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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-11
RELIGIOUS READING.

LITTLE CHILDREN, LOVE ONE ANOTHER
a little girl. with a happy look,
Sat slowly reading p)ndcrous book,
All bound with silver and edged with gold,
And It's weight was more than the child
could hold:
Yet dearly she loved to ponder IL DER,
And every day she priced it more.
For 1t said-and shc looked at her smiling
mother
1t said: Little children, love one another"
She thought IL was beautiful In the Book.
And the lesson home to her heart she took:
She walked on her way with trusting
grace,
And a dove-likc look in her meek young
face,
Which said just as plain ms words could say,
The Holy bible must obey"
SO, mamma, Ill be kind to my darling
brother,
For little children must love each other
TIN sorry he's naughty, and will not play;
But I'll love him still, for think the way
10 make him gentle and kind to mo
VIII be better shown IL | let him SEQ
strive to do what think Is right
And thus when kncel in PRAYER tonight
i VIII clnsp my hands around my brother,
And say Little children, love one another"
The little girl did rs her Bible taught,
And pleasant indeed was the change {,
wrought;
For the boy looked up in glad surprise
10 IN ct the light of her loving eyes;
His heart was full he could not speak,
But he pressed kiss on his sisters check;
And God looked down ON that happy mother,
Whose little children loved each other.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-11
p1uSKAnDS' DYSpHpsrl.

Alcohol, says DIR. Oswald, in the Voice, has
been mistaken for n peptic stimulant, but few
physicians would now deny the correctness Of
DR.. Grahams conclusion that mo form OF
indigestion is moro difficult TO cure than
drunkards dyspepsia" The proximate cause
OF that experience can be realized by study
OF the plates in the British College Of Sur
geons Tor a similar set in the Medical Depart
ment of Columbia College, New York;, repre-
senting the progressive effect Of alcohol on
the tissues OF the human stomach. Instead
Of the pale reddish color of the gastric mem
braHe in n state OF health the lining of the
drunkards stomach exhibits all the evidences
of chronic Inflammation; engagement of tho
blood vessels, liberation, contraction and
collOsity of tho mucous teguments and an
aphthous, or mildewed appearance OF the
lacerated surface. Alcohol often completely
changes the structure of the liver. IL studs
10 with tubercles, and by obstructing the
vascular ducts expands the diseased organ To
twice, and sometimes b. Ave times It's natural
size but at the Same time more and more
disqualiiies IL for tho proper performance of
its functions, The weight of a healthy liver
varies from five TO eight pounds; and Pro-
fesSOr Youmans mentions the post mortem
examination OF an English drunkard whose
liver was found to weigh fifty pounds and
who nevertheless, had died from a deficiency
Of bile. BY congestion the blood vessels and
the bile secreting cells, beer as well as brandy
tends to disorder digestiyg functions even of
moderate drinkers: and after continuing tho
Use of alcohol for five years, few dram-drink-
ers fail To experience the consequences Of tho
disease known as fatty degeneration OF the
liver" 4 complaint which in many cases de-
stroyS thc tissue of iour-hfths Of the affected
organ, "a tGhorcies destroy og corrupt tho
ESspe or tAs luc...l.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-11
THE epovTu OF TEMPERANCE

Any one who remembers the drinking
habits OF thirty or forty years ago, or any
one who has studied the record of social Gus
toms in New England since the settlement OF
the country, must beaware that steady and
immense gain in tho direction Of temperance
has been made, which has extended To all
classes of society, except possibly 10 the very
most unfortunate. The drinking customs Of
the past generation are well known. Scenes
Mt the tables OF thu wealthy and cultivated
were tolerated, and in fact expected, which
would now irreclnimably disgrace respectable
people. The clergyman had his pitcher OF
rum ON the pulpit with which TO moisten his
lips as no diScoursed upon the moral virtues
There are still extant bills for quantities of
intoxicating liquor used at "raisings' OF
church buildings, and paid for by the parish.
which show an astonishing consumption Of
intoxicants and an absolute liberation Of their
use. The pail of rum stood upon the counter
OF the country store, and customers helped
themselves with dipper. The results of all
this were what Were 10 be expected. In tho
parish records of deaths. hundred years
ago. the words "alcoholismn and drink
placed opposite certain names as the cause of
death, figure with startling frequency.
The fact is that the general community has
advanced In most marked degree in point OF
temperance. The change has been so radical
that IL has entered into the life and habits OF
the people: and IL has bcen brought about by
the influence of individual opinion and tho
growth Of Individual conTcience.
Transcript.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-11
WAIT AND SEE.

81 mover Let BARNS or fools sea my Pfc
lures until they ARE DONE said Scotch
artist o. mo oncr quoting II familiar prov
erb Of his country mon We arc all but
bairns in Gods 81 Int, aud we sadly play tho
As no artist is willing TO have judgment
pronounced upon painting or statue until
the work Is completed, so our heavenly
Teacher bids us possess our souls in patience.
what do thou knowest not now, but thou
shalt know hereafter" We must wait and
sce. This world is but the preparatory
school In which character is on the caScl or
under the chSel; exhibition days will come
In another world. Gods hand lays on dark
colors very often His chi,cl cuts deep. No
trinl of our faith i joyous but gricvous;
nevertheless aftcrward it may work out tho
eternal weight of glory.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-11
Three Score and Ten.

Mrs. Julia Ward Howe has juse
celebrated, at her home in Boston, the
seventicth anniversary Of her birthday.
She was the recipient of many gifts
and letters from the leading authors
and reformers. Among these was .
beautiful chocolate pot in repousse
silver. Upon the bottom was the fol-
lowing inscription: Presented to
Julia Ward Howe on her seventieth
birthday by the Fortnightly Club OF
Chicago, May 81, 1852
The letters contained congratulate
tions from DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes,
George William Curtis, Richard Wat
son Glider, Mrs MacVeagh. of the
Chicago Fortnightly Club Sculptor
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-11
DO You PnAY IN sECRErY

Praycrfulncss will scarcely bc kept up long
uulc's you set apart timo, and seasons for
prayer. There are no time, laid down in
Scripture except 10y tho example Of holy
men, for the Lord trusts much 20 the love Of
hi, people and to the spontaneous motions of
ih" iuucr life, lie does not say pray at
I o'clock in the morning ar pray at
night at :, or q, or TO- or II > but says. Pray
without c.u-iug.' Vet Every Christian will
iiul It useful 10 have his regular times
for retirement, and | doubt whether any
eminent pirty can be without these seasons
being carefully aud scrupulously observed.
We rc1d in the old tradition, of Jamc, tho
Apostle that he prayed 50 much that his.
knees grew hard through long kncclng:
and 1t is recorded 10y Fox. thlb
nj NOR, during the time of his inn
prisuumcut was 80 much upon his
kn,c, that frequently the poor old man
could not rise to his meals, aud had to bd
lit d up 10y his servants. When he could no
longer preach and was immurcd within stone
walls his pTayer1 went up to heaven for his
country, and we are in these times receiving
the blessing. Daniel prayed with tho win
dows open daily and at regular intervals.
''.Scvon times day" saith one twill | praise
Thee David declared that Mt evening,
and morning and Mt noon,' would ho wak
upon God. Oh, that our intervals of prayer
were not so distant one from the other;
would God that ON the pilgrimage of life tho
wells at which we drink were more frequent.
In this way should wo continue in pra YER
SpurgeoH.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-11
A CmILn's LOGIC.

thoughts and sayings of the little ones which
maturity has failed TO fathom, and which
those who are hut children of larger
growth might do well TO apply. Such wis.
dom was beautifully cNcmpliicd in the case
Of little girl who once returned 10 her homo
from jaunt in the woods, hr face covered
with mo.quito biic'. why did you not
drive them away said the mother. They
would not 20, said the child. "Why did
you not kill thcmY AT would not havl
been right was the answer "But | have
seen YOU kill them az home urged tho sur
priscd mother. YES npmn1,n argued tho
child firmly, III they lmo into my house
aud bite me, kill them. Hut il / 20 into
the woods that is their house, aud have no
right to kill them"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-11
WHISKY cAuz-s TIE INDIAN REVOLT.

Captain 5touch, Third infantry, has report
I'd 10 the War Department the following re-
suits Of the Investigations of Captain Han
ney, Third infantry, into the recently report
ed Indian outbreak at the Mile Lacs ReServa-
ton, ID. T.:
'The shooting of tho white man was the
result of drunkenness. Three families who
left the neighborhood OF the Indian camp
were new arrivals, Swedes, and were fright
ened Off by drunken Indians. They were
about six miles OH The Indians will deliver
up the one who did the shooting, Wadela,
Us soon as the Sheriff comes for him He will
not leave his present whereabouts. Tho shoot
ing took place in the Mile Laos country,
There seems TO be some apprehension on the
part OF whites and some i'll win ON the part OF
Indians, partly because of the accidental kill
ing of one of their number last winter, by a
white man, and partly because they still
think they have some title 20 the land here
abouts, but there is no danger of an out
break. When drunk they may have made
threats, but there is little in them The whis-
ky and alcohol trade is tno worss feature Of
the matter"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-11
LIFE or FAITH.

Have y.u ever thought of tho life or
childy Why, the life e. II child is pcrfcct
lite of faith That little child-what can
that little child doy Why, 1t could not find
its way To the street end aud back again IL
would b. lost If YOU trusted it alone. IL
could not find tho next meal. II left To
itself l. would die OF want. The little one
could not furnish II shelter for its head To-
night And yet, ha, the child any fcnr
about IT, has It any sort of alarm about ity
Not at ALL How cumcs it the child life Is
so happy Because 1t is instinctivclt, g., life
of fuith. The child could not buy the next
luaf hut II has n firm belief that father
can. II could not provide for itself the gar.
mcnts for tomorrow. hut 1t has unboumdcd
faith in father and "mothrrS power to
do it. II is life of p rfect faith.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-11

- ur1nK TO MAKE me work" SAID a young
man to an old gray headed man of 20. Yes"
he replied, ut will. Thought just so. have
buried two boys in drunarkds graves. am
an old man and feeble. have spent COM
petence In drink, and now my poverty com
pels me to work when should have rest. Yes,
drink and 1t will make you work, young mans
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-11

The saloonkeepersof Of New York are making
an effort TO introduce the system Of com
yrtments In their establishments, with places
where women can enter for drink and
where men and women can drink together.
The newspapers are already pointing out that
THIS VIII be one OF the most baleful results Of
"froe rumn
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-11
We should suspect some danger near
Where We DOsgpgs delight

In other words, manage to keep miserable
all the time. The old song sung at the pianos
quarter OF century ago was right; "kind'
Words Can Never Die" Such kind words
have their nests In kind hearts, and when
they are Matched out and take wing they cir
Gle round In flights that never cease, and
sportsmans gun cannot shoot them, and
storms cannot rufiie their wings and when
they cease flight in these lower skies OF earth
they sweep around amid the higher attitudes
Of heaven.
oh, what glorious state OF things TO have
the friendship OF God Why, we could afford
TO have all the world against us and all other
worlds against us IL wo had God for us. He
could in minute blot out this universe and
In another minute mako better universe L
have no idea that God tried hard when He
made all things. The most brilliant thing
known TO US is light, and for the creation of
that He only used word of command As
out of flint tho frontiersman strikes spark,
so out OF one word God struck the monday
sun. For the making OF thepreSent universe
do not read that God lifted so much as n
finger. The Bible frequently speaks of
Gods hand, and Gods arm, and Gods
shoulder and Gods foot; then sup
pose He should put hand and arm aud
shoulder and foot 10 utmost tension, what
could He not makes That God, OF such
demonstrated and undemonstrated strength,
ou may have for your present and everlast-
~ friend. But a stately and reticent friend,
ird to get at, but as approachable as a
luntry mansion on summer day when all
. doors and windows are wide open
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-11

THE testimony In the A. T. Stewart with
contest in New York city covered l6,0OG
folios, and twenty y-five copies of IL have been
made at IA cost of about sos 900. II there is
a compromise, Judge Hilton win have to pay
this and everything else. Roscoe Conkling's
retainer was O,0OO and those OF severali
other lawyers were not much less.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-11
ENGLAND GROWING sonrn

Rev. Y. +. Hale, says In the Cosm0 0politan:
Whether any of the great moral wars which
have been set on foot by such men as Fnther
Matthew, or the Washingtonians, or by tho
red ribbon movement, or the women's union,
can show as great n result as this IL would
he hard 10 say. Tho reduction OF the amount
Of liquor consumed in England in the last de-
cade was, till 1887, so considerable as TO af-
feet visibly what Mr.. Gladstone called ''the
drink revenuo.n The year 1887 brought AN
increase, but IL was supposed that this was
due to the festivities in consequence of the
Queens jubileo-a sad enough issue 10 a
popular celebration. At the moment when
write these lines, we have not Mr.. Balfour's
budget speech Of 1885, and can not tell whether
the consumption Of liquor fell again after the
jubilee was over.
All this reduction Is due to steady ''temper-
ance work" Of the old-fashion kind in Eng
land; TO the "Red Ribbon Movement and
the salvation Army" ANA other vigorous
and manly endeavors 10 rlake men refuse 10
drink who drank before you persuaded them.
Undoubtedly such work can be advanced
by expedients like those of ''prohibition.p
and by every device by which the nuisance
of the open bar is suppressed.
But the two classes Of movement must go
dand In hand. .---,.
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Story of Rome and others. Mr.. Glider
dropped into poetry with this scnti-
nCut:
Buw tow hHyo rounded ont so iulln lifo
:, friosicSs ot righteous war aud holy ,once
Poet aud sHgo, friend. sister. mother wife
loug bo IL ere that noble heart shall cease.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-11

Tho real anarchist, says Rev. p. 8. Hem
son, ID. D., is the saloonist. But instead Of
shooting him or stringing him up we give
make him an Alderman.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
Re-UniOn of the Confederate Soldiers of
Sampson County at Clinton on Thurs
day, the 26th of September.

All Confederate soldiers Of Samp-
son county. of each and every COM
pany, or detachment, whether resi-
ding in or out of the county, are in
vited and requested to meet in Clin-
ton on Thursday, the Goth of Septem-
Der. The officers and non-commis
stoned officers Of each company are
requested to see that this notice
reaches each member Of their COM
mand.
PROGRAMME:
Reorganization Of companies by
commanding officers from 10 to II
O'Clock. All detached soldiers are
requested to report, on arrival, to
DR.. II. ii. Holiday for assignment
in the parade. Parade at II A. M.
Permanent organization Of Vete-
rans' Association at IL: 80 A. NJ.
Speaking at 2 P. M.
DIR. r. ii. HOLIDAY
CAPT. o. l.. CHEsNUTT,
CAPT. j. H. ROBINSON,
JOSIAH Pope,
J. L. PIGFoRD,
Committee
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
Who Is Eligible ?

For the information of the public
we publish Section 8 of the Laws Of
1887, Chapter 40, in relation to the
reception of free tuition students in
the North Carolina College of Agri-
culture and Mechanic Arts:
The Board of Trustees shalladmit
to the benefits of said college, free of
any charge for tuition, upon proper
evidence Of good moral character
and of their inability, or the inabil-
ity of their parents or guardians to
pay their tuition, Il certain nuAber
of youths, to be determined by
them, not to be less than one hun
bred and twenty, and shall apportion
the same to the different counties APP
plying, according to their relative
number in the House Of Representa-
tives of North Carolina. The said
Board are hereby empowered to
make the necessary regulations tOl
carrying this into effect and for the
admission of other students.
Notwithstanding the wording Of
the section above, we think that il
none should apply who are actually
unable, in any county, then the priv
ilege should be granted to those APP
ply who are least able, and such we
suppose will be the construction.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
A Sad Death.

Mr.. J. +. Cox who left here about
August first, for his home in kenans-
Vile, died at that place on Sunday,
the first instant, of typhoid fever.
He had been in Clinton since No
vember as salesman with Mr.. w. A.
Johnson and by his gentlemanly
bearing and straightforward dealings
had won the esteem of all who knew
him. Mr., Cox was young man of
excellent qualities and wasjust TWEEN
ty-five years old at his death, having
died on his birthday. We extend
our sympathy to his bereaved fami-
ly III their loss by his untimely death.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
List of Jurors for October Term, 1888

FIRST WEEK -Harfrey Holland,
w. S. Laughon, John Autry, w. w.
Newkirk, Joe Newkirk, w. S. Par
sons, J. d. Johnson, A. II. Herring
w. L. Matthews, j. l.. Billiard, S..
w. Wllliford, D. A. Cooper, w. X
Pigford, Lewis Packer, Redmon
Herring, Chas. Mathis, r. l.. Scott,
HenryJ. Duncan, Smitich Faircloth,
w. G. Beaman, J, M. Wilson, O. l..
Herring, II. C. Giddens, S.W. Owens,
a. E. Alderman, j.. c. Weeks, Joshua
Bass, A. E. Underwood, w. r. Roy
al, F. P. Tolar, Alvin Honeycutt,
w. I. Sutton, w. H. Warren
Josiah Baggett, r. E. Her, ing S. J
Faircloth.
SECOND WEEK Oates, W. ]
Fisher, j. r. Cooper, c. c. Boykin
j. r. Cromartie, w. III. Bryant
Paul Armstrong, ]. r. Mathis, J.T
Macarthur, J. B. Herring, A. A
Baggett, S. B. Seasons, l. C
Howard, w. S. Howard, NJ. B
Fowler, /. f. Newton, Morris Hall
J. Il. Mathis.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
Personals.

Miss Carrie Mann. or Boston. Mass.
IL visiting her aunt. Mrs. Asgam Io',lJs.
Mr-. J. A. Mcdowell and sIiss Mary
Thomson left Monday 10 visi, Mrs. Dr.
Newton Robinson. at Elizahethtown
&. Ii. Aycock, Esq. prominent
member Of the Goldsboro bar. was in
town on legal cuisines last Tuesday.
Miss Iang,ior. daughter Of our towns
man, DR.. X. II. Holiday. left Monday
TO attend Greensboro Female College.
Mrs. Eliza honey. OF Augusta. TIA.
sister Of our Ia Susman. Ir &. T. But
Ter, isOn visit ~ relatives in tins
county.
Miss Jennie Clagett has returned aud
taken charge Of. the music Department
OF Clinton Female institute. which
open d yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs. J L. Boykin, OF wilson,
are visiting at Mr.. Robinson Boykin's
Mr.. Boykin is a large and successful
merchant III Wilson.
Rev. Ii. w. Battle. OF New Bcrne.
accompanied by bis charmin.. wife, is
spending sometime with his fathcr-in-
law, Rev. J. J. Stewart.
Messrs. John and David Oates and
Claude and o. J. Jefferson and j. T.
Fowler. lief. MonGay morning for Wake
Forest. where they will pursue theii
stndIcs.
Mss Maggie Smith, the accomplished
! daughter of Mr.. ". II. Smith. OF Colds
boro. has joined her friends. Misses Slo
cunlb and Monroe on visit TO Mrs. W
I +. Stevens.
Mr. ii. r. Bib, of Orlando. Fla, ac
companied by his friend, Mr.. o. l.
Mansfield. Of Fort Ogden, Fla, is visit
ing relatives in this county. Mr.. Bib
is half brother to our townsman. Judg,
+. II. BOykin
Mr.. W. q. Hubbard. Of the finn of A
| +. Johnson Il Co; left Monday for tn
Northern markets. where he will NEE
Mr.. A. +. Johnson, the Senior membe
Der Of the firm, for the purpose of layin
in fall stock of goods
Rev. J. w. Powell, of Rocky Mount
was in town last week. From his hal
Ply and hopeful spirit we would imagin
that he was anticipating the approac
ofone of the important and happy event
of life, which will make hin competei
:, authority OIL the, at present much di
cusscd question. whether marriage Is
failure
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05

sister Counties. Such collection OIL
our big, fat men would be a great
advertisement for our county, for
there must be everything to create
good cheer to produce such men.
The only regret We have about such
an arrangement il that the editor of
this paper, and many more i'm his
condition, would have to be hid on
that day. But we will hurrah for
the big linen all the same.
Sec in another column part of
OF he proceedings Of the last meet.
ing Of the Agricultural Association.
Owing to the fact that This society
having existed heretofore rather az
big partnership and having sus-
pended operations several years ago,
since which time its business has
become TO some extent tangled and
and its legal status somewhat uncer-
tain, it has necessitated some time
and several meetings to get matters
into an operative shape. But these
difficulties are clearing away and the
probabilities now are that active
work will soon begin in earnest
next Saturday, September 7th, has
been fixed for the day of the next
meeting, at which time the Society
will organize under the charter and
commence work asa corporate body
Let every member do his duty to
himself and his county by being
present.
Some claim that it il now too
late to hold fair. Follow that log
ic and it would be too late next year
before organized work could be start
ed. Time els not of the essence" OF
accomplishing such undertakings.
Give men year to hold fair and
the great bulk of the work is done
i'll the last twenty or thirty days
I 'DODlC OlHGlo VIC nave
nothing to exhibit. If that is so,
then we ought to have a fair to learn
how poor we are, for having learned
our true condition we will be the
better able to remedy it. But or
the other hand, we claim that If we
make anything like a creditable ex-
hibit at a fair this fall, it would be
one Of the best advertisements fol
the county and show better for it:
agricultural condition than regu
|, larly gotten up fair could. Why
Because the products that are usual
ly exhibited at fairs do not repre-
sent the true average condition o
agriculture, but IA stimulated condi
ton along narrow line laid out b.
. the premiums offered. Not SO il
this case, for the fair has caught tn
: farmer off his guard, after his GRO
is made, SO what he exhibits vii
> represent what he produces as geo
Il farmer, without any hope of praise
reputation or reward.