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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-21
uETTiNO rsED TO Ii.

One OF the saddest things about the saddles,
disaster that America has ever known, the
COnemaugh Valley flood is the fact that "A
large part of the loss of human life was
needless. Even after the waters were let
loose hundreds ani thousands might have
saved their lives, 1t is said had they believed
the messenger who came riding wildly
through the streets, telling them of the
awful peril that threatened them. But
they had heard these rumOrs before"
they were not going To be frightened into
fleeing from their homes" they were used
20 such warnings" Alas alas the warm
ing was dsregarded once too often, and the
whelming flood slew its thousands. But
how exactly like the unrepenrnnt man did
these victims of the rising waters rsasunl
There - not man in America within
sound ofthe church.bell who has not received
warnings as earnest as the Pennsylvania
sufferers ever heard, to flee from the wrath
10 come. The tragic element is wanting,
perhaps; no flying horseman rides through
our streets telling us to flee To the mountains
for salvation from sin, but, Sunday after
sunday, from ten thousand pulpiis comes
substantially the same message, Turn We,
turn ye, for why will We die!" And men
listen very comfortably to the oft-repeated
warning perhaps with smile or "A sneor,
with the unspoken thought in their hearts
that they have got used to that old story,
and they cannot be any longer scared into
tnt hlHEuO1n Oh nchNcn hS tnONgn they were
frightened girls. Or, perhaps, they listen
with halfformed determination to escape
from destruction when the danger is more
imminent. And all the time Gods patient
hand holds back the pcnt-up flood and gives
the unrepentant another and another
chance. Yet the peril is not abatcd Gods
omnipotence cannot avert the destruction
which is sure to ovcrtake the
guilty, unrepentant soul. The reservoir
of woe is being filed up. Men are treasur-
ing up for themselves wrath against the
day of wrath" aud though thousand
warnings may be unheeded, ut last comes
the cloud burst of destruction. II is "a COM
mon phrase, lightly bantcred about, that
history repeats itself, but il is rs full of sig
nliicance as IL was in the days of Noah
For as in the days that were before the
Hood they were eating and drinking mar
ried and giving in marriage, until the day
that Noah entered into the ark, and knew
not until the flood came and took them all
away go shall the coming Ofthe Son of man
be- Ever since the days of Noah in the
moral world, the history of the patriarch's
time has been repeated The warning watch
man on the city wall has sounded the alarm,
and the thoughtless citizens have disregard.
ed and despised it. but the time has always
come when the words of warning have had
terrible significance and the unprepared
have found too often then that il was toe
late to iiee.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-21
TEMPERANCE.
VINO Is thy NErgHBopp

WHO IL THY NffgHBORy
Thy neighbors tits he whom thou
Hast power To aid and bless:
Whose aching heart or burning brow
Thy soothing hand may press.
Thy neighbor' Ills the fainting poor
Whose eye with want il dim,
Whom hunger sends from door TO doort
60 thou and Succor him.
Thy neighborY It's that drunken man.
Whose years are at the hrim
Bent low with poverty and pain:
Go thou and rescue him.
Thy neighbor? lis his wife, bcrcft
or every earthly gem
This wife and children helpless left;
60 thou and shelter them.
Where c'er thou meet'st n human form
Meath drunkenness bent down,
Remember tits thy neighbor worm;
Thy brother, or thy son.
ass not, oh pass not needless by,
Perhaps thou canst redeem.
Himself and his from misery;
Go reason, plead with him
Geo. ". Cook, IN Bdttie-dre Of Temperance.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-21
CONVERSION.

No period in life Is 90 momtttons IN view
OF lis results as that in which the sinner
awakcs from his indifference IL brought
back from his wandorings, and acccpting
the terms of salvation, il enabled To rejoice
IN God his Savior. Then his views nf the
world OF life, of the object of his being. OF
all things, in fact, are essentially notified
and changed. Then does he commence to
run the race, that succeSsively followed
Will conduct ITO glory, honor. and i'm.
mortality" Then Is he watched with the
intensest solicitude by those holy beings,
VINO VINO are sent forth TO minister for them
who shall be heirs of salvation" And If
there Is Joy among the angels of God. over
one sinner that repenteth," =" who can tell
how much that Joy may be enhanced.
should the highly-favored object of IT, by
the grace of God become bright and shin
ing light in the world, and bring forth
much fruit to the glory and praise of his
Saviour.
As the opening of the Christian life is thus
important in its results, and rs so much
depends on right commencement. special
care should be had that the great outlines OF
that life should be well understood. There
are multitudes who experience renewing
grace, whom nature has endowed with an
ardent temperament, and who in the Joy of
their first love, often overlook the fact that
bonds and atllictons' arc appointed 10 all
VINO would overcome the world, and become
helrs oi immortal life. In the fanCied
strength of their attachment 10 their Saviour,
they set at nought the obstacles that would
oppose their progress, and often are disposed
TO wonder at the trials of more experienced
disciples. Instances are not unfrcqutnt,
where in the reaction of feeling that some
times succeed this state Of mind, these very
individuals are entirely untitled to meet the
real difficulties of the way, and fail Ia retain,
IN tlme OF trial, the spirit and temper oftheir
NluNtcT. Hllcn have vet IN lpnrIh tha SnIatnn
import Oi the cfoss Blest indeed are they
who have known its import 10y experience,
and have learned, at the feet of Clrist, 10
make right improvement of Affections.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-21
WHAT THE W, C. T. U. WILL DO.

When, twenty-five years ago, Alfred
Love first advocated the principles of arbi-
tration TO settle difficulties, some person
said: "As well might one attempt TO drive a
span OF fiery steeds with white ribbon reins."
This is just what the w. c. r. U. expect 10
do We have harnessed the two fiery steeds,"
War and Intemperance, together, and with
the power OF the white ribbon and the in
spiration OF our beautiful banner lowered
over by the white dove OF peace, We expect
TO drive them from our beloved country, and
finally from the world.-Hdnndh j. Bailey
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-21

A live lobster, half red and half green,
the dividing color line running length.
wise his whole body, is now on exhibi-
ton in Portland. Me. Fishermen say
that specimens like this are very rare.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-21

Joining in the amusements of Others is,
IN our social state the next thing 10 sympa-
thy in their distresses, and even the slender
est bond that holds society together should
rather be strengthened than snapt.-LdRdor.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
THE FANCY WORK MAIDEN.

An so you kinder wanter know wy broke of
 with SalY It warn't because she waru't good an mighty
 pu;ry gai; For there ain't blessed star In heaven shines
 brighter than her eyes, An her cheeks are jest like peaches the trees
 CT Paradisei An her smile Is like the sunshine split upon a
 flower bed, An her hair like sproutil' sunbeams on the gar
 ding of her head, An her laff is like singh brook that bubbles as
 it passes Thro' the stuck up tiger lilies and the purty
 smellin' grasses. An I told her that loved her much as forty
 times day. But she hadn't much time to bother, an kept ou
 with her crowshay, Wen I pumped right down afore her, plumb
 upon my very knees, She said: "Git off my ricrac, an you're rumplin'
 up my frieze." An tried to talk of love- an things, an told her
 would die Unless she smiled upon my soot- She simply said, You've tore my purty tidy down. an haint ye got You've planted them big feet O yourn on them ar
 tapestriesl'' An she wove in big lamingoes, snipes an turkeys
 on her rugs An she painted yuller poodles on her mothers
 'lasses jugs, An she painted purple angels on maienta colored
 plaques An five orange colored cherubs, with blue wings
 behind their backs An wen talked of love an stuff, she'd talk o
 rugs an lace, An ax me would I take my feet from off the
 Chiny vase. I'd say, My hearts love, O. be nlinel be mine
 be wholly mineI'' She'd say. You've got your elbows mixed in tha silk skein CT twine.'' Now I'm gein' to Arlzony for to do cowboy work, Driven forth from civil zation by the cuss fanc,
 work, But her smile will allus hant me. aIlus in n,
 visions play, Framed in latest styles of ricrac, with back groun of crowshay. s w. FoSs in Yankee Blade
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
Ronded in a snretv Com,,anr.

The method by which all employe is bonded in surety company is simple enough The employe, having been re-
 quested by his empl, yer to furnish bond in some stated amo mt, goes to a reliable surety company and fills out and signs an application The application contains number of questions regarding the char acter and antecedents of the employe, which must be answered fully and specif- ically All employments for ten years last past must be clearly stated, with the reason for leaving each. A complete de- scription of the appearance of the appG- cant is noted on the back of the applica- tion At least four responsible persons must be given as references. To each of them special form of questions is then sent. Upon satisfactory answers to these questions, and upon careful private in- vestigation of the habits of life of the ap- plicant, bond is executed by the guaran- tee company and handed to the employer, insuring him against loss arising from dishonesty on the part of the employe
 At the very threshold 1t is remarkable | to observe how many employers dread to offend their employees by asking them for such bond. This may be very well as a matter of delicate politeness, but surely, in the expressive language of trade, '+it is not business" The question is not what Is most courteous, but what Is most rightf What is most just not only to the employer, but to the employe himselfi Could better test be devised than to ask an employe to give a bond? If he is honest. he will do so cheerfully; if he ''gets offended" 1t were as well to dis charge him without much delay.-Lin coin L. Eyre in Lippincott's Magazine.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
Nerton,s Virginia Grape.

Numbered with wine grapes, is Nor tons Virginia, introduced to cultivation by Dr. D. N. Norton, of Richmond, Va For several years but little attention WAS paid to this grape, CataWba being the leading variety for wine making. It was not until some Missouri wine dressers had discovered its real value as a wine grape that the Norton was planted extensively ill nearly all the wine growing sections of this country where the season Is long enough for it's thorough ripening.
 The Cythiana, which has been called the twin sister of the Norton. closely re semble the latter although a marked difference exists between them, in some points. Mir. E. Dubois, Florida vine yardist, in Florida Fruit Grower, says: The juice of the Norton, when fermented on the husk, makes here dark red wine of much body and color and of pleasant bouquet, without that caffeine flavor ex- isting in the Norton wine from Ohio and Missouri. The Cythiana makes & still darker wine with at least as much body, The Cynthiana wine properly fer mented compares favorably with fine i'm ported Burgundy. and if turned into port none of the European grapes cultivated in California and used for that purpose can compare with it. The Norton and Cynthiana grapes fermented together make first class claret
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
GRAND MONTNLY DRAWING

NorE=Tekets drawing Capital Prizes not Ntled to Terainal Prizes
 For Club Rates or any further information desired, write legbly the undersigned clearly stating residence, with State County. Street and number. More rapid mail delivery will bC assured by your enclosing envelope bearing your full address, Send POST 'L NOTES. Express Money Orders or New York .asge ii, ordinary letter. Currency by express lat s-psiise addressed to
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
nIlss I.Izzlt ir.lu rrluf

MISS LdZz1e Gslu
 ''No, no, indeedp replied the magnate, sternly. No, sir, have not"
 ,''Welll Look sharp and you will" said the author of "lnnocents Abroad" and that's the way he asked the judicial luminary for his daughters hand.
 Mark has a child who inherits some of her fathers brightness. She kept diary at one time, in which she noted the occurrences in the family, and, among other things, the say ings of her parents. On one page she wrote that father sometimes used stronger words when mother wasn't by and he thought i've" didn't hear. Mrs. Clemens found the diary and showed it to her husband, probably thinking the particular page worth his notice After this Clemens did and said sew eraI things that were intended to attract tee chld's attention, and found them duly noted afterward. But one day the following entry occurred:
 q don't think I'll put down anything more about father, for 1 think he does things tc have me notice him, and 1 believe he reads this diary" She was Marks own child Philadelphia Press.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
4 DeIicions Java Fr,,it.

Travellers In Java have filled pages and columns with rhapsodies over the mangos- teen, and all unite in extolling it as the supreme delight of the tropics. The man. gosteen appears to one as hard round fruit the size of peach. It's hard outer shell or rind is of the same color and thickness as a green walnut, but in this brown husk lie six or eight segments of creamy white pulp. The little segments are easily separated, and transferred to the mouth melt away, the pulp being as soft and fine as custard. The mangos- teens delicate pulp tastes, as all it's cu- logists say, like strawberries, peaches, bananas and oranges all at once; a slight tartness is yelled in these delicious favors, and 1t Is never cloyingly sweet Taken just as 1t comes from the ice box the mangosteen is an epicure's dream real ized, and the more's the pity that 1t only grows in far away places and deadly cn- mates, and does not bear transportation.
 Large sums have been offered, and P. and o. steamships have made hundreds of intellectual efforts to get basket of man. gosteens to England for the queen. The hard rind looks unchanged for weeks, but the delicate pulp melts away, and the dryest and coldest refrigerator chambers cannot keep the heart of the mangosteen from spelling. Globe Democrat
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
Pe,HonIaed Plants.

Plants are thus personifed by The Western Christian Advocate: The pepper and mustard represent class known as sharp" people; the spice trees, others, and tobacco and barley, saioonkeepers. The violet and lily are the preachers of humility, purity and righteousness. The tea plant and catnip are the old ladies of the village. without whom society would be incomplete The beet and sugar cane are confectioners; roses and pinks, per fumers; wheat and corn. provision deal CTS; and the cocoanut palm furnishes as many articles as the country store. The little wayside plants by stagnant pools are scavengers. Some plants prefer water they are the Baptists; some run all over-they are the Methodists; some stand up straight and orderly-they are the Presbyterians; others cling to ancient walls and churches-they are the Episco- palians and Catholics There are plants that live alone, like hermits; others lead nomadic life. wandering ell over every thing.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
NOTIONS VIRGINIA.

The Norton wine, owing to it's high percentage of tannin, possesses great medicinal properties and is particularly valuable for dysentery and diseases of the bowels. Both grapes are now recognized by all experienced grape growers as the most trust worthy and the best wine grapes in America, and will add that they are the most valuable grapes for Florida. soil, and while in high level ground they will bear immense crops, oil a hillside, not so steep, the yield will be lighter, but the quality of the fruit much superior, i'm parting it's superiority to the wine.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
MARK TWAIN'S coURTsHlP.

Three Proposals Before the Humorist Got
 ''Ycs'' for Answer.
 Mark Twain, if he is in the mood, will tell the story of his own courtship in manner worthy of the greatest of living humorsts. When he first met the lady who afterward became his wife he was not so distinguished as now, his origin was humble, and for some years of his life he had been pilot on the Mississippi river. The future Mrs. Clemens was a woman of position and fortune, her father was judge and doubtless expected family" and social importance in his son-in- law Clemens, however, became interested ID his daughter and after awhile proposed, but was rejected.
 "Well," he said to the lady, II didn't much believe you'd have me, but l thought I'd try"
 After awhile he 'tTied" again, with the same result, and then remarked with his cele- brated drawl: Il think great deal more of you than if you'd said Yes but it's hard to bear" A third time he met with better fortune, and then came to the most difficult part of his task, to address the old man.
 Judge" he said to the dignified million aire, ''have you seen anything going on be l tween Miss Lizzie and meg'
 ''What? Whatp exclaimed the judge rather sharply, apparently not understand
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
ARIZONA ENTERPRISE.
FLORENCE, JANUARY ,, 1888
IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT SOILS.
Information That wH Gnide to the Selec-
 tiOu of A Farm.

ton or Farm.
 The soil is a compound substance of mineral. vegetable and animal particles that form the upper stratum of the earth's surface In selecting the site for faym there are many things to be considered in addition to the character of the soil. Among these is the important one of loca- tion with regard to market facilities, health, good neighborhood and prospec- tive rise in value. Soils sdmit of many classticatons. arising from their different constituents. Rocks arc the original basis of soils, having by the long continued agency of the forces of nature, by air, moisture, frost and heat, been re- solved into minute particles, taking on the form of earth. Soils are called stony, gravelly, clayey, peaty, etc, according as the substances named con sttute learing feature In the compound. A loam is soil chiefly composed of sili- cious sand, clay and other mineral sub stances along with a large percentage of decayed vegetable and animal matter, to which it principally owes its fertility ! The pulverulent brown substance formed by the action of air on solid animal or vegetable matter, is called humus, and is 8 valuable constituent of soils It renders stiff soils friable. absorbs and retains moisture and in large degree supplies the mineral elements of decayed matter in soluble forms for plant growth.
 The capacity of sandy loam for retain Ing moisture depends on the amount of ! decayed vegetable matter which it con tains and without which it will be infer tile. Sandy and clay soils requires differ ent treatment. Each will be benefited by an admixture with the other. but the union of pure sand and clay alone will be sterile unless supplied with decomposed vegetable matter. Under draining is highly beneficial to clay soils. A sandy loam is easily worked and is among the most desirable of all the soils
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
A SMOKE HOUSE.

The house is by feet square. The bottom Is excavated the size of the build ing. 2 feet deep, filled in with small stones. and on this brick floor, well cemented, Is laid. This insures dryness. The walls are of brick, s inches thick and feet high, with small door on one side, lined on tho inside with sheet iron or zinc. Hooks should be firmly attached to the joists, on which to hang the hams and shoulders. This style of smoke house Is not very expensive, is safe from fire, and when not in use for smoking meat is an excellent receptacle for ashes, which ought never to be kept in contact with wood, on account of the danger from spontaneous combustion.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
Ivy PoisnninC.

A correspondent in gleanings in Bee Culture make the following communicaA ton
 For the benefit of all who may come in contact with poison ivy. poison sumach, rattlesnakes and other poisonous reptiles and insects. l wish to inform them that iobelia inaata has been in my practice botanic or physio medicaD a successful remedy. think have saved very many lives with it. My brother, A. Tyrrell, NJ. D.. and l. who have been In the practice of medicine over fifty years. were poisoned very badly every summer when we were boys at work on the farm We suffered torments for what we thought was no sin When scratching and rubbing was ire sistible we rubbed our feet and legs with many kinds of herbs in trying to stop the itching and burning, but with very little relief until we used green lobelia herbs, which relieved our sufferings every time after when we got poisoned. I thought then that the knowledge we had gained of lobelia was worth @30 to us as antidote for ivy poison.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
GIle Had Lest.

"Mandy" almost shrieked the elderly aunt, as she entered the parlor unexpectedly and found the young lady clasped in the arms of young man who was kissing her with every indication that he had had considerable practice, "what on earth does this mean"
 ''Nothing but an election bet, auntie," re- piled Amanda, with look of heroic, martyr like resignation on her lovely face; 'l lost Go on, Mir McPelican. How many was thatP'-Chicago Tribune
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
preservinc Yeeetahlea,

Wife (at breakfast)- dear, will you have some more of the stewed potatoesi I cooked them myself.
 Eusband-No; I've had enough.
 Wife-What is the best way to keep potatoes, John2
 Husband-1 think the best way for you to keep potatoes is to stew 'em.-Harper's PaZar
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
And Kept in Close Confinement.

A man was noticed to fall off Q street car the other day, and was found in an insensi- ble condition. On reviving, his first words were: "She thanked me, she thanked me-"
 "WhoF' asked a man in the crowd
 ''The lady gave up my seat to-"
 Impossible, he must be crazy" were the comments of those who heard the mans state ment And he was carried away to the asy- lum. Yankee Blade.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
Thumb Fishing,

Mir G. H. Mock, who resides near Cameron, says that Jarrell's lake, near there, is the best place to catch fsn he ever heard of. That when the bream are in biting notion any one can take a worm and rub it on his finger and hold his hand in the water, and that the fish will come up and take hold of the finger, then by closing the thumb down on its head it can be taken in without any effort. This can be repeated until you become weary of the sport Nothing could induce him to leave that section just now.-Sylvania (Ga.l Telephoue
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
She Meant to Commitment.

They were talking about photographs, and some one ventured the opinion that, as rule, very homely people took a fairly good pie ture, and vice versa.
 ''Now, Miss Brighteye," said De Jones, ''tell me honestly what kind of picture do you think I'd take?'
 Miss Brighteye twho has not heard the dis cussion)-Oh, Mr. De Jones, I think you'd take @ perfectly lovely picture.-Yankee loAa
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
Ccod Time tn Save.

MT. Blifkins-Catch me paying that fellow S10 to dig that little ditch; I'll go out and dig 1t myself.
 Mrs Blifkins-Horrorsi Have you lost your senses, Mr. Blifkins1 What will people thinka
 They'll only think I'm paying an election bet, my dear. r."-Philadelphia Record