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The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-10-09
Charity.

Night kissei the yoans rose, and it
beut softly TO sleep. Stars shoue,
aud pure dewdrops hung upon its
bosom aud watche its sweet slum-
bers. Morning came with its dane.
'ns breczes, and they whispered to
tho rose, aud it awoke joyous and
smiling Lightly it swung to an
iro in tho lOvcllness OF health and
youthful innocence. Then came tho
ardent suu-gol sweeping from the
east, aud sm to the young rose with
its scorching rays, aud it iaiu tod.
Deserted AMI almost heart-broken. il
dropped to tho dust iu its l,yelincss
and despair. Now the gentle breeze
which has been gambolins over the
sca. pushing on the home bouod bark
sweeping over bill aud dale, By the
neat cottage and still brook-turniug
the oil mill, tanning the brow OF
disease aud trisking with the cur!s of
innocent childhood -cimo trapping
along on her errand OF mercy aud
love and when she foudly bathed its
head in cool, refreshing showers, the
young rose revived, sod looked and
smiled in gratitude to the kind
breeze but the hurried quick ly
away singing through the trees.
Thus charity, like the breezs, gathers
fragrance from the dropping flowers
it refreshas, and uuconsciously reaps
q reward 10 the performance Of its
Office Of kindness.
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The Formation Of Character.

There is a practical as we'll us o
scientific basis for tho position taken
by Rev. Phillips Brooks in recent
discourse, namely, that tho law OF
evolution rules in The moral US well
as In the physical world.
Nature does not create, but is al.
ways developing In last summers =
roots nature finds tho gorm for next
summers vendure.
If somebody should give me a di.
anond to carry to Europe, | can
know exactly how much would be
lost 10 the world woro | TO drop il
into the sea but il II seed should be
given me, / can only regard il ysh
awo as containing wit bin il the Jod
Of untold generations. =
That is tho difference between
looking at truth as diamond or as
a seed--as Gual or germinal.
Ia all training OF character. con-
tinulty and economy mrt : u,
premo. Tho notion tLat character, is
spontaneous IL held by most pcoplo
IN the earlier portion OF their lives,
aud Is wrong.
When they discover thia,nin @ tenth
change 10 the other extreme. Tins
is wrong too. Hosts Of young men
think that their character will form
of itself, and they will nocessarilr
become better as they grow older.
iiosts Of old men believe that their
character is fixed and it is impossible
for them TO become better.
Snch beliefs are foolish. People
are also wrong in thinking that they
can put of their bad traits md put
on good traits. The old failures ctu
not bc TINS transformed, but out OF
tho old habits new ones can be form
cd. This is what many poor
creature needs to know We must
make what We are to be, out of what
we are already
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Apvice TO A YouSo MAS.--Young
man. when you see anything you
want, why ask for II like man. IL
you want to borrow five dollars of IA
man, or il you only want to marry
his daugehter, don't sidle up to
him aud hang on to your hat aud
talk politics aud religion and wealth
or, aul tell old stale jokes, whereof
you can't remember tho point, until
you worry the old man into nervous
irritation. Go at him with q full
he I'd Of steam on aud your bow
bots open. like au iron clad pulling
for short battery. Snort and shake
your head il you feel like it, no mat,
ter il it does make him look scared.
Better scare him than bore him. Go
into his very heart Or his pocketbook
or both, it amounts ": the same
thing, like n brindle SNn1l with n
curl IN his foroh cad charging rel
merino dress, eyes on fire. tail up
aud the dust a flying Then you II
tstcb him. Or, possibly, ho nay
fetch yon. But never mind you'll
accomplish something and show you
aren't afraid to speak what is on
your mind, And that's Seeat deal
moro than you would accomplish by
the other method. You nocdut be
cheeky but you ought to be straight.
forward.
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A good story comes from Wood
stock, Me. A grocer there owns a
cow with horns of inferior length.
Last week some mischieyous boys
obtained from the tcnrcry pair Of
cast-off horns, which, with bit Of
cement, they nicely fitted over the
horns of the COW and left her to 90
home at milking time, which she did.
Her owner failed to recognize her.
and actually used force to exp1l her
from the promises. The village was
searched in vain for the missing aui-
NAL, aud an advertisement was iu-
serted in the local paper, Day after
day the stray COW was turned away,
until Mt last, refusing to obey the
verbal order, the victim of an in
nocent joke seized her by the horns,
which come off and in the intruder
lie recognized his own property, for
the loss OF which he had SO sad y
mourned,
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The Queen OF All.

Honor the dear old mother. Time
has scattered tho snowy fakes on
her brow, plowca deep fdrrows on
her cheeks, b II is she not sweet and
beautiful now The lips are thin and
shruukeu, but those are the lips
which kissed many a hot tear from
the childish cheeks, and they are tho
sweetest in the world. The eye is
dim, yet grows with the soft radiance
OF holy love which can never fade.
All. yes, she is dear Id mother.
The sands of life are nearly run out
hat feeble as she is, she will 90
further and reach down lower for
You than any one upon earth. You
cannot walk iuto a midnight where
she connot see you; you cannot enter
a prison wosc bars will keep her ont
you can never mount sclfJld too
high for her to reach. that she may
kiss and bless you in evidence of her
deathloss love. Whom the world shall
despise aud forsake you when it
leaves You by the wayside to die
unnoticed, the dear old mother will
gather you in her feeble arms, and
carry you home and toll you OF your
virtues until you almost forget that
your soul is disignred by vices. Love
her tenderly and cheer her declining
years with devotion.
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Heilht of Storms,

Professor Loomis, 10 his invests
cations VI the phenomena of storms
has s>certained that attn ospheric
disturbances duriog storms do no,
generally extend more than a mile
above the sealevel as they pass over
New England. From observation
made at the sea level, as at Portland,
simultaneously with obsernations at
the summit of Mount Washington, il
is found that duriog the pa,sag, OF
storms tho usual system Of cireulat.
ing winds does not 10 the majority
OF instances extend TO q height of six
thousand feet The more violent tho
movement, however, the greater is
the height attained by tho distur-
banoe. Another fact Of interest is
that the disturbance on the approach
OF storm is ielt at tho surface soon>
er that at considerable elevations.
Professor L,omis says that, "whsu,
during tho progross Of an area OF low
pressure, the system OF circulating
winds reaches the summit Of Mount
Washington, tho change Of wind to
the east quarter usually begins ut
tho surface stations eleven hours
sooner than Il docs on the summit Of
that noantain.' 1t thus appears
that only In tho lower portions OF
tho atmosphere do shs grsa, storm
movements OCCUR, aud they are IRE,
telt al or ucar tho sarth's surface
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tongue, saw that the venom was
beginning to aid, Then, redoub.
ling my effort with an almost su-
perhuman strength threw him at
last to the ground. bound him with
his own gaudy scarf gagged him,
aud was free
For a moment was utterly ex-
hausted then, slowly recovering, I
crept up to where Tom lay, and with
q few blows OF my knifo released
him from the heavy cords which had
bound him. My old friend had
been silent witness Of the entire
battle, aud had seen the snake, and
knew all. As he arose TO his feet
no graspod my hand, aud nearly
crushed it in his expression OF Joy.
then, without word lie pointed to-
ward the pile Of rock, not dozen
feet from the place where my late
antagonist lay.
| turned to look. from every
hole aud crevice, from every crack
aud corner, by twos and tbrees.
single aud in pairs, wero crawling
the most dreaded Of all mountain
reptiles --rattlesnakes |
Tom loaned toward me and said:
"ier fight aroused them, aud they
will kill every man here We are
in that place Two hearu toll Of
liattlesnake GJlch ~
Then, seiziug my arm, he led me
rapidly across the open glade, by
the sleeping robbers, to the spot
whore the horses were hobbled.
Selecting two, we quickly muffled
their hoofs, rode cautiously through
the winding outlet until We reached
the open country, aud then, with
tho shake OF the rain, dashed away
at a headlong gLlop. We were
free
Red Jim, the outlaw, was never
seen again, but later strange tale
was brought to the mining camps
on Rod Water Run, of a lonely ra-
vine in the Mountains TO the west,
where twelve bleaching skeletons
had beeu found.
Tho prospectors who discovered
them would have sought further
among the whitening bones for
other relics of tho lost party, but
the canon was so filed with rattle
snakes that it was not safe to remain
there. aud the simple finding of the
remains is all that ever will DO
known.
Old Tom, however, said to mo e:
"Twclve outlaws -twelvo skele.
tons. The rattlers caught 'em all "
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SOMETHING THAr's FooLleH.--To
think the more man eats the fatter
and stronger he becomes.
To conclude that if exercise is
good, the more violent it is, the
more good is done.
To Imagine that every hour taken
from sleep is an hour gained.
To act on tho presumption that
the smallest room in the house is
large enough to sleep in.
To eat without an appetite. or to
continue to eat after it has been
satisfied, merely TO crafty the taste.
To eat a hearty supper for the
pleasure experienced during the brief
time il is passing down the throat,
at the expense u a whole night OF
distaeed sleep. and weary waking in
the aogaiaS,
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Advice to Students.

A medical journal, advising students
how to take care of themselves
says
"Sit up to the table when you read
easy-chairs abolish memory. Do
not read the same book too long at
Que sitting. II you are really weary
OF one subject change it for another.
"Read steadily for three hours day
for five days in the week. The use
Of wet towels and strong coffee be-
ware.
Test the accuracy of your work
as soon as you have flushed it. Pat
your facts in order as soon as you
have learned them.
"Never read after midnight. Do
not go to bed straight from your
books. Never let your reading in.
terfere with exercises or digestion.
Keep clear head, a good appetite,
and cheerful heart. "
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II q q TT "
Died In Harness.

Only q fallen horse, stretched out there on
the road,
Stretched In the broken shafts, and crush.
ed by the heavy load
Only n fallen horse, and q circle Of won
dering eyes.
Watching the frightened teamster goad-
ing the beast to rise.
Hold for his toll Is over--no more labor
for him /;
See the poor neck outstretched. and the
patient eyes grow dim
See on the friendly stones how peacefully
rests the head
Thinking, II dumb beasts think how
good IL Is to be dead |:
After the weary journey, how restfai 1t is
to lie
with the broken shafts aud the cruel
load, waiting only to die.
Watchers, he dies in harness--died In the
shafts and straps
Fell, aud the burden killed him one Of
the days misbsps--
One OF the passing wonders making that
A toiler dying in harness, needless Of call
W bN"'s
Passers. crowains the pathway. staring
your steps awhile,
What is the symbol Oaly desth--why
should we cease TO smile
At death for q beast OF burden ! On
through the busy street
That is ever and cvee eehoing the tread Of
ahe hurryiug feet.
What was the sign A symbol to touch
the tircless will
Does lie who taught In parable speak in
pnrsbles still
The seed on the rock is wastcd-on heed
less hearts of men,
That gather and SOW and grasp and loso
labor and sleep and then
Then for the price A crowd in the street
OF ever~echoing tread
The ,oiler, crushed by the heavy load, Is
there In his harncss-aeal
y. Boyle O'ReiHy.
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IT NEVER OoNEs-we never have
to morrow, it is simply word Of
prophecies. 1t has been said that
the two great pleasures of living are
in having something to love aud to
hope for, and the last Of these is ever
before Us in the promise OF to- NOR
row. To-morrow We may no. know.
aud il 10 well that it is thus ordained
10 be- for beyond the Invisible veil
that conce&ls alike it's eoniog joys
aud sorrows oar fancy may revsl
ouly in what 10 beautiful and tsir. aor
80 ths gloom or shadow Of coming
tzials and worldly afsiictioas that
could ws AnticipAto as hxd realities
MAT wero certain 10 coma vea1
mar Ill our peace aud enloymsas u
the present.. II 10 well for rs that
wo cannot withdraw the visl whseA
hides eur tature
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Mlsspent EVENINGS.

The boy who spends an hour OF
each evening lounging idly on the
street corners, wastes iu tho course
Of u year three hundred aud sixty-iive
precious hours, which, if applied to
study, would hmiliarize him with
the rudiinents of almost any Of the
familiar sciences. II, in addition to
thus wasting only one hour each ev-
ening, he spends ten cents for n
cigar, which is usually the case, tue
amount thus worse than wasted
would pay for ten of the leading
periodicals of the country. Boys,
think OF these things. Think of how
much tiTe aud money you are vast
ing. and for what ! The qualification
afforded by the lounge on the cor
ner or the cigar is not only tempor-
AIRY but positively hurtful. You can,
not indulge in them without seriously
iniuriug yourself. You acquire idle
and wasteful habits which will cling
to you with each succeeding year.
You may in after-life shake then eff,
but the probabilities are that the
habits thus formed in early life will
remain with you to your dying day.
Be warned then in time, and resolve
that as the hour spent in idleness is
gone forever you will improve each
passing one, and thereby fit yourself
for usefulness aud happiuess.-Rur.
al Nep Yorker.
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Sowing and Reapinq.

"Whateyer a man soweth that shall
he also reap both in the natural
and in the moral world. Every seed
in the one and every deed in tue
other, yield fiuit after its kind. This
pliuc.pIe Of sowing and reapiug is
especialy important to the young
who are just beginning to shape their
character aud destiny.
In the spring time of life we SOW
what we must reap III the autumn o'
age, aud perhaps through tue endless
ages Of eternity The chief posi-
bilIties Of good or evil f. n all the fu
ture are bound up in the period Of
youth.
The sowing may be done thought
lessl Y aud carelesly, but 1t will report
itself in due time according to this
law
Men in age often say .
IL | could but live my liz" over
again how differently il should be.
While this is impossible, still the
young may have the advantages OF 4
second life by trying the counsels
aud experiences of the aged. It is
OF the utmost importance for them
to understand this relation Of sowing
to reaping. which is affixed to our
physical, mental and moral nature.
Men who in early life vortex the
brain or body in the frenzy to get
rich ; men who overload the wheels
Of life by gluttony men who besti-
alize themselves with sensuality {;
men who burn out the vital forces
with the damning fires ofalcohol ;all
ench rre liable to strict account in
after years.
When remembrances and retribn.
tion come upon them, then too late
they begin to realize that "whlteyer
a man soweth, that shall he also
reap.'
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IL has essa decidea at the Post
oSss neasssasss 20 issue three
aaAsssssl asssniaations of postage
ias ssaagss ssesSssa,ing ten cents,
sssssy yeats aaa ahy coats. The
ess ~ sA~ss ssaaaps VIII b. eoniaed
u tAs saasS< sks.s,
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- q lie ct II ale
IN RATTLERNaXe GULCH.

We had finished the digging"
that day, washed oil tho dirt, al lod
tho last ounce Of shining gold dust
to the plump little bags that were
buried ia tho corner Of tue cabin,
aud tomorrow would leave Red
Water Run forever.
The "spurt" had been Q good one
for Tom and me, hut we we're tired
of the terrible lonliness of the pl .ce
and the constant strain upon our
nerves for fear Of the Utes, and 30
We decided to cross the range.
strike the trail, anl rejoin our old
comrales at Poker Camp. before
tho fall rains began. Two thousand
dollars 10 glitterins dust lay hid leu
in buckskin bags in our shanty, the
result of seven weeks digging, aud
for us it was fortune.
Supper WAS Overt dozen of hard
tack, bit of jerksd venison aud q
pot Of tea-and with our Guilty
pipes, short aud black, we sat at the
deor Of the hut spokin., whils the
sunlight slowly disappeared from
the tall peaks of the Sierras about
us, and the gray shadows crept up
the narrow gulch, silent aud chill.
After long pause, rom took bis
pipe from his mouth and spoke:
Did ye SEQ anything uncommon
down the run this afternoon, Dick
any signs p"
NO" said slowly" mot that |
recollect now. What was it-bcar 2
"Wus nor that"
"Injuns 2
"Wus nor that"
"Outlaws, then I"
Correct. | figure twas Red
Jims gang. Ye know they've been
working the stage route from Win
nemncca to Silver Cliff, and now I
reckon they're on their way back to
towns to squander their steslings.
Sartin it is that dozen mounted
hores crossed the run, just below
the old sluice, sometime since sun-
down o last night, fer l saw the
sign, nigh about noon. and it war
fresh.'
That's bad news" said I soberly
"lf those cutthroats knew that We
were here, nothing would please
them moro than to roast us out,
shoot us down and carry off the
yellow. 1t would be hard ending
TO our two months work"
Here clus to right returned tho
old miner, rs he slowly refilled his
pipe, but they must catch US before
They shoot us, an fnd the gold afore
they steal it. Now I don't reckon
on either"
"Well, but how do you know"
began when he stopped me.
-. u don't know, aud that's Jest IL.
Better be sure nor sorry, the Bible
say, an ! propose to light ont to-
night. Twill be moon at eleven.
Wo both know the trail, an Of ws're
gone and they come, all right ef
were gone aud they don't come, we're
20 much further on our journey by
what dye say
Agreed T.
An hour lator, with the gold di-
x'aed aud safely hidden in buckskin
So''s about our bodies, our tools up.
on our shoulders aud our rifles In
our hands, Tom blackburn and I
'ooked Tor the last time ct the dark
shadows OF our little cabin, ss we
u, moaated tho ridge that lay 10 the
Westward. q -
"Good,by. ole shanty," said Tom.
.uuas'ng his gun. "Tell sny visitors
| na' ye may have thet we're out for
"e evening an' az 'em 10 await our
'0.arn. %rn. Good.by I"
var course was nearly due west.
saa ior time through . rolling
s.I,aniry thinly timbersd aud Allsd
s,s Hn little streams, 80 that we were
wy 70 travel rapidly but shortly
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What city in France 10 q man
about 10 visit whom hs goes 10 90,
married he Il going to Havrs
(havo her). An old bachelor being
asked tho question promptly replied,
ITO Roasn" (ruin).
II 10 Z good plAa 10 pat . litsls
hattshorn 10 tho watse With Which
plants srs 10 be watsrsA The hsrts.
horn % u a. . fsrsiiiasr lsdssA q
Ia sald 10 b bssssr thas aay ssoeea-
tvatsd masnrv fsr Vie purpose.
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WE Keep on hand az tia6s cf
w Blanks stcs as Notes. .ssrisi>
n'onses, lvarrdists, LoIsss. ssslsr>s-
mas, dec, ,ea
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the Pho nix Pectorai.

Has provcl itself % hs peculiarly aisr'el .
Old persons. consgp % ves arf chlliren II
breaks cold. Il stops r r'uEa. - aids eS-
pectoratlon u gives isstart fel!e! " gives
strength, II brings rost, II las made a1ra
cures than any other medicine. TtoC, Apls OF
tho citizens ut Eastern = mss ivArla have
used It for years past aud testify : gse relief
given aut cures c' ctr1.
PFice, a ccUts Hr tniuts TO- ~,
Prepared uy Lew tusrL 'Itfer. ". j.. Aut
Foli IS John 4. NJ.t., Mlil.vlGrg, Anl = u.
outon Barier, Iuntroyille, IA.
April JId, la. }.
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CErANnN oNsn va .,-..Ns,. IA,
<par "a ai az slFfet N..A IA
keAA q Nsss k.s-ss. >,A
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AdvertiAin9 Rates.
On column one year. eG0.W
One-hslf, column, one year, 800
Onc-fourth column, Que year, 1900
One square t10 ilnes)1 insertion 75|
E.vory additional insertion, Dol
Professionalism Business cards Of
not moro than 5 lines, per year, 500
Auditor, Executor, Administrator
and Assigiec Notices, 2.50|
Editorial notices per line, Isl
AltSanscient advertising less than
Q months 10 cents line.
All advertisements for shorter Pc
riod than one year are payable at the
time they are ordered, and il not paid
the person ordering them will De held
responsible for the monev.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-09-12
NEW ENGLAND HOTEL
TO THE PUBLIC!

By referring to our advertising col :
umns, it will be seen tbs: Mr. Geo A.
Young. SO we'll aud favorsbly known a
a hotel msn and caterer 20 the public,
has associated himself with Mr.. S. D.
Smith in the Occidental Hotel Of Port.
land The House in tie hands Of these
gentlemen will make it one Of inter It
TO the travelling public. Mr.. Young Is
top we'll known through Oregon.
Washington Territory AID Idaho to
reed any comments at our hands, and
We can assure those who may have
occasion to 60 to Portland. that they
will receive courteous treatment at the
hand. Of mine hosts Smith & Young.
by giving the house q call. Mr.. q.
Voos. so long identified with the res
taurant business in Portland, and late
proprietor of the MASON DoRE, has
assumed the control Of the Restaurant
of the Hotel. and nothil g will be found
wanting or left undone for the comfort
OF the guests in this department Of the
house. We can only say in conclusion,
give the Occidental . call. See card
in this paper.
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FROM THE NoRTH.-The steamer
Princess Louise arrived 1t Victoria from
Wrangel last Monday. The news from
the Cassiar mines is unimportant and
meagre. but what littls has been re
ceive6 is not Of an encouraging charac.
ter. No recent discoveries have been
made, and previous reports that ma
jority of the creek claims are being
worked out arc now confirmed. john
Mckenzie. who was formerly part
owner in the steamer Cassiar. 10 cXplor-
ing tho interior about $50 miles to-
wards Tarcou. The steamer Gertrude.
having Chief Justice Sir Matthew Bail
lie Bcgbic and other passengers on
board. arrived at Fort Wrangel on the
lst inst. ut 5 I'm, bringing word that
the Indian johnson. who cruelty muir.
dered Mr. Jenkinson, the toll collector
had been tried and sentenced to death
Tho steamer Western Slope reached
Fort Wrangel just as the steamer Prin
cess Louise was about to leave on her
return voyage.
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\ PLAIN AND TRUTHFUL STATEMENT
OF FACTS IN RELATION TO THE Hen.
scores that will testify of its merits. We
have had some Of the very worst cases
of RUPTURE. such as no other truss
would hold or give any relief, which
we have given entire satisfaction. We
guarantee satisfaction in oil cases.
Parties getting one of our Trusscs and
they do not do rs recommended can
return them and their money will be
refunded We not only give relief but
make a permanent cure in most all
cases. For further particulars call on
or address HENDRICKs & KELLEY,
Opposite INTELLIGENcER Office, Front
street. Seattle. W. T.