favored by the
legislation which enacts the customs.
A country may collect its entire
revenue by duties on imports and yet
be an entirely free trade country so
long as it does not lay those duties in
such q way as to lead any one to
undertake any employment or make
an investment he would avoid in the
absence OF such duties. Thus the
custom duties levied by England, with
very few exceptions, are not incon-
sistent with her professions of being
a country which believes in free trade.
Few OF our free traders are as can,
did as this. They prefer to call
"revenue" tariff, but they are one and
the same thing.
England is an example of country
having free trade or revenue tariff
Her duties are levied principally on
cocoa, coffee, dried fruit, tea, tobacco
and wine.
1t is nearly so years since she
abandoned protection and adopted
free trade. What is the result?
The Hon. John Morley sal, in 1899:
1t is an awful fact-it is really not
short OF awful-that in this country
Great Br,,ain), with all its wealth,
all its vast resources, all its powers,
40 per ccnt.-that is to say, nearly
nehalf-of the persons who reach
the age of GO are or have been paupe.s.
Ruskin said:
Though England is deafened with
spinning wheels, her people have not
clothes; though she is black with
digging of fuel, they die Of cold; and
though she has sold her soul for grain,
they die OF hunger.
What did Mr.. Chamberlain, M. P,
say not long since?
The class of agricultural laborers of
this county are never able to do more
than make both ends meet, and have
to look forward, in time of illness or
on the approach Of old age, to the
workbouss as the one inevitable refuge
against starvation.
Columns of such testimony could
be quoted, but the above will suffice.
The nearest approach to q free
trade or revenue tariff in the United
States was the tariff of 1916. The
disastrous results of this tariff are de-
scribed in the following extract from
President Buchanan's memorable
message to Congress in 1857:
With unsurpassed plenty IN all the
elements of national wealth, our
manufacturers have suspended. our
public works are retarded, our private
enterprises of different kinds are
abandoned, and thousands OF useful
laborers are thrown out of employment
and reduced to want.
And yet we have a national party
hoping at no distant day to enact into
law a Free Trade or, as the "conser,
vatives" choose to call it, revenue
tariff. Will you vote for or against
it next November?