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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-31

direction of her house, 80 much the
better, for he finds his mental opera
tions much quickened by that circum.
stance. When he gets back he is tired
to death, 1t Is true, but that is mere
trihe; only his muscles have given out,
his mind Is as fresh a, ever.
II his miseries ended with the ach.
Ing OF his tired limbs, however, he
would be singularly blest. But they
DO not, for one of the penalties OF being
In love is the fact that the man who Is
courting somebody 10 never exactly
certain about his footing. He is like q
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-31
DOES GOD MISS yorn VOICE,

The angel of requests so the legend runs
goes back from earth heavily laden every
time he comes to gather up the prayers of
men. But the angel of Thanksgiving, of
gratitude, has almost empty hands a, h. re-
turns from his errands tp this world. Yet
aught We not to give thanks for all that We
receive aud for every answered request
II we were 20 do this our hearts wouldalwaS-
he lifted up toward God in praise, There -
a story Of some great conductor Of musical
festival suddenly throwing up his baton and
stopping the performance, crying, "Flageo-
let!" The iiageolet was not doing its part,
and the conductors trained ear missed
its one note in the large orchestra.
Does not God miss any voice that il silent in
the music OF earth that rises Up to Him? And
are there not many voices silent, taking
No part in the song, giving forth no praise
Shall we not quickly start our heart-sonG of
gratitude, calling upon every power OF our
being 10 praise God.-J. Il. Miller, ID. ID.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-31
Cotton versus Corn.

every energy to make large crop OF cotton,
and are buying fertilizers In excess o, any
year psst. They contend-lt least - lsrss
number do-that they can get more, or as
much, for the cotton sect alone as they
could get for the corn made on the sans acre
OF land.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-31
MTSERIES OF MATING.
rHe SUFFERlNGS S MEN UNDERGO
WHILE COURTiNG.

t,vers aud Their ways-The Jokes Made
a, Their Representations and Blind
mes. Are Undisguiscd Blcssings--Pre-
,.r,ur to Engage a Father-in-Law.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-31
now THE FIRST CHRISTIANS LIVED.

An approved writer In describing the rolf
gious character OF the primitive Christians,
observed that ''when they gave themselves
to Christ. they counted all things loss for
him and his salvation; and the surrender
was an ponest,. whole-hearted transaction,
never to be regretted" Hence, from the
hour OF bic conversion, they made little ac-
count oi .hoperty.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-31
At the Head.

Bishop Polk, afterward General
Polk, was one OF those men who wear
the seal OF authority upon their
brows. On one OF his episcopal visi-
tations he stopped for the night at a
country Inn, when his host at once
addressed him as General"
mo, my friend" said Polk, "you
are mistaken; | am not soldier"
Judge, them" hazarded the inn.
keeper. ..
THAT Is not the title given me by
those who know me-" replied Polk,
beginning to be amused.
Bishop, Jhen!"
"Right," said Polk. laughing.
swell, l knew you were at the
head OF your profession, whatever Il
was. said the innkeeper.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-31

The devil enjoys himself In the
company of people who are well
pleased with themselves
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-06
1tt5{QllNQ',s 9a6Jt1. ~!
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AUTHORS, MEMORIES.
Macaulay's, Like q Dredging Net, Retained
Everything 1t Encountered.

Macaulay's, Like q Dredging Net, Retained
Everything It Encountered.
Lord Macaulay on one occasion repeat
ed to himself the whole of Paradise Lost"
while crossing the Irish channel
At another time, while waiting in a
Cambridge coffee house for a post chaise,
he picked up a country newspaper con-
tanning two poetical pieces-one the Re
Elections of an Exile and the other y
Parody on Welsh Ballad - looked
them once through, never gave them Il
further thought for 40 years and then re-
peated them without the change of sin
gle word.
Macaulays mind, some one has said.
was like dredging net, which took up all
that it encountered, both good and bad,
nor ever seemed to feel the burden. Very
much unlike a dredge net and more like
a strainer are the minds of some other
persons, who carefully select what they
will retain or who have a natural facility
for remembering special classes of facts
George Bidder for figures, Sir Walter Scott
for verses and Mezzofanti for languages.
Sir Walter Scott, quoting the old Dor
derer who had no command of his MEM
DRY and only retained what hit his fancy,
says that his own memory was of precise
ly the same kind. 1t seldom failed to pre-
serve most tenaciously a fayorite passage
of poetry, a playhouse ditty, or, above all,
q border raid ballad, but names, dates
and other technicalities of history escaped
me-" he says, lin most melancholy de-
gree, -
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-06
GoeaRA H6 :.
sssGHEyEET1
THE ACTION OF cHLoRoFoRM.
Experiments to Show How Possible Owe
dosing Can Be Prevented.

Experiments to Show How Possible Over
dosing Can Be Prevented.
AnRsthetic agents, of which chloroform
Is one Of the chief, have shorn from sur
gerry the larger portion of its terrors, and
not merely in the temporary alienation of
suffering, but by the removal of the ter
rible shock of operations they have render
ed them infinitely more successful and in
this way have preserved innumerablc lives.
But chloroform has not proved an alto
gether unmixed blessing. In the thou
sands of cases in which it is administered
a certain proportion of fatal results has
hitherto always occurred.
Hitherto it has largely been the practice
to test the action of chloroform on a pa
tient placed under its influence by observ-
ing the state of the circulation, and one of
the assistants has usually kept his finger
on the pulse during the influence of the
drug. Experiments, however, which have
been conducted at Hyderabad, India, prove
that this practice is useless, inasmuch as it
is the nervous centers which control the
respiration that are first affected by the
employment of the remedy. and the OBJ
servations have shown how insensibility
from chloroform can be produced free Of
risk by attending not to the pulse, but to
ural and regular, overdosing from chloro-
form may be regarded as well nigh impos-
sible.
The experiments to demonstrate this
most important fact, which will have q
very great influence in all further admin
istations of the drug, were undertaken on
behalf of the niZam's government by two
Americans, DIR. Gaskell and DIR. Hare.
They supplemented the experiments per-
formed at Hyderabad, and found, to use
their own words, that it is not possible to
cause death by the freest use of chloroform
without first arresting the breathing. 1t
is subject of congratulation that those
who may be under the necessity of inhal
ing chloroform In the future will be
moved from the possible peril which has
hitherto attended its administration. To
use the language of the letter published by
the nizam's government, 1.-The principles
OF chloroform administration are now
definitely ascertained, and there is no
longer the shadow of an excuse for the
impotent and dangerous finger on the
pulse while chloroform is given"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-06
Public Debt of Europe.

According to figures given by Mulhall
the English statistician, in the last nine
years the nations of Europe have increased
their debts II per cent, though in the same
time taxation has been increased 81 per
cent. Not one nation is living within it's
revenue. Since 1885 the debt Of France
has increased $445, 900, 600, that of Ger
many 1915, 600, 600, that of Russia $780,
900, 600, that of Austria 1865, 900, 900, and
Italy $3.50, 900, 900. Nearly all of the enor-
nous amounts raised by additional tax
alton has been expended in ornaments
and in state railways for military emer-
gencies. In 1884 Europe spent on armies
and navies $64O, 900, 900. In 1898 the sum
was $3.50, 900, 600. The aggregate of Euro
pean revenues from taxes in 1885 was $2,-
665, 900, 900. The public debt of CONT
mental Europe amounts to $50, $50, 600, 900,
France leading the list with So, 095, 900, :
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-06
BETHANIA DOIS
Lawn Party-Fif ieth Birthday-BiS
Picnic on SPIT. 1st.

Lawn Party-Fif ieth Birthday-BiS
Picnic on SPIT. 1st.
Correspondence of the sentinell
BETHANIA, Aug. % The lawn
party recently given by the Bethania
Sunday school was well atten ded ,
enjoyable and in every way a success
Yes, the beautiful lawn was prone
naded, and the evening made social
ly enjoyable by DIT least four hundred
people, whose unanimous verdict
was: The music is good and we'll
rendered; the refreshments are tempt
ing and satisfying; the decorations
are artistic and beautiful.
A large number of relatives and
friends of F. II. Lash gathered to
gethertd at his house on goth inst,
it being the occasion of the anniver-
sary of his fiftieth birthday, and
spent the afternoon very pleasantly
i'll music. short addresses, games
and, last on paper but first in mem
Dry, feasting from one of the most
bountiful tables we have ever said
grace over. Tom Kapp can relate
the practical joke of the occasion if
you press him.
ffOUracCeQ meetings. seem TO be
the order OF the day with most of the
denominations throughout this Sec
ton now. Good preaching and
large attendance are the rule.
Prof. A. l. Butner opened his school
today. The number is unusually
large for an early opening. and sew
eral additional boar,iers are expect
ed soon.
DR.. Strickland and E. W. Lehman
spent several days the past week
visiting the formers relatives in
Roanoke and Salem, Va.
Miss Ella Lehman will return to
Salem Academy next week.
The grea test picnic ever set on foot
is to be held two miles south of
Bethania, on the grounds of Peter
Marshall, Saturday, Sept. LIST.
Everybody is INVITED, and expected
to bring his basket, best spirits and
good looks and add all he can to the
enjoyment of the day. 1t especially
behooves all prospective candidates
to be out with very large baskets.
BETHANIA.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-06
FLORAL BRACKET.

viously covered with enamel or gold paint.
In these plant your blooms and train
about the rae < trails of greenery; then you
have a very decorative piece for a forlorn
nook that has long been in need of just
such a sweet companion.
Wooden chopping bowls, having tops
screwed into the bottom for legs and
glossily vanished with ivory or green
tinted enamel, support the hardest of
house plants in picturesque fashion
If you wish for a pretty table center
piece, cuddle saucepan in the depths of
a pretty Grape paper cover that may be
slipped on and off at pleasure, fill it with
rich earth and bank it with ferns. 1t is
surprising to note the grace and prettiness
which this plebeian kitchen utensil lends
to the family dining table once it receives
its cargo of green beauties.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-06
! ~
%lAMAT.EURSl
THE PURPLE ClEMATIS.
Its Artistic Adaptability-Colorst to Be Used
In Painting It In Oils.

Its Artistic Adaptability-Co to Be Used
In Painting It In Oils.
Studies from this beautiful flower will
be found adaptable to a variety of uses,
such as panels, screens, etc and can be
used, with proper arrangement, to good
advantage for plaques. They are also par
ticularly appropriate in form and color for
mirrors. Modern Priscilla gives the fol-
lowing directions in regard to oil colors to
be used in painting the clematis: Lay in a
background Of gray, made with cobalt,
cork black and little light red or vermil-
ion, adding a little lemon yellow at the
left. For the purple in the flowers use
mauve or make a color for them with per-
manent blue, madden lake and flake white.
Use a good sized bristle brush and lay on
the lightest tone first, then use the darker
color and work it into the first light stone
on the canvas.
Treat the petals broadly and in about
three tones of purple, the simpler the
treatment the better the result. For the
centers use lemon yellow for the first lay
ing In, adding a little cobalt and cork
black in the shadows. For the leaves use
about three tones, laying in the lightest
first and adding the medium next and the
dark last. Use cobalt, cork black and a
little ochre. For white clematis use flake
white for ths lights and white; cobalt and
lemon yellow and little touch Of vermil-
ion In the shadows.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-06
Fruit Daintily Served.

Fruit is SO largely used on our breakfast
tables that it is an exception to find one
without the daintily piled dish in the CEN
ter and the plates and finger bowls ar
ranged for the first course in the days re-
freshment. 1t is important that fruit
should be very cold when it comes to the
table, says Harper's Bazaar. Oranges and
bananas should be set in the icebox the
evening before and should be SO placed in
their beautiful dishes of glass or baskets
of silver as to be as decorative as flowers.
Straw berries for breakfast are best served
whole, with their stems intact, SO that
they may be dipped into the sugar and
eaten one by one. Cherries and currants
are SO picturesque that they need only to
be heaped high on a platter, while apples
must be wiped dry and polished till they
shine. Pears and grapes in their appointed
season are delicious breakfast fruit, but
they must be served in such a way that
they tempt the palate.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-06
bow to- REST ON.

In order to be safe an oil should huve
flash test of at least 1870 degrees. It
is well that householders should know
how to ascertain what the fash test of
any given oil is before using it. The
method is simplicity itself. Take any
small vessel or pan that can stand heat
and half fill it with fine sand On this
pour some Of the oil to be tested and
place in the mixture thermometer.
Now put it on the kitchen range Sc
that the heat may gradually rise and
watch the thermometer. Hold ut the
same time avery thin lighted taper over
it. When the thermometer has risen
sufficiently. the vapor will ignite The
temperature is the fash point Servants
ought to be warned against the practice
of filling lamp quite full
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-06
THE SOUTH.
Encouraging Report of a Railroad
President


President Harry Walters, of the
Atlantic Coast Line, has been talk
ing to a reporter of the Baltimore
American about the crop prospects
OF the section traversed by his rail-
road, and what he says is of the most
encouraging and gratifying nature.
Here is what he says in part:
There will be the finest crop Of
cotton ever grown in the South, un
ltss something unforeseen happens
to 1T, and 1T will be as large as any
grown since 1891, which was the
':trgest. L have talked with the mer
chants all along the line of our road
and they tell me their collection
we're never better. The panic las,
year prevented merchants from ex-
tending credits, and everybody had
to be as economical as possible, and
the people had to raise all their own
supplies. Consequently, this left very
few debts dus, and the people are.
therefore, on the way to prosperity.
The people were forced to raise then
crop cheaply, aud they are very littl.
encountered aud oV less money thar
at any time since the war There il
evinced all through the south
spirit OF economy, which, think,
will last all through the tall and
winter, and which may make bust
ness little slow; but it will be in II
position to make greater progress
than any other section.
The section of country til ough
which our lines run has become one
OF the most important tobacco-rais
Ing regions in the South, and the
development has all taken place in
five years; but the greatest develop
ment on the Atlantic Coast Line has
been in vegetables. Let me give you
an illustration: Seventeen years ago
forty per cent of the freight we car
ried was cotton, and in 1893 we
carried more cotton than We did
seventeen years before, and yet it is
only four per cent of our tonnage,
and now lumbe- fertilizers, fruits and
vegetables, as we'll as general mer-
chandise, all exceed cotton in ton.
mage. Here is an amusing demon
stration OF the growth of the grazing
industry: Our trains now run over
three cattle where we used to kill one
, five years ago. | know this, because
We have to pay for them"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-06
How to Relieve sleeplessness.

If persons troubled with sleeplessness
would keep at hand a bottle of the fol-
lowing mixture and use it as a sponge
bath, they would find the greatest re-
lief: Into ounces of alcohol put OF
ammonia and 2 of camphor. Shake
thoroughly. and when we'll mixed add 4
ounces of sea salt and enough hot water
to fill quart bottle. To apply it pour
a little of the liquid III a shallow dish,
moisten the whole body little at .
time by dipping small sponge in it.
Rub on only very little; then finish
with a vigorous rubbing with coarse
crash towel, get into bed. and you will
promptly fall asleep.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-06
n T7,1HgEsAgRH1saEE9ztt!8K|P
SALAD MAKING.
Two or Three Useful Rules, With q Recipe
For q Delightful Dressing.

Two Three Useful Rules, With q Recipe
For q Delightful Dressing.
During the summer salads are of ines
timable value, being of such refreshing,
cooling nature, and as the warm weather
advances and our appetites become more
capricious and difficult to please we hail
their appearance with delight as substi-
tutes for the ordinary dishes of meat,
which, in colder days, are welcomed so
heartily. The art of salad making should
aherefore be carefully studied.
The dish may be garnished, too, SO sim
ply and prettily that very often a skillful-
ly prepared salad forms the most attract
i've feature of the meal, and that, too, at
a very trifiing expense fact which is no
small recommendation in the majority of
small households.
For the making of a plain salad, cucum-
bers, caulif1owers, dandelion leaves, let
tuces of all kinds, French beans, potatoes,
onions. water cress, tomatoes, peas, paTs-
ley, etc., are all suitable. The range of
choice, therefore, is large. Although to
make q salad is a simple matter there are
a few rules that should be strictly OBJ
served. For instance, whatever vegetables
are being used, they must be young and
perfectly fresh; they must then be care.
fully washed and made thoroughly dry,
this latter being a point of the utmost
Importance. Carefully avoid using steel
knife, as this is apt to impart disagree
able flavor to the vegetables, and also to
injure the color. This rule applies only to
certain of the vegetables-green ones in
particular. If silver knife is not at hand,
use two forks, or, better still, tear the veg
etables in shreds with clean fingers; then
mix them lightly, taking care to make the
various colors contrast as prettily as pos
sible, and serve the salad with the dressing,
either poured over or separate.
To conclude, here is a recipe for a very
nice dressing: Put the yolks of two hard
boiled eggs into a basin with a little salt,
pepper, mustard, and tablespoonful of
fine white sugar; then bruise the whole
until perfectly smooth and add the grated
rind of a fresh lemon. Mix thoroughly,
then stir in gradually four tablespoonfuls
Of French wine vinegar and six table
spoonfuls OF thick cream, and continue
stirring until the sauce is thick, smooth
and creamy. If it will bear the addition
of a little more cream, SO much the better.
The chief secret of success is the very slow
and gradual addition of the liquid ingreti-
ents, about a teaspoonful at a time, and
the beating should be kept up briskly and
constantly
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-06
How to Use Cold Cream For the Face.

In no instance should it be used ex-
cept where the face has become rough
ened by the wind and then applied only
for a night or two It gives an oily
look to the face and has tendency to
enlarge the pores of the skin, and II the
skin needs tonic cocoa butter or cocoa
nut oil thoroughly rubbed into the skin
morning and evening, after having
bathed the face in warm water, will
improve the complexion in very short
time and will not raise the small crop
Of hair that is almost inevitable with
the nightly use of cold cream.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-06
Odd Firm Names.

I was going down street in St. Louis,
says writer in The Globe Democrat,
when I saw that A. Gander was in the
grain business. which is certainly appro-
pirate, and it called to mind a number of
like instances that have seen in different
setions of the country. In Chattanooga
an undertaken is named Gay; in Mobile
the former keeper of a cemetery was named
Graves; in South Pittsburg there is a law
firm named Bright & Early; in Marion,
Ind, law firm which formerly existed
was Robb & Steele; in Mount Vernon,
Ills, is a sign reading Fly Coffin Shop"
in Rushville hotel firm used to be Cook
& Frye; a sign in Paxton, Ills, reads "A
Sample lawyer" in Troy, n. Y, butch
er is named Calfkiller; near Lynn, Mass.
two farmers got into a lawsuit, which was
entitled Haymaker versus Turnipseed; a
man named Apple is in the fruit business
at Indianapolis; Sickman is the name of
a doctor in Cincinnati; Hoss & Harness is
a livery stable firm in Kokomos Ind; a
man named Boatman runs ferry in Mis-
eis
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-06
Trustees Sale.

By virtue of authority OF mortgage deed
executed to Jasper Blackburn by q. A. Pier
and Dora Pierce. his wife, on Che 2nd day Of
0stober. 1898, and duly recorded in the regis
ter's Office in Forsyth county, in book mo- 2,
page 33l, to secure the payment of q certain
bond, and the stipulations in said deed of trust
mot having bean complied with. shall expase
ct public auction. for cash, ON Saturday the i4th
aay q july 1894, at o'clock p. M, At the court
following property One lot of1and Of Nachovia
Development Company. 100 feet west Of Dacion
St on the south aide Of Glencoe st wesswardly
on 6lsncoe sts 80 feet thence 1t right angles
flOm Glencoe st, l60 fest s5uthwardly to an AZ
% begInning- This sprll 14th. 1924
JA6PHR(x BLACKBURN.
+. 7. EINE.
trustees.
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