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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25
Habits Of ihc First Americans.

In James Moneys "The Siouan
Tribes OF the East" publication of
the Bureau Of Ethnology) the ways of
the Indians of Virginia and the Caro-.
linas are described. "For counting
they used pebbles or bundles of short
reeds or straws. Heaps Of stones in
dicated the number of persons killed
on battlefield" IL has been before
presented in this column how primi-
tive men kept count. II men wero
going into fight, it is quite possible
that the chief might have told every
one OF his followers to put pebble in
certain place and to remove it If ho
came ont of the action. OF course
the dead and wounded were unable TO
do this, and so might au estimate toe
made of the "dead, wounded and
missing" Going back still further,
one might be led to suppose that tho
Cairm might have originated in this
way. Mr.. Mooney quotes, too, Byrd,
mn early white explorer of Virginia.
and Byrd describes the Indian process
CT making fire by rubbing together
two dry sticks OF papaw wood. Tho
ceremonial in the making of II virgin
fire was carried out vigorously. Tho
wood used had never before served,
and it was deemed mcrilege to tako
tire which had already been burning.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25
Antidotes Tor snake Bites,

Professor L. II. Fraser, of the Uni
versity of Edinburgh, has commune
Gated to the Edinburgh Royal Society
an account of his experiments extend
lug over six years in rendering ami
mails immune against the venom of
the cobra and other serpents.
The Professor. by administering to
guinea pigs, white rats, rabbitsand cats
successive non.lethal doses of venom,
has again and again made them per-
fectly Indifferent to lethal dose from
ten to fifty times as large rs the nor.
NAL one. His discovery, which will
be completed when he has experiment.
el on human beings, is regarded as i'm.
portaut one to India, where the yearly
destruction of life is 20, 900. Wash
ington Gazette.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25
An ERA OF REFORM.

Such is the name that may be given truth.
fully to the days In which we live. The spirit
OF reform Is in the air. IL takes shape In the
organization OF societies for reforms OF var.
ious kinds. Each one has its special hobby
TO ride, and the thought is promulgated,
that II that special reform Is successful
why, the greatest and best results will follow
The fact IL, as one has said, "All are seeking
to lop off some particular fruit from the
upas tree OF public sim"
We would not dcprecate any means for en-
couraging men to live moral life, but we
would have 1t understood that all human re-
forms fall short OF the conditions OF q posi-.
tive cure. There is a permanent, thorough
cure every evil under the sun. 1t Is the
remedy provided in the Gospel OF Christ.
I" The teachings OF the gospel" said the
Golden Censor, "are the only solvent for the
yeSed questions Of the day. The only move.
ment for reform which can be permanent and
thorough Is that which builds ON tho rock,
Christ Jesus, accepts His teachings as the
only guide and in His strength strives to re-
place the frightfully unchristian things of the
day with things patterned after His will''.
This IL an era Of unrest. The times are
premonitory. What men are vainly reaching
after is coming. The very acts OF men are
signs-they indicate our nearness to the full
and eternal de.iverance FROM all the burdens
that encumber our race and world.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25
RELIGIOUS READING.
"xor If IT WAS MY MORT"

Some years ago the late Horace Mann, the
eminent educator, delivered an address at the
opening OF some reformatory institution for
boys, during which he remarked that N only
one boy was saved from ruin, Il would pay
for all the cost, and care and labor OF estab.
fishing such an institution as that. After the
exercises had closed. in private conversation
gentleman rallied Mr.. Mann upon his state
ment, and said to him
Did you not color that little. when YOU
said that all that expense aud labor would be
repaid II II only saved one boy2"
Not II 1t was my boy" was the solemn
and convincing reply.
All there Is n wonderful value about ''my
boy" Other boys may be rude and rough
other boys may be reckless and wild; other
boys may seem to require moro pains and
labor thnn they ever will repay; other boys
may be left to drift uncared-for TO the ruin
which is so near at hand but 'my boy, II
were worth the toll of lifetime and the
lavish wealth Of world to saye him from
temporal and eternal ruin. We would go tn q
world around and save him from peril and
would bless every hand that was stretched
out to give him help or welcome. And yet
every poor, wandering, outcast, home.
fond mother called, MY boy" Every
lost woman, sunken in the depths OF sin, was
somebody's daughter, in the days OF childish
innocence. Today somebody's son Is a hun.
CRY outcast, pressed TO tho very verge OF
crime and sin. Today somebody's daughter
Is weary, helpless wanderer, driven by ne.
cessity In the paths that lead to death. Shall
we shrink from labor. shall we hesitate nj
cost when the work before us Is the salvation
Of a soulg Not IL 1t Is MY boy: :" not II we
have the love OF him who gave his life to
save the lost. st.-Christian.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25
PRACTICAL PRAYING.

The inconsistency of parents praying foi
the conversion of their children aud then
doing the utmost to pervert them to frivolity,
selnshness and contempt for the Bible leads
DR.. I. J.. Cuyler TO say
Many protcssing Christians will pray for
their chidreIfs spiritual healing and then
poison them; they pray that their sons may
be sober and then tempt them with n de-
canter of wine on the table; they pray that
their daughters may be pure and then carry
them on to see shameless and salacious plays
in u theatre. On Sunday morning they
ask for blessing on Gods Word.
When the church service Is over they come
home to a sumptuous dinner to crack jokes
about the sermon, or the singing, or a neigh.
bors dress. and by every possible means &c
drown out any serious impression that faith
ful preaching NAV have produced. As far
as their influence goes, IL is right against the
very results for which they pretended to
pray. Their petitions become solemn mock
cries. II will be terrible thing for such in
consistent parents TO meet their own prayers
at the day of judgment God might ray to
sucn, "Out of thine own mouth will / Judge
thee, thou unfaithful servant"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25
so-cALLEp TEMPERANCE pnrSKs.

The Outlook, OF Rhode Island. gives tho
following instance OF the result OF drinking
some OF the so-called temperance" drinks,
Us warning against the use of root beer:
"A gentleman who had good deal OF night
work To do was in the habit OF taking vnri-
GUS bottles OF temperance drinks with his
lunch. Ills wife noticed that in the morning
no would be cross and pctulant with the
children. but supposed il was caused by tired
ana dover-wrought nerves, until ono night he
said to her Don't give mo any more of
those bottled drinks! Why. she exclaimed,
"A new case has just bccn sent homc What
snail we do with II il you aro not going to
drink any moreF Throw il all away he
replied, and don't let the children have any.
lor hnd that they have u bad effect on me
They rouse thirst for something stronger.
and have formed Il habit of following them
up with lager beer. This makes mo ncryou,
and cross, and expect will be crosser than
ever IN the morning. but my eyes are open
ana L Will not take that that inurcs my
nerves and Wcakens my system. ="
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25
A FATAL INHERITANCE.

A sad story Illustrating the law OF hcrcdl
ty is told by DIR. +. Horton, OF Isle Of Wight
England. He says that bright little CIR
joined Juvenile temperance society. and
was very earnest in getting her young friend:
to join. But her crowning achievement on
which she had set her heart was getting hei
father TO sign the pledge. He was con.
fined tippler, but he loved his child, and &c
please her he signed. The man went away
and broke the pledge, but the little maid
would not be discouraged, and In few
weeks she induced him TO sign again, and this
time he kept II. When this child
grew to be girl OF seventeen
she was one day invited to tea
by some OF her friends, who thought her a
fanatic on the subject OF intcmperance, and
had concocted plot TO have Joke ON her.
When the first cup Of tea was passed around
and she had tasted II, she burst into laughter
which was almost maniacal. Theyasked her
how she liked II. She said Very much. -
"Do you know what was In it?" they said
"No.' she answer, but Whatever II was
will have some more. They had put rum In
the tea. and the girl took some more, and
that night she was carried home drunk. and
from thnt night she never could be kept from
the drink. She wandered away TO Ports.
mouth and there she ult .mately died an out.
cast on the street. The Little maid mad saved
her father, but the virus OF the fathers sit
was In the childs blood. anc she perished
through that taint.-Christian Herald.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25
rnnEE LITTLE pRrNEAnns.

Three ragged little Italian boys. whose
ages ranged from nine TO twelve years. stag.
gered into City Hall Park so much under tho
influence OF liquor that thcy were hardly
able to stand.
They halted near the fountain, wherc a
large crowd gathered To watch their drunkan
antics, which continued until Park Police-
mon Rycrson and Shcehan came along.
one OF the young inebrates was hustled
away by some other boys, but the others were
captured. One OF the prisoners threatened
with his tiny fists the policeman who held
him, while the other, the youngest OF tho
trio and small for his years. begged his cap
tor Tor drink of whisky. This lai was
barefooted.
The children must have swallowed tho
stun only short time before, for they had
not been in custody many minutes when
they collapsed into utter holplessness, and
the smaller had to be carried TO the OAK
street police station. Neither OF them wa,
able to give his pedigree or make any state
ment.
The policemen finally took them up town
to the rooms OF the Society for tho Preven-
tion OF Crueltyto Chidr N on "A Third avenue
IL" train, which was crowded with return
Ing excursionists. New York Herald.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25
THE ANGUISH OF LOST uorr.

distinguished writer has said. "Who
can lind words To express the hrartrondng
pain which il suffered by those who have 10
give up all moral hope OF another" Such Il
loss of hope Is indeed u very keen one 10
bear. II is utterly impossible for a Christian
parent To express the anguish OF his heart ~
he sees loved son die without hope IN God.
For him the father had long prayed, and for
many years had ardcntiy hoped that his
prayers would he answered but nHs. the
son died unrepcntunt, aud the fathers heart
groancd out It's terrible anguish. almost won.
dering II God does indeed hear prayer Tn
gody sons aud daughters haycno conception
OF the profound anxiety Of their PRAYING par.
ents IN their behalf; and high Joy lcigns
when the children are converted.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25
Cotton Neal Tor Cattle.

4 valuable bulletin on cattle feeding
just issued by the State Experiment
Station, Mt Baton Rouge, La, says
that the refuse OF the ordinary crops,
ms corn stalks, oat and rice straw, cot
ton seed hulls, etc, in combination
with such concentrated food rs cotton
seed meal, molasses, etc, makes u
most valuable fnttening food for
cattle. 1t says: "With beef Mt the
present prices, aud the large number
of available cattle all through tho
South, which can be purchased at
reasonable prices for iattcning, it
would seem advisable to recommend
our planters and farmers to go into
the business, wherever cotton seed
meal, hulls and molasscs can be do.
livered ut reasonable rates for trans
portation. \ small planter would
almost certainly realize therefrom
greater profits than from his summer
crops. New Orleans Picayune.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25
Many Species OF WoodprcSerS.

There are altogether nearly 90
species of woolpocker, and the struc-
lures of all are specially adapted for
climbing. The keel OF the breast bono
is very shallow, so rs to clear the tree
trunk in ascending g-birds which re-
quire to make long flights have no
need for deep pectoral muscles. For.
when the woodpecker has arrived at
the top of the tree, he either begins
operations Mt the base, or moves of in
series OF undulations to another
tree but, when Mt work, he always
ascends, being unable TO climb down.
ward. The young OF this family oi
birds have this peculiarity-that they
are hatched as naked rs reptiles, and
are quite destitute of the down which
protects the skins of nearly all young
birds.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25
TEMPERANCE.
WHAT HATH COOP rEmrrsaY poSrp

WHAT HATH GOOD TEMrLiRY DoNr2
DO ye talk OF the failure OF Temperance.
And nsk what has Tcmplary donep
Then I'll tell you story OF glndness.
or Joy DER the laurcls she's won.
30 lair is the angel Of Temperance.
SO gracious and kind is her mien.
Ihat wherever her banner has ilonteI
There may her triumphs be seen.
With heavenly message she camo
10 where r,otous ruin held sway
And waving her white hand TO heaven.
She swept all the dark snarcs away.
Ana the desert grow fragrant with beauty,
Dark places shOne bright in Homes sun,
Dishonor gave place unto duty
All this has Good Tcmplary done.
She roamed thro' the city's dark alleys.
Where greed bartered virtue for gold,
And brought from thence sad little children.
so young. yet so haggar,i and old;
ana she clad the poor feet that wer,, bare.
Gave bread whore before there wns none.
Taught lips that used cursing a PRAYER
All this has Good Tcmplary done.
Talk not Of the failure Of Templayv.
:. Nor ask where the trumphs have been.
For wherever her banner has f,opeJ
Ob there may her trophies bc scpu
And 1 know In beautiful future.
From dawn To the setting of sun,
land she has blessed aud redeemed
snail tell what Good Templary hath done.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25
IDEA OF DEATH

A friend who has passed through deep ex-
perience OF bereavement during these sum
mer DAYS writes in Il personal letter: II often
feel the hardnes, of the complete Indifference
Of nature in death and loss and grief. | have
come now to the conclusion that II merely
shows that death is II part of the order OF ma
ture TO such degree that It disturbs nothing
and the sky and the weather go on serenely
because really nothing has happened out of
course. I've come to take death as naturally
rs sunrise but we have got TO rise TO the
plane OF seers to feel no loss. think This
may be only another way ofeXpressing Paul 5
idea that TO Christian faith death has lost its
sting and the grave its victory, but such ut
terances from one living closer To us in point
OF time and actually undergoing the pain of
separation from loved ones inspire Us with
flesh courage and hope.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.
A blow at the saloon always hits the devil
square in the face.
Every man who drinks little drinks .
great deal too much.
1t costs the young man a pearl OF great
price for his first drink.
Tho Philadelphia bartender who recon-
mendod spring water Us summer d-ink was
right.
II is said that In India they call liquor sold
water"
or the 3i7 stu lcnts in tho British Congrc-
gational theological schools, 3oi are total abb
stainers.
During tho past twenty years the con-
sumption OF alcoholic liquor has fallen of
one-half in England, and has doubled in
France.
The graduating class OF the Indiana Law
School had a flow OF wit and good humor at
its recent banquet, but not OF wine, which
the class voted to exclude from the menu.
Hon. Carroll ID. Wright, the well-lnown
that "for every dollar the people receive
from the saloon they pay out twenty-one.
The annual parliamentary return OF Eng
land relating to brewing shows that over 800
breweries were closed last year, and that tho
number Of them has fallen from 10000 to
little over 1000 in twelve mouths.
The Freshmen class In the Boston Tech
biological School did away with all kinds OF
Intoxicating liquors at their class banquet.
II was carried only by hard fight. This Is
the first class In this institution TO banisli
liquors from its banquet. 1t il to be hoped
that others will follow the good example.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25
Mystery OF the Diamonds Origin.

Where the ciamond comes from no.
body knows. You can no more pre-
dict the existence of diamonds than you
can the existence of genius. although,
to be sure, ali diamond fields to Ger.
tain extent, resemble each other, aud
all are found only in warm climates.
Nor can you tell where the diamond
goes to on combustion. Burn it, and
1t leaves no ash, the flame is exterior
like that of cork, aud when it has
blazed itself out, there remains not
even SO much as would dust the antcn.
n@ of butterfly. New YORK Dis
patch.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25
CnriOnS SllntaliOnS.

The black kings Of the African coast
press your middle finger three times
as sign of salutation, tho Japanese
takes of his slipper, while the lap
lander pushes his nose vigorously
against you, In HIN lostau they sa-
Lutte man by taking him by the
beard, while the people OF the Philip.
pine Islands take your hand m rub
their faces with it. The King OF Ter.
nate rises to receive his subjects, and
they sit down to salute him.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25
A pnorEsr EnnNr Arn1cA

Ademuyiwa Is prince OF Jchu Reno, in
west Africa, and he has been writing 10 the
London Truth, asking it to lift up its voice
against the importation of "the white mnn's
hrewater" Into thai part Of the country. He
says that the stun imported there IL killing
the people by the wholesale. lie mentions
one liquor which has been largely sold at
Lagos as a ''sort Of rum, which is sixty-two
per cent. over proof, and is especially deadly
In It's e1eets The Truth remarks that tho
Prince does not seem TO know thai this Is one
OF the 'irocognized methods OF extending
British trade and of achieving the gram. 90,
lect OF cieilizing and ChrlstlanizLa tho
more primitive peoples o: the World,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25

The following true story Is related by one
OF the participants In tho remarkable incl
dent.
Not long since in certain New England
city Tour commercial travellers met for the
INST time Mt the table. With tho geninl bon.
homie peculiar to the craft they were soon
engaged in conversation. In a few moments
one of them said;
"Gentlemen, suppose we begin. being all
strangers, with the gentleman opposite me.
to Introduce ourselves and our firms busi.
ness"
rms was unanimously agreed 10.
said No. l. 81 am -, and represent the
house OF y. Y. H., selling glass bottles"
Said No. 2: well, gentlemen. perhaps Il
Is no chance that l come next, for repre-:
sent Il. ID. Q. am -, and sell the stun
that goes into the bottles. sell wines and
liquors"
There was n moments silence as No. Q
said; That, gentlemen, does seem little
strange, but perhaps there il a fatality about
this. am 49,, OF the firm of W. U. S., deal.
ers in undcrtakers' goods"
No. now remained silent and suggested
that II would be we'll not to pursue the sub.
ioct further. and that IL had been well never
TO have started It,.
After much urging 10 complete tho chain
he said "Gentlemcn, II IL indeed n fatality
am go, Old. u. f.. and am taking orders
Tor gravestoncs." Was there ever "a temper.
anco lecture compressed into 30 few lines
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25

Men do not become drankarUs in n dav.
Gen -alyit Is slow process. Most young
men owe their dOwniail to being considered
genial in company. \ tip-top fellow, as il
were, one who is not willing b. b, though: "A
milEsop. H. seldom begins through moro
animal love OF drink, II Is generally so,iq-
btlity. generosity, comprehensive, q fulso
idea of what friendship, dcrency or prpprl-
ety requires that leads him aStray. Il 4,
this detestable habit OF Treating" the pre-.
NailnS idea that 1t Is the proper thing. II
You want 10 do an excellent thing for YOUR
sell and your friends, ii you feel you cannot
come up to the standard OF total abstinence,
shut down on treating. Neither accept nor
offer n treat. This will be Il great stGp for
wards for you in embracing total abstinence.
which Is the best and surest thing to do, il
You are In earnest, 10 suppress the rayagcs
olintemperGnce -Pittsburg Catholic.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25
Curious Origin OF the word "Dago.v

The slang term OF "Dago," now ap.
piled to persons of Italian birth OF
origin, was first used in Louisiana and
applied to Spaniards. San Diego was
the patron saint of Spain, aud the fre.
quency with which Spanlards called
upon his name causel them to bo
termed "Diegoes," the EXPIRE 'sion be-
ing afterward broadened to include
Portuguese and Italians, and finally
being limited to the latter nationality.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25
NEGLECTED GIFTS

Paul's exhortation to Timothy was; Neg
lect not the gift that is in thee" Neglected
gifts mean unused opportunities. Gods gifts
to us simply demands upon personal en-
deavoIs TO rightly employ them. They are
Gods capital invested IN us. to be used by
us, that the earnings may accrue to God as
dividends. II, therefore, We neglect the gifts
with which God entrusts us. wo not only rOb
Him OF His rlghtful dues, but we abuse His
kindness In presenting the gifts. We also
deprive ourselves of the high rewards which
would freely come to US through tho diligent
use OF the gifts
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25
Freaks of lightning.

Freaks of lightning are past ex.
planation. Last week bolt struck an
Indiana school house AMI burned the
teachers hair. In Louisiana the same
day the lightning struck pig, killed
and skinned it, "All the butcher had
to do was to cut the animal up for
SALE" says the newspaper account OF
it. There was probably enough lie in
these stories to take tho hair oil as
they stand. Detroit Free Press.
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pnrNKEN rArnEn nrnNs nIs cn1In rn n

horrible tragedy Is reported 10 have been
pcrpctrated at little coliicry village known
rs Botany Bay, ne1 Washington, County
Durham. miner named Hill Storey went
homo mad drunk and drove his wife out OF
doors. He then smashed all the windows
and door frames, killed his pigeons, and
finally, 1t is alleged, struck his little girl
aged. three years, on the back Of the head
wlllrl heavy hammer, splitting her skull.
He then, ii Is further stated. placed her on
the fire, and put up the "blazer" to make
the fire burn Hereby, the child being burnt
to death. The man has been arrested
Scottish Reformer.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25

.ae words OF Jesus TO the Pharisees are
use'y significant "Cleanse first the in
XXI the cup and OF the platter, that the
sue thereof may be clean also" This IL
II E'etsai OF the human order. Men clean OF
{u,slae and put 1t in respectable shape,
n,us 'he inside unclean, corrupt and cor
Jesus would begin on the inside of
no,, thoroughly cleanse his heart, aud then
l, become clean also" Inside purity
Ss itself in an outwardly pure life. Out
purity cannot be maintained without
us "Siue 'ltn cleansing. The heart right, the
7will DO right.