THE MIDDLEBURGH POST. C1EO. W, WAOENHELLKIl, 1M i tor ami Proprietor MimLRnnioH, Va., Deo. 17, 189G. Fully onc-thirl of the Inml in Great 'Britain i owned by members of the House of Lords There nro ni iro tlmn 2),000 vol umes in tho N.itionul Ij.brarjr of Mex ico, mill ml litiotn aro beiii) tnntlo by every stontner from New York buJ Euro. Tlie (lermnii iiiiii.-m nrn.in tho opin iou of tlia liL-rliu lluichiituzigt'r, onions tlio lest nnl in tlio world, tluir ini-omu ranin; from $J25 to $3)0 per yenr, witli gilt of html aud lifts iuMirnuco added. Tlio work f I'XtiMi'Iin mibhl tntitil aid to tlio mi.l'irin timiium U of Ar nii'ijiu t:"' br.-ivuly on in the United SUtin, while J'.iiropn is Iiiinv cYuilinir. I no ini'stioti of Chrihtinuit y nud Immunity voritis i'oliti(!ul expediency !il tho Iki in mco of ii)vcr. Tlicrc is nothing lil.o bi inj vcrn lib'! l'i i iic-H P.iuhno Do Mutternu'li, who un-d t net Iho fashion.'! in I'urii unJi-r tin) St C'jii"! I lin i i o, lm rn ci'ivnl tho ;i mi l tni'il it mi l did(Vm of honor for f it rutin nt tho Jlti'lu ii.'ht (Hung ir ) Ktlnhitiuu. Ttvoliriidud NtinUet, liko invention, spoih to oiij.',iiiuto Hininltittu'oiisly in Jill" n nt liik!i'H, tiotoi tho New York Sun. Ju-t in cmo ii bi-in; ixhibited alive nn n curiosity iu Now York, I'ro ft'Hsor A. I j. Mot, of tin) Tuluii'! Uni versity Mi clioul .School ut N. vv Orleans is 'xhil'it:ng oin-,ir Hi'rvi il in nlcohol, which ho i;ot nc ntly at Hayoa (ijulu. College t r it i ii i ii is t'oiiiiti indeed lo bo inimlu'red it in on t Liu iieeenMties rather tlmn tho luxurim of li e, do chirrs tin' Sew York Advtrtii-er. Tlio day laborer in Ircqiiciitly (juito nsiuix ioiiM to nnd u bi i ;ht hou to tho uni rcrMty us is tho millionaire. l'.u h ycur renter luiMiber of young tni'il mid women mo iini:rieulat d ; each year n greater number graduated tlinu tlio year before. Jt goen without Miy i u pj that tn ii-li of tho country's intel lectual vigor Hudfiiti-ririe is Mi.ituined ly itH iuHtitutions of learning. An Englishman, now iu Washing ton, Burn: "Tho poor rnnn iu thin oouutry neoius to bo morn 'lf-r2oct-ing thau tho chronic tmiiiier that bus Hindu tho Uiiuio of W'hi teqhuptil Unto riouR nil over tho world. Tho lnttor in iu Mich abject jioverty that bo bus loht all bopo of over bettering bis con dition. How the ruiserublo wretches livo is n myntery. And when it couioh to tho women this Nation has un iiu iiu'Iiho ii'ivaijtn Your wotuoii do out In ipient public drinking-houses. It is tho greiitoit ilisgrnei) of Loudon that tho women of tho poorer class nro ns good customers of thu liquor hhopH us tho men, it 'id worse lit ill, tho poison is h inde' I Hi' in iiciobs tho bar by 0110 id their own hex. Jn Kiht Loiido.'i rlii.diici of lender yearn lie coinpa'iy their mothers into eiu'h phiee. " Mr. J. 1. O Cotiiiell, id tho liureitu of St itii.tics in tlio Tieiisury J'cpnit rnent at Washington, junits in thu New Y'urli Hun uu open letter to l'ie bidetit E.iot, of ll.irvard, whom bo takes to In-k very courteously for neglecting to givo due iittuntion, in it recent mugazino article ou "1'ivo Amerieun Coutrilutioiis to Civiliza tion," to wh it tho IriHh. luivo contri buted to tho United States. Mr. O'CouU"!! Bttacks Dr. EIioI'h uiiuuip tion that tho "Euglisli race" predomi nated in thin country in thooighteentb oentury, and gives iuterentiug reasons for bin belief that Micro wero luoro people who derived from Ireland than from England mining tho eighteenth century Americans. Ho makes it clear, explains Harper's Weekly, where it good part of tho hitch is, however, when bo claims nil tho Seitch-Itmh emigrants to America hs lush. Irish they certainly were, to be Hiiro, if they wero born and lived in Ireland, but to dencrilie u Scotch-Irishinnu us uu Irish man is to dihcrihn him very inuuM riently, "Iiihhuinu"oouvoyi! ouo iileu; "KeotcU-Iribhiuuii" another; und as long an there is bo very nubiitHiiliitl a disparity between Iho ideaa conveyed it ia a waste of ink to urguo that oua word would aervo for both, Nevertho lens, Mr. O'Couneli'a exjiohition of the altlt) of Ireland's eui Iv contributions to tho Americsu republic is interest ing aud ia a jiirt of our Lintory that ia not guuurady npireciuted. Flo (telling a liaii'-lnviiilth ndventuro) Aud In the bright innonllght wt could iioo tho d.Tfk n.uz.h'.s of tho tvolvea. t5ho (brentlilensl.vi (Hi, how Rind you must have been thnt they had tho luuz sic ou. liar"-'"'- linear. .A. Second Flight. BY r.OR ANDKltSOX Noitmq. Iin Mills family were nt Biippvr. It was a warm summer evening, and tho eraokmg lamp in tho center of tho table swarmed with tuiuute injects atlractcd by ita light and beat. Tho light, fubilufd by thoblackuucd chim ney and the iiiRccts, fell npou a com mon red tablecloth, greasy in apoto, not too clean nnywherc, upon which was uprca 1 tho food commonly con niiiied by tho family. It nlxo fell upon tho face of tho dif ferent members of tho Mills family, grouped unsystoinatieally n'oont tho red titblecloth; upon tho lienvy faco of tho father, bending over bis plate Millculy, nil I on tho bland face ot tho mother who, hopeless of luippino-s in her earthly life, hud turned to heaven ly tiiin,H, looking forward to a man aion in tho okies, ainco her earthly habitation had been tho bumbleit of cottages. At her right hand ant bcr fnvorito eon, James. lSeaido this young man Bnt bis ai-trr, n girl of nbout aixteen, who would have been pretty but for to vlovcnly buttons unfiiHtencd nt tho throat of her calico gown. A younger brotlier ocupicl tho neat next to bis mother on ber right baud, nu 1 near him sat Luolla, a baby ou either tide. "I'll tnko Bomo moro meat, pa," aitid James, piiabiu his phtto for the third time. Tho father raised bis heal. "What any?" ho asked, for ho was very deaf unless two beads noddoJ together whisp. ring. "(iivo tuo florae more meat," re pented James. "1'hero ain't no more," said the fat her. "It's all gone. "That comes of bavin two extras in tho faMi'ly when there ain't enough meat to go 'tuna 1 an 'tis," growled James. And thoy nil looked otLuella, boforo whom tho insects about the lamp mid dculy swam iu a kind of mist. Hue raided ber cup to ber lips and choked ns nho tried to drink tho muddy colTec. tihe rose, coughing, andlelttho tablo; Kuing oat through the kitohen dcor into tho back yard, sho Bank down nt tho foot of n littlo tree, nil trembling and crying, ber wet face iu ber aprou. The tit of crying grew upon bcr, she shook with sobs and littlo gasping moans; bo grovelled in the wet grass, her faco pressing av'aint-t its cool i n j green, bor nails suuk ia bcr palms. Does our Mother Earth somctimos com'ort her children in their distress? Something in tho smell of tbo earthy earth, iu t'io more contact with tiie sweet, green, dewy carpet soothed Luelbi'rt berrt. l'resently tho ceased towrithoaod moan; sho only sobtied now and, thou lio it hint and tire I child upon tho bosom id its mother. After uwhilo kIio grew entirely quiet, tiirniu,' hi r faco sidewi-o and looking out ut tlio brooding night, ut tho inyriiil of tnmkliu:; stars in the purplish dotr.o overhen 1, ,md at the lire. lies daneiug hero and thero iu the long, waving prastes. As sho lay thero something of the night's quiet stole into ber brain, nu I calmly, without any of thnt acute agitation that bad bhaken ber nt first, alio began to think over her past life. Sho had married early too early in order to get away from this poor home, whicu was always on tho verge of peuury, and always had been ns far back as sho could rem6inuer; nud sho bad not been happy. Her married lito bad been made up of petty quarrels, which bad tlually euded in ber return to this meagre borne nest with her children. Her brother's taunt was a commou one; but perhaps tonight tho flesh was unusually weak. Huo found it impossible to endure tho lash in si lence. She bad felt like turning upon them nud blazing out in oue grout Hash of indignation, and she bad only come out btro iu the night to weep nud wring her bands olouo; sho was so poor a worm she would not dare let them see sho bad niuJo the foebleut attempt to turn. She was nu usurper, they bad made ber understand that from the tirst. A bird onco mated has no right to return to the borne nest. She was taking the very bread out of their mouttis; and yet she bad earned ber living since the first day of her arrival; she bad been t tie household drudge at the beek aud call of every mombtr of the family. She clinched ber bands as she tbonght of the cruel taunting of the little sister, whom, as a baby, she bad carried about in ber arms. Her mother did not openly reproach ber, but she was not tho les oruel. Loading ber li'e of perfection, it was ber custom to read daily from some passage ot Scripture, nud lattuilr sho bad invaribly cuostn this text: "For this cause shall u in in leave father and mother nud cleave uuto bis wire, and they two shall bo oue devh. There fore what Uod bath joined together, let no man put asunder." And Luclla J"i.y acr meaning right well. It was as plain to bor an if bor mother bad read, "For this canso shall a woman leave ber father and mothor and cloavo unto bcr husband." Tho droning morning voice had dwelt with her through the day, tho words changed to suit bcr caso as we chnngo tho words of most texts to suit oar own case, "A woman shall cleave unto ber bnshanJ, cleave unto ber husband." Well, why not? As sho looked out into tho dusky night ber thoughts went back to John nud totheir last quarrel. What bad it been nbont? She couldn't remoral.or. Jt was perhaps somo littlo thing that led to hot words, h llaro of recrimina tion, toar nnd in the en 1 to this separation, this iiiierablo separation I If John only knew how sho folt to night, bow liko ft lost do2 left out iu tho cold, nfraid of stones, afraid of blows from broom", nfraid of every thing, bo would feel sorry for ber, sho knew bo would. Ho bnd been kind to ber lu mnny ways. Sho bad not bad to work very hard ever. Sho bad not worked in John's homo ns she did here, nud then bis bread bad not been tho bread of charity choked down with taunts. Oh not John was generous aul kind if bo wero a bit high tempered. She suddenly raised upon her elbow. What if ho bad been high tempered, too, nnd sullen and mulish? 1'erhnps it was bcr fault, after all, thut they bad quarreled ! A flush cntno over her fnco in the dusk. Suppose, oh suppofO she should go to him now this very night, und usk him to forgive her, wonld he? So intent was slio on this thought that n littlo band, warm nnd moist, crept into her owu unuoticod, then an other, and baby Hess cuddled close, rubbing ber soft cheek against ber motlier'i". "I want o, momscy,' b'uo said, nnd Lue'l't bugged her to her bosom. In ber selfish distress sho bad lorgotteu ber children. Sho lay still with tho chill in her nrms, John's child? Thero was a look of Johu in the pretty face, with its bolf closcd eyes. If she should go back to him now with baby lies surely be would take ber in. Sho was bo tired ot doing battls with tho cruel world eiugle bunded. Suddenly bcr mind was mado up. She was ready to go now if be would take bcr. A thrill of joy shook ber nt tho very thought of bomo, ber own home, a place iu which sho bud every right to live, where sho would bo no usurper, whero she would no longer eat the bread that belonged to others. She waits. 1 until tho child's eyelids closed, nud then sbo raised ber und carried ber to tho bouso whero she found littlo Alice asleep ou the door step, her round arms supporting her liny littlo face. Tho sight was like a spur urging ber onward. Sho woSo iho child and coaxed ber into tho house; thero sho stood, bold ly upright, tho Imby in bcr arms, tho child elitgiu.; to her skirts, a new in dependence in her attitude siueo ber resolve to go back to her husband. Her mothor was reading by tho dim light of tuo amoking lump which sho bud never thought to turu down. James But loosely in a ( hair, bis legs far apart, bis clasped bands behind his bead. Eliza bad pushed back tho unwashed dishes and leaned ber el bows ou the table, a frown on her brow, ber chin in her bauds, devour ing a yollow baoked novel. They looked np inquiringly as Luelia stood in the uiiddlo of the room with ber children. They won dered why she was not in tbo kitchen, as usual, washing up the dishes. "I'm going home to Johu," she said in auswer to the look. Well, go along, then," said James, spittiug between two divided teeth at tho black oavity of tho summer tiro placo nnd bitting the exact spot aimed at, "aud good riddance to bad rub bish." "I wish to goodness you would wash the dishes first, exclaimed Eliza, to whom tho feel ot greasy dish water was wurso thau perdition. "The Lord be with yon," said her mother, ber eyes upon ber book as if sbo wore reading the words off, "the Lord be with you till wo meet again." Luelia laughed hysterically, for bor mother's intonation of the worjs "till we meet again" expressed to ber sen sitive ear that that meeting would be at some far-distant day. With that mirthless laugh she passed out ot the bouso into the road that led to John's bo. ao. Tho way was not long, but baby Bess .grew liko lead, and her heart sank at every step. What it ho wore away? What It be refused to take ber in? What would she do then? Where would sho turn? Littlo Alice begau to cry from sheer weariness. Luelia pressed ber band and hashed ber with a word ; cowod by those weeks ot dependence ou ber grandmother's charity, tho child was very dooilo. About half way Luelia sat down by the roadside, the sleeping child was so heavy, and thought again. Should sba go ont ITsr hear! failed her, 'and yet it was impossible to return. Sho could bear James's taroastia words, Eliza's jeers and ber mother' invaria ble text, and she felt that death was preferable. Alice began to cry sleepily, it was past ber bedtime, and rising, Lnella walked hesitatingly to John's home. No, he was not away, thero was a light in the window. She knocked timidly, and waited. She had not long to wait la on moment he opened the door and looked out at her as she stood in the stream of light from the la-np within. A piti ful picture she made, and sweet, too, bareheaded, a half-frightened look in her wide, blue eyes, her tear-stained cheeks and wet lashes telling their own tale of suffering and uuhoppi ness. "I've come back borne, John," she began, qniveringly, nnd before she could say another word he had her in his arms, she and her children. U'IIIP littla r.nnlla " tiA a.ni.1 n ,1 his voice sounded liko mnsio n her cars, "i're been wsiti'ng for you I've been waiting all thee weeks I" Monthly Illustrator and Home and Country. 1'nnnila's Forest Wealth. Tho forests of Canada have supplied moro or less tho wants of Europo tor centuries. From tho earliest days of its occupation by the French, tho forest wealth ot the country washed by tho St. Lawrence ongngod tbo at tention of tho (Sovernraent of France, who saw therein vast resources avail able for their naval j-ards. They drew from tbeso forests largo numbers of masts aud spars, an 1 issued stringent regulations for tho preservation of the standing oak. When tho country was first ceded to Great liritain but little attention was paid at first to its vast timber supply, owing to tho fact that almott the wholo of tho Iialtio trado was carried ou in Uritish bottom, and thnt the timber of Northern En rope provided un unfailing nnd con vctiietit return freight for tho ship ping thus cngaed. When, however, tho troubles of tho Niipoloonio era commenced, nnd especially when tho continental blockade was enforced, the timber supplies of tho ISaltio be coming uncertain nnd insiiflicient, at tention was directed to tho North American colonics, with tho result of increasing tho qusntitr of timber which reached Orout liritain from 1 2000 tons iu tho vcar 1S00 to 123.U00 tons in 1S10 nnd to 30,003 tons in l2 Iu IS'J.1 tho amount exported to tho United Kingdom showed a total of 1,:U0,(jS3 tons. Northcastera Lumberman. 'j fl i'l A ltclgiau ilrigiinil. A man named Wilto Helens, chief of an audacious band of brigauds who bavo infested the outskirts of Mahnes for some time past, bus been captured. This man aud bis band bare been a terror to the whole countryside, com mitting their crimes in broad daylig'it under threats of murder or burning down the habitations of those they at tackod. Tho list of crimes against Helens includes several cases of mur der, as well as over 500 charges of rob bory. " It is stated that in tho communes of Wavro-SitiutoCiitherine, Wavre-Notre-Dame, and I'utto at Uonheyden thero are not ten of the inhabitants who have not been victims of this man and his baud. Early in this year a gen daruio who utteiuptod to arrest Helens was shot dead by him. He has bnd a number of hairbreadth escapes from iirre-it. Recently ho bad publicly threatened to murder tlio burgomaster of W'avro-Saiuto-Catlicriue and to burn dowu bis bouse, nud iu consequence thia functionary bad to placo himself nuiler polioo protection. Recently Helens went to nu inn at Wavro-Sainto-Catherine, uud, information beiug given to tho police, they surioundod tho liouso nud eventually overpowered him. A brother of Helens was recent ly condemned to penal tcrvi;udo, for life for similar crimes. A Uaby Hangs Itself. Tho two year-oil Bon of D. L. Cul len, of Los Angelor, Cal., died recent ly under peculiarly distressing cir cumstances. Tho little fellow aooi dentally hnngod himself, and tho injuries produced by partial strangu lation resulted in death two days later. Tho ohild had seen older children playing iu a swing, winding them selves up in the ropo and whirling around as tho rope unwound, and ho attempted to imitate their play whoa he was alone. Not being able to get wholly into the swing, ho placed his neek in tho bight and twistod around until tho ropo was tightly woind about his throat. As his feet were still on the ground tho ropo did not unwind, and when tho child was found he was an conscious. The littlo ono nover re covered full consciousness, although ovory known method was triod to restore him. Ancient Tojs. A remarkable disoovery was roado somo time ago in the Asuoit necropolis, Egypt. Among various objoots was an entire company of wooden soldiers, some fifteen inches in height. 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