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Increase In Murders.

Tho race Of public executioners is
not wholly extinct in Belgium, al.
though the office has been little more
than sinecure for nearly half cen.
tury. The other day the headsman OF
Brussels was borrowed by the head
manless Bruges TO go through with he
coming solemnity the exceedingly silly
ceremony Of mailing to q post sen
tence of imprisonment pronounced in
default on some petit larcener. Ant
werp almost simultaneously obtained D
loan for q similar purposes Of the ser
vices OF Monsieur de Liege," one
Hamel, whose practical acquaintance
with the guillotine ceased in 1865
The disappearance of condemned
convict necessitated the journey of NJ
Hamel TO the banks of the Scheldt,
where ne gravely performed the sam,
farce as was enacted 10y his colleague
of Brussels in the city of Memling.
Since 1886 no assassin has perished on
n Belgian scaffold. Last years cata.
logue of crime in Belgium was long and
terrible; 1898 is still young, but each
week has brought with it some deed OF
blood.
Within the last few days the Belgian
press has chronicled the deaths by de.
liberate violence of no fewer than five
persons, some of them being attended
with circumstances of aCgravatioI
which beggnr description. In view oi
this state of affairs the Belgian New,
asks whether this long suspension,
amounting almost to abolition, of capi
tai punishment has or has not been foi
the public good, and suggests that il
spite of the great aversion which King
Leopold is known to feel to signing
death warrant, the amended Belgian
Constitution must deal eifectually with
q state of things which has insensibly
rendered negative and Elusive that
most salutary clause of the Belgian
Penal Code which should, under other
circumstance. strike terror into the
hearts of evil doers. st. James Ga.
Zette.
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A cMIEr CAUSE OF CRIME.

Often when have been asked wh,, a..
the causes, or what is the particular Can.
that sends most men to prison. baye
late years Invariably answered: "The w,.
Of family discipline"
The indulgence of the father aud moth.
who allow the child to grow I'm wTil
out. any discipline to form characsl
leads almost inevitably TO evil ways and y.
seguently TO prison.
The child, even Of tender years, who /, ,
dulged in its natural wnywardness, and vf
u allowed TO say to It's father or its motbs
II WIFI or ~ won't" Is IN fair way IN N
come an inmate OF our penal institution.
Parents are also responsible for the NJ,
wardness of their children which lead, H.
into crime from practice of dccei,ing theS
The intelligent child. when deceived bt u
parent IN small things, IL likely TO form .,
habits, which in its future life will no, I.
easily eradicated.
This cannot be better Illustrated than N
the growth of fruit and other trees. IftbI
are allowed In the first wear OF their yroa,
TO become crooked. distorted and out \
shape, II Is found nearly or quite imposs'b. !.
In ister years. TO bring them into symnc,.l
and to make perfect trees of them.
80 with the child. Its early training Ia \
Tor lifetime, and unless there are clemeb,l
In It's character and will power, to correct
evil bringing up, IL naturally grows wo,J
anu worse as II grows Older Ex-War.l.
A. a. Brush Of Sing Slug.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-18
The Beginning OF New York.

Fort Amsterdam, begun about the
year l626-its northern wall about on
the line of the existing row of houses
facing the Bowling Green-really was
the beginning of the present city.
The engineer who planned it, Kryn
Frederick, had in mind the creation of
works sufficiently large to shelter in
time OF danger all the inhabitants of a
considerable town; and when the Fort
was finished, the fact that such a
stronghold existed was one Of the in
ducements extended by the West In
dia Company to secure its needed col.
onists; for these, being most immedi-
ately and personally interested in the
matter, could not be expected TO con.
template the possibility of their own
massacre by sayages Of the land or sea
IN the same large and statesmanlike
manner that such accidents OF colonial
administration were regarded by the
Company's Directors. The building of
the Fort, therefore, was the first step
towards anchoring the colony firmly TO
the soil. BY the time that the Fort
was finished the population of this
island amounted to about two hundred
souls; and the island itself, for a con-
siderstion of S24, had been bought by
Director Minuit for the Company, and
50 formally had passed to Dutch from
>Saa hands --Harper's Magazine.
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HaIf an hour later we came 20 q
standstill in the station of large
town, sought ont the guard and
told him what had occurred. He at
once dispatched porter for the stu
tion-master, and when that official
arrived the two Of them heard my
story, and then searched the compart-
ment thoroughly. But not trace OF
the william did they discover. Ny own
opinion is that, taking advantage OF
the blackness, he had gone out upon
the footboard. there TO wait until the
train should slacken speed sufficiently
to enable him TO jump off with safety
and make good his escape. Be this as
it may, / never heard more of the
matter, although the memory of that
experience fingers ns sort Of night.
mare of my railway travelling; and
whenever / now get into compart.
ment by myself take very good care
to first Of all peer under the seats and
make sure that there exists tine means
of communicating with the guard. -
New York Advertiser.
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PERSONAL EFFORT.

Christian who Is keen for work vr
soon find his right place. IL he Is "apt N
teach IL he has the knack of breaking BJ,
truth into nice morsels for children moutb
then he will soon scent his way into h.
sabbath school. have often watched. Wit
admiration the superintendent of the ,ip
fant department" in the Sabbath school 4,
my late charge rs she held hundreds OF lns
eyes and ears in way that any rgl.
pit orator might envy. That skilful teacher
had evidently found her place. Anohe,
person had some leisure and sincere love
OF souls; to such an one personal visitation
among the poor and among the unevan,el.
lied Is welcome work. IL only REQUIRE,
health enough TO walk, and loving courtesy
enough To talk TO those who are visited. If,
Bible aud tract 60 with the visit as we.
as loaf for the hungry or 10,
Tor the children. then all the better. Tn,
system of dividing New York into district.
with visitor for every district which wa,
carried ont so efficiently by the City Trac
society forty years, was an admirable one
and IL ought never TO have been abandoned
il was one OF the best methods for bridging
the chasm between the Gospel-fed and the
Gospcl.starved. The outlying masses never
Will be cvangelized until there IL more rer.
sonal contact and personal eiliort.-lEey. T..
H. Cuyler, in The Evangelist.
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Many villages in all parts of the
United States have taken the names OF
the roadside inns about which they
have grown MP, but it Is perhaps only
in conservative Southern Virginia, re.
marks the New York Sun. that the
"ordinaries" for entertainment OF man
and beast have given names to villages.
Thye is jennings Ordinary IL Motto.
way County, Smoky Ordinary in
Brunswick County, and doubtless many
others in the same region. 1t is here,
too, that local maps immortalize the
shopkeepers, the millers and the black
smiths of an earlier generation. Oddly
enough, one looks almost in vain 70.
names growing out Of the bloody
struggle from 81 TO '6j.
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TRUTH.

There's q hand on the rudde- that VIII not
finch.
There's no fea- In the Pilots face
As He guides tho worlds, like boats In a
storms.
Through the rocking seas OF space
And whether they make the harbor at last
Beyond the shoals and the SWELL
Or sail forever shoreless sea
know that all is we'll.
And learn these things from the hoart OF
the wood.
From the solemn soul o. the sea -
For never bid in a wire-bound cayo
Told all these things to me.
And the soul OF man is q sunwari biri
With wings that are made for flight.
To pierce to the fount Of the shining deg
And float through the depths OF night:
And read these things in that Bible OF God
Whose leaves nre the spreading sly
And the legible face Of the dark green sea.
With the eye behind the eye.
For truth is no; closed in the lids o; q took.
For its chainess soul IL free
And never bird in n wire-tonnd ca-c
Told all these things to me.
For truth surges into the open hea-s
And into the willing eye.
And streams from the breath o; thc s.cat,-
ing earth.
And drops from the bending sky:
It's not shut In book, IN n churrb. o.,
school
Nor crGmpad in the chains % n creed.
But lives In the open air and light
Fortil men in their reed!
But the FISH that swims in o goldfish vase
Knows not OF the saitel sea.
And never bird in u wirc-bound Gag,
Told AL these things to me.
It's the Voice that comes from tie g.,acl
peaks.
From the hil's tiat shoulder the say.
Through the top.,ss heights Of a mans own
dreams
This Voice So0s wandering By:
and who roIms TIE Garth with a, .o7ea
hear.
With an ear a;tuccd 10 Ec.r.
VIII catch some brokon cord OF the sound
Whenever the Voice comes near.
But not past the prison OF custom o. c-ced
VIII the Voice or the Vision fee:
And mover bird IN wire-5ound cacc
Told all these things to me.
Sam Water foss. in Yankee E!adc.
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go to sleen con es the 'r"' -ar
have started. l had but small diff
Guilty in finding what ! sought, and n
little well-timed liberality to the guard
secured me what then considered the
additional privilege of being locked in.
IL was about q o'clock on n late No.
vember evening when we started quite
dark, with u frostiness in the cir that
speedily cioudcd the windows of the
carriage with hoary moisture. The
lamp II the roof of the commandment
burnt with n small, clear flame. ex-
changed my hat OF latest met7opolitan
build tor II warm fur cap. raised my
feet on to the cushions Of the opposite
seat, and in this posture drew stout
travelling blanket about ne, and com
posed myself to sleep.
| presume that must have fre.
queniy dozed off, for the roaring of
the train seemed to grow faint and dis
tant. like the subdued sound of surf
heard aiar, En-; my nap was OF short
duration. and | was soon wide awake
again, gazing on; through little space
which ! rubbed clear upon the frosted
window pane
On sudden my eye was taken by
something stirring under the seat in
the far corner Of the carriage. |
thought at first il might be a shadow,
caused to move by the oscillation of
the train. But, continuing TO watch il
with dull kind Of curiosity. ! was ex-
tremely startled TO perceive a mans
head thrust ont Of the obscurity; Il
pair of fierce-looking eyes glared at mc
for Il moment, and then, whilst l still
sat motionless with surprise, man
scrambled out and getting upon his
feet stood surveying me.
He wGs.a burly-lookiHg fellow, with
q coarse, ugly face, imnensly square
shoulders and close-cropped hair He
wore II loose, clumsily fitting suit of
some gray material that looked sus-
piciously like prison dress. He was
without cap, and | noticed that his
jacket was torn and his face good deal
SCARED. / gazed at this uncouth ap-
psration in silence for little while
with an expression, do not doubt, of
considerable dismay; then / instinc-
lively looked around me for some
means Of communication with the
guard. The fellow understood my
gesture, and his eye swiftly dsrted
around the carriage with an insolent
leer of satisfaction as he perceived that
the compartment was not furnished
with the usual appliance for signaling.
"All right, gunner" said he in u
coarse voice. "SO need TO trouble yer
self. Yer surely don't want TO hincon-
veniencc the rest of the passengers by
delaying the train !"
"Who are you and what do you
wantP" said 1, slowly clearing my
limbs of the folds of the rug which en-
veloped me.
"Wbo am j, an what do / want ?"
be repeated. That's axking, sir,
amt il? However, amt a-going TO
tell you who am, an as for what /
want, you'll be finding that out before
very long"
His manner and the looks OF the man
made me feel uneasy. Judging from
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-18
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.


French brandy IS the most dangerous drink
u Paris.
In races, Il has been found that the men
who do no; use stlmulGEts DO ty far the best
WORK.
IL drinking men could only see the effect
that whisky has on the stomach, they would
never drink another drop.
M
+, NV on,ei t,, vi ioirg %. bul.iiorn says tunt
hoar w.. ,n ~. ia Nv Until i',set
,,i VIZ ,L ,n' ~, anu s~i''S Piefafou "
,''
~ nn 1n. ~ inc ertu. mrs hospitais, u was
.n,,arod .. % pa'.vnls Mho
S,mntan no.a,,i ui,'''P''' 'iA'' "oie eniiu'eAo'
pa
Men In ionndries, who used 10 drink n
great deai of liquor and beer, now very gcner-
any urihK oatmeal ana water ana Ind thai
tney work much better.
General Booth, OF the Salvation Army SAYS
that nlne-tenths OF tho evil that he has 20
fight against IN the social department OF his
work Is caused by drink.
People make great mistake In using
l!quor In case of sickness. The use OF LIQUOR
in sickness has been known TO make men
drunkards for the rest OF their lives.
MiJdnya N town of Sarv sop,h Wales nm.
tonndsd nv the Chafrev bro,bers 4, pssS "as ps
means of irrIcntion * has haan ,rans,or,,oyy
from n desert 10 n harutiIni oardan p,, tbs
terms of the "Wildnra IrriSation Ac,' 'no NC
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-18
TIE INErrIclENcY OF wonps.

The wife who would depend upon he,
words alone to express her love and her 4.
lcgiancc TO her husband, has very poo,
medium OF expression. Ii Is the little act
the constant thOughtfuluess, the unse.fsi
caretaking that shows her real affection
And 30 with Us. We ought. many of u.. /.
speak more earnestly IN the prayer.mectin..
to take more active part in the public ser
vices. But there is life that speaks mos
distinctly than words in prayer-meetn.
II Is the basket left at the door OF the poof
II Is the kneeling form at the bedside Of th.
dying. 1t Is the extended hand held out d
the stranger. IL Is the beaming face rcnCc.
ing the love OF Christ. And the churcl
membe who depends entirely upon d,
words for the expression OF his love for &C.!
or man. or his allegiance to his church, {. !
very shallow church-mcmher. however fine
ly he may speak, and however bcautitp.t
combined his words and sentences may D..
He Is loving God most who acts most !Al
him, does most for him.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-18

The new railroad from Jaela to Jer-
usalem is only fifty-three miles long.
Passenger trains make seventeen miles
an hour. The rails came from Eng.
land, the ties from France, the engines
from Philadelphia, the cars from
France and the heavy work was done
by Arabs and Egyptians. The road is
not likely TO yield n profit for long
time to come.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-18

A sort of mythology has grown up
ebout the American Indian in regions
whence he vanished 100 years ago
The popular names OF many plants in.
clude the adjective Indian. Few per.
sons in America say Indian corn now.
but Indian cakes is term still strongly
intrenched south of Mason aud Dixon =
line, and there is even plant known
10 children as Indian tobacco. The
brilliant Gamma is called Indian shot be-
cause It's seeds are black, bullet like
pellets. Indian traditions are pre-
served with sort of reverence in the
South. Twenty-Five years ago local
travellers on u certain road in Worces
ter County. Maryland. commonly
stopped at point in the remote coun.
try, reached under bush at the road.
side, drew forth stone mortar and
pestle used by the Indians 100 year.
before, showed the relics TO any
stranger in the company and carefully
put them back. A whole neighbor.
hood knew the whereabouts Of these in,
struments. but they seemed as safe as
in a museum
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RELIGIOUS READING
BLOSSOMS IN AGE.

You Is an appie-tree.
Joints all shrunk like an old mans kr,.
Gaping trunk half eaten away,
CrumbIing visibly day By day
Branches dead, or dying fast,
Iopmost limb like spllntered mast.
Yet behold, In the prime of May,
How II blooms In the sweet old way
Heart Of II brave and warm,
spite OF many wintry storm
Throbbing. still with the deep desire
Burning still with the eager fire,
Striving still with the real and truth
VI the gladsomc morning-days of Youth
still to do and to be. forsooth,
something worthy Of him whose care.
summer or Winter, failed Il ne'er-
Inis Is motive for you and me.
When we grow old like the appletree
by james Duckham, in Christian Uni,
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MY IAAlr,

"Thy word Is q lamp unto my feet" sal
the Psalmist OF Old. You want your Ian,
TO burn us brightly as possible. You tril
the wick; you wash, dry and rolish ibi
glass chimney; you keep the shade ccs,
Let the dust gather and the smoke make %
sooty deposit, and the wick become cr,,
aud hard and black, and the light upon lL
open page is tlickering and weak. The lam
Is your friend. but You must take good car
OF II. IL will treat you as you tref
1t. What the Bible brings TO yG
will depend In large measure upon what yl:
bring 10 II. You may have crumD. oii
loaf, or a granary full to bursting just as go
choose. here Il gold on It's surface, then
are jewels In its mines, there are royal pears
In It's depths. All are not equally equpIsl
for its study; but every one OF us can DO b.
utmost In its patient. loving study, and d
labors will bring surer or richer reward.
tDr. A. j. +. Behrends.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-18

The New York sun shows tina. while
in the country at large the proportion
of foreign.born inhabitants is about
fourteen per cent, it is only 2.GO pee
cent Of the total III the fourteen South
ern States.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-18

HAD taken nv
iirst-clGss ticket at
the London ter.
minus of one of
the great northern
railways, and, hav-
ing a long night
journey to make,
l looked about for
an empty COM
partment, intend
ing to swathe my
self in rugs and
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tions. soliloquizes the Francisco
Chronicle. Polygamy is now prescribed
by rigid laws, and though the spirit of
the laws is violated by many Mormans.
still the fear of Imprisonment has done
much to check one of the worst fea-
lures of the system. The younger men
among the Mormans claim that they
have discarded polygamy and that ii no
LONGER plays an important part in their
religion.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-18

Spinning wheels are not altogether
things of the past Go into Cornwall
or Wales, or to the Scotch Highlands,
declares the Chicago Herald and
You will find plenty of cottages
whore the spinning wheel is as much n
piece of household furniture as are the
scrubbing brush and the kitchen
broom.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-18

A Brooklyn N. " inventor says he
ran propel big steamship across the
Atlantic in three and half dnys with
'ulphuric acid, powered sugar and
chlora.e of potash
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-18
wHynr "pocrons pr.,or.r. {"

When one tells you TO put toads. lizards,
snnkes, ETC., in bottles filed with alcohol so
ss to pressr the flesh from dlssolving and
keep fresh for term Of years, another tells
you to put alcohol In your stomach where
good meal OF fresh meat has gone, Tor the
purpose of dissolving IL and "aiding diges-
ton" The man who takes alcohol to help
digest his food must first throw of the alco-
hol before his stomach can commence the
operation. National Temperance Advocate.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-18

The colored people of Virginia pay
.azes on real estate valued at 50, 42j. =
$50, and on personal property valued
at g., $40 $50.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-18

Although we have the poos always
with ~, n two-ccnt British Guiana,
1890 issue, postage stamp, was sold Mt
auction in this city the other week.
muses. the New Nogk Independent, for
ctaIn
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The Free Gold Increasing.

At the close of business Saturday at the
National treasury had on hand SS2i, ,425 Of
free gold and had accepted but had not yet
put on the books q. JIG 900. making the free
gold balance o., o0o,OOO above the slOO. OOO,.
NO gold reserve.
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ONE oREAr CAUSE or rAMrNr.

Count Leo Tolstoi declares that drunken
ness was one OF the great causes OF the recent
awful famine In Russia. We begin TO won
der ~ there Ia any really widespread disaster
nowadays TO the human family 10 which the
alcoholic fiend is not present as a contrib
utlng cause or TO increase the resulting
misery. voice-
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TEMPERANCE.


dustrious, sober, honest. is a valuable help 30
any business but by as much us any OF them
patronize the dram-shop, by so much their
value as citizens will be impaired, the CON-
munities pauperized, and every interest OF
the people demoralized. d.-pemorest's Family
Magazine.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-18

Australia has Just completed the first
locomotive ever built on the island
continent. It was constructed at Mel.
bourne
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-18

There are said TO be 70,0 lawyers
m the United States, one.seventh of
whom have offices in New York.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-18

The Netherlands ore said to be
worth a., 935, 900, 900 and Belgium s4,-
030, 600, 600.