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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25
Baked Ham.

Most persons boil ham. tis much
oetter baked, IL baked right Soak
u for an hour in clear water. and
wipe IL drv. Next spread IL ali over
with thin batter. and then put II int
a deep dish, with sticks under IL tc
keep II out OF the gravy. When IL IL
fully done take of the skin and bat
ter crdsted upon the flesh side, and
set away To cool. IL should bake
from six TO eight hours After re.
moving the skin. sprinkle over with
two tablespoonfuls or sugar, some
black pepper and powdered crackers
Put in pan and return 10 the oven
TO brown; then take up and stick
cloves through the fat and dust With
powdered cinnamon.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25

The New York fashion correspondent Of
southern paper gives out the following
A lady writes / have read your letters
Tor long time, and have often envied you
the opportunity you enjoy OF seeing the beau
tiful things YOU describe. ! used TO think,
when read OF those charming dresses and
parasols and hats at Lord 4 Taylor's. that
iheirs must be one Of those stores where
imd, nervous woman like myself having but
few dollars to spare for seasons outht,
would be Of so little account that she would
receive little attention but when you said,
IN one OF your letters a few months ago, that
FOODS OF the same quality were really cheaper
there than elsewhere, because they sold more
goods In their two stores than any other hfm
IN New York, and that because they sold more
they bought more. and consequently bought
cheaper, determined, IL ever went 10 New
York. would 20 to Lord & 1aylor's.
THAT long -wa,ted-for time came in the
Early autumn. and ] found myself standing
before that great entrance with those Won
derful windows At either side. ] summoned
my courage and entered, as ] suppose tens OF
thousands Of Just such tmid women as !
have done before My fears were gone in an
instant. The agreeable attention put me at
my ease at once, and felt as much at home
as though were in the little country store
where my people have traded for nearly a
quarter Of century.
And now. as wear the pretty things ]
purchased. OF see them every day and lind
them all so satisfactory. ! think Of my visit
to this great store as the brightest part OF my
TIP TO New York"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25

OUR IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
The Figures For the Year Ended April
40 1893

The chief of the bureau of statistics,
Washington, ID. c.. in his statement 10 the
secretary of the treasury, reports that the
total value of exports OF merchandise from
the United States during the II months end
ed April 20. 1893, was sSis, 594, ,427, and dur
ing the corresponding period of the preced
ing year, sl,0ll.SiS, l73. a decrease OF Sl62,
74s, 746, The vslnes OF imports during same.
periods were 1925, l5l, ,9ss and sSS2, las 3sl
respectively. an increase of s9i, 0d, 6l7 The
exports OF gold amounted tn sll0.0S9, 02t
and the imports TO tl9, Sal. 600 excess Of ex-
ports 500 49s, ,026. During the correspond
ing ~ months OF last year the exports OF
gold amounted To s76. 6i4, T62 and the inn
ports TO s49. 100, s2S; excess of exports S26
60i 939. The exports Of silver amounted TO
sSs $50, T5T and the imports to S23 AZ, IA;
excess OF exports. els 495.6lS, During the
corresponding period Of the preceding year
the exports OF silver amounted TO <9,1I5,
573 and the imports To Gle, ,5ol,7 ,747; excess OF
exports ell, i,21S,s26,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25
UNPRECEDENTED HAIL STORM
Pittsburg and Vicinity Pelted With
Great Lumps of Frozen Rain.

Pittsburg and Vicinity Pelted Win
Great Lumps of Frozen Rain.
veritable tornado. accompanied by on
OF the heaviest hail storms Pittsburg
has ever known struck that city Saturday
afr on. For quarter OF an hour a rain
OF - ,....--- .own upU4I the- sstr=Ss--znd
bousetops with crushing force, damaging
everything that came within It's fall. The
streets presented the appearance Of snow
fields for while. so thick and heavily did
the hail drops fall. Men, women and chill
dren ran in all directions for shelter I'm.
brellas were broken as quickly a. they were
raised. Horses and vehicles were lying
through the streets as II propelled ty some
unnatural force.
since the early iif,ies nothing 50 bad in
the way Of hail storm has been known in
fliisoUrg. FOR half an hour before !,
came on darkeuei ky hung over the city
a. II IN prophecy ui what Wa @. follow Al
- exactly the first drops 'e,l., varying Iu
SIZE from inch 10 !! inches .u diameter.
like 80 many bgile's Of ice they increased
IN number and 40 force. and crashed upou
the roofs @! buildings. The ,,u-m riu 5-acsi
the greater part ut Pennsylvania. taking lu
u portion OF Northern Wet Virginia !tW4.
much much heavier ln Flristarg aud the
immediate vicinity than anywhere else tor
a radius OF Is miles
The tota! precI pi'atiOu ia i've minutes
was log inches. During that time uame.g.
from a. TO $50 .. m. the wind which
came from the uorthwest, Increased in force
from TO = miles an hour Justa quickly
did II subside. Along tue Ohio valley the
storm center arose 10 high decree and did
considerable damage a. tar a. Wh.elirS
W. Va. The heavy hail w,s attributed tu
the contraction of the ascendant curreut. OF
tie previous days hot ar com ug IN con-
tao, with the colder currents ut the previous
three az four days. Ehs caused the con
gealing OF the warm siraiA with the exist.
ing upper strata ut cold air, The abuOrmal.
~ low atmospheric pressure Of the past
week helped the storm cons deTabIy. IL
came and passed OF IA few minutes. the
hail whirling down IN thousands Of tons, A.
II IN q vortex.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25
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THREE BABIES BURNED
By a Dog Upsetting q Lamp While Pro
tecting His M Master's House.


A dispatch from Buffalo Gays; While
John Downey, an engineer on the Lacka-
wanna, was on the road Saturday night,
some one tried TO effect an entrance 10 his
house on Ganson street His wife and five
children were asleep on the upper floor,
Abont O'Clock Mrs Downey was aroused
by the noise Of some one trying 10 open the
door. She got up and In the lamp At that
moment the dog which had been sleepug
nj the foot OF the bed, aroused himself and
sprang towards the window. growing at
the iniruders. lie knocked the lamp 10 the
tioor and the house took tire.
Ms, Downey the baby and the eldest
child escaped. but the other three Alice, .
years. John. :. and Frank. o were snhoca.
Gated before help arrived. Mr pownty had
no knowledge Of the accident until he came
home Ia find his wife sittlng in the RUNS OF
the house with tho charred bodies Of her
babies in her arms.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25
Pur,u,diIy Fat a.

An American paper published in
Paris recently contained the follow
ing unique advertisement: "A young
man Of agreeable presence, ana &c.
sirous of getting married, wouid like
TO make the Acquaintance OF an aged
and experienced gentleman who could
dlssuadc him from taking the fatal
stpn
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25
August

b., what Hoods sarseparila Dors tha
Nm. the story Hoods Cures

Eight doctors treated me for Heart
isease and orc for Rheumatism,
II did me no good. ! could not
eak aloud. Everything that took
10 the Stomrch distressed me. I
uld not sleep. I had taken all
hds of medicines. Through a
fghbor / got one Of your books.
Procured a bottle of Green's Aug
"a Flower and took it. / am to-day
1put, hearty and strong aud enjoy
4e best of health. August Flower
saved my life and gave me my health.
Ms. Sarah J Cox, Defiance, .. u
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25

WiININGroN, GA terrific nd aul hail
storm IaSSed over this county Saturu ~
afternoon aud did much dsmase. 10,
iruli crop j. damaged ABOUT one half Han
stones Of unusually large - Le fsl. Tor about
80 minutes. The damage wl.l be very great
toetowing wheat.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25
ROYAL WELCOME TO ApniNuEss


fenty OF Ceremony and Etiquette.
The special tram bearing the infanta E,.
lalia and her suite, under escort Of Com.
mander Davis L. $. n, reached Washing
ton Friday evening.
AZ matter Of course. the members of
the Spanish legation were prominent. Sec.
retary of War Lamont sent from Fort Myer
iout trunops OF cavalry to act as escort to Het
royal Highness and President Cleveland
sent his handsome new baruuche. drawn
oy Tour magnificent bays, t. haul the In
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25
FRvIT GROWERS ARr Hrlyy losFEs.

kLiwoop tlCN, fN,-rAe storm OF vine.
ram and hail that struck this place SaJUr.
Gay afternoon did at Immense amount OF
damage. All the gardening that VA, 200 or
above ground IS damaged toe hail ham 'ner.
ing all the younger growth 10 death. Fruit
growers are heavy luSer..
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25

BElIAIRE, o--rhe heaviest hail storm for
years passed over this seciion SATURDAY.
evening Hail as lsree As wa!nuts dld great
damage 20 the late roofs of this clty. Fruit
trees and growing crops are badly injured.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25

The farmers in the rural stTic,s suffered
intensely through damage dOue their crops
They cay that young corn will De scarcity
this season, and that fruit in the district
covered by the storm will be unknown.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25

WHFrllNG.-Near!ya an inch OF rain fe,l
here IN p minutes Saturday accompanied
by hail IN the surrounding COuutrv stream.
are high. Rarns were burned by nghrun.
and crops damaged
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25

You can't do everything you want
to do, but there are IA good many
things that YOU don't want ~ DO that
can be avoided.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25
An Immense Ore poeh.

An immense ore dock is building
at Onesta, MINI. The structure,
which, IL Is said, will be the largest
on the lakes, is 20 he $500 feet in
length, 90 feet wide, and height
above mean water level 52t feet
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25

Cain but Not cofiec'eo'
ro you calm and coilectcd at the
OF Gettysburg, Maior?' well,
n. / was calm enough, but 1
4 collected. With leg In one
the feld. an arm In another.
4 left ear 10 another, collection
|jnIcult. ."-Harper's lIazlr.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25

= suitor who gets the mittcn
.]ikely TO pronounce the contest
rarement with soft gloves.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25

Fine. acts.. scts: embossed, tct-.; ingram.
Five tepts; gold border lc yard 100 Fam !.
pee, all prices for &c. -tamL Rssp. Wall
PAPER Johber. Rochestrr. Pa
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25

chearcst way ~ get all the
ncjes OF the season Is To eat
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25

lialis Catarrh Cure II a liquid and Il taken
Internally, and acts directly an the blood aud
mucous surfaces ~ the system. Write for tes-
timonials, free. Manufactured by
+. Y. tuEHEY A 20. Toledo. %.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25

|ordcr TO carve out 4 fortune o
.nnst lc sharp.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25
Base Ball Record.

The following table shows the standing "
The aiiisIent base ball clnhs UP " date
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25

Hatch's Universal Cough Syrup isa Positive
cure for Group. - cents nt druggists
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25

Atmours grain elevator in Chicago will
hold 5000. 0O1 bushel
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25

Beecham's Pills instcal ~ sloshy rnIrsrL
waters. Beccham's-no others. - cts. box
Music employs 4, 500 Londoners.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-30

the book agent political tout, insurance
fiend and Christmas-box hunters are none
plussed when they try and tackle me,
charm they never so wisely.
Then the babies, the dear little things!
| love them all the more because / cannot
hear them cry, though ] confess that I
feel just a little sad sometimes because I
cannot hear them laugh The house in
which dwell has more than its share of
schoolboy. Schoolboy pervades all the
region round about, more or less. When
they make row, after the manner of
their kind, they never hear from me, for
] never hear of them.
nat the theater can watch the actors
and make my own books, so to speak,
though that book is sometimes grotesquely
unlike the play performed That is the
fault of the actors, you know, not mine I
The powers of the memory are greatly
strengthened by deafness, as also are those
of literary composition. One more, truly
blessed, advantage and delight connected
with deafness in this, that one is spared
hearing mischicvous gossip, unneighborly
remarks, unseemly jests, and loud talk at
the corner of every street.
On the whole, then, | certainly think
that the delights and drawbacks of deaf
ness are very fairly balanced-at least.
i find them so and If one does not give
way TO dependency, the life of the deaf
man Is not only worth living, but can be
made worth much, both to himself
and TO others
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-30
BELTS.

have done this many a year, wrapped in
his own thoughts
The want of hearing TO the musical soul
is terrible; nothing else can replace this
loss. Deafness, / think, makes man ego
tistical, consequential, self-opinionated
and Self-asscrtiVe to an unpleasant degree,
and | question whether the temper is i'm
proved by it. To the deaf man the going
about from place TO place in the dark is a
great puzzle, if not positive danger.
The blind man has the advantage of the
deaf man here.
The deaf man is forever carrying his
life in his hand, as it were, and only those
who have been 50 situated can realize the
hairbreath escapes from violent death the
deaf man experiences almost daily or,
perhaps I should say, nightly.
When shopping or when asking the
way the deaf man is at a tremendous dis
advantage. To mo it seems wonderful,
even now, why there should be such a
difficulty in getting the simple answer Of
Eyes" and mo" This is the case, and,
no matter how careful you may frame
your question so as to need nothing be-
yond negation or assent, the chances are
that you arc bothered with speech, not
one word of which you can hear.
Tell the speaker you are quite deaf; he
will very likely
TALK AT GREATER RATE
than before If you politely hand him o
pencil and note book he either, makes q
muddle Of what he does write or appears
TO be thoroughly offended with you.
If ! can help it, ] will not let any shop
assistant speak to me. make him write
down the price of a thing and stick to it
afterward, which he sometimes resents.
As to going 10 public worship, that is an
other matter in which deafness asserts it.
self. / very rarely go to church or
chapel, and when do it is to oblige some
well meaning friend. The only services
in which / can take any part are those
for deaf mutes.
When in London, have sometimes been
to the church in Oxford street.. whore there
is u service specially held for the deaf and
dumb ! shall not forget my first visit
there At that time ! knew nothing of
the language Of the deaf beyond the finger
alphabet. This did not help me very much.
The preacher seemed to me to be doing all
sorts of indecOrous things. His gesture
language appeared TO be made up of the
coiling Of invisible ropes, stirring por-
ridge pulling hairs out of his mouth,
winding worsted, washing his hands in
imperceptible water, challenging ghostly
enemies to come on and have % round
with the raw un's," spanking recalcit-
tant babies, making love to the ladies by
placing his hands upon his heart and
looking interesting; and 50 on to any ex-
tent
1t all was very funny, indeed, until |
began to understand what 10 meant Now,
when / am able to go to that church,
] still find some good man doing these
queer things, but ] am initiated into the
mysteries of the place, and although there
is no longer anything funny for me there.
/ find much help and consolation.
Among the delights Of deafness, to me
nothing beats the immunity | enjoy from
tiresome chatterboxes The dreadful man
who skips across the road TO buttonhole
you, dear friend. leaves me alanc ~~i9
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-30

and in which she will not be coached by
stars or managers There is no end of
others, but these are the ones that stand
out most prominently.
There is going TO be a book annex,
where YOU can buy books worth their
weight in gold, because each one will have
the autograph Of the writer in it. There
will be musical annex, and on top of the
grand piano there will be thousands of
dollars worth of music, and autographs
and busts of great musicians while Just in
the center there win be everything that
would be of use in a newspaper office
nice, big scissors. mucilages, penwipers,
pen, led pencils, blue pencils, and lot of
other things, especially some wedding
cake, that has come from an esteemed
contemporary.
WHAT AN GOING TO DO?
] am going to stand behind a silver low
ing-cup and have a pretty girl help me
take votes for the most popular news
paper woman. Who do you think it will
be- Anybody can send any votes to me
for anybody he or she wants, and it will
get put down. OF course, every blessed
one of US want the cup; but still, we
could all be nice to whatsoever got it and
drink her health heartily with love and
good wishes. The really busy woman
hasn't time for envy, hatred, malice, and
all uncharitableness; it is only the woman
who plays at being busy.
But | forgot to tell you about the souv-
Cnrs. They are going to be little silver
pins, and the design is a heart. De-
signed by MANI Certainly not. De
signed by Edith Sessions Upper. A man
would not have thought of it.. He would
have said, have quill, or have a bank
book, or have an imitation spring hat. but
he would never have thought of anything
as nice as that. That took woman and
if by any chance a man stumbles on one,
it is because a woman had him trained.
Then there is going to be tea for sale and
coffee like your mother used to make.
And, best of all, we are going to wear our
very finest and newest frocks. We are
going TO impress each other with our
good taste
sELF-sACRIFICING WOMEN.
It is funny sight, and tits pitiful one,
too, to see all these women. Every one of
them doing her duty in that sta
tune she has been placed, and
not one Of them grumbling. One girl is
sending a brother through college, and
another has a couple of old people to take
care Of and all the way through it isn't
just her own self she is working for, for
she could easily get somebody to take care
Of her own sweet self, but she has got TO
loVh az tCL bHC hdppltcsS anu Welldfe OF
some Of her kin. How many men do that}
am sorry to say, not very many. We
women seem to have d sense Of the obliga-
tlOn that comes TO us with birth, and men
seem 10 shake this off as dogs do their
puppies This sounds hard but is true.
OF course, there are exceptions. / know
man who writes and writes and writes
that he may keep in luxury a woman who
bears his name and who is drunkard
and who is a liar, and who, it is probable,
is untrue TO him, but he never finds fault
with her, and is always good to her. He
remembers her as she was when he mar
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-30
DELIGHTS OF DEAFNESS.
There Are Some Advantages Even in
AilliCtiOn.
Secures Immunity From Tireless
Chatterboxes and Gossips-The De-
lights and Drawbacks are Said to be
Very Fairly Balanced.

o. a SsAA4J DeNAtAAASbAs
From the London It'd Bits.
The delights of dcafnessr' ! fancy /
can hear some reader exclaim Precious
little fun you can see in the matter no
doubt; but there is bright side to the
subject, and presently you shall see il.
Among the thousand natural shocks
that flesh is heir to, few misfortunes APP
peal with 50 little success to the sympa-
thy of our fellow creatures as the Attic
ton of serious or total deafness. The deaf
man, even in his own household, finds
himself too often placed on the level with
children and domestic animals, and is not
nfrequently regarded not only as a fool
but as a very stupid one indeed.
If the adult feels this treatment so
acutcly, what shall be said Of the deaf
child7 The writer of these lines was,
through deplorable accident, suddenly
struck with incurable deafness at the
very time Of life when boyhood was at it's
best aud brightest, and the future seemed
full Of promise
That is over quarter OF century ago
now, and never since that sad day have
the sweet melodies of nature or the notes
of sacred song made themselves audible
to my once most musical ear. Such Joys,
together with the familiar voices Of my
friends, are now heard i'm dreams alone
Correspondents have often asked me
what is the effect of deafness on the mind
That is a question which cannot be an
swered oefhand Much depends on the
temperament, the disposition, the social
surroundings and the education Of tho
afflicted one. ! can readily believe that in
some instances misfortune such as mine
would
TEND TO DISTURB THE MENTAL BALANCE.
In my own case. however, theryroke fell
at time when ! had already received
good elementary education; and having a
natural aptitude for study, when choose
to exert myself ! have been able 10 keep
fairly abreast Of my contemporaries. The
drawback which feel most keenly is the
inability to avail myself Of the splendid
educational aids, within the reach of all
hearing people, in the shape OF lectures
given, as they are now, by the leading
lights of the literary and scientific world
Again the rapid interchange Of ideas by
means of conversation with a Concenial
companion is quite out Of the question.
Consequently. when wearied with
much reading, deafness has certainly q
tendency TO make a man either sluggard
or vaeabond. BY this mean that he is
induced either TO dream away his time or
TO 90 wandering about ff country. as