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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-03-11

A couple of young ladies who went to
Dubuque to spend the holidays concluded
to couple stylew with economy, and did so ef-
fectually. Theyleft Chicago in common
codch on the Illinois Central Railroad, sit
ting with their eyes towards a luxurious
palace car trundIing along at the rear, en-
vying the half dozen ladies who had it all
to themselves When the train arrived at
Freeport the two stylish young ladies. con-
cluded to engage seats in the palace car,
and entered it for that purpose.
''The seats in this car are extra, ladies, "
politely remarked the conductor. .
eve are aware of that, sir. What do
you charge to Dubuque?n g to B..
Zone dollar Lr 4 -
Zone dollar That's too much. >"
t'1he price. .diminislles, ladies, as we APP
proach Dubuque" @
"What, is the price from GalenaR"
"Thirty cents. y 80.
s.HWell, we will occupy two seats from
Galena' -
''All right" ,s
The young ladies left the Pullman, and
as they made their exit they were heard to
remark:
''Jane, it would be horrible to enter Du-
buque in a common coach Style is every
thing, and as it won't cost but thirty cents
each we'll go into. the city IN style they
won't know bat. that we came all the way
from Chicagoin the Pullman"
And sure enough upon the arrival OF the
train their friends who were at the depot to
meet them found them in the palace coach.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-03-11
Death In the Peach.

A fatal case of poisoning by peach stones
which has just occurred in Paris may serve
as a warning to those families in which
children are allowed to look after them
selves for hours together. 1t may be as
sumed that very few children under the
age, say, of ten or twelve have any idea
that peach-stones or peach blossoms are dan
gerous. They have been shown the deadly
nightshade, and probably the wild hemlock,
and have canny dread of them; but nurse
maids are not nearly so fond Of pointing
out the peach tree as an object of horror
and aversion. The victim of the recent
accident in Paris had certainly not been
cautioned against the attractions of the
peach. He had developed at the tender
age of five and half, the faculty of rea-
soning on inductive principals, and he saw
no reason to doubt that as cherry and apri-
cot stones contained eatable kernels the
nobler fruit had at least an equally desir-
able treasure in its inmost recesses. Ac-
cordingly Ire secreted the stones Of num-
ber Of peaches which had been sent to his
mother from the country, and possessing
himself Of a hammer when left alone broke
them open industriously and then set TO
upon Il SOllu ICttSt 10 WHICH lie tllu 0dSiy
but complete Justice The taste of the
kernels was not perhaps on par with the
expectations previously entertained, but it
would be ridiculous to 60 through the
severe labor of cracking such hard shells
without entering into the fruition of the
labor when once finished. So the unlucky
child was found by his parent on her re-
turn writhing in the grievous .agonies pro-
duced by prussic or hydroeyanic acid. The
arrival and efforts of the doctors were vain,
and another item had TO be added TO the
long list Of ''deaths by imprudence." IL
is as well, now In plain words to
explain what extent of poisoning
properties is possessed by the peach
stone. The writers on toxicology
state that an ounce of the kernels contains
about one grain of pure hydrocyanic acid,
and it is knownlhat one grain of the poi
son will almost certainty kill any adult
person Two-thirds of a grain has very
often been fatal, and indeed, may be re-
garded as fatal dose for child.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-03-11
w inter Fishing.

The winter fishing on Chautauqua lake,
New York, is quite business. Being an
inland lake 1t freezes over quicker than Lake
Erie, and when the latter body is open
Chautauqua lake has ice enough to hold up
an army of fishermen. There are now
about twenty scoops" as they are called,
out on the ice A coop is box about
three feet square with hole in the bottom.
A hole is cut in the ice and the box placed
over it so that the two holes match. A
man crawls into this box, and il being per-
fectly dark in there he can see the bottom
as plain as day if the water is clear. If it
is not clear, newspaper Is sunk to the
bottom under the coop, and fish passing
over it are easily seen. Through this hole
in the ice wooden fish, properly weighted,
is sunk to the proper depth, and with the
cord attached to it, the bogus fish is made
to fly around lively and thereby attracts
other fish to its locality. The man in the
coop keeping watch, seeing a fish in good
position, lets drop his heavy spear, weigh
ing from fifteen to twenty pounds, fasten-
ing him to the bottom. Some large fish are
caught in that way. The Monday before
New Years there were caught three pick
erel, weighing respectively twenty seven,
thirty and forty pounds. 1t 10 quite a
business when the lake is frozen over and
those who follow 1t make money.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-03-11
The Ventilation Fiend,

Ever since fresh air was invented has the
earth been cursed with people who fancied
themselves appointed to ladle out vast vol
umes, aerial cataracts, chilling torrents of
fresh air to nervous, timid, delicate people
who don't want pint of it. The ventila-
ton idiot, who has not seen himG Who
has not suffered at his pitiless hands! Who
has not longed to kilEhimi He haunts the
railway train, and makes his dwelling in
the church; he goes to the theatre; he in
vades your Offices he tramples on the
sanctity of your home; and, wherever he
goes and wherever he comes, he brings with
him blasts from Greenland and theories
from the stormy caves of Eolus. And he
sweeps down upon you, and your peace,
and your tranquil home like tornado,
and he overwhelms you with fresh air un-
til you want to suffocate. How you do
hate him, the man whose hobby is ventila-
tioA.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-03-11
A Smart Man.

Jesse Lovely, while out West, was in
search of man whom he wished to see on
a matter of business. After riding for half
a day and losing the way in that sparsely
settled country, he drew up his .steed in
front of log cabin. A female came to the
door. ''Will you be kind enough to tell
me, Miss, where Mr. VIM. Humphrey
lives 2" said jesse 81 don't know" very
blandly replied the young lady, 'but
Squire Roberts, who lives about half a
mile from here, can tell you. He is q
Uelu smart ngCy,1.n Jessie rode on in the
direction the fair enchantress indicated.
Coming to the house, he cried out, "Hello!n
The Squire, with his shirt collar open, his
spectacles on top of his head and his pants
in his boots, made his appearance at the
door, SIS this Squire Roberts a' inquired
Jesse. 81 are he, said the Squire with
an air of importance that would have been
more becoming to king. Esquire
Roberts," said Jesse, ''can you tell me
where William Humphreys lives? ?" 81
kim" said the Squire in q self-gratulatory
manner that he was able to answer the
question, and proceeded, ''if he are whar |
anticipate he are, he are forty miles dis
tant on Peter Creek. Although his resi-
dence are exclusively adjacent to mine,
know nothing of his wherefores or his
whichabouts. Jesse waved his hand in
polite salutation to the Squire and rode on
to find his man as best he could with the
information he had received from the
Squire to whom the blushing maid had d.
rected him as the savant OF her section.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-03-11
I win-Perhaps.

/ will-but no, guess not
That won't 60 home till morning
/ will not eat chicken salad again for a
year. -4ssr. esss- yesfs...l Is;
That | will never again make New Years
calls.
That just swallow isn't a drink but a
bird. Ali
That l. will forever forswear smoking
poor cigars.
That I'll never do so again No, new.
well, hard,
/ Iresolve to reresolve all good resolutions
I have ever resolved.
That as it is never too late to mend, | will
put it off a little longer. .~.r
/ will not-but perhaps on second thought
/ may, so never mind.
That will attend no walking. matches
this year. 1t is leap year. .a.s.
That will live within my income-if ]
can only coDtrive to get one.
Resolved that | will not use "hardly
ever'' during the next twelve months.
That no balmy day in spring shall delude
me into collateralizing my ulster.
Resholve, al'fsr That never'n toucha
mother drop slongs liveselpmegacious.
That I will turn over a new leaf-as soor
as new leaves make their appearance.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-03-11
A Lively Bear Fight.

During the late snow-storm in Oregon,
sam Cook Of 'Applegate discovered that
bears had been depredating on his hogs on
the acorn range. Taking couple of. dogs
and accompanied by Andy Cook and j. w.
Gilmore, Mr.. Cook followed the track of
one of the largest of the bears up the noun
tain towards the head of Humbug The
snow became quite deep and the hunters,
of course moved slowly But in the after
noon they discovered a large cinnamon
bear crossing a gulch ahead of them. The
animal was instantly treed by the degs and
shot by Sam Cook, but not MORALLY wound
ed. Mr.. Gilmore's gun missed fire, but
Andy Cook shot the bear through the loins,
and he came tumbling down in the very
midst OF the party and at once made fight.
The situation was now quite critical, two
Of the guns being empty and the third so
wet as to be useless. The enraged animal
made first for Sam Cook, who thrust the
muzzle of his rifle into his mouth, while
the dogs, only partially trained, did their
best TO attract his attention. Extracting
the barrel Of the gun from the bears mouth,
Sam attempted to club him with the other
end OF the weapon, but he caught the stock
with his teeth and tore it to Sheds. Seeing
Cooks peril, Gilmore struck the bear on
top of the head with his tomahawk, frac-
turing the skull in several places, but with
out the slightest apparent effect BY this
time Andy had reloaded, and just when
Bruin was about to scoop the'whele party.
dogs and oil, he broke his neck by a we'll
direeted shot and ended the controversy.
The bear weighed over four hundred
pounds and was exceedingly fat, and repaid
the boys well for their days sport.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-03-11

Both sexes are exceedingly fond of games.
festivals, music and dancing The national
costume ~ a red jacket, big breeches, red
sash, square knotted cravat, hempen shoes
and pointed cap. Their manners are pat
riarchal, and their habits also. While the
sexes mingle without restarint, they are re-
ligiously strict. Their soil is fertile, and
the Basques are so industrious that they
produce good crops generally, notwith-
standing their primitive agriculture. They
are, practically, democrats, the condition
of all being very nearly equal, as the nobili-
ty. who derived their origin mainly from
the Moors, are very few. They have very
few towns or villages their habitations be-
ing scattered over most of the heights of
the three Provinces. Politically, they are
divided INTO districts, each of which chooses
an Alcalde, who is both civil and mill
tary officer. and member of the Junta
meeting annually in some one of the towns
TO deliberate upon public affairs The AL
caldes are always men of age and expert
ence, and fathers of fam lies. The Bas-
ques' rights are protected by written consti-
tutions, granted them by ancient Spanish
Kings. They are stanch, even bigoted,
Roman Catholics; have great reverence for
priests and monks. and are inclined TO sup
erstition. They are supposed TO be the
last remnant of the old Iberians, and have
ever preserved an exalted reputation for
courage among their native mountains.
They were the Cantabri of the Romans,
who admired them for their sturdy defense
of liberty, and are alluded to by Horace as
81 DpOnlp very hard IN teach fo hear fha
yoke. Centuries later, they fell, in the re-
nowned defiles Of RSpcevalles, upon Char
lemagne and his army when returning to
France, slew his brayest pallauins, and
compelled him to fly for his life. Euscaldunac
is the name the Basques give themselves,
and their country they call Euscaleria
The are prouder even than the Spaniards,
and the mere fact of being born in their
districts secures the privileges of universal
nobility. .t.....
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-03-11


1t requires a great deal OF resolution
To break away from the apathy OF deep
sorrow or a heavy trouble, and reso-
lutely put ones hand to the new or dis
used plow; but the effJrt once made, II
there is anything in the individual. he
or she will never turn back. And after
work, real work-work with the hands,
head and .heart-aftpr this will come
trust, and trust will bring peace.
To the Christian the little events Of
daily life :end wonderfully TO his sane
t.fication, thou h he pay not know it
aU the time. This discharge OF duty,
this trial OF patience. this denial of self,
this loss or suffering, or atfiiction, each, j,
like the finishing strokes of the sculp-
tor, here strikes off an excresence and
there brings out beauty of form and
feature, till at last the work is COM
pleted, and the finished image is pre-
pared for the upper temple.
Conscience is your magnetic needle.
Reason is your chart. But would
rather have crew willing 10 follow
the indications of the needle, and CIV
ing themselves no great trouble as to
the chart, than crew that had ever so
good chart and no needle at all.
By prayer we do not mean the bow
ing of the head and saying over few
appropriate words, but the yearning
desire. The uplifted heart, the contrite
spirit; such condition of life is Chris
tan. A man who answers TO this de-
seription is Christian, wherever you
find him.
Praying, reading the Bible and going
to meeting Is not religion, any more
than carpenters tools are a dwelling
house, These Christian duties are the
instruments In the use of which man
underpins his life with Christian prin-
ciples, to buf:d thereon character OF
righteousness.
Sin is bad thing, not alone that i
dishon0rs God; that is enough-but Il
debases the God in man. Not alone
that it INJURIES society; that is enough
bat q man loses his sensitiveness Il
virtues Sin lies in ambush in the mine
and heart, ready to spring upon the
life in its, dangerous moments. 1t mus
be destroyed or 1t will destroy.
Inasmuch as laughter is faculty be-
slowed exclusively upon man, we seen
to be guilty of sort of ingratitude ir
not exercising 1t as often as we can.
Care is the lot of life, and he who as
pires to greatness in hopes to get rid o.
+ is one who throws himself into a fur
mac, 20 avoid the shivering of an ague
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-03-11
The Basques.

The Basques are in many respects the
most peculiar people dwelling in civiliza-
ton, of which they really form no part.
For centuries they have undergone very
little change, being scarcely affected by
revolutions or progress Of any kind. They
number about 800, 900, 130, 900 being clti-
zens of France, but the bulk and the most
distinctive of them occupying the Basque
Provinces In Spain-BIscay, Gulpuzcoa and
Alava. There is no record of their ever
having been subdued. Carthaginians, Ro-
mans, Goths. Saracens, Frenchmen, or
Spaniards have never effaced their marked
traits, corrupted the purity of their race,
or even modified their time -honored Gus
toms. They arc of medium size, compact
of frame, singularly vigorous and agile,
having light gray eyes, black hair and COM
plexions darker than the Spaniards Sim
pie in manners and character they are
proud and impetuous, determined and fiery
patriots, and merry; social and hospitable
withal. The women are comely and strong,
capable of, and often doing masculine
work; also notable for viVacity. suppleness
and grace and wear gay head dresses over
their variously braided and twisted locks
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-03-11
Longevity of Quakers.

) It appears from the annual list of mem
bers of the Society of Friends, that the
number of deaths among that body during
the past year in Great Britain and Ireland,
was 281. There are about LIZ, 900 members;
the mortality is consequently much below
that of the population generally, and, again,
the figures show the longevity which pre-
walls amongst the members of the Society
The infant mortality was very small, only
10 deaths of children under one year; be-
tween one and five years, eighteen occur
red; between five and twenty years, elev-
en-; between twenty and thirty years, nine
teeen; from thirty to forty years, fifteen;
and eleven only between forty and fifty
years.. Above fifty years old to sixty, the
deaths were twenty four; between sixty
and seventy, forty-six; while from seventy
to eighty-the most fatal period-the deaths
were sixty-fve; above eighty and below
ninety the number was fifty-three; while
from ninety to one-hundred. there were
FIVE deaths.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-03-11
THE CAVALIERS SONG.

A steed A steed OF matchless speed
A sword OF metal keenl
All else to noble hearts is dross,
All else on earth is mean,
The neighing of the war-horse proud,
The rolling of the drum,
The clangor Of the trumpet loud,
Be sounds from heaven that come
And o. the laundering press Of knight
When as their war-cries swell
May toll from heaven an angel bright
And rouse fiend from hell!
Then mount! then mount brave gallants all!
And don your helms amsin;
Deaths couriers, fame and honor, call
Us to the field again.
No shrewish tears shall fill our eye
When the sword-hilt's in our hand,
Heart whole we'll part, and no whit sigh
For the fairest of the land.
Let piping swain and craven wight
Thus weep and pulling cry,
Our business is like men TO fight
And like to heroes die!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-08
A Baboon,s Dinner.

One day good preacher, Bishop Co
lenso, was walking along the Donga nv
er. in South Africa, when he saw ainum-
ber of balloons summing themselves in a
little hollow of the ground The
baboons lay upon. their backs and their
eyes were half closed, just like lazy On
Gle Georges are when he is taking q
snooze on the lounge. Two or three of
the young balloons we're at some dis
tanSe from the old ones, playing and
romping, for bsboon children dearly love
to- romp- By7and-by one OF the
young ones, turning up a stone,
lit upon a particularly fine and
fat scorpion, which, with scared glance
round at his elders, he seized and popped
into his mouth, having first pinched Of
the sting. He at once proceeded to turn
the stone over again with great pains, as
though in further unsuccessful search for
scorpions. He had not escaped notice,
however, for down the gully in a sluggish
roll came a great baboon, who seized the
young one by the scruf of his neck,
shaking him vigorously until the plump
morsel dropped from his pouch Having
gobbled this up the elder baboon at once
regained his lounge, and all went on as
before In the sleepy hollow.-Phstd-
deLpHid Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-08
A City of Gourmets.

Russian cookery has Its temptations to
the palate, and In St. Petersburg great
attention Is paid to the cuisine. There
are q niiinber of national dishes and
soups cabbage soup eaten, with sour
cream, cucumber soup, and d cold sour
soup which they swear by, but which is
not very agreeable to foreign palate.
The root vegetables, turnips, beets, etc,
are remarkably good; SO are awatermel-
ons land cticumbers, while game, snipe,
veodeock, partridges, white partridges,
hazel grouse, black cock, cogs du bois,
and hare, are all abundant In their season
and good. In the way of fish, the salmon
Is excellent, and they have trout, pot
fish, potch, grayling sequis, somewhat
like striped bass, and the famous sterlet,
which we do not think deserves its repu-
tation. A rather annoying feature of n
Russian restaurant is an immense me-
chanical organ, which grinds out lively
airs during dinner. One can hardly
talk. The correct thing to do is to take
before dinner "zakouska, " which, being
interpreted, means preliminary lunch,
n small glass of iqueur, generally
"wodh," with salt fish or cayiare, or g
little cheese. This is supposed to whei
dulled appetites. The Russians are ex
ceedingly fond of the pleasures of the ta'
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-08
The Education Of Wild Beasts.

The veteran animal tanner, Alfred Still,
says that too much whipping makes
Wild animal srllky and vicious, buta GER
tain amount of whipping is necessary.
To train Wild beast, he said recently,
you must First make its acquaintance
from the outside of the cage, and get the
animal acquainted with your face; but,
above all, with yoursyqice. They become
accustomed to voices sooner thET faces,
and are governed more by sound than by
sight. Having got accustomed to your
beasts, and they accustomed to YOU. your
next step is to train them to their tricks.
Though these tricks are simple, they re-
quirea great deal of time and patience,
and % good deal of whipping to, accom-
plish them. The. lions are the smartest
of the wild beasts. You can train a lion
to do the ordinary tricks Of the trade:
Jump through hoops Gand over gates,
standing on lis hnds legs andaso on==in
about five weeks constant work. 1t will
require about q week longer to teach a
foness, and leopard, which comes next
to lion in intelligence, about sixemeeks
to learn the same fe8ts. 1t takes about
seven or eight weeks to teach q niger and
tigress from eightSto nine weeks, while
you can keep on beating and teaching a
hyena for four months before you can do
much with him. The most difficult thing
to do is to teach q wild beast to LET: you
hedown on him without his trying make
youIe5n him by eating youup. Kindness
that is, anything but ordinary eiyilitys
is absolutely thrown away upon wild
beast. With tiger or tigress especially
all affection is literally wasted. A tigress
is likely to eatyou upafter an intimate
acquaintance of six years as one of six
weeks As rule, the whip is the most
efficacious instrument for training. 1t
can be used quickly and it hurts. If ]
were to drop my whip the beasts would
fancy I had lost my power over them
and would pounce first on the whip and
then go for me. The four tigresses
trained in that cage are estimated to be
worth $32, 900; but good tiger, I'M
broken, is not worth more than 50, 800.
Lions are worth about So, 900 to So, SOC
each; panthers, 5000; jaguars. $4oo;
hyenas, $3.50, if untrafhed;S leopards,
$3.50 to $400, according to their kind. -
Scientific american.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-08
Old Maids.

A sensible writer expresses his opinion
of old maids in the following manner:
81 am inclined to think that many of the
satiricsl aspersions cast upon old maids
tell more to their credit than is generally
imagined. Is young woman remarka-
bly, neat in her person, she will certainly
be an old mrid. Is she perfectly reserved
toward the other sex, she has all the
squeamishness of an old maid. Is she
frugal in her expenses and her domestic
concerns, she is cut out for an old maid.
If she is kindly humane to the animals
about her, nothing can save her from the
appellation of an old maid. In short,
have always found that neatness, mod.
,esty, economy and humanity are the
never-failing characteristics of that terri.
ble creature.