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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-07-31
EXAMINATIONS or TEACHERS
FOR 1879.

The examinations of teachers for the
schools ofCentre county will be held
as specified in thisannonncement
BellefoRte, Tuesday, August 26.
Phitipsburg and Rush, Philipsburg,
Wednesday, August q.
Taylor and Worth, Port Matilda,
Thursday, August 25,
Huston, Julian, Friday, August 90.
Snow Shoe and Burnside, Snow Shoe,
Tuesday, September 3.
Unionville and Union, UnionvRle,
Thursday, September 4,
MilesbuTg and Boggs, MilesbprTg,
Friday, September 5.
Patton, Waddle's School House,
Tuesday, September 9.
Halfmoon, Stormstown, Wednesday,
September, 10.
Ferguson, Pine Grove, Thursday,
September IL.
Harris, Boalsburg, Friday, Septem-
Der u.
Spring, Valentines School House,
Tuesday, September l6.
Benner, EnoK's School House, We'd
nesday, September I7.
College, LeNont, Thursday, Sept. G5.
Potter. Centre Hall, Friday, Sept. 10.
Gregg, Penn Hall, Saturday, Sept. %.
Walker, Hublers6Erg, Monday, Sep
tember p.
Marion, Jacksonville. Tuesday, Sep
tember %.
Liberty, Eagleville, Wednesday, Sep
tember a.
nrl n
day, September %.
Penn and Millheim, Millheim, Satur-
day. September II.
Haines, Aaronsburg, Monday, Sep
tember %.
Miles, Eebersburg, Tuesday, Sept. 80.
A. special examination to fill vacan-
cies will be held at the Superintendent's
Office, Bellefonte, Thar sday, October
End but applicants must come recon =
mended by at least four directors of the
district in which they intend to teach,
and give a reason for not having at
tended the district examinations.
Applicants must be examined in the
districts in which they expect 10 teach.
Examinations, each dag, VIII begin
at 8 A. NJ; some of the directors should
he present in time to make out q dist of
applicants to be examined.
In compliance with instructions from
the school department the standard
viii be raised, certificates falling below
an average of 3. will not be issued.
II, MEYER
Co. Supt.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-07-31

ENLARGING THEIR JUHEsDBcTroN.-
The act passed by the last session Of
The Legislature A'to enlarge the juris.
dictisa of justices ct the peace" pro-
vides that 1.-The aldermen, magistrates
and justices OF the peace i'm this Com
menwealth shall have concurrent juris.
diction With the courts of common
pleas OF an actions arising from con-
tract. either ex4ress or implied, and of
all actions OF tresEpass and of trover
and conversions wherein the sum de-
manded does not exceed three hundred
dollars, except I'm eageg of real contract
where the title to lands OK tenements
may come in question, or action upon
the promise Of marriage.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-07-31

No OFFICE FOR n1M.--The follow
ing card, published in the Washington
Star, is said to come from one of the
leading physicians in Washington ::
"Notice.-This is to give notice tLat
l positively and emphaticaliy decline to
have anything TO do with oftice-seek-
ing, verbally or by writing, teiephonic-
ally or Geographically, personally or by
proxy, straightforwardly or sinuously,
ingenuously or dlsingenuousiy, super
telrestially or subterraneouslY, inmed-
lately or remotely, in the flesh or in the
spirit, waking or dreaming, or by any
agency or instrumentality, natural or
known to the human
race. All Virginia papers please copy"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-07-31

NY0UCE.-All persons are hereby cautioned
~ not to enter upon the lands of the subscri-
bers for the parpose of ofshooting squirrels, OF for
other unlawful objects, as they are determined
EMANUEL HARTER,
ELIAS VERT,
kEUBEN HARTER.
Miles township, July 9th, 1879. 2g-6
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-07-31

YTHRUSTEES' SALE OF REAL ESTATE
A The undersigned, Trustees appointed by
the Orphans Court OF Centre County, to sell
part of the real estate of Ma tin Stover late Of
Haines township, deceased, will offer at public
sale, on Saturday, August 23rd, 1879 on the
premises the following described, real proper
~, viz:
ALL THAT CERTAIN FARM,
situatc I'm Haines township, bounded by lands
OF Henry Fielder, John Orndorf, John Huber
and John BowersOX, containing ia acres aud
l26 percheS, all cleared and i'm a good state Of
cultivation, except four acres, which is wood
land, Thereon is erected a good 2-stOry Dwell
ling House, Tenant House, Bank barn and 9TH
er outbuildings.
Also
A CERTAIN TRACT or TIMBER LAND, situate in
Haines township, and bounded by lands OF
john Young and Daniel Warntz, containing
III acres and 119 perches. The said tract will
be sold i'm fOur or live lots, to suit purchasers.
Sale to commence at / O'Clock of said day,
when terms Will be made known by
MICHAEL STOvER,
Moan tToVER,
Trustees.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-07-31

To oHr old German fieRdS we would
say, don't give up the JOURNAL. It
win seem like kepartingwith am old friend
il You do. There are but few families
in which there is not some one that
Can read English. Your children can
read the paper for You if you can not
DO 90 yourself any longer. Besides the
9Esce has been reduced to one dollar.
Stsck To the JOURNAL, and we will do
our level best to give you more than
tlse worth Of your money.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-07-31
LDdle n Society Directory,

MHlh~im Lodge. No. eas. I. O q. r meets I'm
hciT han. Tenn street, every Saturday evening.
y L. BrMILLER. Sec &. w. HARTMAN, ". G.,
rrsvidenee Grange. No. "a p. oC H., meets I'm
AlexanoerS hlOck on the second Saturday OF
zach month NJ 81. r. NJ, and on the fourth Sa-
turaay of zach m0nth af IL P.M.
u a.-EEWBE. Sec. A. O. Deininger, Master.
The MiEIMrim IT, IN L. Association meets I'm
the Penn street school houSe ON the eve ming OF
the Sccumd Monday OF each month.
n. WALTER, Sec. H. %. DKINISGER, PreSt
The MKlIheim Corncf Rand meets i'm the
ToNn Hall ON Monday and Thursday evenings.
u IL Il HAKTER sec. .. HARTMAN, I>reSt.
MIllhcim Escort Of Co n. 5fh Regt., n. c..
iaaa their driu mceflag On the second story OF
AAexandcT's BlOck, every Tmes4ay and Friday
evening.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-07-31
SUNDRY POINTS.

1t is our purpose and aim to make
the JOURNAL good, live local news
paper. We will do all in our power to
make it interesting and useful.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-07-31
GaTA & Sunday School Directory.

Evangelical.
Rev. c. ". ncsminrcr win preach next Sunday
mwrmlmK hn German.
Sunday SchOud. . E. Nd. L. Zerby, supt.
Mefh0d1st.
New. W, r whItncy win preach next Sunday
evening.
sSa%aay school. r. Nd. Kimport. supt.
Reformed.
Rcv. j. q. Shoemaker will preach next Sun.
~day-exVmlAg linn AarCnSburg.
OMITTED Brethren.
Lutheran.
Rev. John Tomlinson win preach next sun
day evening I'm AaruuSourg.
United. Sunday School, A. NJ Il. o.
ne8minEer- Supf.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-07-31

IN administration on the estate of Levi SnoOk
late ef Miles township, deceased, having been
granted to the undersigned, all persons know
ing themselves Indebted to the said estate, are
requested to make immediate payment, and
these having claims against the same, to pre-
sent tleRs properly probated for settlement,
without delay
JACOB w. SHOOK,
ELIAS w. SNOOK,
36-6t. Administrators.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-06-27
And so the poor dog had none"


The only important objection which has
thus far been urged against the undertaking
has arisen in the apprehensions expressed by
a few scientists that the evaporation produced
by so large and so shallow body of water,
exposed to the tropical sun, would be sutf-
cent to deluge northern Europe with incess-
ant rain, and to reduce materially the temper
ature in all the countries north OF the Alps.
1t has ever been feared that winds freighted
with moisture on crossing the cold submits
of the Alps would precipitate vast volumes
of water and produce degree of cold which
would give Denmark and northern Germany
a sem-Arctic climate and produce glacial
epoch farther north. Is it not probable that
all such apprehensions arise out of misun-
derstanding as to the topography of the Sahara
and North Africa The entire region to be
flooded is practically shut in by mountain
chains ON all sides. The Atlas Mountains on
the north, lifting their snow-caPped peaks IN
some instances -, 600 feet, afford sufficient
bulwark for the protection of Europe from in
creased humidity. The only possible north
ernly outlet for air currents from Ell Juf
would be across Tunis in a nOrth-easterly di-
rection over the widest part of the Mediter-
ranean. Currents moving in that direction,
if they reached Europe at ALL would touch
the shores of Greece after they had lost most
of their humidity. NJ. de Lesseps, after
careful examination OF the question, Is con-
vinced that it would result in the general i'm
provement of the climate of Europe rather
than to its detriment, The advantage of the
increased evaporation to North Africa cannot
be over estimated. The snow-clad cliffs of
Aban, lying to the east of the proposed sea,
and the Kong Mountains to the south, would
bring down upon the parched desert grateful
rains, which, with the assistance of cultiva-
ton, would in time no doubt redeem thous-
ands of square miles from the desolation OF
the sands. .-Scribner for July.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-06-27

my son." said Mr.. X. kindly to his youth
full heir, "accustom yourself to be polite to
the porter, the servant girl, the coachman, to
all the servants; thus you will come in time
to be courteous to all people, even to your
parents"
Little Billy was told, 'Never ask for any
thing at the table Little boys should wait
until they are served" The other day little
Billy was forgotten in the distribution, and
was not served at all. What could he dor
Presently, after rejecting seriously, he asked,
'Mamma, when little boys starve TO death do
they go to HeavenT
There is a story told of two Scotch lads
who knew little of gunnery and natural his
tory. but were familiar with King James Bi-
BILE and with the winged heads that pass for
cherubs in painting and sculpture. Going
out a-gunning together, one of them shot
bird and the other ran TO secure the trophy.
Coming near where it had fallen, he found
white owl so sprawled in the grass as to pre-
sent to his view only head with staring eyes
and pair of wings attached. Instantly he
shouted in dismay "We're in for 1t now,
Jock; we've shot q cherubim"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-06-27

whereby enough incident was given to knock
ing il about to make the sport fit for few
players, or even single pair Playing the
ball into holes serves much the same pur-
pose as sending il through rings, and thus
came in the particular kind OF handy called
golf, from the clubs used to drive the ball.
The stool-ball so popular in medieval mer-
rymakings, wns played with II stool, which
one protected by striking away with his
hands the ball which another Lowl,d at it
the nn-player was out il the stool was hit,
or he might be caught out so that here is cv-
identity part of the origin Of cricket, in which
the present stumps seem to represent the
stool In cub-ball ball was bowlcd and hit
with club and n game called cat aud-dOg
was played in Scotland two centuries ago,
where players protected not wicktts but holes
from the wooden cat pitched at them, getting
runs when they Lit it. We have here the
simple clements from which the complex
modern cricket was developed. Lastly, among
the obscure accounts of ancient ball-play it
is not easy TO make out that the ball was ever
sent against an opposite wall for the other
player to take it at the bound and return it.
Such a game, particularly suited to soldiers
shut up in cestle-yartls became popular
about the fourteenth century under the name
of pila pdl,aarfd jeu de pauline, which name
indicates its original mode of striking with
the palm of the hand, as in fves II was an
improvement to protect the hand with n
glove such as may still be seen in the ball
play of Basque cities as nt Bayonne. Some
times battledoor faced with parchment was
used as witness the story of the man who de-
clared he had played with battledoor that
had on it fragments of the lost decades of
Livy. But it was the racket that made pos
sible the cutting" and "boasting' of the
medieval tennis court, with its elaborate scor-
ing by "chascs" No doubt il was the real
courtyard of the chateau, with its penthouses,
galleries, and grated windows, that furnished
the tennis court with the models for its quaint
ly artificial grilles and lunes so eruditely dis
cussed in Mr. Julian Marshalrs Annals of
Tennis"
The use of lots or dice for gambling arose
out of an earlier serious use of such instru-
ments for magical divination. The magician
draws lots to learn the future, and the gam
bier to decide the future, so that the differ
ence between them is that between will
aud "shall" But the two-faced lot that can
only fall head or tail can only give simple
yes or no. which is often too simple for ell
ther the diviner or the gambler. So we find
African negroes divining with a number of
cowries thrown together to see how many
fall up and how many down and, this, too,
is the Chinese method of solemn lot-casting
in the temple when the falling of the spoon
like wooden lots, SO many up and so many
down. furnishes an intricate result which il
to be interpreted by means of the book oi
! mystic diagrams. Edrdrd B. Taylor.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-06-27
Miscellany.


Robert OF Lincoln.
Merrily swinging on briar and weed,
Near to the nest Of his little dame,
over the mOuntain.side or mead,
Robert of Lincoln is telling his name:
Bob-o'-link, bob-o-link,
spink, spank, spnk;
Snug and safe Is that nest Of ours,
Hidden among the summer flowers.
Chee, chee, chee.
Robert Of Lincoln is gaily drest,
Wearing a bright black wedding coat;
White are his shoulders and white his crest
Hear him call in his merry note:
Bob-o'-link, bob-o'.link,
SPHINX, spank, sphinx;
Look what nice new coat is mine;
Sure, there was never bird so hno.
Chce, chee, chee.
Robert Of Lincoln's Quaker wife,
Pretty and quiet with plain brown wings,
Passing at home patient life,
BrOUds in the grass while her husband sings:
Bob-O-link, bob-o'-link,
SPHINX, spank, sphinx;
Brood, kind creature; you need not fear
Thieves and robbers while l am here.
Chez, chee, chcc.
Modest and shy as a nun is she;
One weak chirp is her only note
Braggart and prince Of braggars is he,
Pouring boasts from his little throat:
Bob-o'-link, bob O'-link,
Sphinx, spank, sphinx
Never was afraid Of man;
Catch me, cowardly knaves, If you can.
Cheei cheei chee
Six white eggs on a bed of hay,
Flecked with purple, a pretty sight!
There as the mother sits all day,
Robert is singing with ali his might:
Bob-o'-link, bob-O'-link,
Sphinx, spank, sphinx;
Nice good wife that never goes out,
Keeping house while frolic about
Chez, chee, chce.
Soon as the little ones chip the shell,
SIX wide mouths are open for food.
Robert OF Lincoln bestirs him well,
Gathering seeds for the hungry brood.
Bob-o link, bob-o'-link,
Sphinx, spank, sphinx;
This new life is likely to be
Hard for gay young fellow like me.
Chee, chee, chee.
Robert Of Lincoln at length ia made
Sober with work and silent with care;
OF is his holiday garment laid,
Half forgotten that merry air.
Bob-o'-link, bOb-o'-link,
Sphinx, spank, sphinx;
Nobody knows but my mate and
where our nest and our birdlings lie.
Chez, chee, chee.
Summer wGncs the children are grown;
Fun and frOc no more he knows;
Robert Of Lincoln's a humdrum crone;
on he flies, and we sing as he goes:
Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link,
Sphinx, spank, sphinx;
when you can pipe that merry old strain,
Robert Of Lincoln, come back again.
Chez, chce, chee.
bryant
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-06-27

BIRD RoMANcE.-A lady who lives on OIL
i've street relates the following A few days
ago there fell in front of her window from a
tree ''chippy" or ground bird, such as chat
ter about the parks and streets, 1t seemed
wearied and crippled. She picked it up,
carried it into the house, fed it from her own
mouth, and at night placed it in the cage
with her canary. The canary at once be-
slowed upon the new conner all of the atten-
tion of a mother, and nestled beside the lit
tie stranger during the night. In the morn
ing the lady placed the chippy in the window
so that it might have the privilege of regain
ing its freedom. 1t plumed its tiny wings
and went away. The canary mourned dur
ing the day as if he had lost his mate. In
the evening the chippy came back and
perched upon the window. The sash was
raised and it flew in and nestled upon the
cage the canary at once struck up his liveli-
est notes and seemed gratihed. This was re-
peated two or three days, the chippy going
each morning and returning in the evening.
One day it went away and did not come back.
The canary dropped, and the next day fell
dead from his perch in the sunshine that
played over the gilded cage in the window.
That night the chippy returned, and during
the evening it mourned over its dead com
panion. In the morning it chung TO the cage
until it was turned ont. For few days the
empty cage was hung in the window, and on
each succeeding evening the chippy returned
and ohirped as if it was grief-stricken. One
day il brought worm in its bill, dropped II
in the cage, flew away and came back nc
more.-iSt Louis Iimes-JourRdL
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-06-27

A Boston wife slyly attached pedometer
TO her husband when, after supper, he start
ed to "go down town to the Office to balance
the books" On his return fifteen miles of
walking was recorded He had been step
ping around a billiard table all the evening.
A legal gentleman met a brother lawyer on
Court street one day last week, and the fol-
lowing conversation took place; "Well,
Judge, how is business p "Dull, dull l am
living on faith and hope" Every good, but l
have got past you, for I'm living on charity"
Such is the formidable antagonism of the
sexes that a chance to give Roland for an
Oliver is never lost. Don't you think that
a good likeness of me ?" said pretty wife TO
a small fraction of herself called her husband,
every good" was the reply, Except that
that there is little too much repose about
the mouth"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-06-27

The cucumber graceth the festal board,
Enshrouded in condiments rare,
And the epicure gleefully rubbeth his pauneh
At the sight Of the treasure there.
The doctor smileth a sad-like smile,
And giyeth a crocodile groani
And the marble man goeth out the while
And polisheth up stone.
The undertaken mOurnfully asks
'What will his measure be ?"
And the sexton msketh spot preserved"
All under the willow tree.
'Tis hard the times, and tits scarce the cash.
And so with a zestful Joy
We welcome wait TO the htful fruit
ST. Louis Journal
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-06-27
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Fifteen pages OF HENRY JAMES. JR's. spirited and clever
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IAN AMERICAN HOME ON THE AMAZONS.'
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"THE ART SCHOOLS OF PHILADELPHIA"
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THE UNIVERSITY OF ROME.'
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~ STORY OF THE DRY SEASON.
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"ENGLISH SPELLING AND SPELLING RE-
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1.-THE DOCUMENTS IN THE CASE"
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