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New-York tribune., 1889-10-20

In the household she had left, certain confidence
and boldness were dfuscd by the fact that the
stove was up There did not seem such an I'm
perative need of fire fire could be made any
minute.
But after the supper dishes had been washed Mrs
SPARKS knelt down at the open stove door and pro
ceeded administer skilfully whitlngs and then
small wood. She told young Sim, who brought
the wood, that there wasn't never no
stove with better drawln power than this one
had When she had said this the stove, with
Characteristic depravity, directly began to bech forth
clouds Of thick black smoke. In vain dampers
opened, In vain everything. The five little
sparks danced back and forth, rubbing their smarng
eyes. suddenly one of them cried
Mommer, the funnel don't hit the chmby :"
This cry was followed by another Shout
.1ommer, the tunnels all busted apartl'
The much enduring Mrs. Sparks rose from her
knees by the stove door.
1t was true With that maccountlble vicousness
inherent In a stoveppe, it had pulled out from the
hole In the chimney where any one would have said
stoveppe would prefer to rest, and just sway
ing aimlessly Also, it had busted apart" as the
boy had said, midway Of its length, and here the
black smoke was lavishing Itself with direful ex-
travagaDoe.
Mrs Sparks looked at the pipe a moment Then
she told the children she Jest wished their pepper
was there so he could have some of the smoke in
his eyes, She strobe out 10 the well and brought
from 1t a pail of water, which She promptly poured
on the fire After doing this she said she guessed
they might as well all go to bed.
When Mr. Simeon sparks returned home ten days
later with one coot and wild goose he found the
house locked and silent He had no difficulty iR
climbing in at a window.
Even his blunt masculine glance was able to per-
ceive great deal of ashes and soot lying iaboHs
After awhile he a scrap of paper on the kitchen
tolIo On this paper had been written with very
blunt pencil these words:
"Gone too mothers You fix the are tight
when you are mine ter"
Sim smiled slowly. lie Strengthened himself up
and again looked about him.
"Tbey've had a good tramp of it. It's eight
mild over to her mothers l guess III have good
coot stow fore go after EN-"
New-York tribune., 1889-10-20

in the partition and then extend the wno,e ny II
- the Kitchen beforo II could reach the chimney ~
was suspended in two places by twist OF "'lG had
sim had procured from bale OF hay ini' LIZ al tho
hung swinging from it's hooks in the cellne o., Cor
summer and had formed much.loved resting piA'' AO'
flies. .noaHon
The stove was an old-fsshioned aattoppea ,,,Od
of the first year. one might judge wheh ui'' a,
Of a heater was made. 1t was found 10 oo 80
deal heavier than It looked. 1t was SONIC .,
before Mebitable and sarah could get It up In posi-
ton in which they could take step with H. al" VIZ
they had succeeded In this attempt ana hS' ~ uaIo
their way for some yards toward the house. 'o'i'e
Sparks became interested in the proceeuins @
caused his mother 10 trip and lot her sde Oh u'o
fall and her side was naturally followed immedia'cS
by Mehtable's side As the two stood LOOKING d. ~
Mehitable began trembe before she ventuieu 10 a'
II Sarah were sure 1t woman's work. oaidh SOU
that all she was sure of that the Stove was
dumbed old thing and she wished sim could get what
he deserved.
New-York tribune., 1889-10-20

Mehitable began to trembe before she Venluieu " 90"
II Sarah sure 1t was woman's WORK o"iai oa
that all she was sure of that the stoVo was a
dumbed old thing, and she wished sim couio so' ""
he deserved
The writer OF this is so well aware that there has
been a great deal of brilliant descriptive writing on
the subject OF and stoveppes that he VIII hoe
attempt any minute description himself lhls Pal
ticular stove was after much consultation hove up
on to a wbeebarow and thus carried to the mousse
door It was a plain and simple matter to set u IN
its place after that. The cOmplicatio began WIN
the funnel which Sarah said was good deal
dumbers than all tho rest of the business put To-
gether, as the pipe very long and little sparks
we're all collected and placed at intervals along the
length of It, with their mother as advance guard ana
Mehtable behind to look out for stragglers' In thS
form the procession started but fell into terrible DIS
order by the tumble Of the smallest Sparks, who, in
falling, clung noby to his charge and pulled the pipe
apart thus releasing binding and depressing shower
of SCOT.
1t might be interesting to relate all the partic-
ulas OF the defeats and victories which occurred De-
tween the shed and the house, or how Mrs. SPARKS
stood on a stool. which was placed chair, that
she might adjust the pipe into It's hole'
how the stool slipped out of the chair at the worst
possible moment it could have chsen Al the next
attempt Mehitable knelt down and held the stool in
place while Sarah stood on It, One could have told by
the expression OF Miss Green's face at that moment
that the stool would fall again except over her
dead body. 1t is women with courage and persistence
like this who deserve success.
1t had taken good deal longer than had been ex-
pecte accomplish this labor, and It was quite DARK
when It was done. Mehitable could hardly have been
told from black woman; she seemed to have
received all the SCOT from the entirc
pipe upon her face. When she had
patiently washed off the black she said she couldn't
stop for tea for mother would be worryin'." She
did not say that she had hoped to have time TO 90 to
the library but must now wait When she had swung
her bag Of cranberies her shoulder she looked
up at the pipe as it across the ceiling.
"Wall, Sarah" she said 60 d know, Pm sure
whether that's mems work not, but Will say Ia
lives-er n not it would be therno
Having made this remark with moro emphasis
than 1t was her habit to use, Mehitable walked out
into the desolate dusky road and began her home
ward walk She noticed that a few courageous
crickets wers piping somewhere among the horse
brars and sumachs that crowded the roadside She
stened TO them vaguely she hurried along, and
the sound formed a kind of accompaniment to what
she was thinking about certain situation IN Gran
VILE dc Vlgne.'
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22
TIE ANsWER DELAYED.

There are certain experiences common 20
oil saints. One of these Is tho temptation
that comes because prayer for right things
does not Immediately inherit the PROMISE"
There are seasons when the reason for delay
SEEMS TO us very plain; there are other times
when we are constrained 10 say: 20 Lord,
hast Thou forgotten 10 be gracious" But
In all prayer we are 10 remember thai we
nrc suppliants only through grace; that TO
approach God and ask of Him IS in any sense
n great privilege. \ just view of prayer,
that act by which we fall in hclpfulncSs be-
fore God, will prove 20 us that we are not at
liberty to mako any demands upon Him.
"Iust as Thou wilt o LOrd,' is the proper
attitude of the suppliant bending low ut His
feet. Il tire submission to His way is u
mark Of prevailing faith. And such faith
is not so much concerned whether God choose
10 delay or not.
Andrew Murray has said: "Whcn once
faith has taken its stand upon COTS word,
and the name of Jesus, and has yielded itself
To the leading of the Spirit to seek Gods
will and honor alone IN its prayer ~ need
not be discouraged 10y delay. ltknows from
Scripture that d q power uf believing prayer
is simply Irresistible; real faith can never be
disappointed IL knows that just as water,
To exercise the Irresistible power il can have,
must be gathered up and accumulated until
the stream can come down III full force,
there must be often heapIng up of prayer
until trOl sees tnht lnt measure IL lull anu
the answer com - II knows that just as
soon ns the pluwmau has 10 take his ten
thousand stops and sow his ten thousand
seeds, each one part of tho preparation
for the final harvest, there is n need-be
for oft-repeated, persovering prayer, all
working out some desired blessing. o
Lord, do telch me how real the labor Of
prayer is. 1 know how here on earth when
/ have failed in an undertaking | can often
succeed by renewed and more continuous
effort by giving more time and thought.
Show me how. by giving myself more on
trely 10 prayer, to live in prayer, may OBJ
tain what | ask. And, above all, o my
blessed Teacher, author and perfector of
faith, let my whole life by Thy grace bo one
Of faith in Thee. in whom my prayer gains
acceptance in whom | have the assurance
of the answer, In whom tho answer will DO
mine.n-N. Y. Christian AduOcdte.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22

my brother, it will not. Stop your doiay.
Christ will do all or none You cannot lit
an ounce, you cannot move nn inch, in this
matter of your redemption.
This is the difficulty which keeps thousands
OF souls out OF the kingdom OF heaven. 10 Is
because they cannot consent 60 let Jesus
Christ begin and complete the work Of their
there nothing for me to doF Only ono
thing have you TO do, aud that is to
lay hold Of Christ and let Him achieve
your salvation and achieve it all [
do not know whether make the matter plain
or not. | simply want to show you that n
man cannot save himself but that the Al
mighty Son of God can do Il, and will do IL, IL
you ask Him o, fling your two arms tho
arms of your trust and love, around this
omnipotent swimmer of the cross
That is a thrilling time when somo one
swamped in the surf is brought ashore and
being resuscitated How the people watch
for the moment when he begins TO breathe
again, and when at last he takes one full in
halation, and opens his eyes upon the by
ISLANDERS, q shout Of joy rings up and down
the beach. There is joy because life has
been saved. o, ye who have been swamped
in the seas of trouble and sim we gather
around you. Would that this might be the
hour when you begin to live. The Lord Jc-
sus Christ stops down, He gets on His knees,
Ho puts His lip TO your lip and would
breathe pardon and life and heaven into
your immortal soul. God grant that this
hour there may be thousands of souls resusci-
tated. stand on the deck of the old Gospel
ship amid n crowd of passengers, all OF thcm
hoping that the last man overheard may I've
saved. May the living Christ this hour put
out Tor your safety, spreading forth His
hands in the midst of YOU, as swimmer
sDreadeth forth his hsn1s TO swim ~
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22
WHISKY CAUSED HIS FALL.

Henry ID. Gregg, son Of tho famous Rev.
DIR. Gregg, OF Dublin Ireland, whose discus
sions with Bishop Mcguire about the Catho-
lie Church during the past ten years gave
him worldwide fame, was arrested at Kan
sas City, Mo-, for stealing horse and buggy.
He claims to be innocent. Ho was private
secretary 10 General Philip III. Sheridan af-
ter he came 10 this country and was then
transferred 10 the Adiutant-G Generals Office
in Washington rs a clerk Of the first-class,
going there with Secretary Of War Lincoln.
lie remained in the place three years, when
he was removed by Secretary Endicott.
Next he held an important place on the
United States revenue steamer Chester A.
Arthur.
He came West and was a reporter on sev-
eral papers in Omaha. Having worked him.
self out in that line ho drifted 10 Kansa,
City, where he fell in with notorious horse.
thief, who asked him 10 take ono Quinlan's
horse and buggy through 10 Hiawatha, and
il he got good chance TO sell it. Grege
drove the horse 10 Atchison, and tried TO sell
it for So but failed. He then resumed his
journey toward Hiawatha, but was caught
and jailed. Whisky is responsible for his
downfall. Gregg made several efforts while
in Kansas City 10 secure work as an account
ant in the railroad Office but failed. lie had
soma first class recommendations.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22
RELIGIOUS READING



a preacher Of the Gospel had gone down
into a coal mine, during the noon hour. 10
tell tho miners of that grace and truth which
came by Jesus Christ Aitar telling them
the simple story NJ Gods love O. lost sinners,
mans state and Gods remedy, n full and
free salv ton offered, the time came for men
to resume work aud the preacher came
back to the shaft 10 ascend 60 the world
again. Meeting the foreman, he asked him
wnat he thought of Gods way of lvation.
The man replied:
"Oh, it is too cheap | cannot believe in
such a rcli zion as shat"
Without an immediate answer % his ro
mark tn" preacher asked
How do YOU get ont Of this plnccg'
"Smply by getting into the cage was
the reply
"Aud does il take long to get to the topi'
ooh, no; only few seconds
well, TINT certainly is very easy and
simple. But do you not need TO help raise
yours III? sal the pre- Ichcr.
"Of course not" replied the miner. "As
have said, you have nothing to do but get
into the cage
"But wnut about the people who sunk the
shaft and perfected this arrang mcnty Was
there much labor or expense ABOUT itW
Indeed, yes: TINT was a lnboriuus and
expensive work. The shaft is eighteen hun.
drcd feet deep, and IL wa, sunk at great cost
to the prpprictOr~: but IL is our only way
out, and without it we should never be abo
To get 10 the surface
"Just so. Aud when Gods World tolls
you that VIII ,socver brlicveth on the Son II
God hath everlasting life you nt once say,
'Too cheap! Too cheapl forgetting that
Gods work 10 bring you and others out of
the pit Of destruction and death was accom-
plisnel nj n vast cost tho price being the
4 'nth Of His own Son
Men talk about the "hclp OF Christ" In
4 IL.
Christ will do His, forgetting, or not seeing,
that the Lord Jesus Chrl,t by Himself
purged our sins, and that our part is but 10
Nccept what has been done. Christian Age
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22

the nov picked upa s;oyc-lid and mashed
her skull with it, lie then throw tho
body in the fireplace intending to burn
it. This process OF cremation was too
slow and he pulled It ont and carried it
TO q small stream near the house, throw
Ing it in. When the little onc's body
was found Sinuvillc admitted killing her.
.llc was arrested and tried On tho
stand, when asked why he had committed
the crime, he stated tina; his strplathcr
had told him TO do it aud had promised
him new pair of boots There was no
other evidence against the stcpidthcr,
and rs the boy was confessed murderer
his testimony could not have weight.
Many efforts have been made 10 have tho
Governor pardon him. but thus far hg
has failed to act When first sent un
young Combs had never heard of God,
knew nothing of heaven or he'll and had
never seen school house. He can now
read and write aud talks like very
bright, intelligent boy. lie does not
seem TO care for his imprisonmcnt.--
CiirtgD HyoiR
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22
Youngest Convict on Record.

Sinnvile Combs, probably the young
est convict in any prison in the United
States, has served the first year of a life
sentence When sent up from Breathitt
County, Ky, last July he was eleven
years old, and small for the age. Prison
life has toughcucd him, both morally and
physically He killed his two year-old
sister in brutal manner. The two were
in the house together alone. When tho
little tot started to crawl across the floor
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22
TUE MOST VITAL QUESTION.

There is to-day in tho English-speakine
countries no such tremendous, far-reaching
vita question as that OF drunkenness. In It's
Implications and effects il overshadows all
else. 1t is impossible 10 examine any sub
leci3 connected with the progress, tho civili-
condition Of Che masses, without encounter
mS this monstrous evil. IL lies at tho centre
OF all social and political mischief. 1t
paralyzos benei!cent energies in every di-
rection. 1t noutralizss educational agencies.
u silences the voice Of religion.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22

Rev. A, Pearson, Vicar Of st. Margarot's,
recently presided over an enthusiastic gospel
temperance meeting at Brighton. In ad-
dressing the assembly he said that the toni
porance cause was not progressing fast
enough, that England's drink bill had been
reduced from 145 millions TO l25 millions in
twenty yoars-a million yoar--and at this
rate it would take 125 years TO complete the
work. IL a fire brigade was called TO fro
e would be of no use TO march 10 the tune Of
tho dead March in Saup and then try TO
extinguish the fire with a watering can.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22

The Empress of Germany is to have
special body guard, composed of twenty
four of the largest men in the Prussian
army, and commanded by an officer and
two scrgcants. They are 70 wear tha
uniform of Frederick the Greats body
guard, which has been specially chosen
by the Emperor himself.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22

The stealing Of an umbrella on clear
day is held to be q theft by an Omaha
Judge; but the stealing of the same arti-
Gle on rainy day is held to be justifable
on the ground of solf-dcfeuse. We pre-
sumo this decision was rendered in order
20 protect the court. .-Bu6dlo ExDress.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22

Both the Russians and the British, as
they push farther and fartt er into Asia,
pay great attoNtion to arboriculture,
planting trees, shrubs and flowers where
ever they form settlement The result
Is that Central Asia is being reforested.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22

The Boston Record quietly remarks that
Sullivan, lying beastly drunk in the back
room OF a Chicago whisky saloon on Sunday,
and everybody who bought drink taken IN
mentary on the claim that prize hghtingis
manly art,'n ~
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22
a MOST DANGEROUS ILLUSION.

Ono OF the most dangerous illusions of tho
present. era, industriously fosterod by the
brewers and their allies. is that beer is n
harmless, wholesome beverage. Professor
Draper, In the Medical NeiCS, referring to
gout, says: "As the most pronounced pocu
llarity of the victims OF the equity diathesisis Is
the prompt reaction which they present 10
wine and bcor, IL follows that the exclusion
ot these beverages ns articles of diet must DO
bo insisted upon" He adds: "rhis IS often
u dlilicmt injunction 10 enforce. There Is so
strong popular aud professional prejudice
IN favor of fcrnentcd liquors as articles OF
dlct that ono can hardly prohibit tho use OF
them undor any circumstances without be-
ing regarded rs "A crank. In spite, however,
oi the generally received opinion that ardent
spirits arc responsible Tor all the physical
owls OF intempcrancn, | have long been in.
cllnod TO believe that the fcrmentcd prepara.
tons OF alcohol are equally IL not more PRO
ductivc Of functional derangcmonts and even
Of structural lesionsn Wo commend Pro
lessor Diapers testimony concerning fer
mented liquors, tho result Of extended pro-
iosslonal experience and observation, 60 the
thoughtful consideration of tho npOlogists
for or advocates of ccr-drinlCinR National
Temperance AdNOcdtc.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22
TEMPERANCE.
THE TTTTITg.

THE LrrTLrs.
A littlo fnmo
Will scent a room
A littlo candle
Light tho gloom
One little glcam
OF sunshine, stream
Through bars, and gild
Tho prison-tombl
n little hand
VIII comfort bring
A little tongue
Annoy king
a littlc wine
Xill thoughts divine
A little balm
Allay stingi
a little staff
VIII case the way
n littlo joy
Change night to day
A little song
Drown thoughts of wrong
n little forothought
Save the hay
a little pledge
win bless n lifo-
a little reason
Danish strife
a little pen stroke
Brand name
A httlo love
Save name and fnmoi
a little smilc
Is like a ray
a little kind word
Makes IL May
a little cheer
VIII dry n tear
A little prayer
Give peace alwayi
W. A.kiddcr. ia Temperance Bdnucy
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

In Para, Brazil license 10 sell liquor costs
-: liccnse 20 keep school costs $40.
Sir John Gorst states that there are nine
teen brewerios in India, brewing 1900 2S2
gallons.
In 1885 there wore 15S 5S7 retail liquor
dealers OF all kinds, paying the special liquor
tax In the United States
A prominent firm OF glass makers in Phila-
delphia, not long ago, refused large order
for bottles from liquor house
Where twelve men made beer in the Wal
ruiz brewery, Lawrence, Kan, one hundred
persons are now busy making shoes.
The champions Of the saloon are now turn
ing to Kansas to try and secure resubmis-
sion OF the constitutional amendment.
Cardinal Manning at oighty-two, at n ro-
cent meeting In London Of tho depositors of
the Southeastern and Metropolitan Rail
ways Savings Bank made an impressive plea
for temperance on the part Of railway men.
A National Temperance Congress, under
the auspices Of tho National Temperance
League, viii be hold in Birmingham, Eng,
in October next, commencing with a large
number OF sermons on Sunday. October 20.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22
NuRsING TnE soLDlER's MORALS.


NURSING TIRE SOLDIERS MORALE
A special 10 the New York Tribune from
Washington says: A feature of army lfa
thnt Is attracting some attention outside uf
the ranks, and which has the approval of tho
War Department is what is known as the
"Cantcen.n IL is best known in the English
army, and has for its object tho providing
for soldiers Of food, drink and amusoments
At present the first two named, aside from
the necessities Of the soldier which are pro.
Nided by the coumssary department, nre
supplied by the post trader Until within
the past fow years the business of the most
trader was profitable, but with tho growth
of now towns near the posts his business fell
OH, until now his revenue is derived largely
from his license 10 soll beer aud wine. In
many cases II Is said that tho post traders
abuse the privileges thus granted aud dis
ponso to the soldiers a poor quality of whisky
and brandy. Tho traders dealings are thus
ofton proiudical to good order aud discipline
Mt tho post. 10 il this fact, probably more
than any other that has led To the adoption
of the canteen system. The canteen is con-
troled by "A voluntary association Of the sol
diers. The supplies are purchased and sold
rs by the post traders, but no spirituous
liquors are sold, and no liquors Of any kind
TO intoxicated persons by this means tho
soldiers themselves lend their aid to the OIL
GERS In maintaining discipline. Tho nmus1.
ments include both indoor and outdoor re-
creation and sport and IL is 10 this feature
10 which the officers lool, for the best results
in the morals of the enlisted mon. Tho re-
suits OF the syStom have bcen 50 satisfactory
that tho War Department officials and heads
OF the army give all possible encouragement
10 its growth.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-22

Absolute prohibition still prevails In Okla
homa. Tho benefcence of tho law is unques-
toned. A man at Guthrie voiced tho general
sentiment when he said; prohibition Is our
salvation; without it there would be muir
der every day.