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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-31

LONDON, Jan. 31.-The St. James, Gazette says it has authentic advices from St. Peters burg that an army officer, who had been shot in the region of the heart, was taken to hos pital, where the doctors declared that his wound was mortal. The officer thereupon admitted that he had shot himself in order to avoid the necessity of shooting the czar. He said he was member of secret society which had balloted to decide who should un- dertake to assassinate the czar, and the choice had fallen upon him. Several persons in the hospital who overheard part of the confession were immediately arrested. Two physicians who were present on duty were liberated after promising to keep the confession secret The full confession was taken in writing by the authorities.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-18
Table Autocrats Suppressed.

Among many changes in the social
life of London, none perhaps is more
striking than the change in the fashion
of talk, writes q. w. Smalley, the Lon.
don CORES spondcnt of the New lorl
Trijune. The note of to-day is not tho
note of twenty years ago, or of tho
generation which preceded. The ltera.
ture, the biographical literature, the
"reminiscences of the last fifty years, are
full of the rcnown of great takers. Ma.
caulay may be taken rs II type of them.
| have asked number of persons who
knew Macaulay well, who met him often,
who made part of the world he lived in,
who sat with him ut table, who listened
to him, whether his immense reputation
was deserved, aud whether he would
now be thought n good talker. ! quote
nobody, but sum up the general sense
of all the answers in one phrasc-he
world be thought bore. ''NIacaulay. y
said talker, whose conversation ranged
over three generations, "did not talk,
he lectured. He chose his subject, il
mattered little what, aud he delivered 4,
discourse on it. Now. no dinner table
would stand it, he would be stopped,
contradicted, his long stories vetoed; no
monopoly or monopolist is tolerated. II
you wanted to know about Queen Anne
you could 20 home and read a cyclic.
pedia." Everything now IS touch and
20. Topics are treated lightly, and
above all, briefly. The autocrat who
he'd sway over the company and forced
them to listen, has vanished. Vow may
tell a story, but you must, in Iayward's
phrase, cut it to the bone. If you do
not cut it short you will he cut into, and
before you are half way through another
man will have begun and finished his. and
your audience will have gone over 10 the
enemy. Worse still, if you persist, you
may for once have your way, but it will
be for once only, your host makes the
appalling discovery that you are inn
possible, and he asks you not again
neither he nor any of the company. No
reputation is so universal as that of the
bore; no other criminal is So Stunned
by his fellow-men,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-18
rENPERANcE READING.
Alcohol md Hcrcditv.

pr. X. +. Sinclair, in a recent lecture on
what Science says atout Alcohol, says;
"On the central nervous system or brain,
alcohol produces most disastrous ellects
whereas the most OF its other actions are
confined moro or less to the lerson who
absorbs or drinks the liquor. In its action
on the brain alcohol so alters the structure
OF that organ that the children of such as
drink habitually inherit frequently a more or
less altered nervous system.
"lf there is one truth now, more than
another, pretty securely established, 10 is
this, that Just as parents transmit to their
children their physical constitution and their
features, so do they as certainly transmit to
them their mental characters. Even the
simplest action that we 40, as speaking or
hfting up the arm, arc actions that depend
on the healthy condition of the brain. And
particular part OF the brain is devoted to
such an action as speaking, and IL that por-
tion of the brain. upon the healthy condition
OF which depends the action of speak
ing, were, by disease or accident,
to be destroyed or injured, then we
would lose this faculty. of speech; so that
although we might understand everything
said, yet we could not reply by speech. Now
we find that tricks of manner, as well as of
speech, nre often transmitted to children by
their parents. But as these Transmitted
habits of speech and action are as we have
seen, dependent on brain action, IL is clear
that in order that the child should he able To
manifest these actions, itmust have Inherited
brain modified 10y its parent. so as to rem
der the performance cf this particular action
very easy to the child.
Now alcohol has n very powerful action
In modifying and altering the brain sub.
stance, and thereby, of modifying its ac-
tons. And therefore IL is that we find the
children of parents that drink are often the
victims in many cases, Of an intense craving
for alcohol. and where this craving has from
various reasons not been developed, the chill
dren have Inherited an extremely unstable
nervous system. Hence 1t is n very serious
responsibility for people TO assume. that of
transmitting To- their children nervous sys-
tenn predisposing them TO such dangerous
indulgence rs drinking"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-18
A. Reasonable Complaint,

II do wish our pastor. when "a calls,
would pray with us before he leaves ~ said a
hard working mother of several small
children, who could not attend church regu.
larry.
"Why do you not request him TO do sol
I'm sure he would love To- "
well have trie to ask him but his e 4
Is so light and general, aud he rises SO briSa-
ly and goes out joking and laughing, don't
know how to get to II. but after he has gone
my buzz dcns are heavier than before, and
feel so disappointed. IL my pastor had only
given me a little helpful talk aud then gath
erel my family about him and bowed with
us in prayer, 1t would he so comforting,
and 1t would make us all so glad to SEQ him
come again. When was little girl our
pastor always did this when he called But
suppose times have changed, and l should
not expect it now.n
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-18

fishermen sleep at home. or lounge about
in their store CLOTHES, But at the stroke
of midnight the long wharf becomes u
scene Of lcvcrish activity. Long before
daylight from three 90 haf dozen
mcuhadcn-stcumCrs arc Nutiug the
waves ocoanward from out dnc mouth Of
the Great Pccouic Bay
When the lookout on the top of tho
mast discovers shoai ct mrnhadcn
choppng up the surface of The sea, the
steamer turns her nose thithcrwGrd aud
the small boats are lowered with the 800
ialhOm nets. II takes two boats, with
crew Of twelve men each. to spread and
gather in the mighty purse" which il
sunk to n depth of sixty or seventy feet.
This purse-uet is circular ia form, being
constructed, 10 borrow the phrase Of
trccnport fisherman, "Wst like
woman's pettcoat, only in an inverted
form, the gathered end being downward.
II takes in big section of the ,hoal of
fish, whcrcupon the bottom is purScd up,
forming a bag, and the whole mass is
towcd alongside the steamer to bc deity
scoopcd up and deposited IN the hold by
small scoop Sometimes there is u
shark, or some other monster of tho
numerous prcdaccous species which
attend the mcuhnden in their migrations.
Usually there are enough buclish i'm tho
catch to keep the crew table well sup
piled.
The factories boil the oil out of tho
mcnhadcns' carcaSsc', and there is IAN
ancient aud h,hliNr smell" for leagues
along Old Long Islands scagirt shore.
The market price of tbs oil is ut present
about thirty cents a gallon. The flesh,
skin and bones form the "scrap;' that
is dried IN the sun whenever that
luminary has shining fit, and then
ground up with Il body of Charleston rock
to make that much-prilcd fertilizer
which is continually moving westward
down Long Island in such incXhaustible
quantities. Frtak L@iit.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-18
The Procession of Lady Goliya at
(Oyputry

The order of the prorc sion was as
follows: First came the c.ty guards,
m ancient. and, in former times. an
important body of men; next came u
figure of 81. George, who. il will Lo
remembered, was II native Of Coventry 4:
then came the city strcam,r u airing
the arms of Coventry, and the two city
followers. The next object Of uttrdc-
ton was the renowned Lpdy Gudiya,
mounted on II white horse with rich
housing ana trlpp,ngs The city Cricr
rode one side of her and the bcallc ON
the other. The woman representing
the fair p0truuc,s of Coventry was usu-
ally dressed in white camhrir Dire =,
closely fitted to the body She wore
also Il profu,ion of long, flowing locks,
adorned with tillct or bandcau of
ilpwers and II plume of white feathers.
The Coventry UcrdH, i'm dies r.bing
the process ion Of ISIS, speaks of Mad
anne Nartpn's performance of Godiya
rs highly satisfactory" "She was at
tired" we are told, I'm closc-li,ting.
elastic silk dress, of pinky-whitc color,
entire from the neck to the toes, cN-
cepting the arms, which were uncover
ed; over this II simple white satin tmic
edged with gold fringe completed her
riding-habit. Her only hcad-drcss was
the perfectly unartifcial and not very
profuse supply Of glossy black hair
simply braided in front, and hanging
down slightly confined behind" Mr..
Warton, her husband, rode n short dis
tance behind as Edward the Black
Prince. Queen Margaret, Sir John
Falstaif, Robin Hood, Frinr Tuck,
William and Adam Botoner (the celc-
brated Mayors of Coventry, Sir Thorn
rs White, its great benefactor, and Sir
w. Dugdale, the eminent local histo-
rian, were also represented in the cav
alcade. Last in this procession was
sylvan bower bearing the shepherd and
shepherdesses, n capaciouS platform
furnished with flowers, fountains, and
foreign birds in golden cages. The
HerGd continues: "The neecy lambs
and faithful dog formed an object which
attracted all eyes, while the arbor of
evergreens, rising and tapcring off to
height of forty feet, formed magnif-
cent finish to the cavalcade. The show
concluded at three o'clock The shep-
herd and shepherdess, lambs and dog
were exhibited by the wool-combers,
one of the societies which took part in
the procession. Though the town has
generally taken great pride in this
show there have always been some to
despise it and to say with Queen Eliza
beth:
aye men of Coventry,
Good lack. what fools go bo'
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-18
Menbadeu Fishing.

The Aiom menhoden, sometimes called
the mossbunker. is an uDpalatablc mem
Der Of the herring family; but when in
good condition he is rich in oil, and his
body makes II iirst.rate fertilizer. Tho
fish has an oblong, compressed body,
about foot long, greenish.brown in
color, with a silvery abdomen, and black
spots on the shoulders. Its gill-covers
are large, and the upper jaw projects
slightly beyond the lower. The habitat
Of the me" hadcn is along the New Eng
land coast, and as far south as New
Jersey. In the summer they come into
the bays 10 spawn, swimming in multi
tudinous shoals, quite near the surface Of
the water. Then the menhaden-b boats,
especially the steamers. gather in a har--
vest which is rich in proportion rs tho
fish are fat and oily. In this respect
there are great variations, according to
the condition of the feeding grounds,
and sometimes the catch, though numcri-
cally great, is not worth taking ashore.
Menhaden ought to yield at least three
or four gallons of oil to the thousand
fish. Those taken in the waters TO the
east of Long Island at the present
moment are yielding from seven TO eight
gallons the thousand, aud the boiling
and grinding business is temporarily
confined to the factories on the shores
thereabouts chiefly at Promised Land,
at Orient and at Tivcrtou, on the Rhode
Island side of the Sound
sunday is q day OF pious Observance
and rest ut Grccnport The boats, clean,
dry and iishy, toss idly on the tide, and
the nets lie IN "a heap, heavily salted 10
prevent their rotting IN the sun. Tho
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-18
CompotcS Of Fruits.

'Compotes are fresh fruits boiled with
~ littlcsugar. They are much used
y the French, and are an excellent
ode of preparing inferior or overripe
|uits.
'Compotcs Of Peaches: Cut ripe peaches
half, throw them into boiling water
b two or three minutes, then take them
and put in ice water; peel them.
9 II pint of water in saucepan. and
lover n brisk fire; let boil, and put
~ peaches in. As soon rs tender take
|om out, place on u dish, and pour
|xnp over.
Compntc Of Oranges: Put pound OF
ar aud half pint Of water on to boil.
u ten minutes, and sk IN add the Juice
one lemon. Peel dozen oranges,
them IN halves, remove the seed, aud
DIP few pieces at n Time in the hot
lup, and lay them out on II flat dish.
pr over them the remaining syrup,
set on ice.
Compote of Apples; Peel and quarter
&c ripe apples. Put in pan to stew
a little water and sugar to make q
lnp. Add pieces of cinnamon bark
lemon peel cut in strips. Let boil,
Q up the apples, lay in adish to cool
the syrup thick and pour over.
Eompote OF Pears: Quarter, peel and
X some pears in stewpan with a
le water and sugar. When tender,
G the pears up. Boil the syrup down,
a handful Of raisins and a sliced
pom. When thick as Jelly pour the
PUP over the fruit.
Stuffed Compete: Select some large,
apples; pare them, and take out the
{es, leaving the apples whole. Cook
IN IN syrup, take up, drain, and bake
Pm few minutes in very quick oven.
lhen done, fill the middle with peach
&qulnce marmalade. Then roll each
pic in the Jelly in which it was boiled.
fh them IN the form of pyramid
whipped cream around the base,
q serve.
fyrup of Compotes: Put pound of
gar in Il kettle with pint OF water,
4 Juice OF lemon, a little powdered
namon. Set it over slow fire, let
ll, and skim. Continue to boil until
ar aud thick; let cool and bottle.
IS syrup will keep for months, and is
~ convenient to have ready for max
compotes. C0Urier'JOuraaI.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-18
A Note of Warninn.

The Quarterly journal of InsbrietH from
NE purely scientific point of view, sounds
this lmey note OF warning TO young men,
oust, concerning the danger involved in the
'contngion of drinking companions:n "a
Young man with an unstable, nervous organi-
satlon becomes reduced in health, ard is sub.
lect TO contagion of drinking companions,
uses spirits to intoXication: the result is, his
physical system takes a diseased tendency
which quickly develops into lnebrety. No
matter what the surroundings may be, he is
inder the control of diseased impulses which
larry HIM farther from health and sanity"
10 all SUI h especially, as indeed to every body,
'otal abstinence from alcoholic beverages is
aealth.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-18
A Child's Awful Death.

Thirty-tivc tourists visited the summit
OF Pixies Peak recently. Ec,wcen and
o'clock severe electric storm, accom-.
panied by heavy fall of rain, occurred.
The visitors took refuge in tho Signal
Station. Laura Cook, aged fourteen
years, daughter of George .. Cook, of
Chicago, was standing in the doorway
while the storm was at It's height. Sud
denly, and simultaneously with dcalen.
ing crash, "a binding light filed the
room, and the spectators were horriaed
to see the blue blaze of lightning bolt
strike the unfortunate girl fun in the
face and circle down around her body.
She was knocked lifeloss to the moor,
and II fearful sight met the eyes of her
friends. Her head was swollen to an
enormous size, and her body and limbs
were cut in strips and horribly mutt atcd.
The incident is a peculiar phenomenon,
and old mountaineers claim il 20 be The
first serious electrical disturbance ever
occurring above the clouds in the history
OF the State. - Cincinnati Eaytirer.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-18
One Glass of Wine Too Much.

A glass Of wine, for instance, changed the
Louis Philippe, king of the French, had
,on, the Duke of Orleans, and heir TO the
,hrone, who always drank only a certain
number Of glasses of wine, because even one
more made him tipsy. On n memorable
morning he forgot To count the number OF
glasses, and took one more than usual When
entering his carriage he stumbled, frighten-
mg the horses and causing them to run. In
Attempting to leap from the carriage his
ncnd struck the pavement and he soon died.
That glass of wine overthrow the Orleans
rule, conhscated their property of E20 ,00O, 600
and sent the whole family into exile
YhdmJers's Journal
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-18
Prohibitions.

No subject in all the range OF human in.
qulry has properly enlisted moro interest
than this of mans probation. New theories
are put forth, new hypothesis are invented,
and the interest increases AS these Lenten
days are passing, and special religious SER
vices are observed not only with the Roman
lists and Episcopllians, but in many churches
outside of amy Lenteu associations, IL would
seem that the matter Of probation might be
made less speculative and more practical
Whatsoever may be true in regard to tho
time allotted To man TO prepare to meet his
God, the duty ot making this preparation
remains. The sooner IL is met the better.
God explicitly requires IT, The wonderful
provisions OF mercy and grace in that God
who so loved the world as to give His Be-
loved Son AS a sacrifice to secure this prepara.
ton, the tender solicitations that accompany
these provisions, and the helpless position in
which tn rejected guests of the gospel feast
are placed, should awaken the most earnest
anxiety to make the nee ssary preparations
to have on the wedding garment amid all
the uncertainties of the uture, "lest coming
suddenly he find (us sleeping" A multitude
of considerations are continually enforcing
the truth, Now is the accepted time, now IS
the day OF salvation. VI Hartford Religious
Herald.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-18
a Glorious Church.

St Paul, in his Eplstle to the Ephesians,
states that Christ gave himselfn for the
church that he might present it TO himself
glorious church, not having spot or
wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it
should bo holy aud without blcmish.n Thus,
in the mind Of tie spirit, holiness is the glory
of the church. "Tho kings daughter is all
glorious withn,n because she is "pure in
hcart"-not because of physical charms or
worldly accessories of fashion. wealth and
popularity. Her beauty is "thc beauty of
holiness her charms are the outnashings of
moral excellence. But do we fully
realize thisi Which is the more fire.
quently aimed at-popular.ty before the
world, or to To without spot or wrinkle, or
any such thingp To be popular with this
world /, 70 To cont ormcd TO this world, and
that is TO soil the white garments with tho
moral pollution of this world, and so TO loso
the he uty Of holiness. Would it not be too
great n sacrifice for so small and cheap n
boon, Oh, that we might all strive 10 10
holy and without blcmi,h in the sight of
God. For the holiness of the church depends
upon the holiness of tue individual members
who constitute the church Il Evang. Mes
Scnger.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-18
How To Utilize ButtcrmiIlS

httcrmllll is used in many ways down
8h. There is nothing more health
|jbn n warm day than glass of fresh
1ermilk. In our cooking it is almost
Bpcnsablc, used with soda in brea
kng. Clabbcl is nice made into cream
&sc. If you do not have press made
hin yol can make Il bag OF coarse
ID, into which you pour the clabber
Ethc bag tightcns and hang 1t up to
b. In twelve hours the curd will
Efcady for use. Serve for breakfast
J cream end sugar with little nut
4 if you like or eat with salt and
Der.
Rlttermilli Biscuit Sift together a
"a of Hour ana teaspoon of soda.
Rk into It u teaspoon of salt, aud a
espool OF lard or butter mot mcltcd).
pint of buttcrmilk, a little at u
until all is used. DO not work the
&eh longer than To collect il smoothly.
III out one half inch thick and cut with
,iScuit cutter. Bake Immediately in
oven Tor about ten minutes.
Egg Bread: One quart Of
m meal, one tablespoon Of melted lard,
D tea pool of salt, four eggs beaten
I'll light. Mix these ingredients into
3 quart of buttcrmilk, INTO which has
% Dissolved one teaspoon of soda. Pour
fer into t. pan, which has been heated
1well creased, to bake.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-18
RELIGIOUS READING.
Christus ConsoIator.

Cnffstus COnSOintOr.
Holy, holy. holy Cross.
All else won count but loss,
Sapphire suns are dust aud dross
In the radiance of tue Face
Which reveals Gods way Of grace
Open to n rebel race.
Ransom He and ransomed we,
Love and justice here agree;
Let the angels bend and see
Endless is this mystery:
He, the Judge, our pardon wins:
In His wounds our peace b,gics.
Looking on the accursed tree.
When we God as Saviour seq,
Him as Lord we gladly choose,
Him as King cannot refuse,
Love Of sin with guilt we lose.
So the Cross the soul renews
in HIS Righteousness we hide
Last long woe of guilt and pride;
In His spirit we abide.
Naught are we, our all is He:
Christ's pierced hands have set us FREQ;
Grace is this beyond degree
Glory His above all height;
Mercy, Maj sty and Might;
God in man is loves delight;
Man in God Of God hath sight:
Love is Gods throne, great and white:
Day in God hath never night.
-lJoseph Cook.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-18
An Unreasonable Complaint.

"My pastor, | have somewhat against
thee "Ahl what i it.n II was sick and
you did not visit me.n "Did you desire mo
TO visit you!' "Why, certainly: the pres.
ence, sympathy and prayers Of the pastor
are naturally expected by the sick OF his
people" "As a rule suppose they are. but
your case, II seems, was cNceptional,n ~ "Whnt
do you meanN Il mean that you d not
desire anything ] might have done Tor You
III your sickness; so far from IL, you did not
wish n o 10 know that you were sickn "How
can you say thatr "Well. let us SOC. Did
n physician visit your "Yes.n "How did
he know you II .edc himi' "Why, | sent
for him, of coarse "EXnctly: but you
treated me differently; the physician would
not know that you were sick unless you in
formed him, and you did inform him, bo-
ceuse You desired his presencs; but the pas.
tor, ly some sort Of clairvoyance, peculis-
TO himself, was 10 know what the
physician could not know, and
SO you took no pains TO give him
needless mcssag"l Is that it, brotherl Now,
be candid: Am not to understand that, as
you did not send for me, my presence was
not desiredl Pardon my plninness; think,
In comparative treatment Of your physician
and your pastor your complaint is both
unreasonable aud unjust. Methodist Pro
testant
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-18
Wn,ing Hard Floors.

\ waxing a hardwood floor take n
i Of the best bceswax, cut IL into
small pieces and let it thoroughly
i've in three pints of turpentinc,
|ng c1sionally if necessary. The
hire .hould be only iriilc thicker
clear turpentinc. Apply it with
h. ,hc surface of the floor, which
Nj be smooth and perfectly clean.
right amount wares, less being re-
kd for close, hard. grained wood,
,norc # the wood is soft and open
bed. Even professional "waxers'
Sometimes obliged tn experiment,
fdins to the S.iciifc 1mcrjr,a,
b gives these directions, and novicos
Ill always try u square foot or two.
|n thoroughly dry, rub with n hard
b. II it polishes well repeat the
! over the whole floor. II not,
ve the wax with sand paper and try
b. If the mixture is slow in drying
b little of the common "dre ers' sold
hint dealers.