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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-11-20
Hurricanes In Florida.

On approach of autumn the Floridan
quakes with apprehension. 1t is the dread
eel season Of hurricanes Tearing through
the West Indies, they often strike the coast
with deadly effect. With scarcely n note
of warning houses are ovCrthrown, sail
boats blown from the water, and orange
groves swept bare of leaves and fruit.
Some of tue old settlers say that they can
detect signs of the storm day before it
breaks upon them. ''Iou feel it in the air
long before it comes, " says one. This is,
however, an indefinite sgn.-The devast
alton linging its track certainly proves that
''you feel it in the air when comes. -"
One of these typhoons visits the coast every
year.-The day may be bright and beauti-
full, and the flowers heavy with bees and
hHmmlng birds. The mudhens of the mar
shes pipe an a,arm. Not blade OF salt
grass moves. The blue sky grows hazy,
and the eastern horizon is milky white
Fitful gusts begin to ripple the water and
handle the green leaves. 4 low moan
comes from the ocean. Smoky clouds roll
into the sky from the southeast, and a
strong wind whitens the ruffied water
Every minute it increases in fury. An omi-
Rous yellow light tinges the atmosphere.
The sun is gone, and great drops of rain
are hurled to the ground. Within fifteen
minutes there is gale, and soon the full
force of the hurricane is felt. Great eagles
and peliCans are swept through the heavens
utterly powerless. Sparrows and other
small birds are lashed to death by leafiess
twigs, and the torn bodies of snowy herons
and wild turkeys lodge in the branches of
the live oak and cypress trees. All living
things disappear. pines are twisted
asunder. The little limbs of willows and
oleAnders snap like cow whips Lofty
palmettoes bend their heads to the ground,
their great fans turned inside out like the
ribs of an umbrella. The force of the wind
keeps the trees down until every greeu fan
pops like pIstol-shot. Orange groves are
ripped into shoe strings. The leaves of the
scraggy scrub on the beach are wiped out,
and their stems whipped into little brush
es. The tough saw palmetto Is blown as
flat as a northern wheat field, and the dead
grass of the savannas lashed into fine dust
Boards in the surf are struck by wind, and
sent spinning hundreds of feet into the air.
The sand dunes are caught up bodily, and
sifted through pine trees miles away. The
foam of the sea is blown beneath the houses
on the main land, and comes up between
the cracks of the floor like steam. These
hurricanes last from seven to eight hours
even longer.-During the lulls rain falls in
torrents. The tide rises to great height,
carrying away wharves and boat houses,
and flooding the low country for miles. |
The ocean leaps the sandy barriers of the
coast, and floods the Indian and other salt
water rivers, involving great damage. After
the storm centre-boards and jib stays are
found in spruce pines, oleanders are loaded
with cordage, and dead eyes and peak
blocks drop from leatless orange trees.
Gardens are destroyed, fences swept away,
and the tormented Floridian has three |
months work and no pay to repair dam !
ages
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-11-20

Another lady makes an article which sells
readily for $1.5O per pound, and which
experts pronounce stronger and Of superior
flavor to the imported article.
The remaining question to be solved is !:
Can tea be grown in this country as a pro-
fitable market crop? The cultivation OF the
plant is rs simple as that of the gooseberry
The plants only need TO be set In rows
thoroughly titled and properly pruned to
induce low, compact growth and abun-
dence of shoots. No leaves should be picked
until the fourth year from planting, to
insure robust, healthy aud well-established
growth so that they will endure the strain
Of successive Strippings, for under the best
conditions the leaves are picked several
times each year. What are these condi-
tions? In the first place, a rich, loamy
soil is Indispensable, and the strength Of the
ground should be sustained by fertilizers.
The climate must be warm, for although
the plant will endure zero chill, it thrives
best where the summers are long, and
where the temperature is never lower than
six or eight degs. below freezing. The
last necessary condition is abundant moist
ure. In India the rainfall is from so TO
100 inches per annum, and it is doubtful
whether the leaves would form with suffl-
cient rapidity to make this crop successful
in any part of this country where the annual
rainfall is less than 60 inches, and even
this should be diffused pretty equally over
the spring and summer months. OF course
where irrigation is possible tho rainfall is
of less importance.
There is only one way of learning whether
these and other essential conditions, if such
there be, exist together in this country to
degree which would insure success. Per
haps the Government might accomplish
something if it would cease TO rely on in
direct methods Of encouraging experiment,
which can only be desultory and unsatis-
factory, and begin some persistent trials Of
its own on a scale OF sufficient magnitude
to settle the question conclusively. An
of $50, 900 would be sufficient
TO purchase and stock farm of ample size !
in what seems favorable location, and it ,
would cover all needful expenses for
series of experiments for a term of years.
1t would then be found what quantity of
leaves an acre would yield, and what would
be the cost of picking and curing. Until
some satisfactory data on these points arc
established, private enterprise will hardly !
grapple with such an uncertain undertaking
and wait several years for results. Many |
acute observers have faith that the United |
States will yet produce its own tea, and |
better tea than is now consumed here
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-11-20
Our Robin.

Our robin lives our of doors, but he is so
tame that he enters the house ut all times
and seasons. When Henny's duties keep
her at home robin shows himself most
devoted husband: he carries her plentiful
supplies of oatcake crumbs, butter, bits of
candle, and other delicacies of the same
kind. And when he has to cater for the
little ones as well, he is really to be pitied;
so busy is he that he neglects his toilet
nearly altogether, and we have to be salts
fed with hurried scraps Of song. He gets
quite fearless in his anxiety for his family,
and will join us at breakfast and help him.
self to buttered toast without the slightest
hesitation or invitation. 1t is no use to
break off piece for robin; his way is to
hop on the plate and pick off for himself
what he considers the dainty bits. have
known him to come in five times during
breakfast AT night, window is left open
that he may come in for crumbs when he
pleases. Should all the windows be shut,
robin has very pretty 'Open Sesame; !"
he sits on the window-sill and sings loudly.
Nob.dy can resist that appeal, as he knows
from experience. And when he wishes to
get out, he has very effectual way of
managing that point, too by fluttering
from room to room, uttering little fright
ened "Chick, chick!" And as we know
the cat often lies in wait for him, some one
rushes to the rescue at once. He is very
Mark Tapley of a bird-cheery under all
circumstances, and universal faverite,
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-11-20

Soda water is simply carbonic-acid gas
soaked in water. The carbonic-acid gas is
obtained by pouring sulphuric acid over
marble chips or dust. The gas is passed
through water several times to free it from
all trace Of the sulphuric acid and is then
pumped into strong steel receptacle, in
which 'pure water. The soda fountain is
generally an elaborate marble affair, costing
from $50 to $4,000. Generally a soda
fountain in drug store will pay the rent of
the store at least, and sometimes much more.
Fountains are fed from one draught tube and
five sirups to six tubes and twenty-five
sirups. At some places they have pure
fruit sirups, and at others-they say they
have. The first patent for soda water was
taken out in England in 1907, yet the soda
fountain in all its glory is only to be seen in
America. In this country there is at least
$4,000, 600 invested in soda-water manu-
factories, fountains, ETC., and yet you can
get drink for cents. The tariff used to
be ] 0 cents, and then young man with a
party of ladies dreaded the sight of foun-
tain or the sound of its sizzle, but hard times
had the same effect on soda as on every
thing else. If the price were further low
cred to cents there is little doubt but a
great increase Of consumption and profit
would result.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-11-20
ventilating Bedrooms.

A simple device is within the reach of
every one having an ordinary window in
his room, by which fresh outer air can be
admitted in small quantity with such an
upward current as will prevent its being
felt as an injurious draft by the inmates.
1t is particularly adapted to sleeping rooms
when the weather Is to" cold to admit of an
open window. Thus, start both top and
bottom sashes of the window half an inch,
which is not quite enough to clear the re-
bate or stop-beads at the top and bottom,
but which leaves an opening of an inch be-
tween the meeting rails, through which a
current enters, but diverted upward by the
glass as it should be, so as not to fall dir
ectly to the floor, as its GOODNESS might
otherwise induce it to do. 1t thus becomes
well mixed with the air of the room with
cut being felt as draft.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-11-20

Nv feet are weAricd, and INV hands are tired
NV soul oppressed
And with desire have long desired
Rest--only rest
"TSs hard 10 toll when toll in almost vain,
In hsfren ways;
.TSs hard % sov. and never garner grain
In harvest days
The burden or my da,s is hard TO ar,
But God knows hsst;
And have prayed but vain has been my prayer
For rest-Sweet reut.
TSs hard 10 plant in spring, and never reap
TIE autumn Yield
'TSE har6 Go till. and when Us TILED 10 weep
Der frnitless field.
And 80 I CITY, = weak and human CIV,
50 heArt-oppresscd
And 90 sigh, weak and human uigh,
For rest-fur rest
Ny way has wound across the desert years,
And cares infest
NY path; and thlough the ticwinG OF hot tea q
lpine for rest
TWAS always 90. when stall a child / laid
On mothers nreast
My wearied Little head cen then prayed
As now, for resi-
and mn restless stln; twill soon be DER
For, down the West,
Iifes sun i setting. and I see the shore
Where ] shAn rest
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-11-20
Useful Plants.

Often has lake or stream been dragged
and cannon fired over the water to cause a
dead body to rise that lay quietly on shore.
Just so it is with many who are constantly
buying patent medicines at high prices,
when they could get the same thing at their
own doors almost To commence Just here.
Not ten PAGES from my door grows the
plantain, a universal companion of tho tiller
of the soil, usually destroyed as a mean
weed, which it ia, but give the devil his
due" as they say, and let us take out o
this plant what we can. If a shoe has
rubbed foot (and it often happens with us
poor clodhopp9rs,) just slip a clean fresh
plantain leaf between the sore place and the
leather and then think Of this. Lay the
plants on hot stove until wilted and lay
them as poultice, on q sore or intlamma-
ton and it will give relief. Not far off is
the detestable jamestown with its snowy,
trumpet shape flower, into which the sphinx
tobacco bird, delights to poke its long pro-
bOscis in the shade of the evening. Bruise
its leaves and pour little whisky on them,
strain il and you have a wash for rubbed
shoulders or back of horse, and no other
wash can excel in the way of healing. The
seed of it fried in lard and the grease used
as an application for the piles will give re-
lief equal to anything that can be bought.
The burdock and nettle both denominations
to the husbandman, have their good quail
ties. The roots will make a tea that will
purify the blood, and put a stop to the big
gest nest of boils ever Matching on a mans
body. The tea is bitter and not pleasant to
take, but this is the case with nearly all
medicine. The leaves of the common
privet are a sure cure for sore mouths,
simply by chewing the leaves and letting
them rest on the sore in the mouth, and is
not half as nasty as chew of tobacco. If
this is not on the grounds, piece of peach
leaf will be often quite relief.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-11-20

M. de Beaumont, the president of
the geographical society of Geneva,
proposes that longitude, instead of be-
ing reckOned from Greenwich, Paris,
Ferro or Washington, as at present,
shall be reckoned from an initial lnerl-
dian passing through Behring's Strait
between North America and Asia.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-11-20

-Rowell msde about three dollars
very minute OF his walk.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-06-24

A young man who has recently taken
a wife says he did not find it half so
hard to get married as he did to get fur
niture.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-06-24
HUSBANDS. IDEAL AND REAL.

so fair Ambrosia! lift thy earnest look
A moment from the pages of thy book;
Is there love that hath power to move
Thy noble heart to strong and perfect lover"
"My lover must be wise, must love with me
All lovely things in Art and Poesy;
His soul must sit on high like some large star,
And men salute him, even from afar.
81 do not ask for houses, land or gold,
Only for knowledge great and manifold,
Let such lover seek my heart and hand,
And will bow me to his wise command"
"Ah, what a stupid husband! =" answered May
I'd not have such one single day;
Ny lord must own very lengthy purse,
Or else fear he'll find it all the worse"
-"And T." said proud Cornelia, "own no lord,
But he who buckles on his country's sword;
He must lead armies. and in blood and flame
Carve the bright letters that spell his name"
The wise Ambrosia weds banker old
A man without a thought beyond his gold;
And May, who vowed that naught but wealth
should rule,
Marries poor professor and keeps school.
To proud Cornelia ne'er soldier came;
Vain were her dreams of glory and fame;
She bowed her soul to daily household work
Her lord little harmless dry goods clerk.
Inter Ocean.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-06-24
Facts About Printing.

Movable types for printing were not
used until the fifteenth century.
Books were printed by the Chinese
and other eastern nations from en-
graved blocks long before the invention
of type.
The first type were wood. The same
material is still much used for the larger
varieties of letters.
Johannes Guttenburg is generally be-
lieved to have been the first to manu-
facture movable types.
An edition of Donatus was the first
book printed from movable types.
The finest letters were characters inn
itating handwriting. Printing was in
trOduced into Paris in 174O; into Lon
don four years later.
Roman type was first made in 1865.
Italic about the year 1900.
Type founding was part of the bu-
siness of printer, and was declared a
distinct art by decree of the Star
Chamber.
The largest. sized type used for books
is great primer; the smaller sizes are
English. plea, small plea, long primer,
bourgeois, BREWER, minion, nonpareil,
agate, pearl, diamond, and brilliant.
| Pearl is the smallest type found in
ordinary printing offices.
In America printers are paid by the
| 1000 ems (M), an EN- being equivalent
to about two letters. In England the
matter is measured by ems (N), 1000 OF
which equal 1000 ems.
A good compositor will set, correct
and distribute about 5000 ems day OF
ten hours. Several of the New York
newspapers are printed from stereotype
plates, which are prepared with great
rapidity and melted over for use again
in printing the next edition. So rap
idly is this work performed that in
some instances forms have been got
ready for the press in twenty minutes
after the last page had been given to
the stereotyper.
The hand press was invented in 1850
and is still used, without any important
Improvement, in the majority of coun-
try newspaper offices.
| Ink rollers are made of'a mixture OF
molasses and glue, and were invented
by one Gannal, glue manufacturer Of
Paris.
The first newspaper ever printed by
steam was the London Times of Nov.
%, 1914.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-06-24
IT Is so,
we seen many a girl

I've seen many girl
Who would marry churl,
Providing he'd plenty of gold.
And would live to repent,
When the money was SPENT
When she found that her heart had been solo
1t is SO! 1t is so!
You may smile, if you like.
But it's so!
I've known many lass
Who would thoughtlessly pass
Whole hours promenading the street,
While her mother would scrub
All the while at the tub,
Never mind the cold or the heat.
It is so! 1t is so!
You may smile, If you like,
But it's sol
There is many man
Who will "dress' if he can,
No matter how empty his purse;
And his tailor may look,
When he settles his book,
But his patron has bolted, or worse.
It is SO! 1t is SO!
You may smile, if you like,
But it's so!
Know people SO nice,
They will faint in trice,
If you mention hard labor to Them
Yet their parents were poor,
And forced to endure
Many hardships life's current to stem.
1t is SO! 1t is so!
You may smile, If you like,
But it's so!
There are many about,
With face ''long drawn out"
Who would pirate for the harm of a laugh;
Yet they'll cheat all the week,
Though on Sunday SO meek,
Tony mind, they're too pious by half
It is so! 1t is so!
You may smile, if you like,
But it's so!
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-06-24

"They fell devoted, but. undying,
The very gales their names are signing;
The silent pillar, cold and gray,
Claims kindred with their sacred clay.
Their spirits wrap the dusky mountain,
Their memory sparkles e'er the foun-
The meanest rill, the mightiest river.
Rolls mingling with their name forev.
err"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-06-24
HARRIS REMEDY co. MFG. CHEMISTS.
Market aad eth SITS. ST. LOUIS, no.

A00l A MONTH guaranteed. So day Ct
XAHJ home made by the industrious. Capital
U0VV not required; We will start you. Men,
women. boys and girls make money faster at
work for us than at anything else, The work
= light and pleasant. and such as any one can
70 right at. Those who are wise who see this
notice will send US their addresses at once and
zee for themselves. Costly outfits and terms
free. Now is the time. Those already at work
are laying up large sums of money.
Address TRUE & CO.,
1e10-1y Augusta, Maine.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-06-24

suicide comes up for the jury to sit or
what would you do?"
Sam.-Why I'd make de man 'spor1
de child surev
And the above is correct specimen
of the would be jurors excluded from
our county courts about which Rlves
has caused such stir. He is the Unit
ed States Judge that usurps such au
thority as to say what our Judges shall
and shall not dO.-D0nville NeaUs.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-06-24
Preiudice Kills.

"Eleven years our daughter suffered
on bed of misery under the care of sew.
eral of the best land some of the worst,
physicians, who gave her disease vari-
GUS names but no relief, and now she il
restored to us in good health by as sim.
pie remedy as Hop Bitters, that We
had poohed at for two years, before US
ing it. We earnestly hope and pray
that no one else will let their sick suf-
fer as we did, on account of prejudice
against so good a medicine as Hop Bit
tiers. 1.-THE Parents.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-06-24

Married men are apt to forget that If
it had not been for their mothers-in-law
they would not have their wives.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-06-24
That the Phonograph can "bottle un,

That the Photograph can "bottle up''
the voice and pass it down to future
ages is indeed wonder, but is not the
restoration of lost voice more wonder
full? And yet DR.. Pierce's Golden Me.
dical Discovery speedily restores lost
voice, cures hoarseness. sore throat,
bronchitis, and consumption. Many
ministers, who had abandoned the
pulpit, by reason of sore throat and gen.
eral debility, have, by the use of the
Discovery, been restored to perfect
health and strength. Sold by drug
gists.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-06-24

A NATIVE OF THIS COUNTY VISITS THE
BIRTHPLACE OF DANIEL BOONE.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-06-24

"Why, papa" said Market street
girl to her father, as he sauntered into
the parlor, away long in the night,
when she and her Aiolphus were con,
versing upon the ethics ct the dust and
kindred topics, why, papa, what are
you looking for ?" ION, nothing, lust
thought I'd get up to see the sun RISE"
Then the clock struck and the son rose
and vanished and the old man went
back to bed.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-06-24

DR.. Holmes says that crying widows
marry first There is nothing like wei
weather for transplanting.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-06-24

Miss Sheets is the new popular singer
in London. Twentyfour Of her ought
to make tolerable good choir.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-10-02
ID. &. CO1icy. pIaintiM.
w..
A. L.. GOfapy, defendant.

Action brought in the District Court of the
Second judicial District of the Territory of
| Washington, holding terms at Vancouver for
the counties OF Clarke, Skamunia and Kick
itat.
Complaint Gled in the County of Clarke, in
the Office OF the Clerk Of said District Court.
the 22d day of August, A. d. 1874.
To y. l.. to!fry, Defendant:
In the name Of the United states Of &nsr
lea. you are hereby required To- appear III ian
action brought against you Sy the above
named plaintiff in the District Court of the
Second judicial District of the Territory of
WasLin gton, holding terms ut Vancouver. in
Clarke County for the counties of Clarke.
Skamana and Kliclltat. and to answer the.
complaint filed therein Within sixty days from
the date hereof. or judgements by default wils
he taken against you according 10 the prayer
of said complaint.
The said action is brought TO obtain de-
cree of said Court dssolsipx She bonds Of
matrimony between the plsintir and the de
! icndant ana awarding To plaintiff in fee sim
pie the following described land, to-wit: Lots
9 and 10 in block Il in the city of Kalauaa. IN.
Cowliz county, ". t. and the following de
scrihcd parcels in Clarke county NIL in thc
| TERRITORY OF Washington to wit: Commence
ing at the northeast corner of See. -. Town
ship = north OF Range ) east: thence west 20
chains To- a stake: thcacc south chains and
~ links 10 Il stake; thence east 20 chains To
The township line; thence north chains 81
links To place OF beginning. Also the follow
in-: The southeast quarter If the south
cast quarter of Sec. u, Township > north OF
Range . east Alsothc following: The north
west quarter %. the north west quarter osScc
=, IN Township one, and lot No of Section
81. IN township ; north, of Range 3 east
Also the following: { incuciur at "A ppiut
on the Columbia river oct&ccn the land claim
OF David C. Parker and wife and the land
cant of Richard OGgh; thence north with;
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-10-02
BOTTLED BEER, or
LAGER BEER. in Kegs

In quantities to suit purchasers Beer win
Doe delivered at the brewery or saloon when
desired. LOUIS DAMPHOFFER.
July 81, 1873 Proprietor.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-10-02
.yuStiee be Hanged.

From the New York sun, Dem.
If Henry Gully and his associates in
the murder of the Chisholm family,
escape justice through the potency OF
political sympathy, the effect OH the
next presidential election in favor of
the republican ticket will not be small.
No republican orator can speak halt 50
eloquently for his cause n the gaping
wounds of the murdered Chisholm,
unles, they are avenged.