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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-08-07
washington at valley Forge.

In the latter part of the summer Of 1896
when his second term as President of tn,
United States had nearly expired, and h,
was about to retire to private life, Washing
ton concluded to see Valley Forge once
more, the scene OF 30 many tolls and strug
giles, The particulars respecting this yisil
an old farmer living near there at the time
related to his son, who made a record oi
them 1t was In the afternoon, he said, as
he was engaged pl0ughing on his farm in
the vicinity of the. encampment grounds
that he observed an elderly man Of digni-
fed appearance on horseback, dressed in a
plain suit of black, Accompanied by a
oolored servant, ride TO place in the road
nearly opposite, when he aIighted from his
horse and came into the field and Cordially
took his hand He told him he had called
to make some inquiries concerning the own
ers and occupants of the different places
about there, and also in regard to the coun.
try; the system Of farming practced in
that part Of the country the kinds of gfain
and vegetables raised the time of sowing
and planting; the best method Of tilling the
ground, and numerous other questions re-
latingi 70 agriculture He also made IN
quiries after certain families in the neigh
borhood. AS answers were given he noted
them down in book, the farmer informing
him that he could not give as correct answers
as he wished, for he had not been brought
up to farming, and besides had only moved
into the vicinity since the war, thought he
had been in the army when it was encanlp-
ed there. This gave new turn 10 the con-
versation. The stranger informed him that
he had been in the army and at the camp,
and as he expected to leave the city, in
few months, with. the prospect of never re-
turning, he had aaken this journey TO visit
the place which had been0t the scene of so
much suffering and distress, and see how.
far the inhabitants had recovered from. its
effects. On being informed that his name
was George Washington he told him that
his appearance was so changed that he did
not recognize him, or else he would have
paid more respect to his late commander.
and now the chief magistrate of the nation.
He replied that to see the people happy,
and the desolate fields recovering from the
disasters they had experienced, and TO meet
with any of his old companions now peace
ably engaged in the most useful of all en-
ployments afforded him more satisfaction
than all the homage that could be paid TO,
his person or station. He then said that
pressing engagements rendered il necessary
for him to be in the city that night, and
taking him by the hand bade him an sffec-
tionate farewell, and this was Washington's
last visit to Valley Forge sssrf .'.I a
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-08-07

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The Irish peasantryo are very careful tC
make due preparations for death, partic.
ularly to provide theil last garments Oh
''death dress Nc This care weighs very
much upon the invalid, who freqtlently or
ders those in attendance to take the shroud
out of the box where it has lainin readiness
and air it properly The writer has more
than once heard this command given while
visiting the sick in County Donegal That
the dead dress" lis the cause of solicitude
to the people of Queens county even In an
other state of being, the following anecdDte
will show: Two old women lived at Castle
POok, a rambling old place, once magnih-
cent, and the scene of wild revelry so long
as its owners had anything to squander.
But the spendthrift landlords were dead
Ind gone, and of the Dennis family only
Two members an aunt and an niece, re-
mained, they were called the ''ladies" by
their poor neighbors, and were greatly
! looked up TO on account of their ancient
name; bat they had not had any better ed
ucation than that which a village school
master could give fifty years ago. The ell
der Miss Dennis he'd small annunity, and
it was no wonder that Miss Honor was al
most crushed by grief and anxiety when she
became very ill, and was given up by the
doctor. .'.T - ....'-.'I :.
''Come here Honor" whispered the dy-
ing woman, from her pillow. There's
ten pounds in the box; you'll have that,
an my clothes an the furniture. an you'll
be sure to wake me decent, and put my
fine linen nightgown wild the frills on me.
Bring it out to let me see If it's all right"
Miss Honor promised to obey, but miser-
illness overcame her, and she grudged the
corpse so fine dress. She happened to
have some black calico covered with white
spots, which she had bought at great bar
gain from country peddler, and she made
the shroud of it, intending to turn the
frilled nightgown into money at some fu-
ture time. The villagers from Clopook
who came to the wake wondered at Miss
Dennis ''dead dress, % but nothing was said
against it,
The funeral took place; and now began
dreadful visitation for Miss Honor. AS
regularly as darkness fell, Miss Dennis ap-
peared in her black and white shroud at
her neice's fireside. She pointed to her
dress, and never spoke a word. Miss Ho-
nor could not bear it. On the third night
the coffin was taken up and opened, and
the frilled nightgown puts upon its tenant
instead of the black and white shroud- The
ghost was now appeased; she did not again
appear. .-a - rt -.t yrs rr t..F
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-08-07

against the flesh, the rattles would vibratt
and sound a. remarkably natural manner.
In the district school on the prairie there
was young woman just from the east who
was dreadfully afraid of snakes, and it was
a cheerful habit of the young ones, when
they wanted o holiday, to, get out their rat
ties behind their desks and set them whir-
ring. Why, they used to scare the life out
of that poor girl, who would gather up her
skirts and scoot for home Mt the first rattle.
The little devils used to vary their perform
ance and render it more realistic by leaving
dead snakes around the school house, and
giving it out that there was nest under the
floor. ,irt+ ,or.,L tg.,.,,a .,.,,.f,,..,
Ia There was a little Irishman, named
Tom Clancey, who worked for Litton, and
who had q reputation as snake catcher.
His plan was to pin the spale's head to the
ground with Q f0rked stick, then, to slip a
loop, over the head, fasten it to his stick,
and thus drag his captive, squffming, home.
wanted live specimen OF the timber rat
her whichis usually much larger than his
prairie cousin, and, instead of being black,
is orange and black, and a decidedly
venomous1 1looking beast One day Tommy
DNNSO00ONsAh tSHAthhithBA % nVAS 111OW Ici-
low, with fifteen rattles, and was drag
-gIng hTnp home i'm high glee at tine prospect
Of the $5 had offered for the reptile, when
fellow driving breaking team as he.
passed, struck the snake across the back
with bis ten-foot ox-Whip- You know a.
light blow viii kill rattler, and this blow
killed Tommy's captive. Well, you'd bet
ter believe that IrishInan was mad. c Whirl-
ing around he lifted his stick, and, using
the big snake for q lash, Walloped the team
ster Justify. AT first the fellow returned
the compliment with his OK -goad, but when
he. felt that clammyl snake flap around his
face and neck once, or twice his nerve went
back on him, and he turned and ran, pur-
sued by the little .frishnlan, who whipped
him nswith the RATHER as long as his breath
held out Tommy o uafterVard caught me
another big snake but not so big as the
first, and | had had the pleasure of bring
ing him east and presenting him to my
hrotherin-law, who has aweakness for that
sort OF petibiipdino eds iigiy OF nois 1
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-08-07
The weight of woods,

The woods which are heavier than water
are Dutch box, Indian cedar, ebony, ig-
numvite, mahogany, heart of oak, pome-
granite, vine Lignumvit@ is one-third
heavier, pomegranate rather more. Onlthe
other hand cork, having a specific gravity
of "a, and poplar of .89, are the ightest
wood products, r.,4- l't
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-08-07
. ImAeInatI0n on ca. .WsAther.. !.


"A citizen doing business on Griswold
street, Detroit, has, given this weather
question a great deal of thought, and re-
Gently he began series of experimen 8 to
ascertain whether imagination hasn't as
much To do with hot day as theFmo-
meter. AT 8 o'clock in the morning he en-
tered his Office, built brisk fre in the
stove, closed the door, and sat down to his
newspaper, having his chair close to the
stove. In a few minutes, one of his Gus
toners opened the door, and before he
could express his surprise the official called
out: TCl Go5&l4deE ~ 3nQFis E8ea Ef,d
QfttCome in IL What change in the weather
since last night i hated to build fire,
but it was positively like November in here.
Come over by the stove. ~ - 5fbh3
'sHas-has the weather chAnged2r hesi-
tatingly inquired the caller. .,,s 4.,sg vss
Changed Why there's difference of
81 degrees since 10 O'Clock last night. Hear
what the weather report SAYS Northerly
winds, great change in temperature, with
indications of q severe frost at night.
wish had brought down my spring over
coat - 'o.' ssa4it1 ~ 923l1i7 sTk -cih
10 'sWell, felt the change, but n didn't
realise the full power of it,nCssid the otner
as he edged over to the stove and rubbed
his hands
t%You should watch these things and
dress accordingly. Il wouldn't dare come
out in that thin coat First you know
you'll have chill"
Ell know Tn rather careless, but
must look out for myself in the future.
This fire feels rather good. niagno,J ErR
"a, eyes, it does; you'd better get thor
oughly warmed up before you 60 out in the
raw air. >" As-as r@ fttp epF'311s
The caller remained there atleast 10 min
utes, all the time standing beside the hot
stove and yet when the thermometer
marked 100 degrees he made no complaints
and went out saying that he would go home
and get on thicker coat. sifs3gai.l hae
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-08-07

! Two miners sat down In q wilderness of
southern Utah, q few nlonthg since. 10
MUNICH their bread and then pursue their
wanderings and their search for weath
They were Hfprospe p who, having left
the beaten track OF pleasure4seekers, wan
dered of TO QztheAamueemenfF of their fell
lows, into the comparatively level country,
where months or seaFchIng mad FevaHfbd
nothing .Dagd HbhNH2 u aJTHaJ
'FWe had better get back into the noun
tain country, Jim, y saidI1is "pard."
. AS he spoke his tool struck something a
few inches under, the sand, and the I, pros
pector found q fracture on the rocks and
picked up a small yellow piece of stone.
Whats thatf said Tom, as he saw
with what feverish eaFnestriesSI hisF tspard -
examined the piece. y "A .iood5, tEbig2
"Egad think it's born silver
They were out of provisions and clothes
they had not means with which to pay the
fee for securing their y nv After open
ing up their prizs1saffaeienhyto show that
q vein Of ore existed, they, offered il. to Mr..
Ben Morgan, of Pittsburg, who, il operating
smelling works few miles below Salt
Lake City, for $f6, 900. .uMr. Morgan sought
the advice of the Supefintendent of the
Ontario Nine . Together they earefuKlyex-
amined the new find, (" and, unfortunately
for the genial Ben, they decided twas not
worth risking the money on The miners
continued to open their vein, but soon again
were stranded, when one of them wrote to
two Irish friends, who had already lost
money on supposed g finds, nFahd besO1ght
them TO try their luck once. more. After
much Importantly they invested enough
money TO giyethe miners a good star, when
the development of the mine proceeded
rapidly. -Four shafts were sunk and a
number of intermediate galleries run which
connected the shafts The work was pushed
solely with a view 70 show the. magnitude
of the deposit 1t was the marvel of the
whole country Conservative old engineers
the ore beds actually I'm sight,
taking nothing for granted, and made nn-
nlerous analyses In ali parts Of the mine to
determine its richness, and the most eau
tfUug caicnlated the silver fn sfgfE ay worth
$27, 0o0,0O0I Jay Cooke heafng of this
prize, secured an option Of one-haf inter-
est for 81, 800, 600 for a short time, and
Fastening eastward he induced, 20 number of
in New York to invest and they
took it. at this price, the four original own
ers declining 70 sell the remaining half at
any price, This is nov, the famous & Horn
Silver Mine >" Or New Bonanza, around
which town hRsifa a few months clustered
called Frisco, land to which one mine
the Utah, Southern railroad will this sum-
nsr be e extended "a nearly thFee hundred
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be late. Be sure no one will wish US

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be late. Be sure no one will wish US
HARM
Iawish were as certain as you are.
But what is the matter with Jack?9''
Just as she said this, Jack advanced
toward them, and planting himself in
the middle Of their path, sat down and
whined. 8. t .ss. ..t. .sss s,..s 4
f's'That is odd,'' said Dora. "a never re-
member him doing that before" ..
z The other girl deIided her fears, and
attempted to pass the dog: but he caught
her dress in his teeth, and held her SO
firmly that she hardly dared to set her
self free. One more effort She made, but
y ackFwas resolute; so at last. seeing how
determined he sas to prevent their furth-
Ter progress, she gave up trying. tsstt.' 3
3"Well, well, you stupid little brute!''
she said, angrily, "I suppose we must 60
all that long way around.''t iss
SO the two sisters abandoned the idea
of taking the short path through the
wood, and went home by the safe high.
road. When they arrived, how grateful
how unutterably thankful did they feei
to their little protector, whose intelligence
had been SO far superior to theirs, and
had saved them despite themselves. A
man had been found in the wood, shortly
after they had left it, murdered and rob
bed,it was conjectured, by the tramps who
had passed through the village in the
morning.
Thus Jack had preserved his mistresses
from meeting perhaps a similar fate
Their gratitude, it is needless to add, wa.
profound toward their little four-footeo
protector, who, we are glad to hear, livec
to a good old age.
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shake off feeling Of gloom and despond-
cncy that has hung over me to-day. II
am not superstitious OF given to belief III
dreams; but, for the life Of me I-cannot
drive from my thoughts singular dream
I had last night. 4 only recall it even
now with ashudder. thought we had
met with an accident Of some kind, and,
poor Barrymore! 4 thought IL saw his
mangled, bleeding, corpse, mutilated and
bloody. I.also saw Miss Cumlnins, cold
in death, but without i solitary wound
sor cut, "A beautiful smile encircled her
lips, and in death she was as beautiful as
.Hebe Why should dream of such
horrors / cannot imagine, yet something
tells me we shall meet with calamity
soon, and 1 shall breathe easier when II We g
have crossed the. Texas line. Ifhaye not
opened my head to any one Of the COM
pany. about II, as they would smile at my
silly fears y 15s.s 6 tsSs
The dream is all the more singular
when it is taken into consideration that
Miss Cummins was the lady insulted by
the despicable scoundrel Currie, and :Mr.
Barrymore was also wounded severely
by the murderer.
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Instinct or Reason.

"A small English terrier belonging to a
friend has been taught to ring for the
servant. To test if the dog knew why it
rang the bell, he was told to do SO while
the girl was in the room. The little
fellow looked up in the most intelligent
manner at the person giving the order
CHS master or mistress, l forget which),
then at the servant, and refused to obey,
although the order was repeated more
than once The servant left the room,
and a few minutes afterward the dog
rang the bell Immediately on being told
to do so. give the following as told
by my wife, now dead, who personally
witnessed the tranaction on various oc-
casions. At her sisters house in Kent
donkey which, when not employed by
the children, grazcd in a field with some
cows, was in the regular habit of acting
as follows: At the usual hour for the
cows to come home to be MIXED the
donkey lifted the latch of the field
gate, opened and held back the gate
(Which otherwise would have swung close
agaiD till all the cows passed out, then
allowed the gate to shut, and went home
with the cows. Of course no one taught
the donkey to do this. bnt the quadru-
ped gave. the biped practical lesson,
from which I am not aware that they
drew the abstract verbally formulated
conclusion that reason may be exercised
without rhetoric. Nature.
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MEMORIES OF THE OLD KITCHEN

far back IN my musings, my thoughts have
10 the cot where the hours of my childhood
were passed;
love all the rooms to the pantry and hall,
But that blessed old kitchen was dearer than
all,
It's chairs and its tables, none brighter could
For all Ii its surroundings were sacred to me-
10 the nail in the ceiling, the latch on the
And Iloyed every crack in the old kitchen
floor.
/ remember the fireplace, with mouth high
and wide,
The old fashioned oven that stood by it's side,
Out of which each Thanksgiving, came pud-
dings and pies,
That fairly bewildered and dazzled my eyes.
And then, too, Saint Nicholas, slyly and still,
Came down every Christmas, our stockings to
But the dearest Of memories I've laid un in
store,
Is the mother that trod on that old kitchen
floor
Day in and day out, from morning till night,
Her footsteps were busy her heart always
light;
For it seemed to me, then, that she knew not a
The smile was so gentle her face used to wear;
remember with pleasure what joy filed our
| eyes.
| When she told us the stories that children SO
| prize;
They were new every night, though we'd heard
From her lips at the wheel, on the old kitchen
| floor.
remember the window, where mornings
I'd run
AS soon as the daybreak to watch for the sun;
And 1 thought when my head scarcely reached
to the sill,
That it slept through the night in the trees on
the hill
| And the small tract OF ground that nv ewes
there could view,
Was all of the world that my infancy knew:
Indeed, I cared not to know of it more,
For world Of itself was that old kitchen floor
/ Tonight those old visions come back at theil
But the wheel and it's music forever are still
The band is moth eaten, the wheel laid away
And the fingers that turned it lie mold'ring ir
clay;
then,
And the voices Of children ring out there
again;
The sun through the window looks in as O
/ yOre,
But it sees stranger feeton the old kitchel
floor.
| ask not for honor, but this would crave,
That when the lips speaking are closed in tn,
i grave,
Ny children would gather theirs round b,
their side,
And tell of.the mother who long ago died;
'Twould be more enduring, far dearer to me
Than inscription on marble or granite coul,
be,
To have them tell often, as did of yore.
Of the mother who trod on the old kitchel
! floor.
Anonymous.
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The Ocean Floor.

Here is an end of all romance about
hidden ocean depths. We can speculate
no longer about pearls, or mermaids,
heaped treasures, and dead mems bones
whitening the coral caves. The report
of the exploring expedition sent out from
London In H. M. S. challenger has
lately been published. Nearly four years
were given to the examination of the cur
rents and floors Of the four great oceans of
the world. The Atlantic, we are told, if
drained. would be vast plain, with a
mountain ridge in the middle running
parallel with the American coast. An
other range crosses it from Newfound-
land to Ireland, on thr top of which lies
a submarine cable. The ocean is thus
divided into three great basins, no longer
''unfathomable depths The tops Of
these sea-mountains are two miles below
a ship, and the basins, according to Re
clus, fifteen miles, which is deep enough
drowning, ifnot for mystery. The noun
tains are whitened for thousand miles
by a tiny creamy shell. The depths are
red in color, heap9d with volcanic mat
ter. Through the black, .motionless
waters of these abysses move gigantic
abnormal creatures, which never rise to
the upper currents.
There is an old legend coming down to
us from the first ages of the world by
which these scientific deep-sea sounding
throw a curious light. Plato and Solon
recorded the tradition, ancient in their
days, of a country in the western seas
where fourished the first civilization of
mankind, which, by volcanic action, was
submerged and lost. The same story is
told by the Central Americans, who still
celebrate in the fast of Izeall the frightful
catastrophy which destroyed the land
with its stately cities. De Bourgborg
and other Psychologists assert that this
lost land extended from Mexico beyond
the West Indies. The shape of the
plateau discovered by the g Challenger
corresponds with this theory. Noah's
SUNDAY Times.
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The Pig Of the Pandora.

While at Igigtut (South Greenland
cryolite mine), on our outward passage,
the sailors bought pig, which was pet
ted to the last degree, and SO jealous were
they of his rights that the dogs were
driven in all directions, that poor Dennis,
as they christened the pig, might not be
disturbed. The dogs made several at
tempts to attack this favored animal, but
a constant lookout ut-such as one could
never expect for ice, rock or land from
any seamen on board kept, and the
dogs were driven off at the moment when
victory seemed certain. Pea. soup, brok-
en- biscuits, and slops of. all kinds were
given to the dainty animal, whereas if a
dog attempted to ask for share Of the
remains of the sailors dinners he was
secuted with derision. In fact, the pig
was the pet Of the ship, and the only
thing worth navigating the Arctic Sea for
Finding that he was uncomfortable under
the top-gallant forecastle, and liable to be
disturbed by the chain running out when
anchoring, or the water coming in at the
hawse- pipe when at sea, snug
cask was found for him, and he was
housed in with canvas and straw under
the longboat. Never, I should think, had
any other pig such comforts showered on
him. But now came a change. Oul
decks became full of snow, and every
thing froze. 1t was necessary to clear
away the. ice and dirt from ,Mr. Pigs sty
as well as from the other part of the ship
and to do this involved an amount Of
scraping which was not agreeable to his
former friends, and with the decision and
readiness in meeting difficulties for which
the seaman is SO preeminent, the pig was
condemned to death without remorse o.
apology. In fact, from that moment he
was nuisance, and only tit to be killed
and eaten; his throat was cut by his dear
est frinds, and he was eaten for dinner
on the 18th Of September, having dice
only at 10 A. NJ
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CHANCE.

A word unspokcn hand impressed,
look unseen or a thought unguessed,
And souls that were kindred may live apart,
Never to meet or know the truth,
Never to know how heart beat with heart
!. In the dim past days Of a wasted yonth.
She shall not know how his pulses leapt
When DER his temples her tresses swept;
AS she leaned to give him the jasmine wreath
She felt his breath, and her face blushed red
With the passionate love that choked he1
breath,
And saddens her life now her youth is dead
A faded woman who waits for death,
And murmurs a name beneath her breath;
A cynical man who SCOTS and jeers
at women and love in the open day,
And at nighttime kisses, with bitter tears.
A faded fragment of the jasmine spray