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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-02-27
T rom the Northum berland Co. Democrat.
SHORT SERMONS BIZ A LlYMAN.
SERIES 1 NO. s.

"I will never leave thee nor for
sake thee. Hebrews 1885.
With the downfall of our first
parents, Adam and Eve, came sew
eral trials, troubles and fflictions,
which Christians as well as sinners
are forced to bear, but it matters
not IN what way &1ilictiOn comes,
the Christian has the advantage
over the sinner, for when God says
81 will never leave thee or forsake
thee" He addresses Himself to the
followers OF Chris I, and in the
above words the Christian finds
comfort, while the sinner, when af
fiction assails him, has nowhere to
look for comfort, unless he expert
ences change Of heart and claims
Gods promises through peDitent
heart. We do not suppose there is
a Christian in existence but who at
some time or other was so severely
bereaved that it seemed to him al
most impossible to bear the trial,
and yet when he called to remem-
brance the words of our Heavenly
Father, which are full of comfort
and encouragement, namely, II Will
never leave thee nor forsake thee"
his soul became imbued wish new
power and new strength, and in
stead OF murmurlng against tie AL
mighty for permitting him to be af-
flicved, he exclaims, "Tly will, o
lord, be done on earth as 1t IS in
Heaven. for he knows that God
dneth all things well. Both mental
and physical suffering tends to
make man better-it causes his
thoughts 80 enter the future world,
and Imagination will picture to him
the hopeless, suffering creatures of
uOAis WIZ LnLOuSh IlIUAA NAoOOO0LOhNO
are obliged to remain in torment
forever, and he is better enabled to
understand what is meant by suffer-
ing and by happiness. When God
tells us that he will never fersake
US, we know that He as with IT'S,
whether we be in health or in af-
fiiction. 1t is the duty OF all men.
therefore. to place their trust In
God, laying hold of his promises,
and praying that they may be ex-
tended unto them. Remember how
Jesus carried all His troubles to
His Father i1 Heaven, and how He
received strength to bear all the per-
secutions aud trials that were heap
ed upon Him by Il wicked world.
Let IT., rrieuds, make Cod oar con-
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-02-27
4 BIG FIND" IN HOLLOW TREE.

a treasure up tree Was seen in
the watches of the night by a ped.
iler who was sleeping in farm
house in the Shenandoah Valley.
He told his dream next morning
aud OH three successive mig hts lie
had the same vision. Then he pre-
vailed on the farmer to accompany
him to the forest, where be pointed
out large oak tree as the one lie
had seen in his dream. II was ap.
parently sound at the butt, bat
about twenty feet up limb had
been broken off. The farmer Gid
not feel like hunOring what he sup
posed to be superstitious whim,
but the Old fellow seemed to have
confidence in his vision, and offer
ed him one half Of the spoilS if he
would help him 10 cut down the
tree. When the tree fell there was
rattle Of coin near where the limb
had been broken off, and a small
hollow was found there. BY a little
chopDlng larger cavity was found,
and within WAS a uass of silver.
Both seemed wild with delight, and
on counting up found that the pile
amounted to 5000. The peddler
expressed his unwillingness to carry
around so much silver in his pocket |
and inquired where he would he |
likely to get greenhacks for his |
share. The farmer having consider. |
BILE money in his house, immediate |
ly transferred to the peddler 81, 800 |
in paper money. and took charge OF |
the entire bulk of silver. The ped |
dler disappeared, and when his part
ner attempted to pass some Of the
silver, 10 it was c>uuterfeit. He
was the victim IF a gang Of COIN
ers. Erch ange.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-02-27
REVENGE ~ ITALY.

Two Eaglishnen. wandering in a
bazt = the suburbs OF Venice, saw
a osSsct IN the water surrounded
~ birds Tasy fOaal it TO be a
saza. YET alive His arms and
les were braken and tled ard in
order that he nis e not sink large
denHsha OF glass was attached to
ez.h shoulder. EiNch sustained the
head and neck above water. lie
could aOt speak his tongue hung
f1osn his mouth, his eyes had been
rccke4 ont by birds. The merder-
rrs we're Laigi ParI,aschetti, a
fxrne-, aad lis two brothers. Par
snzschetti had 4 handsome and ire
r-csciabls wife and daughter OF
years. Tetalio, the murdered
MA, VAS eiaPlOyed by him and well
t7=Atsd. but. bec0ming enamored of
Nine. P2rmaSchetti, Inc annoyed her
20 such a degree that her husband
heaf him and drove him from his
haESe. Several days after Par
maschetti started at midnight, with
p boatload Of garden produce for
Senics. His wife vas sooG awak-
easa Sy steps in her room. Her
daoT was locked, but Tetaldo had
eate-ed l,y tie v:ndow, and he
etood bsfOre her. knife IN hand. He
tsre=tes.rd Geath If she called for
ielp. bat shedefended herself brave
l.. II the meantime her daughter,
uu?erc iFed by Tetaldo, had erept
aa,lsr tue bed, AMI was a witness
os G,e scene. Nine )'armase hetti
Eaa srSaad a table, and several
s,.-s = sl,c.i l.ern FClaid1'S gasp.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-02-27
TIE LOCUST.

The Hebrews had several sorts OF
locusts, which are not knowD to rs.
The old historians aud modern trav-
elers remark that lucusts are very
numerous in Africa and many places
Of ASIA that sometimes they fall
like cloud upon the country, and
eat up everything they meet with
Moses describes four sorts of locusts
Since there was prohibition against
using locusts, it is not to be Ques-
toned that these creatures were
monty eaten in Palestine and
the nelghboring countries. DR..
Shaw, Niebuhr, Russell, and many
other travellers in the eastern coun-
tries, represent their taste as agree
able, and inform us that they are
Frequently used for food. DIR.
Shaw observes that, when they are
spriukled with salt and fried, they
are not unlike in taste to our fresh
water cray-lish. Russell says the
Arabs salt them and eat them as a
delicacy. Niebuhr also says that
they ale gathered by the Arabs in
great abundance, dried and kept for
winter provisions. The ravages Of
the migratory locust have been, at
particular times, so extensive as to
lav waste the vegetation of whole
districts and even Kingdoms. In
the year 593 of the Christian era,
these insects appeared in such vast
numbers as TO cause u famine in
many countries. Syria and Meso-
potlmia were oyerrun by them in
531. In $50 immense swarms took
their flight from the eastern regions
into the west, and destroyed all
vegetables, not even sparing the
bark Of trees or the thatch of houses,
after devouring the crops of corn,
grass, etc. Their daily marches
were observed to be about twenty
miles each and it is said that their
progress was directed with So much
order that there were regular lead
ers among them, who flew first and
settled on the spot which was to be
visited ut the same hour the next
day ny theswh0le legion. Their
marches were always undertaken at
sunrise. In 1l41 incredible hosts
afflicted Poland, Wallachia and all
the adjoining territories, darkening
the sun with their numbers, and
ravaginG all the fruits of the earth.
The years l747 and las afforded u
memorable instance of the ravages
of these insects in Germany and
other parts of Europe, as far north
as England.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-02-27

fidInt, and we shall never be fore
saken. Jesus knows what it is TO
suffer, and we now have Him at
the right hand of the Father plead
ing for us. Tell Jesus your trJub-
les, for lie says "behold, l am with
thee always" Could we desire any
thing better than the evidence of
the spirit that Jesus is with us, for
"If God he for us, who can be
against us ?'' HoPE.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-02-27
PRONOUNCED UNANIMOUSLY AS THE

PRONOUNCED UNANIMOUSLY AS THE
BEST INSTRUMENT
Their comparative excellence Is recOgli.
ed by the Judges in their Report, froB
which the following is an extract:
''The B SHNHNGER ORGAN
cos exhibit Rs the best HnStrG
mentS at price rendering them pOSSiOr
10 IL large class of purchasers, having
combination of Reeds and Bells. produclDi
novel and pleasing effects, containing mai.
desirable imp provenents, will stand Iongt
in dry or damp climate. less liable TO get our
of order, all the boards being made three
ply, put together so 1t is impossible Tor then
to either shrink, swell or SDlit: Inai
ONY ORGANS AWARDED THIS
RANK.
This Medal and Award wa granted aItei
the most severe competition OI the pes
makers. before one of the most cOmpc
tent IuricS ever assembled
New STYLES and prices just issued, WnlcL
are in accordance with our rule, the nESA
ORGAN for the least money.
We are prepared to appoint few new
Agents.
Illustrated Catalogue mailed, postpaid
onapplication tn
B. SHONINGEB ORG Ms
Z to ia CHE NUT STREET.,
Ne TBAT INC oHE.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-02-27
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

A very mysterious crime Is being
Investigated in Paris. A woman
called tho "Ogress des Lllas," is ac-
cused of having made away with Il
number of children. Her plan was
to stand at the gate of the Fund
lima Hospital, and to persuade
young mothers to trust her with
their children, on the ground that
she was the confidential ser want Of
the Marquise de X, who had re-
Gently been confined, and whose
child had died. The Marquisei was
not aware of her loss, and another
child could be substituted for that
which was dead. a brilliant future
would thus he secured, and so on.
Up to the present, she has positive
ly refused to say what has become
of the children. She appears to be
the widow of a Count, and has re-
cciyed au excellent education
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-02-27
An 4RTIC STCGT.

IN tie S;rilIg OF the year OF 1S4o
whaling vessel sailed from the
port of London, upon " voyage TO
The Polar seas. Nothing material
Is said to have occuued until their
arTIvi in those solitary regions,
when IL became the duty Of the
crew TO keep a perpetual lookout
upon the hoTiz0n in search Of fish.
While mus occupied it was fancicd
by one { the Seamen that sail was
disceInaSle as far TO the northwavd
80 the eye could reSch. As the
course of the whaler was towards
the suppose d vessel a mast became
gradually diStinguiShNble AMID the
mountain OF ice which appeared in
that quarter 20 hound the sea. 1t
w2s Low summer. ard the after.
ooa unusually calm, while the
wiialcr gradually neared the object
II view, uhe..sUppOsitiop being that
il was vessel engaged in operating
upon the tlGbbsr In a bay, which
would open 20 tie view upon ap-
iaToachiHg nearer TO the ice. Upon
arriving at tlse spot, however, it be-
came cisar that the vessel was q
wreck imbe1d, a IN the ice, and
coss1d only be approached By boat.
Ills having teen lowered, the cap
tain and several OF tie seamen land
cd zq0n tSe ice and proceeded TO
1Ae vessel, which proved to ve a
lHis. Tie sails Were furled, very
1.-THE appeared upon the deck, and
nj the arrangements were those of
a-vesssl N for y long psl iod of time.
Descending 70 the cabin the first
object that wzs seen was large
Newfoundland dog coiled upon a
anet an ] spraTent'y asleep. Upon
sSSea.gg tie animal it was found
1s - dsai. and tie body frozen to
Hs.e hardness CT a stone Entering
lie cabin, there was next seen
Young LAZY seated at a table. her
-euez were o7en. and gazing with a
mild, steadfast expression upon the
neRc3ners to that solitary spot.
She vas dead, ard in that apparent
= resigned and religious attitude
rad frozen TO death. Beside her
was a Young man. who, il appeared,
was the brother OF the lady, and
commander IF the brig. lie, too
WIS dead, bnt sitting at the table,
and before hin lry . sheet Of paper.
upon zhicl. was written the follow
inE words ~-Oar cook has endeav-
urcd since yesterd3y morning to
light = Ere. bGI al in vain all is
now ever" At the other side of
she cabin stood the cook, with a
aiat an5 steel II lis hand, frozen
70 a ststRe, iR tie vain eCdeavor to
E,-scs-e szsI Ere, which alone could
save llim and lis companions from
The c7l7 Rms OF death. The super
S.5-i0Is 1err0rs CT the Seamen now
ls-fr-7es 1sle csatsin aEaF from the |
Ci5 -rTeck, the ieg hook alone Icing |
b-oSEat sEar, aud frsm tins it ap- |
Ele4r5i tLGt the il-fS,od vessel was a |
big. EAics lad hclbnged TO The |
aoTE u LoaG0n. and had sailed for |
the ariic region NOE than fourteen |
yezTs before.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-02-27

Niiilsei1n On iie l. c, s S. Z. X. II. hasa
Population of Eoc-70O iS a thI1vieg business
senirs, ans eeaJrO,S the trade otan average
Fadias OT over eight mikes, in which the
JoUKSIL has 4 larger circulation than all
ether ccaaiy papers combined.
-i5ra-fsSSrSs,gSf!O O'coSe s,;aje a note Of tRiS.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18
The Dress OF the Greeks.

The distinguishing feature ofthe dress
OF males among the Greeks, says n cor
respondent, is a white cotton tunic
reaching nearly to the knee, and looking
very much like n plated skirt. Over
this is worn one and sometimes two
jackets, usually plain but .jaunty, and
sometimes embroidered with lace, and
around the waist is bound n shawl or
belt, with the addition in mountainous
districts of n leather wallet for a knife
and provisions. The legs are covered
with tight, knit leggings and the feet
with turned up shoes, ending in point,
to which n tassel is fastened. The head
is covered with a red scull cap. with a
flowing blue tassel. A shaggy, white
cloak, with a hood sometimes thrown
over the head, completes the costume.
In the cities, however, European dress
is largely adopted.
The women of the higher classes who
have not yet adopted French fashions,
wear red skull cap, often set with
pearls, with a long gilt tassel, an en-
broidered Jacket fitting close to the body
and loose petticoat of gay colors. We
must confess that the costume is an ex-
tremely attractive one, and often COM
PEELED us to look twice at the rather
pretty young women whom we passed in
the streets of Athens. In the interior
however, we foundithe women generally
indulging in dirty wrap around the
shoulders, dirtier short skirt and still
dirtier bare legs and feet. Many oil
Homer's description of their ancestors
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18
Foreign News.

AT st. Johns, N. F., a fire destroyed eleven
buildings, causing loss OF about $4,000
Advices from Port au Prince, Hayti, state
that thOre has been an uprising by the people,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18
The Children,

Official statistics show that the death
rate in American cities amounts up at
alarming speed during the summer
months, and cursory examination of
the figures proves that nine-tenths of the
increase are to be found under the col
umn devoted tc infants. From the be-
ginning of July until the end of August
children five years Of age are exposed to
treble the danger that encompasses them
at any other season of the year, and
parents should consequently redouDIe
their precautions. Cleanliness of person
and surroundings is in the first place in
dispensable to health, as decaying mat
ter generates the seeds of disease. Pure
and wholesome food is in the next place
absolutely necessary to carry the little
ones through this, their most trying or
deal. The food need not be costly, for
wholesome milk, oatmeal and bread are
readily obtainable, with occasional
changes of ripe fruit and berries. Special
care should be taken to avoid swill milk,
unripe or over-ripe fruit and indigestible
food of every description. BY attention
to this matter of diet, by keeping yards
and tenements fresh and clean, and by
giving the little ones breath of fresh
air in the park or by the seaside when
ever possible, thousands of them will be
saved to delight their parents hearts and
grow up into useful citizens, instead Of
| the grim mortuary reports.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18

BETTER TnEs.-No,better sign of i'm
provement in the times is needed than
that afforded by the rise in desirable
New York City real estate. The recent
sale of the Douglass property on Fifth
and Madison avenues, opposite Central
Park, is the latest illustration. This
property, consisting of thirty-four lots,
was offered two years ago at auction for
less than 100000. 1t has just been sold
for something less than 100000 by
Messrs. r. G, Dun & Co., of the Mercan-
tile Agency, who owned it, and who
make clear profit of nearly 5000, 900 by
the operation, receiving in singl cash
payment $500. 900. -Nea0 York Tribune.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18
An Indignant Telephone.

The other day prominent railroad
man in the West, who has no intimate
cquaintance with the capabilities of
the telephone, and is particularly igno
rant of the microscopic attachment,
which, when the mouth is placed near
|, and it is used with loud voice,
blurs the sound. The other day he
spoke to lady operator over the wire, and
her answer came back to him spread out
take dough under a heavy rolling-pin.
Gracious goodness" said he, turning
away from the instrument and address
ing a bystander in his office, " that
woman talks as if she hadn't tooth in
her head" when he was completely de-
moralized to hear the telephone scream,
in u very high and shrill key, Yes
have. you old brute; and you'd better
mind how you talk about me-" And
then he withered like a frost-bitten
morning glory.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18

A feather, as an anatomist would tell
us, is g. dernial modification in other
words, an altered bit of the skin. Every
part OF plant or animal undergoes
changes, our modern teachers say, lust
in accordance with the external infiu-
ences which affect it. But the skin of
an animal is naturally exposed to many
more such surrounding agencies than its
internal organs. Accordingly, we find
that no structure exhibits such strange
variations as the skin. Besides the reg1-
lar notifications which we see in the
scales of horny plates of fishes, the
smooth coats or solid shells of reptiles,
the feathers of birds, and the hair OF
mammals, numerous other minor pecu.
harities occur in almost every species,
Such are the horns of COWS and goats,
the spike OF the rhinoceros, the beaks.
nails, claws, hoofs and talons of beasts
or birds, and the tail-plumes, rufus, lap
pets, crests and ornamental adjuncts of
allthe more aesthetic animals. How birds
first came to be winged and feathered we
can hardly say as yet. To be sure, most of
us have seen picture, at least, of that
strange oolitic monster, the pterodactyl,
saurian with head like crow, but
having the tore-part protracted into long
jaws, fitted with teeth not very dissimi-
lar from those of crocodile while it's
legs were supplied, apparently, with a
membrane, by whose aid the creature
probably flew about in the same manner
as a bat. These real flying dragons re-
call in many points the appearance of a
bird, especially in the skull and the po-
sltion of the eyes. Moreover, Profs.
Marsh and Huxley have shown that the
earliest fossil birds resemble the ptero-
dactyl and other reptiles in many i'm
portant peculiarities of structure, far
more than their modern representatives.
Some of them even possess teeth set in
their jaws after reptilan fashion.
Though the evidence still remains very
fragmentary, we may regard it as pro-
bable that birds are descended from some
early reptilian form, more or less like
the pterodactyl; if not actually from
that partially-winged saurian itself. But
perhaps it is premature to build with
any confidence upon such dubious
ground; and we may consequently ac-
cept the earliest birds on their own re-
sponsibility, without inquiring too Curl
ously into their antecedents, or compel
ling them to produce genealogical table
oftheir ancestry. COrnhtH Magazine.
A speculatOr in oil wells NAV he said
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18

A speculator in oil wells may be said
0 be in the hole-sale business. Puck.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18
From Washington.

The coinage at the mints of the United
States during the fiscal year ended June 80,
1879, was as follows: Gold-Doube eagles,
1851, ga $40; eagles, 81 ,03I, 440; half eagles,
ISL, 442, 100; three-dollars, $l09, 1872; quarter
eagles, ST., 1885, 800; dollars, 3,020 total gold,
40,986,9l2. Silver - Dollars, 1927 ,227 $50;
halt dollars, 1925; quarter dollars, $ll250:
dimes, $45; total, 1877 227, 1920. Minor
coinage - Five-cents, $l,l75; three-cents,
1894; cents, 1895, total minor coinage,
$97798. Total coinage -39, $685. pieces;
value S68, 3l2 l42 so.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18
One word covers the Advice

Which should be given to nervous, slender,
and debilitated persons-Invigorete! Soda
tives, opiates, appetizers, are comparatively
useless. The system must be built up with a
genuine tonic in order to the recovery of vigoI
and tranquility by the nerves. A course, sys-
tematically pursued, of the leading invigorant,
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, should be re-
sorted to by those who suffer from weak
nerves and general debility. The stomach,
always more or less dyspeptic in cases of ner-
vousness and loss of vitality, is toned and reg
ulated by this medicine until the organ acts
with precision akin to that of a steady going
piece of mechanism Complete digestion and
assimilation are, through the influence OF the
Bitters, followed by gain of vigor and flesh,
and the disappearance OF biliousness and ire
gularity OF the bowels, where such exist, as
they usually do. Appetite and sleep are then
regained.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18

The Russian princess who is to marry
Prince Alexandria, of Bulgaria, is to
have marriage portion Of S1O,OOO,OOC,
half in cash and half in Jewels. Now if
he will 90 slow on starting newspapers
and will sell his dog, there's no reason
why he shouldn't get along.-Albany
Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18

Everybody knows that so long as there is
proud flesh in sore or wound it will not
heal. The obstacle is speedily removed and
the flesh reunited by Henry's Carbolic Salve,
the finest embodiment in existence Of that SUI
preme purifier, carbolic acid. Its emollient
ingredients modify its pungent acid basis, so
that it never cauterizes, stings or scarifes
the diseased part. Sores and eruptions of all
kinds are cured by it. All druggists sell it.
1t costs but one cent to send postal card to
the Mason & Hamlin Organ Co., Boston, New
York or Chicago, who will return, postage
paid, their catalogues and circulars, with much
information about organs. No one should buy
an organ without seeing these.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18
Indian DenredntiOns.

The fair reader shudders when she thinks
OF the settlers wife watching, from the door OF
her rude hut, the retreating form OF her hus-
band going out to his daily labor-going out
perhaps to return not again, Tor before nightfall
a savage hand may have laid him low among
the prairics grasses. Or it may be a child, a
bright-eyed daughter, is snatched away in an
unguarded moment, to grace the next war
dance. When we read the heartrending details
OF these savage depredations we are apt TO
blame the government for not taking more
strict precautions to insure the settlers pro-
lection. But we daily read of the depredations
OF that arch-fiend consumption, with scarcely
thought of the terrible inroads it is making in
human lite. Tens OF thousands OF homes are
annually desolated by consumption to one by
Indian outrage. Like the Indian, consump.
ton often comes stealthily, and no danger is
apprehended until the victim suddenly finds
himself hopelessly ensnared, and deaths iatal
arrow ends the scene. DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, powerful Alternative OF
blood purifier and tonic, has restored thousand:
Of consumptives who had tried every othel
remedy recommended to them without OBJ
tanning any reliet, and are willing to testify t.
its remedial mowers,