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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-12-06
DIVINE nLormrmrsrl.

What doth the Lord require ot thee. hu,
10 deal justly, love mercy. and 10 walk
humbly with thy Godi'
Deal Justly. To deal justlv requires NOT
only that We must not practice cNt0rtiou. but
That We must du 10y other, ~ he would they
should do 10y him. Justice Is opposed To-
NNcry habit ~ an individual that il iniuriou.
To another. Just man takes up no cyil re-.
port against his nclghhur. lie cutcrtain- no
thlc-hrarcrs, nor false arruSerS lie riyoa
no helping hand to the works Of scandal
Tie Judges nothing before 1t l. fairly tried
and condemns only after full nnd fair cx.
animation. What great blessing It would
bc, Tor people "f Hll religion. clns.r- to learn
To do Justice 10y each other, In regard to their
religious differences
Iuv" Mercy Those who love t. acruse
anu love To orpo~" others and 80 give pain
anu sorrow cannot hr supposed % love
mercy. 1t Is written, "Br.-"d are the merci.
tul Tor they shall obtain mercy" But are
they m"rriiul, who can look upon the anguish
OF the suffering and remain Unaffected Aro
they those who love mercy, who can ,re their
brethren in need, AMI -hut up their -ympa.
thicS from them DO they love mercy, who
can see the hcuightod millions of hcathon
pcrishlng IN the darkness OF ignorance and
not put forth an effort ur even u PRAYER, IN
their behalf? Do they love mercy. who SEQ
their own children living aud diving In sin,
without presenting To them the gospel invita-.
ton!
Walk humby with thy God. DO they walk
humhly with God. who dc-pi,c the poorp Do
they walk humblv, who 20 to meeting only
when they can 10 ia splendid attirry D.
they walk humhly, who to-1 their heads with
an air Of disduu. when they pass by tho
Woodworking servants of ri.htcuusnc--Y Dc
they forget that Christ was the lowly mem.
Der Of II carpenters family -ClarcmOut
Eagle
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-12-06
nnYs ANn M1Ncr r1rs.

Tho schoolgirls were standing around tho
REGISTER OF recitation room. eating their
'unrh and discussing th" pie question.
They all put brandy in thum," said ono
girl.
They all don't, replied another "NTy
mother has never pat drop OF brandy into
her mince pies slncc the day Bob said ho
could taste the brandy, aud II tasted good.
Mother sail tp'u 1t wa, wrong, an2 she never
would be guilty of 1t again. Aud a. mother
Gays thing Is wrong, you may bp sure il il
wrong Ior what mother knows snc knows. ="
what about mlnce pies? Arc YOU suro
she knows how To- make pies gondP' and a
laugh went up from the group OF girls.
But sumo Ol them WINGED little when
back were tossed these words
III sRedr, anu tnuspows howe ~ ic,
w - ,'.,' .sn - pVS " JI,l. I.av.S ,u.,l, a
minco pieI"
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TEMPERANCE.
Trr soNe or wixr.

iuh SONG OF WINE.
smilo IN tho Lothean bowl.
Ana peer IRON l., spprkin, brim
AT thn death oi u .uinel soul,
Az the wrecks. ghnstiy nni grim.
Gods Image ryti .rssly blonr
WIN vino 81 Nnpiing and rcd
Tue Mlhg OF r- p. conscience scar
Iiii hope, Ike a phantom. has iied.
heel not tho madman's grin.
Nor the tclts that mortals shed.
ave IN my palace OF sin,
Whern hope Is etornnllv dead.
rnlc with u tyranrs sway,
MY sc'p'"r merciicss rod
sweep earthly honors away
win onlya tcmptcr's nod.
Like the angel Of death, I am noar,
And count each moment my gain.
Drop for drop. tear for tear.
Ana iau;ii a. they struggle in vain.
For bread give them a stonel
For love tho scorpions sting.
Ny harvest by devils sown
Is The song my bacchants sing.
unpe ls stranger within my drear wall
Nhere all the dark shadows OF WOO
Bear over the shroui ofa funeral pail
Like noufn"r- that mercifuly 90
10 the death ot horrutand shame,
And mourn iorthe hrlpless LOST
Pilgrims. whose uamclcss name
FROM Coils rccord is tearfully cross'j
-Julus l.. Hampstead Ia the Voice.
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II,Nr
Mnl-e homo hmm

Make home happy. stud "a
& ut. uu vNsr wives int.
shciil sJuio ndt.i,,, ,uI.o. F...... ,lhie
book, some useful paper, 't t'hIlN lht,re5t
them for an hour or two every Il il "A
painful sight 10 witness dr6vA Of Youths
from the agc of fourteen totTcnty-o stand.
Ing at the corner of streets on pleasant
evening, using language To- say the least un.
becoming 10 their age, when thUv might be
agrcrahIy employed az home Parents douot
feel sufficiently interested o. make their chil.
dron happy. uui lpya the domestic hearth
bcttcr than th" public highways. You VIII
always notice that those Young muu become
the lest members of society and are the most
useful In the world. who have spent a largo
portion of their minority beneath the caro-
and influence of . devoted parents cye
They zoo" preserved from Thousand tpmU,a.
lions ip which others are exposed, aui early
learn tu practice those virtues which, ia after
life, ma," them respected aud beloved.
MAJ" home attractive. b. cheerful. kind
aud agreeable Nour,'lyoS. NcNrr wear u
truWun; brow. or utter u cross or angry
word h"lprn your children. 4 duh face, u
Grabbed expression, a pcryi-h, irctful dis.
position, ar" entirely out If IHro amid the
-aurtiuu- Of home, around the domestic tire.
side, I'm The presence of IN" happy looks aud
smiling chorhS of innocent childhood, Ot
moro -ulnr youth. Some men huyc u smile
for EVERY p,u"r hut home, they are mild and
grutin ryrrvWhrro bat among their own
household. This /. a Very great orror--we
must O. II ~ "a h"uuu5 -lu II there /, a spot
under heaven that should call out the h"st
affections, the Wurmr-i love and the kiudcst
-mi.r-, h i- that d.ur ark. our home. II
parents We're moro lart'ulIrtodo their duty
IN iu., respect. It would have gloriou, inilu~
rncc, and tell uohy on the future character
Of the rising generation.
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IS rLrAp A nay.

ISN'T u a. o.oar as dayI These murders
supposed murlcr corpscs floating around
III the rivers. aud coroners' Investigations
always showing that tho poor vic,im had
something To do with drink. The lntest In
THIS city inds the dead man drinking TO ex.
body was found. Can that saloonist hnve n
good conscience in the matter, who supplied
MN TO the state VI incbria tion ?-pittsDurg
Catholic.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-12-06
ADnnrorons Conntcrreit.

What Is said to be the most dangerous
counterfeit that has made its appearance In
many years Is an imitation OF tho Window
two-dollar silver certificate. The counter.
felt Il being circulated In the large cities
principally,
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-14
JOHN BURNS.

Tho st conspicuous man among
the newer members of the Labor party
in the British House Of Commons is
John Burns, write, Justin Mccarthy.
NJ. =. He has about him the charm of
strong, self-reliant manhood-he is
ABOVE all things q man. You can see
this in his dark, soft. cleaning eyes.
They are eyes which invite confidence.
John Burns il a working engineer who
ha, led toiler's life, anOat and ashore
and under various conditions. He has
worked along tho.e mysterious African
rivers which are associated in the
minds OF most of us with tho expior-
ings of Stanley and OF Emin Pasha.
He has worked in London sheds and
wards. He is q fine and powerful
3, eaker. and can control vast meet
ing of wcrkingmen with irresistible
force. He is great democratic in
fuence, and political parties and social
organizations can hardly reckon with
out him. He seldom speaks in the
House Of Commons, but when he does
speak he speaks well AMI goes strai u t.
to the point. He never speaks but on
some sub Get which he thoroughly un-
derstands and about which he has
something important and direct to say.
He has fine and even thrilling voice,
and en-. always feels that some day
when his time comes and his own Gres-
ton i. up2ermost he will make great
snaech
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A Rock Island train was di:ched t
Round Pond. O. T.. because the railway
company refuses to stop its trains at that
point The train crew we're made prison.
erS.
Tho North western Elevated Railroad
bridge question at Chicago is settled at
last Saturday night eX-Judge Jameson
LETT Washington for Chicago. carryin, with
him u license permitting the company to
build the bridge According to the plans
there is to be no central pier The abut-
ments are to be go feet apart and the
bridge kind OF Il split and teeter affair
which opens in the middle and rises in the
air. the parts on the land side OF the abut-
ments sinking into the ground
That American manufacturers are find
ing new fields for their products is shown
by the exports for ten months, which have
reached the unprecedented total OF $751;
sos. 294.
Alexandria. Ind. has contra ted for
water works system. to cost 5000, 600 and to
be completed in four months
"A report OF heavy damage to the Kan
sas crop and higher cables caused boom
in the Chicago wheat market Wednesday.
Best prices were almost &c over Tuesdays
close
In the Northern Pacific inquiry at
Milwaukee the examination OF President
Abbot. of the Wisconsin Central. was con-
tinued. but nothing OF Importance was
elected
Ada NJ Dow Curr1er has been awarded
S19,140 damages by New York court
against Manager David Henderson for in
jury received at the Chicago Opera House.
The Indiana Grand Lodge. knights OF
Pythias. has elected These officers: Grand
Chancellor. James NJ Hatfield. Hunting
ton; Grand Vice Chancellor. c. F. s. Neal.
Lebanon; Grand Prelate. Otto kolb. Boone-
Vile; Grand Master at Arms. Erastus Pea
cock. Rensselaer,; Grand Master OF En-.
chequer. W. A. Morris. frankfort; Grand
Keeper Of Records and Seals, Frank Brown,
indianapolis
The managers of the Page Betting
Company. of Concord. n. H.. state that "A
careful examination of the books shows
that the shortage OF Manager Wormer. OF
the Chicago Office. will reach nearly 81. 0O0
The defa'catton was discovered two weeks
ago. but Wormer claimed that it was
small, and agreed to make it good He
has now disappeared and is believed to be
in Canada.
Gov. Richards. Of Montana. has issued a
proclama alton forbidding the sun dance OF
the CGur d Alene Indians at Great Falls
Local authorities are directed to take the
steps necessary to enforce the inhibition.
The University OF Pennsylv ania has
conferred the degree Of doctor OF science
upon Dr. Sarah Hackett Stevenson. OF
Chicago
Twelve hundred militiamen went to
Cambridge. Ohio. where strikers have in-
terfered with the movement OF Baltimore
and Ohio trains
Tho clubs OF the National sud IVES! ern
Leagues stand Is follows In the champion
shin races
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-14
FOREIGN.

The Italian crisis has come to a head
with the resignation OF Sig Crispi and his
Cabinet announced Tuesday in the Cham
Der OF Deputies at Rome King Humbert
reserves his decision with respect to ac-
ceptance or refusal The action OF the
Premier is the result OF n Cabinet meeting
Monday night after the debate on Crispfs
proposal that the Cham Der intrust a COM
mittee u eighteen. to be made up OF menu
bers OF the several political sections. with
the task Of prepa ring and presenting on
June 80 measure for reforming the ex-
penses OF the public service in order to In
trodUce the greatest possible economies.
the House in the meanwhile atstaining
from any discussion OF financial matters.
The Cabinet were agreed that the small
ness OF the majority by which the Pre-
m,er's motion was carried-a majority OF
IL in 4 session OF 439-va a warning that
no success could be counted upon for the
proposal when its details were made known.
All the members Of the Cabinet acquiesced
in the suggestion OF Sig. Sonnino that it
ought to be left to the discretion OF the
Premier whether their designations should
be rendered in bulk to the King Rome is
greatly excited.
The Chinese emperor has an effective
method OF stoppin. strikes He recently
promulgated Il decree ordering the ring
leaders to be stran.led and the other, BAN
fshed. The strike collapsed.
-Turpin has been induced by Paris jour
nalists to present his new engine Of war to
France
-Adv;ces from Tuxpan. Mexico. state
that terrific windstorm passed over the
village OF Iahua!ica. about seventy miles
back in the country. destroying Il number
of store buildings and dwellings and kill
ing ten persons and wounding fifteen
others
Lord Rosehery's Ladas. the hippic lido!
OF England's sovereign people. won the one
hundred and fifteenth Derby at EPSON
Wednesday in a fair field. no favor and in
the presence Of the greatest assemblag sc
that ever thronged the historic downs. All
Britain paused in the rapid revolution OF
the Machinery OF industry and social life
to watch with fevered r1ind the struggle OF
Hampton's un beaten son as he came down
the hill. around Tottenham and up the
famous incline. and as the primrose, rose
bars and cap Of En:land's prime minister
flashed past the winning post the cheers
that rolled from tho immense multitudes
we're speedily echoed in every city OF the
kingdom
The shareholders OF tho Suez Canal
Company met at Paris and voted to con-
tinue Ferdinand de Lesseps' pension.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-14
PERSONAL MENTION.

James D. Ford. prominent attorney
OF Toledo. Ohio. was found dead in a hotel
in Cincinnati Heart disease caused his
death
John McCaffery. q pioneer of Chicago.
and II conspicuous figure In the business
world. is dead. He was SC years OF a:e.
William Cornell. an eccentric lniser Of
Poughkeeps!e. N. V. has just died. leav-
ing an estate worth 81. 600. 600.
William Walter Phelps Is seriously Ill
with laryngitis. complicated with fever. at
his home at Teaneck. n. ].
Joseph Haworth. the actor. is serious
ly i'll at Boston
Obituary: At Salt Lake City. j. r. T.
Walker. u. S A.. retired. brother In la "
Of James G. Blaine; at New Orleans Rev.
DR.. Henry NJ. Smith; ut Kansas City. II.
NJ Valle, aged sixty-th
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-14
POLITICAL.

Joseph n. Carter, Repu blican. was
chosen to the Illinois Supreme bench. Mon
day. from the Fourth Judicial District. by
a plurality upward OF 1000. In Oregon.
Monday, the Republicans elected their en-
tire ticket. from Governor down. with the
possible exception OF Superintendent OF
Schools The legislature will be close and
the Popuiists may hold the balance Of
power In the Senate. though the Kepubli-
cans claim they will have a majority In
both houses
Congressional nominations: Twenty =
first Illinois District. John j. Higgins,
Democrat; Second Maine. Nelson Dingley
Jr. Republican. renominated; Seventh
Missouri. John +. Head. Democrat: Eighth
Kentucky. James h McCreary. Democrat,
renominated.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-14
. FROM WASHINGTON.

Tho monthly debt statement shows
net cash balance in the Treasury OF S117.
S54. 335. OF which SIS. 693 90. is gold reserve
1t also shows that the interest be Ar ing
debt May 81 was S635. O41. $40. an increase
OF only $500 The debt on which interest
has ceased since maturity was 81. s3S 800. q
decrease OF $500. The nom interest bear
ing deb. was $3.50 DIG, 500. a decrease OF
s37,e3a The aggregate OF interest and
nom interest bearing debt was sl.o16 916,-
500. decrease OF $780, s7a The state ment
OF the cash in the Treasury is as follows:
Gold. $l4S.067. SIG; silver. s512. 194.o54; pa
per. $lo6. 0Sl. ls2: bonds. minor coins, etc,
$16. 93o. $50. against which there are de-
lnand liabilities agSregating S665. 42S. 92S.
making the decrease In the avaiiah bic cash
balance for the month 81. c43. 450
Second Assistant Postmaster General
}. l. Bell has resigned. to become traffic
manager OF the Jersey Central Railroad
surgeon General Wyman. OF the Ma
rine Hospital service has received q ca
bleGram saying that cholera prevails at
Myslowits. Upper SiIesia. and Is spreading
over the Russian border. A second cable
gram says that cholera prevails at Mlaua.
In Poland. near the district OF Stettin. but
not In the town.
uc te'ths "a sINtS .CHree frcS1uentl0 al
postmasters will expire this month Most
OF them are in New York. Pennsylvania
and Iowa
Representative Houk. OF Tennessee,
has introduced Il bill in Congress to reim-
burse the soldiers OF the rebellion or their
heirs for the average annual difference
between gold and the value of the paper
currency In which they were paid.
Secretary Carlisle saws the subject of
another bond issue has not been men 10 ed
In the cabinet and declares tina, he has had
no conference with the Presiden: regard
ing 1t.
Congressman Cadmus, whe-. Castor
informed OF the conversation he had over
; heard regarding the tariff bill, appeared
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-14
CRIME AND CASUALTY.

Samuel Alexander. who murdered
Games Nesbitt In Chicago in 1891 and later
ESCAPED from an insane asylum. has been
captured in Montreal
MIR. and Mrs. John Spruance. OF Oak
land. Cal. while on their way from Cali.
fornia 70 Dansville, y. Y, were relieved OF
a bag containing q. 500 worth Of diamonds
and s115 In money. The bag. which was
fastened with safety pins to Mrs spru-
ance's person. must have been wrenched
OF by IN expert hand, for she has no
knowledge when it was done 1t was
missed just before reaching Buffalo
by the explosion Of kes Of powder at
a mine near Jermyn. Pa. seven men we're
burned, some OF them fatally.
Five boys. whose ages ranged from FIVE
to twelve years. inmates OF the Catholic
Sisters OF Mercy Home in Tarrytown. n y.
have died from poisoning. the result OF
eating herbs picked on the playground OF
the Institution seven more boys are criti-
cally i'll from the same cause Most OF the
inmates are orphans The poisonous herb
was a root which the boys mistook for
swe flag.
lit has been discovered that Joseph A.
Sawyer. the Monmouth (Me. farmer. who
was 80 my seriously murdered two weeks
ago. had 1T the timc OF his death about
S12. 600 in cash, notes and bank books Sc
creted in various places about his house.
Tho loss by the Fraser River food In
British Columbia is estimated at 81. 900. 900.
III H. Hefner. former member OF the
Chicago Board OF Trade. committed sui
eide at New Orleans
Isaac Goodman. An Elwood. Ind. farm
er. was sentenced to four years in the PEN
ftentiary for operating fence.
BY the explosion OF a gasoline gener .
atOr in a laundry at Portland. Oregon. six
Cinnamon were killed.
The steamship Texas. 5000 tons bur-
den. with a general cargo and deckload
OF cattle. was wrecked of Trepassey. n. +.
She was bound from Montreal for Bristol
H. II. WEIGH, an old respected and
well-known resident OF Chicago. drowned
himself in the pond at Lincoln Park
Wednesday morning After wandering
through the streets for a long time before
dawn he wound up at o'clock In Lincoln
Park near the pond at the foot OF Fuller
ton avenue. He decided then and there
that he had seen enough OF the world 8
misery and SO he plunged into the pond
Mr. WEIGH was 80 years old. For more
than quarter OF a century no had been a
clerk in the re gistry division of the Chi
cagO postOffice.
Robbers ditched Mobile and Ohio
passenger train near Columbia, Ill
-Linares. Mexico. Dispatch: An Amor
lean. T. II. pritchard. OF Michigan. en-
route to the hacienda of Francisc, Lopez
was waylaid, killed and robbed by bandits
Mr. Prltchard is said to have had large
amount of money in his possession.
Two swindlers. representing them
selves AS mem bers OF the American Rail-
way Union. induced Mayor Hopkins. of
Chicago, to buy $50 worth OF spurious pic
mic tickets.
"A gasoline stove exploded at Kansas
City and two servants Mary Glynn and
Nora keivel, we're frighifully burned
Mary Giynn died shortly after ard. but
the other girl will probably recover.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-14

The theme ofthe new play. Amer
can HeiresS- b. Francis Reinau. with
which Mr.. Joseph Brooks Will o. en- the
seasoH in Chicago at McNicker's Theater.
with his dramatic company. while new to
the stage. is a matter OF everyday life in
reality. and deals with the young Ameri-
can girl and the titled foreigner The
many recent mesaliiances, in this connec-
ton. prove that in seven cases out OF ten
the name OF snobleman" Is misapplied.
But It IS q remarkable fact that the cul.
tured young American girl aspires to be
honored with the dignity of Countess.
Duchess or Princess The motive Of IAN
American Hesre>s- Is to show as nearly as
possible the result OF such unions IS those
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-14

Of tho daughter OF J. ". Mackey-the
American mill.onaire-who married the
young Prince Colonna, Miss Wheeler. OF
Philadelphia. who wa, united to Prince
Pappenheim. and other charming girls who
have thro~n the sweetest part OF their
lives away by such marriages The sub
ject is one which appeals d.rectly to Amer
lean women-mothers and daughters
Certain social Incidents are touched with
deiicacy and humanity. and the situations,
while often thrilling. are true to nature
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-14
Scientific llrOllA.

IN Corea umbrellas are OF oiled pa
per. have no handles and are simply
worn over the hat.
THE eyeball of an owl is immovably
fixed in its socket, hence the look OF
wisdom that that bird always appears
to have In the horse an eye in which
white predoIninates indicates vicious
nature.
AN important invention has been
made in the adaptation of magnetic
electricity to the prevention OF the
slipping OF car wheels. The use OF it
is said 70 increase the hauling power
of an engine many per cent.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-14

before the Senate investigating Committee
and con firmed the latter's story.
Eight army officers were retired on ac-
count Of disability. All but seven OF this
years military academy graduates have
been provided with places
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-22


GEORGETOWN, Sept 21-Saned, steamer
CroatGn, Hansen. New York via Wilmington.
Charleston Sept 2l-Arrived, steamship
lverness li3rl, Harris, Las Palmas.
Port Royal, Sept 2l-Sailed schr Josephine,
Baltimore
Port Tampa, Sept 2i-Arrived, steamship
Esperana tNorl Micra, Bluehelds; Arkansas,
Burrey, New Orleans: MGscotte, Decker,
Havana via Key West and returned.
Mobile, Sept Arrived, steamships Hau-
geSuEd Nor, Hansen, BoCas del TOro; Full
ton Norl, JACOBSEN, Bocas elToro; bark
Alice Brl, kalnker. Kingston.
Cleared, Schr Lena r Storer, Bruce, Pasca-
goula; barkentine Cuba [Brl Wood, British
West Indies; steamer Fulton [NOrl, Jacob
sen, BOcas del TOro.
Port Eads, Sept 2l-Arrived, steamship
Whitby lBrl, Ormlston Barry
Sailed, steamship Albert Dumols, Port
Limon.
New Orleans. Sept Cleared, steamships
Henry Dumois, Santa Marta; Glendower,
Hamburg via Norfolk
New York. sept l9-Arrived schrs Tafa
Wilson. Punta Gorda; PenobsCot Dodge
Jacksonville; GreenIeaf Johnson, Pickering
Wilmington.
Cleared, steamer Holyrcod [Brl, Petite
Savannah.
Boston, Sept 19-Arrived schr Edward S
Stearns. Heal. Charleston
Brunswick, Sept ls-Arrived, steamers Nc
Garel lBrj, Chrystal, Berbice.
Philadelphia. Sept !9-Cleared schr Annie
G Grace, Smith Charleston; Anna l. milford
Wallace, Charleston.