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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-03
RELIGIOUS READING.


When we come suddenly out OF the day
dght into q room even moderately darkened
We can discern nothing, but the pupil OF our
eye gradually enlarges until unseen objects
become Visible. Even 80 the pupil OF the eye
OF faith has the blessed faculty OF enlargin In
dark hours Ut betcaycment, so that we dis
cover that our loving Fathers hand Is holding
the cup Of trial, and 10y and by the gloom be-
comes luminous with glory. The fourteenth
chapter Of John never fails with such music
upon our ca-s as when We catch ~ sweet
strains amid the pauses of some terrific storm.
"b't not your heart bo troubled ye belle, >
IN God. believe also in me-" al will not leave
yOu cOmtortlcss. ~ Theodore Cuvlcr. ID. ID.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-03
nrrmrp, woGmtn. wr,nirp.

Worry j. q token OF weakness and n cause
OF w'ariu,.s. There Is calmncss In strength
weakness struggles uud Cxhausts itself In
fruitlC-- Efforts.
Probably nothing tires one 30 much us
feeling hurried. When IN the early morning
th" day ni'dif- p-,s- On ones attention be-
iU. hand. and there comes the wonder how In
the world everything is e. bc accom- lishcd,
when every iutrrrul tion s received impa-
tlrnily. and the clock b. watched tn Distress ne
a." moments Nit pu-t. then the mind tires the
body. We are wrong to drive ourselves with
whip and spur In this way Each ut us is
promised strength for the day, and We must
not wear ourselves ont. II only We keep coo.
and 'ulln. W. shall lt less wenr.cd when We
have reached the ov,utilr Tho children
may be- ira"tious, the servants trying, the
friend "" love may fail tu visit us. the letter
We expect may not Hrriv"; Int " NJ can pre-
s"r'" our tranquility of soul and dcWcnnnr,
v" shall gct through everything ctcd'G! ly.'
ole that bcl,cyeth shalt not max" has'"."
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-03
WHAT YOU CAN no,

but you can do something for tho TRUTH and
all you can do will certainly tell IL the work
You do T. for the Master, who gives you your
share. and - the burden Of responsibility IL
lifted on. This assurance makes Jeriect
satisfaction and repuso possible even In the
partial work done upon the earth. Go 90 the
man who Is carrying stone for a building
ask him where ~ that stone going, to what
part Of the temple, and how is no going to
yet It into place, and what does ho do? Ha
points you 10 the builders plans. This Ia
anly one stone Of many. So when men shall
going into Gods plnn point thcm to your
Master, who keeps the plans, and thon go ON
doing your It'll" service as faithfully as II tho
whole temple were yours to build. --lPhillps
Erl1ka
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-03
Az EXn or rHE ExrrNsr.

II would pay the Nation TO buy tho cnt,rs
liquor product st retail prices and dunn IL
into the two seas Father than to buy II at the
retail price AMI swallow IL. Poured into tho
ocean that would be an rnl OF the expense.
Poured into the peoples stomqrhc thnt ia
only the beginning. FOR the millions fc- lost
time, lost labor. sickness. INSANITY, pnuu"r-
lam and crime have still to 10 paid Icon.
onics OF Prohibition.
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1 bave endenvored mus, ~.

have endenvored mos, a,... t
the truth on this subject. ana certainly /
think | am justified In saving TO YOU that
after these twenty-five wears | know some
thing about 1t. | have to inquire into tho
habits and reiation ofhHhits To health of about
ten thousand people year. aud that doesn I
go for nothing after NIL these years. in the
next place wish 10 speak, and / am deter
mined 70 speak nothing but the truth.
'l dare say people would like to know
Thnt health Is. and should like exceedingly
To be abb" to tell you but though | havs
been twenty-five years II doctor, l do not
know To tins day what health is but | will
try and Indicate II to YOU. | cannot define II
because II Is ind"tnHble. Hanlth is that state
Oft body In which all the functions OF IL 20
on without notice or observation. In which
exist nr' Is i"lt 10 he pleasure: in which IL
Is Kind ~ JOY 20 see, To- hear, TO touch, to
liy"-thnt X health. Now that IL state
which cannot be- benefited by alcohol In any
degree. Way, II IL u state which II nine times
ont ot ten injured hy alcohol. IL Il state
which often beHrs alcohol without sensible
INJURY hut repeat To- you, rs the result oi
lonp-coutinu"d and careful thought, IL Is not
on" which can In any sense bee benefited hy
alcohol. II can bear u sometimes without
obvious injury, but b" bcueilted hy it--neyrr .
| repeat, first, that perfectly good health will,
in my opinion. always b" injured even hy
small du~'s oi alrohol-inlurrd In the sense
VI lN~ l'lI'''lloh illil loNtllU'SNs / call per-
fer. health the loyelieSt thing in this world
Now alcohol. even in smnl doses will take
the bloom or and iniurr the perfection Of
Iovolinc-a OF health. both mental and moral.
"NOw, ! venture to say. rs a workingman
myself ! taAo II that work ~ much rs most,
for WORK eighteen hours day ~ my work,
working IN hurry. ani with very anxious
subjects To work upou. and II that Is not hard
work, when II goes over saturday and sun.
day a. we'll. know not what is-.hat have
my personal experience 10 speak or and
have the experience Of the enormous number
of tople who pass before me every year
That does not go for nothing after ten years
II do not know something about the matter
now, must be bigger fool than / imagine
myself 10 be-, II there Is M honest man who
wuntsto g,'t ~ the truth. and will not be- set
from ms purpose by people cOndolng him
about his appearance aud the result Of his
experiment and will try the effect Of alcohol
upon work. | would tell him fsarlcssly, and
l would risk al that possess upon the back
of the statement. that ~ certainly ~ h" does
try "A" Experiment for "A month or six weeks,
80 certainly will he come 10 the conclusion
thai, however pleasant alcohol is for the mo-
mcnt, II Is not "A helper OF work. II is not
only no; &! helper OF worS, but il Is u certain
hindercr Of work ani every man who comes
90 the front OK profession In London IL
marked 10y this one charLrteristic-that tho
moro busy ho gets the less in the shape OF NJ
cOhOl be takes ant his excuse is 4 am
very sorry, but cannot take 1t AMI do my
WORK.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-03

The total number of colored troops
in the United States army during the
Civil War was lS6.0l7.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-03
ALCOHOLISM IL PnANcr.

The International Magazine says 'Alro-
nolism IL yearly becoming mOrr preyA,ent
and more severe in France. French sayants
have most accurately described II in all itS
effects, but what has been done 10 remedy IL
During the last year the result OF the discus
sion has been tina: the tax ON spirits must be-
considerably raised and that wine, beer an,i
cider must be entirely free from taxation.
And before anyone can do anything further,
II will be deemed needful to await the result
OF such measure as this Opium intoNica-
tion has been suporadded to that from alco-
hol, especially in Paris"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-03

The refusal OF the banks on the Pacific
Coast 10 loan money as usual on warehouse
receipts has rendered the moving OF the
wheat crop OF California problem OF we'll
nigh insuperable difficulty, besides crippling
nuit-groSars and iruit-oannara
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TIE YrRnIrr OF sciENrn-

Sir Andrew Clark, physician In ordinary 10
Queen VictoriH. says
For twenty-five years at least Ihavc been
physician TO one OF the largest hospitals IN
this country. II has been part OF tine daily
business OF my life 10 ascertain the influence
which alcoholic drinks exert upon health /,
and have taken n personal interest in this
part OF my duty. and not only through this
professional chnnnel I have mentioned ~
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ny his side sat his companion.

D.. whilst. hls idle
companion .yOacd upon his fair white page,
and saw its brightness oycrshHdowed by the
displcasur'' oi his muster.--lS. y. Observer.
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inspection. We cannot expect our children
TO DO perfect. We must not see everything.
Since we have two or three faults OF our own,
We ought not to be too rough when we dis
cover that our children have as many. II
tradition be true, when Wa were children we
were not all little Samuels, and our parents
were not fearful lest they could not raise US
because OF our premature goodness
You cannot scold or pound your children
into nobility OF character. The bloom of a
child's heart can never be seen under cold
drizzle. Above all, avoid fretting and
scolding in the household. Better than 10
years OF fretting at your children Is one
good, round, old fashioned application OF
the slipper That minister OF the Gospel oi
whom we read In the newspapers that he
whipped his child 10 death because he would
not say his prayers will never come TO can
onization. The arithmetics cannot cal
| culate how many thousands OF children
have been ruined forever either through toe
great rigor or too great leniency. The heav-
ems and the earth are fllled with tho groan Of
the sacrificed. In this important matter seek
| divine direction, o father, mother. Some
one asked the mother OF Lord Chief Justice
Mansfield II she was not proud to have three
such eminent sons and all OF them 80 good
"No," she said, lit Is nothing to be proud of
but something for which TO be- very grateful.
Again, there are many who are sacrificing
their children 10 a spirit OF worldliness
Some one asked u mother whose children
had turned out very well what was the secre
by which she prepared them for usefulness
and for the Christian life. and she said
''This was the secret. When In the mornins
I washed my children, prayed that the,
might be washed In the fountain OF
Savlour's mercy. When put on their gar
ments, prayed that they might be arrayec
In the robe OF a Saviours righteousness
When | gave them food, | prayed tina
they might be fed with mama from heaven
When I started them on the road 10 school,
prayed that their path might be rs the shin
ing light, brighter and brighter TO the per
feet day. When put them TO sleep praye,
that they might be embodied In the Saviour
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-18

slavery left by itself. and not associated
with freedom for Virginia. would nave
mover unsheathed his sword. He fought
for and sought independence and frce-
dom forever, for himself and his people
from union with the North and tneir
people. lie fought that his country might
not be their country. and their Oous
might not be his Gods, and when ne
failed and the dire calamity came upon
him. he accepted only what he could
not avert. but never soiled his lips VII"
false and fawning professions.
"Too honest. or too proud 10 reign
A love he never cherished.
Beyond Virginia's border land
His patriotism persisted.
While others hailed n diste Il lanes
The eagles dusxy pinion.
lie only saw the royal bird
Stcop DER his old Dominion"
lie loved too passi)nately TO love
broadly TO be part Of vast nation
rich enough 10 corrupt ard strong enough
TO bully a planet. inspired no patriotism
In him Nothing could console him TOT
seeing Virginia lost in this huge wen OF
nations. and stined IN the sea OF eHcre-
nisnt which the sewerage or Europe Is
dischargiug upon us shores.
In his last hours. when the reins had
dropped from the hands Of the enfeeoied
v0l and tho wandering thoughts had no
guide but the heart. muiiied words or
commend were ever breaking from MS
lips. men were marching. squadr0ns FORM
ing and moving where
"The rifles ring and the bullets sing
And the black bomb whished DER US
Where tho flashing steel and the mushets
peal
All foined IN the battle chorus
Through an his dreams there seemed
to shine IN upon him the sad face OF me
torn and crushed rose he had worn IN
hts heart since q boy.
II rs woll known TO all. except 10 tho
dull soul ~ cant and bigotry, that inc
astounding, the unjust termination OF
our war. shocked or shook down the
faitlf OF many Of the sincercst and devout-
est believers II IS possibly true that
there are some who yet stare into the
black abyss with hioOdshot eyes ne
cause this strange event SIN ''passelh
aU understanding" but it Is gratifying
beyond expression 20 those who loved him
10 learn that the terrible sorrow when
has vexod 90 many brains, distorted SO
many brows and broken so many hearts
had passed from him. that Hight had
come 10 him from that undiscovered
country. from whose bourn no Traveller
returns" nnd that when he crossed over
the river he rested under the shade.
Kinsman. comrade. friend, farewell!
Warrenton, Va, April Z, 1898.
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4 PRIZE WINNER ~ TIE LADIES DRIVING


4 PRIZE WINNER ~ TIE LADIES DRIVING
CLASS.
magnificent Place de Ia Concorde. with
IFS dark obelisk. its splendid statues and
fountains-that place from which you
can see. looking before you, across the
Seine, the Chambre des Deputies, looking
10 the north. the Jardln des Champs
Flvsees and the Louvre. and 70 the south
the Arc De Triomphe. The eye IS so en-
chanted with the wondrous panorama
bursting so suddenly upon II that for
n moment the Eifel tower I'm the dis
lance. way down at bend in the river.
looms Up disproportionately almost AZ IT'S
true size. and one turns into the broad
avenue OF the Champs Elyeees With its
thousands OF glittering equipages before
realizing that q IS much more than a de-
lightful little drive fringed with pretty
trees The carriage is IN the midst OF an
enormous arched entry Of the exposition
building before half an idea can be got
Of that grand aggregate Of bright wheels
hurrylng 20 and from the hin where
frowns the Arc De Triomphe
Within the crowd IS lost in The i'm
mensity Of the place. The visitor enters
20 as 10 come upon the ring 40 the balf
way point. Down al either end n horse
looks small. Go 20 either end and mail
coach with O fourth hand al the other
end has the appearance OF Cinderella's
turnout of the pumpkin and the mice be-
fore the fairy-cod mother waved her hand.
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Atlantic visitor 20 French competition
or hne carriage horses could not he the
| extreme but the general excellence. In
| america, during several years, one 81 the
| Wniculties cOntsnded against by the COM
| mittees Of the Horse Show ASSOCIATION
was how 20 bar out lot Of horses that
simply detracted from the general aver
age OF the exhibition. AS an enthusiastic
admlrer Of hhe horses | may be permit
ted TO say that II woul1 have required
an extremely critical expert 10 think OF
throwing out any one OF the pairs ex-
hi5ited here There are certainly some
horses I'm America as fine as those l
ma re seen here but there are just as GER
tainly far more very fine teams here ana
no such poor specimens as are sometimes
shown in Madison Square Garden are
ever allowed 10 aTrear here. High, even
action, perfect mating and splendid ayle
were the features. one lady drove pair
or eIack stations IN n fashion that drew
forth bursts Of applause. and a young
man. who might have been called boy
held the reins over q pair that would
nave bestowed immortality on the name
OF the painter capable OF reproducing on
canvas their grace. beauty and fire.
There were fourteen four-in-hands In
Guiding one seven-in-hand. I'm the "Defle
atteiages quatre chevaux' which at
tracts great attention. one OF the most
marked is the caleche Of the Marquis de
Pomereu. gotten up in the old style with
q position. only one Of IN go mail
coaches and breaks was not fit for
championship competition, as regards
horses.
After the parade OF four ln-hands comes
the Jumping. 4 good water Jump is In
the entire; bar, two hedges. and a stone
wall are also 20 clear. and the circuit
must be made two and one-hplf times.
There have been jumping competitions
for ladies'. for boys Of between ten and
twenty years and for French army oih-
GERS sngly. in pairs and by fours.
A large majority Of the horses leave the
building every evening 70 come back when
their turn comes 10 compete. but those
that are 20 compete daily can be accom-
modated with stalls.
Among the interesting exhibits (for,
besides horses. carriages and harness are
shown is n bride adopted by the French
Government FOR the cavalry service. which
ought 10 be particularly appreciated in
America II Is called the Thourvenin
bride. after It's inventor. and II has two
strong points OF excellence. One is that
II can be readily changed from q bride
10 halter in a few seconds. and vice
versa the other is the doing away with
the curb. Every hOrseman knows that
the curb causes more runaways than il
ever prevents and that in the hands Of a
poor rider a horse suffers terribly from
the leverage brought 10 bear on his lower
Jaw. This new bit takes as fulcrum a
strap which exerts no pressure on the jaw,
but permits Of the supplying of the horses
mouth. and thus. without putting him in
terrible agony, makes it impossible for
him 20 run away.
ROB'T X. TURNBALL.
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Most decidedly It is nothing like a horse
show in America. To begin with. those
French policemen are an altogether diff
ferent set Of men from the Broadway
squadsmen, and in America tne would
never see all those gaudy uniforms except
on the occasion Of some great military
festival. In Paris, IN all Europe, I'm fact,
militalre is everywhere.
1t is a little puzzing at first, for there
Is such flood Of Aght one could believe
himself in the open; but the glare is soft
ened and there is a refinement. an mex
pressible something, which gives sort
Of house, had almost said n home-feel-
Ing. The shading down OF the light f.
easily explained. The roof Is OF glass.
All II is the decoration. High and low
hang tasteful folds OF tapestry set of
at regular intervals by the bright waves
OF the tricolor OF France. No Chinese
lanterns or gaudy electric Nominations,
but artsticaly displayed as far as the
eve can reach are masterpieces OF this
famous French production. This effect
Of salon Of n visit paid 20 n man OF
taste I'm whose home you might expect 10
find on all sides the most delightful evil
dences Of culture, is heightened by de-
lightful surprise on passing UP the first
entrance. II IS a museum. an art gallery,
where are exhibited hundreds Of famous
paintings and sculptures In which the
horse plays an important part This Is
what does duty 20 the Frenchman, his
wife and children, for a visit 20 the
stables II is n sort Of hlling two birds
with one stone. for every stage IN a horses
life-exercising, grooming. shoeing-all
are shown; and beside seeing how these
operations are performed. those who
study them develop their artistic sense.
II is a lucky day. First comes a trial
OF ladies' and gentlemsn's horses. pairs.
driven by the owners. 70 four-wheeled
trays Then there is o parade Of four in
hands, and the afternoon closes with Il
jumping competition of army horses
ridden by officers in actual seryi-e. A
throng, which in this monster building
Of huge promenades and tiers upon tiers
Of seats does rot appear very large, but
which is IN reality a respectable army,
has gathered. and sixty-four pairs Of
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-18
Poetry n 10 swinburne.

Three times one are always three;
Waves are stormy on the sea;
Bonnets oft contain bee;
Bear delights IT. bun.
The Alegernon, that ever
Is linked 10 Charles. shall never
From poet Swinburne sever,
The three appear as one.
II.
once he dashed and slashed the priest.
Chopped him up 10 make a feast,
Called him brute and called him beast,
Black as crows are black.
But now he rhymes together
(See Calverly) with weather"
lie might have thrown in heather"
A rhyme that men call 'hach."
Clash the cymbal. beat the gong;
Sense Is weak but sound is strong;
Such Is Swinburnes latest song.
Made 10y him alone.
See Watts and Knowles around us
James Knowles with cheques hath bound
us
To write; the Muse hath found us
With Putney Hill as throne.
When the winds nor-west by west,
Man and beast are rarely blessed.
Sometimes l like mutton best,
often like veal.
A poet mot puny 'un)
Who raves about the Union,
And hymns the states communion,
Takes none the less his meal.
Puck.
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waterfalls enormous fortunes, the highest
buildings. lakes the size OF seas; and
Frenchmen have found it hard TO be-
leve that their Concours Hippique
eclipses the American exhibition I'm point
of size. They find IL paradoxical that a
show as important and in some ways
more interesting even than their own
should be held In a building not too large
70 be contained more than twice I'm the
ring Of the Palais de lIndustrie. There
were 522 horses. OF all classes. exhibited
at this years COncours Hippique. I'm spite
Of the fact this Is only one Of a number
OF like competitions held in France. that
only horses Of actual use for the saddle
or driving are shown, and that exhibitions
from other countries are not solicited
Frenchmen can understand the social
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-18

nelghboring box glorious trotting stall
lion on whose blanket is neatly sewn I'm
black silk letters. Beat 'em all, record
2.O6 Az They although they say Ameri-
cans are nothing II not practical, display
a woful lack of sentimental worship OF
horses in that they rarely visit the stable
Departments and only care to see the
horses when they are ridden or driven In
the immense ring.
The Palais de lIndustrie Is in the Ave-
nue. des Champs Elysees. and occupies the
space OF not one. but between three and
four. uptown New York blocks. To reach
81. going from the Grand Opera, you
come out from the Rue Royale into that
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-18
A NEIGHING CONGRESS.
FINE HORSEFLESH ASsEWBLED IN
THE PALACE or INDUSTRY.
Madison Square Garden Called 10 Mind Be-
cause the Partisan Affair is 30 Different.
How the French Judge Horses.


Copyright 1898, for The Times)
The difference between the annual ex-
hibitlon Of the National Horse Show As
ISOLATION OF America at Madison Square
Garden, New York, and the Concours
Hippique Of the Palais de iIndustrie. al
Paris. is so great that only a searching
inquiry into the peculiar methods Of both
these splendid competitors would render
possible a fair judgment as 10 the supe-
rlorty OF one over the other. In Anne
RIGA each winter there IS an international
exposition of all that IS fine In the way
Of highly-bred horsehesh. which has be-
come one Of the FIRST OF social functions.
1t Is thoroughly American when COM
pared with It's French prototype in all but
one particular-size. To Frenchmn
nothing could Doe more American than
horse show, which might be llkened 70 a