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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27
How an Englishman Lives.

Without being luxurious, the whole
globe has played him serving man to
spread his table. Russia gave the
hemp, or India or South Carolina the
cotton, for that cloth which his wife
lays upon it. The Eastern Islands
placed there those condiments and
spices which were once the secret rel
ishes of the wealthy. Australian
downs send him frozen mutton or
canned beef, the prairies of America
meal for his biscuit and pudding, and
if he will eat fruit, the orchards of
Tasmania and the palm woods of the
West Indies proper delicious gifts,
while the orange groves of Florida and
the Hesperides cheaper for his use
those golden apples" which dragons
used to guard.
His coffee comes from where jeweled
humming birds hang in the bowers of
Brazil, or purple butterflies futter
amid the Javan mangroves. Great
clipper ships, racing by night and day
under clouds of canvas, convey to him
his tea from China or Assam, or from
the green Singhalese hills. The sugar
which sweetens il was crushed from
canes that waved by the Nile or the
Orinoco, and the plating of the spoon
with which he stirs it was dug for him
from Mexican or Nevada mines.
The currants in his dumpling are
tribute from classic Greece, and his
timed salmon or kippered herring
token from the seas and rivers of
Canada or Norway. He may partake,
If he will, of rice that ripened under
the hot skies OF Patna or Rangoon; of
cocoa, that food of the gods, "plucked
under the burning blue of the equator.
For his rasher of bacon the hog ex-
press runs daily with 10000 grunting
victims into Chicago; Dutch or Brit.
tany hens have laid him his eggs, and
Danish cows grazed the daisies of FL
sinore to produce his cheese and but
ter.
If he drinks beer, it is odds that Bel.
GUM and Bavaria have contributed to
1t the barley and the hops, and, when
he has finished eating, it will be the
Mississippi flats or the gardens of the
Antilles that fill for him his pipe with
tobacco. Magazine.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27
The PlriaIis.

The Rev. T. B. Pandian, Hindu
gentleman of degree who has en-
braced Christianity, is endeavoring to
rouse English sympathy for the Par.
iahs, or outcasts of Southern India.
There are S,0000,000 or 9,O00,-
600 of them, and, though en-
tirely free by law, they are sub
ject to some disabilities by caste
opinion, one of which is SO terrible
that we have no hesitation in saying
1t ought to be remedied by force, even
at the hazard of insurrection. They
are forbidden to drink pure water.
There are generally two public wells
in every village, but the caste men will
not suffer the Pariah families to ap.
proach them, even If they only touch
the water with buckets. The women,
therefore, have often to 60 miles to
get water from stream, and in prac-
tice the majority of Pariahs drink only
dirty water left in burrows and pools
in the fields or jungle. The conse.
quence is that they are constant vic
tins OF dysentery, and that when any
typhoidal disease strikes the village
they die like flies. Ii seems to us that
this oppression is too bad, even though
it be based on religious prejudice,
and the caste men should either be
compelled to give up one of the wells,
OF better still, to sink new well for
the Pariahs, thus spending something
to protect their own ceremonial pu-
rity. We have no doubt whatever of
the exact truth of this statement as
regards the water, and strongly rec
ommend the grievance to any philan-
thropist in the House in want of work.
1t may be asked why the Pariahs bear
such an outrageous oppression. First,
because 2000 years of slavery have
made them towards; and secondly,
because they believe, or half believe,
the dogma of their caste neighbors,
namely, that their suffering is Just re-
tribution for the sins of their previous
lives. They are losing that faith, and
some day they will fight for five min.
utes with torches instead of rifles, and
then civilization in South India will
temporarily end. London Spectator.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27
The Glove OF Commerce.

The small evergreen tree from which
cloves are taken was originally native
of the Spice Islands, but it is now
cultivated in warm climates in all parts
of the world. The Glove of commerce
is the unopened flower of the tree.
They are quite small, but grow in
large clusters along the branches.
After gathering, the buds are smoked
by wooden fire and dried in the sun.
Both the taste and smell of the cloves
depend on the quantity of oil they
contain. Sometimes the oil isseparated
from the cloves before they are sold,
and the odor and taste are in conse.
quence much weakened. II You desire
to know something of the form of the
bud in the natural state soak few
cloves for u short time in hot water.
The petals OF the flower will soften
and readily unroll. : Chicago Herald.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27
"VictOria r. TO the President.

The treaties which are stored in the
State Department library ut Washing
ton are not the only valuable or his
toric documents there. There are
some very valuable Washington, JEFF
ferson, Madison and Monroe papers,
and the original Declaration of Inde-
pendence. Then there are letters OF
the rulers of other countries, telling
of births and deaths and marriages in
royal families. These letters, says the
Philadelphia Times, are bound in vol
umes devoted to the different coun-
tries from which they came. There are
many autographs of Queen Victoria in
the court letters of Great Britain
which fill nn entire book. The most
interesting was written February IA,
1910. II announced her marriage to
Prince Albert. 1t is good specimen
of the form of royal communication
with the ruling magistrate of the United
States. 1t reads:
Victoria, by the Grace of Col, Queen OF the
United Kingdom OF Great Britain and Ire
land, Defender of the Faith, etc., etc., TO
the President OF the United States of
America, sendeth greeting;
Our Good Frieni-The celebration OF our
marriage with His Royal Highness, the
Prince Albert Francis, Augustus Charles
Emanuel, second son OF His Serene Highness,
the reigning Duke OF -Coburg- Gotha,
having taken place at London on the 10th OF
the present month, we lose no time In noil.
lying TO you this event. The sentiments OF
friendships which you have manifested
toward US on other occasions afford us the
assurance that you will take an interest In an
event which, by tho blessings OF the Al.
mighty will, We trust, contribute to tho wei.
fare OF our people and secure our own do
nestle happiness, Aud so with our cordial
wishes for your welfare and prosperity, we
recommend you to the protection OF the Al.
mighty.
. "'i'n at out court at Windsor Castle, the
'ruary In the r~"- 80
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27
SuperstitiOns OF the Turk.

There is no land on earth where
more superstitions prevail than that
of the unspeakable Turk. Some of
them are interesting. If by any
chance a sparrow or swallow flies in
the window and circles three times
around the room it is sign that n
blood relation of some one present is
about to die.
There are many signs and hap
penings that are supposed to predict
marriage. For instance, if horse
sneezes when young girl passes in
the street she is positive that her time
is nearly come. If her hair becomes
unfastened she knows that she will
soon be sought for, aud il she goes to
eat a peach and finds its kernel split
she is equally certain that she will
soon bs welded. San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27
An Ingenious Celestial Clock.,

Wynn Molesworth has invented and
constructed very ingenious celestial
clock, which was exhibited ut the first
winter meeting of the Royal Astro.
nomical Society. The entire face OF
the clock rotates under wire bar
representing the equatorial horizon
and is regulated to perform one revo.
luton in twenty-three hours tifty-sis
minutes four seconds. this being the
time in which the earth turns once
upon its axis. The apparent annual
motion of sun, moon and planets in
the opposite direction is effected by
movable pins, while the north and
south polar stars, that do not rise OF
set for us, revolve simultaneously with
the rest by n separate movement. Thus
may be seen the entire heavens, With
sun, moon, planets and consultations
in their actual places, ever rising and
setting rs they rise and set in the
heavens.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27
Table Manners In Argentina,

'We encamped near swamp"
says n gentleman describing meal
he had with some cart drivers in
South America, ''and supped on
sliced pumpkins, boiled with bits of
meat and seasoned with salt. The
meal was served in genuine pampa
fashion. One iron spoon and two
cows horns split in halves, were
passed around the group, the mem
bers of which squatted upon their
launches and freely helped them
selves from the kettle. Even in this
most uncivilized form of satisfying
hunger there is q peculiar etiquette,
which the most lowly person in
variably observes. Each member of
the company in turn dips his spoon,
or horn, into the centre of the stew
and draws it in direct line towards
him, never allowing it to deviate to
the right or left. BY observing this
rule each person eats without inter-
fering with his neighbor. Being
ignorant of this custom / dipped my
horn into the mess ut random and
fished about for some of the nice bits.
My companions regarded this horrid
breach of politeness with scowls of
impatience. They declared, with
some warmth, to the cook the
foreigners did not know how to eat.
1 apologized as well rs / could, and
endeavored thereafter to eat accord
ing to gaucho etiquette. New York
World.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27
by two different subjects. who.

months, by two different subjects, who,
according TO DIR. Luys, had had no
means of er-communication, rs emit.
ting green light from the injured
organ.
II it can be established that certain
diseases produce in those suffering
from them variation in the color of
the emanations, which are perceptible
to the hypnotic subject, the existence
and nature of the disease will be certi-
fed by the tint.
Among the experiments which have
been classified as of q speculative kind,
and distinct from those of practical
worth, none are more interesting than
those that involve the presentation TO
subjects in the hypnotic state of vari-
Gus substances and medicines contained
in Theoretically sealed tubes. The
manifestations, according as the tube
is presented on the right or the left
side of the subject, indicate emotions
of diametrically opposite nature.
Thus when tube containing ordinary
red pepper was offered TO the left, or,
rs the doctor calls it, the blue side,
of girl subject in the hypnotic
state, symptoms of keen pleasure
were discernible, which changed
suddenly to an expression of
violent disgust when the tube was car
ried to the red or right side. Accord
ing to the doctor, the human being is
double, and does not feel the same on
his red as on his blue side. Thyme
presented to one patient produced ter
rifying hallucinations; in another it
called forth an expression of calm de-
light. Singularly, in the application
of thyme, there was n physiological
effect, also, on the thyroid gland of
the throat, the size of the neck being
increased from thirty to thirty-three
centimeters, or somewhat more than
an inch. Morphine in one patient
bred fancies of an evidently terrifying
nature, in another an intense drowsi.
ness. The effect of frankincense pre-
sented TO the left of the neck was an
emotion of terror. Some water in
tube held near the left side Of hyp-
motto subjects head caused series of
spasms resembling those usual to pa
tients suffering from hydrophobia.
The docter maintains that in each
case the patient was in total ignorance
of the contents of the tube.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27
= Getting Up a Dead Sea Boom.

Among the few seaside places that
are not much advertised in these days
are the shores of the Dead Sea. They
are not marine "resorts," because no.
body ever goes to them. IL is now
stated, however, that the Sultan, who
is the proprietor of the locality in
question, and an American speculator
have laid their heads together and de-
vised n plan for its exploitation. Its
waters possess plenty of salt, bitumen
and sulphur, which will be useful for
commercial purposes, and the associa-
tions of the neighborhood, il is hoped,
will prove attractive to tourists. Two
vessels, one large and heavy for local
products, and lighter one for passen-
ger traffic, have accordingly been CON
veyed to Jerusalem, and thence to the
Dead Sea. A pickle mandatory is
also to be erected on its shores. II is
thought that every visitor would like
to carry away at least one bottle as u
souvenir. 1t is curious, however, that
not word is said about preserving the
Dead Sea fruit, which has a world
wide reputation. London Illustrated
News.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27
Tomatoes,

Tomatoes were used as food in the
south of Europe three centuries since.
A writer in Chambers's Encyclopedias
(new edition) gives 1888 as the date
of their introduction into Spain, but
Dodonous, writing more than twenty
years before that, speaks of them as
even then TO be found in the gardens
of some European herballists. Gerarde
grew them in his garden in 1897, and
earlier. He says in his Herbal:
I'm Spaine and those hot Regions
they used to eat the Apples prepared
and boiled with pepper, salt, and oyle,
but they yeeld very little nourishment
to the body, and the same naught and
corrupt Likewise they doe cate the
Apples with ollie, vinegre, and pepper
mixed together for sauce TO their
meat, even as We in these cold coun.
tries doe mustard. - Notes and
Queries
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27
The Secret of Good Complexion.

"rhe secret of n bad complexion, :"
said well-known physician to me re-
Gently, ''is bad digestion, and we
generally trace that to bad liver.
One of the best remedies for sluggish
liver" he added, sis cheap and
pleasant. do not believe much in
pills and powders nor drugs of any
kipd. Dieting is the secret of the
cure. The best liver regulator for
persons of sedentary habits, and these
are the ones whose compilations are
muddy, is to be found in apples
plain, ordinary. everyday apples
eaten baked if they are not well di-
gested when eaten raw. l attended
the pupils at well-known board
ing school," said the doctor, "and
among them was u country girl whose
complexion was the envy of all her as
sociates. / found that she was very
light eater at her meals, but she had
peculiar custom of taking n plate of
apples to her room at night and eating
them slowly as she studied her lessons.
This was her regular practice. Some
of the other girls in the institution
took it up, and know as a result of
my personal investigation that the APP
ple-eating girls had, with one excep-
tion, the best compilations of any one
in school. That one exception was
due TO causes which required medical
skill TO remove. New York Mail and
Express.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27
The Biggest Man on Earth,

Citizens Of this vicinity yesterday
had an opportunity TO behold the
greatest living man in ayoirdupois.
John Hanson Craig, with his wife and
,three-year old child, was visiting James
Anderson and James Mcpherson, rela-
tives. Craig's home is in Danville,
Hendricks County, but he has been in
the show business since his babyhood.
In answer to questions he said: 81
now weigh 902 pounds and am thirty
seven years old. At birth / weighed
ii pounds; at eleven months weighed
n pounds, nt two years 206 pounds.
AT that time i took the 81 900 premium
at Barnum's baby show in New York
City in the year 1853. At five years I
weighed 302 pounds; at thirteen years,
4O5 pounds; at twenty two, 725
pounds; at twenty seven, 75S pounds;
ut twenty eight, TIA pounds; at
twenty-nine, 791 pounds; at thirty,
SOC pounds Mt thirty lone, 836 pounds;
pounds. L am six feet and five inches
high, measure eight feet and four
inches around the hips, eighteen inches
around the ankle, twenty nine inches
around the knee. sixty-six inches
inches around the thigh next TO the
body. / require forty-one yards for a
suit of clothes, and three pounds of
yarn for stockings. ~
Mrs. Craig is a good-looking blonde,
weighs 1870 pounds, and formerly ac-
companied her husband in the role Of
snake charmer as "Zola Ayres." When
asked how long they hadbeen married
she laughingly remarked that they
were just now enjoying their second
honeymoon, as they were divorced in
January and remarked but couple
of weeks ago. Mr.. Craig explained
the trouble, stating that his wife had
expressed desire to learn fashionable
dressmaking, and that he objected.
She applied for "A divorce, it was
granted, and she went to Terre Haute
and learned her trade. She then re.
turned home and they were remarked.
MIR. Craig has been all over Europe,
and in every important city in the
world. They went from here to Day.
ton, where Mrs. Craig was born and
raised. Frankfort Qnd. Dispatch.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27
Improving the Eyes.

II is satisfactory to be told by Mr..
Ellis that blindness in England is
''slowly declining" though Great
Britain still stands in this respect be-
hind two other European countries,
and three more come before Ireland.
Short-sightedness. however, appears,
10 be increasing everywhere, Germany,
having a signal and sinister pre-
eminence in this respect.
A French doctor has noted the re-
markable fact that wild beasts caught
quite young or born in captivity be-
come short-sighted, the conclusion
being that the eye adapts itself to It's
habitual sphere Of vision, and unless
educated" to use Mr.. Ellis's term
to see objects at a distance, loses tho
capacity of 30 doing. Even in after
life the eye may be, to some extent,
30 educated, though probably only
when the myopis is not considerable
IL is thus within the experience of
the present writer that his sight
greatly improved in days gone by,
practice ut the butts, so that,
while at first he could not sec tho
target TO shoot at without spectacles
at the 300-yard range, after twelve
month or so he only needed to put on
spectacles at 400 yards. But beyond
that range he was never able to dis
pense with them. 4
Country excursion are, therefore,,
extremely valuable as means of
strengthening the sight of town-bred
children; and the conductors of such
excursions should take pain TO direct
the eyes of the children TO distant OBJ
jects--to the furthest hill, church,
tower, or other landmark, noting, if
possible, any incapacity to discern tho
selected object, and then selecting
some nearer one for the weaker sighted.
The Spectator.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27
An Egg Tax.

The State finances in Russia are re-
cruited by graduated income tax,
commencing at one per ceut. ON in
comes between 1000 and 1000 rubles,
IA ruble equals eighty cents) and in
creasing at the rate OF one-tenth per
cent. on every additional thousand or
fraction of q thousand rubles. A duty
of a quarter kopec (about one-twentieth
of a cent is also imposed on the eggs
of all kinds of poultry, which tax on
food realizes several millions of rubles.
Temple Bar.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27
Interesting Facts About Snow.

A foot of newly fallen snow makes
but one inch of water when melted.
Snow seldom falls as far south as
PENSACOLA, Fla, but has been known
to border the Gulf from that point to
Brownsville, Texas.
One hundred miles north of Key
West is the farthest point south in
Florida that it has ever been known TO
fall, at Punta Rosa, on December /,
1876.
The only time snow was ever known
to fall at San Diego, Cal, was during
the great storm period of January Is
II, 1862.
The average annual fall in Maine is
seven feet, New York four feet, and
Iowa 81 feet.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27
The Inventors, Losses.

We read very often OF inventors
profits, but we hear very little OF in
ventors' losses. Not long since the
suicide of an aged man in this city was
reported. He had been left a fortune
amounting to nearly $780, in addi-
tion to a very excellent business. All
the profits of the latter and the for
tune itself had been entirely spent in
q fruitless effort to invent n clock that
would not require winding. He hada
sort Of perpetual motion idea, and, OF
course, il was not practicable. An
English writer estimates that more
than q million pounds sterling have
been wasted in Great Britain by in
ventors who have vainly sought to
solve the secret of perpetual motion.
A prominent inventor who is in
the iron trade, in which he has
amassed an enormous fortune, re-
Gently said he believed more money
had been spent in this country in
fruitless endeavors TO invent horse
shoe machines than in any other line
of mechanical research. Horseshoes
can be made by machine successfully,
and with great profit. This is done
Mt the famous Burden Iron Works in
Troy, built up by the invention of the
elder Henry Burden, long since dead,
of the first practical machine for turn
ing out horseshoes from bars of iron.
hear that $3.50, 900 have been spent
by other inventors in this country in
an effort to rival the Burden machine.
Some ofthese efforts have been partly
successful and no doubt others will al
so succeed. But isn't it remarkable
that so much money has been spent
in line of manufacture regarding
which we hear so little ?---New York
Mail and Express.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27
"E Pluribus Cnum, on Coins.

The legend "E Pluribus Unum,"
which appears on number of United
States coins, was never authorized by
law. Its first use is said to have been
upon coin struck at Newburgh, N.
-. ~, .. n1n,tinn nf our
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-24
DIED..
DIED.
% Susan ]. Hlbbard. wife Of 'ellAA

HIBBARD-on April o. Susan J. Hubbard. wife Of silsa
NJ. Hibbard. Brooklyn.
Funeral private /
HowLAND-suddenly Sunday. April 81. Francis Hows
Sn az at cs is's Is''e"F
& ~ Lii d Fails R H. mTsSa a Ydn
RINK-on Monday. April % Eliza Evelyn Rink, aged xs1
hf AT: :'r residence is so ''n
RoLKER.on April 23 1895, Mrs Friederiks Ro'kees
Funeral services Friday. April 20. at 10 a. m a BE
Boniface Church, Duffield-st. Brooklyn ~ L.
OF DR.. Louis Livingston Seaman .. No.. .,... /,
FoneTSi serysss 4; n her late Tss1snee Is west
Norwich Comm and Philadelphia papers please copy
sHAW-Saddeniy on Tuesday APRIL %s at her residence
Notice Of funeral hereafter
sIY-At Knoxville. Tenn April 20 Emmene. wife -
Funeral from the New jerusalem Church. East s5,hst
day. April "a.
sTEARNs-on Sunday morning. April p. at his resss
IL * J S r. Church
n M99ss at fo GonTe n%er or at family B M
ToMKINs-o1 April 80 1895 aged So Cornelius T. Toms
kIns OF consumption his late residence AS Madsons
Funeral ae Tharsday April 25 at O'clock at residence
WAKEFIELD-Eliza Bailey wife OF the late Williams
Wake ,tli, IN the 18th year Of her age
from Christ Church Bay Ridge. l.. /.
wHITE-At Elizabeth ~ j.. April %, 1895 James W.
Reaiys and friends Of the family invited attend
Mccacy No. AS waIn%;-st THURSDAY afternoon. a.
In,erment at Danbury. Conn.
YuNGOn Monday April 30 1926 Frederick Yung. in the
Relatives and friens o: family also members Of
Polar Star Lodge. No. 2ij F. and A. NJ. and General
are respectfully invited to attend funeral services a:
residence his daughter wednesday April a. at
Interment Greenwood Cemetery. Thursday morning