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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-07
Saved by His wit,

II man Is going to play the bully he
ought to have good muscles or clever
wit. A little adventure into which one
such braggart stumbled Is thus narrNt-
Cd by an exchange. Hc was q small.
ish man with a large voice.
He had a companion who. he It said.
to his credit. seemed ashamed of thu
company he was In. stood In a hotel
rotunda ono Saturday night. Tho little
fellow was talking about ireland. and
no said many hard things concerning
tho country and the people.
4 big man stood by listening to the
little fellows vapor!ngs. lie merely
smiled until the little fellow said In 4
very loud tone:
"Show me an lrishman and I'll show
you coward"
Then the big fellow slipped up. and
touched the little fellow on the shoul.
der, saying In a heavy bass voice:
whats that you sald?"
~ said show me an IrlShmnM and
I'll show you coward said tho little
fellow. whose knees were shaking un-
der him.
"Wcli. I'm an lrishman," said the big
fellow.
"YOu arc an Irlshman? Well" and n
smile OF Joy fitted over the little fel.
lows countcnance rs he saw hole
through which he could crawl, I'm a
coward"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-07
the windows and commenced work
AMIN. huf lin did not 20.

the windows and commenced WORK
again, but Jim did not go.
Nancy" he said. II was fool the
other dsy. I'm going to sell my farm
and come back here. cant live with
out you. Nancy, will you marry mcT'
"And AbbyY she questioned.
"Abby shall live with us. You shan't
be separated"
"I,ut It's so 'humdrum' hero. Jim. and
you'll be homcsick after the West
again." protested Miss Nancy.
"Praps so, littie." he admitted. "But
I must have you, Nancy. Will you for.
git what said the other day an marry
me-"
"You know I will. JIM" she said In
a whisper, aud lie kissed her fondly.
And in the bedroom Miss Abby lay
asleep. a sweet peace upon her wrn.
kled face. "Shc had gone beyond tho
shadows into the rcality."--Wavcrly
Magazine.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-07
ONCE ON A TIME.

Ouce on a time wifc's heart bled;
The world was gay, the world was
Nut one who should cherish had spurned
instead.
And the days were long and for love she
pined.
Once on a time another came.
HE voice so low. his words 90 rich,
The bleeding heart of the wife In name
Felt the potent spell Of the Cupid
witch.
Once on time women thought
To repair an error by one rs deep;
little she rocked of the ruin wrought
From seeds sOwn only tears to reap.
Once on time month and day
Were spent In laughter and loves sweet
spell.
And then came the end, he went away,
Caring nothing IL she Jared iii or well.
Once on a time the wife then thought
OF the vanished name. the fair repute,
OF the spell Of happiness dearly bought,
The words Of respect that for her were
mute.
Once on time there came m hour
When she realized her great mistake;
The sound Of music, tho scent Of Q
flower.
DID naught but the voices Of memory
wake.
Once on time when the city slept
A frail, fair form to the rivers brink,
Covering and heart weary, closely crcpt
To hide her shame, no more to think.
Once on a time all this was true,
Fiction no place has on folly's page;
An Illicit love was but torn to rue,
And surely death 10 sins own wage.
-Philndelphia Times.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-07
A Chinese Dinner Party.

When o Chinese minister ut Wash.
ington gives a formal dinner to any Of
his countrymen Of sufficient rank to be
thus honored, or to Japanese visitors.
he never fails to go through q curious
form Of etiquette.
Before taking his seat at the head Of
tho board he approaches the guests,
who stand In a line round the table.
and without uttcring a syllable pushes
each tenderly and playfully and points
significantly to the un0ccupled post at
the head Of the table.
II IL etiquette for tho guests to Oh.
serve rigid dcmcanor. neither speak.
ing nor moving, and demonstrating by
their inncxlble attitudes their unwor.
thiness to occupy tho place Of honor.
This over. the minister sinks into his
chair. and no doubt would have been
greatly surprised Ind anybody taken II.
No one speaks until the minister drops
a remark. which Is hnnlly taken up AMI
commented upon. Then the chief
speaks again. and more observations
follow. So It may be said that the chair.
man, in q measure. supplies subjects
for conversation.
Another curious custom mt these for.
NAL dinners II that after the fish Ia
eaten the guests all rise simultaneously
and dust their chairs with their nap.
kins.
Tho bill Of faro II pretty nearly the
same rs would be served ut any other
foreign legation, with one or two spc-
clal Chinese dclicacles only.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-07

cd things strangely.
The next day. late In tho afternoon,
II stopped showing. but no one went by.
and darkness came on again. Another
long night. Miss Nancy left q lamp
burning In the kitchen and then went
to bed.
Worry early In the morning she was
suddenly awakened by shout and the
sound Of someone kicking on the side
Of the house. She hastily dressed and
then entered the sitting-room.
"Hiw someone called.
"Who II III" she asked.
"It's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to the foot
of the hill. yer know. Wife was sick
and had to 80 fer the doctor. Be ye
showed in?"
"Yes. VIII you get someone to dig US
out some time to-day?"
IAN right. I'll git Sam. II he'll come.
DO back In an hour or two"
Miss Nancy sat down and waited.
Tho wood was almost gone and she
was glad Mr.. Atwood had discovered
their predlcament.
The clock has just struck when she
heard a shovel strike the house.
"We're here, Nancy--be out In a
shake" said Mr.. Atwood.
"All right" she answered, and went
into the bedroom to tell Abby.
But her sister was sleeping quietly,
so she tiptoed back again.
After an hours hard shovellnS the
door opened, and In the gray light of
the morning she saw Jim WilmOt
standing before her. Mr.. Atwood. after
assuring himself that everything was
safe, went around to the drifts before
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-07

Highest Observatory In tho World.
The highest permanent Astronomical
observatory In the wOrld-on the SUM
nit Of Mont Blanc--was fully equip.
ped with instruments short time ago.
There mas been temporary station
there for come years, but the instru.
mcnts have been small and Of little
power compared with those now In
place.
The establishment Of this observa.
tory was a task which Mt the outset
seemed impossible. and the obstacles
which NJ. Jansen. who headed the quar-
tet Of French astronomers, had to over.
come were unparalleled. Mont Blanc
II nearly sixteen thousand feet high.
and it, ascent. even under the most
favorable conditions during the sum.
mcr months, 10 difficult as we'll % dan.
gerous.
The transportation Of many heavy
and delicate scientific instruments to
the top Of this loftiest mountain Of tho
Alps was, therefore. a labor 30 great
AZ to seem beyond the range Of posi-.
biiity. yet It was accomplished without
the loss Of q single life. The telescope
and the other instruments had to be
taken to pieces before being carried
up tho prcclpitous mountain sides; even
then some Of the packages weighed q
hundred pounds, and most Of them
about fifty. Ono Of the guides who as.
sisted In the work holds the record Of
having made the ascent more than
five hundred times since the beginning
Of his professional career. and It was
he who found recently the bodies Of
the Austrian professor and his two
guides who lost their lives not long ago.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-07
Didn't Gram the Ide.,

Mother-RObert, gave you half an
orange. didn't !?
RObert-Yessum.
Mother-Then why did you steal the
half gave your little sister?
Robert-Coz you tod mo to always
take her part, boo, hoo.-Exchange.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-07
A Budding Puuster.

Three-year-Old on Staten Island boat
What at big stone house. mamma!
That's q fort, dear"
"What '0se black fngs on top?"
"Cannon."
mamma, what IL they cannin' In at
hOuse:"-New York Herald.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-07
ENJOYABLE Tandem.

"Do you enjoy your tandem, Mrs.
Desmond?"
Eyes, indeed; Jack and I can quar-.
rel on 1t as well as II we were sitting
Mt homo on the piazza. louisville
Courier-J Journal.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-07
Her Dearest Friend.

Her bcnrcst trIenus
Cholly-aow old do you suppose Miss
Kurdish L.?
Gertrude-Y0u might ask mamma.
Perhaps she'll NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Leader.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-06
THE LABOR WORLD.

Business is brisk among the buIldins
trades.
Washington u. CO. is to have union
label league.
Timers and iccmcn formed unions at
Cleveland, Ohio.
The United Garment Workers report that
trnde Is rpviving.
Philadelphia's throo unions OF cigarmak.
ers will amalgamatc
indianapolis 1nd) clerks are trying 10
Gloss stores on Sunday.
Nashville (renn.) unton BARRIERS are pros.
ecuting SUNDAY barbcrs
The American Flint Glass Workers Ma
tional Union has membership OF 1900.
The Amalgamated Association OF Carpen-
ters has membership exceeding $4,000.
Tho iron moulders' unions Of the United
states have gross membership OF 40 900
Journeymen Bakers and Confectioners'
International Union has $500 to its credit.
Metal polishers, buffers, platers and brass
work ~ consolidated AMI have one organi-
latioii
There arc $4,000 men employed in the
browning industry, who receive each year In
wages s29. 900 900.
The United Garment Workers have organ
lied nearly nll the large overall manufa,-
turers In tho United States.
The New York Letter Carriers Association
hns promised TO sce that none but union
shops will hereafter get contracts for car
rierS' uniforms.
The British steamship Strnthdon, which
has just arrived at Philadelphia, IL entirely
manned by Japanese They have shown
themselves To be excellent sailors.
Miss Mary Abraham the new English su-
perintcndent OF Factory Inspectors, Is a
beautiful woman ~ the Semitic type. She
began her career "a Lady Dukes private Sec
retary.
A A"Tenants' League" Ia 10 bc formed at
Washington, ID. c., for the specific object OF
withholding patronage from all dealers
agents and landlords who persist in employ
ing underpaid labor.
ri AsullSJf 1Iconventlon oi worKingmcn :,
August % was issued by the Central Commit
tee Of the Socialist Labor party. The object
Is to reques. the authorities to allow the use
OF public buildings for meetings OF labor OF
ganizations
More than 1000 men, employees Of tho Ma
tional Rolling Mill Mt McKecsport. Penn,
have been granted the Amalgamatcd scale
and all the mills OF the company, II IL eX-
pccted, will soon be at work on double turn.
The scale price is based on nm increase for
pudding from 81 to $3.50. Tho Increase to
puddlers raises the wages for helpers accord
ingly.
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SELECT RELIGIOUS READING.
CHRISTIAN coSrrSrnrSr.

Christian contentment Is the cheerful
acquiescence OF the soul to the will OF God
In all conditions and under all weathers. II
Is the habit OF the mind, just as faith Is tho
habit OF healthy Christian and benevo-
lence IL the habit OF phianthropist. Like
faith, 1t grows by practice, and like faith II
is learned from Gods word and IL matured
by experience. The great, brave Apostle
learned Il where he learned Christ, and he
learned II from Christ, and In pretty se-
we're and costly school. Like every pre-
cious thing, We must pay the price for II I:
and like most precious things, II Is quite
too rare and the thoroughly contented
people are In the minority. IL IL not every
young minister who IA satisfied to preach
Jesus 10 hundred new settlers In frontier
log. church, or to a few hundreds OF poor
children In the mission school Of the slums
yet, unless he IL willing to be right the "
and to do just that thing, his Master WI
sooner put him down lower than say
Come up higher" We may overrate this
grace, but Ii seems to us that genuine con-
tentment, that is ready to let God have His
own way. to let God put us where He
chooses. even though the furnace be hot, Is
more scarce than it ought to be- Tie or she
has attained to IL who has learned to say,
under disappointments the most bitter and
under trials which give the last turn to the
screw and make the blood start, Thy will.
y God, be done" This style OF contentment
4
visible In all the little unnumbered events OF
everyday life. II Is patient not only under
death strokes. but under petty vexations
and wounding words and neglects il does
not worry over hard seats or boring visitors
or stupid servants or u crying child. II man
ages to be happy In small house when II can
not afford thrce-story mansion. SO rich IL II
In Gods promises and the sweet smiles OF the
Master and good title to heaven. that II
does not mind wearing a coarse coat and
trudging on foot toward the better country.
IL wears the herb called "heart's ease" In
its bosom 1t finds cool spring to drink
OF In the lowliest wales OF life. and catches
grand outlooks from the summit OF every
steep hill 1t climbs. As 1t treads along its
patient path 1t chants John Bunyan's quaint
simple song;..
81 am content with what have,
BE II little or much;
And, Lord, contentment still crave,
Because Thou bessest such
Fullness to me a burthsu Is
As go on pilgrimage.
Here little, and hereafter bliss
Is best from age to age"
Theodore l.. Cuyler, d. ID.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-06
A PRAYER.

Ever-loving God, To thy bosom thy tired
children come for rest. Some OF us sOrey
need thee; we have been disappointed many
times today, disappointed in things that we
thought would yield US profit and satisfaction
disappointed because the cisterns that we
have hewn'out for ourselves have not given
the water needed to quench our thirst
Nothing beneath these skies caa sat
isfy the hearts which thou hast made
for thyself. . fountain of living water.
OF thee let us drink. o bread OF life,
OF thee let us eat. . light OF life, shine
upon our hears that pine for the summer oi
thy love. All thy blessed saints who gather
round thee in the world where night never
comes find in thee their true cOnsummatOn
and bliss. BE TO us something of what thou
art to them and let us find foretaste Of our
inheritance. Oh Lamb who art In tho
midst OF the throne, but who treadest the
rough path Of this world with each tremb-
ling heart. be our Shepherd and bring Us to
the marriage supper when the mystery Of
time and sin is finished Amen.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-06

Every moderate drinker is lcadingaa army
OF boys toward the pit.
Appetite for drink is the devils iron chain
on the drunkard's neck
The easiest timo to let drink alone, Is be-
fore the first drink Is taken.
When a man gets up early in tho morning
to drink, he Is apt 10 spend the day in doing
nothing else.
In 1898 one in seventeen deaths which oc-
Cured In Switzerland We're ascribcd to drink
ing habits Qncluling women and children).
In Glasgow, scotland, nlty-nins out OF
5ixty-two criminals tried at one session OF n
court testified that drinking hal Iol to their
crimes.
The Board OF Excise OF Ithaca, tho seat OF
Cornell University, has refused all applicl-
tions for renewal OF licenses TO sell liquor In
that town.
According to the Scranton penn Index,
the sentiment In favor OF organizing women's
total abstinence societies Is growing steudily
every day
Society Il to-day opposed to tho existence
OF intemperance. Tho excessive drlnker has
no place 1t. Tho business world demands
q sober man.
The State Board of Health Of Arkansas has
been given authority to revoke the license OF
any physician who Is guilty OF habitual
drunkenness.
Five abreast, five hundred AMI seventy
miles in length IL the description OF the army
OF men and women who 70 daily to the sa-
looms for drink.
When the Queen of Madagascar shut up
the saloons In her kingdom, and their owners
asked for compensation, she replied, "Uom.
pensate those you have wronged, and will
pay the balance"
In 4 recent interview Miss Francis T.. VIII.
ard said ~ believe that the X-rays are going
to do much for the temperance cause. by
their means drinkers aud cigarette smokers
can be shown the steady deterioration In
their systems which follows the practices.
Seeing is believing"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-06
A SHARP REJoIsDER,

Some years ago Rev. E. Klumph, now ot
Elm, Wayne County, Mich, wnile seated In
village store, accosted a saloon keeper
with the remark
Como over TO the church tonight aud
hear me lecture on temperance"
The reply was; ~ won't you said whisky
sellers were robbers"
~ didn't" replied Mr.. Klumph.
"What did you say?"
II said you were worse than robber.
said you took my innocent boy, and sent
me home n maudlin fool. said you took
an Intelligent man, and seut u lunatic 10 the
asylum. said you took a respected citizen,
and sent criminal to prison. l said you
took father and sent flend to throw his
family into the street. said you took u
loving husband, and sent "a demon TO kick
his wife. said you took the immortal soul
and sent Il 10 nell. l said you were worse
than robber."
Sharp and yet terribly true.-Natlonal
Temperance Advocate.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-06
LIVES or OTHERS.

Think of the hrokcnne,s, the incomplcta-
ness, the llttl"ness OF these lives Of ours.
We get glimpsrs Of beauty In character
which VIZ are not abb" 10 attain. We hIyo
longings which seem 10 ~ too great ever 10
como true. We dream Of things ws want
10 do, but when we come TO work them out
our clumsy hands cannot put them into
realization. We have glimmcrngs Of u
love that IL very rich and tender without
trace OF sclilshn"ss. without envy or jeal-
ousy, without resentment. We strive tn bs
sweet-spirited, unsrlilsh, Thoughtful but
we must wet our pillow with tears at tho
close of our marrrd days because We cannot
be what We strive tD be. So 1t il in all our
living. I.ife Is ever something too large
for US. Yet this incomplrtrncss. this unsGt.
isiactoriness, this poor attainment, finds its
realization In the risen Christ. Ills l. the
perfect life, and in him we shall find fullness
Of litJ. ). R.MilIer.
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"HARMLEss CIDER"

A few mouths ago two boys rode TO cd !, a 4
try store. One OF them bought anu drank
four glasses OF "harmiess cider" They then
went TO a country caurch. disturbed the con-
gregation, who were holding social aud,
starting home, overlook others.
The boy, only nineteen years old, who
had drank tho cider began a quarrel with
another young man, and before the others
realized what was taking place, had killed
him; and he was the son OF widow Tho
boy. only nineteen years old, WAS sentenced
to the penitentiary for twenty years. So two
homes are made dcsolatc by four glasses OF
cider
Not until the anguish OF that widowed
mothers heart, rs she sat listening for the
bounding step Of her boy and heard instead
tho tread OF those who boro her the lifeless
form OF her boy can be- estimated can We
know tho cost OF four glasses OF cider
Illinois Watch Tower.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-06
LIVE TEMPERANCE TOPICS.
TO A Juo OF au,r.

This address 90 n Jug OF Rum" vos -
published In 1915 tits as applI.oble now n
when 1t first appeared;
Here. only by cork contrord.
And slender walls OF eartheu moulJ.
In all the pomp OF death, repose
The seeds OF many bloody nose;
Ihe chattering tongue, the horrid oath.
The lst for lighting nothing loath;
The passion which no word can tame.
That bursts like sulphur into flame;
The nose carbuucled. glowing rcd;
The bloated eye, the broken head;
Tho tree that bears .he deadly fruit
or murder. manning anil dispute.
ASSAULTS that Innocence assails;
The images OF gloomy jails;
Ihe giddy thought on mischief bcnt,
The midnight hour In riot spent;
All these within this jug appear.
And Jack, the hangman, In the rear"
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4 srnANon tnMrEnANcr wAn.

Probably one ol the most remarkable tom.
porance crusados ever recorded was that
which took place in village OF Madagascar
called Loharano CIhe Wrln, lying half way
betweon Antnnanarivo, the capital. and Am.
bositra. There IL u resident missionary NJ
Loharano. The people Of Loharano some
time since made an agreement among ther.
selVos that no rum or strong drink should be-
introduced into their market, and for some
time none was introduced. AT length. how.
ever, some rumsellcrs. taking counsel to-
gether, resolved 10 force an opening for
their trade. Accordingly, they combined TO
the number OF seventy, concealed their short
knives under their lambas, and one day took
up position In the market place with their
rum before them. Their idea was that tho
people would make an attempt to drive them
ont, and then, 1.-THE worse for tho people.
But their expectations were not realized. By
some means tho folk Of Loharano got To-
know OF the hidden weapons They went 10
the missionary Tor advice, and then nut their
honds together and concOctcd "a plan. All
that day the purvcyors Of the forbidden
liquor stood In the glare OF the sun In the
market place. waiting for thu thirsty Gus.
toners to come and buy. But all dny long
the Lohnrnno men left them severely alone,
and passed nud ropnssed before the eyes of
tho rumsellers with aggravatlng stoldity.
When evening came on, the disgu-tcd
merchants loaded their donkcys again and
"N"' Vi w 'hOhnp lot tUt hlSHl. But lnHN
were not to be- dauntcl hy mere lack OF en-
couragemcnt, and the next morning found
them again, all seventy, duly postal on the
market place. Presently the townsfolk be.
gan TO appear, and their numbers increased
TIL the whole male population was crowded
around the rumsellers. who beheld with
trepidation the glcam OF the sunshine on
naked knives and gun barrels. Then man
stepped out from the crowd and made en-
phatic representations, advising the intrud-
ers TO go away. The rumsscrs, seeing
themselves outnumberel, had no alternative
but TO take up their demiiohns and depart.
Christian Herald.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-06
ONE MANS REASONS.

An eminent Englishman said on one occa.
sion; About ten years ago or more | first
became n total abstainer because was eas
lily convinced that the use OF alcohol was not n
necessity. and great deal turns upon that.
saw, for instance, that whole Matte ms had
not only lived without II, but had flourished
without II. l saw the remarkable fact tba,
there was some 10000 persons In England
who, though many Of them had made them
had been accustomed 10 drink from thcir
childhood, though most OF them had beer
brought to prison, either directly or indi
rectly, through drink, yet tho very day that
they entered the gates OF prison all drink
was entirely taken from them, and yet ther,
was not q single instance on record In whicl
any OF them had sufferel In consequences.
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TUE SAME LIGuT.

The same light which showed you the
heaven that you were made for has always
showed you the rock that you were chained
to as the same word of Jesus which showed
the young nobleman the treasures In heaven
brought back before his mind the treasures
on earth. from which hs could not tear him
self away. This makes the sacreiness and
awfulness OF life when We come 10 know IL.
that we are never 80 near our highest us
when we ara most sensible Of the
danger of our lowest. and the danger of the
lowest Is never 50 real to US as when the
spendor of the highest stands wide open
Phillips Brooks