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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-02

and have a being, which would be q
type OF health and happiness. Why
is this so?
A description OF "a farm home, con-
structed upon sanitary conditions and
environed by insanitation may answer
the question.
House built on damp or low ground.
Damp, uncemented cellar. Air and
sunlight excluded from cellar. Cell
ventilation in winter and discomfort
from heat in summer. No provision
made for proper heating in winter.
Too much foliage about the house ex.
cluding air and light Stops, wash
water from clothing and sewerage
thrown on the ground near the house.
Barn and barnyard located on damp
or low ground. Stable manure thrown
out into barnyard, where it remains
uncovered from rain or sunshine. Its
juices washed over the barnyard and
adjacent grounds.
The well or spring from which water
is drunk located 80 that it is likely to
he contaminated with drainage from
slops, and barnyard.
How can such ill.conditions be rem.
edied?
The following suggestions may an
swer the questions
Build the house on knoll, ground
sloping in every direction. Let it
face the south or southeast. Cement
| cellar bottom and walls Make coil.
ing of rooms ten to twelve feet high.
Give access TO sunlight and air into
every room, Build only two stories
with high garret over all the house.
! Spread the house out over much
ground, and never have the kitchen in
the basement or cellar.
Provide comfortable room inside
the house for bathroom, and make
provision for warming this room in
winter.
Provide long drainage away from
the house and water supply, for hpuso
slops, sewerage, laundry and wash
waters
Build the barn on dry elevation.
Provide cement concaved receptacle
! under cover for manures; these, with
their juices, are the savings bank OF
the farm. Never permit decnying or
iermenting vegetable or animal matter
to exist for moment anywhere Oh
the farm. Drain ani dry M swamps
they are the source of bal air dis
cases, which arise from declying vege-
table matter
Such generally are the condition,
OF sanitation on the farm There ure
many minor suggestions which migAt
he made, but they will readily occur
to one who will think. 1t is well to
cultivate a habit OF purifying tho sur.
roundings by burning eyerythins that
IS obnoxious that can be made TO burn.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-02
JAPANESE GOWNS.

The prettiest thin dresses are the
japanese cnes. All the readers of old
romances will remember how the hero
ines always wore pineapple gauzes at
their first balls, and the prettiest
gauzes are those imported direct from
Japan.
OneI saw was of white, with hello
trope stripe, and had been brought
over from Japan in trading ship q
great many years ago. 1t had been
laid away in an old trunk, whence it
was brought few weeks since, with q
lot of other treasures, that until now
have been voted mere lumber The
dressmaker made it up over hello
trope satin slip and low cut waist.
The gauze itself was Gored on the hips,
but gathered very idll at the back.
The waist was fulled in from shoulders
to belt, and was trimmed with broad
ruffles OF the same over the shoulders,
and IN jabot fashion down the front
of the waist. The customary belt and
sash finished the gown, which had to
wear with it broad Leghorn hat,
trimmed with heliotropo gauze the
exact color of the heliotrope stripe.
Why heliotrope aud white should look
so cool is beyond my comprehension.
but it certainly does, and is at present
the most fashionable combination of
color.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-02

In 1891 the ie:nlized liquor tranir gave
this country 300, OOl criminals 100000 pau
pers and 30J, 900 IDIOTS.
Mr.. PowIrrly declares that he would rather
have a following Of 100000 total abstuiners
than "a million moderate drinkers
Liquor licences are refused 10 all estab-
lishmcnls within 400 yaris OF schools and
churches IN the District ol Columbia.
In Glasgow, Scotland. nity-nina out OF
sixty-iwO criminals tried at ono session OF "a
court testified thar drinking had loi 10 their
crimes.
The newly-elected Mayor Of Austin, Mimi,
has announced his Intention 10 have thu
law or closing the saloons on Sunday rigid-
~ enforced
The state Eoarl OF Health OF Arkansas has
been given authority 10 revoke tina licenss OF
any physician who Is guilty ot habilual
drunkenness.
Baltimopas NJ. c. A. has declined tho
proceeds OF bazaar held for its benefit ny
the German branch OF tbs association be-
cause beer was sold.
Nearly every woman In 81. Louis has
signed petition asking that temperance
man bs appointed marshal 10 look alter tho
enforcement Oi the liquor law.
The Senate COMMITTEES on Foreign Hela
tions has reported u resolution which pro-
yides ior concerted action hy The Untrb J.
States ahl several European pow"'s I" pro.
himt tho s,lo OF intoX eating i,quuts anu
firearms TO Ihs D-tiyos vi tue Sew HeDrides
Islands.
The Army Temperance Association OF Eng
laud is allowed S250i ~ the Government
toward It's working eX pcnses. The Secretary
Of state Tor War III his speech on the esti
mates paid "a well-deseryed tribute OF praise
20 tho excsllent results which have followed
the operations of this association both ak
home and abroad.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-02
rAEm AND GARDEN NOTE

Pumpkins are an excellent iall aal
winter iced for cattle.
Rubbish around trees harb RS mice
ana invites fatal injury.
Color, flavor and grain arq three es.
scntial elements OF butter
Throw thc dish aud wssh water
around fruit trees or towering saruos.
Collect wormy fruit as il falls from
the trees and destroy it in soms man.
ner.
The drinking water for the fowls
should not be allowed to stand in the
sun.
1t is humane to protect the horses
head from the hot rays of the summer
sun.
We would not feed fat pork to fowls,
but We would feel any other kind Of
meat. ',..
Ney,r plant seei deeply. 1t is all
nonsense. Plant shallow anl pack the
soil well.
Close horses nose AMI he will die,
for the horse can not breathe through
the mouth.
When the milk becomes cooler than
the surrounding atmosphere it begins
to absorb odors.
One of the greatest leaks in dairying
is the great loss of butter tat lost by
careless han Hing,
The children will take more intercs.
in the farm ii allowed even small in.
terest in stock and crops.
When trees are pruuel, let the
sears dry, then paint them with leaI
and oil, using no turpentlne.
1t i, good plan for beginners to
begin with half dozen hens and Ltuly
their nature aud the business.
Give colts and calves plenty of bulky
foods. 1t exp lnds the stomach, aaI =
capacious stomach is valuable.
Grow more carrots. They are Lot
only salable the market when youn5,
bu: are capital root for stock.
Do not stir the enrta much among
the strawberry plants after they be gin
TO blossom. IL often bliyhts the fruit,
especially il the dirt adA res to it.
1t must be remembered that those
dairymen who report 800 or $50
pounds of butter per COW annually
have come up through years OF ex.
perience.
A dairy writer says that You had bet.
ter begin dairying with two COWS and
n strong desire to thoroughly learn the
business, than with ten COWS and u
confident feeling that you can succeed
rs well as old hands in the business.
The Lincoln coreless pear is new
variety, being introduced in this por-
tion OF the country for which stronS
claims ara made. There being no
seeds or core, the variety is naturally
very desirable for canning or for table
use. 1t might also prove more attrac.
tive to the predatory small boy-it
that were possible.
When chickens show symptoms OF
leg weakness give them little milk
to drink and feed them sparingly on
coarse oat meal, millet and cracked
wheat scattered among the chah,
compelling them to dig for it. A lit
tie exercise that way with plenty >oi
green food will stimulate the di-
gestive organs and often throw OF tas
trouble. 1890
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-02
TEMPER ANCE.


MuMNN HANE.
IN beautiful hand, you mur nur,
Dimplei and dainty aud small.
"A hand TO lead" Al the pity
IL leads to u souls downfall.
Beautiful2 All | ear never
See beauty in II again,
For the stain OF blood IL on II,
The blood of my iellow.men.
That white hand has held the wine cup;
I've seen It liit gayly up
To lips too weak 10 refuse II
The rosy, death-laden cup.
The red lips parted In laughter,
And LEFT ON its brim kisa.
Is I, strange that poor. weak mortalI
Should peril their souls for this2
They laughed Mt the drunkard's weakness.
Surr OF their strength yet they Tell
From the fair, strong heights OF manhood
Into sins uttermost hell
All that the hand OF a woman.
Hands that God trusts with 40 much.
Should lead His children tar from Him,
And blot out His face with touch.
For God in woman has given
A power that's next to- His own
The tenderest gilt of heaven
lntru~ted TO her alone.
A terrible fact conironts you.
A woman, and yet how grand
A soul may lio in the hnlnnce
Held 10y your own white hand.
FLORENCE \. Jones. in womankinl
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-02
pRINEfNn Am. nn,rnnr-

In his book, The People I've Smie |
With. Marshall +. Wilder. tho humori,t
says "Some otmy most successful work ha4
been In the line Of after dinner speeches
aud have been asked how | could 90
through ten or twelve courses of food and
ak or eight different kind, ot wine and then
hav" any head on my shoulders. The answer
Is very easy don't / never drink wine or
any other liquor. don't want 10 give away
any other business mans secrets. but | vcn-
ture TO say that Ia. best after dinner speak
crs In tho United States are the most mo ter
ntc diners. II you will east your cyo NJ tho
table in front OF some man at big dinner
who gets up and makes capital speech. YOU
viii pohnbly see our %! two things-either
that his glasses are all turned upside down
or that they are entirely ull. In other wOrIs
tie has been drinking litilo or nothing
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-02
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
HAVE A GOOD PLANT SYRINGE.

Any one growing flowers in pots,
even on very limited scale, ought TO
have a good brass syringe. Such an
instrument is good for lifetime, and
IL will come into play almost daily the
year round. With il, effective work
can be done in showering plants with
water OF insecticides, az all parts OF
them can be reached. The use of the
whisk- broom as sprinkler belongs to
the "dark ages" of plant culture. -
American .Agriculturist.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-02
SANITARY Farm LIYH.

The following extracts are from a
paper published in the Hygienic Ga
zette:
1t would seem that the most sani.
tary of all places OF abode for human
beings would be in the free open
country under the direct influence of
sunshine, pure air, water and natural
food; so it is, aud so it would remain,
but for the insanitary influences cre-
ated by man himself, whereby he de-
feats his own desire to live aud move
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-02
EASE AND DIGNITY.

A very natty and becoming gar.
ment, combining the ease Of the jacket
with the dignity of the coat, and
thereby losing the negligee appear.
anco OF the former, is q new style OF
blouse. II is close fitting and COM
pleted by waiscoat and chemisette,
and combines well with any sort of skirt.
Brown or tan colored covert cloth is
the best material, with revers OF brown
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-02

shades, from the dark gray, called
steel gray, to the palest dove tint; .
few white articles are seen among the
lot, and far away, in remote corner,
q thousand pairs OF black silk stock
open worked, as thin as the webs OF
the most artistic spider, lovely, but
disdained and snubbed by their friends
Of old, are given away almost for
nothing.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-02
CHECKED TAFFETA SLEEVES.

If the sleeves OF a pet cloth dress or
a serge frock have given out replace
the old ones with pair of big sleeves
made from the new checked taffetss.
You can also have vest or waist An
ish of the silk and the effect is quite
stunning.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-02
safer TrayclingIni,rita,n.

The British Board OF Trade reports
that In 1892 there were twenty'one
passengers killed in train accidents In
the United Kingdom. In the same
year there were ll6 passengers killed
In the same class of accidents in the
United States,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-02
BLACK HOSIERY Is DOOMED.

In Paris the crv h,s gone up: "No
more black stockip g." and the shops
in Paris are eager tdplease, and, ODE.
dient to the voices of their fashiona-
BILE customers, exhibit now heaps of
silk and thread hosiery, all OF the
same color. but infinitely varied in
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-02
BLOUSE WAISTS.

Shirt waists are trim aud tidy they
give full figure slim lines. But
everybody can't make graceful con.
nections. The average woman is hol-
low in the back, her skirts sag, and
the wristbands yawn. To cover the
difficulty. the blouse waist hes beer
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-02
WHATWOMEN WEAR
STYLES AND NOTIONS IN FENII-
NINE APPAREL.
A Charming Cotton Gown for
Summer wear-Dress for
Girl OF Fifteen - Trim
Blouse Waists.

HHE two-column cut nicely IL
lustrates about the simplest
Il and the prettiest style for
making cotton gowns that has
been taken up this summer. The
bodice has blouse front effect. The
top has collar of folds, with rosette
on the right side. There is bretelle
effect with butterfly bows on the shoul-
ders. The centre Of the bodice is full
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-02

"CAN'T you give me employment,
ma'am?" said the tramp 81 haven't
had anything to do for months. f."
Poor fellow! What can YOU dO!"
well, ma am, ! am good watcher.
II | could sit out here on your front
porch and watch the front gate, SOS
no one could steal IT, you'd Ind |
was yerv competent
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-02
DRESS FOR GIRL OF FIFTEEN.

Here is dainty summer gown for o
girl of fifteen.
The material is sheer white lawn,
striped with fine line in pale blue.
The whole frock is rather loosely ac-
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-02

Gordon plated and trimmed with
horizontal bands of white lace inser-
ton. A broad belt ofpale-blue moire.
scattered with blurred pink blossoms.
encircles the waist. Narrower moire
Gibbons are used as shoulder straps,
being finished on top with French
rosettes
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-02
wu,r rur pocroR SAYS.

A belief that has caused an enormous
amount of misery. III health. poverty and
crime In this world Is that which many
people hold. that drinking is good tor the
health, TO give strength, TO "hu,ld up, to
keep of disease. To- help digestion. and 40
on. This is u complete mistake. Nothing
could be farther from the truth. Scientific
men are telling us every day that liquor can
never do us any good AT alt. iIere Is what
DR. j. q. Clcnveand, Of Boston, says In tho
Temperance Cause
|. Alcohol intericres with appetite for
food
.. Digestion is delayed and made imper.
feet hv alcohol.
2. Disease Of the stomach and the organs
OF digestion il caused bv alcohol.
1. Alcohol uniuly hastens the circulation
OF blood and causes congestion OF blood
vessels
o. Alcohol Increases tho work OF tho
heart AMI thereby exhausts It's power.
6. Alcohol softeus the muscular ilhres OF
the heart and weakens II by changing tho
nbrcs into fat.
Z. Alcohol congests tho blood vessels Of
the brain. and by inducing fatty degen-ra-
tiou, may cause apOplexy. Alcohol causes
the blood vessels OF the brain To- become
gorgcd with blood till frequently, they
burst.
spThe substance NJ the brain is Injured
by I'D It's thought-produc - / Jwer
=. hc )ilc, .,nv ..,... "-... .,...
analysts and death. Its ten dency always Is
: 20 paralyzs the nerves.
10. Alcohol produces delirium tremens
and various forms otinsanity
II. Moderate use Of alcohol leads stealthily
10 excessive use Of alcohol.
~. Continual uss OF alcohol weakens tho
will and srf-control
l3. Alcohol tends to iniure the moral
sense AMI leads 10 crime.
a. Alcohol paraly2es the nerves so they
lose control y! tho muscles. causing stag
geriug, etc.
Il, Alcohol does not keep out the heat.
Statistic, ,.ora that almost every one dying
OF -unstr0kc has been addicted 10 strong
drink
lG Alcohol docs not keep out the cold.
Varied and particular experiment has
proved beyond a possibility OF douot, that
instead OF being - producer of her IN tho,n
who use i,--trohp, Is q rolu"'r OF heat.
Tho Arctic explorer Captains Ross All
Perry, DR.. Kane ant others discovered that
alcohol 3il net keep out the colt, AMI thnt
men who dtl not u.s. II "niurrl exposure
to severe cold better tnau those VINO did.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-02

MORE, ard waistcoat of changeable
moire in blue and brown.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-07-05

ic as Major Baldwin would have us be
lieve, we cannot fully comprehend in
that light
Such talk cannot help but do harm; it
places on the minds of the younger gen
eraton a false impression of the magni-
tude of the war, of the objects sought
to be gained and of the final result
No, the war was no picnic, DO holiday
of prolonged pleasure, but stern un-
yielding necessity, which came upon
the country and had to be met. 1t
made many desOlate homes, it left
many a physical wreck on lifes stormy
shore, it caused tears of blood to flow
from eyes all unused to weep. But the
result was triumph of principle over
error and injustice. There are none
living today that were then actors in
the scenes of blood and carnage, that
regret the past. They did their duty
and the right triumphed. 1t i'll be-
comes one who was an active partici
pator in those stirring scenes to endeav
or to belittle the honest efforts OF the
old boys to redeem their country from
anarchy and ruin. God grant that oul
beloved land may never be called upo1
to set forth the feast of such anothe
OicOjc Il
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-07-05
MO. Shopper year. in advance.
"'o Six Months 80 cents.

and falls that Overtake other men.
The percentage of crime is, thank God,
very small among such people. But
the peril is so awful that no one dares
to grow careless. Now trusted di
vine in Chicago is deposed, and the
mantle of charity is thrown over the
weakness of a gifted eastern preacher
who had power over class of men
whom none other could reach. He
may have gained it at greater cost than
he could afford.
But the sin of Ham was the worst.
It was not the weakness of a moment.
1t was the revelation of an internal
spirit A man might get drunk once
without intending to do so. But no
man would exult in the fall of another,
or publish his disgrace to the world for
sport. whose soul was not Satanic.
Hate rejoiceth in iniquity but rejoiceth
not in the TRUTH beareth nothing, be-
lieveth nothing good, hopeth nothing
to a fellows credit, endureth nothing
for his recovery 1t always faileth.
But if the righteous scarcely be saved,
when shall the ungodly and sinner ap-
pear?
Every scandal monger is Canaanite
and carries the curse of his severity In
the marrow of his bones. He is of ig-
noble origin and destiny. He invites
the adversary to enslave him. Hefeeds
on carrion. He gloats on indecencles.
He exults in finding some who are as
bad or worse than himself because it
softens the impeachment OF his own
conscience and adds more birthstone to
his supply of fuel. The peril passes in
to the fatal stage where it tempts him
to reject the only emancipation who has
power to deliver him from bondage.
Thank God for the ShemS and
Japhets who go backward with averted
ewes and with the love that covers a
multitude of sins. Such love is not
only sober. SO the Hamitic may be.
, 1t saves. The prodigal's brother was
steady, but he was loveless. NO, ne
was hateful. But the father was glo-
8 rious in his transforming affection
f Ifsons and fathers developed this grace
r as daughters and mothers are more apt
+ to do, the perilous years OF age ano
d youth might be safely passed. But
+ the only safety comes after our Water
d loos and Armageddons are past. Our
l. only hope in them is in keeping close te
n the great Captain The North an(
"a | West
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-07-05
ANARCHISTS AND FARMING.

Some queer notions has Elisee Reclus,
the eminent geographer. He believes
every rood of land should support It's
man. and he would have every man
grow his own potatoes and cabbages'
There is vast amount of land on the
earth devoted to mere pleasure pur-
poses. The forests that hold game TOR
the amusement of mOnarchS and noble
men. Elisee Reclus would have cut
down and the ground parceled out
among the bomb throwers and anar-
chists and the starving thousands IN
cities. Certainly Reclus is partly right.
If you could catch your anarchist
and force him to go to raising cabbage
and potatoes for himself to eat or else
to starve, you would stop bomb hurting
in no time.
There is a kindred with the soil in the
nature of man. When he left off the
country life and packed into cities, he
left health behind him. Nervous dis
eases developed. A slum life was
evolved in cities that is more degraded
than that in the lowest savage lands to-
day. If the dyspeptic millionaire, the
bomb thrower and the dwarfed miser-
able slum dweller could alike be trans
planted to- their rood of ground and
forced to till it, there are some econo-
mic and hygienic questions that would
settle themselves.
Just enough digging in the soil-not
too much-is the most healthful tonic
for soul and body. Reclus himself, a
geographer and literary man for forty
three years, is ready at any time to don
farm iaborer's clothing and do his stint
at raising cabbages and potatoes
Walsh Co., Record.